ESA/SER Joint Meeting (August 5 -- August 10, 2007)

COS 85 - Ecology of the freshwater habitats I

Wednesday, August 8, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
J3, San Jose McEnery Convention Center
1:30 PM
Assessment of aquatic biodiversity in relation to environmental parameters in Gawha beel, Nawabganj, Bangladesh
Jayanta K. Saha, Laxmi Agro Fisheries Complex (Pvt.) Ltd.; Md. M. Ali, Bangladesh Agricultural University; Md. R. I. Sarder, Bangladesh Agricultural University; Mohammad R. Hasan, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
1:50 PM
2:10 PM
The distance decay of similarity in boreal stream communities
Janne Soininen, Department of Geosciences and Geography
2:30 PM
Evaluation of restoration potential of a coldwater stream ecosystem
Rebecca M. Gorney, The Ohio State University; Lance R. Williams, The University of Texas at Tyler
2:50 PM
Short-term effects of diversion dam decommissioning and flow restoration on leaf litter decomposition, fungal biomass, and macroinvertebrate abundance and diversity in Fossil Creek, Arizona, USA
Jeffrey D. Muehlbauer, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; Carri J. LeRoy, The Evergreen State College; Jacqueline M. Lovett, Northern Arizona University; Kathleen K. Flaccus, Sinagua High School; Julie K. Vlieg, Sinagua High School; Jane C. Marks, Northern Arizona University
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
Transient land cover in small developing watersheds as disturbance of water quality parameter
Peter E. Schweizer, Ohio University; Glenn Matlack, Ohio University
3:40 PM
Does dewatering a river alter the life histories of its emerging aquatic invertebrate adults?
Phil D. Brown, Oregon State University; David E. Wooster, Oregon State University; Sherri L. Johnson, USDA Forest Service Research; Sandra J. DeBano, Oregon State University
4:00 PM
Evaluating the accuracy of amphibian monitoring designs in the context of hydroelectric dam relicensing: A retrospective analysis of a 15-year Rana boylii egg mass census
Wendy J. Palen, Simon Fraser University; Sarah J. Kupferberg, University of California at Berkeley; Mary Power, University of California Berkeley
4:20 PM
Steelhead, turtles, and frogs: Temperature dynamics of stream habitat
Paul M. Rich, Creekside Center for Earth Observation; Stuart B. Weiss, Creekside Center for Earth Observation; Alan E. Launer, Stanford University
4:40 PM
Effects of aseasonal pulsed flows on the Foothill Yellow-legged Frog (Rana boylii) in California rivers
Sarah J. Kupferberg, University of California at Berkeley; Amy J. Lind, USDA Forest Service; Sarah Yarnell, University of California, Davis