Scholarship at UWindsor

Soil Carbon Pool as an Environmental Indicator

Rattan Lal, Ohio State University - Main Campus

8:30 AM - 9:10 AM

Developing Great Lakes Bioindicators of Environmental Condition and Recovery from Degradation with Reference to Watershed-based Risk of Stress

Jan Ciborowski
Katya Kovalenko, Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth
George Host, Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth
Robert W. Howe, University of Wisconsin Green Bay
Euan Reavie, Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth
Terry N. Brown, Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth
Valerie Brady, Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth
Nicholas Danz, University of Wisconsin Superior
Gerald L. Niemi, Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth
Cai Meijun, Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth
Lucinda B. Johnson, Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth

9:10 AM - 9:30 AM

Periphyton community dynamics as an indicator of water quality

C. Chantler, Lakehead University
J. Benallick, Lakehead University
C. Sinclair, Lakehead University
N. Kanavillil, Lakehead University

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

Using Agri-environmental Indicators to Communicate Risks to Water Quality from Horticulture Production in Ontario

Donna Speranzini, AAFC
V. Li
A. Jamieson
P. Handyside
D. K. Reid
P. Joose

9:45 AM - 10:00 AM

Climate Warming Reduces Essential Fatty Acid Production in Algae

Michael T. Arts
Stefanie M. Hixson, Ryerson University
Samantha Mercieca, Ryerson University

10:20 AM - 10:40 AM

Colonial Waterbirds as Indicators of Environmental Change

Craig Hebert

10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

Using Ecological Indicators to Assess Ecosystem Health in Tropical Reservoirs in Brazil

Juliana Pomari, Defiance College
Douglas Kane, Defiance College
Rosa Antonia Romero Ferreira, State University of São Paulo
Marcos Gomes Nogueira, State University of São Paulo

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Water Stratification is Key to Forming Algal Bloom in the Backwater Area of the Three Gorges Reservoir, China

L. Zhang
L. Fu
J. Yu
C. Zhou
D. Haffner

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Governance for Environmental Protection of the Great Lakes: Recovering Nutrients from Greenhouse Post-Production Water

Deanna Nemeth, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture
Shalin Khosla, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture
Greg DeVos, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture
Beverly Alder, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture
Dan McDonald, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture
Don Hillborn, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

The Phosphorus Paradox: Productive Agricultural and Water Quality

Andrew N. Sharpley, University of Arkansas

1:10 PM - 1:50 PM

Tale of three estuaries: Comparative evaluation of geochemical and mineralogical intertidal sediments in North Cornwall, Southwest England

T. D.T. Oyedotun, Adekunle Ajasin University

1:50 PM - 2:10 PM

Quantitative Biomonitoring of Water Quality for POPs Using Freshwater Mussels

Ken G. Drouillard, GLIER, University of Windsor

2:10 PM - 2:30 PM

Synergy Potential Among Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation and Biodiversity and Ecosystem Conservation in the Forest Sector

Kanako Morita, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Ken'ichi Matsumoto, The University of Shiga Prefecture

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Managing Eutrophication in the Great Lakes: the Primary Production Story

G. D. Haffner, University of Windsor
E. Hillis, University of Windsor
M. Fitzpatrick, University of Windsor
D. Porta, University of Windsor

3:10 PM - 3:50 PM

Heavy Metal Contamination of Soils: Sources, Indicators and Assessment

Zhenli He, University of Florida
Jiali Shentu, Zhejiang Gongshang University
Xiaoe Yang, Zhejiang University
Virupax C. Baligar, USDA-ARS
Tiequan Zhang, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Peter J. Stoffella, University of Florida

3:50 PM - 4:10 PM

Evaluation of Metals that are Potentially Toxic to Agricultural Surface Soils, Using Statistical Analysis, in Northwestern Saudi Arabia

Nassir Al-Arifi

4:10 PM - 4:25 PM

Indicating Impacts of Climate Change and Nitrogen Deposition on Ecological Integrity of Forests

Winfried Schroeder, Chair of Landscape Ecology, University of Vechta, Germany
S. Nickel
M. Jenssen

4:25 PM - 4:40 PM

Human Health Risks: Environmental Indicators of Microbiological Quality

E. Topp, Government of Canada

9:00 AM - 9:40 AM

Microbial Accumulation and Transformation of Nanoscale Elemental Selenium Particles

A. Paige, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
V. MacCracken, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
C. Theodorakis, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Z.-Q. Lin, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

9:40 AM - 10:00 AM

Agricultural Soil Profile Temperature in a Hot and Arid Ecosystem: Can it be a Useful Indicator of Environmental Change?

Abdirashid Elmi, Environmental Technology Management, College of Life Sciences, Kuwait University, State of Kuwait

10:20 AM - 12:00 PM

How Damming is Modifying Riverine Nutrient Fluxes

Philippe Van Cappellen, University of Waterloo
Taylor Maavara, University of Waterloo

1:10 PM - 1:50 PM

The Great Lakes Area Climate Change (Temperature and Precipitation) Forecast for the Year 2050: Based on PRECIS High Resolution RCM (25km x 25km) Analysis Results

L. Zhang, Ministry of Natural Resources
Y. Zhao, Ministry of Natural Resources
T. Janes, Hadley Centre, Met Office
D. Hein, Hadley Centre, Met Office
M. Chowdury, Ministry of Natural Resources
J. Ciborowski, University of Windsor

1:50 PM - 2:05 PM

Land cover monitoring (2006-2010) of three Pacific Northwest ecoregions of the United States to explore the application of the WELD Landsat data

Saroj Thapa, University of North Dakota
Darrell E. Napton, South Dakota State University

2:20 PM - 2:35 PM

Trees Carbon Sequestration of Different Reclamation Patterns in Antaibo Opencast Mine, Shanxi, China

Zhongqiu Zhao, China University of Geoscience Beijing

2:35 PM - 2:50 PM

Determining the most sensitive indicators for each species: A cross-species comparison of passerines

D. S. Henshel, Indiana University - Bloomington
D. W. Sparks

3:10 PM - 3:30 PM

Gas Detection as Control Means of Microbial Metabolism in Biorefineries and for the Reduction of Environmental Emissions

Elias Hakalehto

3:30 PM - 3:50 PM

Effect of Oil and Dispersants from the Gulf of Mexico on Estuarine Fish Species

Nancy D. Denslow
Olanike K. Adeyemo
Kevin J. Kroll

3:50 PM - 4:10 PM

Characterization and phytoremediation of crude oil contaminated wetland

E. O. Nwaichi, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
L. I. Opara, Macphed Ventures Engineering Services
P. A. Nwoha, University of Port Harcourt Nigeria

4:25 PM - 4:40 PM

Endophytes: An Indicator for Improved Phytoremediation of Environmental Pollutants

R. O. Anyasi, University of South Africa
H. I. Atagana, University of South Africa

4:40 PM - 4:55 PM

Bioactivity Effect of Two Macrophytes Extracts on Growth Performance of Two Bloom-forming Cyanophytes

Mary Guendy Ghobrial
H. S. Nassr
A. W. Kamil

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM