Session: Aquatic Ecology: Lakes And Ponds (2018 ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10))

8:00 AM

COS 19-1

Microplastic pollution and trophic transfer in Lake Champlain
Danielle E. Garneau, SUNY Plattsburgh; Melissa Moriarty, SUNY; Erin Ashline, SUNY Plattsburgh; James Stewart, SUNY Plattsburgh

8:20 AM

COS 19-2

Eared grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) movements on the Great Salt Lake during the fall of 2017
Leah Delahoussaye, Utah State University; Michael Conover, Utah State University

8:40 AM

COS 19-3

Do lakes feel the burn? Effects of fire on North American lake ecosystems
Ian McCullough, Michigan State University; Kendra Spence Cheruvelil, Michigan State University; Jean-Francois Lapierre, Université de Montreal; Boyang Liu, Michigan State University; Noah R. Lottig, University of Wisconsin; Max A. Moritz, University of California, Santa Barbara; Joseph Stachelek, Michigan State University; Qi Wang, Michigan State University; Patricia A. Soranno, Michigan State University

9:00 AM

COS 19-4

Investigation of variable contaminant loads in two freshwater fish species (Perca flavescens, Pomoxis nigromaculatus) as a result of foraging and habitat specialization
Timothy Malinich, Purdue University; Tomas O. Hook, Purdue University

9:20 AM

COS 19-5

Resilience of ecosystems and the people that rely on them in the Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia
Vittoria Elliott, Conservation International

9:40 AM

COS 19-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 19-6

Neurological impacts of insecticides: How exposure to ecologically relevant concentrations of an organophosphorous pesticide affects stress levels and brain structure in an amphibian model
Sara J. McClelland, Duquesne University; Sarah K. Woodley, Duquesne University

10:10 AM

COS 19-7

Development of rapid assessment methods for harmful algal blooms (HABs) using qPCR
Andrew D. Pyman, Grand Valley State University; Charlyn G. Partridge, Grand Valley State University

10:30 AM

COS 19-8

Cyanobacterial blooms in oligotrophic Lake Sunapee, NH, and their implications for lake phosphorus cycles
Kathryn Cottingham, Dartmouth College; Nicole Ward, Virginia Tech; Bethel Steele, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Holly Ewing, Bates College; Kathleen C. Weathers, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Cayelan Carey, Virginia Tech

10:50 AM

COS 19-9

The invasive giant apple snail (Pomacea maculata) will eat frog and toad eggs
Jacoby Carter, US Geological Survey; Sergio Merino, US Geological Survey; Darren Johnson, Cherokee Nations Technical Solutions

11:10 AM

COS 19-10

Differential effects of a non-native predator on zooplankton population growth rates in Lake Michigan
John Marino, Bradley University; Henry A. Vanderploeg, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Steven Pothoven, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Ashley K. Elgin, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Scott Peacor, Michigan State University

COS 19 - Aquatic Ecology: Lakes And Ponds