Session: Aquatic Ecology I (101st ESA Annual Meeting (August 7 -- 12, 2016))

8:00 AM

COS 63-1

The watershed management programme for the interbasin South-to-North Water Transfer project (Middle Route) of China
Quanfa Zhang, Wuhan Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences

8:20 AM

COS 63-2

Environmental DNA method for estimating fish abundance and biomass
Hideyuki Doi, University of Hyogo; Ryutei Inui, Yamaguchi University; Kimiko Uchii, Osaka Ohtani University; Yoshihisa Akamatsu, Yamaguchi University; Kazuki Kannno, Kyushu University; Saeko Matsuhashi, University of Hyogo; Teruhiko Takahara, Shimane University; Hiroki Yamanaka, Ryukoku University; Toshifumi Minamoto, Kobe University

8:40 AM

COS 63-3

Efficacy of automated sampling buoys used in the Great Rivers Observatory Network (GREON)
Lori A Soeken-Gittinger, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; John H Chick, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

9:00 AM

COS 63-4

Hydrologic drivers of submerged aquatic vegetation coverage alter nutrient retention: Applying the novel ecosystem concept to a large southeastern reservoir
Stephen D. Shivers, Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center, University of Georgia; Nicholas S. Marzolf, Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center, University of Georgia; Alan P. Covich, University of Georgia; Stephen W. Golladay, Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center

9:30 AM Cancelled

COS 63-5

Temporal patterns and environmental correlates of macroinvertebrate communities in temporary streams (widthdrawn)
Paul K. Botwe, University of Tasmania; Leon A. Barmuta, University of Tasmania; Regina Magierowski, University of Tasmania, La Trobe University; Paul McEvoy, Government of South Australia; Peter Goonan, Government of South Australia; Scott Carver, University of Tasmania

9:20 AM

COS 63-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 63-6

Anthropogenic stressors and climate change in the Yangtze River Basin
Yushun Chen, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Chuanbo Guo, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Wei Xin, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

10:10 AM

COS 63-7

Experimental drought in eastern Sierra Nevada streams
Parsa Saffarinia, University of California, Riverside; Dave Herbst, University of California Santa Barbara; R. Bruce Medhurst, University of California Santa Barbara; Kurt Anderson, University of California, Riverside

10:30 AM

COS 63-8

Go big or go home: Can we predict whole-stream ecosystem functions from small-scale measurements?
Kaitlin J. Farrell, University of Georgia; Amy D. Rosemond, University of Georgia; Ballantyne Ford IV, University of Georgia; Chao Song, University of Georgia; John Kominoski, Florida International University

10:50 AM

COS 63-9

Intraspecific trait variation and colonization ability in natural assemblages of zooplankton
Rachel N. Hartnett, University of Oklahoma; Lawrence J. Weider, University of Oklahoma

COS 63 - Aquatic Ecology I