6/7/18

June 14th

Room

Arundel A

Arundel B

Arundel C

Prince George

8:40

10:40

Thursday
Early Morning
Session

K. Observations and Modeling of Chesapeake Bay Wetlands and Coupled Sub-estuaries: Advancing Understanding through Comparative Analyses (Patrick Neale, Maria Tzortziou, Raleigh Hood, Blake Clark) [2h]

M1. Water Clarity in Chesapeake Bay: trends, drivers, and research priorities (Jeni Keisman, Carl Friedrichs) [Part 1 of 2: 2h]

N1. Understanding Nutrient Transport in the Chesapeake Watershed: Legacies, Lag Times, Mechanisms, Drivers and Solutions (Daniel Wilusz, Bill Ball, Ciaran Harman, Karen Rice and Rosemary Fanelli) [Part 1 of 2: 2h]

O1. Using Environmental Biomarkers to Study Chesapeake Bay's Ecosystems (Christina Bradley) [2h]

8:40

9:00

Thur-AM-1

Alana Menendez, M. Tzortziou, P. Neale, Temporal variability of fluorescent dissolved organic matter at a brackish, tidal marsh-estuary interface

Stephanie Barletta, Suspended sediment variability in the surface layer of upper Chesapeake Bay

Kimberly Van Meter, P. Van Cappellen, Q. Zhang, N. Basu, Landscape Legacies: Long-Term Nitrogen Trajectories in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and Beyond

Matthew Ogburn, R. Aguilar, K. Lohan, L. Plough, Applying Biomarkers to the Study of Trophic Dynamics and Connectivity

9:00

9:20

Thur-AM-2

Amanda Knobloch, M. Brush, W. Reay, J. Zhang, E. Canuel, Sources and Fluxes of Dissolved and Particulate Carbon at the Marsh-Estuarine Interface

Carl Friedrichs, J. Keisman, Describing and explaining Chesapeake Bay water clarity: A literature review

Shuyu Chang, D. Wilusz, C. Harman, Effects of Climate Variability on Nitrate Export: SWAT Modeling in the Chesterville Catchment of the Eastern Shore, MD

Joseph Craine, Environmental DNA reveals multi-assemblage eutrophication responses in the Potomac

9:20

9:40

Thur-AM-3

Patrick Neale, K. Rose, M. Tzortziou, C. Gallegos, T. Jordan, Spectral model of light attenuation in the Rhode-River subestuary: Identifying drivers of spatial variability and long-term trends

Julia Moriarty, M. Friedrichs, Courtney Harris, Effects of Seabed Resuspension on Primary Productivity and Remineralization in Chesapeake Bay

Daniel Wilusz, D. Fuka, S. Chang, W. Ball, C. Harman, Using travel time data and a modified SWAT model to understand groundwater nitrate lag times in the Eastern Shore, MD

Nicole Hammond, A. Nalesnik, C. J. Bradley, An analysis of nutrient concentration and marine signaling in a freshwater ecosystem pre- and post-removal of dams

9:40

10:00

Thur-AM-4

M. Karinna Nunez, J. Zhang, W. Reay, C. Hershner, Cross-scale simulations: An innovative approach to evaluate the impacts of climate change on tidal marsh habitats

Elka Porter, B. Johnson, L. Sanford, Effect of hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, density and bottom shear on sediment erodibility

John Schubert, J. Czuba, Quantifying Sediment and Legacy Pollutant Residence-Time Distributions in Floodplains

Vicki Blazer, H. Walsh, M. Schall, B. Keplinger, G. Smith, J. Mullican, K. Smalling, Importance of long term monitoring to understand impaired fish health

10:00

10:20

Thur-AM-5

Blake Clark, R. Hood, Modeling of complex flow patterns across a large estuarine and tidal wetland complex in southern Dorchester County, MD

Qian Zhang, Joel Blomquist, Watershed Export of Fine Sediment, Organic Carbon, and Chlorophyll-a to Chesapeake Bay: Spatial and Temporal Patterns in 1984-2016

James Pizzuto, D. Karwan, K. Skalak, Sediment Storage Retards Benefits of Upland Sediment BMPs in Large Watersheds Drained By Alluvial Rivers

Heather Walsh, V. Blazer, L. Iwanowicz, Testes Transcriptome Development and Molecular Identification of Intersex in Smallmouth Bass from Tributaries in the Chesapeake Bay

10:20

10:40

Thur-AM-6

Pamela Braff, C. Hershner, K. Havens, Modeling the Distribution of Headwater and Isolated Wetlands in a Coastal Plain Watershed

Jeremy Testa, V. Lyubchich, Qian Zhang, Patterns and Trends in Secchi Disk Depth over Three Decades in the Chesapeake Bay Estuarine Complex

Karen Rice, A. Mills, R. Fanelli, A. Soroka, Thirty Years of Dissolved Phosphorus Dynamics in Nine Freshwater Tributaries to the Chesapeake Bay

Megan Schall, V. Blazer, H. Walsh, G. Smith, R. Lorantas, T. Wertz, T. Wagner, Investigating occurrence of disease characteristics and trends in smallmouth bass abundance in rivers within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

10:40

11:00

Break (20 minutes)

11:00

1:00

Thursday
Late Morning
Session

L. Modeling of Climate Change Consequences for Phase III Watershed Implementation Plans (Don Boesch) [2h]

M2. Water Clarity in Chesapeake Bay: trends, drivers, and research priorities [Part 2 of 2: 1h]

N2. Understanding Nutrient Transport in the Chesapeake Watershed: Legacies, Lag Times, Mechanisms, Drivers and Solutions [Part 2 of 2: 1h]

11:00

11:20

Thur-AM-7

The Chesapeake Bay Program is challenged to address the many uncertainties in estimating nutrient load reductions needed to maintain water quality objectives as global and regional climate changes. Lewis Linker will present an overview of this challenge and modeling to date. Panelists Lee Currey, Zach Easton, Maria Herrmann and Ray Najjar will discuss recent reviews of the modeling efforts and offer recommendations on effective paths forward. Ample opportunity for audience participation will be provided.

Rebecca Murphy, J. Keisman, Comparison of Secchi depth and Kd trends while adjusting for freshwater input variations

Rosemary Fanelli, J. Blomquist, R. Hirsch, Drivers of orthophosphate trends in tributaries to Chesapeake Bay

11:20

11:40

Thur-AM-8

Nicole M. Deluca, B. Zaitchik, F. Curriero, Can multispectral information improve remotely sensed estimates of total suspended solids? A statistical study in the Chesapeake Bay

Qian Zhang, D. Ha, H. Wei, W. Ball, Retrospective Analysis of Sediment-Associated Phosphorus Concentration in the Major Tributaries to Chesapeake Bay

11:40

12:00

Thur-AM-9

Jeni Keisman, C. Friedrichs, C. Buchanan, R. Batiuk, J. Blomquist, J. Cornwell, M. Lane, S. Lyubchich, K. Moore, R. Murphy, G. Noe, R. Orth, E. Porter, L. Sanford, J. Testa, M. Trice, Q. Zhang, R. Zimmerman, Examining trends in water clarity in the Chesapeake Bay: A synthesis of findings from recent STAC workshops

Aaron Cook, J. Shortle, A second-best market design for lagged, persistent pollutants

12:00

12:20

Thur-AM-10

12:20

12:40

1:00

Bold names are the first author. Underlined names are presenters, if different than the first author.