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Presentation topics and presenters at the Second Annual Onondaga Lake Scientific Forum:
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Second Anuual Onondaga Lake Scientific Forum Presenters (l-r): Steven Effler, Charles Driscoll, Edward Michalenko, Robert Hennigan, Martin Auer, Dave Matthews, Eugene Welch, Mike Penn, Carol Matthews, Clifford Siegfried, not shown Emmet Owens, Peter K. Ducey |
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Introductory Comments
Robert Hennigan
Professor Emeritus, Col. of Environ. Science and Forestry (SUNY)
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Invited Talk
"Lake Rehabilitation: Case Studies and the Role of Research"
Eugene Welch
Professor Emeritus
Dept. of Civil and Environ. Engr.
University of Washington
Professor Welch is co-author of the book "Restoration and Management of Lakes and Reservoirs" (1993)
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"Patterns in Water Quality Imparted to Seneca River from Zebra Mussel Invasion"
Clifford Siegfried
Director
New York State Museum
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"Water Quality Modeling for Seneca River that Accommodates Zebra Mussel Metabolism. 1. ZOD in the 'Cut'"
Steven W. Effler
Director of Research
Upstate Freshwater Institute
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"Water Quality Modeling for Seneca River that Accommodates Zebra Mussel Metabolism. 2. Chlorophyll and DO from the 'Cut' to Baldwinsville"
Steven W. Effler
Director of Research
Upstate Freshwater Institute
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"A Hydrodynamic Model of the Onondaga Lake-Seneca River System"
Emmet M. Owens
Dept. of Civil and Environ. Engr.
Syracuse University
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"Amphibian Distributions within the Onondaga Lake Ecosystem: Field and Laboratory Investigations"
Peter K. Ducey
Dept. Biological Sciences
SUNY/Cortland
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"Oxygen Dynamics in Onondaga Lake"
Charles T. Driscoll
Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environ. Engr.
Syracuse University
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"Seasonal Variation in the Rate of Phosphorus Release from the Sediments of Onondaga Lake"
Michael R. Penn
Assist. Prof., Dept. of Civil and Environ. Engr
University of Wisconsin - Platteville
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"Sediment Nitrogen Diagenesis and the Recovery of Onondaga Lake"
Martin T. Auer
Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environ. Engr.
Michigan Technological University
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"Onondaga Lake's Responses to Early Stages of Rehabilitation for Domestic Waste Pollution"
David A. Matthews
Research Scientist
Upstate Freshwater Institute
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"Allied's Impact on Phytoplankton Deposition and Production"
Carol M. Matthews
Laboratory Director
Upstate Freshwater Institute
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"Public Education Through the Onondaga Lake EMPACT Program"
Edward Michalenko
Director
Onondaga Lake Cleanup Corp
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Invited Guest Speaker
Dr. Eugene B. Welch is Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Washington, retiring in 1997 after almost 30 years of service on the faculty. A native of Illinois, Gene received degrees in Fisheries and Wildlife from Michigan State University and in Fisheries from the University of Washington. He held positions as an aquatic ecologist in Montana, Tennessee, and Washington prior to joining the university.
Gene's involvement in scholarly activity includes service on the editorial boards of Environmental Science and Technology and Ecological Engineering and as President of the regional chapters of the Society of Sigma Xi and the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography.
Dr. Welch's is an recognized expert in the field of water quality management. He is a co-founder and past-president of the North American Lake Management Society and past-president of the Washington State Lake Protection Association. His has served widely as a consultant and expert witness on water quality and lake restoration issues. Gene and his students have published more than 125 research papers on limnology and lake management, with 95 of these appearing in peer-reviewed archival journals. Dr. Welch is author of a text on the Ecological Effects of Wastewaterand co-author of the widely-respected treatise, Restoration and Management of Lakes and Reservoirs, both in their second edition.
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