Friday, August 10, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Santa Clara II, San Jose Hilton
COS 159 - Restoration ecology: Urban ecosystems
8:00 AMA framework for urban stream restoration: Lessons learned from Los Angeles
Elizabeth J. Ruther, Natural Channel Design, Inc., Tom O. Moody, Natural Channel Design, Inc.
8:20 AMPost-project assessments of two urban stream restoration projects in northern California
Alison H. Purcell, UC Berkeley, Ocean Halbert, The Watershed Project, Vincent H. Resh, UC Berkeley
8:40 AMRejuvenation of Yamuna water quality by using constructed wetland
Sirajuddin Ahmed, Jamia MIllia Islamia (Central University), Viktor Popve, Wessex Institute of Technology, Rasheed Ahmad, City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management
9:00 AMThe value of participation in restoring urban ecosystems under conditions of rapid climate change: The case of the Southeast Woods Ecological Restoration Project (SWERP), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Jeff C. Ralph, University of Victoria, Eric S. Higgs, University of Victoria
9:20 AMRestoring suburban watersheds using a multidisciplinary approach to stormwater management
Allison H. Roy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Matthew P. Clagett, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Matthew A. Morrison, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, William D. Shuster, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Hale W. Thurston, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Heriberto Cabezas, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
9:40 AMBreak
9:50 AMStream restoration using sculpted concrete drop structures and soil lifts
Claire L. DeLeo, Boulder County Parks and Open Space
10:10 AMUsing rare plant reintroductions to predict future states for optimal restoration in dynamic urban ecotones
Joyce Maschinski, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Samuel J. Wright, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Jennifer Possley, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Julissa Roncal, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
10:30 AMThe role of frugivorous birds and giant fruit bats as agents for reforestation in south India
Timothy T. Caughlin, New College of Florida, T. Ganesh, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Margaret D. Lowman, New College of Florida
10:50 AMIn-stream nitrogen processing in urban degraded and restored streams in Baltimore, MD
Carolyn A. Klocker, UMCES Appalachian Laboratory, Sujay Kaushal, UMCES Appalachian Laboratory, Peter M. Groffman, Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Paul Mayer, US Environmental Protection Agency, Ray P Morgan, UMCES Appalachian Laboratory

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