Symposia

Symposia are pre-arranged sessions in which the presenters generally have been invited to speak by the symposia organizer.  Fourteen informative symposia took place, in concurrence with the contributed sessions, at the 2005 Wetlands Meeting, and they were as follows:

Thematic Symposium:

• Important Wetland Ecosystems of the Southeastern USA

Regular and Invited Symposia:

• STA Technology and Everglades Restoration
• Hurricane Hugo influence on the old-growth floodplain forest, plant, and animal communities at Four Holes Swamp, South Carolina
• Everglades Ecology and Restoration
• The Human Dimensions of Regional Watershed Assessments: Research, Integration, and Measurements of Success
• The Ecology of Tidal Freshwater Swamps
• Biogeochemical Transformations in Floodplain Wetlands
• Wetlands of the Chesapeake Bay and Tributary Watersheds
• Treatment Wetlands: Operation and Management, Case Studies from the Southeast
• Coastal Wetland Impoundment Ecology and Management: The Southeast, the Great Lakes, and Beyond
• Wetlands of Coastal Watersheds

Symposia Sponsored by the Association of State Wetland Managers:

• How Much Science Is Enough? Measuring no net loss / net gain of wetlands
• How Much Science Is Enough? Assessing cumulative impacts to wetland resources
• How Much Science Is Enough? Regionalizing the Corps’ 87 Wetlands Delineation Manual

Last updated: Monday, 20 June 2005