Friday, August 7, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Grand Pavillion I, Hyatt
COS 125 - Riparian and Floodplain Habitats
8:00 AMLong-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 AMComparing 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, Pennsylvania State University, Brett A. Dietz, Pennsylvania State University
8:40 AMLow 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, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Steven P. Cline, United States Environmental Protection Agency
9:00 AMRiparian 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
9:20 AMThe severed link: Geomorphology and riparian habitat loss on a dammed western river
Cynthia E. Dott, Fort Lewis College
9:40 AMBreak
9:50 AMInfluence 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 AMBringing 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 AMThe effects of river drying on a terrestrial arthropod community
Kevin E. McCluney, Arizona State University, John L. Sabo, Arizona State University
10:50 AMGeographic 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, US Geologic Service, Daniel Bowen, Benedictine College, Lisa A. Rabbe, US Army Corps of Engineers
11:10 AMEffects of tamarisk biocontrol (Diorhabda elongata) on the trophic dynamics of terrestrial insects in monotypic tamarisk stands
Stephanie M. Strudley, University of Denver, Anna A. Sher, University of Denver

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