Thursday, May 21, 2009: 10:15 AM-12:00 PM
Governor's Room
Special Session - Basic and Applied Ecological Research on the US Mid-continent Great Rivers I
Ecological research on great rivers has lagged behind research on smaller rivers and streams. For the mid-continent great rivers of the US, the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio Rivers, a recent EPA research effort, the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program for Great Rivers (EMAP-GRE) has increased our knowledge of the ecology of these rivers and has motivated the development of new bioassessment tools for large rivers. This special session seeks to highlight the recent ecological research on these rivers conducted by EMAP-GRE participants and by other scientists working in the mid-continent great rivers. The underlying theme of the session will be how basic and applied ecological research findings are relevant for river monitoring, management and restoration.
Moderators:	Brian H. Hill Theodore R. Angradi
10:15 AM	557		Water quality patterns in mid-continent great rivers Terri M. Jicha, Brian H. Hill, Xiaoli Yuan, David W. Bolgrien, Theodore R. Angradi, Leroy E. Anderson, Paul A. Bukaveckas, Anthony K. Aufdenkampe
10:30 AM	558		Sediment microbial enzyme activity as an indicator of nutrient limitation in the mid-continent great rivers Brian H. Hill, Colleen M. Elonen, Terri M. Jicha, David W. Bolgrien, Mary F. Moffett
10:45 AM	559		Home on the great river, part 3: An integrated habitat and hydrology index Debra L. Taylor, Mark S. Pearson, Theodore R. Angradi, David W. Bolgrien, Brian H. Hill, Terri M. Jicha, Mary F. Moffett
11:00 AM	560		A sediment toxicity evaluation of the upper Mississippi River system James M. Lazorchak, Herman Haring, Karen Blocksom, Mark Smith, Melissa Wratschko, Brandon Armstrong, Theodore R. Angradi, David W. Bolgrien
11:15 AM	561		Algae as indicators of stress in great rivers: Phytoplankton versus periphyton Euan D. Reavie
11:30 AM	562		Constraints on algal production in great rivers Paul A. Bukaveckas, Anthony K. Aufdenkampe, John H. Chick, John E. Havel, Theodore R. Angradi, David W. Bolgrien, Terri M. Jicha, Debra L. Taylor
11:45 AM	115		Algal contributions to suspended organic matter: A novel approach applied to the US great rivers and the Amazon Anthony K. Aufdenkampe, Emilio Mayorga, Paul A. Bukaveckas, Terri M. Jicha, Theodore R. Angradi, David W. Bolgrien, John H. Chick, John E. Havel
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