This page contains a list of the themes and presentations made at the 2017 LEMN meeting. You can click on the title link of each presentation to download a PDF version of slides that accompanied the talk.

Theme 1:

Nutrients & Responses - Assessment of Nutrient/Eutrophication Dynamics in Lake Erie

Moderator: Jeff Reutter, Ohio State University

1:10 p.m.

Water quality and nutrient load monitoring in the Great Lakes – with a focus on Lake Erie
Authors: ALICE DOVE, S. Backus, M. Maccoux, D. Burniston and V. Richardson

1:30 p.m.

Long-term monitoring and assessment of water quality for Lake Erie 1983-2015
Author: ERIC OSANTOWSKI

1:45 p.m.

Target loads, strategies to meet them, lessons from the past
Author: CRAIG STOW

2:00 p.m.

Sources, transformation, and measurement of dissolved reactive phosphorus in Lake Erie tributaries
Authors: LAURA JOHNSON, D. Baker, R. Confesor, J. Kramer, E. Ewing, B. Merryfield, A. Roerdink and J. Boehler

2:15 p.m.

Discerning organic phosphorus signatures in pollutant sources from Lake Erie tributaries
Authors: MICHAEL BROOKER, M. Evert, K. Longnecker, E. Kujawinski and P. Mouser

2:30 p.m.

Decreasing phosphorus losses with drainage water management practices
Authors: MARK WILLIAMS and K. King

2:45 p.m.

Modeling the influence of agricultural practices on watershed export of phosphorus
Author: REMEGIO CONFESOR

3:00 p.m.

Ontario greenhouse strategies to address phosphorus in the Great Lakes
Author: SHALIN KHOSLA

3:45 p.m.

Assessment of nutrient/eutrophication dynamics in western Lake Erie
Authors: THOMAS BRIDGEMAN, G. Matisoff, R. Becker, K. Gibbons, J. Bratton, E. Verhamme and S. Kosek-Sills

4:00 p.m.

Connecting phosphorus loads to cyanobacteria biomass using the Western Lake Erie Ecosystem Model
Authors: JOHN BRATTON, E. Verhamme, T. Redder, D. Schlea, J. Grush and J. DePinto

4:15 p.m.

Accuracy of data buoys for tracking cyanobacterial blooms in Lake Erie
Authors: JUSTIN CHAFFIN and D. Kane

4:30 p.m.

Microcystins and toxicity of HABS
Authors: GREGORY BOYER, W. Carmichael, S. Wilhelm and S. Watson

4:45 p.m.

What is the spatial extent of hypoxia in Lake Erie?
Authors: PARIS COLLINGSWORTH, R. Kraus, J. May and G. Warren

5:00 p.m.

Using the GLATOS Network to understand fish behavior and movement at unprecedented spatial scales
Authors: CHRISTOPHER VANDERGOOT, C. Holbrook, N. Nate and C. Krueger

Theme 2:

Delineating and understanding the nearshore of Lake Erie & the Connecting Channels

Moderator: Chris Winslow, Ohio State University

9:00 a.m.

GLWQA pilot application of the Nearshore Framework and Baseline Habitat Survey, Long Point to Fort Erie study area
Authors: PETER ZUZEK, J. Anderson, J. McKenna, and J. Hatcher

9:15 a.m.

Combining monitoring, advanced molecular techniques and near real-time instrumentation to investigate the response of cyanoHABs in Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair to different environmental conditions
Authors: TIMOTHY DAVIS, T. Johengen, K. Meyer, D. Smith, G. Dick, S. Ruberg, D. Gossiaux, A. Burtner, D. Palladino, V. Denef, M. Berry, S. Watson, J. Ciborowski, G. Bullerjahn, R. McKay, G. Doucette, T. Mikulski, J. Birch, C. Scholin and J. Mickett

9:30 a.m.

Cladophora in eastern Lake Erie: A synthesis of findings from the Great Lakes Nutrient Initiative
Authors: DAVID DEPEW, S. Backus, A. Dove, L. Leon, R. Valipour, R. Yerubandi and V. Hiriart-Baer

9:45 a.m.

Nature-based shoreline management – a new coastal management paradigm
Authors: SCUDDER MACKEY, D. Beck, L. Garrity and J. Park

10:45 a.m.

Benthic algae and submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) in Western Lake Erie
Authors: MARY ANN EVANS, N. King and J. Scheffer

Theme 3:

Connecting Channels - St. Clair Detroit River System & Niagara River

Moderator: Michelle Selzer, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Office of the Great Lakes

11:00 a.m.

Water quality monitoring in the St. Clair River-Detroit River corridor
Authors: DEBBIE BURNISTON, S. Backus and A. Dove

11:15 a.m.

Trenton Channel of the Detroit River monitoring
Authors: SANDRA EBERTS, A. Totten, J. Duris and C. Hoard

11:30 a.m.

EPA’s National Coastal Condition Assessment: pilot research in Great Lakes connecting channels
Authors: MOLLY WICK, M. Pawlowski, D. Bolgrien, T. Angradi, J. Scharold, M. Pearson, M. Nord, B. Hinchey-Malloy, R. Ellison and T. Nettesheim

1:00 p.m.

Assessing fish habitat quality and supply in the nearshore of Lakes and connecting channels
Authors: SUSAN DOKA, E. Gertzen, A. Lewin, J. Midwood, K. Leisti, D. Reddick, S. Larocque and R. Tang

1:15 p.m.

Lake St. Clair – Thames River water quality and harmful algal bloom (HABs) assessment
Authors: NGAN DIEP, Alice Dove, T. Howell and S. Backus

1:30 p.m.

Trends in suspended sediment quality in the St. Clair – Detroit River corridor: assessment of management of contaminated sediments in dynamic riverine environments using sediment traps
Authors: L. Richman, D. Milani, D. Burniston and CHRIS MARVIN

1:45 p.m.

The St. Clair – Detroit River System initiative science and monitoring strategy
Authors: EDWARD ROSEMAN, R. DeBruyne, J. Chiotti, J. Boase, R. Drouin, R. Knight and M. Selzer

2:00 p.m.

Connecting Channels – St. Clair Detroit rivers systems and Niagara River
Authors: APRIL WHITE and M. Foose

2:15 p.m.

Research and monitoring efforts in the Detroit River Area of Concern
Authors: MELANIE FOOSE and C. Sanders

Theme 4:

Status of the Lake Erie Food Web

Moderator: Elizabeth Hinchey-Malloy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

3:15 p.m.

Life (and death) under ice: Lake Erie’s “other” algal bloom
Author: R. MICHAEL MCKAY

3:30 p.m.

Crustacean zooplankton in Lake Erie, 1997-2014
Authors: JAMES WATKINS, R. Barbiero, G. Warren, E. Hinchey Malloy, J. Connolly, and L. Rudstam

3:45 p.m.

Biomonitoring using invasive species in a large lake: Dreissena distribution maps hypoxia zones
Authors: ALEXANDER KARATAYEV, L. Burlakova, K. Mehler, S. Bocaniov, P. Collingsworth, G. Warren, R. Kraus and E. Hinchey

4:00 p.m.

Status of major stocks – Lake Erie and Lake St Clair
Authors: RICH DROUIN, A. Cook, M. Belore, S. Marklevitz, T. MacDougall, P. Penton and K. Soper

Theme 5:

Threats

Moderator: Luca Cargnelli, Environment and Climate Change Canada

4:15 p.m.

Emerging contaminants in the Detroit River: occurrence, removal, and environmental impacts
Authors: SHAHRAM TABE, J. Parrott, V. Pileggi, M. Nowierski, S. Kleywegt and P. Yang

4:30 p.m.

Spatial and temporal patterns of priority contaminants in sediments of the Huron-Erie Corridor
Authors: KEN DROUILLARD, J. Lafontaine, A. Grgicak-Mannion, J. Demers, K. McPhedran and G.D. Haffner

4:45 p.m.

Contemporary bioaccumulation in the Lake Erie: results from the Great Lakes Fish Monitoring and Surveillance Program
Authors: BERNARD CRIMMINS, H. Zhou, S. Baygi, J. Pagano, M. Milligan, P. Hopke, T. Holsen and E. Murphy

Theme 6:

Identifying & Proposing Solutions

Moderator: Russell Kreis, Large Lakes Research Laboratory, US EPA, Grosse Ile

8:30 a.m.

Study of the near-shore environment on the south shore of Lake Erie
Authors: KEVIN CZAJKOWSKI, J. Gottgens, University of Toledo

8:45 a.m.

Characterization of Canadian watersheds in the Lake Erie basin
Authors: MARY THORBURN, N. Feisthauer and P. Joosse

9:00 a.m.

Emerging solutions supporting ecosystem research, monitoring, and forecasting
Authors: STEVE RUBERG, T. Johengen, A. Vander Woude, T. Moore, T. Davis, D. Palladino, R. Miller, R. Muzzi, S. Constant and K. Beadle

9:15 a.m.

Assessing the sources and management options for Detroit River nutrient loads to Lake Erie
Authors: REBECCA LOGSDON MUENICH, D. Scavia, J. Read, B. Kerkez, A. Teshager, S. Bocaniov, Y. Hu, M. Kalcic, Yu-Chen Wang, C. Long, L. Vacarro