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Updated 7 July 2025
Determination of per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in an Urban Watershed
Dongmei Alvi1, Elizabeth Smiley1, Joan Wirt1, and Jianyong Wu2
1Occoquan Lab, Virginia Tech, Manassas, Virginia; 2Division of Environmental Health Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Algal Community Response to Pulse and Press Disturbances in Central Texas Ponds
E. Mary Mullins and Victoria Chraibi
Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas
Validating the Pond Shoreline Assessment Tool (PSAT) Using Grand Strand Stormwater Wet Ponds to Implement as a Future Inspection Technique
Lillian Doll1, Sarah Waickowski2, Amy Scaroni2, and Joshua Robinson3
1Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina; 2Clemson University, Georgetown, South Carolina; 3Robinson Design Engineers, Charleston, South Carolina
Diatoms and Sediment Core Chronology – A Tool to Reconstruct Baseline (Pre-industrial) Nutrients in New Jersey Lakes
Mihaela Enache1, Johannus Franken1, Brian Taylor1, Marina Potapova2, William Kenney III3, and Biswarup Guha1
1New Jersey DEP, Trenton, New Jersey; 2Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia at Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 3University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
The Contrasting Responses of Phytoplankton and Benthic Algae to Spatially Variable TN:TP Ratios in a Large, Shallow Hypereutrophic Lake
Hanna Innocent1, Anna Wachnicka2, Andrew Bramburger3, and Evelyn Gaiser1
1Florida International University, Miami, Florida; 2South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, Florida; 3Environment Canada, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Early Detection and Rapid, Coordinated Management Responses Contain Starry Stonewort Spread in Five Minnesota Lakes
Jake Walsh1, Christine Jurek2, Emelia Hauck-Jacobs2, and Steven McComas3
1Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota—Twin Cities, St. Paul, Minnesota; 2Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, St. Paul, Minnesota; 3Blue Water Science, St. Paul, Minnesota
Homemade “Tools of the Trade” Ease Sampling on Candlewood Lake
Steve Kluge, Michael Gasperino, and Neil Stalter
Candlewood Lake Authority, New Fairfield, Connecticut
Tracking the Fall Pump-Up of Candlewood Lake in SW Connecticut
Steve Kluge, Jenny Degarmeaux, and Neil Stalter
Candlewood Lake Authority, New Fairfield, Connecticut
A Survey of the Parasites of Morone saxatilis (Striped Bass) in the Hudson River, New York
Delaney Long and Florian Reyda
SUNY Oneonta, Oneonta, New York
Global Challenges: Freshwater – Development of a Transdisciplinary Undergraduate Certificate Program
Emily R. Nodine, Nancy Chick, Kassy Holmes, Lee Lines, and Anne M. Stone
Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida
Using Rhodamine WT Dye as an Aquatic Herbicide Tracer to Quantify Site-Specific Water Exchange Rates in Hydrilla-Infested Tidal Areas of the Connecticut River
Amber Riner1, Jonathan Glueckert2, Mike Durham3, Andrew Howell4, and Benjamin Sperry3
1ORISE, US Army Corps of Engineers Environmental Laboratory, Gainesville, Florida; 2Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants, Gainesville, Florida; 3US Army Corps of Engineers Environmental Laboratory, Gainesville, Florida; 4NC State Crop and Soil Sciences, Raleigh, North Carolina
Informing Watershed Management Decisions Through Source Tracking of Bacteria and Turbidity Across the Three Sub-watersheds of Edisto Island
Brynne Sumner1, Amy E. Scaroni2, Stefanie Whitmire2, and D. Tye Pettay3
1Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina; 2Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science, Georgetown, South Carolina; 3Department of Natural Sciences, University of South Carolina Beaufort, Beaufort, South Carolina
Using Satellite Imagery to Detect Northern Hydrilla: Time-Series Analysis of Northern Hydrilla in the Connecticut River From 1994–2024.
Summer Weidman1, Jeremiah Foley1, and Chandi Witharana2
1CAES OAIS, New Haven, Connecticut; 2UConn ARIAL Lab, Storrs, Connecticut