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2004 Annual Report

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION: W. N. Harman..................................................................…………………... ….1

ONGOING STUDIES:

OTSEGO LAKE WATERSHED MONITORING:

2004 Otsego Lake water levels. W.N. Harman and K.S. Ernst..…..……….…... 4

Otsego Lake limnological monitoring, 2004. M.F. Albright..............………..6

Chlorophyll a concentrations in Otsego Lake, summer 2004. K. Murray....15

A survey of Otsego Lake’s zooplankton community, summer 2004. M.F. Albright, L. Hingula and R. Hamway…………………….........................................…………21

Water quality monitoring of five major tributaries in the Otsego Lake watershed, summer 2004. K. Murray and P. Leonard…………........................………..…..…28

SUSQUEHANNA RIVER MONITORING:

Monitoring the fecal coliform bacteria and water quality in the upper Susquehanna River, summer 2004. J. Hill…….……............................……………….……36

ARTHROPOD MONITORING

Mosquito Studies:Site records W.L.Butts……………….........….……..45

Mosquito Studies: Light trap collection of adults. W.L. Butts……………………47

Mosquito Studies: Sampling for Coquillettidia perturbans (Walker) larvae.W.L. Butts………………………………..49

VERTEBRATE MONITORING:

Avian observations- Greenwoods Conservancy. W.L. Butts……….…..51

REPORTS:

Hydroacoustic survey of Otsego Lake. T.E. Brooking & M.D. Cornwell..……....53

Summer 2004 trap net monitoring of the fish community in the littoral zone at Brookwood Point and Rat Cove. P.R. Leonard and J. Cheever……..….…………….....59

Monitoring of total phosphorus and total suspended solids during and after the use of the Aqua Cleaner^TM in A Fly Creek pond. K. Murray……………………...……..65

High-resolution, seismic reflection survey of the upper sediments in Otsego Lake, New York. D.A. Wood and J.D. Halfman……………………………………………...68

Diet analysis of predator fish in Otsego Lake prior and subsequent to walleye (Sander vitreus) stocking; day vs. night, 2004. J. Cheever……………………………..83

Further evaluation of the lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) spawning habitat in Otsego Lake. W. Tibbits………………................................………………………………92

Diet of lake trout (Salvelinus namycush) following alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) introduction in Otsego Lake, NY. J. Collins………………………..101

A report on the evaluation of changes in water quality in a stream following the implementation of agricultural best management practices. M.F. Albright…....…....105

Fifth annual report on the status of Moe Pond following the stocking of Micropterous salmoides and M. dolomieui. K. Lopata………………......……………...117

Benthic macroinvertebrate survey of Oaks Creek, Otsego County, NY, during the initial stages of zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) colonization. L. Hingula…………………………..................................................................................................128

Survey of veliger and adult zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) in Goodyear Lake. S. Armstrong…………………………………...........................……………………….137

Characterization of rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) spawning in Mohican Canyon, 2004. M.D. Cornwell……………………….........…………………………………144

The fish fauna of Weaver and Young Lake tributaries, with the first record of the brook stickleback (Culaea inconstans) in the Otsego Lake watershed.S.R. Jamieson, T.J. Somerville and J.R. Foster……………………………………..................................…..148

The invasion of the central mudminow (Umbra limi) into the Otsego Lake watershed. T.J. Somerville, S.R. Jamieson and J.R. Foster……………………………154

Monitoring purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) control using Galerucella spp. in Goodyear Swamp Sanctuary, 2004. M.F. Albright…………………………………158

Report on the 6^th year of monitoring vegetative succession along the Volney-South power line right of way in Greenwoods Conservancy, summer 2004. B. J. Bushen………………………….................………………………………………….164

TECHNICAL REPORTS:

BFS Technical Report #22. Aquatic macrophyte management plan facilitation, Moraine Lake, Madison County, NY, 2004.W.N. Harman, M.F. Albright,and K. Blanchard ……….............……....................................................................…………………….................172

Upper Susquehanna River Watershed-Cooperstown Area Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Study and Integrated Environmental Assessment: Post-restoration water quality and wildlife analysis of the FABADS sites (2003-2004).

(Executive summary only). S.S. Fickbohm