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Sunday October 12, 1997

• Sunday October 12, 1997, 4:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
  
  Registration
• Sunday October 12, 1997, 6:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
  
  President's Reception

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Monday, October 13, 1997

• Monday October 13, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  
  Registration
• Monday October 13, 1997, 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
  Benthic Organisms and the State of Our Estuaries, I
  Organizers:
  Christine Henderson, Texas A\&M University (CFH9582@acs.tamu.edu)
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Patterns of Benthic Organism Size Distributions along the Large-Scale Salinity Gradient of the Baltic Sea.
    Daniel E. Duplisea*, Stockholm University
    Ragnar Elmgren, Stockholm University
  • 8:50 a.m.
    Interaction of restoration, management, monitoring, and good science, an example: The Chesapeake Bay Benthic Monitoring Programs.
    J. Ananda Ranasinghe*, Versar Inc
    Daniel M. Dauer, Department of Biological Sciences
    Stephen B. Weisberg, SCCWRP
    Raymond W. Alden, III, Old Dominion University
  • 9:10 a.m.
    Effects of Watershed Development on Macrobenthic Communities in Tidal Creek Ecosystems.
    Scott Bedford Lerberg*, University of Charleston and SC Marine Resources Research Institute
    A. Frederick Holland, SC Marine Resources Research Institute
• Monday October 13, 1997, 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
  Bioassays in Estuarine Research
  Chairs:
  Jim Sanders, Benedict Estuarine Research Center
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Effects of phenol, methylene chloride and potassium dichromate on grass shrimp embryos.
    Jonathan E.H. Wilson*,
  • 8:50 a.m.
    Vegetable Cultivation and Water Quality on Virginia's Eastern Shore: A Bioassay Study and its Management Implications.
    Mark W. Luckenbach*, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary
    Morris H. Roberts, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
    Keith Boyd, U.S.D.A. Resource Conservation and Development Program
  • 9:10 a.m.
    The Effect of Grain Size on the Microtox Bioassay for Sediment Toxicity.
    Jude Grimley*, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
    Courtney Thomas Hackney, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
• Monday October 13, 1997, 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
  Biogeochemistry, I: Nutrients in Wetlands
  Chairs:
  Jonathan Sharp, University of Delaware
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Effects of Nutrient Loading on the Preservation of Organic Carbon in Wetland Sediments.
    James T. Morris*, University of South Carolina
    Paul M. Bradley,
  • 8:50 a.m.
    Phosphorous sorption characteristics of intertidal marsh sediments along a salinity gradient.
    P. V. Sundareshwar*, University of South Carolina
    James T. Morris, University of South Carolina
  • 9:10 a.m.
    Biogeochemistry of Dissolved Inorganic Carbon and Nitrogen and O$_2$ in the Estuarine Waters of Satilla River, Georgia.
    Wei-Jun Cai*, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia
    William J Wiebe, same
• Monday October 13, 1997, 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
  Dissolved Oxygen in Temperate Estuaries I
  Chairs:
  Mary Moser, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Oxygen Balance in the Upper Charles River, Massachusetts.
    David R Schlezinger*, Boston University
    Brian L Howes,
  • 8:50 a.m.
    Factors contributing to eutrophication in the Providence and Seekonk Rivers in Narragansett Bay.
    A Christian Turner *, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management,
    Angelo Liberti, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management,
  • 9:10 a.m.
    Periodic Hypoxia in a Southwest Florida Estuary.
    Michael G. Heyl *, Camp Dresser & McKee Inc
    Anthony J. Janicki, Coastal Environmental Inc.
    Hans W. Zarbock, Coastal Environmental Inc.
• Monday October 13, 1997, 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
  Paleoecological Techniques to Assess Ecosystem Change, I
  Organizers:
  Jim Latimer, US EPA (latimer.jim@epamail.epa.gov)
  Grace Brush, Johns Hopkins University (gbrush@jhu.edu)
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Chesapeake Bay: The English Past as Prologue.
    Kent Mountford*, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Chesapeake Bay
  • 8:50 a.m.
    A Geochemical Record of Eutrophication in Chesapeake Bay Sediments.
    Andrew R. Zimmerman*, College of William and Mary/School of Marine Science
    Elizabeth A. Canuel, College of William and Mary/School of Marine Science
  • 9:10 a.m.
    Reconstruction of a Long-Term Historical Record of Cyanobacterial Blooms in the Baltic Sea Using Fossil Plant Pigments as Paleoindicators.
    Thomas S. Bianchi*, Tulane University
    Erika Engelhaupt, Tulane University
    Ragnar Elmgren, Stockholm University
    Per Westman, Stockholm University
    Jan Risberg, Stockholm University
    M. Baskaran, Texas A&M University
• Monday October 13, 1997, 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
  Planktonic Processes, I
  Chairs:
  Jack Costello, Providence College
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Microbial Community Response to ``Transplant'' from an Autotrophic to a Heterotrophic Estuary.
    Michael B. Lowit*, University of Virginia
    Linda K. Blum, University of Virginia
  • 9:10 a.m.
    Interannual Variability in Spring Bloom Timing and Magnitude in the Rhode River, MD: Observations and Modeling.
    Charles L. Gallegos*, Smithsonian Institution
    Thomas E. Jordan, Smithsonian Institution
    David L. Correll, Smithsonian Institution
• 8:50 a.m.
  Stimulatory responses of North Inlet phytoplankton to dissolved organic material additions.
  Alan J. Lewitus*, University of South Carolina
  Eric T. Koepfler, Coastal Carolina University
• Monday October 13, 1997, 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
  Estuarine Habitat Restoration: Can We Rebuild Our Ecosystems, I
  Organizers:
  Fred Short, Jackson Estuarine Lab, University of New Hampshire (fts@christa.unh.edu)
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Coastal Wetland Restoration in the Northeast: a progress report.
    William A. Niering*, Connecticut College
  • 8:50 a.m.
    Large-scale coastal ecosystem restoration in southern California, USA.
    Michael N Josselyn*, Wetlands Research Associates, Inc.
  • 9:10 a.m.
    UK Salt March Restoration By Managed Retrest: Geochemical Interactions.
    Richard H.C. Emmerson*, Imperial College Centre for Environmental Technology
• Monday October 13, 1997, 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
  Effects of Oil Spills
  Chairs:
  Walter Berry, US EPA
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Ecological Effects of the San Jacinto River Oil Spill and Bioremediation Field Study Experiments.
    Terri M Wood*, Center for Coastal Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
    Roy L Lehman, Center for Coastal Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
  • 8:50 a.m.
    Intraspecific Variation in Response to Oiling in the Coastal Grass Spartina patens.
    Mark W. Hester*, Southeastern Louisiana University, Department of Biological Sciences
    Qianxin Lin, Louisiana State University, Wetland Biogeochemistry Institute
    Irving A. Mendelssohn, Louisiana State University, Wetland Biogeochemistry Institute
  • 9:10 a.m.
    Effects of the North Cape oil spill on birds wintering in coastal Rhode Island.
    Peter W. C. Paton*, Univ. of Rhode Island
• Monday October 13, 1997, 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  Benthic Organisms and the State of Our Estuaries, II
  Organizers:
  Christine Henderson, Texas A\&M University (CFH9582@acs.tamu.edu)
  

  • 10:00 a.m.
    Effect of the As/P ratio on benthic microalgal assemblage structure and functioning.
    Scott W. Phipps*, Mississippi State University
    Michael J. Sullivan, Mississippi State University
    Allen D. Moore, Mississippi State University
  • 10:20 p.m.
    Invertebrate trophic ecology. Bayous of the northern Gulf of Mexico.
    Gary R. Gaston*, University of Mississippi
    Carol M. Cleveland, University of Mississippi
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Effects of hemichordate bioturbation on soft substrate communities.
    Troy D. Alphin*, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
    Martin H. Posey, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
• Monday October 13, 1997, 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  Indices of Ecological Condition
  Organizers:
  Kevin Summers, US EPA (summers.kevin@epamail.epa.gov)
  

  • 10:00 a.m.
    Can Marginal Metabolic Scope Predict Fish Habitat Quality?
    Kerri A. Duchon*, Department of Zoology, North Carolina State University
    John M. Miller, Department of Zoology, North Carolina State University
    William H. Neill, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Long-term Seagrass Meadow Monitoring near Perth, Western Australia.
    Hugh Kirkman*, CSIRO Division of Marine Research
    Judith Anne Kirkman, Premier and Cabinet WA Government
• Monday October 13, 1997, 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  Macroalgae in Estuarine Systems
  Chairs:
  Steve Granger, University of Rhode Island
  

  • 10:00 a.m.
    Effect of Biomass Layering on Production Rates of {\em Ulva lactuca.}
    Mark J. Brush*, University of Rhode Island
    Scott W. Nixon, University of Rhode Island
  • 10:20 a.m.
    The response of fast- and slow-growing macroalgae to N enrichment.
    Morten Foldager Pedersen*, Dept. of Life Sciences and Chemistry 17.2. Roskilde University.
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Relative Importance of Grazing and Nutrient Controls of Macroalgal Biomass in Three Temperate Shallow Estuaries.
    Jennifer Hauxwell*, Boston University Marine Program
    James McClelland, Boston University Marine Program
    Peter J. Behr, Boston University Marine Program
    Ivan Valiela, Boston University Marine Program
• Monday October 13, 1997, 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  Biogeochemistry, II: Nutrient Cycling in Mangroves
  Chairs:
  Jonathan Sharp, University of Delaware
  

  • 10:00 a.m.
    The Influence of Salinity on Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorus Flux in Two South Florida Mangrove Communities.
    Stephen E Davis*, Florida International University
    Daniel L Childers, Florida International University
    Nicholas J Oehm, Florida International University
    John W Day, Louisiana State University
    Enrique Reyes, Louisiana State University
    Brian Perez, Louisiana State University
    Martha Sutula, Louisiana State University
    Fred Sklar, South Florida Water Management District
    Dave Rudnick, South Florida Water Management District
  • 10:20 a.m.
    The Importance of Epibiont Communities as Regulators of Nutrient and Materials Flux by Red Mangrove Prop Roots.
    Daniel L. Childers*, Florida International University
    Stephen E. Davis, Florida International University
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Nutrient Retention Within Sand Cay, High Island and Continental Mangrove Forests.
    Jim A. Merickel*, Institute of Ecology University of Georgia
    William J. Wiebe, Institute of Ecology University of Georgia
• Monday October 13, 1997, 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  Dissolved Oxygen in Temperate Estuaries, II
  Chairs:
  Mary Moser, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
  

  • 10:00 a.m.
    Deriving Aquatic Life Criteria for Dissolved Oxygen (Virginian Province): Database Development and Synthesis.
    Don C. Miller*, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    Sherry L. Poucher, Science Applications International Corporation
    Laura Coiro, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    Glen B. Thursby, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Patterns of Hypoxia in Long Island Sound 1991-1996.
    Nicholas P Kaputa*, Conn. Dept. Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Mgmt.
    Christine B Olsen, Conn. Dept. Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Mgmt.
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Dissolved oxygen impacts of an electric power generating facility in a shallow estuary.
    Henry Rines*, Applied Science Associates, Inc.
    Tatsusaburo Isaji, Applied Science Associates, Inc.
    J. Craig Swanson, Applied Science Associates, Inc.
    Daniel L. Mendelsohn, Applied Science Associates, Inc.
    Robert E. DeHart, New England Power Service.
• Monday October 13, 1997, 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  Paleoecological Techniques to Assess Ecosystem Change, II
  Organizers:
  Jim Latimer, US EPA (latimer.jim@epamail.epa.gov)
  Grace Brush, Johns Hopkins University (gbrush@jhu.edu)
  

  • 10:00 a.m.
    Environmental History of the Humber Estuary, United Kingdom.
    Alexander G. Mitlehner*, University of Edinburgh
    S. E. Metcalfe, University of Edinburgh
    J. G. Rees, British Geological Survey
    R. O'B. Knox, British Geological Survey
    J. J. McArthur, Environmental Research Centre
    J. B. Innes, Environmental Research Centre
    I. Shennan, Environmental Research Centre
    A. Parkes, University of Hull
    S. Ellis, University of Hull
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Reconstructing Pre-disturbance Environmental Conditions in Estuarine Habitats Using Paleoecological and Geochemical Approaches.
    Donna M Surge*, University of Arizona
    Michael Savarese, FL Department of Environmental Protection
    Karl W Flessa, University of Arizona
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Regional contaminant distribution in Long Island Sound and New York Bight: Spatial variability and sediment dynamics.
    Marilyn Buchholtz ten Brink*, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Program, Woods Hole
• Monday October 13, 1997, 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  Planktonic Processes, II
  Chairs:
  Jack Costello, Providence College
  

  • 10:00 a.m.
    Responses of phytoplankton to multiple stressors: predictions of trophic response can be influenced by method of assessment.
    Mollie J. Weinstein*, Academy of Natural Sciences, Estuarine Research Center
    James G. Sanders,
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Controls on the growth of planktonic nitrogen-fixers in estuarine ecosystems: Insights from mesocosm experiments.
    Roxanne Marino*, Cornell University
    Francis Chan, Cornell University
    Robert W. Howarth, Cornell University
    Michael Pace, Institute of Ecosystem Studies
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Detection and capture of prey by the lobate ctenophore {\em Mnemiopsis leidyi}.
    John H Costello*, Providence College
    Rebecca Loftus, Providence College
• Monday October 13, 1997, 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  Estuarine Habitat Restoration: Can We Rebuild Our Ecosystems, II
  Organizers:
  Fred Short, Jackson Estuarine Lab, University of New Hampshire (fts@christa.unh.edu<
  

  • 10:00 a.m.
    Functional assessment of a restored intertidal Gulf of Mexico salt marsh, USA.
    Judy P. Stout*, Dauphin Island Sea Lab
    Lee E. Stanton, University of South Alabama
  • 10:20 a.m.
    An Integrated Adaptive Approach for Planning and Managing Estuarine Restoration Projects.
    Ronald M Thom*, Battelle Marine Sciences Laboratory
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Coastal Habitat Restoration--A Natural Resource Management Tool for the Future?
    Garry F. Mayer*, NOAA/NMFS Restoration Center
• Monday October 13, 1997, 11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
  Plenary Session
  

  • 
    Welcome Remarks: Candace Oviatt, ERF President
  • 
    Address by John H. Chafee, US Senate
  • 
    Cronin Award Recipient: Samantha Benton Joye
  • 
    Odum Award Recipient: Donald W. Pritchard
• Monday October 13, 1997, 1:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
  Poster Session on Benthos, Part A
  

  • 1:30 p.m.
    Spatial and Temporal Distributions of the Oyster Pathogen Perkinsus marinus in a Developed and an Undeveloped Estuary
    David While
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Development and testing of biocriteria using benthic invertebrates for North Carolina estuaries.
    Lawrence E. Eaton*, State of North Carolina Division of Water Quality
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Development of a Benthic Index for Estuaries of the Southeastern United States.
    Robert F. Van Dolah*, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
    Jeffrey L. Hyland, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
    A. Frederick Holland, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
    Timothy R. Snoots, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Effects of Salinity and Water Flow on Oyster Productivity: Implications for Estuary Health.
    Michael Savarese*, FL Dept Environ Protection
    Krista Sarver, FL Institute of Technology
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Composition and distribution of isopods in Laguna Madre and Laguna de Tamiahua, SW Gulf of Mexico.
    Everardo Barba-Macias*, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana Unidad Iztapalapa
    Andrea Raz-Guzman, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia. Universidad Nacional
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Benthoscape Structure and Infaunal Community Responses in Central and Western Long Island Sound.
    Roman N. Zajac*, University of New Haven
    Joseph Vozarik, Millstone Environmental Laboratory
    Ralph S. Lewis, CT Dept. Environmental Protection
    Larry J. Poppe, U.S. Geological Survey
    David C. Twichell, U.S. Geological Survey
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Oyster Reef and Regional Flow Patterns:Concept Development.
    Jerry McCormick-Ray*, University of Virginia
    Richard Wetzel, Virginia Institute Marine Science
    Carleton Ray, University of Virginia
  • 1:30 p.m.
    The effect of tidal pools on nutrient availability to bacteria and phytoplankton in a North Inlet, SC, tidal creek.
    Leroy F. Humphries, III*, Coastal Carolina University
    Eric T. Koepfler, Coastal Carolina University
    Alan J. Lewitus, University of South Carolina
  • 1:30 p.m.
    The Use of Oyster Reef Xanthid Populations to Assess the Condition of Estuarine Habitats.
    Michael A. Shirley*, Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
    Judy L. Haner, Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
    Heather O. Flanagan, Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
    Heather E. Stoffel, Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserv
• Monday October 13, 1997, 1:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
  Poster Session on Biogeochemistry
  

  • 1:30 p.m.
    Nitrous Oxide in the Scheldt Estuary.
    Hein de Wilde, Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)
    Monique de Bie*, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Centre for Estuarine and Coastal
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Estimating Denitrification in the Sediments of the Parker River Estuary, Massachusetts.
    Nathaniel B. Weston*, Hampshire College School of Natural Science
    Stephen A. Carini, University of Colorado at Boulder
    Anne E. Giblin, The Ecosystems Center - Marine Biological Laboratory
    Gary T. Banta, Roskilde University, Dept. Life Science and Chemistry
    Charles S. Hopkinson, The Ecosystems Center - Marine Biological Laboratory
    Jane Tucker, The Ecosystems Center - Marine Biological Laboratory
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Biological and Chemical Factors Controlling Carbon Fluxes from Tidal Marsh Vegetation Decomposed in Recirculating Flow-Through Microcosms.
    Christopher T Nietch*, University of South Carolina
    James T Morris, University of South Carolina
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Sensitivity of planktonic cyanobacterial nitrogen fixation to cross-system variations in biogeochemical processes: Modelling interactions between top-down and bottom-up controls.
    Francis Chan*, Cornell University
    Robert W. Howarth, Cornell University
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Examination of the Significance of Landscape Scale Changes in the Bay of Fundy with Respect to the Function of the High Marsh as a Carbon and Sediment Sink.
    Amanda Coffey*, McGill University
    Gail L. Chmura, McGill University
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Physicochemical factors controlling wood decomposition rates in three Florida mangroves.
    Luz M Romero*, Florida International University
    Thomas J Smith, III, USGS - Biological Resources Division
    James W Fourqurean, Florida International University
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Denitrification Dynamics of an Estuarine Creek Receiving Agricultural Runoff.
    Suzanne P Thompson*, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Hans W Paerl, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Distribution of Iron and Manganese in Sediments in the Trinity River and Galveston Bay, Texas.
    Susie P. Escorcia*, Texas A & M University
    Samantha B. Joye, Texas A & M University
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Interpretation of concentration profiles in sediment pore water.
    Peter Berg*, University of Virginia
    Nils Risgaard-Petersen, National Environmental Research Institute
    Soren Rysgaard, National Environmental Research Institute
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Spatial and Temporal Variation in a Louisiana Marsh as Influenced by Hydrology.
    Patricia S. Rafferty*, University of Southwestern Louisiana
    Robert R. Twilley, University of Southwestern Louisiana
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Retention of Nitrogen and Phosphorous in Danish Estuaries.
    H.S. Jensen, University of Odense
    K. Nielsen*, National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Toxic heavy metal pollution and plankton depression in littoral zone of the Neva River estuary after creating of flood defence dam.
    Victor Alekseev*, Zoological Inst. of Russian Acad. of Sciences and State Research Inst. of
    Tatiana Zakhodnova, Zoological Inst. of Russian Acad. of Sciences and State Research Inst. of
• Monday October 13, 1997, 1:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
  Poster Session on Brown Tides and Harmful Algal Blooms
  

  • 
    Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Maryland's Response to Pfiesteria or Pfiesteria-like Outbreaks in Chesapeake Bay
    Bruce Michael, Maryland Department of
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Effects of the Sustained Texas Brown Tide {\em (Aureoumbra lagunensis)} Bloom on Egg Production, Hatching Success, and Survivorship of the Copepod {\em Acartia tonsa}.
    Christopher J. Collumb*, University of Texas at Austin: Marine Science Institute
    Edward J. Buskey, University of Texas at Austin: Marine Science Institute
  • 1:30 p.m.
    The Chemical Composition of the Texas Brown Tide Species.
    Alex D. Mansfield*, University of Massachusetts at Boston
    Tracy A. Villareal, University of Massachusetts at Boston
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Sulfur emissions from a persistent and noxious bloom of the Texas ``Brown Tide'' organism, {\em Aureoumbra lagunensis}, in Laguna Madre, Texas.
    Maureen D Keller*, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
    Dean A Stockwell, Marine Science Institute, U. Texas
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Immunofluorescent detection of the Texas Brown tide pelagophyte in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean.
    Teresa Lopez-Barreiro*, The University of Massachusetts, Boston
    Tracy A. Villareal, The University of Massachusetts, Boston
• Monday October 13, 1997, 1:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
  Poster Session on Effects of Dredging and Related Actvities
  

  • 1:30 p.m.
    Effects of Subtidal Mechanical Clam Harvesting on Tidal Creeks.
    Philip P Maier*, South Carolina Marine Resources Division
    Priscilla H Wendt, South Carolina Marine Resources Division
    George H Steele, South Carolina Marine Resources Division
    Robert Van Dolah, South Carolina Marine Resources Division
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Benthic Recolonization Following Cessation of Dredged Material Disposal in Mirs Bay, Hong Kong.
    Raymond M. Valente*,
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Evaluating the physical impacts of dredging and open-water placement: Northern Chesapeake Bay.
    Jeffrey P Halka*, Maryland Geological Survey
    William P Panageotou, Maryland Geological Survey
    Richard A Ortt, Maryland Geological Survey
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Identification of Open Water Dredge Sediment Input Using Pb-210.
    Jeffrey C. Cornwell*, Horn Point Laboratory, Univ. of Maryland CES
    Jeffrey Halka, Maryland Geological Survey
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Management of Contaminated Estuarine Sediments in New York Harbor.
    Karim A. Abood*, Lawler, Matusky & Skelly Engineers LLP
    Susan G. Metzger, Lawler, Matusky & Skelly Engineers LLP
• Monday October 13, 1997, 1:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
  Poster Session on Estuarine Indices of Quality
  

  • 1:30 p.m.
    Use of HPLC to Monitor Phytoplankton Community Dynamics in Tidal Freshwater: Comparison with Traditional Inverted Microscopy.
    R. Christian Jones*, George Mason University
    Jiangfeng Chen, George Mason University
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Use of Energy Systems Theory to Assess Estuarine Ecological Integrity.
    Daniel E. Campbell*, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    Sandra J. Benyi, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    William G. Nelson, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    Barbara S. Brown, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Fate and Effects of Golf Course Chemicals on a Tidal Tributary to Chesapeake Bay.
    Steven S. Brown*, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
    Paul A. Hetzer, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
    Joel E. Baker, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
• Monday October 13, 1997, 1:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
  Poster Session on Non-Indigenous Aquatic Species
  

  • 1:30 p.m.
    Bird use of {\em Phragmites australis} in coastal marshes of northern Massachusetts.
    Eric R. Holt, Massachusetts Audubon Society
    Robert N. Buchsbaum*, Massachusetts Audubon Society
  • 1:30 p.m.
    When Is An Introduced Species No Longer ``Introduced''?
    Kenneth R. Brown*, Institute for Coastal Resource Management, University of Technology Sydney
• Monday October 13, 1997, 1:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
  Poster Session on Oligohaline Zones of Estuaries
  

  1:30 p.m.
  Input of nutrients to the coastal Gulf of Maine by the Kennebec-Androscoggin Rivers: Hysteresis and seasonal impacts.
  Theodore C. Loder III*, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space; University of New Hampshire
  Marie A. Evans, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space; University of New Hampshire

  • 1:30 p.m.
    Microzooplankton Species Composition in the Tidal-Fresh Potomac River During Summer Cyanobacteria Blooms.
    Stella G. Sellner*, Academy of Natural Sciences, Estuarine Research Center
    Amy L. Imirie, Academy of Natural Sciences, Estuarine Research Center
    Richard V. Lacouture, Academy of Natural Sciences, Estuarine Research Center
    Kevin G. Sellner, Academy of Natural Sciences, Estuarine Research Center
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Are Particle-Associated Microbial Assemblages Phylogenetically Distinct From Free-Living Microbial Assemblages in San Francisco Bay?
    James T Hollibaugh*, Department of Marine Science, University of Georgia
    Patricia S Wong, Department of Marine Science, University of Georgia
    Michael M Murrell,
  • 1:30 p.m.
    The influence of river flow and substrate availability on particle-attached and free-living bacteria in northern San Francisco Bay.
    Michael C. Murrell*, University of California Santa Cruz
    James T. Hollibaugh, San Francisco State University
    Mary W. Silver, University of California Santa Cruz
    Pat S. Wong, San Francisco State University
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Dissolved Organic Carbon Production in the Pawcatuck River Estuary, Rhode Island.
    James H. McKenna*, Williams College-Mystic Seaport Maritime Studies Program
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Microbial Nitrogen Cycling in an Oligohaline Bloom as Revealed by a Whole System 15N-Nitrate Isotope Tracer Addition.
    Meredith A. J. Hullar *, Harvard University
    J. Dean Pakulski, National Research Council
    Colleen M. Cavanaugh, Harvard University
    Joseph P. Montoya, Harvard University
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Prediction and regulation of planktonic bacterial growth efficiency in estuarine systems.
    Fabio Roland*, IES
    John J. Cole, IES
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Nutrient Enhanced Primary and Secondary Production in the Oligohaline Weeks Bay Estuary, Alabama (USA).
    Jonathan R. Pennock*, Dauphin Island Sea Lab
    James H. Cowan, Jr., Dauphin Island Sea Lab
    M. Todd Brackin, Dauphin Island Sea Lab
    Jessica E. Hill, Dauphin Island Sea Lab
    Kelly M. Shotts, Dauphin Island Sea Lab
• Monday October 13, 1997, 1:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
  Poster Session on Paleoecological Techniques in Coastal Marine Science
  

  • 1:30 p.m.
    Estuarine Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions using Diatoms: Chesapeake Bay Case Study.
    Sherri Rumer Cooper*, Duke University
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Have Louisiana estuaries always been eutrophic?
    Michael L. Parsons*, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
    Quay Dortch, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
    Nancy N. Rabalais, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
    R. Eugene Turner, Louisiana State University
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Assessing past water-quality conditions in major river basins using paleolimnological techniques.
    Edward Callender*, United States Geological Survey
    Peter C. Van Metre, United States Geological Survey
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Transgressive Wetland Evolution in Absence of Human Stressors.
    Gail L. Chmura*, McGill University
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Historical reconstructions of impact histories from several sites on the east coast of North America using benthic foraminifera as indicators.
    David B. Scott*, Dalhousie University
    Eric S. Collins, Dalhousie University
    Richard B. Tobin, Dalhousie University
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Historical Reconstruction of Contaminant Levels and Ecological Effects in a Highly Contaminated Estuary.
    James Latimer*,
    Warren Boothman,
    Richard Tobin,
    Darryl Keith,
    John Kiddon,
    David Scott,
    Saroja Jayaraman,
    Richard McKinney,
    Donald Cobb,
    Gail Chmura,
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Applying Micropaleontological Techniques for Environmental Monitoring: A capping demonstration project of dredged sediment from the Royal River at Portland Disposal Site, ME.
    Heather L. Saffert*, Science Applications International Corporation
    Drew A. Carey, SAIC
    Ellen Thomas, Wesleyan University
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Reactive Iron Profiles: Evidence for Anthropogenic Disturbance in Tomales Bay, CA.
    Randolph M. Chambers*, Fairfield University
    James T. Hollibaugh, San Francisco State University
    Catherine S. Snively, San Francisco State University
    Joshua N. Plant, University of Hawaii
• Monday October 13, 1997, 1:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
  Poster Session on Estuarine Habitat Restoration
  Organizers:
  Fred Short, Jackson Estuarine Lab, University of New Hampshire
  

  • 1:30 p.m.
    The Port of Rotterdam: Creating a New Estuarine Ecosystem.
    Richard H.M. Eertman*, Netherlands Institute of Ecology
    Aad C. Smaal, National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Salt Marsh Restoration Monitoring at the Galilee Bird Sanctuary, Narragansett, RI.
    Dennis H.A. Myshrall*, University of Rhode Island
    Francis C. Golet, University of Rhode Island
    Peter W.C. Paton, University of Rhode Island
    Brian C. Tefft, Rhode Island Division of Fish and Wildlife
  • 1:30 p.m.
    A large scale seagrass restoration project in the Lower Chesapeake Bay: a test of water quality vs recruitment limitation.
    James R. Fishman*, College of William and Mary
    Robert J. Orth, College of William and Mary
    Matthew C. Harwell, College of William and Mary
    Jacques van Montfrans, College of William and Mary
    Kenneth A. Moore, College of William and Mary
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Comparisons of trophic pathways in a 1-year old created and adjacent natural {\em Spartina foliosa} marsh.
    Carolyn A. Currin*, National Marine Fisheries Service
    Lisa A. Levin, University of California-San Diego
    Robert H. Michener, Boston University
    Drew M. Talley, University of California-San Diego
    Theresa S. Talley, University of California-San Diego
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Functional development of three created salt marshes for nekton in Galveston Bay, Texas.
    Thomas J. Minello*, National Marine Fisheries Service, Galveston Laboratory
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Mapping Eelgrass Beds and Coastal Wetland Habitat in Narragansett Bay.
    Helen Cottrell *, Narragansett Bay Estuary Program
    Irene Kenenski, U.MA. at Amherst
    Lynn Carlson, Narragansett Bay Estuary Program
    Christopher Deacutis, Narragansett Bay Estuary Program
  1:30 p.m.
  Collection and planting strategies for {\em Zostera marina} seeds as a potential method for large scale restoration.
  Michael S. Traber*, University of Rhode Island
  Raymond Keyes, University of Rhode Island
  Stephanie Robbins, University of Rhode Island
  • 1:30 p.m.
    {\em Phragmites australis} in the Delaware Estuary: Historical Review and a Management Approach.
    Kurt R. Philipp*, Wetlands Research Associates, Inc.
    A. Ingrid Ratsep, Public Service Electric & Gas, Estuary Enhancement Program
    Allison Bailey, Center for Remote Sensing, College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Assessing Changes In Benthic Infaunal Communities In Transplanted Eelgrass {\em (Zostera marina} L. {\em )} Habitats Using Detrended Correspondence Analysis.
    Ryan C Davis*, University of New Hampshire Jackson Estuarine Laboratory
    Frederick T Short, University of New Hampshire Department of Natural Resources Jackson
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Exploring how a linked relational database and desk-top mapping program integrate remediation and restoration decision-making.
    Gayle R. Garman*, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, HAZMAT, Coastal Resources
    Peter Knight, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, HAZMAT, Coastal Resources
    Benjamin S. Perkowski, EVS Consultants, Inc.
    Gail E. Beckman, Genwest Systems, Inc.
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Created Coastal Marshes in Southwest Louisiana. 2: Effects of Growth of {\em Spartina alterniflora} Clonal Patches on Marsh Development.
    C. Edward Proffitt *, McNeese State University
    Jennifer Young, McNeese State University
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Restoration of an Oil Impacted Island in Boca Ciega Bay, Florida.
    Michael S. Devany, NOAA/NMFS Restoration Center
    George Henderson, Florida Dep of Environmental Protection
    Gregory Hogue, Department of the Interior
    James Jeansonne*, NOAA Damage Assessment Center
    Jane Urquhart-Donnelly, Florida Dep of Environmental Protection
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Restoration of a Salt Hay Farm on the Delaware Bay: A Progress Report on the First Year After Restoring Tidal Circulation.
    John H Balletto*, Public Service Electric & Gas of New Jersey, and Rutgers University
    John M Teal, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
    Lee Weishar, Aubrey Consulting, Inc.
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Salt Marsh Establishment from Seedlings: An Alternative to Transplantation.
    Gary Sullivan*, Pacific Estuarine Research Laboratory
    John C Callaway, Pacific Estuarine Research Laboratory
    Joy B Zedler, Pacific Estuarine Research Laboratory
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Choosing Reference Sites for Studying the Success of Created Salt Marshes: A Case Study From the Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire.
    Pamela A Morgan*, University of New Hampshire Department of Natural Resources Jackson Estuarine Laboratory
    Frederick T Short, University of New Hampshire Department of Natural Resources Jackson Estuarine Laboratory
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Development of cordgrass {\em (Spartina foliosa)} belowground N reserves in constructed versus natural marshes of southern California.
    Katharyn E. Boyer*, Pacific Estuarine Research Lab, San Diego State University
    John C. Callaway, Pacific Estuarine Research Laboratory, San Diego State University
    Joy B. Zedler, Pacific Estuarine Research Laboratory, San Diego State University
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Created Coastal Marshes in Southwest Louisiana. 3: Genetic Diversity of {\em Spartina alterniflora} in Marshes of Different Ages.
    Robin C. Lowenfeld*, McNeese State University
    C. Edward Proffitt, McNeese State University
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Created Coastal Marshes in Southwest Louisiana. 1: Comparison of Plant Community Development in Restored and Natural Marshes.
    Jennifer S. Young*, McNeese State University
    C. Edward Proffitt, McNeese State University
  • 1:30 p.m.
    RAPD's as molecular markers of American beachgrass {\em (Ammophila breviligulata)} genotypes.
    Peter F. Straub*, Richard Stockton College
    Sandra Hansen, Richard Stockton College
    B. J. Landau, Richard Stockton College
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Tidal Wetlands Restoration at the Dennis Township Salt Hay Farm, Cape May County, New Jersey.
    Raymond L. Hinkle*, Woodward-Clyde International
    Anne M. Mardirossian, Woodward-Clyde International
    Brenda Q. Evans, Public Service Electric and Gas Company
    Jennifer C. Griffin, Public Service Electric and Gas Company
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Wetland Restoration: Documenting 20 Years of Wetland Ecosystem Succession on Restored Tidal Salt Marshes.
    Christopher B. Craft*, Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center at Ichauway
    Stephen W. Broome, Dept of Soil Science - N.C. State University
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Hydrogeomorphic Methodology Applied to Tidal Wetlands of San Francisco Bay.
    Michael N. Josselyn, San Francisco State University
    Jodi L. Cassell*, Sea Grant
    Gretchen Coffman, San Francisco State University
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Coastal Habitat Restoration---A Natural Resource Management Tool for the Future?
    Garry F. Mayer*, NOAA/NMFS
• Monday October 13, 1997, 1:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
  Poster Session on Seagrass, Part A
  

  • 1:30 p.m.
    The study of clonal integration in the seagrass {\em Thalassia testudinum} (turtle grass) in heterogeneous nutrient environments.
    John H Andorfer*, University of South Florida
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Habitat Requirements and Effects of Environmental Stress and Ecological Disturbance on Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Northern Gulf of Mexico.
    David A. Flemer*, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    Fred J. Genthner, U.S.EPA, Gulf Ecology Division
    William P. Davis, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    Janis C. Kurtz, U.S.EPA, Gulf Ecology Division
    Emile M. Lores, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    Lee A. Courtney, U.S.EPA, Gulf Ecology Division
    Stephanie D. Friedmam, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    Edwin J. Loschi, U.S.EPA, Gulf Ecology Division
    Jim T. Winstead, U.S.EPA, Gulf Ecology Division
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Changes in Community Composition of Epibenthic and Infaunal Invertebrates in a Newly Planted Seagrass Bed.
    Christine Henderson*, Texas A & M University
    Pete Sheridan, National Marine Fisheries Service
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Utilizing Subaquatic Vegetation to Assess Environmental Health of Coastal Habitats.
    William P. Davis*, USEPA
    David A. Flemer, USEPA
    Emile M. Lores, USEPA
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Genetic Diversity of {\em Halophila engelmannii} in South Texas Estuaries.
    Jerilyn Jewett-Smith*, Texas A & M International
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Relative Roles of Nutrient Enrichment and Light Reduction in Loss of {\em Vallisneria americana} from Western Gulf of Mexico Estuaries.
    Hilary A. Neckles*, U.S. Geological Survey
    William R. Rizzo, U.S. Geological Survey
    Martha R. Griffis, Johnson Controls World Serv.
    David R. Meaux, Johnson Controls World Serv.
    Ron G. Boustany, U.S. Geological Survey
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Observations of {\em Posidonia coriacea} seed dispersal and {\em Posidonia} spp. seedling establishment off Rottnest Island, Perth, Western Australia.
    Robert J. Orth*, College of William and Mary
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Sediment-water material fluxes within meadows of {\em Vallisneria americana} from Lake Pontchartrain, LA. Effects of light and nutrient manipulations.
    Ronald G. Boustany*, National Wetlands Research Center
    William M Rizzo, National Wetlands Research Center
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Impacts of elevated inorganic carbon concentrations on the autotrophic components of coastal submerged macrophyte communities.
    William M Rizzo*, National Wetlands Research Center
    Hilary A Neckles, US Geological Survey
    Ronald G Boustany, National Wetlands Research Center
    Martha R Griffis, National Wetlands Research Center
    David R Meaux, National Wetlands Research Center
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Role of carbonic anhydrase in eelgrass photosynthesis: Importance of a CO$_2$ concentrating mechanism.
    Richard C Zimmerman*, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
    Richard EM Hughes, University of California, Los Angeles
    Donald G Kohrs, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
    Randall S Alberte, University of California, Los Angeles
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Global Seagrass Issues: A Continuing Discussion.
    Robert W. Virnstein*, St. Johns River Water Management District
    Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria,
    Theron Harmon,
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Global Seagrass Issues: A Continuing Discussion.
    Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria*,
    Robert W. Virnstein, St. Johns River Water Management District
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Spatial distribution of epiphyte loadings on seagrass {\em (Halodule wrightii)} in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida.
    Robbyn Ranae Miller*, St. Johns River Water Management District
    Robert W Virnstein, St. Johns River Water Management District
  • 1:30 p.m.
    The effect of turtlegrass, {\em Thalassia testudinum}, on the growth rates of the pinfish, {\em Lagodon rhomboides}.
    Patricia M. Spitzer*, Dauphin Island Sea Lab
    Kenneth L. Heck, Jr., Dauphin Island Sea Lab
  • 1:30 p.m.
    The importance of interspecific interactions between calcareous macroalgae and the seagrass, Thalassia testudinum.
    Braxton C. Davis*, Dept. of Biology and Southeast Environmental Research Program,
    James W. Fourqurean, Dept. of Biology and Southeast Environmental Research Program,
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Variation in nitrogen fixation activity in the eelgrass ({\em Zostera marina}) rhizosphere.
    Karen J. McGlathery*, University of Virginia
    Nils Risgaard-Petersen, National Environmental Research Institute
    Peter Bondo Christensen, National Environmental Research Institute
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Somatic, respiratory and photosynthetic responses of {\em Halodule wrightii} to light reduction in Tampa Bay, including a whole plant carbon budget.
    Merrie Beth Neely*, University of South Florida
• Monday October 13, 1997, 1:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
  Poster Session on Oil Spills
  

  • 1:30 p.m.
    Enhancement of Microbial Growth and Oil Bioremediation by Phosphorus Pentoxide in Salt Marsh Sediment Mesocosms.
    Michelle R. Salter*, McNeese State University
    L. Harald Stevenson, McNeese St. University
    C. E. Proffitt, McNeese St. University
  • 1:30 p.m.
    The Effects of Crude Oil and Remediation Burning on the Survival and Growth of Three Different Clones of {\em Spartina alterniflora}.
    Daniel L. Smith*, McNeese State University
    C. Edward Proffitt, McNeese State University
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Development of an Integrated End-To-End Marine Contaminant Management System: The Trajectory Model.
    Nancy Schmidt*, Department of Marine Science, University of South Florida
    David C Burwell, Department of Marine Science, University of South Florida
    Mark E Luther, Department of Marine Science, University of South Florida
    Mark S. Vincent, Department of Marine Science, University of South Florida
• Monday October 13, 1997, 1:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
  Poster Session on Teaching and Learning About Estuaries: Strategies That Work
  Organizers:
  Charlene D'Avanzo, Hampshire College
  

  • 1:30 p.m.
    Using Media and Public Events to Increase Local Awareness of Estuarine Biology and Management.
    Stephen F. Theberge*, Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserv
    Lisa M. Douglas, Florida Department of Environmental Protection
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Evaluating the impacts of {\em Phragmites australis} in a northern Massachusetts salt marsh, a collaborative research and education initiative.
    Robert N Buchsbaum*, Massachusetts Audubon Society
    Kristen Grant, Massachusetts Audubon Society
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Three Snails and a Crab: Studying Shoreline Predator-Prey Interactions in the Teaching Laboratory with {\em Littorina} spp. and {\em Carcinus maenus}.
    A. Marshall Pregnall*, Vassar College
    Taryn Donovan, Vassar College
    John H. Long, Vassar College
    Robert B. Suter, Vassar College
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Demonstration of Denitrification in Wetland Soils.
    Kelly L. Pelovitz*, Millersville University
    Julie W. Ambler, Biology Department, Millersville University
    Timothy Ladd, Biology Department, Millersville University
    Grace Abromaitis, Boston College
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Making Science Accessible for Educators.
    Cheryl L Schroeder*, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
    Gail A Scowcroft, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Integrating Research, Student Monitoring, and Education in the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve.
    Susan D Lovelace*, North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve
  • 1:30 p.m.
    A New Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Major in Coastal Studies.
    James N. Kremer*, Department of Marine Sciences
  • 1:30 p.m.
    What Freshmen Learn in an Inquiry-based Course.
    Charlene D'Avanzo*, Hampshire College
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Interdisciplinary Instruction: The Results of Working Together.
    Grace M. Battisto*, College of William and Mary, School of Marine Science
    Robert J. Orth, William and Mary, School of Marine Science
    John D. Milliman, William and Mary, School of Marine Science
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Educating Decision-Makers and the Public About Greenwich Bay.
    Virginia Lee*, Rhode Island Sea Grant
    W. Rodney Gerdsen, Rhode Island Sea Grant
    Elizabeth Gibbs, Rhode Island Sea Grant
    Pam Pogue, Rhode Island Sea Grant
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Project Oceanology: Estuarine Education On Board R/V Enviro-Lab.
    Thaxter Tewksbury*, Project Oceanology
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Fellowship Programs on the Hudson River Estuary.
    J.R. Waldman*, Hudson River Foundation for Science and Environmental Research, Inc.
    W.C. Nieder, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Save The Bay's Explore The Bay educational programming links organizational and educational goals through the hands-on Coastal Studies Program.
    Morgan N. Hardwick-Witman*, Save The Bay
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Teachers and Estuaries: Merging Education Reform, Inservice Education, Monitoring and On-Water Programs to Better Educate about Estuaries.
    Alan Lee Hankin*, Hankin Environmental and Educational Services and Emerson College
• Monday October 13, 1997, 2:00 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
  Ecology and Environmental Impacts of Brown Tide Algal Blooms, I
  Organizers:
  Darcy Lonsdale, SUNY at Stony Brook (dlonsdale@ccmail.sunysb.edu)
  Ed Buskey, University of Texas
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Primary Productivity and Growth Studies of the Texas Brown Tide.
    Dean A. Stockwell*, University of Texas Marine Science Institute
    Terry E. Whitledge, University of Texas Marine Science Institute
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Chemical composition of the Texas Brown Tide: evidence for P limitation in the Laguna Madre, TX.
    Tracy A. Villareal*, University of Massachusetts, Boston
    Alex D. Mansfield, The University of Massachusetts, Boston
    Edward J. Buskey, The University of Texas at Austin
  • 2:40 p.m.
    The role of hypersalinity in the persistence of the Texas brown tide bloom in the Laguna Madre.
    Edward J. Buskey*, The University of Texas at Austin
    Brian Wysor, The University of Texas at Austin
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Effects of Seven Years of the Texas Brown Tide on Seagrasses in Laguna Madre.
    Christopher P. Onuf*, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Texas Gulf Coast
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Brown Tide in Laguna Madre: So What?
    Paul A Montagna*, University of Texas Marine Science Institute
• Monday October 13, 1997, 2:00 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
  Effects of Dredging and Dredging-Related Activities on Estuarine Systems, I
  Organizers:
  Donald G. Webb, University of Rhode Island (dwebb@gsosun1.gso.uri.edu)
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Physical Factors and the Evaluation of the Effects of Dredging and Dredged Material Disposal: Perception and Reality.
    W.Frank Bohlen*, University of Connecticut
  • 2:20 p.m.
    The Effects of Dredging on Tidal Flushing in the East Bay/Centerville River and Popponesset Bay Estuaries, Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
    Robert P. Hamilton*, Aubrey Consulting, Inc.
    Kirk F. Bosma, Aubrey Consulting, Inc.
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Recovery of Shellfishing Waters from Bacterial Contamination Following Creek Mouth Dredging.
    Michael A. Mallin*, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
    Lawrence B. Cahoon, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
    James F. Merritt, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
    Ronald K. Sizemore, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
    Kathleen Williams, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Do Pollution Histories from the ACE Basin, SC Document Redistribution of Polluted Sediments by ICW Dredging Activities?
    Clark R. Alexander*, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
    Herbert L. Windom, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Disturbance Footprint Associated with Hydraulic Pipeline Disposal of Dredged Materials in Estuaries.
    Douglas Clarke*, Waterways Experiment Station
    Gary Ray, Waterways Experiment Station
• Monday October 13, 1997, 2:00 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
  Non-Indigenous Aquatic Species
  Chairs:
  James Carlton, Williams College-Mystic
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Marine Biological Invasions: Lessons from the San Francisco Estuary.
    Andrew N. Cohen*, San Francisco Estuary Institute
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Effects of a Non-Native Mussel and Cryptogenic Anemone on Native Eelgrass in San Diego.
    Susan L. Williams*, San Diego State University
    Thorsten H.B. Reusch, San Diego State University
    Amy T. Sewell, San Diego State University
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Hydroponic growth characteristics of {\em Arundo donax} under variable salinity regimes.
    George W. Peck*, California State University Long Beach
    Antonia H.B.M. Wijte, California State University Long Beach
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Root emergence from {\em Arundo donax} (giant reed) stem fragments originating from upright and hanging stems.
    Antonia H.B.M. Wijte*, California State University Long Beach
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Exotic species competition with native plants in southern California salt marshes: effects of salinity and hydroperiod.
    John C. Callaway*, Pacific Estuarine Research Laboratory
    Joy B. Zedler, Pacific Estuarine Research Laboratory
• Monday October 13, 1997, 2:00 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
  Biogeochemistry, III: Nitrification/Denitrification
  Chairs:
  Barbara Nowicki, University of Rhode Island
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Nitrogen Cycling within a Groundwater-Saltmarsh Discharge Zone.
    Craig R. Tobias*, The Virginia Institute of Marine Science
    Iris Cofman Anderson, The Virginia Institute of Marine Science
    Stephen A. Macko, The University of Virginia
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Estimating sediment denitrification rates by measuring changes in the N$_2$:Ar ratio and the d$^{15}$N$_2$ during benthic chamber incubations.
    Samantha B. Joye*, Texas A&M University
    Soonmo An, Texas A&M University
    Luis A. Cifuentes, Texas A&M University
    Rosswell Downer, Texas A&M University
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Sediment Nitrogen Cycling in a Eutrophic Coastal Embayment.
    Michael Owens*, Horn Point Laboratory, Univ. of Maryland CES
    Jeffrey C. Cornwell, Horn Point Laboratory, Univ. of Maryland CES
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Denitrification in estuarine sediments determined by membrane inlet mass spectrometry.
    Todd M. Kana*, Horn Point Environmental Laboratory
    Matthew B. Sullivan, LIU-Southampton
    Jeffrey C. Cornwell, Horn Point Environmental Laboratory
    Kevin Groszkowski, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Nitrification at the scale of whole drainage networks: the case of the Seine and the Scheldt river systems (N.W. Europe).
    Natacha Brion*, G.M.M.A., Universite Libre de Bruxelles
    Gilles Billen, G.M.M.A., Universite Libre de Bruxelles
• Monday October 13, 1997, 2:00 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
  Flows of Energy and Materials in the Oligohaline Zone of Estuaries, I
  Organizers:
  Jeff Hughes, Ecosystems Center, Woods Hole (jhughes@lupine.mbl.edu)
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    How nitrogen dynamics in rivers affect the oligohaline zone of estuaries.
    Bruce J. Peterson*, The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory
    Linda A. Deegan, The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory
    Judy L. Meyer, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia
    Patrick J. Mulholland, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratories
    J. Tank, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    Jackson R. Webster, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    Wilfred M. Wollheim, The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Analysis of the Satilla River Watershed (Georgia): Land Use, Water Discharge and Nutrient Output.
    Ting Dai, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
    Alice G. Chalmers, University of Georgia
    Richard Wiegert*, University of Georgia
  • 2:40 p.m.
    The trophic state of shallow sediments in Lake Pontchartrain, LA.: Patterns of spatial variability and impacts of loading from the Bonnet Carre spillway.
    William M. Rizzo*, National Wetlands Research Center
    Ronald G. Boustany, National Wetlands Research Center
    Martha R. Griffis, National Wetlands Research Center
    Paul Marin, National Wetlands Research Center
    Bradley Segura, National Wetlands Research Center
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Material Exchange Between Northeastern Florida Bay and a Major Mangrove Tidal Creek.
    Martha Sutula*, Louisiana State University
    Brian C. Perez, Louisiana State University
    Enrique Reyes, Louisiana State University
    Carlos Coronado-Molina, Louisiana State University
    John W. Day, Jr., Louisiana State University
    Dan L. Childers, Florida International University
    Nicholas Oehm, Florida International University
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Biomass production of bay anchovy and gulf menhaden in the Weeks Bay Estuarine Research Reserve.
    Jessica E. Hill*, University of South Alabama
• Monday October 13, 1997, 2:00 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
  Trophic Interactions
  Chairs:
  Susan Bell, University of South Florida
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Including bacteria to birds in a food web: the sampling design for a network model of a {\em Halodule wrightii} food web.
    Joseph J. Luczkovich*, East Carolina University
    Robert Christian, East Carolina University
    Bill Rizzo, National Wetlands Research Center, USGS
    Hilary Neckles, U.S. Geological Survey
    Garcy Ward, East Carolina University
  • 2:20 p.m.
    The effect of an herbivorous estuarine amphipod on the green macroalgae {\em Enteromorpha intestinalis} and {\em Ulva expansa}.
    Krista Kamer*, University of California, Los Angeles
    Peggy Fong, University of California, Los Angeles
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Effect of predator size on mortality of the caridean shrimp {\em Hippolyte zostericola}.
    Alberto J Sanchez*, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia, UNAM.
    Luis A Soto, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia, UNAM
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Evaluation of Network Analysis in Describing Trophic Structure.
    Robert R. Christian*, East Carolina University
    Joseph J. Luczkovich, East Carolina University
    Daniel C. Baird, University of Port Elizabeth
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Interactive effects of nutrient inputs and predation on estuarine bottom communities.
    Martin H. Posey*, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
    Troy D. Alphin, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
    Lawrence B. Cahoon, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
    David G. Lindquist, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
    Meredith E. Becker, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
• Monday October 13, 1997, 2:00 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
  Workshop on Ecological Economics of Estuaries
  Organizer:
  Karin Limburg, University of Stockholm
  Moderator:
  Peter Lord, Providence Journal
  Introduction: H. T. Odum, University of Florida, Emergy and emdollar evaluation of estuaries.
• Monday October 13, 1997, 2:00 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
  
  Workshop on Investigation-Based Teaching in Introductory Coastal Marine Courses
  Organizers:
  Charlene D'Avanzo, Hampshire College
• Monday October 13, 1997, 4:10 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Ecology and Environmental Impacts of Brown Tide Algal Blooms, II
  Organizers:
  Ed Buskey, University of Texas
  Darcy Lonsdale, SUNY at Stony Brook
  

  • 4:10 p.m.
    Physical Factors Contributing to the Onset of Brown Tide Blooms in the Peconic Bays.
    Robert E Wilson*, State University of New York
    Edward J Beltrami, State University of New York
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Micro to Finescale Chemical Gradients and Thin-Layered Harmful Algal Blooms in Vertically-Stratified Coastal Waters.
    Alfred K Hanson, Jr.*, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
  • 4:50 p.m.
    An Eco-physiological Framework for the Persistence of the Brown Tide.
    Gry Mine Berg*, University of Maryland
    Patricia M Glibert, University of Maryland
    Michael W Lomas, University of Maryland
    Todd M Kana, University of Maryland
  • 5:10 p.m.
    Use of an Algal Bloom Index (ABI) to Categorize Severity and Impacts of Blooms, an Example:Historical Assessment of New York Harbor and Coastal Waters.
    Elizabeth M Cosper*, Coastal and Environmental Studies Inc.
    Joseph P. Cerami, Coastal and Environmental Studies, Bohemia, NY
    Thomas M. Brosnan, NYC Dept. of Env. Protection
    Paul Olsen, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
    Peter Sattler, Interstate Sanitation Commission
    John Tanacredi, National Park Service
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Brown Tide Blooms in Long Island's Coastal Waters Linked to Interannual Variability in Groundwater Flow.
    Julie Marie La Roche*, Brookhaven National Lab
    Douglas W.R. Wallace, Brookhaven National Lab
• Monday October 13, 1997, 4:10 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  Effects of Dredging and Dredging-Related Activities on Estuarine Systems, II
  Organizers:
  Donald G. Webb, University of Rhode Island (dwebb@gsosun1.gso.uri.edu)
  

  • 4:10 p.m.
    Response of benthic communities to dredged material disposal: Twenty year record from Long Island Sound.
    Drew A. Carey*, Science Applications International Corporation
    Thomas J. Fredette, US Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, Regulatory Division
    Donald C. Rhoads, SAIC
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Long-Term Effects of Dredging on Fish Communities: A Case Study of the Lynnhaven Estuary.
    Sharon M. Soppe*, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
    William Muir, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • 4:50 p.m.
    Solving the Dredging Dilemma in Rhode Island: A Manager's Perspective.
    Sandra Thornton Whitehouse*, Coastal Resources Management Council
    Jeff Willis, Coastal Resources Management Council
  • 5:10 p.m.
    The Effect of Siting Harbors on Tidal Deltas: Case Histories from Wells and Saco, Maine.
    Joseph T. Kelley*, Maine Geological Survey
• Monday October 13, 1997, 4:10 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  Fisheries, I: Methodological and Analytical Advances
  Chairs:
  David Secor, CBL, University of Maryland (ehoude@cbl.cees.edu)
  

  • 4:10 p.m.
    Applications of Otolith Microconstituent Analysis in Fishery Research.
    Vincent Zdanowicz*, NOAA
    Peter Hanson, NOAA
    David Secor, Chesapeake Biological Lab
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Relating Environmental Fluctuation and the Early Growth of Estuarine Fishes: Fitting the Ontogenetic Growth Function.
    Chet F. Rakocinski*, USM Institute of Marine Sciences
    Bruce H. Comyns, USM Institute of Marine Sciences
    Mark S. Peterson, USM Institute of Marine Sciences
  • 4:50 p.m.
    The Use of Age Frequency Distributions to Estimate Mortality.
    Bruce H. Comyns*, USM Institute of Marine Sciences
    Pam J. Scott, USM Institute of Marine Sciences
  • 5:10 p.m.
    Turnover Rate of Nitrogen and Carbon in Juvenile Winter Flounder, {\em Pleuronectes americanus}, as Determined by Stable Isotope Ratios.
    Keith L. Bosley*, Rutgers University
    Sam C. Wainright, Rutgers University
• Monday October 13, 1997, 4:10 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  Flows of Energy and Materials in the Oligohaline Zone of Estuaries, II
  Organizers:
  Jeff Hughes, Ecosystems Center, Woods Hole (jhughes@lupine.mbl.edu)
  

  • 4:10 p.m.
    Interactions Between Mineral and Organic Materials Along a Salinity Gradient.
    Jessica A Kastler*, Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography & Coastal
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Heterotrophic DIN Immobilization on Terrestrial Derived Carbon In An Oligohaline River-Estuary (The Hudson).
    Nina Caraco*, Institute of Ecosystem Studies
    Jonathan Cole, Institute of Ecosystem Studies
    Gregory Lampman, Institute of Ecosystem Studies
    Karin Limburg, Institute of Ecosystem Studies
    Michael Pace, Institute of Ecosystem Studies
  • 4:50 p.m.
    Denitrification and Nutrient Retention in the Tidal Freshwater Marshes of the Hudson River.
    Jennifer L. Zelenke*, Horn Point Environmental Laboratory, CEES, University of Maryland
  • 5:10 p.m.
    Pulsed supply and exchanges of N, P, and S in a low salinity marsh system.
    Judith M. Stribling*, Salisbury State University
    Jeffrey C. Cornwell, Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland
• Monday October 13, 1997, 4:10 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  Oyster Ecosystems
  Chairs:
  Richard Wetzel, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
  

  • 4:10 p.m.
    Modeling Environmental Effects on MSX Prevalence and Intensity in Eastern Oyster ({\em Crassostrea virginica}) Populations.
    Michelle C. Paraso*, Old Dominion University
    Eileen E. Hofmann, Old Dominion University
    John M. Klinck, Old Dominion University
    Susan E. Ford, Rutgers University
    Eric N. Powell, Rutgers University
• 4:30 p.m.
  Intertidal Oyster Reef Habitat Function and Restoration: What Have We Learned After Three Years?
  Loren D. Coen*, Marine Resources Research Institute (MRRI)-SCDNR
  Elizabeth L. Wenner, MRRI-SCDNR
  David M. Knott, MRRI-SCDNR
  Rachel E. Giotta, University of Charleston
  Bruce W Stender, MRRI-SCDNR
• Monday October 13, 1997, 4:10 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  Biogeochemistry IV: Environmental Pollutants
  Chairs:
  Walter Berry, US EPA
  

  • 4:10 p.m.
    Biogeochemical Cycling of Monomethylmercury in Barn Island Salt Marsh, Stonington, CT.
    Connie S. Russ*, University of Connecticut
    Grace M. Vandal, University of Connecticut
    William F. Fitzgerald, University of Connecticut
  • 4:30 p.m.
    A Mass Balance for Total Mercury and Methylmercury in Long Island Sound.
    Grace M Vandal*, The University of Connecticut , Dept. of Marine Sciences
    William F Fitzgerald, The University of Connecticut , Dept. of Marine Sciences
    Carl H Lamborg, The University of Connecticut , Dept. of Marine Sciences
    Kristofer R. Rolfhus, The University of Connecticut , Dept. of Marine Sciences
    Connie S. Russ, The University of Connecticut , Dept. of Marine Sciences
  • 4:50 p.m.
    Relationship Between Oxygen Consumption and Sediment-Water Fluxes of Dissolved Heavy Metals in Coastal Marine Sediments.
    James P Shine*, Harvard School of Public Health
    Raveendra V Ika, Harvard School of Public Health
    Timothy E Ford, Harvard School of Public Health
  • 5:10 p.m.
    PAH Concentrations of the Particulate, Colloidal and Dissolved Phases in Resuspended Contaminated Sediments.
    Lora R McGuinness*, Rutgers University
    Sam C Wainright,
• Monday October 13, 1997, 4:10 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  
  Can We Rebuild Ecosystems? A Discussion on Estuarine Habitiat Restoration
  Organizers:
  Fred Short, Jackson Estuarine Lab, University of New Hampshire
• Monday October 13, 1997, 4:10 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  
  Workshop on Investigation-Based Teaching in Introductory Coastal Marine Courses
  Organizers:
  Charlene D'Avanzo, Hampshire College
• Monday October 13, 1997, 7:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
  
  Sustaining Healthy Coasts---NOAA Strategic Planning Process
  Organizers:
  Margaret Davidson, Director, NOAA Coastal Services Center
• Monday October 13, 1997, 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
  
  Workshop on Estuarine Turbidity Maxima: What Can We Learn by Comparing Estuaries?
  Organizers:
  Wim Kimmerer, San Francisco State University

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Tuesday October 14, 1997

• Tuesday October 14, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  
  Registration
• Tuesday October 14, 1997, 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  Nutrient-Driven Eutrophication
  Organizers:
  Hans Paerl, University of North Carolina (hans_paerl@unc.edu)
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Shallow Waters and Nutrient Enrichment---Results of Several Mesocosm Experiments.
    S. Nixon*, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
    S. Granger, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
    B. Buckley, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
    D. Taylor, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
    S. Sherwood, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
    H.-J. Lin, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
    J. McMahon, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
    J. Bintz, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
    K. Smith, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Response of Northern Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia to Nutrient Flux of the Mississippi River System.
    N. Rabalais*, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
    D. Justic, Louisiana State University
    Eugene Turner, Louisiana State University
    J. Wiseman, Jr., Louisiana State Universiy
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Human Alteration of Riverine Nitrogen Fluxes to the North Atlantic Ocean: The Analysis of the International SCOPE Nitrogen Project.
    Robert W Howarth*, Cornell University
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Refreshment break
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The Role of Light Limitation in Regulating Algal Responses to Nutrient Enrichment in the Coastal Zone.
    James E. Cloern*, U.S. Geological Survey
  • 11:00 a.m.
    The Vulnerability of Intertidal and Subtidal Macrophytes to Eutrophication of Estuaries in the New World Tropics.
    Robert R. Twilley*, University of Southwestern Louisiana
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Discussion
• Tuesday October 14, 1997, 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  Estuarine Fisheries: Science and Management
  Organizers:
  Ed Houde, CBL, University of Maryland
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Factors affecting the status of anadromous fishes within the Albemarle Sound drainage, North Carolina and Virginia.
    Joseph E. Hightower*, North Carolina State University
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Restoring Atlantic Sturgeon to an Era of Abundance (1880-1900 A.D.).
    David H. Secor*, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
    John R. Waldman, Hudson River Foundation
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Measures of Habitat Quality for Estuarine Juvenile Fishes.
    Kenneth W. Able*, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Refreshment break
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Managing Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Fisheries: Evaluating Biotic and Abiotic Processes to Predict Fishery Yield.
    Eduardo X. Martinez*, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center,
    James M. Nance, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center,
    Thomas J. Minello, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center,
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Fish Production and Habitat Quality: A Comparison Among the Chesapeake, Delaware, and Hudson Estuaries.
    Stephen B. Brandt*, Buffalo State College
    Eric Demers, Buffalo State College
    Karen L. Barry, Buffalo State College
    Peter A Klose, Buffalo State College
    J. Michael Jech, Buffalo State College
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Climate Change and Management of Fish Populations in the San Francisco Bay/Delta Estuary.
    William A. Bennett*, University of California Davis, Bodega Marine Laboratory
• Tuesday October 14, 1997, 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  Consequences of Habitat Change
  Organizers:
  John Callaway, San Diego State University
  Joy Zedler, San Diego State University (jzedler@perl.sdsu.edu)
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Conservation Status of U.S. Plants and Animals: Patterns of Imperilment by Major Habitat Types.
    Bruce A. Stein*, The Nature Conservancy
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Habitat Change and Estuarine Dynamics.
    John Pethick*, Centre for Coastal Management
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Wetland Habitat Alterations, Causes, and Restoration Efforts in the Lower Mississippi River Alluvial Plain and in Coastal Louisiana.
    Gary P. Shaffer*, Southeastern Louisiana University
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Refreshment break
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Are shallow estuarine habitats functionally equivalent as nursery areas?: A comparison of salt marsh, seagrass, and nonvegetated habitats.
    Lawrence P. Rozas*, NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service
    Thomas J. Minello, NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Effects of Common Reed Removal on Marsh Nitrogen Cycling.
    Stuart EG Findlay*, Institute of Ecosystem Studies
    Cathleen C. Wigand,
    Peter M. Groffman,
• Tuesday October 14, 1997, 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  Recovering Bays and Estuaries
  Organizers:
  David Taylor, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (dtaylor160@AOL.COM)
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Chesapeake Bay: The Road to Recovery from Nutrient Pollution.
    Robert E. Magnien*, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Infaunal ``Recovery" as a Control on Sediment Organic Matter Remineralization and the Fate of Regenerated Nutrients in Boston Harbor.
    Brian L Howes*,
    David R Schlezinger, Boston University
    J A Blake, ENSR Consulting and Engineering
    D C Rhodes, ENSR Consulting and Engineering
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Oceanic Loading as a Factor in Recovery of Coastal Ecosystems.
    John R. Kelly*, North Carolina State University
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Refreshment break
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Responses of Water Quality and Seagrass Distribution to Nitrogen Load Reductions---A Case Study From Sarasota Bay, Florida.
    David A. Tomasko *, Southwest Florida Water Management District
    D. Mark Alderson, Sarasota Bay National Estuary Program
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Impact of the Clean Water Act on Water Quality Trends in the Lower Hudson River.
    Marie L. O'Shea*, New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Marine
    Thomas M. Brosnan, International Life Sciences Institute
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Recovery of the Hillsborough Bay estuary (Tampa Bay), Florida. Results from 25 years of nutrient control.
    J.O.R. Johansson*, Bay Study Group, City of Tampa
• Tuesday October 14, 1997, 1:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  Poster Session on Benthos, Part B
  

  1:00 p.m.
  Comparison of total number and active number of bacteria in marine sediments
  Jill Schmidt*, University of Washington
  Jody W. Deming, University of Washington

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Assessment of Storm Drain Out Falls Using Benthic Characteristics.
    Paul A. Montagna*, University of Texas Marine Science Institute
    R. S. Carr, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
    M. C. Kennicutt, Texas A&M University, Geochemical & Environmental Research Group
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Benthic biodiversity in a polluted estuary.
    Ana Paula Mucha, Institute of Biomedical Science - Oporto University - Portugal
    Adriano A. Bordalo*, Institute of Biomedical Science - Oporto University - Portugal
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Intertidal Sand Flats in Jamaica Bay---Disturbance and Community Structure.
    David R. Franz*, Biology Dept., Brooklyn College CUNY
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Chesapeake Bay Benthic Monitoring Program: I. Development of Restoration Goals and an Index Quantifying Attainment.
    Stephen B. Weisberg, SCCWRP
    J. Ananda Ranasinghe, Versar Inc
    Daniel M. Dauer*, Department of Biological Sciences
    Linda C. Schaffner, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
    Robert J. Diaz, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
    Jeffrey B. Frithsen, Versar Inc
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Chesapeake Bay Benthic Monitoring Program: III. Status Estimates Using Probability Sampling.
    J. Ananda Ranasinghe, Versar Inc
    Daniel M. Dauer*, Department of Biological Sciences
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Chesapeake Bay Benthic Monitoring Program: IV. Optimizing Temporal Sampling.
    Raymond W. Alden, III, Old Dominion University
    Stephen B. Weisberg, SCCWRP
    J. Ananda Ranasinghe, Versar Inc
    Daniel M. Dauer*, Department of Biological Sciences
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Chesapeake Bay Benthic Monitoring Program: V. Linking Trends in the Benthos with Trends in Water Quality.
    Daniel M. Dauer*, Department of Biological Sciences
    Raymond W. Alden, III, Old Dominion University
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Chesapeake Bay Benthic Monitoring Program: II. Trends using Fixed-Point Stations.
    Daniel M. Dauer*, Department of Biological Sciences
    J. Ananda Ranasinghe, Versar Inc
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Natural variation in the vertical distribution of benthic macrofauna within estuarine sediments.
    Amanda Maxemchuk-Daly*, The College of William and Mary School of Marine Science, Virginia
    Robert J. Diaz, The College of William and Mary School of Marine Science, Virginia
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Distribution and Population Recruitment of a Prosobranch Snail, {\em Littoridinops tenuipes}, in a Maine Estuary.
    Michael Mazurkiewicz*, University of Southern Maine
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Physical energy and sediment regimes along an estuarine gradient: Implications for benthic community structure and function.
    Michele A Horvath, Dept. Of Biological Sciences, The College of William & Mary, VA Inst.
    Linda C Schaffner*, Dept. Of Biological Sciences, The College of William & Mary, VA Inst.
  • 1:00 p.m.
    The Distribution and Structure of Soft-bottom Macrobenthos in Puget Sound in Relation to Natural and Anthropogenic Factors.
    Roberto J. Llanso*, Washington State Department of Ecology
  • 1:00 p.m.
    The Living Seashore: An Interactive Multimedia Guide to the Invertebrates of Hammonasset State Park.
    Peter E. Pellegrino*, Southern Connecticut State University
    M. Mroczka, Cedar Island Marine Research Laboratory
    T. Casanova, Cedar Island Marine Research Laboratory
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Population Dynamics of the Polychaete {\em Chaetopterus variopedatus} and the Connection to Benthic-Pelagic Coupling within the Mainstem of Lower Chesapeake Bay.
    Michelle L. Thompson*, The College of William & Mary, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
    Linda C. Schaffner, The College of William & Mary, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
• Tuesday October 14, 1997, 1:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  Poster Session on Estuarine Fisheries and Fish
  

  1:00 p.m.
  Distribution and abundance of neonate and juvenile sharks in an estuary in the northeastern Gulf of Mexica
  John Carlson

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Are Wetter Watersheds Better for Striped Bass?
    Karin E. Limburg*, University of Stockholm
    Michael L. Pace, Institute of Ecosystem Studies
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Pelagic Fishes in Delaware Bay.
    Eric Demers*, Great Lakes Center
    Karen L. Barry, Great Lakes Center
    J. Michael Jech, Great Lakes Center
    Stephen B. Brandt, Great Lakes Center
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Length-at-Maturity of Female Summer Flounder {\em (Paralichthys Dentatus)}.
    Courtney Stirling Casey, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
    Bruno Soffientino*, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
    Catalina Martinez, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
    Mark Terceiro, National Marine Fisheries Service
    Frank P. Almeida, National Marine Fisheries Service
    Jennifer L. Specker, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
  • 1:00 p.m.
    The Relationship Between Density of Larval Soft-shell clam Mya arenaria and Settlement of Young-of-the-Year.
    Paul Geoghegan*, Normandeau Associates Inc.
    Marcia A. Bowen, Normandeau Associates Inc.
    Susan S. Ward, Normandeau Associates Inc.
    Ronald A. Sher, North Atlantic Energy Service Corp.
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Estuarine fish and fisheries of two east coast Australian rivers.
    Ron West*, University of Wollongong (Australia)
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Factors affecting soft-shell clam Mya arenaria density in a New Hampshire estuary.
    Marcia Bowen*, Normandeau Associates Inc.
    Paul Geoghegan, Normandeau Associates Inc.
    Ronald A. Sher, North Atlantic Energy Service Corp.
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Distribution and Abundance of bay anchovy {\em (Anchoa mitchilli)} in the Hudson River Estuary.
    Peter A Klose*, Great Lakes Center at Buffalo State College
    Stephen B Brandt*, Great Lakes Center at Buffalo State College
    Kyle J Hartman*, West Virginia University
  • 1:00 p.m.
    A new and fast method for removing nekton from sheetmetal drop rings in marsh, SAV, sand, and mud habitats.
    Giancarlo Cicchetti*, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Production of Atlantic croaker and Spot in Weeks Bay, Alabama.
    Michael T. Brackin*, University of South Alabama
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Juvenile fishes as by-catch in the shrimp post-larvae fishery.
    Nancy Alvaro, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales
    William Rizzo, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales
    Sheyla Massay, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales
    N. Gaibor*, Instituto Nacional de Pesca
• Tuesday October 14, 1997, 1:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  Poster Session on Habitat Change
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Landscape Approach To Epibenthic Use of Oyster And Marsh Habitats.
    John M. Rhoads*, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
    Martin H. Posey, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
    Troy D. Alphin, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Spatial Predictability of Habitat Dynamics in a River-mouth Tidal Freshwater Marsh.
    Gregory B Pasternack*, The Johns Hopkins University
    Grace S Brush, The Johns Hopkins University
    William Hilgartner, The Johns Hopkins University
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Consequences of Recruitment Limitation to the Natural Recovery of Estuarine Habitats: Lessons from Temperate Mangrove Forests in Sydney, Australia.
    Todd E. Minchinton*, University of Wollongong (Australia) and Brown University (USA)
  • 1:00 p.m.
    A Multiple Scale Process Model to Predict Habitat Changes in Coastal Landscapes.
    Mary L. White, Coastal Ecology Institute
    Jay F. Martin, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
    Enrique Reyes*, Coastal Ecology Institute
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Patch Size and Edge Effects on Nekton Use of Marsh Islands.
    Lindsay M. Martin*, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
    Martin H. Posey, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
    Troy D. Alphin, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Boating as an ecosystem stressor.
    Richard E. Crawford*, Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
• Tuesday October 14, 1997, 1:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  Poster Session on Stable Isotopes
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Using stable isotopes to assess the spatial and seasonal variation of food sources in Ria Formosa, a tidal lagoon of Southern Portugal.
    Raquel Mach\'as*, Universidade do Algarve, UCTRA.
    Rui Santos, Universidade do Algarve, UCTRA.
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Effects Of Sewage Nitrogen On The Isotopic Composition Of An Estuarine Food Web.
    Nicky Sheats*, Harvard University
    Sam C Wainright, Rutgers University
    Joseph P. Montoya, Harvard University
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Nitrogen Source Among Estuarine Zooplankton As Revealed By A $^{15}$N Tracer Experiment: Different Nitrogen Turnover Rates, Or Different Diets?
    R. Mach\'as*, Universidade do Algarve
    A. Deegan, The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory
    J. Peterson, The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory
    E. Hughes, The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory
  • 1:00 p.m.
    $^{15}$N Enrichment of Phytoplankton in the Oligohaline Zone of the Plum Island Sound Estuary, Massachusetts.
    Matthew Distler*, Amherst College
    Jeff Hughes, The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory
    Linda A. Deegan, The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory
    Bruce J. Peterson, The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory
    Robert Max Holmes, The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Food Web Determination Using a Multiple Stable Isotope Mixing Model.
    Susan Crane Lubetkin*, Quantitative Ecology and Resource Management, UW
    Charles Simenstad, Fisheries Department, UW
• Tuesday October 14, 1997, 1:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  Poster Session on Sea Level Rise and Its Impact on Estuaries
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    A Simulation Model for Predicting the Effect of Relative Sea Level Rise on Wetland Elevation and Sustainability.
    John M. Rybczyk*, Louisiana State University
    John W. Day, Louisiana State University
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Sea Level and Land Level: Compared Effects of Forced Drainage in the Mississippi River and Sacramento-San Joaquin Deltas.
    G. Paul Kemp*, Center for Coastal, Energy and Environmental Resources
    Hassan S. Mashriqui, Center for Coastal, Energy and Environmental Resources
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Atlantic Sea Level Rise, Lagoonal Marsh Loss, and Wildlife Habitat Implications.
    R. Michael Erwin*, Biological Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Management of Upland Transition Areas in Response to Accelerated Sea Level Rise.
    Richard A. Orson*, Orson Environmental Consulting
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Accelerated Sea Level Rise in Southern New England and its Impacts on Salt Marshes.
    Jeffrey P Donnelly*, Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University
• Tuesday October 14, 1997, 1:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  Poster Session on Physical Processes
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    The Influence of Baroclinic Pressure Gradients on Vertical Shear in Estuarine Tidal Currents.
    Julie A Amft*, Skidaway Inst. of Oceanography
    Jackson O Blanton, Skidaway Inst. of Oceanography
  • 1:00 p.m.
    A Data Set for Characterization of the Distributaries of the Atchafalaya River Deltas.
    A. M. Ferreira da Silva, USACE Waterways Experiment Station
    J. V. Letter *, USACE Waterways Experiment Station
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Separating Barotropic Flow From Baroclinic Flow in Coastal Plain Estuaries.
    Chunyan Li*, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, Old Dominion University
    Arnoldo Velle-Levinson, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, Old Dominion University
    Kuo-Chuin Wong, College of Marine Sciences, University of Delaware
    Kamazima Lwiza, College of Marine Sciences, University of Delaware
  • 1:00 p.m.
    The role of Great Lakes estuaries in trapping of terrestrially derived materials.
    Richard A. MacKenzie*, Center for Great Lakes Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    David N. Edgington, Center for Great Lakes Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    J. Val Klump, Center for Great Lakes Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Hydrographic Variability in a Shallow Embayment.
    Linda M Huzzey*, U.S. Coast Guard Academy
    Malcolm L Spaulding, Univ. of Rhode Island
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Dynamics of Destratification in the Severn River Estuary.
    Mario E. C. Vieira*, US Naval Academy
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Hydrodynamics, Sediment Resuspension, and Light Attenuation in a Shallow Coastal Lagoon, Lower Laguna Madre, Texas.
    Cheryl A. Brown*, Conrad Blucher Institute, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Seasonal and Inter-annual Variability of Water Levels in Barataria Bay, LA.
    Lawrence J. Rouse*, Louisiana State University
    James F. Cruise, University of Alabama at Huntsville
    Ron J. Rovansek, Louisiana State University
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Sediment Dynamics and Bottom Morphology in the Satilla River Estuary.
    Clark R. Alexander*, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
    Amy M.. Simoneau, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
• Tuesday October 14, 1997, 1:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  Poster Session on Planktonic Processes
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Plankton Dynamics in the Pensacola-Escambia Bay Systems.
    Emile M. Lores*, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Gulf Ecology Division
    James M. Dugger,
    J. Kevin Summers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    Michael A. Lewis, U.S. EPA
    John Macauley, U.S. EPA
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Community analysis of the ammonia-oxidising bacteria in the Scheldt estuary by Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE) of specifically amplified 16S-rDNA.
    Monique de Bie*, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Centre for Estuarine and Coastal
    Onno Diekmann, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Centre for Estuarine and Coastal
    George A Kowalchuk, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Centre for Terrestrial Ecology
    Tim Schuurman, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Centre for Limnology
    Arjen Speksnijder, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Centre for Limnology
    Gabriel Zwart, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Centre for Limnology
    Riks J Laanbroek, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Centre for Limnology
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Characterization of Surf Zone and Nearshore Ichthyoplankton Assemblages from Northern New Jersey.
    Patricia M. Tolley*, DynTel
    Douglas Clarke, Waterways Experiment Station
    Mark Burlas, US Army Engineer District, New York
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Population Mean and Individual Variation in Resting Egg Production by Acartia hudsonica in Narragansett Bay.
    David E. Avery*, University of Rhode Island
  • 1:00 p.m.
    The Attenuation of Solar Ultraviolet Radiation in the Estuarine Waters of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
    Jennifer E. Prentice*, University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography
    Alfred K. Hanson, Jr., University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Alternative respiration in phytoplankton.
    Niels T. Eriksen, Odense University
    Alan J. Lewitus*, University of South Carolina
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Effects of Solar Ultraviolet Radiation on Marine Planktonic Ciliate Survival: A Comparison of Coastal and Estuarine Assemblages.
    Elena B Martin*, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
    Alfred K Hanson, Jr., Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
    Dian J Gifford, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
  • 1:00 p.m.
    The regulation of bacterial growth and productivity in a salt marsh tidal creek.
    Kenneth C. Hayes*, Coastal Carolina University
    Eric T. Koepfler, Coastal Carolina University
    Alan J. Lewitus, University of South Carolina
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Nutrient Sources in an Unurbanized Pacific Northwest Estuary.
    A. C. Sigleo*, US EPA
    K. A. Sayce, Shoalwater Botanical
    P. C. Stotts, US EPA
• Tuesday October 14, 1997, 1:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  Poster Session on Recovering Bays and Estuaries
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Recovery of Meiobenthos in the Bays of the Largest European Lake Ladoga Destroyed by Discharges of Pulp and Paper Mills and Significance of Meiobenthos for Ecological Indication of Coastal Lake Zone.
    Evgenij A. Kurashov*, Russian Academy of Sciences
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Effects of Reduced Phosphate Loading on Concentrations of Dissolved Phosphate in Southern San Francisco Bay Estuary, California.
    Stephen W. Hager, U.S. Geological Survey
    Laurence E. Schemel*, U.S. Geological Survey
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Increased water transparency and clam size as indicators of recovery.
    Michael A. Poirrier*, University of New Orleans
    John C. Francis, University of New Orleans
    Stephanie S. Wilson, University of New Orleans
    Carol D. Franze, University of New Orleans
• Tuesday October 14, 1997, 1:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  Poster Session on Research Reserves and Sanctuaries
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    The Effects Of Tropical Storms/Hurricanes On Basic Water Quality Variability In Tidal North Carolina And South Carolina Estuaries.
    Steve W Ross*, North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve
    William E Thompson, North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve
    Paul A Grimshaw, North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve
    Joseph P Schubauer-Berigan, North Inlet-Winyah Bay NERR
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Distribution of Trace Elements in Sediments of Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (RBNERR), Southwest Florida.
    Toby A. Rickabaugh*, Department of Geology, Indiana Univ./Purdue Univ. at Indianapolis
    Lenore P. Tedesco, Department of Geology, Indiana Univ./Purdue Univ. at Indianapolis
    Michael Savarese, Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
    Gabriel M. Filippelli, Department of Geology, Indiana Univ./Purdue Univ. at Indianapolis
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Nutrient Inputs to Elkhorn Slough, CA: Interpreting an 8 Year Record of Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring.
    Jane M. Caffrey *, Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve
    Susan Shaw, Elkhorn Slough Foundation
    Mark Silberstein, Elkhorn Slough Foundation
    Andrew DeVogelaere, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
    Michelle White, Elkhorn Slough Foundation
    Kathy Thomasberg, Monterey County Water Resources Agency
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve: Research for Coastal Zone Management.
    Douglas A. Bulthuis*, Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
    Terence C. Stevens, Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
• Tuesday October 14, 1997, 1:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  Poster Session on Seagrass, Part B
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Leaf productivity and blade chlorophyll concentration in the subtropical seagrass {\em Halodule wrightii} Aschers.: A comparison of leaf-clipping and leaf-marking techniques.
    Joseph L. Kowalski*, The University of Texas - Pan American
    Terry C. Allison, The University of Texas - Pan American
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Irradiance variations at seagrass beds of two Zosteraceae species in northern Japan.
    Hitoshi Iizumi*, Hokkaido National Fisheries Research Institute
    Yuji Machiguchi, Hokkaido National Fisheries Research Institute
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Acoustic Monitoring of the Japanese and Korean Endemic Seagrass, {\em Zostera caulescens}.
    Kenichi Tatsukawa*, Ocean research Institute, University of Tokyo
    Keiko Aioi, Ocean research Institute, University of Tokyo
    Teruhisa Komatsu, Ocean research Institute, University of Tokyo
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Diurnal changes in the pore water sulfide concentrations in the seagrass beds and bare areas of lower Laguna Madre, Texas.
    Kun-Seop Lee*, University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute
    Kenneth H Dunton, University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Light Effects on Tuber Production.
    Henry A Ruhl*, US Geological Survey
    Nancy B Rybicki, US Geological Survey
    Justin T Reel, US Geological Survey
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Long Term Trends in Seagrass beds in the Northern Banana River and Mosquito Lagoon, Kennedy Space Center.
    Jane Anne Provancha*, NASA/Kennedy Space Center
    Douglas Marvin Scheidt, NASA/Kennedy Space Center
  • 1:00 p.m.
    SAV Biomass in the Chesapeake Bay.
    Kenneth A. Moore*, The Virginia Institute of Marine Science
    David J. Wilcox, The Virginia Institute of Marine Science
    Robert J. Orth, The Virginia Institute of Marine Science
  • 1:00 p.m.
    SAV bed dynamics in the lower and middle Chesapeake Bay: Application of a GIS modeling tool.
    David J. Wilcox*, College of William and Mary
    Matthew C. Harwell, College of William and Mary
    Robert J. Orth, College of William and Mary
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Processes Affecting Algal-Searass Dynamics in the Littoral Zone of the Goodwin Islands, Virginia.
    Eva Machelor Bailey*, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Determination of the Ecological Role of the Seagrass {\em Halophila johnsonii}; A Potentially Endangered Species in Southeast Florida.
    Schlese Heidelbaugh*, Florida Institute of Technology
    Walter G. Nelson, Florida Institute of Technology
  • 1:00 p.m.
    SAV Distribution and Abundance Trends and Water Quality in Chesapeake Bayfrom 1971 to 1996.
    Judith F. Nowak*, The College of William and Mary in Virginia
    Robert J. Orth, The College of William and Mary in Virginia
    David J. Wilcox, The College of William and Mary in Virginia
    Kenneth A. Moore, The College of William and Mary in Virginia
    Peter Bergstrom, US Fish and Wildlife Service
    Thomas Parham, Maryland Dept. of Natural Rescources
    Leah S. Nagey, The College of William and Mary in Virginia
    Jennifer R. Whiting, The College of William and Mary in Virginia
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Changes in seagrass in Indian River Lagoon since 1943: correlation with changes in runoff.
    Robert W. Virnstein*, St. Johns River Water Management District
    D. Samuel Rajasekhar, St. Johns River Water Management District
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Seagrass Habitat Utilization by Fishes in Muddy and Sandy Substrates in the Atlantic coast of Guatemala.
    Alejandro Arrivillaga*, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State
    Donald M. Baltz, Coastal Fisheries Institute and Department of Oceanography and
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Historical Distributions of Eelgrass in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
    A. M. Doherty*, Brown University
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Spatial Modeling of Eelgrass Habitat Change in Great Bay, New Hampshire.
    Frederick T Short*, University of New Hampshire Department of Natural Resources Jackson
    David M Burdick, University of New Hampshire Department of Natural Resources Jackson
    Roelof M Boumans, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Institute for Ecological Economics.
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Water clarity and Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) growth in the Magothy and Severn Rivers, Maryland, 1971-1996.
    Peter W. Bergstrom*, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Phosphatase Activity and Carbohydrate Demands in Eelgrass {\em (Zostera marina L.)} Under Nitrate Enrichment and Elevated Temperature.
    Brant W. Touchette*, North Carolina State University
    JoAnn M. Burkholder, North Carolina State University
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Declining Seagrass Habitat in the Northern Gulf of Mexico.
    Lawrence R. Handley*, National Wetlands Research Center
    Arturo G Calix, National Wetlands Research Center
    William R Jones, National Wetlands Research Center
• Tuesday October 14, 1997, 1:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  Poster Session on Trophic Interactions
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Evidence for Top-down Control of P. pugio Populations in NJ Estuaries.
    Celine Santiago*, New Jersey Institute of Technology
    Suruchi Bhan, New Jersey Institute of Technology
    Graeme M. Smith, Rutgers University
    Judith S. Weis, Rutgers University
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Comparison of Estuarine Carbon and Nitrogen Food Web Economies:Is Nitrogen a Better Indicator of Important Organic Matter Sources Than Carbon?
    Robert H Garritt*, Marine Biological Lab
    Linda A Deegan, Marine Biological Lab
    Charles A Simenstad, University of Washington
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Effect of habitat complexity on predation by Callinectes sapidus on prey of different mobility.
    Rosa Florido-Araujo*, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia, UNAM.
    Alberto J Sanchez, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia, UNAM
  • 1:00 p.m.
    White perch trophic dynamics in the Chesapeake Bay: diet, growth, and bioenergetics.
    Michael T Weimer*, Buffalo State College
    Stephen Brandt, Buffalo State College
• Tuesday October 14, 1997, 1:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  Poster Session on Seals
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Harbor Seal Population Trends in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
    Cheryl L Schroeder*, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
• Tuesday October 14, 1997, 1:30 p.m.-3:10 p.m.
  Benthic-Pelagic Coupling
  Chairs:
  Robert Whitlatch, University of Connecticut
  

  • 1:30 p.m.
    Retention of N-nutrients in macrozoobenthos of Danish estuaries---Importance of load and water depth.
    Alf B. J