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The
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Symposium
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New
Jersey Meadowlands Commission
1 Dekorte Park Plaza Lyndhurst, New Jersey |
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October
9 & 10, 2003
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Keynote Speech: William Mitsch "Urban Wetlands and Large-Scale Wetland Restoration: Lessons Learned" Hors d'oeuvres and Poster Presentation Session Oral Presentations Biodiversity Patterns in the Hackensack Meadowlands E. Kiviat. K. MacDonald Estuarine Shifts in Organic Matter and Plant Communities in the Meadowlands and Lower Hudson Bay-European Impact D.M. Peteet, D. Pederson, D. Kleinstein Community Involvement in Toxic Crab Outreach: A Case Study in the Issuance of Fish Consumption Advisories K. Pflugh The Use of Paleoecological Approaches in Modern Wetland Reconstruction/Mitigation Efforts B. LePage The Meadowlands Before the Commission: Three Centuries of Human Use and Modification of the Hackensack Meadowlands S. Marshall The Influence of the Hackensack Meadowlands on the Tidal Hydraulics of the Hackensack River R. Miskewitz, R. Hires
Sediment, Carbon, and Trace Contaminant Contributions to the New Jersey Meadowlands Area from the Hackensack River Basin T. Wilson Historical and Current Ecology of the Lower Passaic River, New Jersey T. Ianuzzi, D. Ludwig Hydrogeomorphic (HGM) Functional Assessment Model and Guidebook for Tidal Fringe Wetlands in the New Jersey Meadowlands P. McBrien The Plan to Restore the Meadowlands to Health (Not Youth) M. Renna The Feasibility of Marsh Restoration and Connectivity in the New Jersey Hackensack Meadowlands L. Windham, M. Laska
Oral Presentations Vigor Gradients of Phragmites australis in the Meadowlands District F. Artigas, A. Aydiner
Tidal Variability in an Urbanized Estuary J. DiLorenzo, Historic GIS and Terrain Modeling J. Grossman
Comparison of Sediment and Detritus Toxicity from a Heavy Metal
Contaminated Freshwater Marsh C. Bentivegna, Benthic Communities and Metal Contamination in Eight Day Swamp, a Brackish Marsh in the Hackensack Meadowlands of New Jersey J. Weis, P. Weis Turning the Tide in the Meadowlands-How Science Effects Change B. Sheehan, L. Kelly Benthic Communities in Spartina alterniflora and Phragmites australis Dominated Salt Marshes Found in the Hackensack Meadowlands C. Yuhas Mercury Contamination in Berrys Creek and Downstream Ecosystem J. Schaefer. T. Cardona-Merek, K. Ellickson, J. Yagi, T. Barkay, J. Reinfelder
Atmospheric Deposition of Organic and Inorganic Contaminants to
the New Jersey Meadowlands Distribution of Contaminants in the NY-NJ Harbor Area H. Feng |
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Organizing
Committee Advisory Committee Brett
Bragin |
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Chemical and Biotic Assessment of a Degraded Brackish Marsh in the Hackensack Meadowlands K. Barrett, M. McBrien, F. Artigas Fisheries Resource Inventory of the Hackensack River B. Bragin, J. Misuik, C. Woolcott Evaluating Macroinvertebrate Biodiversity in a New Jersey Freshwater Marsh S. Bugel, C. Bentivegna An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Continuous Growing Season Grazing by Goats as a Means to Control Phragmites australis in a Tidal Marsh R. Clanton B. Evans, K. Strait Distribution of Metals, PCBs and PCDD/Fs K. Dimou, T. Su, G. Korfiatis, R. Hires Tidal Marsh Restoration in Areas with Contaminated or Unconsolidated Soils T.Doss Seed Dispersal Dynamics in a Restored Salt Marsh: Implications for Restoration Success P. Hicks, J. Hartman Mineral-Trace Metals Associations (Speciation) in Contaminated Sediments from the Hackensack Meadowlands Urban Estuary V. Hover Environmental Factors Limiting Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) Populations in the New Jersey Meadowlands M. Laska, J. Baxter, A. Graves The Use of Paleoecological Approaches in Modern Wetland Reconstruction/Mitigation Efforts B. LePage Approaches
to the Concept of Biocomplexity: Application to Protistan Data from
the Meadowlands M. Levandosky Spartina alterniflora and Phragmites australis as Habitat for the Ribbed Mussel (Geukensia demissa) (Dillwyn) M. McClary Water Quality Assessment of Point and Non-Point Discharges on the Hackensack River Estuary T. Najarian, J. Sheehan, V. Gunawardana, P. Huang, H. Litwack Mercury in the Hackensack River: Initial Findings of the NJ Toxics Reduction Workplan for NY-NJ Harbor J. Pecchioli, G. Buchanan, R. Miskewitz The Distribution, Abundance, and Potential Prey of a Marsh Resident Fish: Phragmites versus Spartina alterniflora D. Raichel Comparing Microbial Biocomplexity in Adjacent Salt Marsh Microhabitats in Winter and Summer: 3 Approaches B. Ravit, J. Champanerkar, O. Anderson, D. Blackmore, M. Haggblom, L. Kerkhof, T. Gorrell, G. Benoit, M. Levandosky Tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA) Biotranformation in Vegetated and Non-Vegetated Salt Marsh Sediments B. Ravit, M. Haggblom, J. Ehrenfeld Behavioral Differences Between Juvenile Blue Crabs (Callinectes sapidus) from the Hackensack Meadowlands and a Reference Site in Tuckerton, NJ J. Reichmuth, J. MacDonald, J. Mairo, T. Glover, J. Weis Analyzing Groundwater Flow to Aid in Wetland Mitigation R. Riberty, D. Ophori An Analysis of Epifaunal Communities Associated with the Stems of Phragmites australis and Spartina alterniflora Collected from Brackish Marshes in New Jersey T. Robertson, J. Weis Effective Avian Monitoring in Common Reed Wetlands J. Rollino Comparison of Condition of Young of the Year Bluefish from two Different New Jersey Estuaries: Hackensack River and Great Bay, Tuckerton J. Samson Avian Response to Marsh Restoration in the Meadowlands: the Value of Having Pre and Post Restoration Data A. Siegel Eight Day Swamp:Assessment of Heavy Metal Concentration P. Weis, J. Weis, K. Barrett Nekton Use of Different Marsh Grass Species C. Woolcott, J. Weis Spectral Characteristics of Inter-Tidal Mud Flats in Impoundments at Low and High Tide N. Yao, F. Artigas |
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Hudsonia,
Ltd. Cosponsors American
Littorial Society |
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Meadowlands Symposium Registration You may register online at http://cimic.rutgers.edu/meri/symposium We are also enclosing a registration form with this flyer that can be faxed to (201) 460 2804 or filled out and mailed with your payment to Ms. Josephine Nash, Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute, 1 DeKorte Park Plaza, Lyndhurst, New Jersey 07071. Registration is $65 ($20 for students) and is not complete until payment or a purchase order is received. Make checks/POs payable to the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission. You must pre-register to be guaranteed meals and a spot on the tours. Deadline for receipt of payment is October 1, 2003. Day-of-event registrants might be denied meals and/or tours because of inadequate space. Note: private cars cannot be accommodated on the field trip because of access and parking restrictions. Meadowlands Symposium Registration Registration and payment should be mailed to Ms. Josephine Nash, Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute, 1 DeKorte Park Plaza, Lyndhurst, New Jersey 07071
You may also register by fax to 201-460-2804
Registration online http://cimic.rutgers.edu/meri/symposium Guaranteed Registration Deadline is October 1, 2003 Registration is not complete until payment or a purchase order is received. The fee is $65 Regular or $20 Student. Make checks/POs payable to the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission. You must pre-register to be guaranteed meals and a spot on the tours. Deadline for receipt of payment: October 1. 2003. Day-of-event registrants might be denied meals and/or tours because of inadequate space. Note that private cars cannot be accommodated on the field trip because of access and parking restrictions. |
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http://www.meadowlands.state.nj.us/directions.html Directions to the Meadowlands Symposium online New
Jersey Meadowlands Commission NJ Turnpike Exit 16W to Rt. 3 West; approx. 1 mi. to Route 17 South (Lyndhurst exit). Turn left at first traffic light onto Polito Ave. Go straight to end of Polito Ave.; turn left onto Valley Brook Ave. Follow this road approx. 1.5 miles to the NJMC complex. Park in the first lot you see and enter the first building, the Environment Center. Garden
State Parkway or Rt. 21 to Rt. 3 East. Take Rt. 17 South/Polito
Ave. exit; continue straight onto Polito Ave. Then follow directions
above. Anyone arriving by train or bus who would like to be picked up in Newark or Secaucus, please contact Ms. Josephine Nash, 201-460-3787, jnash@meadowlands.state.nj.us Back To Top |
