81 Special Session - Using Best Available Science to Protect and Restore Aquatic Systems: Integrating Advances in Ecological Theory into Assessment Approaches and Management Applications II

Thursday, May 21, 2009: 10:15 AM-12:00 PM
Ambassador East
Moderators:
Dana Infante and Li Wang
10:15 AM
539
Landscape based assessment of human disturbance in Michigan lakes
Lizhu Wang, Michigan Department of Natural Resources and University of Michigan; Jim Breck, Michigan Department of Natural Resources and University of Michigan; Kevin E. Wehrly, Michigan Department of Natural Resources and University of Michigan; Lidia, S. Kraft, Michigan Department of Natural Resources and University of Michigan
10:30 AM
540
Assessment of the status of habitat in the Nation's aquatic ecosystems
Dana Infante, Michigan State University; Lizhu Wang, Michigan Department of Natural Resources and University of Michigan; William W. Taylor, Michigan State University; Arthur Cooper, Michigan State University; Peter Esselman, Michigan State University
10:45 AM
541
Effects of landscape gradients assessed at varying scales on riverine ecosytems
Robert M. Hughes, Oregon State University; Alan T. Herlihy, Oregon State University; Colleen Burch Johnson, Raytheon
11:00 AM
542
Multi-scale approaches for quantifying effects of multiple stressors in aquatic ecosystems
Lucinda B. Johnson, University of Minnesota Duluth; Jennifer Olker, University of Minnesota; Patrick Schoff, University of Minnesota; Glenn Guntenspergen, U.S. Geological Survey; Catherine A. Johnson, USDA Forest Service; Jason Rohr, University of South Florida; Val Beasley, University of Illinois
11:15 AM
543
Midwestern U.S. regional bioassessment: Using multiple data sources and a standardized modeling approach
Beth L. Sparks-Jackson, University of Michigan; Catherine M. Riseng, University of Michigan; Michael J. Wiley, University of Michigan; Paul W. Seelbach, Institute for Fisheries Research
11:30 AM
544
Watershed assessment tool: Developing an index of watershed health
Bruce Vondracek, USGS, Minnesota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Paul Bolstad, University of Minnesota; Ian Chisholm, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources; Beth Knudsen, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources; Bethany Blick, University of Minnesota; Pericles Nacionales, University of Minnesota
11:45 AM
545
Using determinants of biological integrity to assess ecological risk among watersheds for conservation planning
Kimberly M. Mattson, Virginia Tech; Paul L. Angermeier, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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