BFS Annual Reports 2020-2029

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56th Annual Report CONTENTS
Title	Author(s)	page
Introduction	F. Reyda	1
ONGOING STUDIES:
OTSEGO LAKE WATERSHED MONITORING:
Otsego Lake limnological monitoring, 2023.	H.A. Waterfield & M.F. Albright	11
A survey of Otsego Lake's zooplankton community, summer 2023.	M.F. Albright	23
Water quality monitoring of the five major tributaries to Otsego Lake, New York 2023 results update.	B. Beck	40
SUSQUEHANNA RIVER MONITORING:
Water quality of the Upper Susquehanna River, summer 2023.	O. Allen	52
REPORTS:
Monitoring of Total Microcystins in Otsego Lake, summer 2023	H.A. Waterfield	60
Dreissenid population dynamics during the establishment of quagga mussels (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis) in Otsego Lake, 2021-2023	B. Beck, E.J. Holm and W.N. Harman	68
Parasites of coastal fish of Galveston Bay, Texas: Chandler, 1935 revisited	M. Fleming, E. Bulmer and F. Reyda	84
Nutrient and discharge monitoring of the most lakeward tributary sites to Otsego Lake, New York	B. Beck and M.F. Albright	89
Otsego Lake ice cover phenology, 1842-2023 (2023 update)	H.A. Waterfield	104
Flood monitoring in Otsego County spring through fall 2023	L. Hasbargen	108
Quality of the yellow perch (Perca flavescens) population in Otsego Lake	E. Croft and D. Stich	135
Identifying freshwater algae and cyanobacteria with BloomOptix™ AI	O. Allen	141
Exploring potential hybridization within Lepomis spp. In Lake Otsego through a morphometric approach	D.R. Reagan and A. Sotola	148
Fecal coliform monitoring within the tributaries of the Otsego Lake watershed, 2023	E. Croft	156
Continued trap net monitoring of Rat Cove and Brookwood Point on Otsego Lake	J. Travis	160
The spatial distribution of zooplankton in Otsego Lake, summer 2023	B. Victory	166
Limnological investigations of Sparrowhawk Lake, Schenvus, NY	E. Croft and M.F. Albright	177
Foraging behavior comparison of largemouth bass from Otsego Lake and the stunted 'bass-on-bass' population from Moe Pond	J. Travis and C.F. Cotton	185
Taxonomic survey of macrofungi, lichens and slime molds on Biological Field Station lands in Otsego County, NY	D. McLean	194
Project update: Monitoring the 2023 spring spawning runds of Rainbow Smelt (Osmerus mordax) and White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii)	C.F. Cotton, B. Hefferon, E. Creedon, N. Jordan, Z. Kubsch, and A. Milucky	205
Does depth affect zebra and quagga mussel abundance in Otsego Lake, NY?	T.R. Sadekoski	210
Aquatic macrophyte management plan facilitation, Lake Moraine, Madison County, NY	W.N. Harman and M.F. Albright	220
First avian survey at Rum Hill in 21 years	J.L. Krucina	232

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55th Annual Report CONTENTS
Title	Author(s)	page
Introduction	W.N. Harman	1
ONGOING STUDIES:
OTSEGO LAKE WATERSHED MONITORING:
Otsego Lake limnological monitoring, 2022.	H.A. Waterfield & M.F. Albright	11
A survey of Otsego Lake's zooplankton community, summer 2022.	M.F. Albright	24
Water quality monitoring of the five major tributaries to Otsego Lake, New York 2022 results update.	H. A. Waterfield and E. Diaz	40
SUSQUEHANNA RIVER MONITORING:
Water quality of the Upper Susquehanna River, summer 2022.	M. Ballard	55
REPORTS:
Fecal coliform monitoring within the five tributaries of the Otsego Lake watershed, 2022.	J.J. Johns-Pasternak	64
Total microcystins monitoring during Microcystis aeruginosa blooms in Otsego Lake, summer 2022.	H.A. Waterfield	69
Predation of invasive dreissenid mussels by Otsego Lake fishes.	A.T. Javitz and C.F. Cotton	78
Assessing the resistance capabilities of zebra (Dreissena polymorpha) and quagga mussel (D. rostriformis) veligers and young adults to citric acid and Simple Green®.	E. Diaz, E. Bolt, M. Albright and D. Stich	83
Predator diets of selected rocky and littoral Otsego Lake fishes.	K. Kiser	108
Continued trap net monitoring of Rat Cove and Brookwood Point on Otsego Lake.	K. Kiser	111
An analysis of the littoral fish communities of Brookwood Point and Rat Cove.	L.T. Spencer	117
Research on acanthocephalans (thorny-headed worms) from fishes of North America: New species and new puzzles.	M. Flemming, G. Mendez and F. Reyda	123
Avian survey at the Upper Site, 20 years later.	J.J. Johns-Pasternak	128
Age-to-length size comparison for smallmouth bass and rock bass of Otsego Lake to surrounding waterbodies.	M. Ballard	156
Parasitological research in Otsego Lake and Thayer Farm Pond.	M. Ondračková, M. Tkachenko, Z. Jurajdová, M. Hnilička, R. Kuchta and F.B. Reyda	161
Continued monitoring of Moe Pond, 2022.	A.T. Javitz	162
Evaluation of the effectiveness of the Cooperstown wastewater treatment wetland, final report.	M.F. Albright	171
Third unionid survey of Oaks Creek.	K. Minissale and P.H. Lord	182
Aquatic macrophyte management plan facilitation, Lake Moraine, Madison County, NY 2022.	W.N. Harman, H.A. Waterfield and M.F. Albright	185
Suitability of introduced structure for yellow perch (Perca flavescens) egg attachment and their preference for natural versus man-made structures.	K. Riodan and C.F. Cotton	197
Otsego Lake rainbow smelt spawning run: 2022 update.	J.D. Skelton and C.F. Cotton	208
Growth of yellow perch (Perca flavescens) in Otsego and Canadarago Lakes, NY.	K. Minissale and D. Stich	210
Potamogeton perfoliatus Cooper’s Pondweed: Impact on Otsego Lake 2022.	C. Schule	215

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54th Annual Report CONTENTS
Title	Author(s)	page
Introduction	W.N. Harman	1
ONGOING STUDIES:
OTSEGO LAKE WATERSHED MONITORING:
Otsego Lake limnological monitoring, 2021.	H.A. Waterfield & M.F. Albright	11
A survey of Otsego Lake's zooplankton community, summer 2021.	M.F. Albright	22
Water quality monitoring of the five major tributaries to Otsego Lake, New York 2021 results update.	H. A. Waterfield and J. Gifford-Neubauer	38
SUSQUEHANNA RIVER MONITORING:
Water quality of the Upper Susquehanna River, summer 2021.	A. Hage	52
REPORTS:
Survey of hemlock wooly adelgid beetles on Otsego Land Trust properties.	S. Brabant, R. Cozine, and C. Tarlen	61
Changes in the diversity and abundance of underwater plants in Otsego Lake since 1935.	W.N. Harman and J. Gifford-Neubauer	69
Bathymetric survey in the vicinity of the Susquehanna River and Cherry Valley Creek confluence, Town of Milford, Otsego County, NY.	H.A. Waterfield and B. Guerrero	74
Discharge and suspended sediment load estimation at ungauged turbidity monitoring sites.	L. Hasbargen and R. Cozine	79
A 15-year survey of parasites of yellow perch (Perca flavescens) from Otsego and Canadarago Lakes.	F. Reyda, K. Silvester, A. Hidalgo, A. Loscerbo, Y. Salinas and T. Pokorny	102
Invasive rusty crayfish in the Upper Susquehanna River watershed.	A. Hage and D. Stich	108
Fish diversity surveys of the Upper Susquehanna watershed.	A. Hage and D. Stich	113
Changes in the macrobenthic invertebrate community in Otsego Lake between 1968 and 2021 by documentation of the percent biomass of major invertebrate taxa.	W.N. Harman and J. Gifford-Neubauer	118
Changes in the diversity and character of the molluscan community in Otsego Lake between 1968 and 2021.	W.N. Harman	135
Pearly mussel survey of Crane Brook at Port Byron, NY.	P.H. Lord and B. Guerrero	142
Continued annual monitoring of Moe Pond, 2021.	J.D. Skelton	152
Survey of macrofungi on Otsego Land Trust properties, Otsego County, NY.	S. Brabant and J. Heilveil	161
Assessing the spawning run of rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) in Otsego Lake.	J.D. Skelton and C.F. Cotton	168
Detection of estrogenic compounds throughout the wastewater treatment process: Collection and analysis of water samples.	C. Tarlen	183
Glyphosate in the Upper Susquehanna River basin stream network: 2021 snapshot.	H.A. Waterfield	189
Trap net monitoring in the weedy littoral zone at Rat Cove and rocky littoral zone of Brookwood Point, Otsego Lake, 2021.	J.D. Skelton	193
Fishes of Otsego Lake: Update	C.F. Cotton	199
Monitoring the effectiveness of the Cooperstown wastewater treatment wetland, 2021.	M.F. Albright	201
A geospatial inventory of Otsego Lake tributaries with comments on relevant landmarks.	C.F. Cotton, W.N. Harman, M.F. Albright and H.A. Waterfield	210

View or download the entire contents of the 2020 Annual Report.

53rd Annual Report CONTENTS
Title	Author(s)	page
Introduction	W.N. Harman	1
ONGOING STUDIES:
OTSEGO LAKE WATERSHED MONITORING:
2020 Otsego Lake water levels.	E. Irwin & M.F. Albright	7
Otsego Lake limnological monitoring, 2020.	H.A. Waterfield & M.F. Albright	10
A survey of Otsego Lake's zooplankton community, summer 2020.	M.F. Albright	21
Water quality monitoring of the five major tributaries to Otsego Lake, New York 2020 results update.	H. A. Waterfield	37
REPORTS:
Quagga mussel (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis) establishment in Otsego Lake, 2020.	S. Coney	51
The ever-changing lake trout fishery of Otsego Lake (2020 update).	S.M. Wells and C.J. Clark	57
Parasitological data to enhance the study of lakes: The examples of Otsego Lake and Oneida Lake.	F. Reyda	70
P. perfoliatus x P. richardsonii Cooper’s hybrid pondweed: Impact on Otsego Lake 2020.	M. Keefe	80
Diel variation in electrofishing surveys in Otsego Lake.	C.F. Cotton and M.P. Von Haugg	107
Demographics of the landlocked rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) spawning run in Otsego Lake.	R. Beres and C.F. Cotton	115
White sucker (Catostomus commersoni) spawning site fidelity in Otsego Lake tributaries.	R. Nellis and C.F. Cotton	126
Monitoring the effectiveness of the Cooperstown wastewater treatment wetland, 2020.	M.F. Albright	134
Preliminary sampling for investigating age structure and parity of American shad (Alosa sapidissima) in the Upper Delaware River.	M.J. Best, D.S. Stich and J. Heilveil	143
Trophic driven areal hypolimnetic oxygen deficits (AHOD) in Otsego Lake, 1969-2020.	M.F. Albright, W.N. Harman, H.A. Waterfield and D.S. Stich	155
Methods development for detection of contaminants of emerging concern in freshwaters: Collection and analysis of water samples.	H.A. Waterfield	164

OTSEGO LAKE PERSPECTIVES:
Long-term trends in chloride concentrations in Otsego Lake from 1925 to 2020.	M.F. Albright	170
Trends in recreational watercraft use in Otsego Lake since 1975.	W.N. Harman and H.A. Waterfield	173