97th ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10, 2012)

1:30 PM

COS 171-1

The biogeography of Mid-Atlantic CEAP wetlands
Thomas F. Ducey, Agricultural Research Service, USDA; Jarrod O. Miller, Agricultural Research Service, USDA; Patrick G. Hunt, Agricultural Research Service, USDA

1:50 PM

COS 171-2

Relationships between soil properties and Spartina alterniflora dieback patchiness in an Atlantic salt marsh
John T. Crawford, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Amanda G. Stone, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Benjamin M. Kraemer, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2:10 PM

COS 171-3

Effects of simulated drought on physiological activity of Everglades short-hydroperiod marsh
Sparkle Malone, University of Alabama; Gregory Starr, University of Alabama; Christina L. Staudhammer, University of Alabama; Steven F. Oberbauer, Florida International University; Michael G. Ryan, Colorado State University

2:30 PM

COS 171-4

Hydrology versus ecology: The effectiveness of constructed wetlands for improving wastewater quality in an arid climate
Laura Turnbull, Arizona State University; Daniel L. Childers, Arizona State University; Nicholas A. Weller, Arizona State University; Jorge Ramos Jr., Arizona State University; Ben Warner, Arizona State University; Christopher A. Sanchez, Arizona State University; Eric Chapman, Arizona State University; Austin Evert, Arizona State University; Lea Wilson, Arizona State University; Olga Epshtein, Arizona State University

2:50 PM

COS 171-5

Expert ecology: How to write scientific literature to be most effective in the courtroom
Joseph D. Leyda, Leyda Consulting, Inc.

3:10 PM

COS 171-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 171-6

Local to latitudinal variation in flowering phenology in the salt marsh foundation species Spartina alterniflora
Sarah S. Corman, Brown University; Morgan Ivens-Duran, Brown University; Mark D. Bertness, Brown University; Linda A. Deegan, Marine Biological Laboratory; Heather M. Leslie, Brown University

3:40 PM

COS 171-7

Hurricane effects on cryptic fungi in wetland plants
Demetra Kandalepas, Tulane University; A. Elizabeth Arnold, The University of Arizona; Gary P. Shaffer, Southeastern Louisiana University; William J. Platt, Louisiana State University

4:00 PM

COS 171-8

A five year study of hardpan vernal pools at Mather Field, CA: Responses of vernal pool plant species to variability in hydroperiod
Mairgareth A. Christman, Institute for Ecohydrology Research; Niall F. McCarten, Institute for Ecohydrology Research; Ruben Rosas, Institute for Ecohydrology Research

4:20 PM

COS 171-9

The effects of canopy cover and leaf litter species on macroinvertebrate diversity in vernal pools
Michael A. Plenzler, Bowling Green State University; Helen J. Michaels, Bowling Green State University

4:40 PM

COS 171-10

Using LiDAR and object-based image analysis to map wetlands in Mt. Rainier National Park
Meghan A. Halabisky, University of Washington; L. Monika Moskal, University of Washington

COS 171 - Wetlands