The Voinovich school used a symposium with presentations by most participants in the study at the North-Central Geological Society of America meeting (23-25 April 2008, in Evansville, IN titled: "Environmental Controls and Human Impacts on Stream Biota of Ohio's Western Allegheny Plateau.") as the starting point for our final push on this project. Presentations with links to abstracts are listed below. (Ctrl-Clicking on title will take you to web site with abstract)
THE OHIO UNIVERSITY EPA STAR GRANT: REFINED BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION AND STRESSOR IDENTIFICATION IN THE WESTERN ALLEGHENY PLATEAU ECOREGION: RANKIN, Edward T.1, DYER, James2, JOHNSON, Kelly3, LOPEZ, Dina4, SPRINGER, Gregory S.4, STOERTZ, Mary5, VIS-CHIASSON, Morgan6, and HUGHES, Michael7, (1) ILGARD, Ohio University, The Ridges, Building 22, Athens, OH 45701, qhei@aol.com, (2) Geography, Ohio University, 112 Clippinger Hall, Athens, OH 45701, (3) Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, (4) Geological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, (5) Athens, OH 45701, (6) Environmental And Plant Biology, Ohio University, Porter Hall, Athens, OH 45701, (7) Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701
REFINED BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION FOR DERIVING BIOCRITERIA IN THE WESTERN ALLEGHENY PLATEAU ECOREGION: FISH ASSEMBLAGE RESULTS: RANKIN, Edward T., ILGARD, Ohio University, The Ridges, Building 22, Athens, OH 45701, qhei@aol.com
DEVELOPMENT OF A MACROINVERTEBRATE PREDICTIVE MODEL FOR STREAM BIOASSESSMENT OF OHIO'S WESTERN ALLEGHENY PLATEAU: NORTH, Sheila H., Biological Sciences/Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, Ohio University, Irvine Hall, Athens, OH 45701, sn197796@ohio.edu, JOHNSON, Kelly, Center for Ecology and Evolution, Biological Sciences/Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, Ohio University, Irvine Hall, Athens, OH 45701, and RANKIN, Ed, Midwest Biodiversity Institute/Center for Applied Biocriteria and Bioassessment, Athens, OH 45701
NATURAL AND HUMAN IMPACTS ON STREAM DIATOM COMMUNITIES: SMUCKER, Nathan J. and VIS, Morgan L., Environmental and Plant Biology, Ohio University, Porter Hall, Athens, OH 45701, ns218005@ohio.edu
USING LANDSCAPE VARIABLES FOR ASSESSING STREAM HEALTH IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO: KING, Lisa A., Geography, Ohio University, 14233 Brill Rd, Stewart, OH 45778, 1.lisa.king@gmail.com and DYER, James, Geography, Ohio University, Clippinger Labs, Athens, OH 45701
ASSOCIATIONS OF BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES WITH LOCAL STREAM GEOMORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES IN UNGLACIATED BASINS OF THE WESTERN ALLEGHENY PLATEAU: JOHNSON, Kelly S., Ohio Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies, Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, johnsok3@ohio.edu, RANKIN, Ed, Midwest Biodiversity Institute/Center for Applied Biocriteria and Bioassessment, Athens, OH 45701, SPRINGER, Greg, Geological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, and HUGHES, Michael, Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701
EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES OF INCISED STREAMS IN THE SHADE RIVER BASIN, SOUTHEASTERN OHIO: IMPLICATIONS FOR HABITAT QUALITY AND STREAM HEALTH: HUGHES, Michael L., Voinovich School of Leadereship & Public Affairs, Ohio University, Bldg 22, The Ridges, Athens, OH 45701, hughesm@ohio.edu, RANKIN, Edward T., ILGARD, Ohio University, The Ridges, Building 22, Athens, OH 45701, and JOHNSON, Kelly S., Center for Ecology and Evolution, Biological Sciences/Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, Ohio University, Irvine Hall, Athens, OH 45701
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF WATERS AND SEDIMENTS OF STREAMS OF THE WESTERN ALLEGHENY PLATEAU: THE SHADE RIVER WATERSHED: GBOLO, Prosper, Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701, speropee@aim.com and LOPEZ, Dina L., Geological Sciences, Ohio Univ, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701
CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF AMD WATERS AND SEDIMENTS AT ABANDONED COAL MINES OF SOUTHEASTERN OHIO: ZHANG, Qian, Environmental Studies, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701, qz970306@ohio.edu and LOPEZ, Dina L., Geological Sciences, Ohio Univ, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701
Other Presentations:
K.S. Johnson, S. H. North, E. Rankin, W. Carlson, J. Dyer and M. Stoertz. 2007.
A Preliminary Predictive Model for Macroinvertebrates in Wadeable Streams in the Western Allegheny Plateau. Annual meeting of the North American Benthological Society of America, Columbia SC June 3-7, 2007
J. Renner, K. S. Johnson and R. Forbes. 2007. Riffle beetle sensitivity to low pH and their role as bioindicators in acid mine impacted streams. Entomological Society of America meeting, Dec 2007, San Diego July 16, 2007
Smucker N.J. and M.L. Vis Impacts of spatial and temporal variation on stream diatom community dynamics and bioassessments in southeastern Ohio. North American Benthological Society, Salt Lake City, UT, May 2008.
Smucker N.J. and M.L. Vis Acid mine drainage and agricultural impacts on stream diatom communities. Northeast Algal Symposium, Durham, NH. April 2008.
Smucker N.J. and M.L. Vis Impacts of spatial and temporal variation on stream diatom community dynamics and bioassessments in southeastern Ohio. North American Benthological Society, Salt Lake City, UT, May 2008.
Smucker, N.J. and M.L. Vis, Determining chemical, physical, and landscape impacts on the structure of stream diatom communities. North American Diatom Symposium, September 2007.