Session: Trophic Dynamics and Interactions (93rd ESA Annual Meeting (August 3 -- August 8, 2008))

1:30 PM

Intraspecific variation in a keystone predator affects community structure and cascading trophic interactions
David Post, Yale University; Eric P. Palkovacs, Duke University; Erika G. Schielke, Yale University; Stanley I. Dodson, University of Wisconsin - Madison

1:50 PM

COS 106-2

First experimental demonstration of spatially-synchronous predator-prey dynamics via phase locking
Jeremy Fox, University of Calgary; David A. Vasseur, Yale University

2:10 PM

COS 106-3

Life history differences drive trophic divergence in a keystone species
Erika G. Schielke, Yale University; Eric P. Palkovacs, Duke University; David Post, Yale University

2:30 PM

COS 106-4

A meta-analysis of resource pulse-consumer interactions
Louie H. Yang, University of California, Davis; Justin L. Bastow, University of California, Davis; Amber N. Wright, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; Kenneth O. Spence, University of California-Davis; Kyle Edwards, University of California, Davis; Jarrett E. Byrnes, University of California, Davis

2:50 PM

COS 106-5

Shift between carnivory and omnivory in stream stonefly predators - CANCELLED
Hitoshi Miyasaka, Center for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University; Motomi Genkai-Kato, Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University

3:10 PM

COS 106-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 106-6

Effect of spider presence on Cirsium altissimum performance
Michael Mellon, University of Nebraska at Lincoln; Svata Louda, University of Nebraska

3:40 PM

COS 106-7

Experimental evidence that evolutionary divergence in predator foraging traits drives ecological divergence in prey communities
Eric P. Palkovacs, Duke University; David Post, Yale University

4:00 PM

COS 106-8

Direct and indirect effects of road salt runoff on trophic interactions in pond food webs
Robin J. Van Meter, Washington College; Chris M. Swan, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

4:20 PM

COS 106-9

Habitat size and complexity mediate predator effects on nitrogen cycling
Jacqueline T. Ngai, University of British Columbia; Diane S. Srivastava, University of British Columbia; Jonathan B Shurin, University of British Columbia

4:40 PM

COS 106-10

Freshwater-marine subsidies: The role of small coastal river systems as a source of fall forage fish (Alosa spp) in the nearshore Gulf of Maine
Karen A. Wilson, University of Southern Maine; Theodore V. Willis, University of Southern Maine

COS 106 - Trophic Dynamics and Interactions