COS 106
Environmental Impact And Risk Assessment

Thursday, August 8, 2013: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
L100E, Minneapolis Convention Center
1:30 PM
 Global, spatial and temporal sensitivity analysis for a complex pesticide fate and transport model
Tao Hong, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education; Tom Purucker, USEPA
1:50 PM
 Nature in Peril: A United States wide assessment of ecosystem conversion, alteration, and risk
Sarah Hagen, The Nature Conservancy; Randy Swaty, The Nature Conservancy
2:10 PM
 Modeling public health effects of climate change: Predicting human exposure to microcystin from Lake Erie
David M. Wituszynski, The Ohio State University; Seyoum Gebremariam, The Ohio State University; Jay Martin, The Ohio State University; Stuart A. Ludsin, Ohio State University; Jiyoung Lee, The Ohio State University
2:30 PM
 Spatial analysis and ecological risk assessment for lead exposure in Gulf Coast waterfowl: Does environmental lead create an ecological trap?
Brian V. Kearns, Kansas State University; Stephen McDowell, Stephen F Austin State University; Jena Moon, US Fish and Wildlife Service; David Haukos, Kansas State University
2:50 PM
 Ecological interactions differ for switchgrass cultivars and wild populations
James Eckberg, University of Minnesota; Gregg A. Johnson, University of Minnesota; Ruth G. Shaw, University of Minnesota; Michael Casler, USDA - Agricultural Research Service; Craig Sheaffer, University of Minnesota; Nicholas Jordan, University of Minnesota; Neil Anderson, University of Minnesota; Shelby Flint, University of Minnesota; Robert Schafer, Central Lakes College; Donald Wyse, University of Minnesota
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
 Entomopathogenic nematodes and their natural enemies in a soil pollution gradient
Raquel Campos-Herrera, Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Miguel Escuer, Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; José Antonio Rodríguez, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA); María Teresa García-González, Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Larry W. Duncan, University of Florida; Carmen Gutiérrez, Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
3:40 PM
 A life cycle assessment of two bioenergy conversion pathways: Cogeneration versus stand-alone power generation
John P. Caspersen, University of Toronto; Julian Cleary, University of Toronto
4:00 PM
 Distribution of ozone, N air pollutants and N deposition and their potential ecological effects in the Lake Tahoe Basin, California
Andrzej Bytnerowicz, USDA Forest Service; Mark Fenn, USDA Forest Service; Haiganoush Preisler, USDA Forest Service; Susan Schilling, USDA Forest Service; Joel Burley, St. Mary's College of California; Suraj Ahuja, USDA Forest Service; Barbara Zielinska, Desert Research Institute; Mark McDaniel, Desert Research Institute
4:20 PM Cancelled
 Life history traits and phenotypic selection among Helianthus annuus (sunflower) crop-wild hybrids (BCw, F1, and F2) and their wild counterparts: Implications for introgression
Matthew A. Kost, The Ohio State University; Helen M. Alexander, University of Kansas; Jason Emery, Washburn University; Kristin L. Mercer, The Ohio State University