Lake Champlain partnerships and research in the new millennium. [Proceedings of ...the Spring Symposium sponsored by the Lake Champlain Research Consortium ..., held May 20-23, 2002, at the Fort St. Jean Campus, Quebec

Lake Cham. plain spans two states, Vermont and New York, as well as two nations, the United States of America and Canada. Such a large body of water facing a wide variety of environmental stresses cannot be put back on the path of restoration without the concerted efforts of motivated stakeholders. In order to be effective, however, these stakeholders must not only be dedicated to their own goals, but more importantly, be aware of, fully understand, and support the efforts of a myriad of other goals brought to the table by other dedicated groups. While easier said than done, Lake Cham. plain has and will continue to benefit from the cooperation and partnerships spanning international to local venues. This monograph represents the result of one of many partnerships between the United States and Canada; specifically the 2002 Spring Symposium sponsored by the Lake Cham. plain Research Consortium that was hosted by the Missisquoi Bay Watershed Corporation (Corporation Bassin Versant Baie Missisquoi) at the Fort Saint-Jean Campus, from May 20-23. The focus of this meeting was to bring together a wide variety of stakeholders to not only leam about new developments and research in the basin, but to forge new and stronger bonds for future cooperation and management of this truly great Iake. TomManley Executive Director of the Lake Champlain Research Consortium V CONTENTS 1. MISSISQUOI BAY- AN INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP TOW ARDS RESTORATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mactin Mimeault and T. 0. Manley 2. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Missisquoi Bay — An International Partnership Towards Restoration....Pages 1-7 Reflections on the Relationships between Scientific Research and a Watershed Approach to Water Management: The Case of the Missisquoi Bay Watershed Corporation....Pages 9-20 A Preliminary Investigation into the Possible Emission Sources for Atmospheric Mercury Found in the Lake Champlain Basin....Pages 21-37 Effectiveness of Agricultural Best Management Practices in Reducing Phosphorous Loading to Lake Champlain....Pages 39-52 Zebra Mussel Monitoring in the Richelieu River: A Fruitful Interaction between Scientific Research and Public Involvement....Pages 53-80 Water Quality Improvements Following Riparian Restoration in Two Vermont Agricultural Watersheds....Pages 81-95 Temporal and Spatial Variability in Non-Point Source Phosphorus in Relation to Agricultural Production and Terrestrial Indicators: The Beaver Brook Case Study, Pike River Basin, Québec....Pages 97-121 A Benefit-Cost Framework to Evaluate the Impact of Legislation Supporting Reduction of Agricultural Pollution at the Watershed Level....Pages 123-142 Importance of Hydric Soils and Near-Lake Areas as Phosphorus Source Areas in the Lake Champlain Basin: Evidence from a Landscape-Level Model....Pages 143-158 Using a Landscape Approach to Interpret Diffuse Phosphorus Pollution and Assist with Water Quality Management in the Basins of Lake Champlain (Vermont) and Lac Léman (France)....Pages 159-189 Status and Trends of Phosphorus in Lake Champlain and Its Tributaries, 1990–2000....Pages 191-219 A Landscape Scale Evaluation of Phosphorus Retention in Wetlands of the Laplatte River Basin, Vermont, USA....Pages 221-239 The Occurrence of Cyanobacterial Toxins in Lake Champlain....Pages 241-257 Where Have All the Rotifers Gone? Zooplankton Community Patterns in Lake Champlain from 1992–2001....Pages 259-270 Use of GIS and Remote Sensing to Develop Indicators of Phosphorus Non-Point Source Pollution in the Pike River Basin....Pages 271-290 Influence of Substrate Composition on Distribution of Eastern Sand Darters ( Ammocrypta Pellucida ) in the Poultney River....Pages 291-297 Lakebed Pockmarks in Burlington Bay, Lake Champlain: I. Hydrodynamics and Implications of Origin....Pages 299-329 Lakebed Pockmarks in Burlington Bay, Lake Champlain II. Habitat Characteristics and Biological Patterns....Pages 331-348 Hydrodynamics of The South Main Lake and South Lake, Lake Champlain....Pages 349-383 A Review of Vorticity Waves in Lakes....Pages 385-403 Back Matter....Pages 405-411 The primary purpose of this proceedings is to look at a common body of water shared by Canada and the US and to summarize knowledge about the dynamics of this system with a primary focus of land use, water management, and bridging the gap between researchers and the public. From the preface: Lake Champlain spans two states, Vermont and New York, as well as two nations, the United States of America and Canada. Such a large body of water facing a wide variety of environmental stresses cannot be put on the path of restoration without the concerted efforts of motivated stakeholders. In order to be effective, however, these stakeholders must not only be dedicated to their own goals, but more importantly, be aware of, fully understand, and support the efforts of a myriad of other goals brought to the table by other dedicated groups. While easier said than done, Lake Champlain has and will continue to benefit from the cooperation and partnerships spanning international to local venues. This monograph represents the result of one of many partnerships between the United States and Canada; specifically the 2002 Spring Symposium sponsored by the Lake Champlain Research Consortium that was hosted by the Missisquoi Bay Watershed Corporation (Corporation Bassin Versant Baie Missisquoi) at the Fort Saint-Jean Campus, May 20-23, 2002. The focus of this meeting was to bring together a wide variety of stakeholders to not only learn about new developments and research in the basin, but to forge new and stronger bonds for future cooperation and management of this truly great lake This monograph presents the proceedings of the 2002 Spring Symposium sponsored by the Lake Champlain Research Consortium, hosted by the Missisquoi Bay Watershed Corporation. The book examines this common body of water shared by Canada and the US, and summarizes knowledge of the dynamics of this system with a primary focus on land use, water management, and bridging the gap between researchers and the public.