Session: Aquatic Ecology: Streams and Rivers (93rd ESA Annual Meeting (August 3 -- August 8, 2008))

8:00 AM

COS 79-1

Trophic niche shifts in an invaded food web
John Iwan Jones, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology; Francois K. Edwards, Queen Mary University of London; Rasmus B. Lauridsen, Queen Mary University of London; Anton T. Ibbotson, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology; William R. C. Beaumont, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology; Luke Scott, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology; Cynthia E. Davies, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology; Alan G. Hildrew, Queen Mary University of London

8:20 AM

COS 79-2

Impacts of highway construction on stream water quality and macroinvertebrate index in mid-Atlantic Highlands
Yushun Chen, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff; Roger C. Viadero, West Virginia University; Xinchao Wei, West Virginia University; Lara B. Hedrick, West Virginia University; Stuart A. Welsh, West Virginia University; James T. Anderson, West Virginia University; Lian-Shin Lin, West Virginia University

8:40 AM

COS 79-3

Prevalence of the most frequently observed alien mollusc in US wadeable streams and associations with altered biotic integrity
Paul L. Ringold, US EPA, Western Ecology Division; Alan T. Herlihy, Oregon State University; Thom Whitter, Oregon State University; John Van Sickle, US EPA, Western Ecology Division

9:00 AM

COS 79-4

Comparing the influence of different habitat factors on fish communities in channelized headwater streams in Indiana and Ohio
Rocky Smiley Jr., USDA-ARS; Robert B. Gillespie, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne; Kevin W. King, USDA-ARS; Chi-hua Huang, USDA-ARS

9:20 AM

COS 79-5

Comparative effects of spawning salmon and their carcasses in a southeast Alaska stream ecosystem
Scott D. Tiegs, Oakland University; M. Eric Benbow, University of Dayton; Emily Y. Campbell, Michigan State University (currently at: Oregon State University); Dominic Chaloner, University of Notre Dame; John Hudson, Aquatics Alaska; Peter S. Levi, University of Notre Dame; Alex J. Reisinger, University of Florida; Richard. W. Merritt, Michigan State University; Janine Rüegg, University of Notre Dame; Jennifer L. Tank, University of Notre Dame; Gary A. Lamberti, University of Notre Dame

9:40 AM

COS 79-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 79-6

Spatial variability in insectivorous bat distributions within a desert riverine landscape
Elizabeth M. Hagen, Arizona State University; John L. Sabo, Arizona State University

10:10 AM

COS 79-7

Interpreting nutrient uptake metrics in streams from short-term enrichments using dynamic transport modeling
Stephen M. Powers, Univeristy of Wisconsin; Emily H. Stanley, University of Wisconsin; Noah R. Lottig, University of Wisconsin

10:30 AM

COS 79-8

Nitrogen stable isotopes in streams: Effects of agricultural sources and transformations
Matthew W. Diebel, Wisconsin DNR Bureau of Science Services; M. Jake Vander Zanden, University of Wisconsin-Madison

10:50 AM

COS 79-9

Effects of canopy cover and embeddedness on macroinvertebrate communities in California's Northern Coast Range streams
Simone S. Whitecloud, San Francisco State Universty; Jeanette K. Howard, The Nature Conservancy; Gretchen LeBuhn, San Francisco State University

11:10 AM

COS 79-10

Do low-head dam reservoirs alter nitrogen and methane processing in riverine ecosystems?
Lauren E. McGee, Ohio State University; Virginie Bouchard, Ohio State University; Rocky Smiley Jr., USDA-ARS

COS 79 - Aquatic Ecology: Streams and Rivers