Wednesday, August 8, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Willow Glen II, San Jose Marriott
COS 97 - Restoration ecology in wetlands I: Coastal and created
1:30 PMCOS 97-1Bay scallop (Argopecten irradians) habitat attributes in a Massachusetts salt pond with active scallop restoration efforts
Marnita M. Chintala, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Eric J Weissberger, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, David W. Grunden, Town of Oak Bluffs
1:50 PMCOS 97-2Recruitment facilitation as a means of seagrass rehabilitation
Jason E. Tanner, SARDI Aquatic Sciences, Rachel Wear, SARDI Aquatic Sciences, Greg Collings, SARDI Aquatic Sciences, Sonja Venema, SARDI Aquatic Sciences
2:10 PMCOS 97-3Can seagrass beds heal themselves after physical disturbance? Implications for restoration
Amy V. Uhrin, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, W. Judson Kenworthy, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Mark S. Fonseca, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
2:30 PMCOS 97-4Do plants really reduce salt marsh erosion?
Rusty A. Feagin, Texas A&M University, Starr M. Lozada-Bernard, Texas A&M University, Tom Ravens, Texas A&M University at Galveston
2:50 PMCOS 97-5Disturbance for endangered parasitic plant restoration is offset by salt marsh invasion
Brenda J. Grewell, Dept. of Plant Sciences MS-4, University of California Davis
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 97-6Evaluating cumulative ecosystem response to tidal wetlands restoration projects in the Columbia River estuary, USA
Heida L. Diefenderfer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Ronald M. Thom, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Gary E. Johnson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, G. Curtis Roegner, NOAA Fisheries, Allan H. Whiting, Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce, Earl M. Dawley, Consultant, John R. Skalski, University of Washington, Blaine D. Ebberts, US Army Corps of Engineers, Amy B. Borde, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Kathryn L. Sobocinski, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Ian A. Sinks, Columbia Land Trust
3:40 PMCOS 97-7Estuarine habitat equivalency ratios based on production at multiple trophic levels for use in compensatory restoration
Melisa C. Wong, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Charles H. Peterson, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Michael F. Piehler, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Jonathan H. Grabowski, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Mark S. Fonseca, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Robert R. Twilley, Louisiana State University
4:00 PMCOS 97-9Success of Wetland Mitigation Projects in California
Richard F. Ambrose, University of California, Los Angeles, Steven Lee, University of California, Los Angeles, John C. Callaway, University of San Francisco
4:20 PMCOS 97-10Assessment of the water quality and habitat functions of natural, restored, and created wetlands of the Hawaiian Islands
Greg Bruland, University of Hawaii Manoa, Meris Bantilan-Smith, University of Hawaii Manoa, Richard MacKenzie, USDA Forest Service,, Christina McGuire, Pacific Coast Joint Venture, Adonia Henry, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Connie L. Ramsey, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District

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