1996 Annual Report


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1996: 29th Annual Report

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29th Annual Report CONTENTS


Title	Author(s)	page
Introduction	W.N. Harman	1

ONGOING STUDIES:

OTSEGO LAKE WATERSHED MONITORING:
1996 Otsego Lake water levels	W.N. Harman & K.S. Ernst	3
Otsego lake limnological monitoring, 1996	M.F. Albright	7
Water quality monitoring and benthic community in the Otsego Lake watershed	B.L. Hewett	16
Analysis of fecal coliform concentrations of Otsego Lake's tributaries and the upper Susquehanna River, 1996	C. Miller	43

SUSQUEHANNA RIVER MONITORING:
Monitoring the water quality of the upper Susquehanna River, summer 1996	J. Lopez and E. Bridger	58
Zebra Mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) monitoring program in the upper Susquehanna River	B. Hewett and R. Ferguson	67

ARTHROPOD MONITORING:
Mosquito Studies - Survey of upland sites: Greenwoods	W.L. Butts	72
Mosquito Studies - Upper Site (site record)	W.L. Butts	76

VERTEBRATE MONITORING:
Bird list - Greenwoods	W.L. Butts	77
1996 avian observations at Rum Hill and the Upper Site	M.A. Sharick	79

REPORTS:
An estimation of the density, abundance, biomass and species composition of the Otsego Lake pelagic fish community and zooplankton and alewife phosphorus regeneration	D. Warner, L. Rudstam, and W.N. Harman	86
Biological control of purple loosestrife in Goodyear Swamp Sanctuary, Otsego County, New York	E. Jorczak	97
A floral survey of the yellow trail at Greenwoods Conservancy	A. Barra	100
Biological survey of arthropods - Greenwoods Conservancy	R.K. Basile	108
Two new fish species captured in Otsego Lake tributaries	J.R. O'Connor	113a
A fisheries survey of Cripple Creek	M.M. Miner	120
Size, age and growth of nesting male pumkinseed sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus) in Rat Cove, Otsego Lake, NY	J.R. O'Connor, J.R. Foster, J. Urban and J. Hakala	126
Macrobenthic invertebrate surveys of Waneta and Lamoka lakes, Schuyler County, New York, September, 1996	M. Albright and W.N. Harman	133