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Abstracts

 

View the 2007 SWS Conference abstracts
via our online searchable program.

 

 

 

The deadline to submit abstracts has passed.

All abstracts will be peer reviewed by the program committee technical chairs to assess their applicability to the meeting theme and relevance to the special session chosen. All accepted abstracts will be published on a CD to be distributed at the meeting.

Be sure to follow these easy steps to submit your abstract.

1. Fill in all required information fields. Abstracts cannot be processed without a working email address or daytime phone number.
2. If you are presenting an oral paper in a contributed session, please choose your first and second choices for sessions.
3. Keywords will be used to develop an index in the Program Guide. Please enter at least one but no more than three key words in the keyword field.
4. Abstracts must be informative and concise (250 word maximum) describing the problem, results, and conclusions or implications sufficiently.
5. Students, please be sure to indicate you are a student.
6. The deadline for submitting abstracts is February 15, 2007.
7. Following submission of the abstract, presenters will be notified by email verifying receipt of the abstract. If you do not receive a confirmation that your abstract has been submitted, your abstract was not received.
8. Presenters will be notified by March 30, 2007 as to whether or not their abstract has been accepted. All presenters are encouraged to register for the SWS meeting by April 15, 2007, the early registration deadline, in order for their abstract to appear in the Program Guide.

Presenters who are unable to register by April 15, 2007, should contact the program co-chairs to verify their intent to present at the conference, and to ensure their abstract will appear in the Program Guide.

 

Proposed Session Titles:

Oral presentations for all contributed sessions will be 20 minutes long. This 20-minute period includes time (5 minutes suggested) for audience questions and answers. Presenters should use PowerPoint© as their presentation format. The Society encourages presentations in all areas of interest and practice of its members. Actual contributed session titles will be finalized after abstract submissions are received.

Proposed Contributed Oral Sessions may include:

1. Wetland Ecology and Management

2. Seasonal wetlands/vernal pools

3. Coastal/Estuary and tidal wetlands

4. Riverine wetlands

5. Vegetation dynamics/succession

6. Wetland geomorphology, hydrology, and hydraulics

7. Wetland Monitoring and Assessment

8. Biogeochemistry of Wetlands

9. Wildlife Ecology

10. Policy and Regulation

11. Ethnobotany and indigenous use of wetland environments

12. Wetland mitigation and restoration

13. Wetland and Conservation Mitigation Banking

14. Impacts of invasive species on wetlands

15. Wetland ecosystems modeling, ecological economics, and adaptive management

16. Landscape ecology and watershed studies

17. Global climate change and wetland responses

18. Technologies in wetland restoration and remediation

19. Wetland contaminants and stressors

20. Wetland planning and conservation strategies

21. Wetland education, public outreach, and community involvement

22. Special topics in California wetlands