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Jan Ciborowski
University of Windsor
Dept. of Biological Sciences
401 Sunset Avenue
Windsor, ON Canada N9B 3P4
Canada: (519)-253-3000 ext 2725
OR US:(313)-963-6112 ext. 2725
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University of Windsor
State of the Strait 2004 Conference Report
The following document summarizes the proceedings of the 2004 State of the Strait Conference, held at the University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario on December 2nd 2004.
Individual sections of the Proceedings are listed below in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format. To download a file, please click on the highlighted 'download' keyword. To be able to view these files you will need Adobe Acrobat reader (available from Adobe). To download the entire document (6.5MB) click here.
Individual sections of the Proceedings are listed below in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format. To download a file, please click on the highlighted 'download' keyword. To be able to view these files you will need Adobe Acrobat reader (available from Adobe). To download the entire document (6.5MB) click here.
 | Title pages | Download (167KB) |
| Table of contents | Download (117KB) |
| Executive summary and map | Download (180KB) |
| Acknowledgements | Download (112KB) |
| 1. | Introduction | Download (111KB) |
| 2. | The State of the Detroit River and Western Lake Erie | Download (105KB) |
| 3. | Keynote Address | Download (106KB) |
| 4. | Session Summaries | Download (215KB) |
| 5. | Key Findings and Concluding Remarks | Download (189KB) |
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| 6. | Session Abstracts and map of study locations | Download (204KB) |
| 6.1 | Utilization of Water Quality Monitoring Data to Support the City of Detroit's Long Term Combined Sewer Overflow Control Plan. Imad Salim, Wade Trim Associates, Detroit, Michigan Mirza Rabbaig, Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, Detroit, Michigan Tony Igwe, Wade Trim Associates, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Julie Aichler, CDM, Detroit, Michigan | Download (449KB) |
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| 6.2 | City of Windsor Pollution Control Services Monitoring Plan for Pollution Control and Prevention. Paul Drca, Environmental Support Services, City of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario | Download (229KB) |
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| 6.3 | Rouge River Water Quality: A Decade of Progress Colleen Hughes, CDM, Ann Arbor, Michigan Kelly Cave, Wayne County Department of Environment, Detroit, Michigan Joe Rathbun, Michigan Department of Environment Quality, Lansing, Michigan Chris Catalfio, Applied Science, Inc., Detroit, Michigan | Download (1.26 MB) |
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| 6.4 | Monitoring in Support of Modeling Ken G. Drouillard, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor,Ontario | Download (295KB) |
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| 6.5 | Fish and Fisheries of the Detroit River Timothy B. Johnson, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Lake Erie Fisheries Station, Wheatley,Ontario Robert C. Haas, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Lake St. Clair Fisheries Research Station,Mount Clemens, Michigan Don MacLennan and Stan Powell, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Lake Erie Fisheries Station,Wheatley, Ontario | Download (75KB) |
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| 6.6 | An Overview of Hawk Migration Studies by Southeastern Michigan Raptor Research at the Detroit River Mouth. Paul Cypher, Southeastern Michigan Raptor Research, Brownstown, Michigan | Download (253KB) |
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| 6.7 | Aerial Canvasback Survey of Lake St. Clair, Detroit River and Western Lake Erie. Joseph D. Robison, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Division, Pte. Mouillee StateGame Area, Rockwood, Michigan | Download (276KB) |
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| 6.8 | Trends in Bald Eagle Population Size and Productivity along the Detroit River and on the North Shore of Lake Erie. Dawn K. Laing and Debbie S. Badzinski, Birds Studies Canada, Port Rowan, Ontario | Download (216KB) |
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| 6.9 | Christmas Bird Counts and Project Feederwatch: Citizens in Action. Sarah Rupert, Point Pelee National Park of Canada, Leamington, Ontario | Download (178KB) |
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| 6.10 | Rouge River Watershed Volunteer Frog and Toad Survey. Sally Petrella, Friends of the Rouge, Dearborn, Michigan | Download (248KB) |
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| 6.11 | Stream Team: Ten Years of Downriver Watershed Monitoring. Bruce Szczechowski and John Nasarzewski, Southgate Anderson High School, Southgate, Michigan | Download (1.16MB) |
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| 6.12 | The Marsh Monitoring Program: Monitoring Ecological Integrity of Wetlands in Great Lakes Areas of Concern. Tara L. Crewe and Steven T.A. Timmermans, Bird Studies Canada, Port Rowan, Ontario | Download (410KB) |
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| 6.13 | New Contaminants in Snapping Turtles (Chelydra serpentina) from Areas of Concern in the Detroit River System: Hydroxylated forms of Polychlorinated Biphenlys and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether Flame Retardants. Shaogang Chu and Robert J. Letcher, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University ofWindsor, Windsor, Ontario Kim J. Fernie and Shane R. de Solla, Canadian Wildlife Service, Canada Centre for Inland Waters,Burlington, Ontario Göran Marsh, Department of Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden | Download (382KB) |
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| 6.14 | PBDES, PCBS, and DDE in Snapping Turtle Eggs from Canadian Areas of Concern on the Lower Great Lakes. Kim J. Fernie and Shane R. de Solla, Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada, Burlington,Ontario Shaogang Chu, Ken G. Drouillard and Robert J. Letcher, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario | Download (214KB) |
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| 6.15 | The U.S. Geological Survey Huron-Erie Corridor Initiative. Bruce A. Manny, Leon M. Carl, Sandra Morrison, S. Jerrine Nichols, Edward F. Roseman., S.C. Riley. U.S. Geological Survey Great Lakes Science Center | Download (380KB) |
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| 6.16 | Creation of Lake Sturgeon Spawning Habitat in the Detroit River. Bruce Manny, Great Lakes Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Ann Arbor, Michigan Jennifer Read, Michigan Sea Grant College Program, Ann Arbor, Michigan Douglas Denison, SmithGroup JJR, Ann Arbor, Michigan Robert Reider, DTE Energy, Detroit, Michigan Gregory Kennedy, Great Lakes Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Ann Arbor, Michigan Nathan Caswell, Carterville Fishery Resources Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Marion, Illinois, James Boase, Alpena Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alpena, Michigan Jerry McClain, Alpena Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alpena, Michigan | Download (240KB) |
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| 6.17 | Fish-Habitat Associations in Shallow Canadian Waters of the Detroit River. Nicolas W.R. Lapointe and Lynda D. Corkum, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario Nicholas E. Mandrak, Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Central and Arctic Regions, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Burlington, Ontario | Download (206KB) |
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| 6.18 | Whole Water Sampling Techniques for the Determination of Trace Mercury and Trace Metal Concentrations that do not require In-field Clean-Room Facilities. Robert McCrea, Niels Madsen, Robert Reid, Greg Lawson, Gino Sardella, Mary Lou Archer,Environment Canada, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, Burlington, Ontario | Download (75KB) |
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| 6.19 | Making Christmas Count: A Poster about DTE Energy’s Monroe Power Plant and Its Participation in the Christmas Bird Count Timothy Walsh and Roberta Urbani, DTE Energy, Detroit, Michigan | Download (91KB) |
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| APPENDIX I: Conference Program | Download (85KB) |
| APPENDIX II: List of Conference Displays | Download (103KB) |
| APPENDIX III: Summary of Comments from Conference Participants | Download (82KB) |
| APPENDIX IV: Press Release from Stream Team and Wayne County Department of the Environment. | Download (114KB) |
| APPENDIX V: Conference Sponsor Statements | Download (270KB) |
| APPENDIX VI: Conference Registration List | Download (91KB) |