2016 Association of Mid-Atlantic Aquatic Biologists Workshop Cacapon State Park Berkeley Springs, WV
March 31st – April 1st, 2016
2016 Meeting Dates and Letter from the President
The 2016 Annual Meeting and Workshop for the Association of Mid-Atlantic Aquatic Biologists (AMAAB) will be March 31st – April 1st, 2016 at Cacapon State Park near Berkeley Springs, WV. We are planning a full day of presentations on Thursday. Mini workshops will be held on Friday morning. The host for this year's workshop is the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection.
The procedures for offering presentations have not changed from previous years and can be found in the AMAAB website’s “Call for Presentations” section.
Pre-registration for 2016 AMAAB Workshop should be sent by email to Nick.S.Murray@WV.GOV. Be sure to reference "[your last name] AMAAB 2016" in the subject line. Please include your contact information (name, address, telephone number).
The registration fee is $50 which includes an evening social on Thursday, March 31st. Payments are typically made onsite at the meeting and may be made by cash or personal and agency checks made payable to AMAAB. We regret that we will not be able to accept credit cards.
Onsite Registration will take place on: Wednesday, March 30th -- 7:00-8:30pm (preferred as to allow meeting to start on time Thursday) Thursday, March 31st -- 8:00-9:00am
Cash or checks will be accepted at onsite registration. If your email address has changed, please leave one of your business cards at the registration table so we can update our mailing list. It is important that we get an updated email address from members because we have made the transition to conducting all business by email and website postings instead of by traditional paper mailings.
There will be morning refreshments offered on Thursday and Friday morning (coffee, Danish, juice) but nothing that counts as a “formal” breakfast.
Again this year we will be holding a raffle. This has been a big success each year. So bring a little extra cash, you may win and all help supports the meeting!
We are working on putting together photo galleries of past meetings. If you have any digital photos or videos from past meetings that you would like to share, please send them to our webmaster Katherine Hanna (katherine.hanna@maryland.gov).
Check back periodically for updates. We look forward to seeing you at the workshop.
18:00 Native American Historical Demonstration Doug Wood, WV Humanities Council (former WV DEP) (chingwe1755@gmail.com) 19:00 - 22:00 Evening Group Social - Club Room / Downstairs Conference Room
Poster Session
Causal Analysis of the Smallmouth Bass Decline in the Susquehanna and Juniata Rivers Dustin Shull, PA DEP (dushull@pa.gov)
Examination of dietary thiamine deficiency as a potential cause for Smallmouth bass decline in the Susquehanna River Daniel Spooner, USGS-Leetown (dspooner@usgs.gov)
Gas Well Impacts On Water Emma Malcomb, WV Wesleyan College (malcomb_eb@wvwc.edu)
Compiling and integrating aquatic databases across the Northern Appalachian region Randy Bennett, USGS (rmbennett@usgs.gov)
Influence of Watershed and Reach Scale Land-cover on Stream Trophic Status Jeremy Alberts, University of Cincinnati (albertjy@mail.uc.edu)
Estimating Sediment Loads in Small Watersheds Using Continuous Monitoring Data Luanne Steffy, SRBC (lsteffy@srbc.net)
Development of new high-gradient indices of biotic integrity for wadeable rivers and streams in New Jersey Brian Henning, NJ DEP (brian.henning@dep.nj.gov)
**NON-OFFICIAL TITLE** Cyanobacteria/Blue-Green Algae Jeff Johansen, John Carroll University (johansen@jcu.edu)
Bean-Counting for the Bay: Unintended Consequences of Increased Credits for Urban Stream Restoration Bill Shanabruch, Reedy Creek Coalition (billanddi@verizon.net)
DAY 2 AGENDA: April 1, 2016 - Workshops
1. Identification and Taxonomy of Beetles Facilitator: David White, Murray State University (david.white@murraystate.edu) (Class Limit: 25)
2. Algal Taxonomy (Focus on blue-green algae) Facilitator: Jeffrey Johansen, John Carroll University (johansen@jcu.edu)
6. Region 3 States – Electrofishing Challenges in Headwater Streams to Great Rivers Facilitators: Joseph E. Flotemersch & Alan Temple, US EPA & US FWS (Flotemersch.joseph@epa.gov, Alan_temple@fws.gov)
