2013 St. Croix River Research Rendezvous Presentations

Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota
October 15, 2013

Presentations

PATTERNS OF NUTRIENT LIMITATION AND PHOSPHORUS LOADING IN LAKE ST. CROIX: AN UPDATE ON WATER QUALITY MODELING EFFORTS BY THE USGS
Richard Kiesling, U.S. Geological Survey

VALLEY CREEK FLOWS AND WHITE BEAR LAKE LEVELS AS RELATED TO CLIMATE AND GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWALS
James E. Almendinger, St. Croix Watershed Research Station

SURFACE WATER-GROUNDWATER INTERACTION, GROUNDWATER RESIDENCE TIME, AND ANTHROPOGENIC GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES IN CHISAGO COUNTY, MINNESOTA, USA
John Barry, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

MANAGING LAKES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
Jeremy Williamson, Land and Water Resources Department, Polk County, Wisconsin

THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE SLIMY: WHAT'S UP WITH ALL THE ALGAE IN THE ST. CROIX RIVER?
Alexandra G. Lodge, Alexander M. Roth, Timothy J.S. Whitfeld, Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota. 
Peter B. Reich, Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota and Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney, Penrith, Australia

WATERFOWL ABUNDANCE AND HABITAT USE WITHIN THE ST. CROIX RIVER WATERSHED 
Todd W. Arnold and Hannah M. Specht, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota 
Chris Trosen, St. Croix Wetland Management District, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT THE SHEFFIELD SITE, AN ONEOTA VILLAGE AND MOUND GROUP ON THE ST. CROIX
Ed Fleming, Science Museum of Minnesota

ELEVATED CARBON BURIAL IN MINNESOTA LAKES DRIVEN BY HUMAN LAND USE
Robert Dietz, Water Resources Science Program, University of Minnesota 
Daniel R. Engstrom, St. Croix Watershed Research Station 
N. John Anderson, Department of Geography, University of Loughborough, Loughborough, UK

TEMPORAL TRENDS IN WATER QUALITY AND BIOTA IN REACHES OF POOL 4 ABOVE AND BELOW LAKE PEPIN: INDICATIONS OF A RECENT ECOLOGICAL SHIFT
Walt Popp, Rob Burdis, Steve DeLain, and Megan Moore, Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources Long Term Resource Monitoring Program Field Station, Lake City MN

Posters

DNA BARCODING OF BOSMINA (CLADOCERA, BOSMINIDAE) FROM THE ST. CROIX RIVER ZOOPLANKTON COMMUNITY
Sarah K. Couser, Amanda J. Wareham, and Sarah L. Boyer, Biology Department, Macalester College 
Toben LaFrancois, Natural Resources, Northland College, Ashland WI

A COMPARISON OF SAMPLING TECHNIQUES TO MONITOR MUSSEL POPULATIONS: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE ST. CROIX RIVER AT FRANCONIA, MN
Daniel J. Hornbach, Departments of Biology and Environmental Studies, Macalester College 
Mark Hove, Dept. of Biology, Macalester College 
Bernard Sietman and Mike Davis, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

DETERMINATION OF NA+ AND CL- IONS IN THE KINNICKINNIC RIVER NEAR THE CITY OF RIVER FALLS, WI RESULTING FROM DEICING ACTIVITIES
Michael McCarty, University of Wisconsin River Falls

A COMPARISON OF RECONSTRUCTED AND REMNANT PRAIRIES USING SMALL MAMMAL COMMUNITIES
Christine Crawford and Jeff Port, Bethel University

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SMALL FISH SPECIES BETWEEN THE TRIBUTARIES OF THE ST. CROIX RIVER SYSTEM AND THE ST. CROIX RIVER
Claudia Arndt and Sawyer Rothrock, Edgewood High School, Madison, Wisconsin 
Advisors Mekel Wiederholt Meier, Toben Lafrancois and Jerry Kelly

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HABITAT AND BIRD SPECIES RICHNESS AND OBLIGATORY BIRD SPECIES
Nathaniel Graham and Ben Winesett, Edgewood High School, Madison, Wisconsin 
Advisors Mekel Wiederholt Meier and Jerry Kelly

NUTRIENT COMPOSITION IN THE CLAM RIVER AND SAND CREEK AND THEIR EFFECTS ON THE ST. CROIX RIVER
Jack Buettner and Ellie Hoffman, Edgewood High School, Madison, Wisconsin 
Advisors Mekel Wiederholt Meier, Toben Lafrancois and Jerry Kelly

THE EFFECT OF LINEAR BUFFERS ON SOIL NUTRIENTS FROM AN UPLAND SOURCE AREA TO A RECEIVING WATERWAY
Natalie Guse and Faith Holaday, Edgewood High School, Madison, Wisconsin 
Advisors Mekel Wiederholt Meier and Jerry Kelly

CORRELATIONS BETWEEN SOIL NUTRIENTS AND NEMATODE POPULATIONS IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF SUCCESSION IN ST. CROIX STATE PARK
Marie Avey and B Lauer, Edgewood High School, Madison, Wisconsin 
Advisors Mekel Wiederholt Meier and Jerry Kelly