California Aquatic Bioassessment Workgroup

Previous Years CABW/SFS Meeting Files

October 12-13, 2021 CABW

• 2021 California Aquatic Bioassessment Workgroup (CABW) and California Society for Freshwater Science Meeting (Cal-SFS)
  • 2021 Final Agenda
  • 2021 Presentation Abstracts and Presenter Index
  • Cal-SFS Poster Session
  • Video Recordings:
  • Day 1: 2021 CABW/Cal-SFS - Introduction Recording
  • Day 1: 2021 CABW/Cal-SFS - Session 1 Recording
  • Day 1: 2021 CABW/Cal-SFS - Session 2 Recording
  • Day 1: 2021 CABW/Cal-SFS - Session 3 Recording
  • Day 2: 2021 CABW/Cal-SFS - Introduction Recording
  • Day 2: 2021 CABW/Cal-SFS - Session 4 Recording
  • Day 2: 2021 CABW/Cal-SFS - Session 5 Recording
  • Day 2: 2021 Cal-SFS TEK Session Recording

October 13-14, 2020 CABW

• 2020 California Aquatic Bioassessment Workgroup (CABW) and California Society for Freshwater Science Meeting
  • Day 1, October 13, 2020 Meeting Recording
  • Day 2, October 14, 2020 Meeting Recording
  • 2020 Final Agenda
  • Presentation Abstracts and Presenter Index
  • Slack Guide

October, 2019 CABW

• California Aquatic Bioassessment Workgroup (CABW) October 2019 Meeting Agenda with Presentation Videos
  • For copies of the PowerPoint Presentation PDF files: please contact Shuka Rastegarpour by phone at: 916-327-1277 or by email at: shuka.rastegarpour@waterboards.ca.gov.

October 23^rd-24^th, 2018 CABW

• Meeting Agenda with Presentations Only
• Videoof Speakers and their Presentations
  • October 23rd Videos
    • Welcome and Objectives of the Meeting – Jim Harrington, California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR), Aquatic Bioassessment Laboratory (ABL), Rancho Cordova, CA.
    • Reflecting on 25 years of Bioassessment Research: How Serendipity Led to a Personal and Professional Obsession – Charles Hawkins, Utah State University, Logan, UT.
    • Reflecting on 25 Years of Bioassessment in Water Quality Regulation – Terry Fleming, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), San Francisco, CA.
    • The Future of Bioassessment in California – Pete Ode, CDFW.
    • Twenty Years of Monitoring Acid Mine Drainage at the Leviathan Mine Superfund Site – Dave Herbst, Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory, Mammoth Lakes, CA.
    • Hydrology for a Changing World: The Empirical Analysis of Changing Streamflows and Water Quality – Robert Hirsch, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA.
    • What is the National Aquatic Resource Survey and How It Relates to Bioassessment in California – Sarah Lehmann and Chris Faulkner, US EPA, Washington DC.
    
    

    Session on Monitoring Program Effectiveness

    • Erosion and Best Management Practices after Forest Fire: How Water Quality Monitoring and Bioassessment Studies Reveal Impacts of the Ponderosa, Rim, and King Fires – Cajun James, Sierra Pacific Industries, James Harrington CDFW, Morgan Hannaford, Shasta College, Marco Sigala and Beverly H. van Buuren, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
    • Results of Five Years of Monitoring for the Regional Monitoring Coalition – Bonnie de Berry, EOA, Inc. and Aroon Melwani, Applied Marine Sciences, Oakland, CA.
    
    

    Session on Data Visualization in Bioassessment

    • Actionable Bioassessment Data: Using Visualization to Bridge the Research - Management Divide – Marcus Beck, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP), Costa Mesa, CA.
    • An Analysis of Using Data Visualization to Drive Organizational Change at the Water Boards – Michelle Tang and Calvin Yang, SWRCB, Sacramento, CA.
    • Areas of Conservation Emphasis (ACE): a CDFW Analysis and Visualization of Map-Based Biodiversity and Conservation Data – Melanie Gogul-Prokurat, CDFW, Sacramento, CA.
    • Data Visualization for Response: Automated Remote-Sensing Tools for Timely Detection of Human and Wildlife Health Hazards – Lawrence Sim, San Francisco Estuary Institute, Richmond, CA.
    • Open Science for Better Collaborative Science – Casey O'Hara, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA.
    
    
  • October 24th Videos
  • The Next 25 Years of Freshwater Science in the UCs and CSUs
  • Freshwater Science in the California State University System – Alison O’Dowd, HSU and Matt Cover, California State University at Stanislaus.
  • Freshwater Science in the University of California System – Ted Grantham, University of California at Berkeley.
  • Panel #1: Teaching and Training Future Freshwater Science Professionals in the UCs and CSUs – Patina Mendez, UC Berkeley John Olson, CSU Monterey Bay, Christine Parisek, UC Davis and Alison O'Dowd, Humboldt State University.
  • Panel #2: Research and Extension in Freshwater Science in the UCs and CSUs – Erin Bray, CSU Northridge, Faith Kearns, UC Cooperative Extension, Ted Grantham, UC Berkeley and Sarah Yarnell, UC Davis.
  
  

  Session on Flow Ecology – California Chapter of the Society for Freshwater Science

  • Drifting Towards the Future: Integrating Next Generation Camera Technology and Open-Source Computer Vision Software to Estimate Invertebrate Drift within Lotic Ecosystems – Nicholas Macias, University of California at Santa Cruz.
  • Developing Ecological Flow Criteria for the South Fork Eel River – Bill Trush, Humboldt State University (HSU), Arcata, CA.
  • Quantifying Ecological Risk in the S. Fork Eel River – Emily Cooper, HSU.
  • Non-lethal Fish Responses to Flow Intermittency – Pablo Rodríguez-Lozano, University of California at Berkeley.
  • Abiotic Drivers of Juvenile Coho Salmon Survival in Intermittent Streams – Ross Vander Vorste, University of California at Berkeley.
  • Science to Storytelling; Connecting with Your Community – Marianne Denton, Nevada Department of Environmental Quality, Reno, NV.

October 24-25, 2017

• Meeting Agenda with Presentations Only
• Video of Speakers and their Presentations
  • October 24^th Videos
    • Overview of the SWAMP Bioassessment Program and Resources – Calvin Yang, State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB)
    
    Session on the California Rapid Assessment Method (CRAM)
    • What is the California Rapid Assessment Method (CRAM) and How it is Used in Bioassessment – Sarah Pearce, San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI)
    • Validating the California Rapid Assessment method for Depressional, Slope, and Vernal Pool Wetlands – Cara Clark, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
    • The Use of CRAM in California Water Quality Regulatory Programs – Cliff Harvey, SWRCB
    
    Session on Incorporating Bioassessment in Statewide and Regional Policies
    • Update on the Combined Statewide Biointegrity-Biostimulatory Policy for Streams – Jessie Maxfield, SWRCB
    • A Scientific Approach for a Biointegrity-Biostimulatory Policy – Martha Sutula, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP), Costa Mesa, CA
    • Tools to Support a Biointegrity-Biostimulatory Policy – Rafi Mazor, SCCWRP
    • San Diego's Approach to Biological Objectives in Streams – Chad Loflen, San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board
    
    Discussion on Session
    • Developing an Index of Physical Habitat Integrity and How it Might be Used in Water Resource Programs - Andrew Rehn, ABL
    
    
  • Society for Freshwater Science California Chapter Session
    • Introduction to CalSFS, the Workshop and Student Presentations on General Ecology - Jeanette Howard, The Nature Conservancy and John Olson, California State University Monterey Bay
    • Effects of Flow Variability on River Metacommunities in a Changing Climate - Parsa Saffarinia, UC Riverside
    • The Impact of Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook Temperature Management on ESA-listed Green Sturgeon - Liam Zarri UC Santa Cruz
    • Small Streams and Riparian Zones in California's Sacramento Valley: Ecological Function and Management Opportunities - Alex Webster, Joanna P. Sollins, and Mary L. Cadenasso, UC Davis
    • Riverine Canopy and Water Temperature: How Aquatic Plants are Ecosystem Engineers for Water Temperature - Ann Willis, UC Davis
    
    
  • October 25th Videos
    • Modeling Seasonal Evolution of Longitudinal Benthic Algae Distributions in the Klamath River in Response to Chemical Gradients - Mike Deas, Watercourse Engineering, Davis
    • Fish Behavior and Food Web Phenology - Implications for Management - Gabe Rossi, UC Berkeley
    • 2017: the Year the California Tiger Salamander Lost its Unicorn Status - Jaymee Marty, Marty Ecological Consulting, Inc., Sacramento
    • Using Genomics to Assess the Impact of River Regulation in a River Breeding Frog (Rana boylii)- Ryan Peek, UC Davis
    • Predator Adaptation Exacerbates Ecological Responses to Warming - David Fryxell, UC Santa Cruz
    • Development of Biological Indicators for the Dry Phase of Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams - Matt Robinson, Cal State Monterey Bay
    • A Comparison of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assemblages in Perennial and Intermittent Headwater Streams of the Mattole River in Northern California, USA - Mason London, Humboldt State University (HSU), Arcata, CA
    • Two-Way Trap and Haul as a Conservation Strategy for Anadromous Salmonids - Rob Lusardi,UC Davis
    • Integration of Western Science and Indigenous Science to Inform Management of the Upper Eel River - Lara Jansen and Leke Hutchins, HSU
    • The Development and Enhancement of an Invasive Crayfish Control Strategy for the Malibu Creek Watershed, Los Angeles County, USA - Angela D. Dow, Mountains Restoration Trust in Calabasas, CA
    
    

October 18-19, 2016

• Meeting Agenda with Presentations Only
• Video of Speakers and their Presentations
  • October 18th Videos
    • Expanding the Universe of Ecological Indicators in California: a Vision for the Next Decade - Peter Ode, ABL
    • Overview of the SWAMP Bioassessment Program and Resources - Calvin Yang, SWRCB
    • Use of RIVPACS-type Multiaxon Distribution Models to Assess Alterations in Regional Biodiversity - Charles Hawkins, Utah State University
    
    Session on Aquatic Ecology and Bioassessment Conducted by the United States Geological Survey (USGS)
    
    • Overview of USGS Regional Stream Quality Assessment and Plans for California RSQA in 2017 - Pete Van Metre, United States Geological Survey (USGS), Austin TX
    • Aquatic Ecology and Bioassessment at the California Water Science Center - Larry Brown, USGS, Sacramento, CA
    • Ecosystem Health in a Mining-impacted River - USGS Investigations of the Clark Fork River, MT Superfund Site - Terry Short USGS, Menlo Park, CA
    • Unimpaired Streamflows as a Baseline for Assessment of Climate Change and Anthropogenic Modification - Jason May, USGS, Sacramento, CA
    • Data Analysis as Part of USGS Regional Stream Quality Assessments - Ian Waite, USGS, Portland, OR
    
    Session on Ecohydrology
    
    • Introduction to Statewide Efforts to Develop Biologically-relevant Instream Flow Recommendations - Eric Stein, SCCWRP
    • Setting Regional Targets Based on Flow-ecology Relationships to Support Biological Integrity - Raphael Mazor, SCCWRP
    • Managing Functional Environmental Flows in Regulated River Systems - Sarah Yarnell, Center for Watershed Sciences, UC Davis
    • Assessing Hydrologic Change in the Nation's Rivers - Ted Grantham, UC Berkeley Cooperative Extension
    • Developing a Coordinated Instream Flow Strategy for California - Julie Zimmerman, The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
    • Discussion
  
  
  • October 19th Videos
    • Overview of Permitting Process for Scientific Take of Wildlife - Ona Alminas and Leslie Alber, CDFW
    • California Statewide Algae Plan: Past, Present, and Future - Susanna Theroux, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP), Costa Mesa
    • Garcia River Monitoring Program - Watershed Overview, Status and Trends - Jonathan Warmerdam, North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board and Jennifer Carah, TNC, San Francisco, CA
    • A Rapid Screening Tool for Determining Causes of Biological Impairment in California Streams -Jerry Diamond, Tetra Tech, Owings Mills, MD
    • Reach-scale Riffle and Pool Habitat Vary with Stream Flow, Altering Benthic Community Structure in Reachwide Benthos Samples - David Herbst, Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory (SNARL), Mammoth Lakes CA
    • The effects of Drought on Total Dissolved Solids/Conductivity in Streams and Rivers - John Olson, Desert Research Institute, NV/California State University Monterey Bay
    
    
  • Society for Freshwater Science California Chapter Session
    
    
    • Riparian restoration scale and stream benefits in California rangelands - Bronwen Stanford, U.C. Santa Cruz
    • It's time for time: aquatic-terrestrial linkages in California vernal pools - Jamie Kneitel, C.S.U. Sacramento
    • Evolution and ecology of partial migration in a salmonid fish (Oncorhynchus mykiss) - Suzanne Kelson, U.C. Berkeley
    • Critical role of seasonal tributaries for native aquatic biota in the Sacramento River - Michael Marchetti, St. Mary’s College
    • Communicating science, creating trust: can you take a message? - Kat Kerlin, U.C. Davis
    • Piecing it together: Building a story about caddisfly case-building with KQED Science's Deep Look - Patina Mendez, U.C. Berkeley
    • Science communication and outreach: a view from the mountains - Brittany Covich, Sierra Nevada Conservancy
    • Panel discussion and Q+A on science communication

October 20-21, 2015

• Meeting Agenda with Presentation Only
• Videos of Speakers and their Presentations
  • October 20th Videos
    • Welcome and Objectives of the Meeting (5:02) - Jim Harrington, California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR), Aquatic Bioassessment Laboratory (ABL)
    • Update on Statewide Implementation Plan for Assessing Biological Integrity in Surface Waters’ (16:49) - Jessie Maxfield, SWRCB
    • SWAMP Bioassessment Program Update (22:05) - Lori Webber, State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB)
    • Introduction to SWAMP’s Information Management and Quality Assurance Program (28:25) - Melissa Morris, SWRCB
    • Overview of the SWAMP Bioassessment Webpage and an Interactive CSCI Score Map (19:41) - Calvin Yang and Michelle Tang, SWRCB
    
    Session on Battle Creek Resoration and Monitoring
    
    • Background on the Restoration Effort in the Battle Creek Watershed (16:37) – Mary Marshall, US Bureau of Reclamation, Red Bluff
    • Biological and Physical Habitat Monitoring of the Battle Creek Watershed with Emphasis on the Columbia Habitat Monitoring Program (CHaMP) (32.17) – Steve Fortney, Terraqua Inc. Tonasket, WA
    • Ongoing and Future Assessment of the Biota and Instream Habitat in Battle Creek (17:56) - Steve Tussing, Battle Creek Watershed Conservancy
    
    Session on Experimental Designs and Bioassessment in Timber Lands
    
    • Background Information on the Caspar Creek Experimental Watersheds and Summary of Results from the First Two Experiments (18:07) – Pete Cafferata, Cal-Fire
    • Plans for the Third Experiment in the Caspar Creek Experimental Watersheds (12:07) – Salli Dymond, Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station
    • Linking Habitat Variables to Salmonid Growth, Survival, and Abundance in Two Coastal Northern California Intensively Monitored Watersheds (19:13) – Sean Gallagher, CDFW, Fort Brag
    • Using Biological Integrity to Structure Water Quality Criteria: California and Beyond (29:55) – Michael J. Paul, Jeroen Gerritsen, Lei Zheng, Jerry Diamond, and Clint Boschen
    
    Session on Causal Assessment in SoCal
    
    • A Quantitative Approach for Selecting Environmentally Similar Comparator Sites for Use in Causal Assessments (17:42) – Raphael Mazor and David Gillett, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP), Costa Mesa
    • Characterizing and Mapping Modified Channels in Southern California (17:42) – Jerry Diamond and Clint Boschen, Tetra Tech Inc., Owings Mills, Maryland
    • Causal Assessment of TDS/Conductivity as a Potential Cause of Poor Benthic Invertebrate Condition in the San Diego River Watershed (17:53) – Jerry Diamond and Clint Boschen, Tetra Tech Inc., Owings Mills, Maryland
  
  
  • October 21st Videos
    
    • Investigation of Natural Levels of Total Dissolved Solids Impact on Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities in the South Coast Region (31:48) – John D. Rudolph, Amec Foster Wheeler
    • Status on Sampling and Interpreting Biotic Scores for Intermittent Streams in the San Diego Region (22:24) – Chad L Loflen - Water Quality Control Board, San Diego Region, Rafael Mazor - SCCWRP and Andy Rehn - CDFW
    
    Society for Freshwater Science California Chapter
    
    • The Effects of Drought on Fish and Water Quality (23:30) – Peter Moyle, UC Davis
    • Freshwater Science to Inform State Water Policy (29:35) – Steve Moore, Board Member, State Water Resources Control Board
    
    Session on Freshwater Biodiversity: A vision for Recovery
    
    • The California Freshwater Conservation Blueprint (14:20) - Jeanette Howard, The Nature Conservancy
    • The A.R.M. of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act: Putting Science into Action (15:04) - Julie Zimmerman, USFWS
    • Developing SMART Biological Objectives for the Stanislaus River: Injecting Science into our Discussions (15:09) - John Shelton, CDFW
    • Biodiversity and Vulnerability of Aquatic Insects in California Streams (12:55) - Joan Damerow, WRA Inc.
    • Genetic Variation in Baetis tricaudatis in the Russian River Watershed (15:10) - Natalie Stauffer-Olsen, UC Berkeley
    • Forests and Water in the Sierra Nevada: Kings River Experimental Watershed and Ecosystem Monitoring Project (13:40) - Mohammad Safeeq, UC Merced
    
    Session on Montane Meadow Restoration
    
    • Montane Meadow Restoration: Reconciling Research and Implementation (25:30)- Karen Pope, USFS, and Sarah Yarnell, UC Davis
    • Yuba Headwaters Meadow Restoration (11:00) - Rachel Hutchinson, South Yuba River Citizens League
    • Green Acres: A collaborative vision for meadow recovery in California (14:54) - Rene Henery, Trout Unlimited
    • Trout Unlimited Researching and Repairing Legacy Grazing Impacts in Sierra Nevada Wetlands (13:45) - Evan Wolf, UC Davis
    
    Session on Juvenile Salmonids in Intermittent Streams
    
    • Collaborative Research Into Balancing Salmonid and Human Water Use in Intermittent Streams: A Case Study from Salmon Creek, Sonoma County (14:33) - Cleo Woelfle-Erskine, UC Berkeley
    • Dry Season Survival of Juvenile Salmonids in an Intermittent Stream (13:27) - Jason Hwan, UC Berkeley
    • Collaborative Agreements for Flow Augmentation to Benefit Salmonids (11:58) - David Hines, NOAA
    • How Does Your Stream Go Dry? Monthly Wet-Dry Mapping During the Summer 2015 Drought (11:58) - Derek Acomb, CDFW
    • Impacts of Drought on Juvenile Salmonids Rearing in Russian River Tributaries (13:44) - Mariska Obedzinski, UC Cooperative Extension

November 18-19, 2014

• Meeting Agenda with Presentation Only
• Videos of Speakers and their Presentations
  • November 18, 2014
    • SWAMP Bioassessment Program Update (33:56) - Greg Gearheart and Lori Webber, State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB)
    • Every Day is an Adventure: Nevada's 2014 Bioassessment Program (29:27) - Marianne Denton, Nevada Division of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Quality Planning
    
    Special Session on Multi-Indicator Integration
    
    • Introduction and Objectives of the Session (7:10) - Eric Stein, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP)
    • Developing Multi-Indicator Assessments (23:16) - Lilian Busse, San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board and Brock Bernstein, Independent Consultant
    • Pitfalls and Opportunities with Integrating Dissimilar Indicators to Assess Condition (31:59) - Fraser Shilling, UC Davis, Department of Environmental Science and Policy
    • Application of EPA's Healthy Watersheds Initiative Concepts Enhances Protection of California's Streams and Wetlands (22:10) - Peter R. Ode, CDFW; Eric Stein - SCCRWP; Lori Webber, SWRCB and Terrence Fleming - US EPA Region IX
    • Regional Integrated Assessments: The Healthy Coast Healthy Watersheds Report Card (27:03) - Karen Worcester, Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board
    • Development of an Integrated Riparian Edge and Stream Condition Index for Central Coast Watersheds, Presenters: Kevin O'Connor & Ross Clark, Central Coast Wetlands Workgroup at Moss Landing Marine Labs (24:19)
    • Challenges and Opportunities of Multi-Indicator Assessments: San Diego River Watershed Example (9:23) - Chad Loflen, San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board
    • Relating Multiple Indicators to Beneficial Uses: Are We Making the Connections? (24:37) - Chris Solek and Betty Fetscher, SCCWRP
  • Wednesday, November 19, 2014
    • Assessing Aquatic Habitat Connectivity and Low-flow Ecological Thresholds (28:03) - Robert Holmes, CDFW Water Branch
    • Where Are Our Wetlands and How are they Doing? (9:20) - Jon B. Marshack, California Water Quality Monitoring Council
    • California Results from the National Wetland Condition Assessment (NWCA) (20:23) - Cara Clark, Moss Landing Marine Laboratory
    • The California Freshwater Species Database (22:47) - Jeanette Howard, The Nature Conservancy
    • Update on Recent Work on the Aquatic & Environmental Toxicity of Cyanotoxins (22:51) - Kim Ward, SWRCB
    • Benthic Cyanotoxin Production in California Streams (18:53) - Betty Fetscher, SCCWRP
    • Cyanotoxin Production in Northern California's Eel River (25:27) - Keith Bouma-Gregson, University of California, Berkeley
    • Cyanotoxin Laboratory Analysis Update from the WPCL (19:48) - Dan Orr, CDFW Water Pollution Control Laboratory
    • Integrating Physical Habitat Data into Bioassessment: a Case Study (22:50) - Rachel Durben and Jeff Lauder, Sierra Streams Institute, Nevada City
    • Results from Twelve Years Assessing the Condition of the Malibu Creek Watershed (25:44) - Katherine Pease, Heal the Bay
    • New Tools and Videos from the SWRCB Clean Water Team (18:39) - Erick Burres, SWRCB
    
    Special Student Presentation Session
    
    • Bioassessment of Stream Health in the Santa Ana Watershed using Geographic Weighted Regression (17:26) - Ian Nelson, CSU Long Beach
    • Trophic Subsidy from the Mainstem to Tributaries by Migratory Mayflies is Strengthened by Mainstem Thermal Variations (22:40) - Hiromi Uno, UC Berkeley
    • Effects of River-Flow Regulation on Anuran Occupancy and Abundance in Riparian Zones (19:37) - Evan Eskew, UC Davis

Archived CABW Files

• October 29-30, 2013
  • Meeting agenda with presentations only
  • Meeting agenda including videos of speakers and their presentations
• November 7-8, 2012
  • Meeting agenda with presentations only
  • Meeting agenda including videos of speakers and their presentations
• November 9-10, 2011
  • Meeting agenda with presentations only
  • Meeting agenda including videos of speakers and their presentations
• November 16-17, 2010 – Agenda with Powerpoint presentations only
• October 28-29, 2009 – Agenda with Powerpoint presentations only
• November 19-20, 2008 – Agenda with Powerpoint presentations only
• November 29-30, 2007 – Agenda with Powerpoint presentations only
• November 29-30, 2006 – Agenda with Powerpoint presentations only
• November 1-2, 2005 – Agenda with Powerpoint presentations only
• November 30 & December 1, 2004 – Agenda with Powerpoint presentations only
• December 2-4, 2003 – Agenda with Powerpoint presentations only