COS 156 - Pollution, waste management, rehabilitation

Friday, August 10, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Willow Glen II, San Jose Marriott
8:00 AM
 Water 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 AM
 Ecological treatment of polluted drains using innovative horizontal filtration process
Sandeep Joshi, Shrishti Eco-Research Institute; Sayali Joshi, Shrishti Eco-Research Institute
8:40 AM
 Land-based sources of pollution on Tutuila, American Samoa
Forest Duldulao, American Samoa Community College
9:00 AM
 Lead 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 AM
 Restoring the soil community at a former landfill
Mark N. Frey, Presidio Trust; Michael Perlmutter, Yale University
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 Soil 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, Univeristy of Kentucky
10:10 AM
 Selection 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 AM
 Effects 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
11:10 AM
 A 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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