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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 2008
Annual meeting student presentation awards
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Over 40 students entered this year’s competition for SCAS student-presentation awards. Awards were given in the categories of Biological and Physical Sciences for both posters and talks. Owing to the large number of student presentations in both categories of the Biological Sciences, two Honorable Mention awards were given. First-place award winners received $200 and a one-year membership to the Academy. Honorable mention winners received $100 and a one-year membership to the Academy.

Physical Sciences – 1st Place Talk
Rachel Andrus. California State University, Los Angeles. MOBILITY OF SELENIUM AND NITRATE ALONG A SHALLOW GROUNDWATER FLOWPATH, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

Physical Sciences – Honorable Mention Talk
Shelby Harrell. California State University, San Bernardino. A STUDY OF GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS IN NORTHERN DOMINICA

Biological Sciences – 1st Place Talk
Jeanette Hendricks. California State University, Fullerton. FORAGING ECOLOGY OF THE ELEGANT TERN IN RESPONSE TO NEW MARINE HABITAT AT THE RESTORED BOLSA CHICA ECOLOGICAL RESERVE

Biological Sciences – Honorable Mention Talk
Aaron Ramirez. California State University, Bakersfield. DEER BROWSE AFFECTS ON POST-FIRE COASTAL SAGE REGENERATION ON SANTA CATALINA ISLAND

Bethany Williams. California State University, Fullerton. SONG PLAYBACK EXPERIMENTS IN ANNA’S AND COSTA’S HUMMINGBIRDS

Biological Sciences – 1st Place Poster
Rebecca Hernandez. California State University, Fullerton. THE EFFECTS OF DISTURBANCE OF BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS ON THE GERMINATION OF EXOTIC PLANTS IN COASTAL SAGE SCRUB

Biological Sciences – Honorable Mention Poster
Francisca Herrera. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. EFFECTS OF SMALL-SCALE DISTURBANCE ON SEED BANK SPECIES IN A COASTAL SAGE SCRUB COMMUNITY

Kimberly Nelson. California State University, Fullerton. EFFECTS OF ANTHROPOGENIC WATER INPUTS ON ARGENTINE ANT INVASION IN RIPARIAN AREAS OF SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTY