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Presentation topics and presenters at the Seventh Annual Onondaga Lake Scientific Forum:
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Seventh Anual Onondaga Lake Scientific Forum Presenters (l-r; back row): Martin Auer, Svetla Todorova, James Rhea, Alan Weidemann, Edward Mills, Jennifer Fox, Dave Matthews, Charles Driscoll, Myrna Hall, (l-r front row) Kevin Russell, Steven Effler, .Don Huges.
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Introductory Comments
Robert Hennigan
Professor Emeritus, College of Environ. Science and Forestry (SUNY)
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Invite
"Biological invasions: Causes and effects
in the Great Lakes watershed"
Edward Mills
Director of the Cornell Biological Field Station, Professor in the Department of Natural Resources, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, and Co-Director of Research for the Great Lakes Research Consortium
Dr. Mills' research has addressed a number of important water quality and ecological issues through the conduct of interdiciplinary studies. This includes long-term studies of aquatic ecosystems in New York. He is a leading expert on exotic species, including zebra mussels, within the Great Lakes watershed. His presentation will draw upon ongoing research on this topic.
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"What are water optical properties and why I care: an emerging technology for lake management"
Alan Weidemann, Wesley Goode, ZhongPing Lee
Naval Research Lab
Steven Effler, David O'Donnell, Feng Peng, and
MaryGail Perkins
Upstate Freshwater Institute
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"Long-term trends in the hypolimnetic metabolism of Onondaga Lake, NY"
David A. Matthews and Steven W. Effler,
Susan M. O'Donnell, and Carol M. Matthews
Upstate Freshwater Institute
Charles T. Driscoll
Syracuse University
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"Implications of changing redox conditions and oxygen resources for application of oxygenation/aeration technologies as rehabilitation measures for Onondaga Lake, NY
Steven W. Effler, and David A. Matthews
Upstate Freshwater Institute
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"Model of zebra mussel growth and water quality impacts in the Seneca River, Part 1: water quality"
James R. Rhea, Daniel R. Opdyke, Kevin T. Russell, C. Kirk Ziegler, Wen Ku, Li Zheng, David Glaser
Quantitative Environmental Analysis, LLC
Joseph Mastriano
Onondaga County Department of Environment Protection
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"Model of zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) growth and water quality impacts in the Seneca River, Part 2: zebra mussels"
David Glaser, James R. Rhea, Daniel R.,
Opdyke, Kevin T. Russell, Wen Ku
Quantitative Environmental Analysis, LLC
Joseph Mastriano
Onondaga County Department of Environment Protection
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"A modeling analysis of the clear water phase in Onondaga Lake"
Martin T. Auer
Michigan Technological University
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"Variation in populations of Daphnia mendotae over space and time"
Jennifer A. Fox
Drew University
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"Comparisons of an urban lake targeted for rehabilitation and a reference lake based on robotic monitoring"
Joeseph S. Denkenberger, Charles T. Driscoll
Syracuse University
Steven W. Effler, David M. O'Donnell and David. A. Matthews
Upstate Freshwater Institute
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"A geostatistical analysis of the extent and toxicity of contaminated sediments in Onondaga Lake, Syracuse, NY"
Myrna H. Hall, Jerry V. Mead and Patricia F. Thompson
College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY)
Donald J. Hughes
Onondaga Lake Cleanup Corp.
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Invited Guest Speaker
Dr. Edward L. Mills is currently Director of the Cornell Biological Field Station and professor in the Department of Natural Resources, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University. He is also Co-Director of Research for the Great Lakes Research Consortium, has recently been appointed as a member of the United States Section of the Council of Great Lakes Managers, and is currently a member of Governor Pataki's New York Task Force on invasive species. His research interests include areas of limnology, freshwater food webs, ecology of large lakes including the Great Lakes, and biological impacts of aquatic invasive species. He and his colleagues have published 130 peer-reviewed articles on a wide range of topics including predator-prey interactions, exotic species invasions, and food web interactions in freshwater lakes. He recently completed a comprehensive review of Great Lakes shipping since the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1959 that appeared in the October 2004 of BioScience. Mills was presented in 2005 the Christie/Loftus award by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission for outstanding leadership, for strengthening the ecosystem approach to science and fisheries management, and for many innovative contributions to Great Lakes Research.
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