Seventh Biennial Meeting of the LEMN (2013)
The Seventh Biennial Meeting of the Lake Erie Millennium Network was a binational meeting that was held at the University of Windsor (Windsor, ON) from October 29th to 31st, 2013. The meeting was jointly presented by the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, the National Water Research Institute, the Ohio Sea Grant - F.T. Stone Laboratory of Ohio State University, and the Large Lakes Research Station, US EPA of Grosse Ile.
Meeting Resources
Conference Program (with abstracts): Download (PDF)
Summary of the Meeting Findings
The 2013 meeting will summarize the most current knowledge of recent changes occurring in Lake Erie and its tributaries. Presentations will review our understanding of the factors influencing Lake Erie’s ecosystem. Platform sessions will highlight recent biological, environmental and policy trends relating to trophic status, nutrient loading, reporting and management strategies, ecological forecasting, integrated habitat assessment, restoration strategies, and new pressures on the ecosystem. Opportunities for planning and participating in collaborative research for the 2014 “Lake Erie Intensive Monitoring Year” will be discussed. These topics will form the focus for open discussion of ways to integrate binational research with management and public needs on the major issues affecting Lake Erie.
Meeting goals will be to a) exchange information; b) generate plans for studying/implementing solutions; and, c) build on our initiative to implement binational research strategies to ensure co-ordinated collection and dissemination of data to address the continuing research and management needs.
LEMN 2013 Presentation Slides
Below is a list of the themes and presentations made at the 2013 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:
Identifying the Nutrient Challenges – Task Forces and Interim Needs
Russell Kreis, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1:10 p.m.
Water quality and nutrient load monitoring in the Great Lakes – with a focus on Lake ErieAuthors: ALICE DOVE, S. Backus, M. Maccoux, D. Burniston and V. Richardson
1:00 p.m.
Findings and recommendations of the Ohio Lake Erie Phosphorous Task Force Phase IIGAIL HESSE
1:15 p.m.
LAMP nutrient management strategies – COA and the GLWQASANDRA E. GEORGE
1:30 p.m.
A brief overview of the International Joint Commission’s Lake Erie Ecosystem Priority Draft ReportRAJ BEJANKIWAR, G. Benoy, M. Child, and D. Dempsey
Theme 2:
Status of Lake Erie – Nutrients, Hazardous Algal Blooms and Nuisance Algae
Moderator: Jeffrey Reutter, Ohio State University
1:45 p.m.
On-Field Ohio! Evaluation/revision of the Ohio Phosphorous Risk IndexELIZABETH (LIBBY) DAYTON and K. King
2:00 p.m.
Agricultural nutrient transport and current BMPsKEVIN KING
2:15 p.m.
Informing strategic conservation of streams in agricultural landscapes of the Great Lakes: An overview of the Great Lakes and Western Lake Erie Basin Conservation Effects Assessment Projects (CEAP)S. Sowa, DOUG PEARSALL, M.E. Herbert, M. Fales, A. Sasson, A. Froehlic, G. Annis, C. Vollmer-Sanders, B. Stanley, K. Hall, P. Doran, S. Ludsin, C. Keitzer, and J. Reutter
2:30 p.m.
Reactive nitrogen transformations and losses from agricultural soilsCRAIG F. DRURY, W.D. Reynolds, C. S. Tan, X. Yang, N.B. McLaughlin, and J. Yang
2:45 p.m.
Effectiveness of urban best management plans to reduce phosphorus runoffSHAWN McELMURRY
3:30 p.m.
Water quality monitoring for Lake Erie Status and Trends and the Great Lakes Nutrients InitiativeALICE DOVE and S. Backus
3:45 p.m.
Nutrient loading and Lake Erie: Recent learningsR. PETER RICHARDS
4:00 p.m.
Status of Lake Erie phosphorus loads and concentrationsRUSSELL G. KREIS, R. P. Richards, D.M. Dolan, and G. Warren
4:15 p.m.
The role of the Maumee River as a source of phosphorus supporting algal growth in the western basin of Lake ErieDAVID BAKER, L.T. Johnson, and R.P. Richards
4:30 p.m.
Sediment-water exchange processes in Lake ErieGERALD MATISOFF
5:10 p.m.
Development of a fine-scale ecosystem model for the western basin of Lake ErieJOE DePINTO, E. Verhamme, and T. Redder
Theme 3:
Status of Lake Erie – Biota and Contaminants
Russell Kreis, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
8:45 a.m.
An update on harmful algal blooms in Western Lake ErieTOM BRIDGEMAN and J. Chaffin
9:00 a.m.
A synopsis of the Great Lakes Nearshore Initiative attached algae programDAVID DEPEW and V. Hiriart-Baer
9:15 a.m.
Physical-biological coupling and the challenge of understanding fish recruitment in the Great LakesSTUART LUDSIN, K.M. DeVanna, and R.E.H. Smith
9:30 a.m.
Changes in Lake Erie benthos over the last 50 years: historical perspectives, current status, and main driversLYUBOV BERLAKOVA, A.Y. Karatayev, C. Pennuto, and C. Mayer
9:45 a.m.
The isotopic niches of invasive Gobiidae in the Lake Erie-Lake Huron corridorAARON FISK and H. Petit-Wade
10:30 a.m.
Status of the Lake Erie fish community 2013CHRIS VANDERGOOT
10:45 a.m.
Relative abundance of invasive fish species in the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Lake Erie Management UnitMEGAN BELORE, L. Witzel, A. Cook, and B. Locke
11:00 a.m.
A stage-and river-structured model prediction for establishment probability of bighead and silver carps in the Great LakesKIM CUDDINGTON, W. Currie, and M. Koops
11:15 a.m.
Spatial distributions and temporal trends of contaminants in the St. Clair corridor and implications for Lake ErieDEBBIE BURNISTON, J. Waltho, P. Klawunn, and C. Marvin
11:30 a.m.
Monitoring contaminants in fishes from the Canadian waters of the Great Lakes: 1977 to 2013 - PCBs to PFCsD. McGoldrick, SEAN BACKUS, M. Keir, M. Clark, and M. Malecki
11:45 a.m.
Status of Waterbirds on Lake ErieCRAIG HEBERT, D. Moore, R. Letcher, S. deSolla, T. Dobbie, C. Pekarik, and C. Weseloh
12:00 p.m.
Pollution Control in the City of Windsor: Wastewater & CSO Management - 2013 Status and UpdatePAUL DRCA and J.G. Li
Theme 4:
Documenting Threats/Proposing Solutions
Chris Marvin, Environment Canada
1:15 p.m.
Great Lakes water levels and coastal systems - Coastal resiliency and climate changeSCUDDER MACKEY
1:30 p.m.
Wind power update for Lake ErieCHRIS VANDERGOOT
1:45 p.m.
Summarizing threats to Lake Erie: Multi-stressor mapping to assist decision-makingJ. DAVID ALLAN and S.D.P. Smith
2:00 p.m.
Returning to a healthy lake: An international biodiversity conservation strategy for Lake ErieDOUG PEARSALL, P. Carton de Grammont, C. Cavalieri , C. Chu, P. Doran, L. Elbing, D. Ewert, K. Hall, M. Herbert, M. Khoury, D. Kraus, S. Mysorekar, J. Paskus, and A. Sasson
2:15 p.m.
The Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Framework: Creating a common spatial grid for sharing physical, geochemical, and biological data across the entire great lakes basinL.A. Mason, C.M. RISENG, D.K. Forsyth, B.L. Sparks-Jackson, L. Wang, E.S. Rutherford, K.E. Werhly, J.E. McKenna, C. Castiglione, L.B. Johnson, and S.P. Sowa
2:30 p.m.
Huron-Erie Corridor Initiative: past successes and future plans of an evolving science partnershipRUSSELL M. STRACH
Theme 5:
Building Expertise and Collaborations – Opportunities for 2014
Jan Ciborowski, University of Windsor
3:30 p.m.
The Amended Canada-United States Great Lakes Water Quality AgreementJOHN LAWRENCE and M. Goffin
3:45 p.m.
Research and the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative; sampling on EPA’s research vessel, the Lake Guardian.ERIC OSANTOWSKI
4:00 p.m
COA-related research – federal and provincial activities, plans, and opportunities for collaboration; sampling on Canadian Coast Guard Research Vessel LimnosCHRIS MARVIN
4:15 p.m.
Linking regime shifts to carbon dynamics in Lake ErieANDREW SCOTT, M.A. Xenopoulos, P.C. Frost, G.D. Haffner, T. Howell, M. Koops, J. Larson, C. Marvin, M. Twiss, and S. Watson