2001 Annual Report

INTRODUCTION:

W. N. Harman..................1

ONGOING STUDIES:

OTSEGO LAKE WATERSHED MONITORING:

2001 Otsego Lake water levels.

W.N. Harman and K.S. Ernst..................6

Otsego Lake limnological monitoring, 2001.

M.F. Albright..................8

Chlorophylla analysis of Otsego Lake, summer 2001.

K. Wayman..................18

Water quality monitoring of five major tributaries in the Otsego Lake watershed, summer 2001.

C.A. Parker..................23

Analysis of fecal coliform concentrations in Otsego Lake’s northern tributaries, summer 2001.

D.S. Albright..................33

SUSQUEHANNA RIVER MONITORING:

Monitoring the water quality and fecal coliform bacteria in the upper Susquehanna River, summer 2001.

K. Hill..................40

ARTHROPOD MONITORING:

Mosquito Studies – 2001 Greenwoods Conservancy.

W.L. Butts..................50

Mosquito studies: Greenwoods distribution map.

W.L. Butts..................53

Mosquito studies – 2001 Thayer farm.

W.L. Butts..................57

VERTEBRATE MONITORING:

Bird list - Greenwoods Conservancy as of 1/1/02.

E. Peterson..................59

Rum Hill and Upper Site avian observations, 1999-2001.

M.A. Sharick..................63

Avian observations, Rum Hill and the Upper Site, spring 2001.

D. Donnelly..................73

REPORTS:

Evaluating phosphorus migration from septic systems near Otsego Lake.

J.E. Green..................88

A preliminary report on the evaluation of changes in water quality in a stream following the implementation of agricultural best management practices.

M.F. Albright..................101

An analysis of genetic variability of Myriophyllum spicatum in Madison County lakes.

M.E. Miller..................112

Biological control of purple loosetrife (Lythrum salicaria) in Goodyear Swamp Sanctuary using leaf-eating beetles (Galerucella spp.).

S. Groff..................119

Initial results of leather-leaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata) and speckled alder (Alnus rugosa) cutting regime on plant biodiversity on Cranberry Bog.

S. Dahl..................130

Walleye (Stizostidion vitreum) reintroduction update: Walleye stocking and electrofishing. M.D. Cornwell..................135

Quantitative description of predator diets prior and subsequent to walleye (Stizostidion vitreum) stocking in Otsego Lake.

B. McDonnell and M.D. Cornwell..................140

The significance of bluegill predation on walleye stocking.

H. Meehan..................149

Evidence of rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) spawning in Mohican Canyon, a tributary of Otsego Lake.

M.D. Cornwell..................152

Assessment of the Rat Cove fish community, summer 2001.

H. Meehan..................156

The continuing evaluation of Moe Pond after the unauthorized stocking of smallmouth and largemouth bass.

K.A. Wojnar..................166

TECHNICAL REPORTS:

BFS Technical Report #12.

Limnological investigations of four small lakes for the development of management recommendations.

W.N. Harman, M.F. Albright and T.G. Horvath..................177

Limnological investigations of Canadarago Lake, Otsego County, NY.

W.N. Harman, M.F. Albright and T.G. Horvath..................179

Limnological investigations of Kayuta Lake, Oneida County, NY.

W.N. Harman,M.F. Albright and T.G. Horvath..................187

Limnological investigations of Larchwood Lake, Otsego County,NY.

W.N. Harman, M.F. Albright and T.G. Horvath..................196

Limnological investigations of Arnold Lake, Otsego County, NY.

W.N. Harman, M.F. Albright and T.G. Horvath..................202

BFS Technical Report #13.

Aquatic macrophyte management plan facilitation, Moraine Lake, Madison County, NY.

W.N. Harman, P.H. Lord, M.F. Albright and M.E. Miller..................211

BFS Technical Report #14.

Report on the 3rd year of monitoring the New York Power Authority transmission line right-of-way within Greenwoods Conservancy, Otsego County, New York, 2000.

W. N. Harman, M.F. Albright..................214

Monitoring vegetative succession on established transects across the Volney-Marcy South right of way through Greenwoods Conservancy, summer 2001.

B.S. Brodie..................215

Aquatic invertebrate surveys of two ponds in Greenwoods Conservancy, one on and the other off the Volney-Marcy South right of way.

B.S. Brodie..................258

An amphibian survey of two ponds in Greenwoods Conservancy.

J.E. Green ..........…266

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