International Conference BIOHYDROLOGY 2006
Impact of biological factors on soil hydrology

 

 

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List of BIOHYDROLOGY 2006 participants

 

Session

Name

Affiliation

Talk/Poster

S3/P

B

Prof. E.M. Abd El Lateef

Field Crop Research Department, National Research Centre, Tahrir Street, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt, PO Box 12611

Abd El Lateef EM, Hall JE, Lawrence PC, Negm MS: Cairo East Bank Effluent Re-use Study 3 – Effect of field crop irrigation with secondary treated wastewater on biological and chemical properties of soil and groundwater properties

S2/O

B

Prof. N. Aliasgharzad

University of Tabriz, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Soil Science, Tabriz, I.R. of Iran

Aliasgharzad N, Neyshabouri MR, Salimi G: Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and Bradyrhizobium japonicum on drought stress of soybean

S3/O

Ms. J. Bayer

University of Wales Swansea, School of Engineering

Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP - UK

 

Bayer J, Cheng S, Bryant R, Doerr SH, Wright C: Laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM) study of surface properties of biological coated sand particles

 

Ms. J. Bevan

Department of Geography & Development Studies, University of Chester, Parkgate Road, Chester, CH1 4BJ, UK

Lazaro R, Pegoraro E, Bevan J: Runoff length over terricolous lichen crusts depending on rainfall intensity and antecedent soil moisture

S2/P

Dr. U. Boeckelmann

Department of Environmental Microbiology, University of Technology, Franklinstrasse 29, D-10587 Berlin, Germany

Boeckelmann U, Borsellinio L, Braun B, Grohmann E, Szewzyk U: Characterization of the bacterial  biofilm population in wettable and nonwettable urban soils

S2/P

Mrs. B. Braun

Department of Environmental Microbiology, University of Technology, Franklinstrasse 29, D-10587 Berlin, Germany

Braun B, Boeckelmann U, Grohmann E, Szewzyk U: Assesment of water repellency on bacterial communities in urban soils

S1/P

B

Dr. J. Buchtele

Institute of Hydrodynamics, Academy of Sciences of CR, Pod Patankou 5, 166 12 Praha 6, Czech Republic

Buchtele J,  Buchtelova M, Tesar M: Role of vegetation in variability of water regimes in Sumava Mts. forests

S1/K

Prof. J. Cermak

Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Institute of Forest Ecology, Zemedelska 3, Brno, Czech Republic

Cermak J, Nadezhdina N: Transpiration of trees and forests under contrasting soil water conditions and its relation to tree architecture

S2/O

Dr. S. Cheng

University of Wales Swansea, School of Engineering

Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP - UK

Cheng S, Bryant R, Wright C, Doerr SH: Investigation of natural organic coatings affecting soil particle wettability using Atomic Force Microscopy

S3/K

Prof. J.L. Cisar

Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, University of Florida, 3205 SW College Ave, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33314, USA

Cisar JL, Park DM, Fidanza MA, Kostka SJ: Factors affecting soil water repellency in turf

 

S1/O

B

Prof. M. Cislerova

Czech Technical University, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Irrigation, Drainage and Landscape Engineering, Thakurova 7, 166 29 Prague, Czech Republic

Zumr D, Hrncir M, Dohnal M, Cislerova M: Effect of root water uptake on soil water dynamics of irrigated heavy soils

S3/O

Prof. H. Czachor

Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences,

Ul. Doswiadczalna 4, 20-236, Lublin, Poland

Czachor H: Modeling the impact of pore topology on the subcritical soil repellency

S1/O

Dr. L.W. Dekker

Alterra, Land Use and Soil Processes Team, Soil Science

Center, PO Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands

Dekker LW, Oostindie K, Wesseling JG, Ritsema CJ: How to measure soil water repellency in space and time

S3/O

Mrs. D. Diehl

Technical University Berlin, Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Technology, KF3, Straße des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany

Diehl D, Schaumann GE: Wetting mechanisms assessed from time dependent sessile drop shape

PS/K S1/O

Dr. S.H. Doerr

Department of Geography, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK

1. Doerr SH: The role of wildfire in soil hydrology 

2. Doerr SH, Ritsema CJ: Water repellency impacts on soil hydrology

S2/P

Ms. E. Dunkelberg

Technical University Berlin, Department of Environmental Microbiology, Institute of Environmental Technology, Sekr. FR 1-2, Franklinstr. 28/29, D-10587 Berlin, Germany

Dunkelberg E, Boeckelmann U, Braun B, Diehl D, Schaumann GE, Grohmann E: Do wax-degrading bacteria influence water repellency of soil?

S1/P

B

Mr. J. Dusek

Czech Technical University, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Thakurova 7, 166 29 Prague, Czech Republic

Dusek J, Vogel T, Lichner L, Cipakova A, Dohnal M: Transport of cadmium in macroporous soil during heavy rainstorm

S3/P

B

Mrs. Cs. Farkas

Research Institute for Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Herman O. u. 15, H-1022 Budapest, Hungary

Farkas Cs: Examining the effects of different soil management systems on soil water regime

S2/O

Dr. D.S. Feeney

Environmental Plant Interactions, Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, Scotland

Feeney DS, Young IM: Long-term land management: The impact upon soil water relations

PS/K

Prof. M.A. Fidanza

Pennsylvania State University, Penn State Berks Campus, 2080 Tulpehocken Road, Reading, PA  19610-6009, USA

Fidanza MA, Cisar JL, Kostka SJ: Soil chemical and physical characteristics associated with type-I fairy ring in turfgrass

S1/P

B

Dr. J. Fisak

Institute of Atmospheric Physic, Academy of Sciences of CR, 1401 Bocni II, CZ 141 31  Prague 4, Czech Republic

Fisak J, Skrivan P, Tesar M, Fottova D, Dobesova I, Navratil T: Forest vegetation as a biological factor of the element cycling in soils

S3/O

Ms. M.K. Franklin

Aquatrols Corporation of America, Canton, Georgia 30114, USA

Franklin MK, Kostka SJ: Evaluating different surfactant chemistries on an inorganic porous ceramic amended golf course green

S1/O

Prof. H.Ch. Fruend

University of Applied Sciences Osnabrueck, Faculty of agricultural sciences and landscape architecture, Postfach 1940, D-49009 Osnabrueck, Germany

Fruend H-Ch, Ehrmann O, Emmerling Ch: Ecological groups of earthworms – their biohydrological implications and sensitivity to soil properties and management

 

Dr. T. Furst

Palacky University, Tomkova 40, 772 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic

 

S2/O

B

Dr. E. Gomoryova

Dep. Natural Environment, Technical University, Masarykova 2117/24, 960 53 Zvolen, Slovakia

Gomoryova E, Gregor J, Pichler V, Gomory D: Spatial pattern of microbiological characteristics in relation to soil moisture in a natural beechwood

S3/O

Dr. E. Graber

Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, The Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization, POB 6, Bet Dagan, 50250 Israel

Krispil SR, Wallach R, Graber ER: Do surface active substances released from the soil contribute to repellency and wetting dynamics?

 

Dr. J. Haber

BASF, Agricultural Center, 67117 Limburgerhof, Germany

 

S1/P

B

Ms. A. Hagyo

Research Institute for Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Herman O. u. 15, H-1022 Budapest, Hungary

Hagyo A, Nagy Z, Rajkai K: Effects of forest and grassland vegetation on soil hydrology in Matra Mountains (Hungary)

S1/O

B

Dr. A. Halabuk

Institute of Landscape Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Akademicka 2, 94901 Nitra, Slovakia

Halabuk A: Influence of different vegetation on saturated hydraulic conductivity in alluvial landscape

S1/K

S2/P

B

Dr. P.D. Hallett

Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, Scotland

1. Hallett PD, Feeney DS, Rodger S, Bengough AG, White NA, Young IM: Impact of roots and microbes on microscale hydrology

2. Hallett PD, White NA, Ritz K: Impact of basidiomycetes fungi on the wettability of soil contaminated with a hydrophobic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

 

Dr. A.J. Hamilton

School of Ecology and Environment, Deakin University, PO Box 423, Warrnambool, Victoria 3280, Australia

Stagnitti F, Hamilton A, Versace V, Ireodiaconou D: Wastewater reuse: environmental impacts and risk assessment

S2/O

Mr. F. Jaeger

University of Technology Berlin, Dept. Environmental Chemistry, Sekr. KF 3, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany

Jaeger F, Korn H, Boeckelmann U, Schaumann GE: Effects of biofilm on pore size distribution in model soil systems studied by 1H NMR relaxometry

S3/O, P

B

Prof. A.A. Jafarzadeh

Soil Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Tabriz University, Tabriz 51664, I.R. of Iran

1. Jafarzadeh AA, Shahabi M, Aliasgharzadeh N: Azarbajan University region qualitatative land suitability evaluation for onion, potato, maize, tomato and chickpea

2. Jafarzadeh AA, Abbasi G: Khalat Pushan reseach station qualitatative land suitability evaluation for onion, potato, maize, and alfalfa

S3/O

Prof. D.E. Karcher

Univ. of Arkansas, 316 Plant Sciences Bldg, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA

Karcher D, Miller J, Richardson M, Leinauer B: Irrigation frequency and soil surfactant effects on a sand-based putting green

 

Prof. S. Kawasaki

Division of Field Engineering for Environment, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita 13, Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan

 

S1/O

B

Prof. M. Kitano

Faculty of Agriculture, Kochi University 200 Monobe B, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8502 Japan

Kitano M, Yasutake D, Kobayashi T, Hidaka K, Wajima T, Wang W, He W: Dynamics of water and ion transport driven by corn canopy in the Yellow River Basin

S1/K

B

Dr. A. Kleidon

Max-Planck-Institut for Biogeochemistry, PO Box 10 01 64,

07701 Jena, Germany

Kleidon A: A thermodynamic characterization of vegetation and soil feedbacks in the climate system

S1/O

B

Prof. T. Kobayashi

Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8681 Japan

Kobayashi T, Iwanaga R, Teshima J, Ikegami D, Yasutake D, He W, Cho H: An improved bucket with a bottom hole model of soil hydrology setting in bioprocesses

S2/O

B

Prof. R. Kodesova

Czech University of Agriculture, Dept. of Soil Science and Geology, Kamycka 129, 16521 Prague, Czech Republic

Kodesova R, Kodes V, Zigova A: Micromorphological study of soil porous system affected by organisms and its impact on soil hydraulic properties

S3/O

Dr. S.J. Kostka

Aquatrols Corporation of America, 1273 Imperial Way, Paulsboro, New Jersey 08066, USA

Kostka SJ, Schuermann G, Franklin M: Alkyl-capped block copolymer surfactants – novel chemistries for rootzone water management in turfgrass systems

S1/P

Ms. G. Kramers

Teagasc, Johnstown Castle Environment Research Centre and University College Dublin, c/o Johnstown Castle, Wexford, Ireland

Kramers G, Richards K, Holden NM: Seasonal effects on preferential flow on Irish grassland soils

S3/O

Dr. M. Kravcik

NGO People and Water (Ludia a voda), Cermelska cesta 24, 040 01 Kosice, Slovakia 

Kravcik M, Toth E, Haber F, et al.: Integrated restoration of the High Tatras National Park ecosystems following the wind gale of November 2004 – Water Forest Project

S1/P

Mrs. A. Kulasova

Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, Zelivskeho 5, Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic

Kulasova A, Blazkova S, Lochovsky P, Hlavacek J: Water quality in the forested watershed

S1/O

Prof. M. Kutilek

Joint editor of Soil and Tillage Research, Nad Patankou 34, 160 00 Praha 6, Czech Republic

Kutilek M, Sutor J, Gombos M, Mati R: Quantification of the vegetation cover effect upon the soil water storage dynamics in the East Slovakian Lowland

S3/P

Ms. J. Langbein

Technical University Berlin, Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Technology, KF3, Straße des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany

Langbein J, Schaumann G: Composition of waters and solvent extractable organic matter in two wettable and water repellent urban soils

S3/P

Mr. P. Laszlo

Research Institute for Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Herman O. u. 15, H-1022 Budapest, Hungary

Laszlo P, Dombos M, Gyuricza Cs: The effect of conservation tillage systems on biopores of sandy loam soil in corn monoculture

S1/P

Dr. R. Lazaro

Estacion Experimental de Zonas Aridas (CSIC), (Arid Zones Experimental Station, Spanish National High Council for Scientific Research), General Segura 1, 04001 Almeria, Spain

Lazaro R, Pegoraro E, Bevan J: Runoff length over terricolous lichen crusts depending on rainfall intensity and antecedent soil moisture

S3/O

Prof. B. Leinauer

New Mexico State University, Extension Plant Sciences Department, P.O. Box 30003, Las Cruces, NM  88003, USA

Leinauer B, Makk J, Hillis J, Karcher D: Water repellency in turfgrass root zones predicted from sample drying time

 

Ms. Ch. Lemmnitz

Brandenburg University of Technology, Dept. of Soil Protection and Recultivation, P.O. Box 101344, D - 03013 Cottbus, Germany

 

S1/O, P

B

Dr. L. Lichner

Institute of Hydrology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Racianska 75, 83102 Bratislava, Slovakia

1. Lichner L, Niznanska Z, Hallett PD, Sir M, Tesar M: The impact of vegetation and antecedent soil water content on infiltration

2. Holko L, Kostka Z, Lichner L, Pis V: Variation of nitrates in runoff from mountain and rural areas

S2/P

Ms. S. Martin

Division of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK

Martin S, West H, Mooney S, Dickinson M: The impact of microbial diversity in developing hierarchical soil structure

S1/P

B

Dr. I. Meszaros

Institute of Hydrology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Racianska 75, 83102 Bratislava, Slovakia

Meszaros I, Miklanek P: Calculation of evapotranspiration based on solar radiation income modeling in mountainous areas

S2/O

Dr. Ch. Mikutta

Institute of Ecology, Department of Soil Sci., Berlin University of Technology, Salzufer 12, 10587 Berlin, Germany

Mikutta Ch, Krueger J, Lang F, Schaumann G: Hydration-induced changes of biopolymer coatings on alumina – effect on phosphate sorption kinetics

S1/O

B

Prof. J. Mindas

National Forest Centre – Forest Research Institute, T.G.Masaryka 22, 960 92 Zvolen, Slovakia

Mindas J,  Strelcova K, Skvarenina J: Influence of tree transpiration on water balance of mixed mountain forests of the West Carpathians

S1/P

Mr. P. Mitchell

Plant-Based Management of Dryland Salinity and School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia, 35 Striling Hwy, Crawley, Western Australia 6008, Australia

Mitchell P, Burgess S, Veneklaas E, Lambers H: Episodic rainfall events in south western Australia: a comparison of small and large pulse events with respect to soil moisture and plant water use dynamics

S3/O

B

Prof. S. Mitra

Department of Horticulture/Plant and Soil Science, 3801 W Temple Avenue, Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona, CA 91768, USA

Mitra S, Vis E, Kumar R, Plumb R, Fam M: Using wetting agents to reduce soil water repellency, increase infiltration and reduce runoff losses of irrigation water

 

Mr. D. Moody

Penn State Univ., 116 ASI Bldg.,  University Park, PA 16802 USA

Schlossberg MJ, Moody DR, McNitt AS, Fidanza MA: Influence of amendment, irrigation frequency, and maturity/age on soil water repellency development in sand-based root zones

S3/O

Ms. D. Moore

Aquatrols Corporation of America, 843 East Parkway Ave., Salt Lake City, UT 84106 USA

Moore D, Wesseling JG, Dekker LW, Ritsema CJ, Kostka SJ, Franklin M: Need and means for transferring information on water repellency in soils between research and applied communities

PS/K

B

Prof. J. Nieber

Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, University of

Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, USA

Nieber J: Lateral preferential flow on hillslopes through pathways formed by biological and mechanical processes

S1/O, P

B

Dr. V. Novak

Institute of Hydrology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Racianska 75, 83102 Bratislava, Slovakia

1. Novak V, Havrila J: Method to estimate the critical soil water content of limited availability for plants

2. Novak V, Himmelbauer ML: Normalized root distribution functions estimation for modeling of crop water uptake

S3/O

Dr. K. Oostindie

Alterra, Land Use and Soil Processes Team, Soil Science

Center, PO Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands

Oostindie K, Dekker LW, Wesseling JG, Ritsema CJ: To prevent and cure localized dry spots in golf courses

S2/K

Prof. D. Or

Laboratory of Soil and Environmental Physics, School of Architectural, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Batiment GR 2 (room 554), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

Or D: Extracellular polymeric substances and the microhydrology of bacterial colonies in the vadose zone

S3/O

Mr. T. Orfanus

Institute of Hydrology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Racianska 75, 83102 Bratislava, Slovakia

Orfanus T, Novak V, Stekauerova V, Nagy V: Spatial variability of the soil water availability for plants at the field scale

 

Mrs. S. Pagella

University of Wales Bangor, 2/3 Goronwy Street, Gerlan, Bethesda, Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales, LL57 3TU, UK

 

S1/O

Dr. S. Pieper

Soil Zoology and Ecology Lab., Freie Universitaet Berlin, Grunewaldstr. 34, D-12165 Berlin, Germany

Pieper S, Mohnke O, Roithmeier O, Stoffregen H, Weigmann G: The functional impact of earthworms from urban sites on soil moisture dynamics in a mesocosms experiment

S1/O

B

Dr. J. Pivec

Czech University of Agriculture, Dept Agroecol & Biomet, Kamycka 129, 165 21 Prague, Czech Republic

Pivec J, Brant V, Moravec D: Analysis of the potential evapotranspirational demands in the Czech Republic between  1961–1990

PS/K

Prof. C.J. Ritsema

Alterra, Land Use and Soil Processes Team, Soil Science

Center, PO Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands

Ritsema CJ: The influence of vegetation on flow and transport processes

S2/K

S3/P

B

Dr. M.M. Roper

CSIRO Plant Industry, Private Bag No. 5, Wembley, Western Australia, Australia 6913

Roper MM: Bioremediation of water repellent soils

Roper MM: Potential for remediation of water repellent soils by inoculation with wax-degrading bacteria in south-western Australia

S3/K

Prof. G.E. Schaumann

University of Koblenz-Landau, Institute for Integral Natural Science, Dep. of Chemitry, Universitätsstr. 1, 56072 Koblenz, Germany

Schaumann GE, Diehl D: The nature of water repellency in urban soil samples: A hypothesis

S1/O

Dr. M.J. Schlossberg

Penn State Univ., 116 ASI Bldg.,  University Park, PA 16802 USA

Schlossberg MJ, Moody DR, McNitt AS, Fidanza MA: Influence of amendment, irrigation frequency, and maturity/age on soil water repellency development in sand-based root zones

S1/O

B

Dr. Ch. Seidler

International Graduate School Zittau, Markt 23, 02763 Zittau, Germany

1. Merta M, Seidler Ch, Fjodorowa T: Estimation of evaporation components in agricultural crops

2. Merta M, Seidler Ch, Bianchin S: A knowledge based system as decision support for landscape management in catchments

S1/O

B

Prof. M. Shafai-Bejestan

Shahid-Chamran University, College of Water Science Engineering, Ahwaz, Iran

Shafai-Bejestan M: Increase in soil mechanic characteristics of river banks due to root vegetation

S1/P

Dr. M. Sir

Institute of Hydrodynamics, Academy of Sciences of CR, Pod Patankou 5, 166 12 Praha 6, Czech Republic

Sir M, Lichner L, Tesar M, Cermak J: Plant transpiration and GAIA theory

PS/K

B

Prof. F. Stagnitti

School of Ecology and Environment, Deakin University, PO Box 423, Warrnambool, Victoria 3280, Australia

Stagnitti F, Hamilton A, Versace V, Ireodiaconou D: Wastewater reuse: environmental impacts and risk assessment

PS/K

B

Prof. T.S. Steenhuis

Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA

Steenhuis TS, Dathe A, Zevi Y, Gao B, Richards BK, McCarthy J: Characterization of transport and retention of bio-colloids in soils

S1/O

B

Dr. V. Stekauerova

Institute of Hydrology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Racianska 75, 83102 Bratislava, Slovakia

Stekauerova V, Nagy V: Soil water regime of agriculturally cultivated fields and forest ecosystems

S1/O

Ms. C. Stoof

Alterra, Soil Science Center, PO Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands

Stoof CR, Pennock DJ: Soil hydraulic properties of landscape elements, and their influence on N2O emission

 

Prof. K. Strelcova

Dep. Natural Environment, Technical University, Masarykova 2117/24, 960 53 Zvolen, Slovakia

Mindas J,  Strelcova K, Skvarenina J: Influence of tree transpiration on water balance of mixed mountain forests of the West Carpathians

S3/O

Dr. D. Sullivan

USDA ARS Southeast Watershed Research Laboratory, PO Box 748, Tifton, GA 31794, USA

Sullivan DG, Shaw JN, Rickman D: Using satellite remote sensing for site specific management of soils

S1/P

B

Dr. M. Tesar

Institute of Hydrodynamics, Academy of Sciences of CR, Pod Patankou 5, 166 12 Praha 6, Czech Republic

Tesar M, Sir M, Lichner L, Zelenkova E: Influence of vegetation cover on thermal regime of mountainous catchments

S3/P

B

Mrs. E. Toth

Research Institute for Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Herman O. u. 15, H-1022 Budapest, Hungary

Koos S, Toth E, Nemeth T: Dynamic of soil moisture in long-term field experiment

S3/O

Mr. V.L. Versace

Deakin University, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, PO Box 423, Warrnambool, Victoria 3280, Australia

Thwaites LA, Versace VL, de Rooij GH, Stagnitti F, Xiong X, Salzman S, Allinson G, Carr R, Struck S, March T: Changes in water-repellency under different effluent irrigation

S3/K

Prof. R. Wallach

Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O.Box 12, Rehovot, Israel 76100

Wallach R, Jortzick Ch, Graber ER: Spatial and temporal moisture content distributions in repellent soils from a point-water source (drip irrigation)

PS/K

Prof. G. Wessolek

Technical University Berlin, Inst. of Ecology, Dept. of Soil Protection, Salzufer 12, D-10587 Berlin, Germany

Wessolek G, Stoffregen H, Taeumer K: Stability of flow patterns in water repellent soils

S2/K

Dr. W.R. Whalley

Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, West Common, Hertfordshire,

AL5 2JQ, UK

Whalley R, Matthews P: The effects of roots and organic matter on the structure and hydraulic properties of agricultural soils

S1/O

Mr. D. Wicke

Technical University of Berlin, KF4 - Department of Water Quality Control, Strasse 17 Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany

Wicke D, Boeckelmann U, Reemtsma T: Exchange of PAH between aqueous phase and biofilms of soil bacteria

S1/O

Dr. S. Woods

Dept of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, The University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive, Missoula MT 59812, USA

Woods SW, Balfour V: Effect of vegetative ash on infiltration rates after forest wildfire in the Northern Rocky Mountain Region, U.S.A.

S1/O

Prof. A. Yair

Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Geography, Mt Scopus Campus, Jerusalem, 91905, Israel

Almog R, Yair A: Negative and positive effects of topsoil biological crusts on water resources along a rainfall gradient in a sandy arid area

S1/O

B

Dr. D. Yasutake

Faculty of Agriculture, Kochi University, 200 Monobe B, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8502 Japan

Yasutake D, Kitano M, Kobayashi T, Hidaka K, Wajima T, He W: Evaluation of canopy transpiration rate by applying plant hormone abscisic acid

 

Mr. D. Zumr

Czech Technical University, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Irrigation, Drainage and Landscape Engineering, Thakurova 7, 166 29 Prague, Czech Republic

Zumr D, Hrncir M, Dohnal M, Cislerova M: Effect of root water uptake on soil water dynamics of irrigated heavy soils

 

 

Abbreviations in the left column:

S1, S2, S3: Session 1, Session 2, Session 3, respectively

PS: Plenary Session

K: Keynote Lecture

O: Oral Communication

P: Poster Presentation

B/–: Going/Not going to submit to Biologia, respectively