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CONTENTS
Introduction: W.N. Harman....................................................................................................1
ONGOING STUDIES:
OTSEGO LAKE WATERSHED MONITORING:
2008 Otsego Lake water levels. W.N. Harman & K.S. Ernst.........................................4
Otsego lake limnological monitoring, 2008, M.F. Albright & H.A. Waterfield.............6
A survey of Otsego Lake's zooplankton community, summer 2008 M.Albright.............16
Water quality monitoring of five major tributaries in the Otsego Lake watershed, summer 2008. J.M. Denby............................................................................................................24
SUSQUEHANNA RIVER MONITORING:
Monitoring water quality & fecal coliform bacteria in the upper Susquehanna River, summer 2008 . J.E. Matus...........................................................................................40
ARTHROPOD MONITORING:
Survey of sites which may support populations of Anopheles walkeri Theobald. W.L.Butts...............................................................................................................54
Mosquito Studies: Goodyear Swamp . W.L.Butts...............................................56
REPORTS:
Prey selection of predatory fish prior to and following walleye (Sander vitreus) stocking in Otsego Lake. C. Bueche....................................................................................57
Survey of Canisteo River freshwater pearly mussels ( Unionidae: Bivalva) in a reach around a proposed natural gas pipeline crossing north of Catatunk Road east of Adrian, NY W.N. Harman, P. Lord and L. Heiland ................................................... ........ 73
Unionid population survey in Susquehanna tributaries. N. Kishbaugh..............83
Continued monitoring of the Moe Pond ecosystem following the introduction of largemouth bass and smallmouth bass ((Mictopterus salmoides and M. dolomieu, respectively). K.F. Finger summer 2008. ............................................................................85
Summer 2008 trap net monitoring of littoral fish communities at Rat Cove and Brookwood Point J.M. Byrne..................................................................................................99
Monitoring the dynamics of Galerucella spp. and purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) in the Goodyear Swamp Sanctuary 2008 H.A. Warerfield.........................104
Walleye ( Sander vitreus) reintroduction update: Walleye stocking, gill netting 2008. M.D. Cornwell and N.D. McBride................................................ ...............................112
Diel movements and habitat utilization of walleye (Sander vitreus) in Otsego Lake, New York.J.M.Byrne, D.S. Stitch and J.R. Foster................................................................120
Mark-recapture and catch per unit effort measures of walleye (Sander vitreus) abundance in Otsego Lake, NY J.C. Lydon, M.D. Cornwell, J.R. Foster, T.E. Brooking and S. Caveliere...............................................................................................................................137
Floristic survey of Big Meadow, Greenwoods Conservancy, summer 2008. R. Searles and A. Ryburn.............................................................................................................................147
Water quality monitoring in the headwaters of the Susquehanna River, Otsego County, New York, summer 2008. M. Reed.........................................................................158
Treatment performance of advanced onsite wastewater treatment systems in the Otsego Lake watershed, 2008 results. H.A. Waterfield and S. Kessler..........................168
Pilot Survey of Canandarago Lake and its tributaries, 2008. C. Bailey and M.F. Albright..........................................................................................................................................179
Update on zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) invasion and establishment in Otsego Lake 2008. H. A. Waterfield.......................................................................................200
TECHNICAL REPORT #26
Aquatic macrophyte management plan facilitation. Lake Moraine, Madison County 2008. W.N. Harman, M.F. Albright and L. Zach .....................................................................205