Bioassessment

Session 100 (Poster)
Tuesday, June 6, 2:00 PM-5:30 PM, Explorer Hall

(501) Sampling techniques for the biomonitoring of deep rivers.
J.A.B. Bass, M.W.N. Neale, N.T. Kneebone, T.A. Corbin, R.J.M. Gunn, J.H. Blackburn, J. Davy-Bowker, R.T. Clarke, and J.I. Jones. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Dorset, Dorchester, Dorset, UK DT2 8ZD

(502) Monitoring transitional waters with benthic macro-invertebrates: advantages and dis-advantages of body size descriptors .
A. Basset, L. Sabetta, G. Mancinelli, M. Pinna, and F. Sangiorgio. Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Lecce, Lecce, Italy 73100

(503) Development of a macroinvertebrate biological monitoring index for Alexander Archipelago streams, southeast Alaska.
D.L. Bogan¹, D.J. Rinella¹, K. Kishaba¹, and B.K. Jessup². ¹Environment and Natural Resources Institute, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska 99501, ²Tetra Tech, Inc., Owings Mills, MD 21117

(504) Use of Benthic Macroinvertebrates to Assess Best Management Practice (BMP) Effectiveness for Improvement of Water Quality and Ecology in Oxbow Lakes of the Mississippi Delta Alluvial Plain.
C.T. Bryant, S. Testa, III, and C.M. Cooper. Water Quality and Ecology Unit, USDA Agricultural Research Service, National Sedimentation Laboratory, Oxford, MS 38655

(505) A comparison of quantitative and qualitative sampling methods for the development of a stream macroinvertebrate functional feeding group bioassessment protocol for the tropical streams of Costa Rica.
A.J. Burky¹, C.M. Hanley¹, B.C. Beaman¹, D.A. Vonderhaar¹, and M.E. Benbow². ¹Department of Biology, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, 45469-2320, ²Department of Biology, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, 46135

(506) Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent Effects on a Cold Water Stream Benthic Community: Is it Temperature?
R.A. Connelly¹, W.J. Rue¹, J.M. Boltz¹, and J.E. Slater². ¹EA Engineering, Science and Technology, Inc., 15 Loveton Circle, Sparks, MD, USA, ²Carroll County Government, Westminster, MD, USA

(507) Distribution of larval Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) in East Texas streams.
T.A. Contador and J.H. Kennedy. Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76201

(508) The effects of stormwater runoff and combined sewer overflows on benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in urban stream stream.
C.W. Emerson and S.W. Hamilton. Center for Field Biology, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN, USA, 37044

(509) Invertebrate assemblages from headwater streams with different flow permanence.
K.M. Fritz. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Exposure Research Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH 45268 USA

(510) Spatial variation of benthic bioassessment metric scores in Virginia Piedmont streams .
A.L. Garey and L.A. Smock. Department of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1000 West Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia, USA

(511) Testing for recurrent upstream-downstream differences in benthic community structure at multiple point source disturbances for impact assessment in urban areas.
L.C. Grapentine. Environment Canada, 867 Lakeshore Rd., Burlington, ON, Canada, L7R 4A6

(512) A comparison of sampling methods and assessment of ecological health of the Little Miami River, Ohio, using a macroinvertebrate bioindicator functional feeding group approach.
C.M. Hanley¹, B.C. Beaman¹, D.A. Vonderhaar¹, M.E. Benbow², and A.J. Burky¹. ¹Department of Biology, University of Dayton, Dayton OH 45469-2320, ²Department of Biology, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, 46135

(513) Seasonal comparison of cadmium and zinc accumulation in aquatic bryophytes immersed in the Arkansas River, Colorado.
S.J. Herrmann¹, D.W.R. Nimmo¹, J.A. Romine¹, K.W. Meyer¹, P.H. Davies², D.L. Hansen², R.W. Johnson¹, and S.F. Brinkman². ¹Department of Biology, Colorado State University-Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, USA 81001, ²Colorado Division of Wildlife, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA 80525

(514) Fish and macroinvertebrate communities in the mid-Atlantic uplands: between-taxa intercorrelation, relationship to land-use, and implications for integrated assessments.
R.J. Horwitz¹, C.A. Flinders¹, A. Kindt¹, and T. Belton². ¹Patrick Center for Environmental Research, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19103, ²New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Trenton, New Jersey, 08625

(515) Ecological Assessment of Streams in Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.
B.J. Howard¹, M.R. Haube², A. Barkatt¹, and W.O. Lamp². ¹Catholic University of America, ²University of Maryland

(516) A comparison of the Macroinvertebrate Aggregate Index for Streams (MAIS) and Ohio EPA's Invertebrate Community Index (ICI).
C.J. Kinney¹, K.S. Johnson², T. Morman³, and E. Rankin³. ¹Environmental Studies, Ohio University, Athens OH 45701, ²Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens OH 45701, ³Midwest Biodiversity Institute, Athens OH 45701

(517) Existing and newly developed biological assessment tools and biocriteria for the U.S. EPA's New England and Mid-Atlantic Regions.
D.J. Klemm¹, A. Shelton², K. Blocksom¹, and B. Autrey¹. ¹U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ORD, NERL, EERD, ERB, 26 W. Martin Luther King Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45268, ²UES, Inc. c/o U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ORD, NERL, EERD, ERB, 26 W. Martin Luther King Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45268

(518) Coffee and bugs: a preliminary study of macroinvertebrate assemblages from Manizales, Colombia.
E. Kosnicki¹ and J.E. Botero². ¹Division of Plant Sciences, Subdivision of Entomology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA., ²Programa Biologia de la Conservacion, Cenicafe-FNC, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia.

(519) Cumulative ecological effects of agriculture stressors on stream benthic ecosystems.
E.A. Luiker¹, J.M. Culp¹, A. Alexander², K.S. Heard², and R.A. Curry². ¹National Water Research Institute, Environment Canada, Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, E3B 6E1, ²Canadian Rivers Institute, Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, E3B 6E1

(520) Effects of urbanization on coastal watershed integrity: a comparison between two Northern California regions.
K.B. Lunde, M.R. Cover, A.H. Purcell, and V.H. Resh. Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720

(521) The relative influence of reach-scale habitat and geographic location on benthic invertebrate assemblages in six ecoregions.
M.D. Munn¹, I.R. Waite², D.P. Larsen³, and A.T. Herlihy⁴. ¹US Geological Survey, 1201 Pacific Ave., Suite 600, Tacoma, WA 98402 USA, ²US Geological Survey, 10615 Cherry Blossom Drive, Portland, OR 97216 USA, ³WED, NHEERL, US Environmental Protection Agency, 200 SW 35th St., Corvallis, Oregon 97333 USA, ⁴Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331

(522) Effects of large woody debris additions on benthic macroinvertebrate in a lowland river.
D. Nakano¹, Y. Kawaguchi², and F. Nakamura¹. ¹Department of Forest Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Kita-ku Kita 9 Nishi 9, ²Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan Higashi-ku Hakozaki 6-10-1

(523) North Texas prairie streams: a case for long-term biological monitoring.
R. Rudin, J.H. Kennedy, and A.D. Stamatis. Department of Biology, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA

(524) A pilot study for the development of bioassessment tools for desert springbrook ecosystems in southwestern Idaho.
J.L. Sandow and P. Koetsier. Department of Biology, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho

(525) Texas Trinity River revisted 20 years later: changes in the benthic macroinvertebrate community structure of an effluent dominated river.
J.L. Slye, J.H. Kennedy, and D.R. Johnson. University of North Texas, Department of Biological Sciences, P.O. Box 310559 Denton, Texas 76203Texas

(526) A comparison of the sensitivity of fish multimetric indices with multivariate statistics to detect effects along large rivers in Oregon.
J.F. Thomas¹, R.L. Ragsdale², and T.J. Hall². ¹Weyerhaeuser Company, Federal Way, Washington, USA, ²National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Anacortes, WA, USA

(527) Relationships among macroinvertebrates, water quality, habitats, and land use in streams of the Yun-Chia region of Southern Taiwan.
YKW Wang, Yi-Kuang and TWL Liu, Tz-Wen. Graduate Institute of Environmental Management, Nan-Hua University, Chia-Yi County, Taiwan