Lake Winnipeg Research Consortium
Annual Science Meeting Agenda
Wednesday
March 24th, 2010
9:00 AM
to 3:30 PM
Holiday
Inn South - 1330 Pembina Highway
MORNING
SESSION – 9:00 AM
Welcome
Manitoba Water
Stewardship – Lake Winnipeg Update
Nicole
Armstrong (on behalf of Elaine Shipley*) – MB Water Stewardship (*Elaine.Shipley@gov.mb.ca)
Update on the Lake Winnipeg Basin
Initiative
Nancy
Hnatiuk – Environment Canada, Winnipeg (Nancy.Hnatiuk@ec.gc.ca)
Response
of Benthos and Zooplankton to Nutrient Enrichment in Lake Winnipeg
Brenda Hann*1 and A. Salki2
1.
University
of Manitoba, Biological Sciences (*Brenda_Hann@umanitoba.ca)
2.
Salki Consultants Inc., Winnipeg
Trophic Study of Invasive Rainbow Smelt (Osmerus mordax) and Native Walleye (Sander vitreus) in Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba
Katie T.
Sheppard*, B. Hann & G. Davoren –
University of Manitoba, Biological Sciences (*umsheppk@cc.umanitoba.ca)
COFFEE
– ends at 10:30 AM
Using Mitochondrial and Microsatellite DNA
Variation to Investigate Population Structure of Walleye (Sander vitreus) in Lake Winnipeg
Stephanie
Backhouse* & M. Docker – University of Manitoba, Biological Sciences
(*umbackhs@cc.umanitoba.ca)
Abundance of Small
Fishes in the Offshore Waters of Lake Winnipeg
Chelsey
Lumb*¹, W. Franzin2
and D. Watkinson2
1. Manitoba
Water Stewardship, Fisheries Branch (*Chelsey.Lumb@gov.mb.ca)
2. Fisheries
and Oceans Canada, Freshwater Institute, Winnipeg
An assessment of
Cyanobacterial Toxins in Lake Winnipeg
Brian G.
Kotak*1, S. Watson2, H. Kling3 and C. Herbert4
1.
AlgalTox International, Pine Falls (*miette@xplornet.com)
2.
AEMRD, Environment Canada
3.
Algal Taxonomy and Ecology Inc.,
Winnipeg
4.
Parks Canada
Determination of Microcystins and
Anatoxins in Fish, Plankton, and Water by LC-MS/MS
Gary Neumann*¹, V. Roscoe¹, G.
Lombaert¹, T. Rawn²
1.
Health
Canada, Food Program Laboratory, Winnipeg (*Gary.Neumann@hc-sc.gc.ca)
2.
Health
Canada, Bureau
of Chemical Safety, Food Research Division, Ottawa
LUNCH (a
buffet is available at the hotel)
AFTERNOON SESSION – 1:00
PM
M. Yamin
Janjua – Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Freshwater
Institute (*yaminjanjua@hotmail.com)
The Role of Flooding in Phosphorous Loading to
Lake Winnipeg
Greg
McCullough*1, M. Stainton2
1. University
of Manitoba, CEOS, Environment and Geography (*gmccullo@cc.umanitoba.ca)
2. Fisheries
and Oceans Canada, Freshwater Institute, Winnipeg
Nutrient
Sequestration in the Lake Winnipeg Basin
Brian
Parker – Environment Canada, Winnipeg (Brian.Parker@ec.gc.ca)
Fish Habitat Management in Three Manitoba First Nations
Bruce
Maclean – Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources, Winnipeg (bmaclean@cier.ca)
Mark L.
Hanson*1, J. Carlson1,2, W. Buhay3, and C. Wong2.
1. University
of Manitoba, Environment and Geography (*hansonm@cc.umanitoba.ca)
2. University
of Winnipeg, Richardson College for the Environment
3. University
of Winnipeg, Geography
Environment Canada Geoportal Update
Sarah
Hall – Environment Canada (Sarah.Hall@ec.gc.ca)
The National Aquatic Invasive Species
Database: Data sharing in the Lake Winnipeg Watershed
Lynn
Frazer* & L. Wesson – Fisheries and Oceans Canada,
Freshwater Institute, Winnipeg (*Lynn.Frazer@dfo-mpo.gc.ca)
Lake Winnipeg Foundation - Project
Initiatives
Lyle
Lockhart – Lake Winnipeg Foundation (llockhart@shaw.ca)
Ute Holweger – Agriculture
and Agri-Food Canada, Agri-Environment
Services Branch (Ute.Holweger@agr.gc.ca)
Wrap-up of Science Meeting
COFFEE