The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services wishes to thank each of the ~150 attendees for participating in the 32nd annual meeting of the New England Association of Environmental Biologists. The meeting included some excellent poster and oral presentations and we are thankful to all those that submitted this material. It was our pleasure to host the meeting this year and hope you enjoyed it as well.
Below are the final agenda and a table with links to each of the oral presentations.
| Number |
Presentation Title |
Primary Author |
| 1 |
National wetland condition assessment (PDF) (18 pp., 557 KB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (18 slides, 1.26 MB) |
Jeanne Voorhees |
| 2 |
A landscape-level approach to wetlands monitoring and assessment (PDF) (85 pp., 6.67 MB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (85 slides, 15.18 MB) |
Scott Jackson |
| 3 |
Use of GIS to conduct a landscape level assessment of New Hampshire's wetlands (PDF) (43 pp., 2.83 MB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (43 slides, 13.4 MB) |
Ted Walsh |
| 4 |
Baseline floristic assessment and classification of pine barrens vernal ponds in New York (PDF) (31 pp., 2.67 MB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (31 slides, 25.8 MB) |
Jason Bried |
| 5 |
Connecticut methodology for freshwater nutrient criteria development (PDF) (29 pp., 1.32 MB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (29 slides, 2 MB) |
Mary Becker |
| 6 |
Effects of whole-river fertilization on benthic invertebrates: feeding a starving river (PDF) (44 pp., 4.93 MB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (44 slides, 13.18 MB) |
Gary Lester |
| 7 |
Inferring environmental conditions in streams based on stream algae (PDF) (34 pp., 888 KB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (35 slides, 2.5 MB) |
Tom Danielson |
| 8 |
Assessment of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in relation to regulated flows in the Deerfield River, Massachusetts (PDF) (23 pp., 1.44 MB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (2 slides, 25.41 MB) |
Michael B. Cole |
| 9 |
National Lakes Assessment: Overview of field season and preliminary data analysis |
Ellen Tarquinio |
| 10 |
A statewide probability survey of Vermont Lakes – an adaptation of the national lake survey (PDF) (30 pp., 615 KB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (30 slides, 1.02 MB) |
Neil Kammen |
| 11 |
Water quality report cards (PDF) (16 pp., 2.07 MB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (16 slides, 3.09 MB) |
Warren Kimball |
| 12 |
Impairment to aquatic invertebrate and fish assemblages caused by heavy metals in the acid rock drainage from Ely mine near Vershire, Vermont (PDF) (26 pp., 2.6 MB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (26 slides, 47.95 MB) |
James Coles |
| 13 |
The use of on-lake remote sensing to measure water quality in New England lake (PDF) (31 pp., 6.16 MB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (31 slides, 13.3 MB) |
Shane Bradt |
| 14 |
Effect of climate change on aquatic ecosystems and biological indicators (PDF) (63 pp., 3.41 MB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (62 slides, 8.16 MB) |
Britta G. Brierwagen |
| 15 |
A random walk through sampling designs: the ups and down of probabilistic monitoring (PDF) (44 pp., 826 KB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (45 slides, 3.45 MB) |
Jeroen Gerritsen |
| 16 |
Performance evaluations for a range of stormwater Low Impact Design, conventional structural, and manufactured treatment devices in a cold climate (PDF) (47 pp., 7.13 MB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (55 slides, 27.19 MB) |
James J. Houle |
| 17 |
In search of pristine ponds: The Adirondack Heritage Lake Project (PDF) (56 pp., 9.37 MB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (56 slides, 59.58 MB) |
Curt Stager |
| 18 |
Predicted impacts of climate change on cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins in lakes: future threats to lake ecology and public health (PDF) (63 pp., 4.1 MB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (71 slides, 14.55 MB) |
Jim Haney |
| 19 |
Working with people: Applying social science research in conservation and outreach efforts (PDF) (33 pp., 3.65 MB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (33 slides, 1.41 MB) |
Brian Eisenhauer |
| 20 |
CWA section 106 monitoring initiative (PDF) (14 pp., 270 KB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (14 slides, 282 KB) |
Susan Holdsworth |
| 21 |
Detecting water quality patterns in New Hampshire's estuaries using national coastal assessment probability-based survey data (PDF) (15 pp., 435 KB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (15 slides, 661 KB) |
Phillip R. Trowbridge |
| 22 |
National wadeable stream assessment: analysis of region V state results (PDF) (31 pp., 5.43 MB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (31 slides, 7.89 MB) |
Chris Yoder |
| 23 |
Connecticut's invasive aquatic plant problem (PDF) (25 pp., 5.62 MB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (25 slides, 46.68 MB) |
Gregg Bugbee |
| 24 |
Didymosphenia geminata – a new potentially invasive diatom in New England rivers (PDF) (41 pp., 3.77 MB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (41 slides, 17.11 MB) |
Leslie Matthews |
| 25 |
Using geospatial technologies to research invasive aquatic plants in Connecticut (PDF) (25 pp., 4.11 MB) |
Roslyn Selsky |
| 26 |
Development of a fish assemblage assessment index for non-wadeable large rivers in Maine (PDF) (55 pp., 19 MB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (55 slides, 57.23 MB) |
Chris Yoder |
| 27 |
Predicted occurrence of coldwater fish assemblages in New Hampshire wadeable streams (PDF) (22 pp., 1.31 MB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (22 slides, 4.8 MB) |
David Neils |
| 28 |
Effects of the nuisance Diatom, Didymosphenia geminata, on benthic invertebrate communities in the Kootenai River, Montana/Idaho (PDF) (44 pp., 5.67 MB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (44 slides, 7.92 MB) |
Gary Lester |
| 29 |
Statewide application of target fish community methods (PDF) (27 pp., 1.4 MB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (27 slides, 7.39 MB) |
Todd Richards |
| 30 |
Trends in climate in northern New York, 1950 - 2005 (PDF) (38 pp., 822 KB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (38 slides, 1.99 MB) |
Kathie Dello |
| 31 |
Climate change pilot study on the Maine database (PDF) (29 pp., 2.33 MB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (29 slides, 6.72 MB) |
Jeroen Gerritsen |
| 32 |
Annual differences in aquatic insects of the White Mountain National Forest – normal variation or global warming? (PDF) (39 pp., 4.49 MB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (39 slides, 20.76 MB) |
Donald S. Chandler |
| 33 |
Potential climate change indicators – Traits and taxa (PDF) (37 pp., 4.87 MB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (37 slides, 8.82 MB) |
Jen Stamp |
| 34 |
Northeast regional mercury total maximum daily load (PDF) (26 pp., 693 KB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (26 slides, 883 KB) |
Susannah King |
| 35 |
Development of TMDL's for eutrophic lakes in Vermont – a contrast in approaches (PDF) (33 pp., 1.12 MB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (33 slides, 3.81 MB) |
Neil Kammen |
| 36 |
Use of models of medium scale complexity to derive total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) for nutrient impaired lakes in New Hampshire (PDF) (23 pp., 1.75 MB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (23 slides, 22.26 MB) |
Sarah Macdougall |
| 37 |
Using RIFLS volunteer streamflow data to manage flows downstream of impoundments (PDF) (30 pp., 6.91 MB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (30 slides, 26.43 MB) |
Joanna Carey |
| 38 |
New Hampshire's approach to managing impounded water levels and corresponding downstream flows relative to aquatic life use support (PDF) (22 pp., 2.7 MB) | MS Powerpoint Version (PPT) (22 slides, 37.71 MB) |
Paul Piszczek |