Vernal Pools

Date: Thursday, April 17, 2008

Organizers: Mary Beth Kolozsvary (New York State Biodiversity Research Institute, New York State Museum, Albany, NY) and Michael Rubbo (Teatown Lake Reservation, Ossining, NY)
Moderator: Michael Rubbo (Teatown Lake Reservation, Ossining, NY)

• 8:40: Jim Julian (Penn State Cooperative Wetlands Center, Penn State University)
  The Use of an Airborne LiDAR Sensor to Locate Amphibian Breeding Ponds

• 9:00: Jason Bried (The Nature Conservancy)
  Baseline Floristic Assessment and Classification of Pine Barrens Vernal Ponds

• 9:20: Alvin Breisch (NYS DEC)
  Observations from the New York Herp Atlas on Vernal Pool Amphibians

• 9:40: Scott Smyers (Oxbow Associates)
  A Review of Caddisfly Communities: Why They Are Model Organisms for
  Ecological Monitoring

• 10:00 – 10:20: REFRESHMENT BREAK

Moderator: Al Breisch (New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, NY)

• 10:20: Michael Rubbo (Teatown Lake Reservation)
  The Influence of Leaf-Litter Inputs on Food Webs in Vernal Pools

• 10:40: Edmund Hart (University of Vermont)
  The Impact of Variable Precipitation on Vernal Pond Community Structure

• 11:00: Frank Dirrigl, Jr. (Fuss & O'Neill, Inc.)
  Developing a Vernal Pool Ranking Scheme for Conservation Prioritization and Wetland Protection

• 11:20: Aram Calhoun (University of Maine)
  Community Based Conservation of Vernal Pools in Maine

• 11:40: Mark Baldwin (Roger Tory Peterson Institute)
  The Roger Tory Peterson Institute’s Vernal Pool Project

• noon – 1:20: LUNCH BREAK

Moderator: Mary Beth Kolozsvary (New York State Biodiversity Research Institute, New York State Museum, Albany, NY)

• 1:20: Stacy McNulty (Adirondack Ecological Center, SUNY ESF)
  Beaver Ponds and Vernal Pools: Contributions to Amphibian Production in the Adirondacks

• 1:40: Jason Ambler (Shippensburg University)
  Fine-Scale Genetic Structure and Dispersal among Three Vernal Pond Breeding Amphibians

• 2:00: Bryan Windmiller (Hyla Ecological Services, Inc.)
  Demography and Conservation of Hybrid Blue-Spotted Salamander Populations in Massachusetts

• 2:20: Ethan Plunkett (University of Massachusetts)
  Predicting Threats to a Northern Population of the Marbled Salamander, Ambystoma opacum

• 2:40: Tim Maret (Shippensburg University)
  Ecology and Management of Spotted Turtles, Clemmys guttata, in Vernal Pools

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