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Presentation topics and presenters at the Third Annual Onondaga Lake Scientific Forum:
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Third Anuual Onondaga Lake Scientific Forum Presenters (l-r): Steven Effler, Dave Matthews, Marty Auer, Nelson Hairston, Susan O'Donnell, David O'Donnell, Val Smith, Robert Hennigan, Micheal Spada
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Introductory Comments
Robert Hennigan
Professor Emeritus, Col. of Environ. Science and Forestry (SUNY)
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Invited Talk
"Predicting and Managing Water Quality in Lakes"
Professor Val H. Smith
Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology and Environmental Studies
University of Kansas
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"Indirect Effects of Onondaga Lake Pollution on Algal Abundance: Links Through Grazing Zooplankton"
Nelson G. Hairston, Colleen M. Kearns and Linda J. Perry
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Cornell Universit
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"Robotic Monitoring Network for Onondaga Lake and the Seneca River: Supporting Rehabilitation and Public Education"
David O'Donnell
Innovative Engineering & Technology
Chris Owen
Apprise Technology, Duluth MN
Steven W. Effler
Upstate Freshwater Institute
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"Estimation of Metablic Rates through In Situ Diurnal DO Measurements: Resurrection of the Technique with Robots"
Steven W. Effler and Rakesh K. Gelda
Upstate Freshwater Institute
David O'Donnell
Innovative Engineering & Technology
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"Recent Changes in the Success of the Zebra Mussel Invasion in Onondaga Lake"
Michael E. Spada
Upstate Freshwater Institute
Neil H. Ringler
Environmental Biology, CESF/SUNY
Steven W. Effler and D. A. Matthews
Upstate Freshwater Institute
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"Sediment Organic Carbon Diagenesis and the Recovery of Onondaga Lake"
Martin T. Auer, and Virginia K. Breidenbach
Michigan Technological University
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"Reduction in Pollutant Loading from Residual Soda Ash Waste"
David A. Matthews and Steven W. Effler
Upstate Freshwater Institute
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"The Disconnection Between Limnological Information and the Phosphorus "Total Maximum Daily Load" (TMDL) Analysis for Onondaga Lake"
Steven W. Effler and Susan M. O'Donnell
Upstate Freshwater Institute
David M. O'Donnell
Innovative Engineering & Technology
David A. Matthews and Carol M. Matthews
Upstate Freshwater Institute
Martin T. Auer
Michigan Technological University
Emmet M. Owens
Syracuse University
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Invited Guest Speaker
Dr. Val H. Smith is associate professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Kansas. Val received degrees in Chemistry and Biology from the University of Kansas and a Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of Minnesota. He has held academic positions at the University of North Carolina, the Université de Montréal, and University of Kansas, and has served as the Associate Director and the Director of the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Kansas.
Dr. Smith's involvement in scholarly activity includes service on the editorial boards of several ecological/water quality journals, including: Journal of Great Lakes Research, Lake and Reservoir Management, Ecology, and Freshwater Systems. He has also served as a grant reviewer for a number of agencies and organizations, and he is a member of several related professional organizations.
Dr. Smith is a recognized expert in the field of water quality management. He has been a leader in the research of the roles phosphorus and nitrogen play in the eutrophication process, and in the resolution of the effects these two nutrients have in structuring the phytoplankton community. Val and coworkers have published more than 35 papers in peer-reviewed journals on limnology, aquatic ecology and water quality; including a number in the prestigious journal Limnology and Oceanography. He also contributed chapters for several books. Val serves widely as a consultant on water quality and lake rehabilitation issues, particularly related to cultural eutrophication problems.
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