Session: Pollution, waste management, rehabilitation (ESA/SER Joint Meeting (August 5 -- August 10, 2007))

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

COS 156-2

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

COS 156-3

Land-based sources of pollution on Tutuila, American Samoa
Forest Duldulao, American Samoa Community College

9:00 AM

COS 156-4

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 InvestigaciÃ³n CientÃfica y TecnolÃ³gica AC; JosÃ© J. MejÃa-Saavedra, Universidad AutÃ³noma de San Luis PotosÃ; Idalia K Monzalvo-Santos, Instituto Potosino de InvestigaciÃ³n CientÃfica y TecnolÃ³gica AC

9:20 AM

COS 156-5

RestoringÂ the soil community at a former landfill
Mark N. Frey, Presidio Trust; Michael Perlmutter, Yale University

9:40 AM

COS 156-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 156-6

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

COS 156-7

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

COS 156-8

Effects of sewage sludge application on vegetation and soil macrofauna recovery in Soratama Sand Quarry, Bogota, Colombia
Jose Ignacio Barrera CataÃ±o 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 AM

COS 156-9

Demonstrating 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 AM

COS 156-10

A stateâ€™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

COS 156 - Pollution, waste management, rehabilitation