Southern California
Academy of Sciences


Annual Meeting May 2-3, 2008
 California State University, Dominguez Hills

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Planned Symposia 2008

FIRST CALL FOR SYMPOSIA

Annual Meeting of the Southern California Academy of Sciences

California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson

May 2-3, 2008

The Southern California Academy of Sciences will hold its 2008 annual meeting on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills.  Presently planned symposium topics are listed below.  Additional proposed symposium topics are invited.   Please contact Brad Blood (bblood@psomas.com)  to propose additional symposia.   There will also be sessions of Contributed Papers on both Friday and Saturday, grouped by subject matter.

FRIDAY, MAY 2: Planned Symposia

Advances in Selective Fishing: organized by Mark Helvey (Mark.Helvey@noaa.gov)

Coastal Sage Scrub Ecology: Darren Sandquist (dsandquist@fullerton.edu)

Impacts of Wildfire on Aquatic and Terrestrial Habitats: Sabrina Drill (sldrill@ucdavis.edu)

Controlling Runoff Pollution: John Dorsey (jdorsey@lmu.edu)

Reef Biology: Bob Grove (grovers@sce.com) and Dan Pondella (pondella@oxy.edu)

Plenary Session at 11 am.  Jon E. Keeley, USGS, Western Ecological Research Center, Sequoia-Kings Canyon Field            

FIRE AS AN ECOSYSTEM PROCESS: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

 

SATURDAY, May 3: Planned Symposia

Restoration and Native Plants: Connie Vadheim (cvadheim@csudh.edu)

Threatened and Endangered Species of Southern California: Brad Blood (bblood@Psomas.com)

Southern California Archaeology: Andrea Murray (apmurray@pasadena.edu)

Contributed papers: Sessions of Contributed Papers will occur both days.

Plenary Session at 11 am. Bill Hamner: UCLA

      Inner Space Speciation Project: Mid-water and epibenthic sampling in the            Celebes Sea, Philippines


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