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Session 77 (Special)
Ecological Responses Along a Human Disturbance Gradient II
Thursday, June 7, 10:15 AM-12:00 PM, South Hall B3
Moderator: Norton, S.

10:15 USING BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES TO ESTABLISH EXPECTATIONS AND RESTORATION GOALS IN OHIO.
C. Yoder. Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Columbus, Ohio 43221

10:30 ASSESSING NATURAL VS. HUMAN INDUCED DISTURBANCE GRADIENTS: CAN WE DETECT WIDESPREAD, BUT LOW-LEVEL, NONPOINT SOURCE DISTURBANCE IN A HIGHLY VARIABLE NATURAL LANDSCAPE?.
R.E. Hafele, D. Drake, and D. Mochan. Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Biomonitoring Section, 2020 SW 4th Ave., Portland, OR 97201

10:45 APPLICATION OF FISH IBI (F-IBI) AND INVERTEBRATE IBI (B-IBI) FOR STREAMS IN JAPAN.
E.M. Rossano². ¹School of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences, University of Washington, ²Institute of Freshwater Biology, Osaka, Japan

11:00 THE AUSTRIAN WAY OF ADAPTING THE SAPROBIC SYSTEM INTO THE FRAMEWORK OF THE UPCOMING EUROPEAN BIOLOGICAL WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY.
O. Moog. Department of Hydrobiology, BOKU University of Agricultural Sciences, A-1180 Vienna, Austria

11:15 REFERENCE CONDITION PITFALLS ON LARGE RIVERS AFFECTED BY MULTIPLE DISTURBANCES: EXAMPLES FROM THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER SYSTEM.
K.S. Lubinski. U. S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center

11:30 ASSESSMENT OF RIVER CONDITION AT THE NATIONAL SCALE: AUDITING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF MANAGERS AND POLITICIANS.
R.H. Norris, P. Liston, J. Whittington, and S. Linke. CRC for Freshwater Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia 2601

11:45 Open discussion.

Question 1: Would you attend another joint meeting in the next 4 years with either the American Society for Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) or the Society for Wetland Science?

Yes – for 1 joint meeting with ASLO
Yes – for 1 joint meeting with SWS
Yes – for 2 joint meetings
No – would prefer to keep our annual meetings exclusive to NABS through at least 2014

Question 2. If you answered NO to the question above, which of the following circumstances might change your mind? Check all that are appropriate.

Venue would allow all concurrent sessions to be held in the same building.:
Main hotels would provide reasonable room rates and be able to house most attendees.:
Evening activities would be held in one location common to both societies.:
None of the above would change my mind on having a joint meeting more frequently than every 5 years.:

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