ESA/SER Joint Meeting (August 5 -- August 10, 2007)

Friday, August 10, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Willow Glen III, San Jose Marriott

8:00 AM

COS 162-1

What’s for dinner in the salt marsh? Stable isotope additions reveal the importance of algae
Kari Galván, Louisiana State University

8:20 AM

COS 162-2

Large-scale movement by a North American dragonfly as revealed through genetic and isotope proxies: A new approach to insect migration
John H. Matthews, University of Texas; Thomas Juenger, University of Texas at Austin; Leonard Wassenaar, Environment Canada; Jay Banner, University of Texas; Larry Mack, University of Texas

8:40 AM

COS 162-3

Estimating impacts of invasive rats using analyses of stable isotopes from laboratory and field studies
Carolyn M. Kurle, University of California San Diego; Donald A. Croll, University of California, Santa Cruz; Bernie R. Tershy, University of California, Santa Cruz

9:00 AM

COS 162-4

Micro-geographic variation in isotopic composition of a rattlesnake prey base: Implications for studies using stable isotopes as dietary indicators
Melissa A. Pilgrim, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Lab; Terence M. Farrell, Stetson University; Christopher S. Romanek, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Lab

9:20 AM

COS 162-5

A trail of isotopes from food webs to ecosystems
Paul Dijkstra, Northern Arizona University; Jeffrey S. Coyle, Northern Arizona University; Corinne M. LaViolette, Northern Arizona University; Paul C. Selmants, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Egbert Schwartz, Northern Arizona University; Stephen C. Hart, University of California, Merced; Bruce A. Hungate, Northern Arizona University

9:40 AM

COS 162-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 162-6

Diet switching in wild African elephants in response to primary production: Evidence from time-specific stable isotope chronologies
George Wittemyer, University of California, Berkeley; Thure Cerling, University of Utah

10:10 AM

COS 162-7

Chronic nitrogen additions and photosynthetic gas exchange in sugar maple: Instantaneous measurements and a stable isotope chronosequence
Alan F. Talhelm, University of Idaho; Kurt S. Pregitzer, University of Idaho; Andrew J. Burton, Michigan Technological University

10:30 AM

COS 162-8

Nitrate reductase activity and foliar δ¹⁵N measurements as integrative indicators of foliar incorporation of atmospheric nitrogen pollution
Dena M. Vallano, University of California Santa Cruz; Jed P. Sparks, Cornell University

10:50 AM

COS 162-9

Quantifying in situ bioenergetics in aquatic ecosystems using neutral chemical markers
Michael D. Burtnyk, University of Windsor; Gord Paterson, University of Windsor; Ken G. Drouillard, University of Windsor; G. Doug Haffner, University of Windsor

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COS 162 - Stable isotope and tracer applications