A tale of three established pathogens: Lessons learned from trials of dealing with Mcer, Rsal and VHS in Michigan waters
Gary Whelan, MI DNR Fisheries Division

Diseases, Parasites and Pathogens as Invasive Species: A Brief History from GLANSIS
Doran Mason, NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab; Rochelle Sturtevant, GLERL/NOAA, Sea Grant Extension; Ed Rutherford, NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory; Felix Martinez, NOAA/National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science

Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Microbial Community Composition of Recreational Water
Abdolrazagh Hashemi Shahraki, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research (GLIER), University of Windsor; Subba Rao Chaganti, University of Windsor; Daniel Heath, Great Leaks Environmental Research Institute, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Parasitic Copepods of the Laurentian Great Lakes: Genetic Barcoding of Ergasilidae
Christopher Marshall, Cornell University, Department of Natural Resources; Joseph Connolly, Cornell Biological Field Station; James Watkins, Cornell University; Lars Rudstam, Cornell University Bio Field Station, Dept. of Natural Resources; Patrick Hudson, U.S. Geological Survey Great Lakes Science Center

Network Centrality for Identifying High Priority Ports for Aquatic Invasive Species Management
Jake Kvistad, Central Michigan University; Jonathan Bossenbroek, University of Toledo; Lindsay Chadderton, The Nature Conservancy

Seasonal Variation in Bacterial Community Structure in Water Treatment Plants
Meaghan Balaban, Kent State University; Xiaozhen Mou, Kent State University, Dept. Biology

Discovery of novel viruses that infect the white sucker (Catostomus commersonii)
Luke Iwanowicz, U.S. Geological Survey; Cynthia Adams, U.S. Geological Survey; Jim Sherry, Environment Canada; Vicki Blazer, U.S. Geological Survey