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2007 MEADOWLANDS SYMPOSIUM II

2007 MEADOWLANDS SYMPOSIUM II:

FEATURING SESSIONS ON RENEWABLE ENERGY

AND URBAN WETLANDS

 

Presentations

 

  1. A Rapid Approach to Characterize Natural Organic Matter in Water.
    Marhaba, Taha F.
    Abstract  Presentation

 

  1. A Short History of Climate Change: Lessons from Deep Time.
    Olsen, Paul 

 

  1. Accumulation of Nitrite in Anaerobic Wetland Conditions.
    Shrestha, Junu; Jaffe, Peter R.
    Abstract

 

  1. Air Concentrations of Volatile Organic Compounds Along the Trails.
    Weisel, Clifford P.; Lioy, Paul J.; Kwon, Jaymin; Krishan, Mohan; Alimokhtari, Shahnaz   
    Abstract   Presentation

 

  1. Alkane Metathesis and Fischer-Tropsch Chemistry or..."Oil from Anything".
    Goldman, Alan 

 

  1. Analysis Of The Sediment Data From The Lower Hackensack River.
    Filipiak, Karolina A.; Johnson, Ken   
    Abstract   Presentation

 

  1. Anthropogenic Modification of Salt Marsh Landscapes . 
    Bertness, Mark [Keynote Speaker] 
    Presentation

 

  1. Assessment and Treatment of Contaminated Dredged Sediments From Passaic River.
    Ndiba, Peter; Axe, Lisa
    Abstract

 

  1. Assessment of Biomass Energy Potential in New Jersey.
    Specca, Dave 

 

  1. Behavior And Condition Responses Of Young-Of-The-Year Bluefish (Pomatomus Saltatrix) To Contaminants Accumulated Via Experimental Trophic Transfer.
    Candelmo, Allison; Deshpande, Ashok; Weis, Judith S. 
    Abstract

 

  1. Biotic and Physical Responses to Rehabilitation Along the Bronx River in the Bronx: Evaluating Success & Monitoring Approaches.
    Larson, Marit; Yackulic, Charles 
    Abstract

 

  1. Bronx River Pilot Oyster Reef Restoration: Methods, Monitoring and Community Participation.
    Harris, Janine; Larson, Marit
    Abstract  Presentation

 

  1. Characterization of Highly Contaminated Sediment From the Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn, New York.
    Olsen, Kevin; Kruge, Michael A.; Stern, Eric A.; Prezant, Robert S. 
    Abstract  Presentation

 

  1. Chironomid Hemoglobin Protein As A Molecular Biomarker For Species Identification And Genetic Diversity Using Wild Larvae From Kearny Marsh, N.J.
    Bentivegna, Carolyn S.; Jacobs, Lene M.; Jadeja, Viren N. 
    Abstract   Presentation

 

  1. Climate Change Impacts in The New York Metropolitan Region.
    Horton, Radley

 

  1. Continuous Water Quality Data Modeling For Lower Hackensack River.
    Jain, Aridaman; Johnson, Ken; Hobble, Christine
    Abstract   Presentation

 

  1. Dechlorination of Native PCBs in Kearny Marsh Sediments.
    Krumins, Valdis; Ravit, Beth; Totten, Lisa; Fennell, Donna   
    Abstract

 

  1. Development of a Water Budget For Kearny Marsh.
    Yergeau, Steven; Obropta, Christopher; Ravit, Beth; Kallin, Peter
    Abstract  Presentation

 

  1. Effects of Variations of a Clay-Based Cap on the Abundance of Macroinvertebrates and Water Quality in Kearny Marsh.
    McClary, Jr., Marion; Lynch, Louise; Brown, Ashley; Bentivegna, Carolyn S. 
    Abstract  

 

  1. Forest Ecosystems and Climate Change.
    Adams, Jonathan 

 

  1. Future Sea Level Rise and the Meadowlands.
    Doss, Teresa; Utke, Murat; Fofanah, Abdulai;  DeCapio, Vincent 
    Abstract   

 

  1. Geoelectrical Signatures of Microbial Stimulated Mineralization.
    Personna, Yves R.; Ntarlagiannis, Dimtrios; Slater, Lee; O’Brien, Michael; Hubbard, Susan; Hurst Williams, Kenneth
    Abstract  Presentation

 

  1. Habitat Specific Chemical and Gene Expression Signatures in Young of the Year Bluefish.
    Straub, Peter F.; Higham, Mary L.; Phoel, William C. 
    Abstract  

 

  1. Influence of Wetlands on the Removal of Hexavalent Chromium.
    Paull, J. S.; Zazo, J.A.; Jaffé, P.
    Abstract

 

  1. Kearny Marsh Sediment Above Aquablok Cap Shows Increased Bacterial Diversity.
    Glenn, Marian; Ferreira, Michael; Ramilo, Jaime; Rauch-Sasseen, Anna; Bentivegna, Carolyn
    Abstract  Presentation

 

  1. Living in a Greenhouse: Globally and Locally.
    Socolow, Robert 
    Presentation

 

  1. Looking at The New Jersey Meadowlands: A Historical Overview.
    Marshall, Stephen G.; Marshall, Tammy A.
    Abstract   Presentation

 

  1. Marine Electrical Resistivity Imaging of Shallow-Water Wetlands.
    Mansoor, Nasser; Slater, Lee
    Abstract   Presentation

 

  1. Meadowlands Biodiversity: What Do Butterflies, Odonates, and Frogs Tell Us?
    Kiviat, Erik
    Abstract  Presentation

 

  1. Metal Contaminant Levels and Their Effects on Birds Breeding in the Hackensack Meadowlands.
    Tsipoura, Nellie; Burger, Joanna; Mizrahi, David; Yacabucci, Jan 
    Abstract  Presentation

 

  1. Monitoring Wetlands in Urban Environments .
    Ehrenfeld, Joan [Keynote Speaker]  
    Presentation

 

  1. New Jersey’s Changing Climate.
    Robinson, David A.
    Abstract  Presentation

 

  1. Nutrient Concentrations and Loads in an Urban Wetlands Watershed in Teaneck Creek, New Jersey.
    Vowinkel, E.F.; Mak, M.; Obropta, C. 
    Abstract  

 

  1. Phenolics-oxidizing Enzymes of Roots of Non-native and Native Plants.
    Kafkewitz, David; Holzapfel, Claus
    Abstract   Presentation

 

  1. Potential Implications of Restoration on Fundulus Heteroclitus and Gill Parasite Interactions.
    Santiago Bass, C.; Khan, S.; Weis, J. S.   
    Abstract  

 

  1. Rhizosphere Sediment Microbial Communities: Does the Plant Matter?
    Ravit, Beth; Ehrenfeld, Joan G.; Häggblom, Max M. 
    Abstract  Presentation

 

  1. Sea-Level Rise Impacts And Salt Marsh Change In The New York City Vicinity.
    Hartig, Ellen K.; Gornitz, Vivien   
    Abstract   

 

  1. Sociability Leads to Instability: A Metapopulation Model of the (potential) Heron and Egret Nesting Colonies in New York Harbor and the Meadowlands.
    Russell, G.; Rosales, A. 
    Abstract  

 

  1. Soil Metal Concentrations and Plant Productivity in an Urban Brownfield.
    Pechmann, Ildiko; Gallagher, Frank J.; Bogden, John; Grabosky, Jason; Weis, Peddrick
    Abstract  Presentation

 

  1. Springtime Atmospheric Nitrogen Over The Meadowlands.
    Gao, Yuan ; Shin, Jin Young ; Song, Fei ; Artigas, Francisco  
    Abstract

 

  1. Study of Baseline Quality of Ambient Air Within the New Jersey Meadowlands District: Modeling Components.
    Wang, S.W.; Tang, X.; Lahoti, N.; Tong, S.; Isukapalli, S.; Georgopoulos, P.G.
    Abstract  Presentation

 

  1. The Role of Stormwater Detention Ponds in the Nitrogen Cycle of Urban Watersheds.
    Rosenzweig, B.R.; Moon, H.S.; Jaffe, P.R. 
    Abstract  Presentation

 

  1. Trace Monitoring of New and Emerging Pollutants via Microscale Membrane Extraction Techniques.
    Hylton, Kamilah; Mitra, Somenath
    Abstract   Presentation

 

  1. Tree Ecology in a Hardwood Wetland Forest at Teterboro Woods.
    Wiener, Eric M.  
    Abstract  

 

  1. Uncertainty Analysis of Contaminant Uptake Factors in Estuarine Environments.
    Richardson, Norman; Barrows, Betsy; Beauchamin, Melissa; Gunster, Don; Gulbransen, Tom; Rodgers, Pam 
    Abstract  

 

  1. United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2007) Working Group I Report:  State of the Science.
    Ramaswamy, Venkatachalam   

 

Posters

 

  1. Avian Abundance and Distribution in the New Jersey Meadowlands District.
    Tsipoura, Nellie; Mizrahi, David; Witkowski, Ken 
    Abstract  

 

  1. Balloon Imagery to Enhance the Accuracy of Hyperspectral Wetland Vegetation Mapping.
    Pechmann, Ildiko; Artigas, Francisco 
    Abstract  

 

  1. Baseline Air Concentrations of Particulate Matter, Elemental and Organic Carbon and Volatile Organic Compounds in the Meadowlands.
    Shin, Jin Young; Konsevick, Ed; Weisel, Clifford P.; Lioy, Paul J.; Kwon, Jaymin; Mohan, Krishan; Alkimoharti, Shahnaz 
    Abstract   Poster

 

  1. Behavioral Differences in Two Populations of Blue Crab in New Jersey.
    Reichmuth, Jessica M.; Place, Allen R.; Weis, Judith S. 
    Abstract  

 

  1. Bridge Creek - Tidal Wetland Restoration In An Urban Setting.
    Maresca, Susan I.; Albrecht, Sherri 
    Abstract  

 

  1. Can We Control Phragmites in the Urban Environment?
    Shisler, Joseph K. 
    Abstract  

 

  1. Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis.
    Ramaswamy, Venkatachalam 
    Abstract  

 

  1. Coupling Top-Down and Bottom-Up Restoration Paradigms to Enhance Biogeochemcial Cycling, Ecosystem Services, and Biodiversity in the Hackensack Meadowlands.
    Mankiewicz, Paul S.
    Abstract

 

  1. Development of a Dynamic Energy Balance to Assess Operating Efficiency of The Burlington County Bioreactor Landfill in New Jersey (USA).
    Babson, David, Krogmann, Uta Ph.D., Fennell, Donna.; Ravit, Beth
    Abstract  Poster

 

  1. Experimental Method Toward In-Situ Burial And Floral Restoration Of Contaminated Sites In Submerged Wetlands.
    Benzecry, Alice 
    Abstract   

 

  1. Geophysical Monitoring of Microbial Activitity Within a Wetland Soil.
    O'Brien, M.; Zhang, C. ; Ntarlagiannis, D. ; Slater, L. ; Yee, N.  
    Abstract

 

  1. Ground Waters Quality In Potential Zone Of Influence Of Ash Disposal Site At The Thermal Power Plant.
    Arbneshi, Tahir; Prelvukaj, Adelina; Berisha, Liridon; Rugova, Mujë 
    Abstract

 

  1. History of Industrialization and Land Use Changes in the Berry’s Creek Watershed and the Use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Mapping of Restoration Opportunities.
    Laska, Mark S.; Dvorett, Dan; Stanich, Serge
    Abstract

 

  1. Influence of Pre-Exposure to Dietary Metal on the Assimilation and Subcellular Distribution of Cadmium by Grass Shrimp.
    Seebaugh, David R.; Wallace, William G. 
    Abstract  

 

  1. Integrating Enviroinformatic And Bioinformatic Approaches For The Systematic Analysis Of Environmentally Related Human Health Risks.
    Georgopoulos, P.G.; Lioy, P.J.; Welsh, W.J.; Isukapalli, S.; Wang, S.W. 
    Abstract

 

  1. Is Flooding Getting Worse in the Passaic-Hackensack Watershed? A Historical, Empirical Analysis of Temporal Trends in Flood Frequency and Magnitude.
    Barrett, Kirk R.; Slaff, Eric
    Abstract  

 

  1. Is Molluscan Biodiversity Enhanced in a Northern New Jersey Urban Pond?
    Prezant, Robert S.; Chapman, Eric J.; Shell, Rebecca
    Abstract 

 

  1. Kearny Marsh Sediment Contaminant Investigation.
    Ravit, Beth; Totten, Lisa; Huang, Weilin
    Abstract

 

  1. Mass Size Distribution of Particulate Water-Soluble Ions Over Newark.
    Zhao, Yunliang; Gao, Yuan
    Abstract

 

  1. Materials and Devices for Alternative Energy Technology: Solar, Fuel Cell, Hydrogen Storage, Battery¨.
    Garfunkel, Eric  

 

  1. Multisensor Precipitation Estimates Produced by Noaa National Weather Service River Forecast Centers.
    Wnek, Patricia A. 
    Abstract  

 

  1. Multivariate Statistical Analysis Of Phytoplankton Populations In The Lower Hudson River.
    Kim, E-W; Park, M. ; Levandowsky, M. ; Wang, Zhaoyan; Vaccari, David A.
    Abstract

 

  1. Natural Resource Damage Assessments in Urbanized and Changing Habitats - Berry's Creek, NJ.
    Laska, Mark S.; Galloway; Richard W.; Guest, Daniel T. 
    Abstract 

 

  1. Nekton Use of Phragmites Australis and Spartina Alterniflora in the Hackensack Meadowlands.
    Woolcott, Craig A.
    Abstract

 

  1. Nitrate Removal in Urban Wetlands: Examining the Roles of Vegetation, Soils, and Hydrology in the Creation of 'Hot Spots' and 'Hot Moments' of Denitrification.
    Palta, Monica M.
    Abstract

 

  1. On-line Membrane Extraction for Real-time Water Monitoring.
    Kou, D.; Wang, X.; Bishop, E.; Mitra, Som
    Abstract

 

  1. Overcoming Challenging Soil Conditions in the Meadowlands to Enhance a Degraded, Urban Wetland.
    McBrien, Peg; Feltes, Ross 
    Abstract  

 

  1. Polychlorinated Biphenyl Congeners And Organochlorine Pesticides In Young-Of-The-Year Bluefish From Seven Nursery Estuaries Within The New York Bight And The Assessment Of Site Fidelity Based On Chemical Fingerprints.
    Deshpande, Ashok D.; Dockum, Bruce W.; Draxler, Andrew F.J. 
    Abstract

 

  1. Profiling Bioavailable Metals in Urban Salt Marsh Sediments.
    Nichols, Caitlyn P.; Wallace, William G.; Patnaik, Pradyot; Powers, Evelyn; Ward, Angela 
    Abstract  

 

  1. Retrofit Path to Net-Zero Energy Buildings.
    Makofske, William J. 
    Abstract

 

  1. Self-Shading and Physiological Integration in Phragmites Australis: Factors Leading to Division of Labor.
    Zagajeski, Jane E.; Holzapfel, Claus  
    Abstract  

 

  1. Structure and Composition of the Vegetation at Teaneck Creek Conservancy.
    Rohleder, Linda; Ehrenfeld, Joan 
    Abstract  

 

  1. Temporal Organochlorine Signatures in Young-Of-The-Year Bluefish (Pomatomus Saltatrix) in the Hudson River Estuary.
    Williams, Shayla D.; Deshpande, Ashok ; Johnson, Elijah; Noji, Thomas
    Abstract  

 

  1. The Meadowlands Comprehensive Restoration Implementation Plan.
    Weppler, Peter; Appell, Karen; Doss, Teresa 
    Abstract

 

  1. The New Jersey Toxics Reduction Workplan for NY-NJ Harbor: Ambient Levels of Toxic Contaminants in the Hackensack River.
    Pecchioli, Joel A.; Buchanan, Gary
    Abstract

 

  1. Toxicology Analysis for Vulpes Vulpes.
    Marti, Alex
    Abstract

 

  1. Urban Aerosols Characterization In Newark NJ.
    Jusino-Atresino, Rafael; Gao, Yuan
    Abstract

 

 

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