Southern California Academy ofSciences 2010 Session Schedule Friday, May 7, 2010 Location:Alhambra Room Session: Station Fire Watershed Recovery USDA Chair: Lisa Northrop, Forest Service 1 8:40 WILDFIRES AND THEIRAFTERMATH: ASSESSINGTHE STATIONFIRE J. Noiron. Angeles National Forest, 701 N. Santa Anita Ave., Arcadia, CA 91006. 2 9:00 PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE EMERGENCY ASSESSMENT OF POSTFIRE DEBRIS-FLOW HAZARDS FOR THE 2009 STATION FIRE (U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 2009-1227) S.H.Cannon J.E. Gartner,M.N.Hanshaw,J.W.Kean,R.N.Leeper,K.M. Schmidt,and , D.M. Staley, U.S. Geological Survey 3 9:20 POST-WILDFIRE SURFACE MATERIAL MAPPING OF THE STATION FIRE USING AIRBORNE VISIBLE-INFRARED IMAGING SPECTROMETER (AVIRIS) DATA T. M. Hoefen(1), R. F. Kokaly (1). R.O. Green (2), G.A. Swayze (1) and G.S. Plumlee (1). (1) U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO, 80225. (2) Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute ofTechnology. Pasadena, CA, 91109. 4 9:40 RAINFALL AND PEAK STREAMFLOW FOLLOWING THE STATION FIRE: A BENCHMARK FORPREDICTIVE MODEL VALIDATION P. Wohlgemuth USDA Forest Service. Forest Fire Laboratory. Riverside, CA, 92507, K. . Wright, USDA Forest Service, Sequoia National Forest, Porterville, CA, 93257, T. Hogue. UCLA, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, P. Robichaud, USDA Forest Service, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Moscow, ID, 83843, B. Roath, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region, Vallejo, CA. 94592, and B. Hill, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region, Vallejo. CA. 94592. 10:00-10:20 BREAK 5 10:20 VALIDATION OF POST-FIRE HYDROLOGY MODELS ON A SELECTED SITE IN THE SOUTHWESTERNUNITED STATES L. Chen. M. Berli, and K. Chief, Desert Research Institute, 755 East Flamingo Road. Las NV Vegas, 89119. 6 10:40 ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH-HAZARDS CHARACTERIZATION OF AIRFALL ASH, RESIDUAL ASH, AND SOILS FROM AREAS BURNED BY 2007-2009 SOUTH- ERN CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES AT THE WILDLAND-URBAN-AGRICULTURAL INTERFACE G.S. Plumlee T.M. Hoefen. S.A. Morman, P.L. Hageman. D.A. Martin. R. Kokaly. R.E. . Wolf. H.A. Lowers, J.M. Holloway, W.M. Benzel, G.P. Meeker, and C. Strieker. U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225 7 11:00 ASSESSINGTHEPHYSICALAND GEOCHEMICALIMPACTS OFWIDLFIREONAN URBANFRFNGE WATERSHED. MeganP. BurkeandTerri S. Hogue. WaterResourcesand Hydrology, UCLA, Department ofCivil and Environmental Engineering, Los Angeles. CA 90095. 11:30-12:30 PlenaryLecture: Theater 12:30-1:20 LUNCH BREAK 53 54 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 8 1:20 POST-FIRE DEBRIS-FLOW MONITORING IN THE STATION FIRE: INITIAL OBSERVATIONS FROM IN-SITUMEASUREMENTS OF 11 DEBRIS FLOWS J.W. Keanand D.M. Staley, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO, 80225 9 1:40 EVALUATING CONTROLS ON HYDROLOGIC RECOVERY IN BURNED WATER- SHEDS IN THE SANBERNARDINO MOUNTAFNS Alicia M. Kinoshita and Terri S. Hogue. Water Resources and Hydrology, UCLA, Department ofCivil and Environmental Engineering, Los Angeles, CA 90095. Session: Coastal Sage Scrub Restoration Location:Alhambra Room Chair: Ann Dalkey, Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy 10 2:00 VEGETATION MAPPING AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE PALOS VERDES NATURE PRESERVE. Lily N. Verdone Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy, 916 Silver Spur Road, . Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274; [email protected]. 11 2:20 COASTAL SAGE SCRUB RESTORATION AND REVEGETATION USING A SUCCESSIONAL MODEL Margot Griswold, Ph.D., NewFields AER, Restoration Group, Los Angeles, CA 90018 12 2:40 IN THE WAKE OF WEED MANAGEMENT: ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK J.J. Knapp. Native Range, Incorporated, 4360 East Main Street, Suite A #478, Ventura, California, 93003 3:00-3:20 BREAK 13 3:20 INVASION AND RESTORATION OF COASTAL SAGE SCRUB: ABOVE AND BELOWGROUND FEEDBACKS S.J.M. Dickens E.B. Allen and L.S. Santiago, Department ofBotany and Plant Sciences, , University ofCalifornia Riverside, Riverside CA 92521 14 3:40 COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY BETWEEN COASTAL SAGE AND CHAPARRAL OF THE SANTAMONICAMOUNTAE^S S.D. Davis1 A.L. Jacobsen2 and R.B. Pratt2 ^epperdine University, Natural Science , , , Division, Malibu CA, 90263 and 2California State University, Department of Biology, Bakersfield, CA, 93311. 15 4:00 EFFECTOFEXOTICANNUALGRASSREMOVALONTHERE-ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMON NATD7E OAK UNDERSTORY SPECIES ON SANTA CATALINA ISLAND, CA Matthew P. Sutton and Darren R. Sandquist. California State University, Fullerton, Department ofBiological Science, Fullerton, CA, 92834-6850. 16 4:20 LANDSCAPE RESTORATION IN A COASTAL SAGE SCRUB COMMUNITY TaraStark Dr. FrankEwers,CaliforniaStatePolytechnicUniversity,Pomona, Biological , Sciences Department, Pomona, CA 91768 17 4:40 DIETARY HABITS OF CANISLATRANSONTHE PALOS VERDES PENINSULA. AlfredFernandez Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy, RanchoPalos Verdes, Ca. . 5:00 Poster Session: GoldenEagle Ballroom PROGRAM 55 Friday, May 7, 2010 Location: San Gabriel Room Session: Sustainable Fisheries Chair: Mark Helvey, NOAA 18 8:40 THE USE OF CATCH SHARES rN SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES M. Helvey. NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Sustainable Fisheries Division, Long Beach, California, 90802. 19 9:00 HOWASNOUTBECOMESALAW:CODEDWIRETAGSANDTHEENDANGERED SACRAMENTO RIVERWINTER CHINOOK SALMON D. Lawson National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Region, Protected Resources . Division, Long Beach, CA, 90802. 20 9:20 DOLPHIN SAFE LABELINGAND THE TUNATRACKINGPROGRAM C. D'Angelo NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Region, Sustainable . Fisheries Division, Long Beach, CA 90802 21 9:40 LARGE WHALE ENTANGLEMENT RISK ASSESSMENT, UNITED STATES WEST COAST L. Saez, D. Lawson, S. Wilkin. E. Petras, M. DeAngelis, and C. Fahy. National Marine Fisheries Service. Protected Resources Division, Long Beach, CA, 90802. 10:00-10:20 BREAK 22 10:20 ECONOMICIMPACTANALYSISFORINFORMINGDESIGNATIONOFCRITICAL HABITAT FORTHE ENDANGERED LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE CM. Pinkerton and K.L. Hodges (Contractor), National Marine Fisheries Service, Sustainable Fisheries Division, Long Beach, CA, 90802. 23 10:40 NOAA FISHERIES SERVICE RECREATIONAL FISHERIES DATA COLLECTION PROGRAMS M.F. Golden NOAA Fisheries Service, Long Beach, CA 90802 . 25 11:00 IDENTIFICATION OF SEAFOOD SUBSTITUTION IN THE LOS ANGELES MARKETPLACE USINGDNA SEQUENCING L.V. Plough1. Anderson, D.2. and Hedgecock, D.1Department of Biological Sciences, UniversityofSouthernCalifornia, LosAngelesCA,900892AquariumofthePacific, Long Beach, CA, 90802 11:30-12:30 Plenary Lecture: Theater 12:30-1:20 LUNCH BREAK Friday, May 7, 2010 Location: San Gabriel Room Session: Rocky Reefs: Preparing for MPA's Chair: Robert Grove, Southern California Edison 26 1:20 PLACEMENTANDEARLYCOMMUNITYDEVELOPMENTOFANEWARTIFICIAL REEF IN SANTABARBARA COUNTY, CA P.R. Krause ARCADIS US, Inc. 4640 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. CA 90292. , 27 1:40 ANASSESSMENTOFREEFFISHCOMMUNITIESONARTIFICIALANDNATURAL REEFS IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT J.E. Granneman and M. Steele. Department ofBiology, Northridge. CA, 91330. I 56 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 28 2:00 A NEW METHOD TO ASSESS WATER QUALITY AND URBAN IMPACT IN CALIFORNIAROCKYREEF SYSTEMS: MEASURINGMETAL CONCENTRATIONS IN KELP (AT. PYRIFERA) SIEVE TUBE SAP. L.A.Fink*CaliforniaStateUniversity, LongBeach, 1250BellflowerBlvd.,LongBeach,CA 90840 *Current address: Vantuna Research Group, Occidental College, 1600 Campus Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90041 29 2:20 RESOURCE-LIMITEDREGULATIONAND COHERENCEINOC/SDKELPBEDS:A CASE STUDY OF SAN ONOFRE KELP. EricF.Miller, MBCAppliedEnvironmentalSciences,3000RedHillAve.,CostaMesa,CA 92626 30 2:40 KELP, I NEED SOMEBODY T.K Ford and B.M. Meux. Santa Monica Baykeeper, 120 Broadway, Suite 105, Santa , Monica, CA 90401 3;00-3;20 BREAK 31 3:20 GETTING TO KNOW YOUR SOUTH COAST MPAS: NEARSHORE ROCKY REEF ECOLOGY OF POINT VICENTE SMR J.P. Williams and D.J. Pondella, II. And Jeremy T.Claisse; Vantuna Research Group, Occidental College, Department ofBiology, Los Angeles, CA, 90041. 32 3:40 LIFE HISTORY INFORMATION CAN IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF MPA EFFECTS FORAVALUABLE FISHERY SPECIES J.T. Claisse. Vantuna Research Group, Occidental College, Department ofBiology, Los Angeles, CA, 90041. 33 4:00 REFININGMPAMONITORING TO MEET MLPAREQUIREMENTS E.A. Whitemanand CA. Recchia. MPA Monitoring Enterprise, CaliforniaOcean Science Trust, 1330 Broadway, Suite 1135, Oakland, CA 94612 34 4:20 THE STATUS OF MAINLAND REEFS IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIABIGHT DJ.Pondella,II. DepartmentofBiologyandVantunaResearchGroup,MooreLaboratory ofZoology, Occidental College, 1600 Campus Rd. Los Angeles, CA 90041 35 4:40 THE EXISTENCE, IMPORTANCE, AND CONTRIBUTION OF FISH SPAWNING AGGREATIONS TO THE ECOSYSTEMS AND FISHERIES OF THE TEMPERATE WATERS OFF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. Larry G. Allen1 and Brad E. Erisman2 'Southern California Marine Institute, Terminal Island, CA 2-Scripps Institute ofOceanography, La Jolla, CA 5:00 Poster Session: Golden Eagle Ballroom Friday, May 7, 2010 Location: Montebello Room Session: Microbiology; Beyond Human Disease Chair: Graciela Brelles-Marino, California State Polytechnic University 9:00 INTRODUCTIN TO SYMPOSIA GracielaBrelles-Marino 36 9:20 VIABILITY OF BACILLUS PUMILUS SAFR-032 SPORES AFTER EXPOSING TO SPACEAND SIMULATEDMARSCONDITIONSUSINGEXPOSEEUTEFMODULE KasthuriVenkateswaran. JetPropulsion Laboratory, CaliforniaInstituteofTechnology, Pasadena, CA 37 9:40 UNEXPECTED INCREASES IN MICROBIAL DIVERSITY ALONG A SALINITY GRADIENT IN A SOLAR SALTERN IN BAJA CA, MEXICO JSeasbseet[~'D5—,ilClaolni•1f,orMnairakStaCtaerlUinni1v,erAsnitdyr,iaDneapa-rAtmmpeanrtooGfaBliloelgoogsic1,alNSactihenacnes,McLLoanignB1e,aSchhe,rCeeAn 90X402Currentaddress: LaSierra University, DepartmentofBiology, Riverside, CA92515 5 PROGRAM 57 10:00-10:20 BREAK 38 10:20 SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO? INSIGHTS INTO THE PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY OF VARIOVORAXPARADOXUS. PaulM. Orwin California State University San Bernardino, Department ofBiology, San , Bernardino, CA, 92407. 39 10:40 BACTERIAL BIOFILM INACTIVATION BY GAS DISCHARGE PLASMA: AN OVERVIEW. Graciela Brelles-Mariiio Biological Sciences Department, California State Polytechnic . University, Pomona, CA 91768. 40 11:00 BATTLINGPseudomonas BIOFILMWITH GAS DISCHARGE PLASMA A. Zelaya(1), S. Lwin(1), G. Stough(2), N. Rad<2), K. Vandervoort(2), and G. Brelles- Marino(2) California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, (1department of Biological . Sciences, (2)Department ofPhysics, Pomona, CA, 91768. 11:30-12:30 PlenaryLecture: Theater 12:30-1:20 LUNCH BREAK Friday, May 7, 2010 Location: Montebello Room Session: Microbiology; Beyond Human Disease (cont.) Chair: Graciela Brelles-Marino, California State Polytechnic University 41M 1:40 BIOFILM FORMATION OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS AND PSEU- DOMONAS AERUGINOSA ON Ti-6AL-4VAND Ti-6AL-4V-BORONALLOYS Jessamine Qjuijano1 Scott Marzano1 Graciela Brelles-Marino1 Vilupanur Ravi2 and , , , Steve Alas Department of Biological Sciences and 2Department of Chemical & . Materials Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA 91768 42 2:00 A BACTERIAL SIGNALING PATHWAY CRITICAL FOR A RHIZOBIA-PLANT SYMBIOSIS EstherJ.—Chen1, RobertF. Fisher2,VirginiaM. Perovich1, ErichA. Sabio1,andSharon R. Long". 1Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92834-6850; 2Department ofBiological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5020. 43 2:20 ISOLATIONAND CHARACTERIZATION OF OIL-RICHALGAL STRAINS FOR AGRICULTURAL WASTE WATERTREATMENT AND AS AFEEDSTOCKFOR BIOFUEL PRODUCTION Marcia Murry [email protected], Microbiology, College ofScience Hossein , Ahmadzadeh, [email protected]', Department of Chemistry, Cal Poly Pomona. 44 2:40 HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS TYPE-1 (HSV-1) USES ZEBRAFISH ENCODED 3- OST-3 RECEPTORTO MEDIATE ENTRYAND SPREAD. S. Hubbard, and Tiwari, V. Western University of Health Sciences, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, PomonaCA, 91766. 3:00-3:20 BREAK 45 3:20 GLUTATHIONE AND CONTROL OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION Dr. VishwanathVenketaraman Assistant Professor, Western University of Health , Sciences, 309 East Second Street, Pomona, CA 91766. USA 58 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 46 3:40 THE NOVEL IDENTIFICATION OF ACIDOCHROMOGENESIS IN NONTU- BERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA Beatrice Saviola Basic Medical Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Western , University ofHealth Sciences, Pomona, CA, 91767 4:00 Concluding Remarks, Moselio Schaechter Distinguished Professor, emeritus, Tufts University School of Medicine, BostonAdjunctProfessorEmeritus, DepartmentofBiology, SanDiegoState University 5:00 Poster Session: GoldenEagle Ballroom Friday, May 7, 2010 Location: Pasadena Room SESSION: Applications ofLong Term Data Collection Programs MODERATOR: Mary Elaine Helix, U.S. Minerals Management Service 8:45 INTRODUCTION MaryElaine Helix, U.S. Minerals Management Service 47 9:00 STUDYING ROCKY REEFS AND FISHES OF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT; FOURDECADES OF RESEARCH D.J. Pondella, II. Department of Biology and Vantuna Research Group, Moore Laboratory ofZoology, Occidental College, 1600 Campus Rd. Los Angeles, CA 90041 48 9:20 LONG-TERMMONITORINGPROGRAM CHALLENGES-MARINe, THE MULTI- AGENCYROCKY INTERTIDAL NETWORK. M.E.Helix. U.S. Minerals Management Service, 1111 Jackson St. Ste. 520 Oakland, CA, 94607 49 9:40 CLIMATEAFFECTSRESPONSEOFANISLANDENDEMICPLANTTOREMOVAL OF INVASIVE HERBD70RES A. Kathryn McEachern. USGS-WERC, Channel Islands Field Station, 1901 Spinnaker Dr., Ventura, CA 93001. Diane M. Thomson. Claremont Joint Science Department, The Claremont Colleges 925 N. Mills Ave., Claremont, CA 91711. Katherine A. Chess. Colorado Plateau Cooperative Studies Unit, Northern Arizona University, 1298 S. Knowles Ave., Flagstaff, AZ 86001. 10:00-10:20 BREAK 50 10:20 SH%T HAPPENS: HOW DESIGNING REDUNDANCY INTO A MONITORING PROGRAM CAN HELP EXORCISE INTRUDING DEMONS AND INCREASE THE OPTIONS FORANALYSIS AND ABILITY TO DETECT CHANGE J.R. Steinbeck,TeneraEnvironmentalInc., 141 SuburbanRd. SuiteA2, SanLuisObispo, CA 93401 51 10:40 DEVELOPMENT OF A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL EELGRASS MON- ITORINGPROGRAM W. B. Chesney NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Habitat . Conservation Division, Long Beach, CA, 90802. 52 11:00 BALLONA WETLANDS BASELINE ASSESSMENT PROGRAM: APPLICATIONS FOR RESTORATION. K.K. Johnston and S.P. Bergquist. Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission, Los Angeles, CA, 90045. 11:30-12:30 Plenary Lecture: Theater 12:30-1:20 LUNCH BREAK PROGRAM 59 Friday, May 7, 2010 Location: Pasadena Room Session: Contributed Papers Chair: Jonathan Baskin, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 53 1:20 DISCUSSIONOFTHEVARIABILITYINTHEPOLYCHAETENeanthesacuminata SPECIES COMPLEX: A PROGRESS REPORT DonaldJ. Reish1, Joerg D. Hardege2, David Lunt2, Maggy Harley2 and Ellen J. Storey2 'DepartmentofBiologicalSciences,CaliforniaStateUniversity, LongBeach2Department ofBiological Sciences, Hull University, Hull, United Kingdom 54 1:40 PREVALENCE OF CYANOBACTERIAL TOXINS ALONGANUTRIENTDISTUR- BANCE GRADIENT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIALAKES T. M. Magrann, S. G. Dunbar, PhD, M. Sutula, PhD, and D. Boskovic, PhD, Marine Research Group, Loma Linda University, Department ofEarth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda, CA, 92350. 55E 2:00 FOOD HABITS AND PREY SELECTIVITY OF THE CALIFORNIA GRUNION {LEURESTHES TENUIS) INTHE WATERCOLUMNNEAR SPAWNINGBEACHIN ORANGE COUNTY B.A. Higgins and M.H. Horn. California State University, Fullerton, Department of Biological Science, Fullerton, CA, 92834. 56F 2:20 DOES DELAYED HATCHING FN THE CALIFORNIA GRUNION, LEURESTHES TENUIS, AFFECT LARVAL SURVTVAL? HelenaAryafarandKathrynDickson,CaliforniaStateUniversityFullerton,Department ofBiological Science, 800 N. State College Blvd. Fullerton CA 92834-6850 57 2:40 HETEROCHRONY IN DEVELOPMENT DURING EXTENDED INCUBATION IN CALIFORNIA GRUNION C.L.MoravekandK. L. Martin.PepperdineUniversity,DepartmentofBiology,Malibu, CA 90263-4321. 3:00-3:20 BREAK 58E 3:20 INFLUENCE OF WATER TEMPERATURE ON SITE FIDELITY AND HABITAT USE OF GRAY SMOOTH-HOUND SHARKS IN A NEWLY RESTORED ESTUA- RINE HABITAT M. Espinoza T. Farrugia and C. Lowe. California State University, Long Beach, , Department ofBiological Sciences, Long Beach, CA, 90040. 59E 3:40 FINE SCALE MOVEMENT PATTERNS OF THE CALIFORNIA HALIBUT, PARA- LICHTHYSCALIFORNICUS, INANEWLYRESTORED SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ESTUARY C. L. Espasandin, E. Fox, C. Whitcraft, B. Allen and C. G. Lowe, California State University, Long Beach, Department ofBiological Sciences, Long Beach, CA 90840 60E 4:00 ABUNDANCE, HABITAT USE AND MOVEMENT PATTERNS OF THE SHOVEL- NOSEGUITARFISH{RHINOBATOSPRODUCTUS)INASOUTHERNCALIFORNIA ESTUARY T.J. Farrugia, M. Espinoza and C.G. Lowe. California State University Long Beach, Department ofBiological Sciences, Long Beach, CA 90840. 61E 4:20 EFFECTS OFAPARTIALDIET OFPIPEFISH, ALOW-QUALITYPREY, ONTHE GROWTH OF CAPTrVE ELEGANT TERN CHICKS T J. Flisik and M. H. Horn, Department of Biological Science, California State University, Fullerton, 800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton, CA, 92831-3599. 62 4:40 TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL PATTERNS IN ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY OF FISH ASSEMBLAGES IN A NEWLY RESTORED SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTALWETLAND. E.J. Fox, C.L. Espasandin, C. Whitcraft, C.G. Lowe, and B.J. Allen. California State University, Long Beach, Department ofBiological Sciences, Long Beach, CA, 90840. 5:00 Poster Session: GoldenEagle Ballroom 2 60 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Friday, May 7, 2010 5p.m. Location: Golden Eagle Ballroom Session: Poster Session 63E SEASONAL AND TIDAL VARIATION OF FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA IN THE BALLONAWETLANDS, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Lizzy Bairstow and Karina Johnston The Center for Santa Monica Bay Studies, Loyola , . Marymount University, Department ofNatural Science, Los Angeles, CA 90045. 64M THE EFFECTS OF DELAYED HATCHING ON SKELETALAND MUSCLE DEVELOP- MENT IN LARVAE OF THE CALIFORNIA GRUNION, LEURESTHES TENUIS H. Bansuan, J. Masumi, A. Miranda, T. Treybig, and K.A. Dickson, California State University Fullerton, Department ofBiological Science, Fullerton, CA, 92834. 65P TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS OF BASALTIC VOLCANISM IN THE OWENS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA Jessica J. Bruns and David R. Jessey. Geological Sciences Dept., California Polytechnic University- Pomona, Pomona, CA 91768. 66 SCIENCE IN SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY RESILIENCY: THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MULTI HAZARDS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT RESPONSE TO THE 2009 STATION FIRE S.H. Cannon R.N. Fisher, M.N. Hanshaw,T.M. Hoefen, L.M. Jones, J.W. Kean, S.C. Perry, , G.S. Plumblee, K.M. Schmidt, and D.M. Staley. U.S. Geological Survey. 67 GRAIN SIZE ANALYSIS AND MECHANICS OF THE 2008 MOUNT WHITNEY FISH HATCHERY MUDFLOW ON THE EASTERN SLOPE OF THE SIERRA NEVADA, INDEPENDENCE, CALIFORNIA IvanP. ColburnDepartmentofGeological Sciences, California State University LosAngeles, Los Angeles, California 90032 68P EQUUS MATERIAL FROM THE LA HABRA FORMATION, RALPH B. CLARK REGIONAL PARK, BUENA PARK, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. M.K. Crowe and L. Babilonia, Ralph B. Clark Regional Park, Interpretive Center, 8800 Rosecrans Ave. Buena Park, CA, 90621. 69 TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL TRENDS MICROCLIMATE FOR THREE SPECIES OF COASTAL SAGE SCRUB ONTHE PALOS VERDES PENINSULA. Dalkey1,A.,T. Burns2,andD. Huh3. 'PalosVerdesPeninsulaLandConservancy,RollingHills Estates, CA, 90274; 2Long Beach Polytechnic High School, Long Beach, CA, 90813; 3Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274. 70E IS A NEWLY DISCOVERED CHITON BROODER ON SANTA CATALINAISLAND AN UNDESCRIBED SPECIES? L. D. FromanandD. J. Eernisse, Cal StateFullerton, Department ofBiology, Fullerton, CA, 92834-6850 71M BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY: THE IMPORTANCE OF FUNCTIONAL GROUPS ON (E)- 4,4'-DISUBSTITUTED STILBENES TOWARDS CELL PROTECTION. G.X. Garcia, S.W. Larsen C. Pye, R. Isovitsch, and E.A. Fradinger. Whittier College, , Departments ofBiology and Chemistry, Whittier, CA, 90608. 72M EFFECTS OF GLUTATHIONE ON DENDRITIC CELL RESPONSE TO MYCOBACTE- RIUM TUBERCULOSISINFECTION BrendaGonzalez l' 2, Karanjodh Johal \ Carlos Guerra l, Alan Cundari L, John Chan 2 and VishwanathVenketaraman1, * lCaliforniaStatePolytechnicUniversity,Pomona, CA,2College ofOsteopathic MedicineofthePacific, Western UniversityofHealth Sciences, CA92336. 73 COMPONENTS OF INNATE IMMUNITY AND ADAPTIVE IMMUNLTY IN COOPER- ATION WITH INCREASED GLUTATHIONE LEVELS AGAINST MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSISINFECTED MONOCYTES Vishwanath Venketaraman1' 2*, Karanjodh Johal ', Brenda Gonzalez ' and Carlos Guerra 'Western University Of Health Sciences, College Of Osteopathic Medicine Of The Pacific, Department OfBasic Medical Sciences, Pomona, CA, 91766 PROGRAM 61 74E ASSESSMENT OF FLORAL AND INSECT BIODIVERSITY OF BALLONA WETLANDS N.M. Hall and B.T. Bergstrom Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission. Loyola , Marymount University, Department ofNatural Science, Los Angeles, CA, 90045 75E PREY DELIVERED BY THE CALIFORNIALEAST TERNTO ITS NESTING COLONY AT THE SEAL BEACHNATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, 1996-2009. Michael Horn1 Charles Collins2 and Jeanette Hendricks1 department of Biological , , , Science, California State University Fullerton, 800 North State College Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92834. 2Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90840. 76E RODENT COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AND MICROHABITAT ASSOCIATIONS AT THE BERNARD FDZLD STATION, CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA. L.A. Herington. L. Bledsoe, L. Davis. A. Degrassi, J. Edwards, P. Gonzalez, C. Hauser, B. Kronenfeld. J. Lee, C. Mirzaian, T. Oberg, E. Ortiz, E. Peralta, T. Sterner. T. Treybig and P. Stapp. Department ofBiological Science. California State University, Fullerton, CA 92831. 78E CRYPTIC SPECDZS AND SYNONYMS: A RECLASSIFICATION OF THE TROPICAL SPURILLA GENUS BonnieR. Lei Walnut High School,400North Pierre Road, Walnut, CA 91789. Department . of Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 3801 West Temple Avenue, Pomona. CA 91768-4032. 79P NUTRIENTANALYSISOFTHEBALLONASALTWATERMARSH,ESTAUARYANDCREEK DominicLeoneandJohnDorsey. SantaMonicaBayRestorationCommission, LoyolaMaryMount University, DepartmentofNaturalScience, LosAngeles, CA, 90045 80M REVIEW OF ETIOLOGY, HISTOPATHOLOGY, EVIMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY AND DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS FOR SJOGRENS SYNDROME. Sarita S. Mantravadi. CSU Dominguez Hills 81E METHODS FOR SAMPLING LARGE AND MEDIUM MAMMALS IN BALLONA WETLANDS McKenna, Lauren Karina Johnston, and John Dorsey, Loyola Marymount University, . Natural Science Department, Los Angeles, CA 90045. 82M EXAMINING MULTIPLE AGO GENE CONSTRUCTS IN THE PRESENCE OF PO TO OBSERVE THE ABILITY OF P0 TO TARGET AGO FORDEGRADATION ChadMorris, CSU Fullerton 83M THE ESTROGENIC EFFECTS OF DIETHYLSTILBESTROL ON THE MATURATION AND DIFFERENTIATION OF EMBRYONIC THYMOCYTES Faraj Mourad University ofLa Verne, Biology Department, La Verne, CA, 91750 . 84F THE EFFECTS OF OCEANOGRAPHIC VARIABILITY AND FISHING PRESSURE ON FISHPOPULATIONS AT ROCKY POINT. Chelsea Munoz Mackenzie Hansler, and Drew Hanson. Vantuna Research Group, , Occidental College. Department ofBiology, Los Angeles, CA, 90041 85E EVALUATING WILDLIFE CORRIDOR LINKAGES: DO FREEWAY UNDERPASSES CONNECT THE PENINSULARAND TRANSVERSE MOUNTAIN RANGES? L. Murphy M.F. Allen, and C.W. Barrows. Center for Conservation Biology, University of , California, Riverside, CA 92521-0334, USA. 86M ADMINISTRATION OF DAIDZETN, A SOYA DERIVED PHYTOESTROGEN, IS COR- RELATEDWITHANINCREASEINLIFESPANWITHINTHENEMATODE C. ELEGANS J. M. Ochoaand S.A. Vetrone. BiologyDepartment, WhittierCollege, Whittier. CA90608 87M EARLY DEVELOPMENTAL EXPOSURE TO CHLORPYRIFOS AFFECTS THE CHO- LINERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM OF THE ZEBRAFISH. G.Orona,F.Radoniqi, S. Han,andE.A. Fradinger.WhittierCollege.DepartmentofBiology, Whittier. CA, 90608. 88E THE EFFECTS OF THERMAL STRESS ON FILTRATION RATES OF NON-NATIVE CRASSOSTREA GIGASAND NATIVE OSTREALURIDA OYSTERS Sara Pfremmer and Patricia Gonzalez, Southern California Ecosystems Research Program (NSF-UMEB). California State University Fullerton. Department of Biological Sciences, Fullerton, CA, 92831 62 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 89M EARLY ONSET OF THE LEGUME-RHIZOBIA SYMBIOSIS: DETECTION OF EARLY NODULIN GENE ACTD7ITY IN M. truncatula SEEDS FOLLOWING NOD FACTOR EXPOSURE. G. A. Ramirez B. Boschetto and G. Brelles-Marino, California State Polytechnic University, , Pomona, Biological Sciences Department, Pomona, CA, 91768. 90E ECOLOGYAND BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE ROCKY INTERTIDAL FISH COMMUNI- TY IN THE WESTERN COAST OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIAPENINSULA Ramirez-Valdez, A.1 G. Ruiz-Campos2 F. Correa-Sandoval3 and E. Carpizo-Ituarte3 , , . ^acultad de Ciencias Marinas, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Km. 103 Carr. Tijuana-Ensenada, AP653, Ensenada, BajaCalifornia, 22800, Mexico. 2Colecci6n Ictiologica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Km. 103 Carr. Tijuana- Ensenada, AP 233, Ensenada, Baja California, 22800, Mexico. 3Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanologicas, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Carr. Tijuana-Ensenada Km. 107, Ensenada, Baja California., Mexico. 22890. 91 GEOCHEMISTRY AND METALS DISTRIBUTION IN SEDIMENTS OF SOUTHERN TOGO RIVERS WATERSHED, WEST AFRICA Rezaie-Boroon, M.H., California State University Los Angeles, Geological Sciences Department, CA 90032, [email protected] Gnandi, K., University of Lome, Science Department, Lome, Togo, West Africa, [email protected] Tomety-Mensah Folly, K., University ofLome, Science Department, Lome, Togo, West Africa [email protected] 92 GEOCHEMISTRYAND SEDIMENTOLOGY OFEOCENEPHOSPHATEDEPOSITSIN WEST AFRICA Rezaie-Boroon, M.H., California State University Los Angeles, Geological Sciences Department, CA 90032, [email protected] Ramirez, P., California State University Los Angeles, Geological Sciences Department, CA 90032, [email protected] Gnandi, K., University ofLome, Science Department, Lome, Togo, WestAfrica, [email protected] 93M A STUDY OF MICROBIAL MAT CONIFORM STRUCTURES FOUND IN OCTOPUS SPRING, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK Kristina Reyes, David Cho, Nahal Ghahremani, and Hope A. Johnson, California State University, Fullerton, Department ofBiology, Fullerton, CA 92831 94M LOSS OF VIRAL RESISTANCE RECOGNITION THROUGH MUTAGENESIS OF THE SILENCING SUPRESSPORP0. D.S. Schafer and M. Sacco. Sacco Research Lab, California State University, Fullerton, Department ofBiology, Fullerton, CA, 92831. 95E THE EFFECT OF WILDFIRE UPON WILD CANID VISITATION TO THE PORTU- GUESE BEND NATURE PRESERVE Peter Smolke1 Alfred Fernandez2 Ann Dalkey3 'Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, , , . Rolling Hills Estates, CA90274; 2Harbor City College, Long Beach, CA, 90813; Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy, Rolling Hills Estates, CA, 90274. 96M INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF METHOXYCHLOR METABOLITE, HPTE, ON EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT OF T-CELLS IN C57BL/6 Dr. Christine Broussard and P.M. Sortillon University ofLa Verne, Department ofBiology, , La Verne, CA, 91750 97E HERPETOFAUNA SURVEYS IN THE BALLONAWETLANDS Benjamin Stava, Loyola Marymount University. 98E PARASITIC INFECTION OF THE VENTRAL EPIDERMIS OF CROCODYLUSACUTUS AND CROCODYLUSMORELETIIIN BELIZE M. Tellez1 and I. Paquet-Durand2 'Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles, California, 90095-1606, U.S.A. 2Galen University, 62.5 Western Highway, San Ignacio, Cayo District, Belize. 99E THE EFFECTS OF ILLUMINATION, SCENT, AND MICROHABITAT AS PREDATOR CUES ON THE FORAGING BEHAVIOR OF MOJAVE DESERT RODENTS Bryan White and Anthony Garcia Southern California Ecosystems Research Program(NSF- , UMEB), California State University Fullerton, Department ofBiological Sciences, Fullerton, CA, 92831