Friday, August 10, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Santa Clara II, San Jose Hilton
COS 159 - Restoration ecology: Urban ecosystems
8:00 AMCOS 159-1A 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 AMCOS 159-2Post-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 AMCOS 159-3Rejuvenation 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 AMCOS 159-4The 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 AMCOS 159-5Restoring 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 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 159-6Stream restoration using sculpted concrete drop structures and soil lifts
Claire L. DeLeo, Boulder County Parks and Open Space
10:10 AMCOS 159-7Using 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 AMCOS 159-8The 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 AMCOS 159-9In-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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