Bioassessment: Link to Physical Habitat and Land Use

Session 28 (Contributed)
Friday, May 31, 10:15 AM-12:00 PM, Allegheny II
Moderator: Riseng, C.M.

10:15 (187) INTEGRATING BIOLOGICAL MONITORING DATA FROM DIVERSE SOURCES: CHALLENGES IN DATABASE AND INDEX DEVELOPMENT FOR POTOMAC NONTIDAL RIVERS AND STREAMS.
L.E. Astin. Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, 6110 Executive Blvd., Suite 300, Rockville, MD, 20852

10:30 (188) THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAND COVER AND STREAM CONDITION: A COMPARISON OF INVERTEBRATE AND LANDSCAPE METRICS.
M.G.S. Wood and J.D. Allan. School of Natural Resources & Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI 48109-1115

10:45 (189) EFFECTS OF LAND USE CHANGE ON FISH SPECIES DIVERSITY IN THE MUSKEGON RIVER (MICHIGAN, USA) WATERSHED.
C.M. Riseng¹, M.J. Wiley¹, B. Pijanowski², and R.J. Stevenson². ¹School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1115, ²Department of Zoology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48864

11:00 (190) THE AQUATIC BIOREGIONS OF AUSTRIA.
O. Moog¹, A. Schmidt-Kloiber¹, T. Ofenboeck¹, and J. Gerritsen². ¹Department of Hydrobiology, BOKU University of Agricultural Sciences, Vienna, Austria, A 1180 Vienna, ²Tetra Tech Inc., Owing Mills, Maryland, 21117 USA

11:15 (191) IMPORTANCE OF BOTH REDUNDANCY AND SPECIFICITY IN WATER-QUALITY MONITORING PROJECTS: INITIAL RESULTS FROM BASEFLOW MONITORING IN WATERSHEDS THAT SUPPLY NEW YORK CITY WITH DRINKING WATER.
C.L. Dow, J.K. Jackson, L.A. Kaplan, J.D. Newbold, L.J. Standley, and B.W. Sweeney. Stroud Water Research Center, 970 Spencer Rd., Avondale, PA, 19311

11:30 (192) EFFECTS OF LAND-USE AND GEOLOGY ON LOTIC DIATOM ASSEMBLAGES IN OREGON NORTH COAST STREAMS.
B. Bowder¹, Y. Pan¹, J. Ford², and L. Scott². ¹Environmental Sciences and Resources, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA, 97227, ²Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA, 97331

11:45 (193) THE INFLUENCE OF PHYSICAL FACTORS ON COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE OF SAMPLING METHODS IN LARGE RIVERS.
K.A. Blocksom and J.E. Flotemersch. Ecosystems Research Branch, National Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH 45268