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Finger Lakes Research Conference 6Th Annual 2010 Finger Lakes Research Conference 6th Annual http://fli.hws.edu/conference.asp 12/4/2010 Agenda Due to the condensed schedule, please feel free to take breaks when you wish. A longer lunch hour is planned for viewing posters and networking. 8:00-8:30 Registration, Continental Breakfast Wetland and Stream Ecosystem Studies 8:30-8:50 CHANGES IN BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY STRUCTURE FOLLOWING STREAM RESTORATION 8:50-9:10 INVESTIGATING THE INFLUENCE OF POOL AND LANDSCAPE FEATURES ON THE SPATIAL PATTERNS OF AMPHIBIAN BREEDING IN A VERNAL POOL COMPLEX IN CENTRAL NEW YORK 9:10-9:30 EFFECTS OF SEMI-ANNUAL WATER-LEVEL FLUCUATIONS ON FISH AND MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES IN THE NIAGARA REGION OF THE ERIE CANAL 9:30-9:50 ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF MICROSATELLITE MARKERS IN NIGRONIA (Say) (MEGALOPTERA: CORYDALIDAE) AND THEIR UTILITY IN POPULATION GENETICS 9:50-10:10 VOLUNTEER MONITORING OF REGIONAL STREAMS IN THE FINGER LAKES THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF LOCAL MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS 10:10-10:30 AQUATIC MACROINVERTEBRATE DRIFT DYNAMICS IN A FREESTONE STREAM IN THE ADIRONDACK PARK, NY 10:30-10:50 MACROFOSSIL AND SEDIMENTOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR EARLY TO MID-HOLOCENE VEGETATION CHANGE AND INFILLING OF A KETTLE POND IN TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK State of the Lakes 10:50-11:10 COMPARATIVE LIMNOLOGY OF THE EIGHT EASTERN FINGER LAKES: 2005-2010 11:10-11:30 THE OAK ORCHARD SOIL WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL: A DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR WATERSHED MANAGEMENT 11:30-11:50 MACROPHYTE COMMUNITIES OF CANADICE AND HEMLOCK LAKES 11:50-1:10 Lunch and Poster Viewing Human Impacts 1:10-1:30 ENVIRONMENTAL LEVELS OF RADIUM IN WATER OF CENTRAL NEW YORK 1:30-1:50 ^dZE'd,E/E''Z/h>dhZ͛^ZK>/EWZKdd/E'tdZYh>/dz/Ed,Kt^K>< WATERSHED: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS 1:50-2:10 FINGER LAKES GROUPS CAPTURE AWARENESS GRANTS FOR LOCAL LANDFILL AND CAFO ISSUES 2:10-2:30 PHOSPHORUS LOADING FOR THE SOUTHERN SHELF OF CAYUGA LAKE 2:30-2:50 SURFACE WATER QUALITY: FARMS, FOOD SAFETY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT Species Introductions and Ecological Consequences 2:50-3:10 QUAGGA MUSSELS IN SOME FINGER LAKES 3:10-3:30 EVALUATING NATIVE AND NATURALIZED PLANT SPECIES AT REGIONAL AIRPORTS IN CENTRAL NEW YORK FOR WILDLIFE HAZARD MANAGEMENT 3:30-3:50 PREY SIZE SELECTION IN HEMIMYSIS ANOMALA 3:50-4:10 DETECTION AND MONITORING OF INVASIVE PHRAGMITES USING RADAR IN THE COASTAL GREAT LAKES 2 6th Annual Finger Lakes Research Conference | [2010] Oral Presentations ͙ŝŶŽƌĚĞƌŽĨĂŐĞŶĚĂ͘ CHANGES IN BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY STRUCTURE FOLLOWING STREAM RESTORATION Susan Cushman 5 INVESTIGATING THE INFLUENCE OF POOL AND LANDSCAPE FEATURES ON THE SPATIAL PATTERNS OF AMPHIBIAN BREEDING IN A VERNAL POOL COMPLEX IN CENTRAL NEW YORK Michael Habberfield 6 EFFECTS OF SEMI-ANNUAL WATER-LEVEL FLUCTUATION ON FISH AND MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES IN THE NIAGARA REGION OF THE ERIE CANAL Denise Clay 9 ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF MICROSATELLITE MARKERS IN NIGRONIA SERRICORNIS (Say) (MEGALOPTERA: CORYDALIDAE) AND THEIR UTILITY IN POPULATION GENETICS RM Stevenson 10 VOLUNTEER MONITORING OF REGIONAL STREAMS IN THE FINGER LAKES THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF LOCAL MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Jordan Youngmann 11 AQUATIC MACROINVERTEBRATE DRIFT DYNAMICS IN A FREESTONE STREAM IN THE ADIRONDACK PARK, NY Nick Griffin 12 MACROFOSSIL AND SEDIMENTOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR EARLY TO MID-HOLOCENE VEGETATION CHANGE AND INFILLING OF A KETTLE POND IN TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK Brita Lorentzen 14 COMPARATIVE LIMNOLOGY OF THE EIGHT EASTERN FINGER LAKES: 2005ʹ2010 John Halfman 16 THE OAK ORCHARD SOIL WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL: A DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR WATERSHED MANAGEMENT Paul Richards 19 MACROPHYTE SURVEYS FOR HEMLOCK AND CANADICE LAKES Bruce Gilman 23 ENVIRONMENTAL LEVELS OF RADIUM IN WATER OF CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE Thomas Kraemer 27 ^dZE'd,E/E''Z/h>dhZ͛^ZK>/EWZKdd/E'tdZYh>/dz/Ed,Kt^K><tdZ^,͗ PRELIMINARY FINDINGS Judy Wright 28 FINGER LAKES GROUPS CAPTURE AWARENESS GRANTS FOR LOCAL LANDFILL AND CAFO ISSUES Brad Muise 30 PHOSPHOROUS LOADING FOR THE SOUTHERN SHELF OF CAYUGA LAKE Nate Carman 31 SURFACE WATER QUALITY: FARMING, FOOD SAFETY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT Elizabeth Bihn 32 QUAGGA MUSSELS IN SOME FINGER LAKES Ken Stewart 34 EVALUATING NATIVE AND NATURALIZED PLANT SPECIES AT REGIONAL AIRPORTS IN CENTRAL NY FOR WILDLIFE HAZARD MANAGEMENT Donna Vogler 35 PREY SIZE SELECTION IN HEMIMYSIS ANOMALA Jessica Wuerstle 37 DETECTION AND MONITORING OF INVASIVE PHRAGMITES USING RADAR IN THE COASTAL GREAT LAKES Kevin Riordan 39 [2010] | 6th Annual Finger Lakes Research Conference 3 Poster Presentations ͙ŝŶŽƌĚĞƌŽĨƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞƌ͛ƐůĂƐƚŶĂŵĞ͘ WHEN DOES HOTWATER FREEZE FASTER THAN COLD WATER? A SEARCH FOR THE MPEMBA EFFECT James Brownridge 42 EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT DIETS AND RATION ON ENERGY CONTENT AND CONDITION INDICES IN LABORATORY REARED ALEWIVES (ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS) Todd Duval 44 EXPLOITING A NATURAL EXPERIMENT: INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF AN INVASIVE ZOOPLANKTON, CERCOPAGIS PENGOI, ON THE FOOD WEBS OF THE NEW YORK FINGER LAKES Stephanie Figary 45 RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES AT THE MULLER FIELD STATION OF FINGER LAKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE Bruce Gilman 46 FLORA OF BROOME COUNTY Thomas Lansing 49 BASELINE INVENTORY OF NATIVE FRESHWATER MUS^>^/EEtzKZ<͛^^Khd,ZE><KEdZ/K^/E^ Amy Mahar 50 MANAGING PHOSPHORUS IN AGRICULTURE AT THE FIELD SCALE Rebecca Marjerison 53 THE IMPACT OF ADJACENT LAND USE ON SOIL NITRATE LEVELS, DEER POPULATION AND HERBIVORY RATES AT TWO FORESTED SITES IN CAYUGA COUNTY, NY ǯ 54 THE EFFECT OF LIGHT ENVIRONMENT ON THE MORPHOLOGY OF NORTHERN PITCHER PLANTS, SARRACENIA PURPUREA, IN ZURICH BOG Kelly Patel 56 EFFECTS OF ENHANCED PHENOLIC DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON ON THE GROWTH OF AQUATIC PLANTS Siti Aishah Abdul Rahman 58 COMPARING DIAPIAUSING EGG PRODUCTION OF NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE CRUSTACEAN ZOOPLANKTON Taylor Raufus 59 THE ENVIRONMENT OF AN IROQUOIS SITE: A PALEOECOLOGICAL STUDY Daniela Salinas Abarca 60 IN SITU EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF EURASIAN WATERMILFOIL (MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM) DOWNSTREAM FROM AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS: NUTRIENT LOADING, FOLIAR UPTAKE, AND GROWTH Todd Shuskey 63 NOTES 65 Please visit the poster presentations in the foyer throughout the extended lunch period. 4 6th Annual Finger Lakes Research Conference | [2010] CHANGES IN BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY STRUCTURE FOLLOWING STREAM RESTORATION Cushman, Susan Department of Biology & Finger Lakes Institute Hobart and William Smith Colleges Geneva, NY [email protected] (315)781-3599 Director of Introductory Biology Laboratories and Interim Research Scientist Ecological restoration of stream ecosystems and their inhabitants can enhance population sizes, community diversity, and even ecosystem function. Although stream systems experience regular and sometime intense disturbance regimes, restoration of a stream channel and habitat can also be considered a form of disturbance. Streambank stabilization and the creation of pool habitat for rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss was constructed in 2007 by NYDEC in Cold Brook, the major inlet to Keuka Lake (Hammondsport, NY), to increase the success of spawning and rearing of the trout population. After restoration was completed, benthic macroinvertebrate communities were collected yearly from riffle habitats within two sites (Railroad and Winery, each with a control and restored site within) in winter and spring. It was hypothesized that restoration of habitat would impact the community structure over time, showing immediate responses in family richness and diversity. The most upstream site (Railroad) showed lower richness than the downstream site (Winery) overall, however differences between control and restored sites were not consistent. At the Railroad site, the control exhibited higher macroinvertebrate family richness than restored one year after the restoration, but restored sites showed higher richness than control sites three years after construction was completed. At the Winery site, the restored site had higher family richness than control in spring, but similar or less than control in winter. In general, family richness of macroinvertebrates decreases from post-restoration year 1 to 3. This trend may indicate that a major disturbance such as stream restoration (for fish habitat enhancement) may create new habitats for other organisms in the short term, therefore increasing community richness and changing community structure. However, over longer periods of time, community composition and structure may change drastically from the original assemblage. Understanding these changes in community structure are important since benthic macroinvertebrates serve as a food source for young rainbow trout, and therefore may contribute to their success. [2010] | 6th Annual Finger Lakes Research Conference 5 INVESTIGATING THE INFLUENCE OF POOL AND LANDSCAPE FEATURES ON THE SPATIAL PATTERNS OF AMPHIBIAN BREEDING IN A VERNAL POOL COMPLEX IN CENTRAL NEW YORK Michael Habberfield Department of Geography, ERIE-IGERT Program SUNY at Buffalo 105 Wilkeson Buffalo, NY 14261 [email protected] (716)698-5069 Ph.D. Candidate The conservation value of isolated wetlands is becoming increasingly apparent and vernal pools in particular have been major targets of conservation and restoration initiatives.1-3 This is due in part to the need to address the current global decline in amphibian populations,4 as vernal pools can function as important habitat for pond-breeding amphibians. Our understanding of the spatial dynamics of amphibian populations has progressed in recent years, with a new emphasis on differentiating classic metapopulation structure with a patchy population
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