2005 NEAEB Conference
Agenda Items
Draft Agenda - NEAEB 2005 (PDF) (4 pp, 89 K, about PDF)
Workshops
Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - There will
be two workshops offered at 9am.
- Laboratory Data Quality and Control Workshop,
presented by Gary Lester, EcoAnalysts. - The Use of Zooplankton as a Monitoring Tool In Lakes
Thursday, March 17, 2005.
- Advanced Midge Taxonomy Workshop,
presented by Robert Bode, NYSDEC and Rhonda J. Mendel, Mendel Environmental Services
If you plan to attend this workshop, please bring a microscope and ‘problem’ slides.
Friday, March 18, 2005.
- Development of Level IV Ecoregions for the Northeastern United
States
James M. Omernik, U.S. Geological Survey
Please e-mail your interest in attending any of these workshops to dlheitzm@gw.dec.state.ny.us
The
Great NEAEB Pail-In -
Thursday afternoon
(post-Plenary)
Have you ever wondered if your meter(s) that measure
pH, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, barometric pressure, latitude
and longitude, temperature, etc. are registering these parameters
accurately? What type of difficulties do low ionic strength waters
or extremely cold waters pose and how do you solve them? You
are encouraged to bring your meter and share your experiences.
We will have several pails of water with different characteristics
and will test our meters to see how closely they agree. The purpose
of this, sure to be “eye-opening” event, is to generate
discussion on common problems and their solutions when measuring
abiotic parameters.
In addition, sales representatives will give a short presentation on their new products. These may include luminescent measurement of dissolved oxygen, which requires N0 calibration and is immune to the effects of temperature and meters that are equipped with a palm pilot, allowing you to bring your custom-made field data sheets into the field.
Thursday Night Festivities:
The dinner speaker
for Thursday night’s banquet will be
Carl Heilman, an award winning nature photographer who specializes
in nature panoramas, murals, and nature photography of Lake George,
the Adirondacks, and New York State. For more information, visit
his website at www.carlheilman.com. 
Entertainment to follow the Thursday night banquet will be provided
by Captain Squeeze and the Zydeco Moshers. Their website is www.captainsqueeze.com.