623 Symposium --Biogeochemistry of Relationships Among Soil Nutrients, Organic Carbon, and Water Quality: II/Div. A05 Business Meeting

Oral Session
A05 Environmental Quality
The presentations for the biogeochemistry of relationships among soil nutrients, organic carbon, and water quality are diverse yet narrow in topics. All presentations point directly to water quality evaluation, improvement, or maintenance.
Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 8:25 AM-12:25 PM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 372C

Presiding:
Donald Vietor
8:25 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:30 AM
How can we Reduce Small Phosphorus Losses from Agricultural Fields?.
Lars Bergstrom, SLU; Katarina Kyllmar, SLU; Barbro Ulen, SLU; Holger Kirchmann, SLU
8:45 AM
Targeting 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 AM
Processed Swine Manure – Composting and Center Pivot Application to Crops.
Kenneth Smiciklas, Illinois State University; P.M. Walker, Illinois State University; R.L. Rhykerd, Illinois State University
9:15 AM
Surface Runoff Quality Evaluations from Two Systems for Over-wintering Beef Cows.
Lloyd Owens, USDA-ARS; Martin Shipitalo, USDA-ARS; James Bonta, USDA-ARS
9:45 AM
Break
10:00 AM
Using 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, Univ. of Maryland; Sally Bradley, Chesapeake Research Consortium
10:15 AM
Land 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 AM
Escherichia 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 AM
A 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 AM
Determination of Biodiesel Quality by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES).
Solomon Kariuki, Univ. of Maryland; Hailin Zhang, Oklahoma State Univ.; Jackie Schroder, Oklahoma State Univ.; 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