Outreach > Presentations

NCWQR research staff often share their findings at professional conferences, college and university seminars and civic organization meetings as a means of furthering the cause of water quality education and improvement. 

Selected 2009 presentaions from Dr. Gary Winston

Oxygen Toxicity in Aquatic Invertebrates (PDF)

Gestational Exposure to High Perchlorate Levels (PDF)

2009 presentations by Dr. Pete Richards

Ludsin, S.A., D.M. Dolan, R.P. Richards, J.T. Tyson, K.A. Kayle, T.B. Johnson, and R.A. Stein (2009) Linkages between oligotrophication and percid dynamics.  In The State of Lake Erie in 2004.  Edited by J.T. Tyson, R.A. Stein, and J.M. Dettmers.  Great Lakes Fishery Commission Special Publication 09-02, pp. 23-27.

2009 presentations by Dr. Baker

2/03/09. Increased Dissolved Phosphorus Export from Agricultural Watersheds: Extent and Possible Causes. All Ohio Chapter, Soil and Water Conservation Society, 2009 Winter Meeting, Reynoldsburg, Ohio. View presentation (.pdf).

2/10/09. Challenges in Documenting Nutrient Load Reductions at the Watershed Scale: The Sandusky Watershed Experience. Surface Water Monitoring and Standards Meeting (U.S. EPA, Region 5), Chicago, IL. View presentation (pdf).

2/19/09. Lake Erie, Agriculture and Phosphorus: A 35 Year Review. A Briefing for Francis Strickland, State Agencies and Environmental Groups. Governor’s Mansion, Westerville, OH. View View presentation. (.pdf)

2/27/09. Phosphorus Stratification, No-till and Water Quality. Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference, Ada, Ohio. View presentation (.pdf).

03/11/09. Lake Erie Phosphorus: Tributary Loading Data and Long Term Trends. Western Lake Erie Basin Conference (Natural Resource Conservation Service), Maumee Bay

03/12/09. Phosphorus Issues in the Western Basin: A Researcher’s Perspective.   Western Lake Erie Conference (Waterkeeper Alliance), Otsego Park, Bowling Green

2008 Presentations

3/13/ 2008.  Phosphorus Loading to Western Lake Erie: Trends and Sources. Western Lake Erie Conference, Toledo Yacht Club.

3 /11/2008.  Making of an Annual Record for Phosphorus Export. Ohio Water Resource Council, Workgroup on Water Resources Monitoring.  USGS Ohio Water Science Center, Columbus, Ohio.

3/18-19/2008.  Landscapes and Loadings Workshop, Council of Great Lakes Governors, Maumee, OH. Total Phosphorus Loading to the Great Lakes and Trends in Dissolved Reactive Phosphorus in Lake Erie Tributaries.

3/17/ 2008.  Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences Seminar, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH. Burrowing Mayflies as Indicators of the Quality of Lake Erie.

3/12/2008. Department of Biological Sciences Seminar, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH. Studies of Oxidative Stress in Marine/Aquatic Systems. 

3/6/2008. Agriculture, Water Management, and Climate Change, Bath, England.
Adaptive Management and Water Quality: Is there anything to be learnt from outside the U.K.

2/27/2008.  7th Annual Tri-State Conservation Farming Expo, Auburn, IN.
Elevated soil test phosphorus levels may explain increasing dissolved reactive phosphorus in Western Lake Erie tributaries.
    
2/21-22/2008. Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH. Soil test phosphorus trends and stratification in Northwest Ohio soils.

2/20/2008. Western Lake Erie Basin Partnership Roundtable,  University of Toledo, Toledo, OH. Water Quality Trends in Lake Erie Watersheds.

2/7/2008. Kiwanis Club, Tiffin, OH. The National Center for Water Quality Research at Heidelberg College.

2/6/2008.  USDA Water Quality Conference, Sparks, NV. Record Setting Phosphorus Loads from Agricultural Watersheds in Ohio.

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2007 Staff Presentations

12/18/2007. Great Lakes Protection Fund Soil Test Metric Project Workshop, NCWQR, Heidelberg College, Tiffin, OH. Increased Dissolved Phosphorus Loading to Lake Erie from Agricultural Watersheds and How does agriculture contribute to dissolved phosphorus runoff?

12/6/2007. Department of Zoology Seminar, Miami University, Oxford, OH. Total Oxyradical Scavenging Capacity Assay: Applications for Aquatic/Marine Research.

11/13/2007. Ohio Lakes Management Society Annual Meeting, Deer Creek, OH.
Activities of the National Center for Water Quality Research.

10/30/2007.  Israel Society of Toxicology, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. Xenobiotic Metabolism and Mechanisms of Chemical Carcinogenesis.

10/26/2007.  ElderCollege, Terra Community College, Fremont, OH. Water on a Thirsty Planet  - an overview of current issues of water quantity and quality in the US and specifically within the Northwest Ohio region.

10/25/2007. Ohio River Basin Consortium for Research and Education annual symposium, Oxford, OH. Sediment and Nutrients in Three Ohio Tributaries to the Ohio River.

10/16/2007. International Society of Exposure Analysis, Panel on Exposure Issues in Developing Countries, Durham, NC. A Political- and Public Health-Based Pesticides Use Rational in Israel: The Bedouin Glyphosate Controversy & Leishmaniasis as Rationale for the Registration of DDT in Israel.

10/9/2007. Oberlin Men's City Club, Oberlin, OH. Thirty-year Trends in Phosphorus in Lake Erie Tributaries: What’s Happening and Why?

10/8/2007. Symposium on Lake Erie, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH. The Health of Lake Erie: Biological Research and Prospective Biomonitoring.

10/7/2007.  Institute of Medicine Roundtable (National Academy of Sciences), Washington, DC. Sustainability of Drinking Water: Some Thoughts from a Midwestern Perspective.

9/13/2007. Heidelberg College, Tiffin, OH. 30-year Trends in Suspended Sediment Concentrations: A Response to Management?

8/30/2007. EPA National Nonpoint Monitoring Workshop, Austin, TX. Nutrient management, conservation tillage, adaptive management, and increased dissolved phosphorus export from Northwest Ohio agricultural landscapes /and/ Characteristics of effective monitoring programs.

8/10/2007. Crawford Soil and Water Conservation District Conservation Field Day, Bucyrus, Ohio. Phosphorus Soil Test Levels in NW Ohio and their Relationship to Dissolved Reactive Phosphorus Runoff.

7/23-24/2007. Soil and Water Conservation Society, Tampa, FL. Phosphorus Trading between Point and Nonpoint Sources: Inapplicability for Many Stream Eutrophication Problems in Ohio /and /Increased Dissolved Phosphorus Loading to Lake Erie from Agricultural Watersheds: A Conservation Tillage Trade-off?

7/12/2007. Stone Lab, Gibralter Island, OH. Thirty-year Trends in Phosphorus in Lake Erie Tributaries: What’s Happening and Why?

5/24/2007. Round table discussion - Water Quality, Thriving Farms, Vibrant Communities,  Camden Falls, Tiffin, OH. Current Research, Policy and Entrepreneurial Efforts that Reap Multiple Benefits from Agriculture.  Minnesota Land Stewardship Project.
Phosphorus soil test trends in NW Ohio and the potential for stratification of phosphorus within the soil profile.

5/23/2007. Ohio Phosphorus Task Force Meeting, Columbus, OH. Phosphorus soil test trends in NW Ohio and the potential for stratification of phosphorus within the soil profile.

7/21-25/2007. Soil and Water Conservation Society, Annual Conference, Tampa, FL. Phosphorus trading between point and nonpoint sources: Inapplicability for many stream eutrophication problems in Ohio.

7/21-25/2007. Soil and Water Conservation Society, Annual Conference, Tampa, FL. Increasing dissolved phosphorus loading to Lake Erie from agricultural watersheds: a conservation tillage trade-off?

5/27 - 6/1/ 2007. International Association for Great Lakes Research, Annual Conference, University Park, PA. Increased bioavailability of nonpoint-derived phosphorus loads to Lake Erie from the Maumee and Sandusky rivers is due to increased dissolved phosphorus concentrations during storm events.

5/27 - 6/1/ 2007. International Association for Great Lakes Research, Annual Conference, University Park, PA. The National Center for Water Quality Research at Heidelberg College: History, Mission and Programs.

5/27 - 6/1/ 2007. International Association for Great Lakes Research, Annual Conference, University Park, PA. Nearshore Dynamics of Hypoxia in Central Lake Erie.

5/27 - 6/1/ 2007. International Association for Great Lakes Research, Annual Conference, University Park, PA. 30-year trends in suspended sediment concentrations in four Lake Erie tributaries in Ohio.

5/27 - 6/1/ 2007. International Association for Great Lakes Research, Annual Conference, University Park, PA. Trends in Phosphorus Loads and Concentrations from the Maumee River.

5/27 - 6/1/ 2007. International Association for Great Lakes Research, Annual Conference, University Park, PA. Elevated soil test phosphorus levels associated with conservation tillage practices may explain elevated SRP in western Lake Erie.

4/20/2007. Department of Biology and Ecology, Cleveland State University, OH. Trends in Phosphorus in Lake Erie Tributaries.

3/29/2007. Western Lake Erie Basin Conference, Lakeside, OH. Phosphorus In western Lake Erie.

3/29/2007. Western Lake Erie Basin Conference, Lakeside, OH. Dead zones in western Lake Erie.

3/29/2007. Western Lake Erie Basin Conference, Lakeside, OH. The ECOFORE Project.

3/27/2007. Ohio Phosphorus Task Force, Riffe Center, Columbus, OH. An Overview of Phosphorus.

3/27/2007. Ohio Phosphorus Task Force, Riffe Center, Columbus, OH. An Overview of Tributary Monitoring Data.

3/22/2007. Bowling Green State University, Geology Department. The Richards-Baker Flashiness Index: Applications in the Midwest.

3/27/2007. Lake Erie Millenium Network workshop, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Temporal Loading Patterns of Phosphorus in western Lake Erie.

3/27/2007. Lake Erie Millenium Network workshop, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Sources, timing and bioavailability of Phosphorus in Lake Erie.

3/20/2007. Tiffin Master Gardeners, Tiffin, OH. Fertilizers and Water Quality and Laboratory Tour.

2/26/2007. Western Lake Erie Partnership, Fort Wayne, IN. Maumee Watershed Sediment and Phosphorus Trends, 1975-2005.

2/26/2007. Western Lake Erie Partnership, Fort Wayne, IN. Phosphorus Soil Tests – Trends and Stratification.

2/15/2007. Annual Meeting, Ohio Chapter, Soil and Water Conservation Society, Columbus. OH. Tributary Phosphorus, Lake Erie, and soils.

2/5/2007. Sandusky Coalition and Seneca County Farm Bureau. Soluble Phosphorus Export from the Sandusky Watershed and Soil Phosphorus Levels.

2/2/2007. Ohio Environmental Council’s 2007 Clean Water Conference. Phosphorus and Ohio’s Water Resources: Impacts and Remedies (workshop).

1/30/2007. USDA Water Quality Meetings, Savannah, GA. Trends in suspended sediment concentrations in six Ohio rivers and streams.

1/24/2007. Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Soil and Water Conservation, Columbus, OH. An Overview of the Ohio Tributary Loading Program including illustrations of data uses Introduction and Lake Erie Phosphorus.

1/23/2007. Tiffin League of Woman Voters. What Tiffin Residents Should Know about the National Center for Water Quality Research laboratory (includes lab tour).

1/16/2007. Crawford County Park District, Bucyrus, OH. The Sandusky River: Progress and Problems.

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2006 Staff Presentations:

12/5/2006. Maumee River Project Meeting, Joyce Foundation, Chicago, IL. Monitoring designs for detecting changes in water quality.

11/30/2006. Rivers Institute Symposium, Hanover College, Indianapolis, IN. Innovations in Nonpoint Pollution Control. Point Source-Nonpoint Source Phosphorus Trading: Applicability to Stream TMDLs in Ohio

11/29/2006. Rivers Institute Symposium, Hanover College, Indianapolis, IN.
Innovations in Nonpoint Pollution Control, Detecting Water Quality Responses to Land Management Changes: Why is it so Difficult?

11/29/2006. Rivers Institute Symposium, Hanover College Innovations in Nonpoint Pollution Control, Indianapolis, IN. Changing Characteristics of Dissolved Phosphorus Export to from Northwestern Ohio Rivers

11/3/2006. EPA State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference, Milwaukee, WI. A Flashiness Index Applied to Midwestern and Other Streams.

10/25/2006. Stream Ecosystem Restoration Training Workshop, Hilliard, OH. Stream Flashiness and Nutrient Processing.

10/11/2006. SWCS Managing Agricultural Landscapes Workshop, Kansas City, KS.
Detecting Water Quality Responses to Land Management Changes: Why Is It So Difficult?

9/28/2006. Toledo Environmental Council, TMACOG, Toledo, OH. Lake Erie Phosphorus Loadings: Trends and Impacts.

9/27/2006. Stream Ecosystem Restoration Workshop Columbus, OH. Ohio’s Streams: Flashy and Getting Flashier Nutrient Processing in Streams: Effects on Ambient Water Quality and Nutrient Export.

9/26/2006. Ohio Responses to Federal Environmental Regulations, Policy Conference, OSU, Columbus, OH. Meeting Ohio’s Water Resource Goals Through Effectively Addressing Habitat, Hydrology and Nutrient Enrichment Problems.

9/18/2006. Ag Drainage Modeling Workshop, Alexandria, VA. Consultations on linking tile drainage models to river water quality models to obtain results that correctly reflect observed concentrations.

9/7/2006. Ohio Lake Erie Conference (Ohio Lake Erie Commission), Lorain Community College. External Phosphorus Loading to Lake Erie: Trends, Significance and Challenges.

9/6/2006. All Ohio Chapter, Soil and Water Conservation Society, Anniversary Symposium, Columbus, OH. Chemical Signatures of Land Use Activities in Ohio’s Streams and Rivers.

9/4/2006. Tiffin Rotary Club, Tiffin, OH. The Water Quality Laboratory: Using Data To Influence Policy.

8/17/2006. Kelleys Island Audubon Society, Kelleys Island, OH. Mayflies and Ohio’s Lake Erie Quality Index: Linking Biology to Policy.

6/28/2006. The Sandusky River Watershed Symposium, Heidelberg/Sandusky River Watershed Coalition, Tiffin, OH. Evaluating Program Effectiveness at the Watershed Level.

6/27/2006. The Sandusky River Watershed Symposium, Heidelberg/Sandusky River Watershed Coalition, Tiffin, OH. Pollutant Loading to Lake Erie: History and Status.

6/13/2006. IJC Groundwater Consultation, Syracuse, NY. Nutrients and Pesticides in Groundwater in the Great Lakes Basin.

5/30/2006. USEPA PCB Load Estimation Project Team, Troy, NY. Evaluation of Quality Control Issues with Black River PCB Data.

5/24/2006. International Association for Great Lakes Research, Windsor, ON.
Recovery of Burrowing Mayflies (Hexagenia spp.) in Lake Erie and Their Value as a bioindicator of Lake Quality.

5/10/2006. National Water Quality Monitoring Conference, San Jose, CA. Four Ways to Get Biased Tributary Load Estimates.

4/20/2006. GSA North Central Meeting, Akron, OH. Rapid Response of Macroinvertebrates to Dam Removal in the Sandusky River, Ohio.

4/20/2006. GSA North Central Meeting, Akron, OH. Reversal of Declining Nutrient Trends in Lake Erie Tributaries.

4/12/2006. Lake Erie Center, University of Toledo, Oregon, OH. Mayflies and Ohio’s Lake Erie Quality Index: Linking Biology to Policy.

4/8/2006. Power Squadron, Lima Chapter, Lima, OH. Mayflies and Ohio’s Lake Erie Quality Index.

3/30/2006. Western Lake Erie Conference, Maumee Bay State Park, Toledo, OH.
River Loadings of Nitrates and Phosphorus into Western Lake Erie.

3/28/2006. Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana Regional Conservation Council, Cincinnati, OH. Point Source-Nonpoint Source Phosphorus Trading: Applicability for TMDLs in Ohio.

3/8-9/2006. Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Lansing, MI. 1.5 day workshop on NCWQR website, stream flashiness, & sampling.

3/7/2006. OWRC – Annual Water Resources Monitoring Meeting. Described the Ohio Tributary Loading Program.

3/1/2006. USDA-CEAP Symposium, SWCS Meeting, Columbus, OH. Flashiness Trends in Rural Streams: Do They Correlate with Changing Cropping Patterns and Practices.

3/1/2006. USDA-CEAP Symposium, SWCS Meeting, Columbus, OH.
Detecting Water Quality Responses to Land Management Changes: Why Is It So Difficult?

2/28/2006. Millennium Conference, Windsor, ON. Reversal of Declining Nutrient Trends in Lake Erie Tributaries.

2/22/2006. Ashland University, Environmental Lecture Series, Ashland, OH. Conservation and Restoration of the Sandusky River Watershed.

2/16/2006. Heidelberg Student Research Conference. The National Center for Water Quality Research: From Data… to Information… to Application.

2/8/2006. USDA-CSREES Water Quality Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Rock Creek Conservation Effects Assessment Program Project.

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2005 Staff Prsentations:

12/20/2005. Ohio Environmental Protection Agency – Columbus, OH. 1-day workshop to OEPA staff on the use of the Ohio Tributary Loading Web-site.

12/1/2005. The Future of Ohio’s Lake Erie Basin: Balancing Land Use and Water Quality, Lorain Community College, OH. Impacts of Intensive Row Crop Agriculture on Regional Water Resources.

11/28/2005. USEPA GLNPO Chemical Integrity Workshop, Windsor, ON. Trends in Water Quality in Lake Erie Tributaries, 1975-2004.

11/15/2005. The Sandusky River Watershed Coalition, Fall Meeting, Tiffin, OH. Impacts of Agriculture on Water Resources: Where Does Stream Hydrology Fit In?

11/8/2005. The Nature Conservancy, Agriculture and Hydrology Learning Network, Columbus, OH. Impacts of Agriculture on Stream Hydrology: Some Current Issues.

11/3/2005. Water Management Association of Ohio, Columbus, OH.
The Role of Large Storm Events in Nutrient and Sediment Export for Northwestern Ohio Watersheds.

11/3/2005. Water Management Association of Ohio, Columbus, OH. Nutrient Trading and In-Stream Processing: Viewpoints of Chemical Hydrologists.

11/2/2005. Bowling Green State University, Dept. of Biology and Ecology, Bowling Green, OH. Trends in Water Quality in Lake Erie Tributaries: Approaches, Findings, and Questions.

10/28/2005. University of Toledo, Dept. Geology and Ecology faculty, Toledo, OH. Water Quality in the Maumee and Other Lake Erie Tributaries: Programs and Problems.

10/21/2005. Ohio State University, Environmental Sciences Program, Columbus, OH. Assessing Water Quality Trends in Lake Erie Tributaries: Methods and Results.

10/8/2005. The Kirtlandia Society, Cleveland Museum of Natural History. The Ecology of Mayflies in Lake Erie and Their Role in the Lake Erie Quality Index.

10/5/2005. Mississippi River Nutrient Workshop, St. Louis, MO. Water Quality Trends in Three Ohio Tributaries to the Ohio River, 1995-2004.

8/24/2005. National Center For Water Quality Research, Heidelberg College, Tiffin, OH. One day workshop, The WQL Tributary Loading Website Workshop.

8/23/2005. Sea Grant Review Panel at Old Woman Creek NERR, Huron, OH. Underwater Video as a Method for Detecting and Quantifying Rare Individuals, Applied to Zebra/Quagga Mussels (Dreissena spp.) and Burrowing Mayflies (Hexagenia spp.) in Lake Erie.

7/28/2005. USDA-ARS meeting, Fort Wayne, IN. Rock Creek Conservation Effects Assessment Program Project.