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SWAMP - California Aquatic Bioassessment Workshop 2006

CALIFORNIA AQUATIC BIOASSESSMENT WORKGROUP - 13TH ANNUAL MEETING
November 29-30, 2006
U.C. Davis, California


DRAFT MEETING AGENDA
Wednesday / Thursday

Wednesday, NOVEMBER 29

Item # Presentation
8:00-9:00 Registration

9:00-9:10

 Welcome to UC Davis and the State Water Resources Control Board’s Training Initiative/Academy Program – Nancy Ellen Barker, UCD Extension – Land Use and Natural Resources, Davis, California
9:10-9:20 Welcome and Objectives of the Meeting – Jim Harrington, California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) – Office of Spill Prevention and Response
9:20-10:00

Status Report on the Programmatic Bioassessment Elements of California's Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP) – Tom Suk, Regional Water Quality Control Board 6, and Pete Ode, California Department of Fish and Game – Aquatic Bioassessment Laboratory (ABL)
10:00-10:40 Washington State Stream Biological Monitoring Program: History of Development and Inclusion of Critical Elements - Robert Plotnikoff, Principal Scientist, Tetra Tech, Inc. Center for Ecological Sciences Seattle, WA
10:40-11:00

Break
11:00-11:30 Assessment of Aquatic Biological Communities Along a Gradient of Urbanization in the Willamette Valley Ecoregion - Ian Waite, US Geologic Survey (USGS), Portland, OR
11:30-12:00 Aliens in Western Stream Ecosystems – Paul Ringold, U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development, Corvallis, OR
12:00-12:20 Assessing Physical/Habitat Condition of Wadeable Streams and Rivers Using EMAP Style Protocols – Phil Kaufmann, U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development, Corvallis, OR.
12:20-1:50 Lunch
1:50-2:10 Update on the Integrated Surface Water Monitoring Strategy for Southern California including Results of the Low Gradient Study – Ken Schiff and Raphael Mazor, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP)
2:10-2:30 Development of a Periphyton IBI for Southern California Streams – Betty Fetscher, SCCWRP
2:30-2:50 The California Nutrient Numeric Endpoints Framework: Overview and Example Application – Clayton Creager, Tetra Tech, Calistoga
2:50-3:10 The Importance of Quality Assurance/Quality Control in Bioassessment and Physical-Habitat Protocols – Beverly van Buuren, Quality Assurance Research Group Moss Landing Marine Laboratories.
3:10-3:30 Break
3:30-3:40 Update on Southwestern Association of Freshwater Invertebrate Taxonomists (SAFIT) Organization and Recent Meeting – Joe Slusark, ABL – CSU Chico
3:40-4:10 An Interesting Aquatic Insect Project: Holomorphology, Life History, Delayed Development and Mate Searching Behavior of Isogenoides (Plecoptera: Perlodidae) – John Sandberg, ABL

Thursday, NOVEMBER 30

Item # Presentation
9:00-9:20 The Use of Factor-Ceilings in Bioassessments – Jim Carter, USGS, Menlo Park
9:20-9:40 Response Patterns of Macroinvertebrate Assemblages to Catchment-based Measures of Landscape Alteration and Hydrologic Infrastructure Across Spatial Multiple Scales in the Western U.S. – Jason May, USGS, Sacramento
9:40-10:00 Development of Stressor-Specific Tolerance Values for Western Benthic Macroinvertebrates – Andy Rehn, ABL
10:00-10:20 Adapting PHab Protocols for Diagnosing Aquatic Life Impairment Related to Sediment – David Herbst and Jeff Kane, Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory (SNARL)
10:20-10:40 Linkages Between Sediment Supply, Streambed Conditions, and Benthic Macroinvertebrates in the Klamath National Forest: Implications for Sediment Tolerance Values – Matt Cover, University of California, Berkeley
10:40-11:10 Break
11:10-11:30 Bugs, Algae and Bioenergetics – Applications to Hydroelectric Peaking Flows in the Klamath River – Russ Kanz, State Water Resources Control Board
11:30-11:50 Emerging Aquatic Nuisance Species in California and the Pacific Southwest Region – Joseph Furnish and Travis Coley, US Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region
11:50-12:10 More Than One Can of Worms: 30 Years of Macrobenthic Monitoring in the Upper San Francisco Estuary – Heather Peterson, USGS, Menlo Park

12:10-12:30

 Using Periphyton to Help Establish Numeric Water Quality Criteria and Nutrient Reduction Targets – Scott L. Rollins, University of California, Santa Cruz, and Spokane Falls Community College
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:00 Dealing with New Zealand Mudsnails in California and Procedures to Limit the Threat – Brian Finlayson, Pesticide Investigation Unit, DFG

2:00-2:20

 Conductivity Limits Growth and Survival of the New Zealand Mud Snail from the Upper Owens River – David Herbst, Mike Bogan, and Rob Lusardi, SNARL
2:20-2:40 Impacts of New Zealand Mudsnails on Water Quality and Bioassessment Metrics: A Prelude – David Richards – EcoAnalysts Inc. Center for Aquatic Studies Bozeman, MT
2:40-3:00 Break
3:00-3:20 Gradients in Channel Geomorhology Along the Upper Owens River in Relation to the NZMS and the Native Benthic Community – David Herbst and Rob Lusardi, SNARL
3:20-4:00 Discussion Session: What To Do About New Zealand Mud Snail in California Streams and Rivers – Susan Ellis – CDFG, Mark Abramson – Heal the Bay, David Richards, Brian Finlayson and David Herbst