- Time:Sep 15 9:30 am – 6:00 pm, 2016
- Location:Stranahan Center, 4645 Heatherdowns Blvd, Toledo, OH 43614 | Get Directions
- Event Organizer:Christopher Winslow | Contact Host
- Event Category:Conferences | Show Similar
This conference will highlight current scientific knowledge about algal blooms: model predictions, updated best management practices, and water treatment methods to remove toxins. Presenters will come from regional agencies and institutions, with an expected audience largely from Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.
Research and outreach leaders will present findings from recent studies and identify important areas of uncertainty. Specific topics will include:
- highlights from recent modeling studies
- the latest edge-of-field results
- rates and rationale for adoption of management practices
- monitoring and tracking algal blooms in Lake Erie
- water treatment methods to reduce cyanobacteria
Expected audience includes academic researchers, state and federal agencies and the agricultural community interested in the latest algal bloom science and technology. Members of the academic research community, state and federal agencies and the agricultural community are especially encouraged to attend.
Agenda and Speakers
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Period 1 Focus Area: Recent Modeling Studies: From the Field to Lake
Plenary 1: Using Multiple Models to Guide Setting and Achieving Loading Targets
Dr. Don Scavia, University of MichiganCEAP Cropland: Conservation Practice Impacts on Water Quality in Western Lake Erie Basin
Dr. Mari-Vaughn Johnson, NRCS-USDAEvaluating and Improving Tributary Habitat in the WLEB
Dr. Scott Sowa, The Nature ConservancyForecasting the Harmful Algal Bloom in Lake Erie
Dr. Richard Stumpf, NOAAQuestions and Discussion
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Lunch Break
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Period 2 Focus Area: Practices – Assessment and Adoption of Management Plans
Plenary 2: Using Edge of Field Research to Assess Agricultural Management Practices
Dr. Kevin King, USDA-ARSThe Heidelberg Tributary Loading Program: Keeping a Finger on the Pulse of Lake Erie’s Watersheds
Dr. Laura Johnson, Heidelberg UniversityFarmer BMP Adoption: Possible Futures and the Efficacy Gap
Dr. Robyn Wilson, The Ohio State UniversityNRCS Western Lake Erie Initiatives
Steve Davis, Natural Resources Conservation ServicePeriod 2 Focus Area: Practices – Best Management Practices
Outreach to Agriculture to Understand the Nutrient and HAB Linkage and Solutions
Greg Labarge, OSU Extension -
Break
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Period 3 Focus Area: Public Health and Water Treatment
Plenary 3: Detection & Monitoring of Microcystin
Heather Raymond & Amy Klei, Ohio EPAFish Flesh and Fresh Produce as Sources of Microcystin Exposure to Humans
Dr. Stu Ludsin, The Ohio State UniversityUsing Lake Erie Bacteria to Degrade Microcystin
Dr. Jason Huntley, University of ToledoTreatment of Cyanotoxins by UV and Chlorine Technologies
Dr. Dionysius Dionysiou, University of CincinnatiLake Erie HABs: Nutrient Cause and Effect
Dr. Tom Bridgeman, University of Toledo -
Summary and Closing
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Student Poster Session
The session will highlight projects funded by the Ohio Department of Higher Education’s Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiative (HABRI) and Ohio State’s Field to Faucet Initiative.
