Workshop Preceedings:

Program

8:30	Welcome	Dr. J. Val Klump, UWM Great Lakes WATER Institute
8:45	Program Overview, Goals and Objectives	Harvey Bootsma, UWM Great Lakes WATER Institute
9:00	Cladophora Confounds Coastal Communities – Public Perceptions and Management Dilemmas	Vicky Harris, Wisconsin Sea Grant Rebekah Stauffer, Milwaukee Community Service Corps
9:30	Cladophora and the Beach: Public Health Implications	Gregory Kleinheinz, University of Oshkosh
10:00	Break
10:15	The Influence of Dreissena polymorpha Ejecta on Bacterial Nutrient Remineralization and Growth Efficiency	Brian Maybruck, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
10:45	Why Filamentous Green Algae Dominated Benthic Habitats After the Zebra Mussel Invasion in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron	Robert Pillsbury, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
11:15	The Interaction of Two Nuisance Species in Lake Michigan: Cladophora glomerata and Dreissena polymorpha	Wendy Stankovich, University of Wisconsin-Plattville
11:30	The Weakest Link and What makes it stink	Shannon Davis-Foust, John Janssen, UWM Great Lakes WATER Institute
12:00	Lunch
1:00	Molecular Phylogeography and Species Discrimination of Freshwater Cladophora (Cladophorales, Chlorophyta) in North America	Kirsten Muller, University of Waterloo
1:30	Nuisance Cladophora in Milwaukee Urban Streams - Habitats, Seasonality, Productivity, Nutrient trapping, Heavy Metal Sponging - the Ultimate Foodweb Bottleneck	Craig Sandgren, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2:00	Modeling Cladophora Growth: A Review of the Auer-Canale Framework	Martin Auer, Michigan Technological University
2:30	The Role of Dreissena in the Resurgence of Cladophora in Eastern Lake Erie	Scott Higgins, University of Waterloo
3:00	Break
3:10	Systematic Survey of Cladophora and Water Quality on the Wisconsin Lake Michigan Shoreline	Paul Garrison and Steve Greb, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
3:30	Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Cladophora Biomass and Nutrient Stoichiometry in Lake Michigan	Harvey Bootsma, Erica Young, John Berges University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
4:00	Can Activity of Enzymes Involved in Nutrient Assimilation be Useful as Indices of Nutrient Status in Cladophora?	Erica Young, John Berges, Harvey Bootsma, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
4:15	Discussion Session: Reaching a Consensus on What is Known, and Setting Future Research Priorities	Erica Young, John Berges, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee