Bioassessment

Session 158 (Poster)
Wednesday, May 29, 2:00 PM-5:30 PM, Hall D-E Pittsburgh Convention Center

(406) ROLE OF ACID MINE DRAINAGE IMPACT, SEASON AND SAMPLING METHOD ON THE ABUNDANCE AND RICHNESS OF BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES.
C. Alexander¹, K.S. Johnson¹, M. Hill², J. Last², and C. Kanuckel². ¹Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens,OH 45701, ²Environmental Studies, Ohio University, Athens OH 45701

(407) BIOASSESSMENT OF THE GREEN RIVER BASIN USING MACROINVERTEBRATES: EFFECTS OF TAXONOMIC RESOLUTION.
C.J. Brooks, J.M. Taylor, and S.A. Grubbs. Center for Biodiversity Studies, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

(408) EFFECTS OF LAND-USE ON FISH ASSEMBLAGES IN SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN STREAMS.
C.L. Burcher¹, M.E. McTammany¹, E.F. Benfield¹, and G.S. Helfman². ¹Department of Biology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, ²Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602

(409) 3 RIVERS - 2^ND NATURE: AN ECOLOGICAL BASELINE FOR ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA.
T. Collins¹, G. Reiko¹, S. Kalisz², K. Knauer³, M. Koryak⁴, R. Kyshakevych⁵, B. McCartney⁶, R. Pinkham⁷, H. Prellwitz⁵, and L.J. Stafford⁴. ¹STUDIO for Creative Inquiry, Rm 111, College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA 15213, ²Departemnt of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, ³ALCOSAN, 3300 Preble Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15233, ⁴US Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, 1817 W.S. Moorehead Building, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, ⁵Allegheny Geo Quest, 5021 Bayard St., Pittsburgh, PA 15221, ⁶Beth McCartney GIS, 3 Rivers Wet Weather Inc., 3901 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15224, ⁷Richard Pinkham COnsultant, West 56th Place, Arvada, CO

(410) COMPARISON OF METHODS FOR RESOLVING TAXONOMIC AMBIGUITIES IN INVERTEBRATE DATA SETS.
T.F. Cuffney¹, J.F. Coles², E.M. Giddings³, and H. Zappia⁴. ¹U.S. Geological Survey, 3916 Sunset Ridge Rd, Raleigh, NC 27606, ²U.S. Geological Survey, 210 Bearfoot Rd., Northborough, MA 01532, ³U.S. Geological Survey, 2239 W. Orton Circle, West Valley, UT 84119, ⁴U.S. Geological Survey, 2350 Fairlane Dr., Montgomery, AL 36116

(411) A FAMILY LEVEL DIGITAL TAXONOMIC KEY FOR AQUATIC INSECTS COLLECTED FROM NORTH DAKOTA RIVERS AND STREAMS.
A.W. DeLorme. Department of Science, Valley City State University, Valley City, North Dakota 58072

(412) IMPACT OF LOGGING ACTIVITIES ON THE BIODIVERSITY OF AQUATIC MACROINVERTEBRATES IN A TROPICAL FOREST.
P. Derleth¹, M. Sartori², and R. Schlaepfer¹. ¹Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, DGR-GECOS, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland, ²Museum of Zoology, P.O. Box 448, CH-1000 Lausanne 17, Switzerland

(413) ASSESSING WATER QUALITY IN LEBANON: A SENSITIVE BIOTIC INDEX BASED ON THE SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES OF EPHEMEROPTERA AND PLECOPTERA (SEPL).
A. Dia¹, A. Thomas², and V. Marie². ¹Faculte des Sciences, Universite Libanaise & CNRS, B. P. 11-8281, Beyrouth, Lebanon, ²CESAC, Universite Paul Sabatier, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse, France

(414) USE OF DIATOMS AND MACROINVERTEBRATES AS BIOINDICATORS OF RIVER WATER QUALITY IN SOUTHERN ONTARIO.
H. Duthie¹, M. Belore¹, and J.G. Winter². ¹Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1 Canada, ²Ontario Ministry of the Environment, 125 Resources Road, Toronto, ON M9P 3V6 Canada

(415) RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHYSICOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS AND PERIPHYTON (STANDING CROP AND DIATOM ASSEMBLAGES) IN A NORTHERN PIEDMONT CREEK IMPACTED BY MUNICIPAL SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT DISCHARGES AND STORM WATER.
A.C. Everett¹ and N. West². ¹Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Southeast Regional Office, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, ²Patrick Center for Environmental Research, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA 19103

(416) EFFECTS OF PH AND METALS ON TROPHIC INTERACTIONS OF MACROINVERTEBRATES IN AMD IMPACTED STREAMS.
M.A. Hill-Johnson^1,2, J. Last^1,2, and K.S. Johnson³. ¹Department of Environmental Studies, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA, ²ILGARD (Institute for Local Government Administration and Rural Development), Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA, ³Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA

(417) AN EVALUATION OF WITHIN VERSUS AMONG VARIATION OF MULTIMETRIC BIOASSESSMENTS USING MACROINVERTEBRATES FROM THREE STREAMS OF THE RED RIVER WATERSHED, TENNESSEE.
R.A. Houtman, J.R. Schiller, and S.W. Hamilton. Center for Field Biology, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN 37044

(418) ASSESSING A HYDROGEOLOGIC CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM IN MID-ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN STREAMS USING BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES.
J.J. Hutchens¹, K.A. Blocksom¹, D.J. Klemm¹, S.W. Ator², J.M. Denver³, A.M. Pitchford⁴, and M.H. Mehaffey⁴. ¹Ecosystems Research Branch, National Exposure Research Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH 45268, ²US Geologic Survey, Baltimore, MD 21237, ³US Geologic Survey, Dover, DE 19901, ⁴Landscape Ecology Branch, National Exposure Research Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency, Las Vegas, NV 89193

(419) SETTING EUROPEAN REFERENCE CONDITIONS AND CLASS BOUNDARIES FOR INLAND WATERS.
R.K. Johnson. Department of Environmental Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

(420) COMPARISON OF BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGES FROM INTERMITTENT AND PERENNIAL STREAMS IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION.
D.J. Klemm¹, K.A. Blocksom¹, W.T. Thoeny², J.J. Hutchens¹, E.S. Grimmett², and F.A. Fulk¹. ¹Ecosystems Research Branch, Ecological Exposure Research Division, National Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. EPA, Cincinnati, OH 45268, ²SoBran, Inc., c/o U.S. EPA, Ecosystems Research Branch, Ecological Exposure Research Division, National Exposure Research Lab, Cincinnati, OH 45268

(421) BIOASSESSMENT OF THE FISHES OF THE GREEN RIVER BASIN, KENTUCKY.
B.E. Lewis and S.A. Grubbs. Center for Biodiversity Studies, Department of Biology, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 42101

(422) A WATERSHED APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCES ON STREAMS AND THEIR RECEIVING SALT MARSHES.
S.M. Lussier¹, C. Wigand¹, S. DaSilva², M. Charpentier³, S.C. Cormier⁴, and D.J. Klemm⁴. ¹U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Atlantic Ecology Division, Narragansett, RI 02882, ²Department of Resources Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 02881, ³OAO Corporation, Narragansett, RI 02882, ⁴U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Exposure Research Laboratory, Ecological Exposure Research Division, Cincinnati, OH 45268

(423) BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF A RIPARIAN RESTORATION PROJECT IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA USING A MULTIMETRIC INDEX.
D. McGarvey and R. Carline. Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802

(424) STREAM ECOLOGY: A FRESHMAN-LEVEL EXPERIENTIAL COURSE AT PAUL SMITH'S COLLEGE.
J.R. Mihuc and J.B. Brown. Paul Smith's College, Route's 86 & 30, Paul Smith's, New York 12970

(425) BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE LITTLE PATUXENT RIVER, CATTAIL CREEK, AND BRIGHTON DAM WATERSHEDS, HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND.
K.L. Pavlik and J.B. Stribling. Tetra Tech, Inc., 10045 Red Run Blvd., Suite 110, Owings Mills, MD, 21117

(426) COMPARISON OF TRADITIONAL AND INNOVATIVE METHODS FOR MONITORING SUBALPINE STREAMS ON MOUNT MANSFIELD, VERMONT.
H.M. Peters, J.L. Carrien, and E.P. Thomas. Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, Vermont 05827

(427) PERIPHYTON COMMUNITY STRUCTURE WITHIN THE RIVER CHANNEL DURING THE KISSIMMEE RIVER (FLORIDA, USA) RESTORATION PROJECT.
R. Pillsbury. Department of Biology and Microbiology, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI USA 54901

(428) CALCULATING ENVIRONMENTAL OPTIMA FOR RIFFLE-DWELLING MAYFLIES (EPHEMEROPTERA): A METHOD FOR QUANTITATIVELY DEFINING TOLERANCE RANGES.
R.W. Plotnikoff¹, D.G. Mochan², and C. Wiseman¹. ¹Washington Department of Ecology, PO Box 47710, Olympia, WA 98504, ²Rhithron Biological Associates, 1845 S. 12th Street West, Missoula, MT 59801

(429) SEASONAL VARIABILITY OF THE MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY IN SOUTH-CENTRAL ALASKA STREAMS: IMPLICATIONS FOR BIOMONITORING PROGRAMS.
A.M. Prussian, D.J. Rinella, and E.B. Major. Environment and Natural Resources Institute, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 99501

(430) MACROINVERTEBRATE RESPONSE TO RIPARIAN RESTORATION IN SELECTED AGRICULTURAL STREAMS OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
J. Rasmussen, D. Argent, and T. Scanlan. Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA 15419

(431) COMPARISON OF INVERTEBRATE RESPONSES TO GRADIENTS OF URBAN INTENSITY IN CONTRASTING CLIMATIC REGIONS.
T.M. Short¹, T.F. Cuffney², J.F. Coles³, E.M. Giddings⁴, and H. Zappia⁵. ¹U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, ²U.S. Geological Survey, 3916 Sunset Ridge Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, ³U.S. Geological Survey, 210 Bearfoot Rd., Northborough, MA 01532, ⁴U.S. Geological Survey, 2239 W. Orton Circle, West Valley, UT 84119, ⁵U.S. Geological Survey, 2350 Fairlane Dr., Montgomery, AL 36116

(432) RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN RIPARIAN VEGETATION, WATER CHEMISTRY, AND STREAM INVERTEBRATES IN A SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE.
M.L. Stone¹, M.R. Whiles¹, J.A. Webber², and K.J. Williard². ¹Department of Zoology, University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale, IL 62901, ²Department of Forestry, University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale, IL 62901

(433) THE AUSTRIAN WAY OF ADAPTING THE SAPROBIC SYSTEM INTO THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE EUROPEAN WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE.
I. Stubauer and O. Moog. Department of Hydrobiology, BOKU University of Agricultural Sciences Vienna, A 1180 Vienna, Austria

(434) TAXONOMIC INFLUENCE ON SEPARATION OF SITES AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES.
J.M. Taylor, C.J. Brooks, and S.A. Grubbs. Center for Biodiversity Studies, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

(435) ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF CHIRONOMIDAE TAXONOMIC RESOLUTION ON SITE DIFFERENTIATION USING MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS.
J.F. Thomas and T.J. Hall. National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc., P.O.Box 1259, Anacortes, WA 98221

(436) DEVELOPMENT OF A HABITAT ASSESSMENT PROTOCOL FOR MICHIGAN’S LARGE RIVERS – DIFFERENTIATING IMPACTED FROM NON-IMPACTED RIVER SEGMENTS.
J.G.O. Wilhelm¹, J.D. Allan¹, K.J. Wessell², R.W. Merritt², and K.W. Cummins³. ¹School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1115 USA, ²Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA, ³California Cooperative Fisheries Unit, Department of Fisheries, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA 95521 USA