2009 Science & Environmental Summit
| Event | Session | Date |
| Monday | Keynote and Plenary Presentations | |
| Session 1. Climate Change (Joint Special Session) | Monday 12 Jan. 2009 | |
| Session 2. Living Resources and Ecological Processes (Concurrent) | Monday 12 Jan. 2009 | |
| Session 3. Marketing Your Message (Concurrent) | Monday 12 Jan. 2009 | |
| Session 4. Horseshoe Crabs (Concurrent) | Monday 12 Jan. 2009 | |
| Session 5. Setting Conservation Priorities (Concurrent) | Monday 12 Jan. 2009 | |
| Session 6. Poster Session (Joint) | Monday 12, Tues. 13, Wed. 14 Jan. 2009 | |
| Live Polling on Estuary Priorities- Live Polling Results & Written Results | Monday 12 Jan. 2009 | |
| Ad Hoc Panel: State of the Delaware Estuary & River Basin | Monday 12 Jan. 2009 | |
| Tuesday | Session 7. Restoration, Enhancement, & Conservation (Concurrent) | Tuesday 13 January 2009 |
| Session 8. Pollutants & Contaminants (Concurrent) | Tuesday 13 January 2009 | |
| Session 9. Panel Discussion- PDE Steering Committee (Joint) | Tuesday 13 January 2009 | |
| Session 10. Wetlands & Other Habitats (Concurrent) | Tuesday 13 January 2009 | |
| Session 11. Outrageous Outreach (Concurrent) | Tuesday 13 January 2009 | |
| Session 12. Indicators & Monitoring (Concurrent) | Tuesday 13 January 2009 | |
| Session 13. “Fun”-damental Fundraising | Tuesday 13 January 2009 |
| Wednesday | Session 14. Water Quality & Quantity I (Concurrent) | Wednesday 14 Jan. 2009 |
| Session 15. Partnership Approaches: Working with Schools, Local Government, and Communities (Concurrent) | Wednesday 14 Jan. 2009 | |
| Session 16. Physical Processes (Concurrent) | Wednesday 14 Jan. 2009 | |
| Session 17. Water Quality & Quantity II (Concurrent) | Wednesday 14 Jan. 2009 | |
| Session 18. Hot Topics (Joint) | Wednesday 14 Jan. 2009 |
Science Conference Presentations
| Session | Presenters | Title (Presentation No.) | File Type |
| Keynote Speaker | Jerry Schubel | “You Talkin’ To Me” | No File |
| Session 1
Climate Change (Invited Speakers) Monday Moderators: Dorina Frizzera & Nathaniel B. Weston |
S. Jeffress Williams | Sea-level rise and storm effects on coastal systems under changing global climate. | PDF File of Talk |
| Mike Szabados | Understanding Sea Level | PDF File of Talk | |
| John D’Agostino | New Jersey Coastal Management & Planning for Delaware Bay Coastal Hazards | PDF File of Talk | |
| David Carter | Local planning for climate change adaptation in a social environment of scientific uncertainty | No file | |
| Ray G. Najjar | Climate projections for Delaware Bay and its watershed | No file | |
| Danielle Kreeger | Adapting to changing climate, watersheds and ecological interactions in the Delaware Estuary | PDF File of Talk | |
| Session 2
Living Resources and Ecological Processes Monday Moderators: Susan Kilham & Roger Thomas |
Eric N. Powell | Multiple stable points in oyster populations | PDF File of Talk |
| Kathryn Ashton-Alcox | The Delaware Bay shell planting program after 3 years: oyster recruitment enhancement and carbonate budget | PDF File of Talk | |
| Eileen E. Hofmann | Understanding disease resistance in estuarine populations and response to climate change | No file | |
| Shawn Shotzberger | Reframing introduced species policy in the Delaware Estuary Watershed | PDF File of Talk | |
| Gurdeep Bains | Can plant & microbial biochemistry contribute to understanding of invasion ecology? | No file | |
| Steven Pearson | Resource overlap and potential competition between invasive red-eared slider turtles and threatened native red-bellied turtles in the upper Delaware Estuary. | PDF File of Talk | |
| Session 3
Marketing Your Message Monday |
Peter Mitchell | Marketing Your Message | No File |
| Session 4
Horseshoe Crabs (Special Session) Monday |
Roy W. Miller | Complexities and challenges of managing horseshoe crabs in an ecosystem context | PDF File of Talk |
| Robert E. Loveland | Sands of time: survival of the grittest | PDF File of Talk | |
| Mark L. Botton | The importance of horseshoe crabs in the ecology of Delaware Bay: more than just bird food? | PDF File of Talk | |
| James F. Cooper | The expanding role of Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) reagent in the global pharmaceutical industry | PDF File of Talk | |
| David R. Smith | Adaptive management of horseshoe crabs and red knots in Delaware Bay: could it be home at last? | PDF File of Talk | |
| Glenn A. Gauvry | Survival of the worlds four horseshoe crab species requires a global perspective | No File | |
| Session 5
Setting Conservation Priorities Monday |
Martha Corrozi Narvaez, Maureen HS Nelson | White Clay Creek state of the watershed report | PDF File of Talk |
| Jennifer Adkins | Prioritizing land protection to protect source water in Schuylkill River | PDF File of Talk | |
| Priscilla Cole | Building Consensus on Priorities for the Delaware Estuary: The PDE Alliance for Comprehensive Ecosystem Solutions | PDF File of Talk | |
| Session 6
Poster Session Monday and Tuesday |
Shaun Bailey. ecodelaware.com. | PDF of Poster | |
| Kelly Bemis, Jeremy Bell, Eric Requa, Lindsay Cappa, Steven Ordog, and Kathryn Goddard-Doms. Differences in parasite burden in two species of fish throughout the Darby Creek watershed. | PDF File of Poster | ||
| Jill R. Brown and Douglas C. Miller. Changing distributions of the sandbuilder worm Sabellaria vulgaris : multiple survey methodology for intertidal habitats in Delaware Bay. | PDF of Poster | ||
| David Bushek, Susan Ford, Ximing Guo, Iris Burt, Brenda Landau, Coren Milbury, Emily Scarpa and Liusuo Zhang. Field and laboratory studies to understand disease resistance in the Delaware Bay oysters and response to climate. | PDF of Poster | ||
| David Bushek, Brian Marsh and Peter Van Veld. An assessment of a methoprene-containing insecticide on horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) using proteomics and observations of embryonic development and survival. | PDF of Poster | ||
| Priscilla Cole and Danielle Kreeger. The Delaware Estuary Climate Ready Pilot: Vulnerability Assessment and adaptation Planning. | PDF of Poster | ||
| Stephen K. Davis, Lawrence D. Malizzi, Dennis Petrocelli and Doug Lashley. How prospective restoration or restoration up front could be used in the Delaware River watershed. | PDF of Poster | ||
| Aaron Gibson, Frank Marenghi, and Gulnihal Ozbay. Assessment of artificial oyster habitat for blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) population in Delaware’s Inland Bays. | PDF of Poster | ||
| Matthew W. Gray, Danielle Kreeger and Angela Padeletti. Monitoring fitness of caged mussels (Elliptio complanata) to assess and prioritize streams for restoration in Southeastern Pennsylvania. | PDF of Poster | ||
| Simeon Hahn, Anthony Dvarskas, Jill Bodnar, Danielle Kreeger, Laura Whalen, Paul Racette, and Lance Butler. Regional restoration planning case study in the Delaware Estuary: Ecosystem valuation along an urban waterfront. | PDF of Poster | ||
| Dale B. Haidvogel, John Wilkin and Joseph Wang. Modeling circulation and transport pathways for oyster larvae in Delaware Bay. | PDF of Poster | ||
| Rebecca L Hays and William J. Ullman. Eulerian sampling of marsh effluents for the determination of nutrient exchange between the Murderkill Estuary and adjacent salt marshes. | PDF of Poster | ||
| Andrew Homsey. Development of hydro-geomorphic modifiers for Delaware’s wetlands in the Delaware Estuary. | PDF of Poster | ||
| Richard J. Horwitz, Paul F. Overbeck, David H. Keller, and Shane M. Moser. American eel abundance: recent trends in southeastern Pennsylvania. | PDF of Poster | ||
| Young-Heon Jo and Richard T. Field. Estimation of water constituents in hyperspectral measurements in Rehoboth and Indian River Bay. | PDF of Poster | ||
| B. G. Katz, R. G. Najjar and M. E. Mann. Potential impact of changing sea level and streamflow on salinity of the upper Delaware Bay. | PDF of Poster | ||
| Danielle Kreeger, Jennifer Adkins, Laura Whalen and Priscilla Cole. A science-based regional restoration initiative in the Delaware Estuary. | PDF of Poster | ||
| Jerry Mead, Fredrick Scatena, Richard Horwitz, Yude Pan and Richard Birdsey. The growth potential of stream fishes as affected by changes in water temperature driven by climate and land-use in the Delaware River basin. | PDF of Poster | ||
| Douglas C. Miller and Stephen L. Gardiner. Acquisition, curation and digitization of a collection of Delaware Estuary benthic invertebrates from over fifty years ago. | PDF of Poster | ||
| Douglas C. Miller and Danielle Kreeger. Hard-bottom sampling methodology and characterization of a “sponge garden” in the Broadkill Slough as part of the Delaware Estuary Benthic Inventory. | PDF of Poster | ||
| Joshua Moody and David Bushek, Danielle Kreeger, Angela Padeletti and Laura Whalen. The Delaware Estuary Living Shoreline Initiative (DELSI). | PDF of Poster | ||
| Kristen Much, Lydia Civello, Sarah Wadsworth and Kathryn Goddard-Doms. Using macroinvertebrates and fish to assess the effects of Ithan Creek restoration through Radnor Valley Country Club, Delaware Co. PA. | PDF of Poster | ||
| Kenneth F. Najjar, Maggie Allio, J. Kent Barr, Pamela V’Combe, Michael Stokes, Drew Shaw, Alexis Melusky, Liz Feinberg and Khiet Luong. Water resources planning in estuary watersheds: the Upper Wissahickon Creek pilot study. | PDF of Poster | ||
| Diego A. Narváez, John M. Klinck, Eileen E. Hofmann, Eric N. Powell, Dennis Hedgecock. The effect of immigration on disease resistance in an oyster population: a numerical model study. | PDF of Poster | ||
| Ronald L. Ohrel, Jr, Lisa Tossey, Tamara Beeson, Elizabeth Boyle and Kimberly Doucette. Passport to personal action in Delaware Bay. | PDF of Poster | ||
| Angela T. Padeletti, Danielle A. Kreeger, Catherine M. Gatenby, Steven G. Hughes, Roger L. Thomas, Rosemary Malfi and Heidi Tucker-Wood. Musseling our way to restoration of the Delaware Estuary with the lightfoot mussel (Elliptio complanata). | PDF of Poster | ||
| Kelly A. Peeler, Jonathan H. Sharp, Yoana Voynova and Adam Pimenta. Primary production measurements along the Murderkill River. | PDF of Poster | ||
| S. Stephen Platt. Geologic sequestration: a proposed alternative to combat climate change. | PDF of Poster | ||
| Tatjana Prša, Nathaniel B. Weston and Melanie A. Vile. Changes in metabolic activity and community composition of sulfate reducing bacteria in tidal freshwater marsh soils in response to climate change and saltwater intrusion. | PDF of Poster | ||
| Nicole A. Raineault, Art C. Trembanis and Douglas C. Miller. Hard-bottom benthic habitats in Delaware Bay: Spatial and temporal dynamics. | PDF of Poster | ||
| Roger Reinhart. Stormwater infiltration practices and class V injection wells. | PDF of Poster | ||
| Alex Riter, Michael S. Kearney and Amy Jacobs. Assessment of Delaware Bay tidal wetland condition and change from 1993 to 2008. | PDF of Poster | ||
| Alison B. Rogerson, Amy D. Jacobs and Andrew M. Howard. The use of two wetland rapid assessment methods in Delaware. | PDF of Poster | ||
| Deanne C.T. Ross. Telling the story…Sharing the successes of the Schuylkill Watershed initiative grant and the Schuylkill Action Network. | PDF of Poster | ||
| Rebecca Rothweiler, Amy Jacobs, Mark Biddle, Gary Kreamer, and Stephen Williams Delaware wetlands conservation strategy. | PDF of Poster | ||
| David E. Russell, Danielle Kreeger, Angela Padeletti, Laura Whalen, Rene Searfoss, Jim Gouvas, Steven Donohue, Amie Howell, Charles Strobel, Henry A. Walker, Bartholomew Wilson, Douglas C. Miller and Irene Purdy. Survey of Delaware Estuary soft-bottom benthic communities: sampling design and 2008 field work. | PDF of Poster | ||
| Jonathan H. Sharp. Water quality monitoring as the backbone for Delaware Estuary ecosystem understanding. | PDF of Poster | ||
| Oluchi Ukaegbu and Gulnihal Ozbay. Investigating growth and cellular response of Prorocentrum minimum and Karlodinium veneficum across salinity gradient: application of molecular methods for species-specific quantification. | PDF of Poster | ||
| William J. Ullman, Mäella A. Dréan, Joseph R. Scudlark and Hassan Mirsajadi. Preliminary assessment of annual nutrient loads to the Murderkill Estuary, Delaware: watershed, wastewater, and atmospheric contributions. | PDF of Poster | ||
| David Velinsky, Don Charles, Roger Thomas and Christopher Sommerfield. Tidal marshes in the Delaware Estuary: historical reconstruction of chemical loadings and ecosystem effects. | PDF of Poster | ||
| Laura Whalen and Danielle Kreeger. Native Vegetation Classification System (NVCS): On-the-ground application of NVCS and future plans. | PDF of Poster | ||
| Karen Johnson and Laura Whalen. Partnerships developed through the Corporate Environmental Stewardship Program (CESP). | PDF of Poster | ||
| Kelly Wolfe, Erika Farris and Maureen Nelson. It’s easy being blue. | PDF of Poster | ||
| Brandon W. Muffley and Lynette LurigSurvey of New Jersey’s recreational blue crab fishery in Delaware Bay. (#13) | PDF of Poster | ||
| Paula Zelanko, Erin McKinley, Jeffrey T.F. Ashley, Marcel Vasquez, Richard Horwitz and David Velinsky. Trophic relationships within Tinicum Marsh, Philadelphia, PA: Insights from the stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen. | PDF of Poster | ||
| Session 7
Restoration, Enhancement, & Conservation Tuesday |
Elizabeth Ciuzio | Using the important bird areas program as a model for conservation planning in the Delaware Estuary | PDF File of Talk |
| Cristina Frank | Mapping priority areas for conservation in the Delaware Estuary: applying a GIS model to delineate important bird areas | PDF File of Talk | |
| Shandor J. Szalay | Project headwaters: a new framework for watershed restoration in the Delaware Estuary | PDF File of Talk | |
| Lance H. Butler | Evaluating the use of Fairmont Dam fish passage facility with application to anadromous fish restoration in the Schuylkill River, PA | PDF File of Talk | |
| Kathy Bergmann | Red streams blue: a subwatershed approach to restoring the estuary | PDF File of Talk | |
| Christopher F. Miller | The USDA-NRCS, Cape May Plant Materials Center- a case study in developing a revegetation plan for a brownfield site in Cape May County, NJ | PDF File of Talk | |
| Joe Berg | Improvements to natural channel design in urban estuarine watershed | PDF File of Talk | |
| Session 8
Pollutants & Contaminants Tuesday |
Jeffrey M. Fischer | Occurrence of organic wastewater-related compounds in streams entering the Delaware Estuary | No File |
| A. Ronald MacGillivray | Contaminants of emerging concern in the tidal Delaware River | PDF File of Talk | |
| Jeffrey T.F. Ashley | Bioaccumulation of PCBs and PBDEs within a tidal freshwater marsh | PDF File of Talk | |
| Robert Hindt | Development and implementation of a pollutant minimization plan for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB’s) in the Delaware Estuary | PDF File of Talk | |
| Paula Conolly | Unused pharmaceuticals education and disposal program in Philadelphia | PDF File of Talk | |
| Jeffrey M. Fischer | A spatially detailed assessment of nutrient loading in the Delaware River basin | No File | |
| Session 9
Panel Session- Meeting the Challenges of Tomorrow’s Estuary Tuesday |
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| Session 10
Wetlands & Other Habitats Tuesday |
Nathaniel B. Weston | The impact of climate change and sea-level rise on tidal freshwater marshes of the Delaware River Estuary | PDF File of Talk |
| Jim D’Agostino, Jr. | Mingo Creek freshwater tidal wetland restoration: wetland creation in an urban reach of the Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | PDF File of Talk | |
| Amy Alsfeld-Nazdrowicz | Effects of woody debris, microtopography, and organic matter amendments on the biotic community of constructed wetlands and their applications for wetland mitigation | PDF File of Talk | |
| Alison B. Rogerson | The condition of wetlands in the St. Jones Watershed, Delaware and application to restoration and protection targeting | PDF File of Talk | |
| Tracy Elsey | Consequences of interspecific variation in nitrogen and carbon pools of salt marsh plants | PDF File of Talk | |
| Bartholomew Wilson | Utilizing benthic mapping, biotelemetry, and 3-D GIS to assess sturgeon habitat in the Delaware River and Bay | PDF File of Talk | |
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Session 11 Outrageous Outreach Tuesday |
Deanne C.T. Ross | Shhh-don’t tell them you’re teaching- PA Coast Day | PDF File of Talk |
| Kimberly B. Cole | Thank You Delaware Bay- Developing an estuary awareness campaign | PDF File of Talk | |
| Crystal G. Gilchrist | Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy: The challenges of reaching and inspiring | No File | |
| Lisa D. Tossey | A PSA facelift-bringing traditional media up to the multimedia age | PDF File of Talk | |
| Barry Lewis | Getting the word out: Stormwaterpa, a multi-media blueprint for success | No File | |
| Chris Strohmeier | Techniques to Promote Streambank Fencing to the Plain Sect Farming Community | PDF File of Talk |
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Session 12 Indicators & Monitoring Tuesday |
E.F. Vowinkel | National monitoring network for coastal waters and their tributaries: the Delaware River basin demonstration project | PDF File of Talk |
| Y. Voynova | Long-term water quality trends in the Delaware Estuary from the boat run database | PDF File of Talk | |
| Greg Murphy | A watershed-level tool for assessing ecological conditions in the Delaware Estuary | PDF File of Talk | |
| Jane Fava | Streambank erosion and deposition assessment protocol: a tool for monitoring watershed restoration projects | PDF File of Talk | |
| Jessica Rittler Sanchez | Environmental results management: the role of indicators | PDF File of Talk |
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Session 13
Tuesday |
Andy Robinson | “Fun”-damental Fundraising | No File |
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Session 14 Water Quality & Quantity (1) Wednesday |
Gerald J. Kauffman | Water quality trends in the Delaware River basin from 1980 to 2005 | PDF File of Talk |
| Youness Sharifi | Numerical investigation of contamination transport on beaches under tidal influences | No File | |
| Adane M. Bobo | Groundwater flow for tide induced Alaska Prince William Sound beach | No File | |
| Yu-Hsiang Weng | Innovative sampling technique for monitoring naturally occurring colloidal particles in groundwater | PDF File of Talk |
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Session 15 Partnership Approaches: Working with Schools, Local Government & Communities Wednesday |
Lisa Calvo | Today’s students, tomorrow’s stewards- promoting oyster restoration through schools | PDF File of Talk |
| James M. Eisenhardt | Stone harbor bird sanctuary habitat restoration project~ it takes a whole village | PDF File of Talk | |
| Karen Johnson & Laura Whalen | Partnerships developed through the Corporate Environmental Stewardship Program (CESP) | No File | |
| Lisa Wool | Dog waste reduction through education and community partnerships | PDF File of Talk |
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Session 16 Physical Processes Wednesday |
David Osgood | Quantifying sediment retention within a restored headwater floodplain in the Delaware Bay watershed | PDF File of Talk |
| Sherestha Saini | Transport of horseshoe crab eggs and sediment over a tidal cycle on a sandy foreshore in Delaware Bay, New Jersey | PDF File of Talk | |
| Erik Haniman | Estimating bank erosion in the Wissahickon Creek Watershed: a bank pin monitoring approach | PDF File of Talk | |
| Joe Berg | Replacing incised headwater channels and failing stormwater infrastructure with regenerative stormwater conveyance | PDF File of Talk | |
| John A. Madsen | Using high-resolution 3D geophysical methods to constrain offshore sand resources for beach replenishment: Results from the Delaware Bay benthic mapping project | PDF File of Talk | |
| Nicole A. Raineault | Effects of bulkheads on estuarine beach swash zone processes and beach characteristics | PDF File of Talk |
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Session 17 Water Quality & Quantity (II) Wednesday |
Ali Abdollahi-Nasab | Saltwater flushing by freshwater in a laboratory beach | No File |
| Anthony K. Aufdenkampe | The role of a salt marsh in processing estuarine carbon and nitrogen: A complete species and isotope seasonal balance | No File | |
| Adam R. Pimenta | Using DIC analysis to accurately quantify estuarine community metabolism | PDF File of Talk | |
| Thomas E. McKenna | Characterizing tidal inundation of wetlands in the Murderkill Estuary (Kent County, Delaware) | PDF File of Talk | |
| Brian Dzwonkowski | Variability of sea-level and volume flux in the Murderkill River Estuary | PDF File of Talk | |
| Andrew J. Thuman | Tidal water quality modeling in the Murderkill River | No File |
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Session 18 Hot Topics Wednesday |
Gary R. Brown | Dredge sediments: Upgraded and sustainable operations | No File |
| Jennifer L. Halchak | Getting to the root of salinized bayside farmland managemen | PDF File of Talk | |
| Kelley H. Appleman | Measuring the recreational use value of migratory shorebirds in the Delaware Estuary | PDF File of Talk | |
| Michel C. Boufadel | Contingency planning for oil spills in the Delaware Estuary | No File | |
| Elizabeth Methratta | Evaluating the risk of initiating a reproductive population of Suminoe oysters from Triploid Aquaculture in Chesapeake Bay | PDF File of Talk | |
| Dan Soeder | Possible Water Resources Impacts from the Marcellus Shale Gas Drilling in the Delaware Basin | PDF File of Talk |