Wednesday, August 8, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
K, San Jose McEnery Convention Center
COS 65 - Ecology of fresh-water wetlands
8:00 AMCOS 65-1Relationship between species richness and biomass along a hydrologic gradient in the marl prairie landscape in the southern Everglades, Florida, USA
Jay P. Sah, Florida International University, Michael S. Ross, Florida International University, James R. Snyder, US Geological Survey, Pablo L. Ruiz, Florida International University, Davit T. Jones, National Tropical Botanical Garden - The Kampong
8:20 AMCOS 65-2Recent increase in plant species richness in mountainous wetland habitats
Hossein Moradi, University of Zurich, Sima Fakheran, University of Zurich, Jasmin Joshi, University of Zurich, Markus Peintinger, University of Zurich, Ariel Bergamini, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Bernhard Schmid, University of Zurich
8:40 AMCOS 65-3Significant effects of patch geometry and spatial arrangement of wetland ecosystems on plant diversity
Sima Fakheran, University of Zurich, Hossein Moradi, University of Zurich, Jasmin Joshi, University of Zurich, Markus Peintinger, University of Zurich, Ariel Bergamini, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Janine Bolliger, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Bernhard Schmid, University of Zurich
9:00 AMCOS 65-4Effects of pool size and habitat heterogeneity on colonization in subalpine wetlands
Anne Marie Panetta, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Scott Wissinger, Allegheny College
9:20 AMCOS 65-5Spatial variability of the soil microhabitat in disturbed and undisturbed headwater wetlands of Pennsylvania
Jessica B. Moon, Pennsylvania State University, Denice H. Wardrop, Pennsylvania State University, Douglas D. Archibald, Pennsylvania State University
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 65-6Mosses facilitate above- and belowground vascular plant growth in rich fens
Katherine F. Crowley, Cornell University, Barbara L. Bedford, Cornell University
10:10 AMCOS 65-7A spatially explicit model to predict wetland habitat loss in the prairie pothole region of south-central Canada
David W. Howerter, Ducks Unlimited Canada, Lyle J. Boychuk, Ducks Unlimited Canada
10:30 AMCOS 65-8Glades Anatomy: Ridge and slough degradation in Everglades National Park, 1900 to present
Colin J. Saunders, Florida International University, Daniel L. Childers, Florida International University, Min Gao, Florida International University, Rudolf Jaffé, Florida International University, Jason A. Lynch, North Central College
10:50 AMCOS 65-9Restoring habitat for the giant garter snake (Thamnophis gigas), a state- and federally listed threatened species
Debra Bishop, EDAW
11:10 AMCOS 65-10Developing a prey monitoring program for whooping crane breeding grounds in Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada
Marie-Claire Classen, University of Alberta, William Tonn, University of Alberta, Heather Proctor, University of Alberta

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