FYI... Stefanie Rixecker ECOFEM Coordinator ------- Forwarded message follows ------- 2001 Annual Meeting of the Western Section of The Wildlife Society February 22 - 24, 2001 Radisson Hotel, Sacramento, California CALL FOR PAPERS Abstracts are solicited for the following sessions: Deer Management Partners in Flight Conservation Plans Wildlife Toxicology Seabirds Waterbird and Wetland Habitat Conservation Habitat Restoration & Management Reptiles and Amphibians Forest-Dependent Wildlife Technology Carnivores Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Sierra Nevada Southern California Northern California Great Basin and Deserts Nevada Hawaii and Pacific Islands General Papers Large Mammals Poster Session Contributed papers will be 20 minute oral presentations. Papers may be submitted for possible publication in the Section's journal "Transactions of the Western Section of The Wildlife Society." Speakers are expected to register for the conference. We may ask that some oral presentations become posters and that some papers be placed in different sessions. Abstracts should not exceed 200 words (title and author addresses are not included in word count) and should be in Arial 12 pt font. Indicate the preferred session and if the paper will be an oral presentation or poster. Students should indicate their intent to compete for Student Awards. Please submit abstracts either electronically or on 3.5-inch floppy disk in ASCII or Wordperfect 6/7/8 format no later than October 1, 2000 to Barry Garrison, California Department of Fish and Game, Lands and Facilities Branch, 1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Call 916-653-1738 (FAX 916-653-1019) if you have any questions or need additional information. ABSTRACT FORMAT: Preferred Session: Wildlife Toxicology Type of paper: Oral presentation Paper Title: RISK ASSESSMENT FOR TERRESTRIAL BIRDS AT KESTERSON RESERVOIR SANTOLO, GARY M. CH2M HILL, Inc., 2485 Natomas Park Drive, Suite 600, Sacramento CA, 95833, USA. 916-920-0212 Ext. 283, E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] YAMAMOTO, JULIE T. University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis CA, 95616, USA. OHLENDORF, HARRY M. CH2M HILL, Inc., 2485 Natomas Park Drive, Suite 600, Sacramento CA, 95833, USA. A risk assessment conducted in 1992 for Kesterson Reservoir developed a food chain model using data from biological monitoring conducted at Kesterson during 1989 to 1992. This model used estimated water-extractable selenium concentration in soil to predict the expected range of mean selenium concentrations for biota at Kesterson in the next 20 years. Red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) and northern harriers (Circus cyaneus) were two high trophic level species for which dietary selenium predictions were made using the model. Since the risk assessment was completed, feeding studies with captive American kestrels (Falco sparverius) have been conducted, and further biological monitoring data were collected at Kesterson. We present an updated model of selenium accumulation in terrestrial biota at Kesterson Reservoir and provide a more complete description of the pathway from bioavailable selenium in the soil to American kestrels. In addition, data from birds fed small mammals collected from Kesterson are compared with model predictions to evaluate model performance. ------- End of forwarded message ------- ************************************ Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker, Senior Lecturer Environmental Management & Design Division Lincoln University, Canterbury PO Box 84 Aotearoa New Zealand E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: 64-03-325-3841 ************************************
