McMaster University, Hamilton Ontario CANADA

SESSION TWO:
Note: Oral presentations and posters listed by abstract number, authors, first author organization, nationality and title. Author in CAPS is the presenter.

BIOMONITORS AND BIOMARKERS AS INDICATORS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE

TUESDAY

Introduction

May 19.  8AM  TSH 120

86 BUTTERWORTH, FRANK (Inst. for River Research International; US) Biomonitors and biomarkers as indicators of environmental change: an introduction to and highlights of session 2.

Automated Biomonitoring (Subsession Chair: Dr. Amara Gunatilaka)

May 19.  8:20 AM - 12:00 Noon.  TSH 120

164  GUNATILAKA, AMARA (Verbundplan-Donaukraft Engineering; Austria) An overview of chemical and biological continuous river monitoring in Europe.
373 BLUBAUM-GRONAU, E., Hoffman, M., Krebs, F., Scholz, W., and Spieser, O.H. (Federal Inst. of Hydrology, Germany) Continuous water monitoring: Changes of behavior patterns as indicators of pollutants
288  DAS, MANOHAR, Butterworth, F., and Cao, Z. (Oakland University, US) Restoration and Classification of Water-Borne Microbial Image Shapes Using a Hybrid Boundary Modeling Approach
316   SCULLY, PATRICIA, Chandy, R.P., Edwards, R., Merchant, D.F. and Morgan, R. (Liverpool John Moors Univ., UK): Optical Sensors & Biosensors for Environmental Monitoring (Optical Sensors & Biosensors for Environmental Monitoring.
9    COWELL, DAVID, Abaass, A.K., Dowman, A.A., Hart, J.P. ,Pemberton, R. and Young, S. (U of W England Bristol, UK): Screen-printed disposable biosensors for environmental pollution monitoring.
84  MUNRO, SCOTT, Brooks, R. and Kuley, E. (Lambton Industrial Soc., Canada): Remote, Automated, Continuous Water Quality Monitoring for Volatile Organic Compounds Downstream of a Large Petrochemical Complex
350  GERHARDT, ALMUT (LimCo International, Germany): A new multispecies freshwater biomonitor for ecological relevant control of surface waters
346  KRAMER, KEES, JM (Mermayde Corp., The Netherlands); New strategies in water quality/effluent monitoring: Application of the Biological Early Warning System "MusselMonitor".
3   KAAG, N.H.B.M. and Scholten, M.C.T. (TNO Institute, The Netherlands): Biomonitoring: from Water to Sediment
386Puzicha, H., GUNATILAKA, A., and  Diehl, P (Ibbenbüren/Rhein River Authority, Germany): evaluation of "Dynamic-Daphnien Test" results:  problems and constraints

Molecular Monitoring (Subsession Chair: Dr. Hunrich Spieser)

May 19.  2:00 PM - 4:40.  TSH 120

97 GILLIS, P.L., Reynoldson, T.B., Dixon, D.G., and Dutton, M.D. (Univ. of Waterloo, Canada) Metallothionein, as a biomarker for trace metal exposure and effects in the fresh water oligochaete Tubifex tubifex.
#?  GUNSELMAN, S.J., Polissar, and Malins, D.C. (Colorado St Univ., US)  IR spectroscopy to detect DNA adducts in fish from environmentally impacted and remediated waters as well as applications as a indicator of early stages of breast and prostate cancer.
35  MUIR, TOM (Environment Canada): Conceptual and Empirical Approaches to the Role of Oxidative Stress, Adducts, and Related Mechanisms of Action in Disease Syndromes.
182  YAUK, C.L. and Quinn, J.S. (McMaster University, Canada)  Multi-locus DNA fingerprinting in herring gulls (Larus argentatus) as a biomarker for heritable genetic mutation in industrialized areas on the Great Lakes
34 ESPINOSA-AGUIRRE, J.J., Yamada, M. and Nohmi, T. (UNAM, Mexico): The use of Salmonella strains lacking classical nitroreductase or acetyltransferase activity, for the primary characterization of environmental complex mixtures.
99 BERGERON, J.M. and Crews, D. (University of Texas, US) Controlled studies assessing estrogenic activity of environmental compounds using a turtle sex-determination assay.
299   SPIESER O.H., Schwaiger, J., Ferling, H., Kalbfus, W., Negele, R.-D.( GSF-National Res. Ctr for Env. & Health, Germany) Effects of Nonylphenol and Ethinyl-Estradiol on Swimming Behavior of Juvenile Carp

WEDNESDAY

Recombinogenesis Monitoring (Subsession Chair: Dr. Rudolf Fahrig)

May 20.  8:00 AM - 9:20 AM.  TSH 120

6  FAHRIG, RUDOLF (Faunhofer Institute, Germany): Recombination as Indicator for Genotoxic and "Non-Genotoxic" Environmental Carcinogens
78 GUZMAN-RINCON, J., Ramirez Victoria, P., Graf, U.. and  Benitez-Bribiesca, L. (ININ, Mexico): Evaluation of the Antigenotoxic Activity of Ascorbic Acid, Chlorophyllin and Retinoic Acid Against two of the Cigarette Smoke Components in Somatic Mutation and Recombination Test (SMART) in Drosophila melanogaster.
293  RAMOS-MORALES, P., Ordaz, G., Campos, P., Dorantes, Y., Martinez, M., Rivas, H. and Hernandez, B., UNAM, Mexico): Drosophila is a reliable biomonitor of water pollution the smart recombinogen test on unconcentrated environmental toxicants.
88McGOWEN, R.M., Freeman, D.C., and Butterworth, F.M. (Wayne State Univ., US): Recombinogenic effects of complex mixtures of a polychlorinated biphenyl, a polyaromatic hydrocarbon, and a heavy metal on a whole- animal biomonitor
 

New Monitoring Approaches (Subsession Chairs: Dr. Maria Gonsebatt and Dr. Rafael Villalobos)

May 20.  9:20 AM - 12:00 NOON.  TSH 120

32  GONSEBATT, MARIA (UNAM, Mexico) Cytogenetic and Cytotoxic Damage in Exfoliated Human Cells as Indicators of Effects
383  BURTON, AGNETA (Univ. of Hertfordshire, UK) Bryophytes as monitors of environmental contamination: a review and assessment of available methods.
38 POTTER, K. and Doust, L.L. (Univ. of Windsor, Canada) Morphology of the aquatic macrophyte Vallisneria americana as a tool for monitoring site quality in the Laurentian Great Lakes.
212 CHAPPIE, D.J., Fuchsman, P.C., Barber, T.R., Duda, D.J. and Sferra, J.C. (McLaren/Hart Inc., US) Interpretation of Biological Community, Physical Habitat and Water Quality Data Using Spatial Comparisons, Biological Response Signatures, and Multivariate Analysis.
225 DROUILLARD, K.G., and Norstrom, R.J. (Trent Univ., Canada)  Determination of Fugacity Gradients in Various Gut Sections of the Ring Dove fed a Diet Containing 2,2',4,4',5,5' - Hexachlorobiphenyl.
114 EDLUND, M.B., and Stoermer, E.F. (Univ. of Michigan, US) Historic environmental change in the world's great lakes - a comparison of Lake Baikal and the laurentian Great Lakes
115  VILLALOBOS, RAFAEL  and Gomez-Arroyo, S. (UNAM, Mexico): Biomonitoring Airborne Particles Effects in Mexico City Atmosphere

May 20.  2:00 - 4:40 PM.  TSH 120

56   VAHL, MARTHA (Nieuwenrode Univ., The Netherlands): Non-linear indicators and environmental change
207   MARQUEZ, LYDIA (Instituto Mexicano de Tecnologia del Agua, Mexico) The use of FETAX for assessing the quality of river sediments
336 MERTEN, A.A., and Baker, J.E. (Univ. of Maryland, US) Bioavailability of Different Forms of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in an Estuarine Amphipod: Leptocheirus plumulosus
33   URIBE-ALCOCER, M. and Diaz-Jaimes, P. (UNAM, Mexico) The chromosomes of catfish as prospective detectors of genetic damage
151 HARRIS, V.A. (Wisc. Dept. Nat. Res., US) Diving Duck Use as an Indicator of Environmental Change in Lower Green Bay, Lake Michigan
#A HUSSAIN, S.P., and Harris, C.C. (Dept. Pathology, Univ. Maryland Sch. of Medicine, US)The p53 gene as an indicator of cancer susceptibility in environmentally impacted populations.

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

May 20.  4:40 - 5:00  TSH 120
 
In this final session of  the Wednesday workshop all presenters from oral and poster sessions with the help of the session chairs will meet to review and summarize the meeting. Public invited.
 
 

POSTERS

May 19.  5:00 PM - 9:00 PM.

300 BAGANZ, D., Staaks, G., Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin; Spieser, O.H., Scholz, W.  Assessment of the endangering potential of environmental chemicals on fish by analysis of long-term behavioural changes
314  CHANDY et al., Novel Fibre Optic Sensor for the Determination of Environmental Turbidity
102  ERHARDT, et al.,  Use of Erythropoiesis as a Sensitive Tool for Describing Growth in Freshwater Fishes
Ex. 1  GERHARDT, et al.  Phototactic behavior, deformities and species composition of  Tanypodinae larvae (Chironomidae) below an industrial effluent in Sweden.
116  GOMEZ-ARROYO et al.,  Biomonitoring of Pesticides by Plants: an Assay based on the Induction of Sister-Chromatid Exchanges in human Lymphocyte Cultures and promutagen Activation by Vicia faba.
11  GUNSELMAN et al., 5-Bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU) as a Biomarker of Chemically-Induced Hepatocellular Proliferation in the Japanese Medaka (Oryzias latipes)
12  GUNSELMAN et al., Integrated Environmental Assessment of Chemical Contamination
#? HOFFMANN, M., Blübaum-gronau, E., and Krebs, F., (Federal Institute of Hydrology, Germany). Continuous water monitoring with mussels: Valve movement behavior as an indicator of pollutants.
77  RAMIREZ-VICTORIA, P. et al. Recombinogenic Effect of Cigarette Smoke Condensate in Somatic Cells of Drosophila melanogaster.
342 VAN DER WAL and Lovett Doust.  Effects of cadmium on the morphology of Vallisneria americana and the development of a new measurement technique.

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