Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management Society
Sediment Quality Assessment (SQA5) - CHICAGO, IL
October 16 - 18, 2002
PROGRAM
 
 

Wednesday October 16, 2002  
 
11:00 Registration
11:00 Poster Group 1 Set Up
12:45-1:00

Welcome

Dr. M. Munawar, President of Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management Society
Dr. G.A. Burton, Jr., Brage Golding Distinguished Professor of Research and Director, Wright State University
Dr. V. J. Bierman, Jr., Senior Scientist, Limno-Tech, Inc

SESSION:
Sediments and Watershed Management
Session Chairs: Marc Tuchman and Scott Ireland
1:00-1:30 Keynote: Sediment Toxicity Prediction - What is known and unknown
Dominic DiToro (U.S.A.)
1:30-1:50 Sediments and Total Maximum Daily Loads
W. M. Larson and D. W. Dilks (U.S.A.)
1:50-2:10 The contribution of cobalt and manganese to the acute and chronic toxicity of sediments from Lake Molnbyggen and adjacent lakes around Leksand, Sweden.
G. Dave and E. Nilsson (Sweden)
2:10-2:30 Influence of nonpoint source pollution on biological integrity expectations in a southern U.S. watershed using a multimetric approach
P. M. Stewart, H. H. Bennett, C. C. Morris, J. A. Sawyer, and M.W. Mullen (U.S.A.)
2:30-2:50 Menomonee River watershed sediment budget and model system
F.G. Marván, B.E. Halverson, T.M.Possley, R.B. Nairn and J.P.Selegean (U.S.A.)
2:50-3:10 Break (Poster and Exhibitor Room)
3:10-3:30 Practical considerations for performance based sediment cleanup decisions
R. G. Fox (U.S.A.)
3:30-3:50 Spatial co-occurrence of chemical "hotspots" in bed sediments and fish-tissue in the Lake Erie Basin using multi-agency data from Canada and the United States
D.T Button (U.S.A.)
3:50-4:10 An assessment of sediment quality in Presque Isle Bay Erie, Pennsylvania
H. R. Diz (U.S.A.)
4:10-4:30 Conducting sediment TMDL studies: Lessons learned from large-scale contaminated sediment studies
C. K. Ziegler (U.S.A.)
4:30-4:50 Summary of Pellston Workshop on use of Sediment Quality Guidelines (SQGs) and related tools for the assessment of contaminated sediments.
G. A. Burton, Jr. (U.S.A.)
4:50-5:30 POSTER SESSION NO. 1
Session Chairs: Antonio Mozeto and Laura Martinez-Tabche
6:00-7:30 Anita Dee Cruise with Open Bar. (First 100 sign-up) Dinner on your own

Thursday October 17, 2002
7:30 Registration
SESSION:
Sediment Transport and Contaminant Flux
Session Chairs: Goran Dave and Mohi Munawar
8:00-8:30 Keynote: Recent advances in our understanding of sediment-to-water contaminant fluxes-the soluble release fraction
Louis Thibodeaux (U.S.A.)
8:30-8:50 Role of sediment upper mixed layer depth in forecasting contaminated sediment recovery rates
J. V. DePinto, T. Redder, H. Holmberg and J. Wolfe (U.S.A.)
8:50-9:10 Validation of sediment and contaminant processes in the environmental fluid dynamics code
J. M. Hamrick (U.S.A.)
9:10-9:30 Assessment of PAH flux from sediment via bubble and groundwater transport (Part I) bench and field measurements
M. Costello, H. Huls and W. van Kesteren (U.S.A.)
9:30-9:50 Assessment of PAH flux from sediment via bubble and groundwater transport (Part II): laboratory experiments and numerical simulations
W. van Kesteren and M. Costello (The Netherlands)
9:50-10:10 Break (Poster and Exhibitor Room)
10:10-10:30 Aqueous migration of residual manufactured gas plant contaminants through beach fill and tidal flat sediments.
L. A. Hansen, K. O'Grady, M. Mahoney and E. White. (U.S.A.)
10:30-10:50 Modeling the influences of resuspension and deposition on early diagenesis of contaminants
M. -L. Chang and L. P. Sanford (U.S.A.)
10:50-11:10 A model of bioaccumulation in stream systems where groundwater-surface water interactions affect the bioavailability of sediment-associated contaminants.
M.S. Greenberg and G.A. Burton, Jr. (U.S.A.)
11:10-11:30 Equilibrium partitioning sediment guidelines for the protection of benthic organisms at the Tietê River Reservoirs (SE Brazil): A case study of metal contamination in nutrient-rich sediments
A. A. Mozeto, P. Ferreira Silvério, R. P. A. Araújo, P. F. Rodrigues and G. A. Umbuzeiro (Brazil)
11:30-11:50 Fate and biological effects of trinitrotoluene (TNT) in sediment.
Lotufo, G.R. (U.S.A.)
11:50-1:10 Conference Luncheon
Poster Group 1 Take Down and Group 2 Set Up

Thursday October 17, 2002, Afternoon Session
 
SESSION: Weight of Evidence and Risk-Based Decision Making
Session Chairs: Takeshi Naganuma and Eric DeDeckere
1:10-1:40 Keynote: Modifying Paracelsus' Dictum For Sediment Quality Assessments.
Peter M. Chapman (Canada)
1:40-2:00 Integrated environmental management in Stockholm - dealing with sediment contamination
A.Jonsson and U. Mohlander (Sweden)
2:00-2:20 Linking contaminant concentrations in sediment to structure of benthic communities using PLS statistics
F. Moehlenberg (Denmark)
2:20-2:40 Application of a Sediment Toxicity Identification Evaluation (TIE) in support of TMDL development for the Calcasieu Estuary
Tracey, G.A., S. Poucher, B. Kelley and P. Crocker. (U.S.A.)
2:40-3:00 A Weight-of-Evidence approach for evaluation of PCB attenuation in Lake Allegan, Michigan
T. J. Dekker (U.S.A.)
3:00-3:20 Break (Poster and Exhibitor Room)
3:20-3:40 Lines of evidence in a site-specific risk assessment for benthic invertebrates exposed to PCBs
P. C. Fuchsman, T. R. Barber and R. L. Wiesner (U.S.A.)
3:40-4:00 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon sequestration and release from sediments: a rational approach to quantifying exposure
K.J. Rockne, L. M. Shor and D. S. Kosson (U.S.A.)
4:00-4:20 Is there room for reality in sediment exposure assessment?
Bridges, T.S., K. von Stackelberg and D. Burmistrov (U.S.A.)
4:20-4:40 Changes in cycling and bioaccumulation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (SPCB) in Saginaw Bay caused by the zebra mussel invasion
J.Kaur, J.V. DePinto, V.J. Bierman, Jr. and T.J. Feist (U.S.A.)
4:40-5:00 The SMWG Risk-Based Decision-Making Framework; Review of current key sediment management initiatives
J.A. George, N.R. Grosso and S.C. Nadeau (U.S.A.)
5:00-6:00 POSTER SESSION No. 2
Session Chairs: P. Michael Stewart and Maria Bohrer-Morel
6:00-7:00 Social Hour with Jazz Band and Cash Bar
7:00-9:30 Dinner Banquet
(AEHMS - SQA6 Activities: Mohi Munawar)

Friday October 18, 2002
SESSION: Microbial Pathogens: Are Sediments A Risk?
Session Chair: Irwin Polls and Victor Bierman
8:00-8:30 Keynote: Weight of evidence in sediment risk assessment - challenges and opportunities.
Valery E. Forbes (Denmark)
8:30-9:00 Keynote: Are health effects associated with resuspended particulates from sediments?
Alfred P. Dufour (U.S.A)
9:00-9:20 Fecal contamination in an agricultural stream during flood events: mobilisation of sediment stores
R. J. Davies-Colley, J. W. Nagels, A. M. Donnison and R. W. Muirhead (New Zealand)
9:20-9:40 Sensitivity of E. coli 0157:H7 TaqMan amplification/detection kit for assessment of pathogenic coliform contamination in sediment
K. J. Indest, J. Fury and H. L. Fredrickson (U.S.A.)
9:40-10:10 The influence of lake shore management approaches on Escherichia coli densities in sands at two northwestern Lake Michigan beaches
J.L. Kinzelman, K. D. Longmaid, R. C. Bagley and R. L. Whitman (U.S.A.)
10:10-10:30 Break (Poster and Exhibitor Room)
SESSION: Emerging Technologies for Assessment and Remediation of Sediments
Session Chair: Steve Brown and Allen Burton
10:30-10:50 Comparisons between CYP1A1-Inducing chemicals in sediments of San Francisco Bay and chemical and biological measurements
J.W. Anderson, I. Hartwell and J. Hameedi (U.S.A.)
10:50-11:10 Solid phase microextraction (SPME) fibers for estimating the toxicity and bioavailability of sediment-associated organic compounds
J. M. Conder, T.W. La Point, G.R. Lotufo and J.A. Steevens (U.S.A.)
11:10-11:30 Innovative treatment technologies for contaminated sediments in the Great Lakes: 3 Pilot-Scale Demonstrations
S. Cieniawski and M. Tuchman (U.S.A.)
11:30-11:50 Quality assessment of the solid matrix obtained after a process of mechanical separation of marine sediment
D. Pellegrini, C. Mugnai, F. Onorati, S. Giuliani, F. Pilato, G. Merico and N. Bigongiari (Italy)
11:50-12:10 A protocol for evaluating the comprehensive net impact of contaminated sediment remedies
C.R. Barnes, M.P. Brown, R.W. Dunford, M.J. Erickson, T.J. Iannuzzi, D.F. Ludwig, S.D. Perry, J.D. Schell Jr. and P.K. Scott (U.S.A.)
12:10-12:30 Closing Summary by Conference Co-Chairs

Poster Group 1: Sediments and Watershed Management Sediment Quality Assessment
ALPHABETTICALLY ARRANGED BY PRESENTER

Feasibility of sediment pass-through operations at a New York hydro facility
C. R. Barnes and L. K. Brussel (U.S.A.)

Characterizing chlorobenzene discharge to a gravel bed river using passive vapor-diffusion samplers
C. R. Barnes and C. S. Koll (U.S.A.)

The impact of new sediment to sediment transport in Baltimore Harbor
M. -L. Chang, L. P. Sanford, S. -Y. Chao, Z. Jin and S. Werner (U.S.A.)

Sediment contamination in the canals of Venice (Italy)
R. Zonta, F. Collavini, F. Costa, M. Scattolin and L. Zaggia (Italy)

Sediment and heavy metal accumulation in a small canal, Venice, Italy
R. Zonta, J. K. Cochran, F. Collavini, F. Costa, M. Scattolin and L. Zaggia (Italy)

Bioavailability and chronic toxicity of lead to Leptocheirus plumulosus and Neanthes arenaceodentata
J.D. Farrar, G.R. Lotufo and T.S. Bridges (U.S.A.)

Sediment quality index of an estuarine ecosystem, based on nickel and vanadium levels
M.A. Amezcua-Allieri and C. González-Macías (Mexico)

Development of U.S. EPA's Science Plan for contaminated sediments
E. L. Hofmann, T. Armitage, B. Eleder, S. Ells, P. Erickson, S. Frey, J. Rowe, M. Tuchman and R. Wentsel (U.S.A.)

Effects of aqueous colloids on feeding and bioconcentration in Hyalella azteca and Daphnia magna exposed to fluoranthene and cadmium
C.A. Irvine , G.A. Burton, M.S. Greenberg and J.P. Johnson (U.S.A.)

Equilibrium partitioning of PAHs and monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons between water and contaminated river sediment collected in Northern Indiana
C. T. Jafvert, N. Basu, D. Lane, L. S. Lee and P. S. C. Rao (U.S.A.)

The impacts of aircraft deicing fluid on Lytle Creek (Wilmington, OH) using In Situ and laboratory approaches
J.P. Johnson, G.A. Burton, Jr. and C.A. Irvine (U.S.A.)

Assessing the degree of metal contamination of sediments in the Stockholm area
A. Jonsson (Sweden)

EPA extramural STAR grants for contaminated sediments
M. Lasat (U.S.A.)

Accumulation of heavy metals and organochlorine pesticides in sediments of the Pearl River Estuary, South China
X. D. Li, F. Zeng, G. Zhang, O. W. H. Wai and Y. S. Li (China)

Comparative study on the effect of zinc spiked in sediments of the Ignacio Ramírez dam between isolated and microcosms models of three benthic organisms
M. Galar Martínez and L. Martínez-Tabche (Mexico)

Toxic effects of zinc on dissimilatory sulfate-reducing bacteria in microcosmos and on sediment phosphorus release of Zimapan Dam (México).
L. Martínez-Tabche, A. Vega-López and E. López-López (Mexico)

Assessment of E. coli in Sediments of an Urban Watershed
A.DeMaria, M, Mikesell and L. Yustick (U.S.A.)

Spatial variation of benthic macroinvertebrates and the environmental factors influencing their distribution in Lake Victoria, Kenya
J.R. Muli, J.W. Gichuki and J. Mwamburi (Kenya)

The use of 210Pb dating and detailed stratigraphy to determine the significance and fate of chromium in sediments near a hazardous waste site
R. Rediske, G. Gabrosek, C. Schelske, G. Fahnenstiel and T. Nalepa. (U.S.A.)

Linking watersheds to sediment assessments
T. A.D. Slawecki and P. Moskus (U.S.A.)

Sedimentation and its impact on aquatic community on a large shallow tropical Lake: The case of Lake Tana (Ethiopia)
B. Teshale, E. Dejen and M. Akmel (Ethiopia)

The kinetics of peat soil dissolved organic carbon release and surface water quality
L. Aguilar, L. J. Thibodeaux, T. Anderson, I. Flores and K. Kavanaugh (U.S.A.)

Volatilization rates from dredging material and soils-a literature review * with application to Indiana Harbor and Canal
L.J. Thibodeaux, R. Ravikrishna, K. T. Valsaraj and J. Miller (U.S.A.)


Poster Group 2: Sediment Transport and Contaminant Flux
Weight of Evidence and Risk-Based Decision Making
Microbial Pathogens: Are Sediments A Risk?
Emerging Technologies for Assessment and Remediation of Sediments

ALPHABETTICALLY ARRANGED BY PRESENTER

Effects of Microcystin-lR, a cyclic heptapeptide toxin from the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa, on the freshwater ornamental fish Carassius auratus
S. F. Baldia, G. E. Pagador, K. Kawai, T. Nishijima and K-I. Harada (Philippines)

Using multiple lines of evidence to assess sediment quality
G. A. Burton, C. A. Irvine, J. P. Johnson, R. A. McWilliam and M.S. Greenberg (U.S.A.)

Growth potential of indicator bacteria, E. coli and enterococci, in natural temperate and tropical soils
M. N. Byappanahalli, R. L. Whitman and R. S. Fujioka (U.S.A.)

"Post-remediation sediment assessment on the Raisin River, Monroe, Michigan"
D. Collier and S. Cieniawski (U.S.A.)

Sediment quality standards: do we need them at the moment in Flanders?
E. de Deckere, W. De Cooman, V. Van Weesenbeeck and P. Meire (Belgium)

Sednet: a European Sediment Network Working group 1: Site investigation and characterization
E. de Deckere and J. Bakker (Belgium)

A study on the integrated biological processes for treating intensive shrimp farm effluent
N.V. Golez, Ma.T. dC-Mallare, N. Guanzon, A. Q. Hurtado and S. Jaspe (Philippines)

A study of aquatic ecosystems at Barrow, Arctic
G. Wang, Y. Li, J. Xu and Q. Zhang (China)

A 16,000-Year Arctic marine environment history from Barrow Lake cores
G. Wang, J. Xu, Q. Zhang, Y. Li, K. Liu, S. Peng and X. Zhiyu (China)

Development of a cell-based screening assay for invertebrate molting disruption
L.S. Inouye, Laura, C.Y. Ang and V.A. McFarland (U.S.A.)

Control of groundwater pollution by scavenger wells
R.A. Kumbhar, H. A. Samoon and A. K. Ansari (Pakistan)

Appropriate incorporation of chemical information in a best professional judgment triad weight of evidence evaluation of sediment quality
G. F. Lee and A. Jones-Lee (U.S.A.)

Simulated dredging for evaluation of release of phosphorus from sediments
J-H. Li, J. Wada, M. Sasaki and H. Tanaka (Japan)

Ecotoxicological model of zinc in Zimapan Dam (México)
A. Vega-López, E. López-López, L. Martínez-Tabche and J. Bernardo Proal (México)

Sediment quality and quantity issues related to the restoration of backwater lakes along the Illinois River
M. Machesky, J. Slowkowski, R. Cahill, B. Bogner, J. Marlin, R. Darmody and T. Holm (U.S.A.)

Whole Sediment and Instream Toxicity Assessment of a Contaminated Aquifer Venting to an Adjacent Wetland and Surface Water in Northern Michigan.
D. J. McCauley and J. Barkach (U.S.A.)

Environmental monitoring plan of the CDF in Livorno Harbour (Italy): preliminary results
F. Mela, F. Pilato, C. Mugnai, S. Ferrari, N. Bigongiari and D. Pellegrini (Italy)

Multi-trophic assessment of the ecosystem health of the Great Lakes Areas of Concern (AOCs): Lake Erie example
M. Munawar, M. Burley, S. Carou and L. McCarthy (Canada)

Are sediments the cause of Diporeia's elimination from Lakes Erie and Ontario?
R. Dermott, M. Munawar, S. Carou, R. Bonnell and H. Niblock (Canada)

Heavy metal sources and distribution in rivers within the Lake Victoria (Kenya) catchment area.
J. Mwamburi (Kenya)

Sediment fatty acids as a biomarker for dowsing gas hydrates
A, Kanekiyo and T. Naganuma (Japan)

Proposal of Italian guidelines for the sea bottom removal activities: the harbour dredging
D. Pellegrini, F. Onorati, L.C. Virno, G. Merico and C. Mugnai (Italy)

Screening for contaminant bioavailability and the cause of toxicity in environmental samples using gene expression fingerprinting of Infaunal Invertebrates
E. Perkins, R. O'Leary and H. L. Fredrickson (U.S.A.)

Effect of polyaromatic hydrocarbons contents in sediments of Zanjon-Ventosa aquatic system, Salina Cruz, Oax. Mex, on the erod activity.
L. Salazar-Coria, L. Martínez-Tabche, M. Romero-Solis and I. Zapata-Peñazco (Mexico)

Development of a multidimensional assessment framework for management of contaminated sediments
T. P. Seager and K.H. Gardner (U.S.A.)


Sponsors:
The Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management Society (AEHMS)
The Institute for Environmental Quality, Wright State University
Limno-Tech, Inc. (LTI)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water and Great Lakes National Program Office
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Great Lakes & Ohio River Division
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
Rohm and Haas Co.
Alcoa Technical Center
Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation
U.S. Navy
BBL
Tetra Tech
Sediment Management Work Group