Alberta Society of Professional Biologists 2010 Conference

“Innovations and Advancements in Biology”

Information

Last updated: June 28, 2010

April 14-15, 2010 in Calgary, Alberta

Downloads

• ASPB 2010 Conference Program, updated April 12, 2010
• ASPB 2010 Conference Poster, updated March 29, 2010
• ASPB 2010 Conference Event Information, updated April 1, 2010
• ASPB 2010 Conference Hotel Information
• ASPB 2010 Conference Zoo Access, updated April 1, 2010
• ASPB 2010 Conference Sponsorship Information Package
• ASPB 2010 Conference sub-committees Roles and Responsibilities

Presentations

• 2010 Conference Presentation Abstracts
• 2010 Conference Sponsorship
• 2010 Conference Closing Remarks

• Session 1: Reclamation
• Session 1-1 Jay Woosaree: Reclamation Success Stories in Alberta
• Session 1-2 Thomas D. Boag: Native Shortgrass Prairie Established as Green Roof on Buildings in Calgary’s SW Beltline
• Session 1-3 Laura Hickman: Reclamation Outcomes on Energy Development Footprints in Silver Sagebrush (Artemisia cana) Communities in the Dry Mixed Grass Subregion of South-east Alberta
• Session 1-4 Peter Whitehead: A Novel Approach for Boreal Peatland Restoration on Well Pads with Benefits for Wildlife
• Session 1-5 Victor Lieffers, Tim Vinge: Use of Site Preparation to Reclaim Linear Corridors and Access Trails

• Session 2: Wildlife Management
• Session 2-1 Dr. Erin Bayne: How Does Petroleum Development Affect Burrowing Owl Nocturnal Space-Use?
• Session 2-2 Jesse Tigner: Designing Management Thresholds for Seismic Line Density in the Northern Boreal Forests: How Many of Which Lines?
• Session 2-3 Axel Moehrenschlager: Challenges to Monitoring Strategies And Success Evaluation for Endangered Species Programs
• Session 2-4 Shevenell Webb: Aerial Ungulate Survey Approaches in Alberta
• Session 2-5 Jonah Keim: Impacts of Human Activity on Caribou Resource Selection and Physiological Health in the Athabasca Oil Sands

• Session 3: Aquatics
• Session 3-1 Craig Mushens: Analysis of Alternative Stopping Rules for Fish Salvage from Planned Developments
• Session 3-2 Kasey Clipperton: Fish Movements in Horizon Mine Streams: Five Year Fish Fence and Tagging Program
• Session 3-3 Erika Paradis: Assessing the Recovery of Coastrange sculpin (Cottus aleuticus) and Prickly sculpin (C. asper) in a Coastal BC River Previously Affected by a Chemical Spill
• Session 3-4 Scott Kolochuk: Predicting nutrient limitation in shallow, prairie water bodies using algal bioassays and water chemistry.
• Session 3-5 Erika Paradis: Side Channel Re-Watering for Recovery of Anadromous Salmonids
• Session 3-6 Tom Watson: The Challenges of Salvaging Marine Organisms and Sustaining Invertebrate Populations Related to Operational Dredging in a Coastal Marine Environment

• Session 4: Survey and Assessment Methods
• Session 4-1 Shanon Leggo: Applications of Remote Cameras in Northeast Alberta
• Session 4-2 Jane Lancaster: Challenges of Surveys and Setback Mitigation for Disturbance-adapted Species at Risk Plants: A Case Study
• Session 4-3 Kerry Ann Pippy: Automated Water Quality Monitoring in Northern Rivers
• Session 4-4 Barry White: Alberta’s Wet Areas Mapping Initiative: a Cost Effective and Innovative Approach to Facilitate Sustainable Development
• Session 4-5 John Kansas: Empirical Ecological Impact Assessment – Is it Time to Focus?

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