Friday, August 10, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Willow Glen II, San Jose Marriott
COS 156 - Pollution, waste management, rehabilitation
8:00 AMCOS 156-1Water quality studies on freshwater bodies in New Orleans, Louisiana, after Hurricane Katrina
Tiffari Jenkins, Alcorn State University, Alex D. W. Acholonu, Alcorn State University
8:20 AMCOS 156-2Ecological treatment of polluted drains using innovative horizontal filtration process
Sandeep Joshi, Shrishti Eco-Research Institute, Sayali Joshi, Shrishti Eco-Research Institute
8:40 AMCOS 156-3Land-based sources of pollution on Tutuila, American Samoa
Forest Duldulao, American Samoa Community College
9:00 AMCOS 156-4Lead and arsenic contents in blood and feathers of passerine birds in a heavily polluted mining region in central Mexico
Leonardo Chapa-Vargas, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica AC, José J. Mejía-Saavedra, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Idalia K Monzalvo-Santos, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica AC
9:20 AMCOS 156-5Restoring the soil community at a former landfill
Mark N. Frey, Presidio Trust, Michael Perlmutter, Yale University
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 156-6Soil seed banks as catalysts for succession on surface-mined lands in Central Appalachia
Sarah L. Hall, University of Kentucky, Christopher D. Barton, University of Kentucky, Carol C. Baskin, University of Kentucky
10:10 AMCOS 156-7Selection of tolerant plant species and artificial facilitation for ecological restoration of the abandoned coal mines
Chang-Seok Lee, Seoul Women's University, Yong-Chan Cho, Seoul Women's University, Woo-Seok Oh, Seoul Women's University
10:30 AMCOS 156-8Effects of sewage sludge application on vegetation and soil macrofauna recovery in Soratama Sand Quarry, Bogota, Colombia
Jose Ignacio Barrera Cataño Sr., Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Escuela de Restauracion Ecologica ERE, Adriana Alvarez, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Escuela de Restauracion Ecologica ERE, Alexandra Granados, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Escuela de Restauracion Ecologica ERE, Adriana Cristina Ochoa, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Escuela de Restauracion Ecologica ERE, Susan Maritza Guacaneme, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Escuela de Restauracion Ecologica ERE, Maria Alejandra Arias-Escobar, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Escuela de Restauracion Ecologica ERE
10:50 AMCOS 156-9Demonstrating the ecological and economic benefits of habitat restoration and rural pollution reduction in the Canadian Areas of Concern
Dan J. McDonell, Environment Canada, Sandra B. Skog, Environment Canada
11:10 AMCOS 156-10A state’s perspective: Application of ecological risk assessment in California Department of Fish and Game
Charlie Z. Huang, California Department of Fish and Game, Beckye Stanton, California Department of Fish and Game

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