Northeastern Section - 47th Annual Meeting (18–20 March 2012)

Session No. 47
Tuesday, 20 March 2012: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Capital Rooms 2 & 3 (Hartford Marriott Downtown)

T6. State and Fate of Urban Watersheds in the Northeast

 

Jonathan Gourley and Suzanne B. O'Connell, Advocates
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8:00 AM
LAKE THECAMOEBIANS (TESTATE AMOEBAE) AS INDICATORS OF WATERSHED DISTURBANCE: CASE STUDIES FROM THE GREATER TORONTO AREA, ONTARIO, CANADA
ROE, Helen M., School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology, Queen's University, Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT71NN, United Kingdom, PATTERSON, R. Timothy, Earth Sciences Department, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON KIS 5B6, Canada and SWINDLES, Graeme T., School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, h.roe@qub.ac.uk, h.roe@qub.ac.uk
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8:20 AM
GEOMORPHOLOGICAL APPROACH TO TOXIC TRACE METAL DISTRIBUTION ACROSS CHANNEL BAR DEPOSITS IN THE PARK RIVER WATERSHED, HARTFORD, CT
SEMROD, Kelsey, Environmental Science Program, Trinity College, 300 Summit st. Box 701666, Hartford, CT 06106 and GOURLEY, Jonathan, Enivronmental Science Program, Trinity College, 300 Summit Street, Hartford, CT 06106, kelsey.semrod@trincoll.edu, kelsey.semrod@trincoll.edu
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8:40 AM
IMPACT OF CSO AND STORMWATER RUNOFF ON WATER QUALITY IN URBAN STREAMS
BUSHEY, Joseph1, ARAGON-JOSE, Alejandra1, MENDES, Mykel1, PERKINS, Christopher2 and ULATOWSKI, Gary2, (1)Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, (2)Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, joseph.bushey@uconn.edu, joseph.bushey@uconn.edu
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9:00 AM
INCREASED ABUNDANCE OF ENTERIC BACTERIA AND ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE FOLLOWING RAIN EVENTS IN FLUSHING BAY, NY
YOUNG, Suzanne, School of Earth and Environmental Science, Queens College, 6530 Kissena Blvd, Flushing, NY 11367 and O'MULLAN, Gregory, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Queens College of City University of New York, 6530 Kissena Blvd, Flushing, NY 11367, sdotyoung@gmail.com, sdotyoung@gmail.com
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9:20 AM
ESTIMATING RELATIVE FLOWS OVER TIME TO AN URBAN COMBINED SEWER OUTFALL (CSO) FROM CONTAMINANT MIXING
EATON, Timothy T., School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Queens College CUNY, 65-30 Kissena Blvd, Flushing, NY 11367, Timothy.Eaton@qc.cuny.edu, Timothy.Eaton@qc.cuny.edu
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9:40 AM
"URBAN STREAM SYNDROME" IN THE HEADWATERS OF THE BLACKSTONE RIVER
MITCHELL, Sara Gran and SOBCZAK, William V., Department of Biology, College of the Holy Cross, PO Box B, 1 College St, Worcester, MA 01610, smitchel@holycross.edu, smitchel@holycross.edu
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:20 AM
INVESTIGATING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF GROUNDWATER RESOURCES FOR A LOWER CAPE COD FRESH-WATER LENS USING SEAWAT
METHENY, Maura A., McLane Environmental, 707 Alexander Rd, Suite 206, Princeton, NJ 08540 and MCLANE III, Charles F., McLane Environmental, 707 Alexander Road, Suite 206, Princeton, NJ 08540, mmetheny@mclaneenv.com, mmetheny@mclaneenv.com
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10:40 AM
DEVELOPMENT OF A ROAD SALT CONTAMINATION INDEX UTILIZING THECAMOEBIANS (TESTATE AMOEBAE)
PATTERSON, R. Timothy, Earth Sciences Department, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON KIS 5B6, Canada and ROE, Helen M., School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology, Queen's University, Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT71NN, United Kingdom, tpatters@earthsci.carleton.ca, tpatters@earthsci.carleton.ca
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11:00 AM
EFFECTS OF ROAD DEICERS ON WATER QUALITY IN SELECTED WATERSHEDS, SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT
BROWN, Craig J. and MARTIN, Joseph W., Connecticut Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 101 Pitkin Street, East Hartford, CT 06108, cjbrown@usgs.gov, cjbrown@usgs.gov
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