2017 Symposium Posters

• Nicole Mehr, University of Vermont - Impacts of Agriculture on Greenhouse Gases and Nitrogen Cycling
• Robert Beauregard, Johnson State College - Mount Mansfield, Vermont - Microclimate Analysis from 2000-2016
• Sarah Eustis, Kathleen Garret, Sharon Boardman, Rice Memorial High School - A Leaf Pack Analysis of Potash Brook
• Carly Robbins, Clark University - Verification of the Sedimeter as a Turbidity, Erosion, and Scour Sensor
• Dakota Steele, University of Vermont - Network Relationships Within a Governance System: Vermont's Phosphorus Budget and the Way Systems Interact
• Shanick A. Pagán Fred, Jean P. Ortiz Calo, Rosaliz Rodriguez, José Aponte de la Torre School - Macroinvertebrates vs. Drought Effects
• Mike Greenough, Community College of Vermont - Matric Suction Measurements in Soils
• Andrea Rivera-Rodríguez, Jaleisha Vélez-Velázquez, Glenda Almodóvar-Morales, Ernesto Ramos-Antonini Fine Arts School - Macroinvertebrates as Indicators of Water Quality in Yauco River and Duey River at Yauco, Puerto Rico
• Joanne M. Velez Otero, Interamerican University of Puerto Rico - Soil Moisture and Path Loss Signal in Agricultural Soil with Remote Sensing
• Elise Prehoda, University of Vermont - Utilizing Benthic Macroinvertebrates as Indicators of Fecal Contamination in Streams
• Hector A. Fuertes, Jose Antonio Ramirez, Prof. Felix Torres Alcala, Robinson School - A Two Year Comparative Study of Water Quality Levels Before and After Drought of Two Streams in San Juan, PR
• Valeria Santana-Pruna, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez Campus - Watershed and Lake Bio-Geochemistry: Movement of Phosphorus and Sediments from Forested Areas into Water Bodies
• Rory Cummings, Community College of Vermont - Validation of a NN Weather Generator Methodology Based on North American Regional Reanalysis Historical Data
• Henrique Chang Queiroz, University of Vermont - Development of an R Package to Enable Global and User-Friendly Access to Weather Generators: Software Design Approaches
• Anna Singer, Katie James, Keegan Fitzgerald, Bryan Hirschman, Essex High School - Changes in Stream Health Indicated by Macroinvertebrates
• Colleen Yancey, University of Vermont - Northern Forest Mesocosm (NForM) Climate Change Experiment: An Analysis of Nutrient Loss Based on Frequency of Soil Freezing and Snow Cover
• Brianna Klauer, Hartford High School - A Comparison between Total Suspended Solids Levels in 2013 and 2016 in Dothan & Bloody Brook in VT
• Jonah Fanelli, Saint Michael's College - Proposed Changes to the Scope of Act 250 and their Impact on Development in Vermont
• Mackenzie Matckie, Emily Spencer, Don McDowell, Stowe High School - The Impact of Instream Water Temperature Variability Upon Larval Ephemeroptera Population Density in Two Vermont Streams
• Adamaris Muñiz Tirado, University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus, Paige Fernandez, Middlebury College - Quantification of Phosphorus Release Potential from Various Fractions via the SEDEX Extraction
• Maxwell Landsman-Gerjoi, University of Vermont - Does Vegetation Diversity in a Bioretention Cell Affect Soil Microbial Activity and Nitrate Levels in the Effluent?
• Nasser Abdel-Fatah, Johnson State College - Historical Comparisons of Summer Storm Events from St. Johnsbury and Burlington, Vermont
• Wileyshka Rivera Santiago, Universidad Metropolitana - Green Stormwater Infrastructure Efficiency on Biofiltrating TSS and TP from Runoff
• Mariah Witas, Saint Michael's College - The Impact of Land Cover on Habitat Assessment and Nitrogen Levels in Vermont's Lake Champlain Basin
• Camelia Iturregui, Julyanice Cruz, Yiria Muñiz-Costas, Academia Maria Reina - Correlation between Enterococci and macroinvertebrate population as water quality indicators in urban streams
• Efraín Y. Carcaño Ramirez, University of Puerto Rico - Perception of Impervious Cover in Lake Champlain Basin
• Hallie Hoffman, Bailey Halliday, Thomas Lane, Bellows Free Academy, Fairfax - Phosphorus Loading in the Lake Champlain Basin
• Nichole Montero Marin, Interamerican University Of Puerto Rico - Bioretention Cell Capacity at Decreasing Total Phosphorus and Nitrogen to Improve Water Quality
• Nathaniel Dooley, Saint Michael's College - Utilizing the Relationship Between Agriculture and Total Phosphorus to Study the Efficacy of Best Management Practices in Vermont Watersheds
• Cristina Gandia-Vice, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus - Hydrology Model for Educational Purposes
• Meara Heininger, Jack Koskinen, Nicole Gorman, Champlain Valley Union High School - The Effect of Species Diversity on the Presence of the Stonecat
• Zachary LaPoint, Saint Michael's College - The Effect of Storm Disturbance on Macroinvertebrates
• Anna Meeks, Courtney Kondi, Dalton Gomez, South Royalton High School - The Effects of Land Use on Phosphorus and Sediment Concentrations in the Lake Champlain Basin
• Rebecca Roman, University of Vermont - Examining the Effect Grazing in Ross Brook on Phosphorus Levels
• Laura Albino Díaz, University of Puerto Rico - Evaluating Cover Crops' Ability to Reduce Phosphorus in Agricultural Runoff through Meta-Analysis
• Grace Hemmelgarn, Sarah Clauss, Michelle Pinaud, Champlain Valley Union High School - The Effect of Land Use on Total Suspended Solids and Discharge
• Gavin Farnsworth, Alex Valley, Meghan Wilson, Hartford High School – Comparing Macroinvertebrates from Dothan Brook and Bloody Brook in 2016