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Presentation topics and presenters at the Fifth Annual Onondaga Lake Scientific Forum:
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Fifth Anual Onondaga Lake Scientific Forum Presenters (l-r): Robert Montione, Dave Matthews, Steven Effler, Rakesh Gelda, Joseph DePinto, Marty Auer, William Kappel, Robert Hennigan.
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Introductory Comments
Robert Hennigan
Professor Emeritus, College of Environ. Science and Forestry (SUNY)
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Invited Talk
"Models Quantify the Ecosystem Approach
in the Great Lakes"
Dr. Joseph V. DePinto
Senior Scientist
Limno-Tech, Inc.
Dr. DePinto, a leader in Great Lakes research, describes the role of mathematical modeling in research and management of these systems over the past 50 years, as well as ongoing model initiatives for these systems.
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"Changes in the Hypolimnetic Oxygen Resources of Onondaga Lake: 1978-2002"
David A. Matthews and Steven W. Effler
Upstate Freshwater Institute
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"Changes in Primary Production in Onondaga Lake: Magnitude, Metrics, and Drivers "
Steve W. Effler, Rakesh K. Gelda, Stephen D. Field, Adam J.P. Effler, Erick B. Wallenberg, and David A. Matthews
Upstate Freshwater Institute
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"Modeling Light Attenuation, Secchi Disc and Effects of Tripton in Seneca River, NY"
Rakesh K. Gelda, Steven W. Effler, MaryGail Perkins,
and David O'Donnell
Upstate Freshwater Institute
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"Water Quality Impacts and Indicators of Metabolic Activity of the Zebra Mussel Invasion of the Seneca River"
David A. Matthews, Steven W. Effler, Carol M. Matthews and MaryGail Perkins
Upstate Freshwater Institute
Clifford A. Siegfried
New York State Museum
James M. Hassett
College of Environmental Science and Forestry, SUNY
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"Feasibility of a Dual Discharge Diversion Strategy for the Metro Effluent"
Martin T. Auer, Daniel K. Rucinski and David W. Watkins
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Michigan Technological University
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"The Onondaga Lake Remedial Investigation, Documentation of an In-Lake Waste Deposit"
Robert Montione, Edward Garvey, Michael L. Spera, Solomon Gbondo-Tugbawa, Colby Snyder, Kelly Robinson
TAMS/Earth Tech (under contract with NYSDEC)
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Invited Talk
"Hydrogeology of the Onondaga Aquifer – The Good, the Bad, and the Brine"
Bill Kappel
US Geological Survey
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Invited Guest Speakers
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Dr. Joeseph DePinto is currently a Senior Scientist at Limno-Tech, Inc. an environmental consulting company specializing in the development and application of water quality and ecosystem models for addressing a myriad of problems in aquatic ecosystems. He joined LTI in June, 2000 after spending 27 years in academia, including 10 years as Director of the Great Lakes Program at the University at Buffalo. During that time, Dr. DePinto was an active part of the Great Lakes research community and he is continuing in that role at Limno-Tech, Inc. During his professional career, Dr. DePinto has directed projects involving the development and application of models applied to a wide range of topics, including nutrient cycling and eutrophication, toxic chemical exposure analysis, contaminated sediment analysis and remediation, aquatic ecosystem trophic structure and functioning, and watershed management. Some recent projects include: development and application of an integrated exposure model for PCBs in Green Bay, Lake Michigan; development and application of sediment and contaminant fate and transport models to assess and evaluate remediation of contaminated sediments in several river systems, including the Buffalo River, St. Clair River, Lower Fox River, Kalamazoo River, Niagara River, and Hudson River; assisted the Delaware River Basin Commission in development of a PCB fate and transport model for application to a TMDL analysis for the Delaware River/Estuary; led a team of scientists and engineers at the University at Buffalo in the development of a Geographically-based Watershed Analysis and Modeling System (GEO-WAMS), a Modeling Support System that coupled a Geographic Information System (ARC-INFO) with existing and newly developed watershed and water quality models; and development and application of a contaminant fate, transport and bioaccumulation model for Lake Ontario in support of the development of a lakewide management plan (LaMP) and TMDL for that system. Most recently he has been a leader in the development and application of aquatic ecosystem models to develop a quantitative understanding of the impacts of multiple stressors acting in concert on aquatic systems to produce multiple response endpoints. Probably the best example of this work is the LTI development of the Saginaw Bay Aquatic Ecosystem Model (SAGEM), which is a deterministic process model designed to examine the ecological responses of Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron to the invasion of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha).
Dr. DePinto is a member of the International Joint Commission, Council of Great Lakes Research Managers; is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Great Lakes Research;and is Chair of the Publications Committee of IAGLR.
Dr. DePinto received his PhD in Environmental Engineering in 1975 from the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana. His studies have led to over 100 publications and the direction of more than 45 Master's theses and 12 Ph.D. dissertations.
William M. Kappel is currently a hydrologist and section chief at the U.S. Geological Survey-Water Resources Division in Ithaca, NY. He has 24 years experience with the U.S. Geological Survey in most areas of water resources investigation. Some highlights include
serving as project chief of the Rochester, New York, National Urban Runoff Program (NURP) study and the project chief of the West Valley nuclear waste site study. Ground-water investigations include several aquifer mapping studies in upstate New York and approximately 10 years of ground-water study in the Niagara Falls region. More recent investigations have focused on hydrogeology of the Tully Valley and mudboil activity, along with the 1993 LaFayette mudslide, both located south of Syracuse, New York. Other projects include: investigation of small bedrock aquifer systems in eastern Erie County; bedrock/river interaction in the Niagara Falls area, served as a member of the Rets of Mine Collapse - Genesee Valley Aquifer study team, and the study of potential contamination of lake bottom sediments (Lake Ontario) due to the disposal of World War II materiel (proximity fuzes) into the lake during the 1940's-1950's.
Current investigations include Onondaga Valley Aquifer study -- movement of natural brines to Onondaga Lake, and the study of small aquifer systems in the Tug Hill Plateau -- differences between ground-water age as determined by computer models versus the use of age dating by CFC's and other geochemical "tracers".
Prior to joining the U.S. Geological he worked for 5 years in Missouri conducting karst-hydrology studies related to wastewater ponds and drinking-water supplies on Forest Service and surrounding lands, and in Wisconsin conducting extensive wetland hydrologic studies and developing an innovative wastewater treatment system using a peatland bog to polish secondary wastewater before it entered a pristine stream with a trout habitat.
He has a BS in Physical Science from Pennsylvania State University and an MS in Forest Hydrology, and Civil Engineering from Pennsylvania State University.
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