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2003 Annual Report

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CONTENTS 

INTRODUCTION:  W. N. Harman: 1 

ONGOING STUDIES:

OTSEGO LAKE WATERSHED MONITORING:

2003 Otsego Lake water levels.

W.N. Harman and K.S. Ernst:        4

Otsego Lake limnological monitoring, 2003.

M.F. Albright:        6

Chlorophyll a concentrations in Otsego Lake, summer 2003.

R. Schmidt:        16

Water quality monitoring of five major tributaries in the Otsego    Lake watershed, summer 2003.

H.A. Meehan:        22

SUSQUEHANNA RIVER MONITORING:

Monitoring the fecal coliform bacteria and water quality in the upper Susquehanna River, summer 2003.

M. Polus:        32

ARTHROPOD MONITORING:

Mosquito Studies.

W.L. Butts:        41

VERTEBRATE MONITORING:

Bird list - Greenwoods Conservancy as of 1/1/04.

E. Peterson:        51

REPORTS:

Phosphorus migration from a near-lake septic system in the Otsego Lake watershed, summer 2003.

H.A. Meehan:        55

Changes in water quality in an urban stream following the use of organically derived deicing products.

M.F. Albright:        62

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:        74

Pre-construction water quality monitoring of the Upper Susquehanna River Watershed-Cooperstown Area Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Study and Integrated Environmental Assessment.

S.S. Fickbohm:        87

Monitoring the effects of Galerucella spp. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) as a biocontrol agent of purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) in Goodyear Swamp Sanctuary, summer 2003.

C. MacNamara:        101

Continued monitoring of Moe Pond after the unauthorized stocking of smallmouth and largemouth bass.

R.J. Hamway:        110

An update on lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) spawning activities in Otsego Lake.

W.T. Tibbits:        121

Diet of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) following alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) introduction in Otsego Lake, NY.

J. High:        131

Summary of littoral fish trap net catch at Rat Cove and Brookwood Point, Otsego Lake, summer 2003.

R.E. Burns:        138

A survey of Otsego Lake’s zooplankton, summer 2003.

R.E. Burns:        143

Acoustic measures of the relationship between winter severity and overwinter mortality of alewives.

D.M. Warner and M.D. Cornwell:        151

A fisheries survey of Cripple Creek, summer 2003.

R. Schmidt:        160

Do long-term macrophyte management efforts in inland lakes effect system wide biotic richness and diversity?

W.N. Harman, L. Hingula and C. MacNamara:        165

Management of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) at Greenwoods Conservancy, Burlington, NY.

H. Burgess:        178

A species-area curve analysis of floras in 62 New York State counties.

D.W. Vogler:        191

Notes on invertebrate drift: A pilot study.

M.S. Gray:        194

Analysis of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera (EPT) richness and diversity of Guilford Creek, Guilford, NY.

P. Hazelton:        200

TECHNICAL REPORTS:

BFS Technical Report #19. Aquatic macrophyte management plan facilitation, Moraine Lake, Madison County, NY, 2003.

W.N. Harman, M.F. Albright,and R.E. Burns:        208

BFS Technical Report #20. Continued monitoring of vegetative succession along the Volney-Marcy South right-of-way, summer 2003.

J.K. Titus:        231

Technical Report #21. Establishing a connection: A survey of Eurasian water-milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum), its insect herbivores and fish in eight Madison County lakes (summary and table of contents only).

P.H. Lord:        244