BRBC May 2nd Science Forum -UofC

The BRBC Science forum is rapidly approaching on May 2nd, 2018 from 8:30am to 4pm at the University of Calgary Mac Hall (note change of location).

The Science and Youth Committees have put together an excellent agenda for you. A list of topics and speakers can be found below. Please register early if you are intending on attending as seating will be limited.

Topics/Speakers

• Responses of ecological process to variability in water quantity and quality - Nilo Sinnatamby
• Long-term and episodic controls of surface water chemistry in Kananaskis River - Malvina Chmielarski & Josh Evans
• Data limitations in state of the watershed reporting - Learnings from the Ghost River State of the Watershed report - Ryan MacDonald
• Fish behaviour as a high-throughput tool for detecting containants and their mistures - Patrick Gauthier
• Behavioural consequences of the antidepressant venlafaxine in the Bow River Basin on a non-target organism, the zebrafish - Andrew Thompson
• The use of benthic macroinvertebrates as bioindicators for urban pollution in the Bow River - Courtney Kruschel
• Tracking human fecal contamination in the surface waters surrounding Calgary, Alberta: A toolbox approach, Eric Camm
• Fate of bisphenol A and bisphenol S in municipal wastewater treatment plants - Mitra Mehrabani Zeinabad
• Sediment loading from off-highway vehicle trails and roads to McLean Creek and its tributaries - Logan Boyer
• Road and trail effects on critical habitat of threatened westslope cutthroat trout in Silvester Creek - Dave Mayhood
• The stress response of native fishes downstream of municipal wastewater treatment plants in teh Bow River, Calgary Alberta - Analisa Lazaro-Cote
• Multiple challenges confront a high-effort recreational fishery in decline - Chris Cahill
• Chemical leaching behaviour of green roos: laboratory and field investigation - Musa Akther
• Okotoks Bioretention Research - the effects of plants and media on teh performance - Anton Skorobogatov

Lunch and breaks will be provided for this full day event.

I look forward to seeing you there!

Mike Murray, Program Manager, BRBC