Welcome From NAC SETAC, Arthur Putt, Meeting Chair
Welcome From SETAC, Charlie Menzie, SETAC North America

MERCURY IN THE ENVIRONMENT (Celia Chen, Session Chair)  

• Celia Chen. Dartmouth College, Inc. Mercury Bioaccumulation, Biomagnification, And Biodilution In Aquatic Food Webs  

• Thomas Clair. Environment Canada. Predicting Mercury Abundances In Northeastern North American Freshwaters Using GIS Approaches: From Local To Regional Perspectives

• David Evers. Biodiversity Research Institute. Projecting The Population-Level Effects Of Mercury On The Common Loon In The Northeast

• Neil Kamman. VT Department Of Environmental Conservation. Assessing Mercury And Methylmercury Burdens In VT And NH Lake Sediments, Waters, And Biota. A Regional Environmental Monitoring And Assessment Program Initiative

• Rene Canuel. Institut Des Sciences De L’Environnement, Université Du Québec À Montréal. The Collaborative Mercury Research Network (Comern): Tackling The Mercury Issue In The Canadian Environment

NATIONAL COASTAL ASSESSMENT (Charlie Strobel, Session Chair)

• Charlie Strobel. U.S. EPA, Office Of Research And Development, Atlantic Ecology Division. EPA’s National Coastal Assessment Program

• Christine Olsen. Connecticut Department Of Environmental Protection. Enhancing Long Island Sound Monitoring Through EPA’s National Coastal Assessment

• Christian F. Krahforst. Massachusetts Office Of Coastal Zone Management. A State And Federal Marine Monitoring Partnership: Moving Paradigm Towards Reality  

• Walter Galloway. U.S. EPA, Office Of Research And Development, Atlantic Ecology Division. Demonstration Of A Multi-Scale Integrated Monitoring And Assessment In NY/NJ Harbor

ADDITIONAL TOPICS

• Jack Swartz.  MA. Division of Marine Fisheries. Monitoring PCBs In Two Massachusetts Marine Fishery Resources

• Susan Shaw. Marine Environmental Research Institute. Persistent Organic Pollutants And Heavy Metals In Free-Ranging Harbor Seals In The Gulf of Maine

• L. Vallis.  University Of New Brunswick. The Rock Gunnel (Pholis gunnellus) As An Environmental Indicator

• Kenneth Hinga. University Of Rhode Island. Degradation Rates Of Low Molecular Weight PAH In Marine Sediments Correlate With Sediment TOC Content

• Marianne Hirsch. Eastman Kodak Company. Use Of The Pollution Prevention (P2) Framework At Eastman Kodak Company

• Christopher Blanar. McGill University. Growth, Nutritional Quality And Hematology Of Arctic Charr Exposed To Toxaphene And Tapeworm Larvae

INNOVATIVE LABORATORY AND FIELD TEST METHODS (Kay Ho, Session Chair)

• Stephen Ryba. U.S. EPA, Office Of Research And Development, Atlantic Ecology Division. Using ‘Glass Fish’ SPMDs To Measure PAH Bioavailability

• Antelmo Santos. U.S. EPA, Office Of Research And Development, Atlantic Ecology Division. An Improved HPLC Method For Separation And Identification Of Phytoplankton  Pigments From  Marine Samples

• Sarah Cohen

• David Taylor. University Of Rhode Island. Detecting Juvenile Winter Flounder In The Stomachs Of Invertebrate Predators With The Öuchterlony Immunoassay  *BEST STUDENT PRESENTATION AWARD*
• Ian Voparil. University Of Maine. Imitating Digestion: Deposit-Feeder Exposure To Sedimentary Organic Compounds

ADDITIONAL TOPICS

• Rebecca Ibey. University Of New Brunswick. Development Of A Full Life-Cycle Bioassay For The Mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) For Use In Endocrine Disruption Studies
• Tim Jardine. University Of New Brunswick. Stable Isotope Analysis Of Feeding In Atlantic Salmon Smolts Exposed To Estrogenic And Androgenic Substances
• Rainie Sharpe. University Of New Brunswick. Investigating Potential Endocrine Disruption Mechanisms Of b-Sitosterol Via Cholesterol Homeostasis In Goldfish (Carassius auratus)
  

Maurice Hall. Massachusetts Water Resources Authority. Contaminant Patterns In Lobster In Response To The Cleanup Of Boston Harbor

Guy Brun. Environment Canada. Occurrence Of Pesticides In Wet Precipitation Of Atlantic Canada - Long Range Atmospheric Transport

Hope Nemickas. Malcolm Pirnie, Inc. Overcoming Exposure Modeling Uncertainty: Estimated vs. Measured Concentrations Of Metals In Plants

Leslie Patton. Cornell University. Development Of A Model Microbial Predator-Prey System Suitable For Studies Of The Behavior And Fate Of Toxic Trace Metals

Tanya Hyler. University Of Southern Maine. The Effect Of Cd2+ And Pb2+ On The Growth Of Phytoplankton

B. Galloway. University Of New Brunswick. Examination Of The Cumulative Effects Of Multiple Anthropogenic Stressors On The Performance Of Fish Populations In The Upper Saint John River  *BEST STUDENT POSTER AWARD*

Charles Menzie. Menzie-Cura & Associates. Assessing Ecological Risks Of PAH-Contaminated Sediments