Bioasessment

Session 166 (Poster)
Thursday, May 29, 3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Grand Hall

(449) Comparison of multimetric and multivariate methods for stream bioassessment sites in the Southeastern United States.
D. Lee and C.M. Way. Barry A. Vittor and Associates, Inc., Mobile, Alabama

(450) Standardizing sampling effort on autosimilarity in comparing assemblages: effect of species-occurrence and species-abundance distributions.
Y. Cao¹, C.P. Hawkins¹, D.P. Larsen², and J. Van Sickle². ¹Department of Aquatic, Watershed & Earth Resources, Utah State University, Logan UT 84322-5210, ²Western Ecology Devision, NHEERL-USEPA, 200 SW 35th Street, Corvallis, OR 97333

(451) Using negative binomial and zero-inflated count distributional assumptions to model benthic macroinvertebrate abundance data.
B.R. Gray¹, J.S. Sauer¹, J.T. Rogala¹, and R.J. Haro². ¹Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, U.S. Geological Survey, La Crosse, WI, USA 54603, ²Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, WI 54601

(452) Simuliid (Diptera) mentum deformities and fluctuating asymmetry as indicators of mine tailings runoff effects.
E. Sabo and J.J.H. Ciborowski. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9B 3P4

(453) Research vs. production taxonomy: defining the quality of taxonomic data necessary for bioassessments.
S.R. Moulton¹, J.B. Stribling², and G.T. Lester³. ¹U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA, 20192, ²Tetra Tech, Inc., 10045 Red Run Blvd. Suite 110, Owings Mills, MD, 21117, ³EcoAnalysts, Inc., 105 East 2nd Street, Suite 1, Moscow, ID, 83843

(454) Biological linkages between landuse and water quality: the use of nitrogen stable isotopes for diagnosing the cause and source of water pollution.
M.S. Pearson, M.F. Moffett, T.M. Jicha, L.E. Anderson, and C.M. Elonen. USEPA-Mid-Continent Ecology Division, Duluth, MN 55804

(455) Water quality biomonitoring of five streams in the Seneca Lake, NY watershed.
J.M. Ryan, C. MacNamara, and J. Hamblett. Biology Department, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY 14456 USA

(456) A standardized assessment method (SAM) for riverine macroinvertebrates.
K.A. Blocksom¹, J.E. Flotemersch¹, and J.J. Hutchens². ¹Ecological Exposure Research Division, National Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268, ²Dept. of Biology, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, South Carolina 29528

(457) Benthic macroinvertebrate monitoring alongside a temperature Total Maximum Daily Load study in northwest Washington State (USA).
C.D. Wiseman. Environmental Assessment Program, Department of Ecology, Olympia, Washington, USA 98504-7710

(458) Ecological condition of tropical Pacific insular streams: historical nutrient data from American Samoa.
G.T. DiDonato. American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency, P.O. Box PPA, Pago Pago, AS 96799

(459) The use of invertebrate functional groups to assess ecosystem attributes.
P.C. Andrade and M.B. Berg. Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

(460) Macroinvertebrate communities and groundwater quality in spring-fed streams.
M. Westrick¹, B. Karns², and L.C. Ferrington Jr³. ¹Emmons and Olivier Resources, 651 Hale Avenue North, Oakdale, MN 55128, USA, ²Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway, National Park Service, P.O. Box 708, St. Croix Falls, WI 54024, USA, ³Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, 306 Hodson Hall, 1980 Folwell Avenue, Saint. Paul, MN 55108, USA

(461) Evaluating disturbance of benthic macroinvertebrate communities caused by off-road vehicle traffic in the Nueces River, Uvalde and Zavala counties, Texas, USA.
S.G. Tiemann, B.S. Bergthold, G.W. Easley, and L.J. Hamilton. Surface Water Quality Standards Team, MC-150, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, PO Box 13087, Austin, Texas, USA 78711

(462) Regional considerations of instream community assessments associated with nutrient contributions from aquaculture discharges in the Delta ecoregion.
W.W. Stephens and J.L. Farris. Environmental Sciences Program, Arkansas State University, State University, AR 72467

(463) Fecal coliform bacteria in the sediments of a stream and lake recreational area.
L.W. Jolley and W.R. English. Department of Forest Resources, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634

(464) Short term effect on colonized aquatic invertebrates at downstream site from waste water treatment plant.
M.M. Mahato¹, J.H. Kennedy¹, W.T. Waller¹, L.P. Ammann², and K.E. Banks³. ¹Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203, ²University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, ³City of Denton, Denton, TX 76209

(465) Assessment of littoral benthic macroinvertebrate communities of alpine lakes in the Sierra Nevada, USA.
M.G. Mehling, S.A. Roark, and J.T. Oris. Center for Environmental Toxicology & Statistics, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056

(466) Streamside buffer effectiveness: macroinvertebrate and amphibian species as indicators of water quality in an impacted agricultural system, Coastal Plain, Georgia.
T.K. Muenz^1,2, S.W. Golladay², G Vellidis³, and L.L. Smith². ¹University of Georgia, Institute of Ecology, Athens, Georgia , ²Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center, Newton, Georgia, ³University of Georgia, Tifton Campus, Tifton, Georgia

(467) Toward development of a macroinvertebrate IBI for evaluating agricultural grass filter strips.
E. Kosnicki and R.W. Sites. Department of Entomology, University of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia, Missouri 65211 USA

(468) Development of a thermistor–based field deployable turbulence/shear stress measurement device .
N. Yonemitsu and T.M. Hoover. Department of Civil Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CANADA V6T 1Z4