2012 PRAIRIE LIGHTNING SYMPOSIUM 35 Lightning Talks 5 minutes, 20 slides, 15 seconds each. Ready? Go! The scientists of the Prairie Research Institute present the 2012 Prairie Lightning Symposium. Thirty-five five-minute “lightning” talks and 23 posters showcase the diverse natural and cultural resource work of the State Scientific Surveys. The Prairie Research Institute applies cutting-edge science to grow the economy, promote public health and safety, and steward the vast resources of Illinois. Talks, posters, networking, and refreshments. Friday, November 30 Talks 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM • Posters 4:00-5:00 PM Reception 4:00-6:00 PM, with music by Big Bluestem I Hotel and Conference Center 1900 S. First Street, Champaign Free and open to the public prairie.illinois.edu/lightning HOME OF THE ILLINOIS STATE SCIENTIFIC SURVEYS Illinois Natural History Survey • Illinois State Archaeological Survey • Illinois State Geological Survey • Illinois State Water Survey • Illinois Sustainable Technology Center AGENDA Friday, November 30 8:30 a.m. Continental breakfast 9:00 a.m. Introduction and ground rules 9:05 a.m. Welcome 2012 Prairie Lightning Symposium 9:15 a.m. Session 1 November 30, 2012 10:00 a.m. Break 10:15 a.m. Session 2 Chancellor Ballroom and Lincoln Room 11:00 a.m. Break I Hotel and Conference Center 11:15 a.m. Session 3 Champaign, Illinois 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Lunch on your own © Prairie Research Institute 1:15 p.m. Session 4 2:00 p.m. Break 2:15 p.m. Session 5 3:00 p.m. Break 3:15 p.m. Session 6 Poster Session and All‐Staff Reception 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Poster session in Lincoln Room 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. All‐staff reception, music by Big Bluestem String Band at 4:30 EXPANDED AGENDA Page 4 LIGHTNING TALK ABTRACTS Page 6 POSTER PRESENTERS AND TITLES Page 12 ABOUT PRAIRIE LIGHTNING Page 18 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Page 19 1:15 p.m. Session 4 Junhua Jiang ISTC Nanostructured microelectrodes for electrochemical N‐sensing AGENDA Dmitry Dmitriev INHS Digitization of the INHS Insect Collection Momcilo Markus ISWS Can we really predict future floods? Friday, November 30 Robert Rohe ISAS Ink on Bone: Examining Potential Prehistoric Tattooing Implements Found in the American Bottom 8:30 a.m. Continental breakfast Joseph Spencer INHS It’s time to start thinking…like a rootworm! 9:00 a.m. Introduction and ground rules Christopher Stohr ISGS Two Remote Sensing Methods for Classifying Infiltration 9:05 a.m. Welcome – Bill Shilts through Earthen Landfill Covers 2:00 p.m. Break 9:15 a.m. Session 1 Thomas J. Benson INHS Whodunit? Using miniature video cameras to investigate 2:15 p.m. Session 5 predation at bird nests Jim Angel ISWS The 2012 Agriculture Drought in Illinois Walt Kelly ISWS We Are the Salt of the Earth: The Salinization of Chicago’s Kevin Cummings INHS Global Diversity and Conservation of Freshwater Mussels: The Waters Silence of the Clams Julie Allen INHS Past, present and future of Florida plants: using herbarium Mark Branstner ISAS Two Centuries On: Illinois and the War of 1812 records to predict future distributions with climate change. Samantha Carpenter INHS Dieldrin in Illinois River Otters Wei Zheng ISTC Water Reuse vs Food Safety Dave Kristovich ISWS Blowin’ in the Wind: Airborne Studies of Blowing Snow Yaghoob Lasemi ISGS Recent petroleum discoveries and future potential of the Bill Rose ISTC Indoor Climate Research and Training Siluro‐Devonian rocks along the southern flank of the Sangamon Arch in Christian and Macon Counties, central 3:00 p.m. Break Illinois Brian Metzke INHS Evaluating Connectivity of Fish Population Using GIS or Taking 3:15 p.m. Session 6 a Dip into the Talent Pool Joe Galloy ISAS Dogs and their people in ancient Illinois. Brandon Curry ISGS Aquatic environments through the eyes of ostracodes 10:00 a.m. Break Ethan Kessler INHS Diet Selection in Tiger Salamander Larvae Mary Simon ISAS Re‐Evaluating the Introduction of Prehistoric Maize (Zea mays 10:15 a.m. Session 2 L.) into Western Illinois Alison Price INHS Clamoring for answers about freshwater mussels in Illinois Stephen Wald OED Delivery of Science to Decision Makers Sallie Greenberg ISGS Pioneering Change from the Ground Up George Roadcap ISWS How Well Protected Are Confined Aquifers in Illinois? Kevin Johnson INHS Lice of a Feather Flock Together ‐ Evolution Repeats Itself Nancy Holm ISTC The Case of the Mysterious Biochar Jeremy Tiemann INHS Reintroduction of the northern riffleshell Will Gillespie ISWS Pesticide Fate: A Guide for Field Inspectors All‐Staff Reception and Poster Session 11:00 a.m. Break 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Poster session in Lincoln Room 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. All‐staff reception, music by Big Bluestem String Band at 4:30 p.m. 11:15 a.m. Session 3 Jonathan Freedman INHS Foodweb Effects of Asian Carp in the Illinois River David Grimley ISGS Illinois Episode Glaciation in Illinois Julie Dyar ISTC Wonderment in Yellowstone James Ellis INHS Long‐Term Ecological Monitoring in Illinois Beth Hall ISWS Midwestern Regional Climate Center (MRCC): Our Climate Products and Services 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Lunch on your own 3 4 LIGHTNING TALK ABSTRACTS Auburn trend oil fields in Macon and Christian Counties and initial production of up to 1440 barrels of oil per day has been reported at an average depth of 2000 feet (610 m). The Lingle Session 1. reservoir is a porous dolomite, sandy dolomite or limestone with well‐rounded quartz grains Thomas J. Benson, CTAP Coordinator, INHS. [email protected]. and may contain thin quartz sandstone lenses. The Racine reservoir is a vugular, fine to Whodunit? Using miniature video cameras to investigate predation at bird nests coarsely crystalline dolomite that exists near, and parallels, the Lingle zero contour line. Nest predation is the major cause of reproductive failure for most birds and has adverse impacts on populations of many conservation‐priority bird species. Decreases in the size, Brian Metzke, Stream Ecologist, INHS. [email protected]. power consumption, and cost of video technology have greatly facilitated the study of nest Evaluating Connectivity of Fish Population Using GIS or Taking a Dip into the Talent Pool predation. In an effort to better understand the identity of important nest predators, ArcGIS Network Analyst tool was used to identify fish populations from individual collection factors influencing nest predation, as well as potential management strategies for mitigating locations and measure interconnectivity of those populations. A pilot study using genetic effects on conservation‐priority species, we have been deploying miniature video systems at samples from several ironcolor shiner populations was developed to test this model and bird nests in several areas throughout Illinois. results should provide a framework for conservation management of other rare species. At least eight researchers have contributed their expertise to this study, making it a true Walt Kelly, Groundwater Geochemist, ISWS. [email protected]. collaborative effort. We Are the Salt of the Earth: The Salinization of Chicago’s Waters Road salt runoff and other sources of salt have heavily impacted the water quality of surface Session 2. water and groundwater in the Chicago region. All parts of the hydrologic cycle are seeing Alison Price, Mussel Field Biologist, INHS. [email protected]. increases in chloride (Cl‐), sodium (Na), and total dissolved solids (TDS) concentrations: Clamoring for answers about freshwater mussels in Illinois lakes, streams and rivers, groundwater, and soil water. A rough estimate of inputs and Freshwater mussels are among the most imperiled groups of organisms in Illinois, as nearly outputs of Cl‐ in the Chicago region suggests that about 14 percent of the road salt is half of mussel species in the state are extinct, extirpated, or imperiled. We began a project retained in the subsurface, approximately 50,000 metric tons of NaCl annually, representing in 2009 to investigate the status and distribution of mussels throughout Illinois and have a long‐term source of Cl‐ and Na and other associated ions. since sampled over 1000 sites statewide. We will describe new findings pertaining to species’ distributions and other noteworthy discoveries. Julie Allen, Postdoctoral Research Associate, INHS. [email protected]. Past, present and future of Florida plants: using herbarium records to predict future Sallie Greenberg, Assistant Director, Advanced Energy Technology Initiative, ISGS. distributions with climate change. [email protected]. Understanding how animals and plants will respond to a changing planet is incredibly Pioneering Change from the Ground Up challenging, however, we can take advantage of long‐term museum collections to What do climate change, ancient oceans, and Illinois have in common? Together they are understand more about species distributions. Here we use 200 years of Florida plant helping to bridge the gap between our current energy needs and environmental concerns. collection data to build models of their distributions. We use these data to understand not Through the research efforts of the Advanced Energy Technology Initiative, the ISGS is only how plants have moved in the past, but also, combined with future climate change taking the lead in demonstrating the viability of carbon capture and storage. models, to predict where they might move in the future. Kevin Johnson, Ornithologist, INHS. [email protected]. Wei Zheng, Senior Research Scientist, ISTC. [email protected]. Lice of a Feather Flock Together ‐ Evolution Repeats Itself Water Reuse vs Food Safety Most birds are parasitized by an array of feather eating lice. These lice differ from each The widespread occurrence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the other in how they escape preening, being divided into head, wing, and body lice.