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Friday Morning, June 7, 2002
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SYMPOSIUM 5: COASTAL WETLANDS OF THE GREAT LAKES - Olympic
Room 4
Moderators: Tanya Mayer, National Water Research Institute,
Environment Canada, and M. Munawar, Fisheries and Oceans Canada;
Cosponsored by SWS and the Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management
Society.
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| 8:20-8:30 |
Introduction and Opening
Remarks |
| 8:30-8:50 |
CHARLES E. HERDENDORF
Morphometric and Hydrologic Factors in the Formation and
Functioning of Great Lakes Wetlands |
| 8:50-9:10 |
ALLAN CROWE
Groundwater Flow Regimes and Implications for Contaminant
Transport in the Vicinity of Coastal Wetlands of the Laurentian
Great Lakes |
| 9:10-9:30 |
DOUGLAS A. WILCOX
Implications of Hydrologic Variability on the Succession
of Plants in Wetlands |
| 9:30-9:50 |
THOMAS M. BURTON, Donald
G. Uzarski, John A. Genet, Craig A. Stricker and Kari J. Divine
Macroinvertebrates of Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands: Habitat
Use in Relation to Wave Exposure and Plant Zonation |
| 9:50-10:10 |
DONALD G. UZARSKI and
Thomas M. Burton
Modification and Validation of a Macroinvertebrate-Based
Index of Biotic Integrity for Lake Huron Coastal Wetlands |
| 10:10-10:30 |
BREAK |
| 10:30-10:50 |
THOMAS SIMON
Fish Communities as Indicators of Condition in Great Lakes
Coastal Wetlands with Emphasis on Development of an Index of
Biotic Integrity |
| 10:50-11:10 |
MARY F. MOFFETT, Naomi
E. Detenbeck, Thomas P. Simon, Stacey L. Stark, Mark S. Pearson
and Janet R. Keough
A GIS Approach to Identify and Classify Hydrogeomorphic Types
of Coastal Wetlands of the Great Lakes |
| 11:10-11:30 |
JOHN M. FARRELL, Jason
Toner, Alison Halpern, Brent Murry, Molly Beland and Don Leopold
Coastal Wetlands of the St. Lawrence River: The Cascading
Effects of Interrupting the Natural Flow Regime |
| 11:30-11:50 |
KEVIN LOFTUS and Richard
Smardon
Strategies for the Stewardship and Conservation of Great
Lakes Wetlands |
| 11:50-12:00 |
Conclusion |
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