Thursday, August 7, 2008: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
102 A, Midwest Airlines Center
COS 106 - Trophic Dynamics and Interactions
1:30 PMCOS 106-1Intraspecific variation in a keystone predator affects community structure and cascading trophic interactions
David M. Post, Yale University, Eric P. Palkovacs, University of Maine, Erika G. Schielke, Yale University, Stanley I. Dodson, University of Wisconsin - Madison
1:50 PMCOS 106-2First experimental demonstration of spatially-synchronous predator-prey dynamics via phase locking
Jeremy W. Fox, University of Calgary, David A. Vasseur, Yale University
2:10 PMCOS 106-3Life history differences drive trophic divergence in a keystone species
Erika G. Schielke, Yale University, Eric P. Palkovacs, University of Maine, David M. Post, Yale University
2:30 PMCOS 106-4A meta-analysis of resource pulse-consumer interactions
Louie H. Yang, University of California, Santa Barbara, Justin L. Bastow, University of California, Davis, Amber N. Wright, University of California, Davis, Kenneth O. Spence, University of California-Davis, Kyle Edwards, University of California, Davis, Jarrett E. Byrnes, University of California, Davis
2:50 PMCOS 106-5Shift between carnivory and omnivory in stream stonefly predators - CANCELLED
Hitoshi Miyasaka, Center for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University, Motomi Genkai-Kato, Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 106-6Effect of spider presence on Cirsium altissimum performance
Michael Mellon, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Svata Louda, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
3:40 PMCOS 106-7Experimental evidence that evolutionary divergence in predator foraging traits drives ecological divergence in prey communities
Eric P. Palkovacs, University of Maine, David M. Post, Yale University
4:00 PMCOS 106-8Direct and indirect effects of road salt runoff on trophic interactions in pond food webs
Robin J. Van Meter, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Chris M. Swan, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
4:20 PMCOS 106-9Habitat size and complexity mediate predator effects on nitrogen cycling
Jacqueline T. Ngai, University of British Columbia, Diane S Srivastava, University of British Columbia, Jonathan B Shurin, University of British Columbia
4:40 PMCOS 106-10Freshwater-marine subsidies: The role of small coastal river systems as a source of fall forage fish (Alosa spp) in the nearshore Gulf of Maine
Karen A. Wilson, University of Southern Maine, Theodore V. Willis, University of Southern Maine

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