94th ESA Annual Meeting (August 2 -- 7, 2009)

COS 125 - Riparian and Floodplain Habitats

Friday, August 7, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Grand Pavillion I, Hyatt
8:00 AM
Long-term effects of altered aquatic-terrestrial subsidies
Achim Paetzold, University of Koblenz-Landau; P.H. Warren, University of Sheffield; Lorraine, L. Maltby, University of Sheffield
8:20 AM
Comparing the spatial variability of soil microhabitats at two spatial scales between high and low disturbance headwater wetlands
Jessica B. Moon, Pennsylvania State University; Denice H. Wardrop, The Pennsylvania State University; Brett A. Dietz, Pennsylvania State University
8:40 AM
Low elevation inland habitats of the Willamette River floodplain support enhanced denitrification
Kenneth J. Forshay, United States Environmental Protection Agency; Barton R. Faulkner, United States Environmental Protection Agency; Paul Mayer, USEPA, National Health and Environmental Research Laboratory; Steven P. Cline, USEPA
9:00 AM
Riparian forest change following extreme disturbance: Case study of San Pedro River, Arizona
Juliet C. Stromberg, Arizona State University; Melanie G.F. Tluczek, Arizona State University-Polytechnic; Andrea F. Hazelton, Arizona State University
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
Influence of geomorphology on the distribution and sensitivity of Great Basin riparian plant communities: A multi-scale analysis
Blake M. Engelhardt, University of Nevada, Reno; Jeanne C. Chambers, USDA Forest Service; Peter J. Weisberg, University of Nevada, Reno
10:10 AM
Bringing back the Big Bend reach of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo:  Lessons learned and implications for involving riverside citizens
Mark K. Briggs, World Wildlife Fund; Carlos A. Sifuentes, Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas; Joe Sirotnak, Big Bend National Park
10:30 AM
The effects of river drying on a terrestrial arthropod community
Kevin E. McCluney, Bowling Green State University; John L. Sabo, Arizona State University
10:50 AM
Geographic variation in landscape dynamics and vegetation patterns along the Missouri River
Mark Dixon, University of South Dakota; W. Carter Johnson, South Dakota State University; Michael L. Scott, Utah State University; Daniel Bowen, Benedictine College; Lisa A. Rabbe, US Army Corps of Engineers
11:10 AM