©2007 KBS
September 2002 BioAssessment Symposium
- Date Held: 18 - 19 September 2002
- Location: Big 12 Room, Kansas Union, University of Kansas, Lawrence KS
- Attendance: 70 people from 12 states
Proceedings
The proceedings are available as a pdf (8.8mb). Click here to download.
Workshop Program - Download a pdf of the workshop program: (program.pdf)
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Sponsors
Central Plains Center for BioAssessment (CPCB) — U.S. EPA Region 7 — BioDevices Corporation — University of Kansas Continuing Education
Objectives
To provide a forum for regional scientists to share information about the designation and implementation of biological assessments and criteria in Central Plains streams, lakes, and wetlands.
Presentations
17 presentations were given, 10 of which are available as Powerpoint2000 slide shows for you to download. Additionally, four posters were presented.
For access to all speakers' notes and viewers' notes, be sure to DOWNLOAD AND SAVE the entire file, rather than viewing through your web browser. Notes do not appear in web browsers.
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| Name | Affiliation | Online Resources |
Presentation Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Click here to view all presentation abstracts at once: (Abstracts.doc) | |||
| R.T. Angelo | KDHE, Topeka, KS | Response of Stream Biological Communities to Agricultural Disturbances in the Great Plains | |
| R. Apfelbeck | MT DEQ, Helena, MT | Application of Bioassessment Protocols for Making Aquatic Life Beneficial Use-Support Determinations in Montana | |
| M. Barbour | Tetra Tech, Inc. | Classification of Oklahoma Rivers and Preliminary Development of an Index of Biotic Integrity | |
| R.W. Bouchard | U Minnesota, St. Paul, MN | Assessment of Ecological Condition in Headwater Streams of the Central Plains | |
| E. Carney | KDHE, Topeka, KS | The Kansas Wetland Survey | |
| M.D. Delong | Winona State U, Winona, MN | Food Webs of the Great Rivers of the Central Basin: Application of Stable Isotopes in Bioassessment | |
| B. Hayford | Wayne State Coll., Wayne, NE | Volunteer Stream Monitoring in Northeastern Nebraska | |
| J.C. Holz | U Nebraska, Lincoln, NE | Development of a Comprehensive Lake and Reservoir Classification Strategy for Nebraska as a Model for Agricultural Dominated Ecosystems | |
| M.E. Houts | U Kansas, Lawrence, KS | Using Aerial Photography and Satellite Imagery to Monitor Changes in the Vegetation of Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area | |
| D.G. Huggins | CPCB, Lawrence, KS | Dissolved Oxygen Flux,Nutrients, and Community Productivity in Some Central Plains Streams: What We Know and What We Think We Know! | |
| R. A. Kuhnle | USDA ARS, Oxford, MS | Developing Linkages between Clean Sediment Indicies and Biological Impairment | |
| M. Lammert | Nature Conservancy, Chicago, IL | An Assessment of Freshwater Biodiversity in the Central Mixed-Grass Prairie Ecoregion | |
| K. Mulder | EPA Region 7, Kansas City, KS | Wetlands Monitoring: The Big Picture | |
| B.C. Poulton | USGS, Columbia, MO | Big Muddy Bioassessment: Can Biocriteria Be Developed for the Lower Missouri River? | |
| C. R. Rabeni | USGS, Columbia, MO | Slides Abstract |
Biomonitoring Intermittent Streams Using Benthic Invertebrates |
| R.G. Rhodes | Southwest MO State, Springfield, MO | An Overview of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs): Diversity and Dynamics of Toxic Algae in Freshwater Lakes and Marine Habitats | |
| Poster Presentations (not available for online viewing) | |||
| N.M. Davis | Wichita State U, Wichita, KS | Gypsum Creek Stream Restoration Project | |
| P. Gagnon | Nature Conservancy Chicago, IL | Development of a Multimetric Aquatic Stressors Index for the Central Mixed-Grass Prairie Ecoregion | |
| A. Severn | U Nebraska, Lincoln, NE | Reservoir Classification in Agriculturally Dominated Ecosystems | |
| B.A. Wilson | U Kansas, Lawrence, KS | Environmental Impact Assessment of Three Anti-Microbial Chemicals | |
