Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 8:25 AM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 372C
623: Symposium --Biogeochemistry of Relationships Among Soil Nutrients, Organic Carbon, and Water Quality: II/Div. A05 Business Meeting
Sponsor:A05 Environmental Quality
Organizer:Sam E. Feagley, Texas AgriLife Extension Service
Presiding:Donald Vietor, Texas A&M University
8:25 AM Introductory Remarks
8:30 AM623-1How can we Reduce Small Phosphorus Losses from Agricultural Fields?.
Lars Bergstrom, SLU, Katarina Kyllmar, SLU, Barbro Ulen, SLU, Holger Kirchmann, SLU
8:45 AM623-2Targeting Best Management Practices in the Little Arkansas River Watershed.
Daniel Devlin, Kansas State University, Philip Barnes, Kansas State University, Ron Graber, Kansas State University, Rick Schlender, Kansas State University
9:00 AM623-3Processed Swine Manure – Composting and Center Pivot Application to Crops.
K.D. Smiciklas, Illinois State University, P.M. Walker, Illinois State University, R.L. Rhykerd, Illinois State University
9:15 AM623-4Surface Runoff Quality Evaluations from Two Systems for Over-wintering Beef Cows.
Lloyd Owens, USDA-ARS, Martin Shipitalo, USDA-ARS, James Bonta, USDA-ARS
9:30 AM623-5Effect of Assisted Soil Infiltration on Emissions of Ammonia and Nitrous Oxide from Applied Dairy Slurry.
Shabtai Bittman, AAFC
9:45 AM Break
10:00 AM623-6Using Excess Poultry Litter to Generate Energy: An Analysis of the Impediments and Feasibility in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
Vitalia Baranyai, University of Maryland, Joshua McGrath, University of Maryland, Sally Bradley, Chesapeake Research Consortium
10:15 AM623-7Land Use and Water Quality in Urbanizing Post Oak Savannah Watersheds: Controls on DOC and DON.
Jacqueline Aitkenhead-Peterson, Texas A&M University, Nurun Nahar, North Dakota State University, Santhy Ayaluru, Texas A&M University
10:30 AM623-8Escherichia coli O157:H7 Survives Longer than Fecal Indicator Bacteria in a Pond in an Agricultural Watershed.
Michael Jenkins, USDA-ARS, Dwight Fisher, USDA-ARS, Dinku Endale, USDA-ARS
10:45 AM623-9A Simple Water Collection Device for the Analysis of Water Quality and Dissolved Gases.
John Loughrin, USDA-ARS-AWMRU, Jason Warren, USDA-ARS-AWMRU, Nanh Lovanh, USDA-ARS-AWMRU, Karamat Sistani, USDA-ARS-AWMRU
11:00 AM623-10Determination of Biodiesel Quality by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES).
Solomon Kariuki, University of Maryland, Hailin Zhang, Oklahoma State University, Jackie L. Schroder, Oklahoma State University, Nurhan Dunford, Oklahoma State University
11:15 AM Discussion
11:20 AM Concluding Remarks
11:25 AM Div. A05 Business Meeting
12:25 PM Adjourn

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