93rd ESA Annual Meeting (August 3 -- August 8, 2008)

PS 1-1

Measuring the ecological value of riparian habitat restoration on northern Wisconsin lakes
Michael W. Meyer, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; Daniel E. Haskell, Michigan Technical University

PS 1-2

The nesting environment for bluegill sunfish in small ponds: Is there variation in seasonal nesting activity, colony activity, or nest characteristics?
Jessica E. Rettig, Denison University; Nicole R. Gray, Denison University; Walter J. Kim, Denison University; Ameena Ali, Denison University; Jessica J. Arrington, Denison University; Ezinnaya Ubagharaji, Denison University

PS 1-3

Disturbance and predation risk mediate trophic interactions in an aquatic food web
John P. Ludlam, University of Arkansas; Daniel D. Magoulick, USGS, Arkansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Eric R. Larson, University of Tennessee; Kelly H. Laycock Jr., Tennessee Technological University

PS 1-4

Landscape impacts on fish community structure and food chain length in prairie and Ozark rivers
Micaleila D. Desotelle, University of Kansas; James H. Thorp, University of Kansas

PS 1-5

Examining the virus community across a trophic spectrum of freshwater ecosystems
Alicia M. Hanson, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; John A. Berges, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Erica B. Young, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee

PS 1-6

Zooplankton community structure in relation to flow of the Missouri River, USA
Kelli D. Dickerson, Missouri State University; Kim A. Medley, University of Colorado; John E. Havel, Missouri State University

PS 1-7

Macroinvertebrate production on artificial substrates in the main channel of the Upper Mississippi River
Roger J. Haro, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse; William B. Richardson, USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center; Reid M. Northwick, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

PS 1-8

Use of alternative phosphorus compounds by freshwater cyanobacteria and Lake Michigan phytoplankton
Chelsea I. Lowes, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee; Erica B. Young, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee

PS 1-9

A seasonal study of dissolved oxygen and biochemical oxygen demand in Willow Creek as an indication of water quality
Emily M. Roth, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Janet M. Batzli, University of Wisconsin, Madison

PS 1-10

Composition of gyrinid aggregations in the east Texas Primitive Big Thicket (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae)
Edward Realzola, Sam Houston State University; Jerry L. Cook, Sam Houston State University

PS 1-11

Effects of land use on groundwater chemistry in springsheds of the Upper Floridan aquifer, southwest Georgia
Stephanie E. Allums, Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center; Stephen P. Opsahl, Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center

PS 1-12

Developing a technique to evaluate mucus production by single, freshwater snails
Lauren Riseman, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Paul Brunkow, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

PS 1-13

Species interactions along habitat gradients
Erika Nilsson, Lund university; Anders Persson, Lund university; Per Nyström, Lund university

PS 1-14

Evaluating drag coefficients in the morphologically variable New Zealand mud snail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum
Paul Brunkow, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Joseph Holomuzki, Ohio State University

PS 1-15

Increased chloride levels and habitat heterogeneity reduce insect diversity in Rio Grande riparian habitats
Jarrod Blue, Davidson College; Scott L. Collins, University of New Mexico

PS 1-16

Assessing the value of agricultural streams as amphibian refuges
Jennifer L. Randolph, University of Missouri-Columbia; Bethany K. Williams, University of Missouri-Columbia; Raymond D. Semlitsch, University of Missouri

PS 1-17

Comparison of the decomposition, macroinvertebrate colonization, and fungal biomass of leaves along hydrologic gradients in headwater stream channels in eastern Kentucky, USA
Miller S. Jarrell, Auburn University; Scott Grubbs, Western Kentucky University

PS 1-18

Associations between groundwater-surface water dynamics and coaster brook trout spawning habitat in the Salmon Trout River, Marquette County, Michigan
Matthew J. Van Grinsven, Michigan Technological University; Alex S. Mayer, Michigan Technological University; Casey J. Huckins, Michigan Technological University

PS 1-19

Land-use effects on white sucker (Catostomus commersoni) life history and diet in portions of North Dakota and Minnesota
William H. Clark, North Dakota State University; Daniel C. McEwen, Minnesota State University Moorhead; Mark E. Clark, North Dakota State University

PS 1-20

Chemical profile of Nworie River in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria
Alex D. W. Acholonu, Alcorn State University; Peter U. Okorie, Imo State University; Melissa N. Fipps, Alcorn State University; Kelly L. Davis, Alcorn State University

PS 1-21

Benthic macroinvertebrate diversity of the Róbalo River watershed, Navarino Island (55°S; Chile) at the southern end of the Americas
Tamara A. Contador, University of North Texas, Sub-Antarctic Biocultural Conservation Program, Omora Ethnobotanical Park, Chile; James H. Kennedy, University of North Texas (UNT); Ricardo Rozzi, University of North Texas (UNT); Christopher B. Anderson, Carnegie Institution for Science

PS 1-22

Dependence of Asian clam and native invertebrates on sewage effluent as a source of energy and nutrients in the Conodoguinet Creek watershed - CANCELLED
Jennifer Lentek Klemunes, Shippensburg University; Todd M Hurd, Shippensburg University

PS 1-23

The influence of riparian forest on stream community structure and ecosystem function in an agricultural watershed
Eden L. Effert, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Robert U. Fischer, University of Alabama at Birmingham; David H. Wahl, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

PS 1 - Aquatic Ecology