Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in New Orleans Urban Environment
Guangdi Wang, Xavier University

Research Overview: National Water Quality Laboratory
Jeff McCoy, US Geological Survey

Assessing population and species-level effects of environmental contaminants
Michael Blum, Tulane University Department of  Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Mercury cycling and transformations across Louisiana estuarine and wetland gradients
Mark Marvin DiPasquale, US Geological Survey

Real-time Nitrate Concentrations in the Lake Pontchartrain Basin 2004-2009:  From Method Development to Investigative Tool
Dennis Demcheck, US Geological Survey

Porewater chemistry and humification of organic soils of delta plain marshes
Chris Swarzenski, US Geological Survey

Brief Presentation + Lab Tour
Torbjorn Tornqvist, Tulane University Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Climate change and U.S. coastal ecosystems
Jeffrey Chambers, Tulane University Department of  Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Sediment, nutrient, and carbon accumulation within lowland bottomland ecosystems: past, present and future study in the Atchafalaya Basin and other lower Mississippi areas
Cliff Hupp, US Geological Survey

Concentrations and speciation of potentially toxic trace elements in waters of an urban estuary; Bayou Bienvenue, New Orleans, Louisiana
Karen Johannesson, Tulane University Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Floodplain Nutrient Retention along the Tangipahoa River
Jud Harvey, Greg Noe, Dan Kroes, and Durelle Scott, US Geological Survey

Observing the River in Action: The Dynamics of Carbon and Sediment During the Mississippi River 2008 Spring Flood
Alex Kolker and Brad Rosenheim, Tulane University Dept. of Earth and Env. Sciences

Polar organic compounds of interest:  Lower Mississippi River & Gulf of Mexico  
Colleen Rostad, US Geological Survey

A Look at the Phosphorus Cycle beyond the 'Ferrous Wheel'
Nancy Simon, US Geological Survey

Integrated Landscape Science and Monitoring in the Lower Mississippi Valley
Steve Faulkner, US Geological Survey

USGS Coastal and Marine Activities in the northern Gulf Coast
Dawn Lavoie, US Geological Survey

USGS Southeast Region Activities
Greg Steyer, US Geological Survey

Overview of Activities at RiverSphere, Bayou Bienvenue, and the Lower Ninth Ward
Douglas Meffert, Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research
Charles Allen III, Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research

Introduction: Establishing an Ecosystem Services Observatory in the Lower Mississippi River Deltaic Plain
Pierre Glynn, US Geological Survey
John McLachlan, Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research