Session: Food Webs I (2018 ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10))

8:00 AM Cancelled

COS 63-1

Does resource stability modify community structure in aquatic caves? (widthdrawn)
Amelia K. Weiss, Cornell University; Alexander Flecker, Cornell University

8:20 AM

COS 63-2

Lake size drives predator-prey interactions and co-occurrences
Timothy Bartley, University of Guelph, University of Toronto Mississauga; Sean Yardley, University of Guelph; Laura Johnson, University of Guelph; Matthew Guzzo, University of Guelph; Kevin McCann, University of Guelph

8:40 AM

COS 63-3

Distinguishing carbon sources for freshwater food webs using amino acid, compound specific stable isotope analysis
Emily R. Arsenault, University of Kansas; James H. Thorp, University of Kansas

9:00 AM

COS 63-4

Acid mine drainage and freshwater food webs: Inferring predator-prey interactions and stability in size structured communities
Justin P.F. Pomeranz, University of Canterbury; Ross M. Thompson, Canberra University; Timothée Poisot, University of Montréal; Helen J. Warburton, University of Canterbury; Jon S. Harding, University of Canterbury

9:20 AM

COS 63-5

Effects of vulture exclusion on carrion consumption by facultative scavengers
Jacob Hill, Mississippi State University; Travis DeVault, US Department of Agriculture; James C. Beasley, University of Georgia; Olin E. Rhodes Jr., University of Georgia; Jerrold L. Belant, Mississippi State University

9:40 AM

COS 63-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 63-6

Effects of artisanal fisheries on food webs: The case of Chilean intertidal and subtidal ecosystems
M. Isidora Avila, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; Derek Corcoran, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; Pablo A. Marquet, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Santa Fe Institute; Sergio A. Navarrete, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Pontificia Universidad Catolica, Estación Costera de investigaciones Marinas; Fernanda S. Valdovinos, University of Michigan

10:10 AM

COS 63-7

Informing economic complexity with ecological complexity: Studying sustainable fisheries with complex food-web models
Paul R Glaum, University of Michigan; Valentin Cocco, École normale supérieure; Fernanda S. Valdovinos, University of Michigan

10:30 AM

COS 63-8

Experimental sampling design interacts strongly with underlying topologies of ecological interaction networks
Erica A. Newman, University of Arizona, US Forest Service; Marcus A. M. de Aguiar, University of Campinas; Mathias M. Pires, Universidade Estadual de Campinas; Justin D. Yeakel, University of California, Merced; David H. Hembry, University of Arizona; Laura Burkle, Montana State University; Dominique Gravel, University of Sherbrooke; Paulo R. Guimaraes Jr., Universidade de Sao Paulo; James L. O'Donnell, University of Washington; Timothée Poisot, Québec Centre for Biodiversity Sciences; Marie-Josée Fortin, University of Toronto

10:50 AM

COS 63-9

Changes in intraspecific diet variation with prey community composition alter the perceived strength of predator-prey interactions
Kyle Coblentz, Oregon State University; Stephanie Merhoff, Oregon State University; Mark Novak, Oregon State University

11:10 AM

COS 63-10

How could inverted biomass pyramids of rain forest pools be maintained – extremophile fish feeding from the forest?
Angus R. McIntosh, University of Canterbury; Helen J. Warburton, University of Canterbury; Richard S.A. White, University of Canterbury; Christopher G. Meijer, University of Canterbury; Scott A. Wissinger, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Allegheny College; Mark L. Galatowitsch, Centre College

COS 63 - Food Webs I