Welcome from NACSETAC, Duane Huggett, NAC president
National SETAC North America Update, Warren Boothman, USEPA
IEAM Update, Walter Berry, USEPA

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK MANAGEMENT   (Nick Anastas, Session Chair)

• ECOLOGICAL RISK MANAGEMENT: A MASSACHUSETTS REGULATORY AGENCY PERSPECTIVE. Thomas Angus and Nancy Bettinger, Office of Research and Standards, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, One Winter Street, Boston, MA 02108

• DOES “PRESUMPTIVE CERTAINTY” GUARANTEE USABLE DATA FOR RISK ASSESSMENT AT MCP SITES? Susan D. Chapnick, New Environmental Horizons, Inc., 2 Farmers Circle, Arlington, MA 02474; and Nancy C. Rothman, New Environmental Horizons, Inc., 34 Skillman Run Drive, Skillman, NJ 08558
   

INVASIVE SPECIES  (Dodi Borsay Horowitz, Session Chair)

• ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF AN INVASIVE ALGA IN NARRAGANSETT BAY, RHODE ISLAND. M. Marston, J. Torbett, A. Fuda, F. Pierciey, M. Villalard-Bohnsack, Department of Biology, Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI 02809

• THE MASSACHUSETTS AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT PLAN: STATE AND REGIONAL EFFORTS TO COMBAT AQUATIC INVADERS. J. Baker. Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management. Boston, MA 02115

• BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF INVASIVE SPECIES: OPPORTUNITIES AND LIMITATIONS (WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS). R.A. Casagrande, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881

• KEYNOTE SPEAKER:  MARINE INVASIVES IN THE GULF OF MAINE: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES, COMING ATTRACTIONS AND SOME LESSONS FROM THE PAST.  Larry G. Harris, Zoology Department, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824.

NATURAL PRODUCTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY  (Jocelyn Hellou, Session Chair)

• BACTERIA-BACTERIA ANTAGONISM: A MECHANISM LIMITING THE SPREAD OF Vibrio cholerae. David Rowley, Jiayuan Liu, Richard A. Long^a,b, Eric Zamora^a, Douglas H. Bartlett^a, Farooq Azam^a, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, (drowley@uri.edu^a) Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 92093-0202^b Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3146

• Gordon Gribble

• USING RADIOCARBON TO TRACE THE ORIGIN OF HALOGENATED ORGANIC COMPOUNDS: 2,4-DIBROMOPHENOL IN THE ACORN WORM S. BROMOPHENOLOSUS. Emma L. Teuten, Christopher M. Reddy, Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543

• PESTICIDES IN AN ESTUARY ON PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, CANADA. J. Hellou¹, A. Cook², B. Ernst³, J. Leonard¹, and S. Steller¹, ¹Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Fisheries and Oceans, Nova Scotia, Canada; ²Environment Canada, Moncton Laboratory, New Brunswick, Canada; ³Environment Canada, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.

ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY  (Maura Suprenant, Session Chair)

• PCB ANALYSIS: HOMOLOGS AND CONGENERS BY GC/MS. P. J. Kane, Woods Hole Group Environmental Laboratories, MA

• ON SITE TOXICITY ASSESSMENT USING THE SEA URCHIN, Arbacia punctulata. J. W. Williams, Aquatec Biological Sciences, Inc., Williston, Vermont 05495 and Maurice P. Hall, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, Boston, Massachusetts 02129.

• MODULATION OF INNATE IMMUNE FUNCTIONS UPON IN VITRO EXPOSURE TO ORGANOCHLORINE MIXTURES IN MARINE MAMMALS, HUMANS AND MICE. M. Levin, B. Morsey, C. Mori, and S. De Guise, Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269

• USING OCEAN TECHNOLOGY IN FRESHWATER AND MARINE SITE INVESTIGATIONS.

• LOCATIONAL FINGERPRINTING OF ESTUARIAL WATER BY MULTIDIMENSIONAL FLUORESCENCE. G. J. Hall, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT 06320, K. E. Clow, H. Chen, J. E. Kenny, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155

WETLANDS  (Bonnie Potacki, Session Chair)

• COASTAL WETLAND RESTORATION AND PHYTOREMEDIATION AT A FORMER CHEMICAL DISTRIBUTION FACILITY EAST PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND. Christopher O. Mason, PWS President and Principal Scientist Mason & Associates, Inc. North Scituate, RI

• LESIONS, LOW CHOLINESTERASE, AND POPULATION LOSSES—SUBLETHAL EXPOSURE OF BIRDS TO INSECTICIDES. Katharine C. Parsons, Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, Manomet, MA 02345-1770

• SPECIES-SPECIES ASSESSMENT OF WILDLIFE HABITAT IN FRESHWATER WETLANDS AND BUFFER ZONES. Joseph S. Larson, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Natural Resources Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

• MONITORING AMPHIBIANS WITH NOCTURNAL CALLING COUNTS AT CAPE SOD NATIONAL SEASHORE. Robert P. Cook and Kelly M. Boland, Cape Cod National Seashore, 99 Marconi Site Rd., Wellfleet, MA 02667

• MERCURY CONTAMINATION IN WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND WETALNDS: A LEGACY OF THE HISTORIC CONNECTICUT HATMAKING INDUSTRY. Johan C. Varekamp, Ph.D. Earth & Environmental Sciences. Wesleyan University, Middletown CT 06459-0139

ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY  (Chair, Duane Huggett)

• PERSISTENCE AND REMOBILIZATION OF ARSENIC IN MASSACHUSETTS LAKES TREATED WITH ARSENICAL HERBICIDES. Paul R. Lattanzi, Valerie Monastra, and John L. Durant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA

• USING SMALL BODIED FISH IN EFFECTS-BASED ASSESSMENTS: SEASONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF REPRODUCTIVE ENDPOINTS. S.M. Brasfield, K.R. Munkittrick, Canadian Rivers Institute and Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, NB E2L 4L5; Tetreault, G.R. and M.E. McMaster, Aquatic Ecosystem Protection Research Branch, National Water Research Institute, Burlington, ON L7R 4A6.

• THE BOUCHARD 120 OIL SPILL: USING COMPREHENSIVE TWO-DIMENSIONAL GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY TO MONITOR THE DEGRADATION OF #6 FUEL ON AN OIL IMPACTED BEACH IN BUZZARDS BAY. R. K. Nelson, B. Kile, D. L. Plata, C. M. Reddy, Dept. Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543-1543; and G. S. Frysinger, R. B. Gaines, United States Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT 06320-8103.

• ESTIMATING DE NOVO CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS IN GONADS OF FISH EXPOSED TO BETA-SITOSTEROL. R.L. Sharpe, D.L. MacLatchy, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, NB. Canada E2L 1L9

• MODULATION OF MITOGEN-INDUCED LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION UPON IN VITRO EXPOSURE TO ORGANOCHLORINES IN MARINE MAMMALS AND MICE. Chiharu Mori, Milton Levin, Brenda Morsey, Sylvain De Guise. University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269

• A COMPARATIVE TOXICOLOGY STUDY OF THE CHARLES RIVER AND WELLESLEY LAKE IN MASSACHUSETTS. Sarmad Saman & Marieh Vakili, Massachusetts Bay Community College, 50 Oakland Street, Wellesley, MA.02481.
   

POSTER SESSIONS

APPLICATION OF EQUILIBRIUM PARTITIONING SEDIMENT BENCHMARKS FOR PAHs TO FORMER MANUFACTURED GAS PLANT SITES. Kane Driscoll, S., M. McArdle, C. Menzie, Menzie-Cura & Assoc., Inc. Winchester, MA 01890, T. Thompson, RETEC, Seattle, WA, and A. Coleman, EPRI, Palo Alto, CA

A COMPARISON OF COMMONLY USED CYANIDE ANALYTICAL METHODOLOGIES FOR MANUFACTURED GAS PLANT APPLICATIONS. James F. Occhialini, James C. Todaro, Joseph Clements, James Roth, Elena Dayn, Tamara Burke Devine, William R Swanson, and Michael Rostkowski. Alpha Analytical Labs- Westborough MA 508-898-9220

HUMAN AND ECOLOGICAL RISK: ASSOCIATIONS AMONG HUMAN HEALTH, ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING DATA. Latasha Allen, ASPH/US EPA fellowship at NHEERL Atlantic Ecology Division (AED); Diane Nacci, US EPA ORD NHEERL AED; Jane Copeland, CSC/US EPA contract at NHEERL AED; David Neils, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services; and John Paul, US EPA ORD NHEERL.

WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE: RISK ASSOCIATED WITH PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS TO MARINE BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES. Bonnie Potocki, Eco-Solutions P.O. Box 424 Belmont, MA.

EFFECTS OF 17b-ESTRADIOL, ATRAZINE, AND NONYLPHENOL ON THE SEX RATIOS OF THE ATLANTIC SILVERSIDE, MENIDIA MENIDIA. Champlin, D.M., Nacci, D.E., Serbst, J.R., Jayaraman, S., Pelletier, M.C. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Narragansett, RI and Chandlee, M., Specker, J., Crothers, N. University of Rhode Island, GSO, Narragansett, RI.

EVALUATING THE AFFECTS OF BEAVER (Castor Canadensis) ON STREAM WATER QUALIY: A PAIRED WATERSHED STUDY. D.H. Bourdeau, P.S. Rees, P.K. Barten, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

REMOVAL OF DEPLETED URANIUM FROM CONTAMINATED SOILS. C. Chin Choy, X. Meng, G.P. Korfiatis, Center for Environmental Systems, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ 07030.

THE MORPHOLOGICAL BASIS FOR OLFACTORY PERCEPTION OF STEROIDS DURING AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR IN LOBSTERS: PRELIMINARY EXPERIMENTS. Doranne Borsay Horowitz, AED, NHEERL, ORD, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 27 Tarzwell Drive, Narragansett, RI 02882; G. Kass-Simon, Debra Coglianese, & Marques Boseman, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island, 100 Flagg Road, Kingston, RI; and Stuart Cromarty, Kimberlee Randall, & Alicia Fini, Department of Natural Sciences, Assumption College, 500 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA. (Supported by NSF Grant# IBN0234569 to Kass-Simon & Cromarty.)

SORPTION OF AS(V) AND AS(III) BY NANOCRYSTALLINE TiO₂, M.E. Pena, X. Meng, Center for Environmental Systems, Stevens Institute and Technology, Hoboken, NJ 07030.

USE OF REDOX-SENSITIVE METALS ENRICHMENT FACTORS AS INDICATORS OF LOW DISSOLVED OXYGEN, W.S. Boothman and S.A. Rego, U.S. EPA, Narragansett, RI 02882

THE ROLE OF FEEDING IN THE UPTAKE OF CONTAMINANTS IN AMPHIPODS RELATIVE TO MUSSELS, FISH AND WHELKS. J. Hellou^1,2, 1-Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Fisheries and Oceans, Nova Scotia; 2-Chemistry Department, Dalhousie University, N.S.; K. Campbell²; D. Johnston²; M. Fermaut³, 3- Université de Béthume, France; K. Cheeseman⁴ 4- Biology Department, Dalhousie University, N.S.; M-L Jouvenelle³; J. Leonard¹; S. Robertson⁴; S. Steller¹.

ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF ALKALOIDS FROM CYATHOBASIS FRUTICULOSA ( BUNGE ) AELLEN ¹S. Kurucu, ²G. Topcu, ¹A. Kucukosmanoglu Bahceevli ¹Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ankara, 06100 Tandogan, Ankara ,Turkey. ²Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Istanbul, 34452 Beyazit, Istanbul, Turkey.

THE WEST FALMOUTH OIL SPILL AFTER 35 YEARS: ONLY ~0.0025% OF THE ORIGINAL PRODUCTS PERSISTS IN MARSH SEDIMENTS. Emily E. Peacock, Robert K. Nelson, Christopher M. Reddy, Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543

DEVELOPMENT OF FLOW CYTOMETERIC ASSAYS TO MEASURE IMMUNOMODULATORY EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS ON OYSTER CELLULAR IMMUNE FUNCTION, Michael Goedken and Sylvain De Guise, University of Connecticut

DEVELOPMENT OF AN HPLC/UV METHOD FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF ENVIRONMENTALLY RELEVANT CONCENTRATIONS OF IBUPROFEN. K.E. Parnass, Clark University, Worcester, MA 01610; and J.F. Hauri, Assumption College, Worcester, MA 01609.

NITROGEN CONTAMINATION INFLUENCE ON INVASIVE AND NATIVE ASCIDIAN SPECIES DIVERSITY. Mary R. Carman, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543.

FOUR dianthroquinone-hexahydrofurono[2,3-b]furan DERIVATIVES FROM A MARINE Streptomycete ISOLATED FROM Ecteinascidia turbinata. Aaron M. Socha, David Rowley, Yuzuru Shimizu, Jessie Moses, and Dioscorides Garcia. Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02882.

BACTERIA CELL-CELL SIGNALLING INHIBITORS PRODUCED BY A MARINE Halobacillus sp. Jiayuan Liu, Joselynn Wallace, and David Rowley, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881

QUORUM SENSING ANTAGONISTS PRODUCED BY MARINE ALGAE. Margaret Teasdale and David Rowley, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881

NEW ANTIBIOTIC AGENTS FROM A MARINE Streptomyces sp. ISOLATED FROM Ecteinascidia turbinata. Aaron M. Socha, Yuzuru Shimizu, and David Rowley, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881.

A PRACTICAL LOOK AT SOURCES OF VARIATION IN FISH TISSUE MEAN MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS ESTIMATES AND SUGGESTIONS OF HOW TO IMPROVE STUDY DESIGNS AND DATA INTERPRETATIONS. M.S. Hutcheson, J. Rose, Office of Research and Standards, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Boston, MA 02108.