Tuesday, August 4, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Taos, Albuquerque Convention Center
COS 32 - Wetlands
8:00 AMCOS 32-1Dynamic patterns of linkage between marshes and alligator ponds: Disturbance regime and refuge use by fishes in the Florida Everglades
Joseph J. Parkos III, Florida International University, Joel C. Trexler, Florida International University
8:20 AMCOS 32-2Turning over a new leaf: The effect of tree litter on forested pond and wetland communities
Aaron B. Stoler, University of Pittsburgh, Rick A. Relyea, University of Pittsburgh
8:40 AMCOS 32-3CANCELLED - Bacterial and fungal colonization of organic matter in a freshwater wetland: Monitoring community succession and diversity along a soil moisture gradient
Morgan A. Rawls, Virginia Commonwealth University, David J. Berrier, Virginia Commonwealth University, Shannon L. McCallister, Virginia Commonwealth University, Rima B. Franklin, Virginia Commonwealth University
9:00 AMCOS 32-4Effects of scale on the paradox of production in an oligotrophic wetland
Evelyn Gaiser, Florida International University, Jay Munyon, Florida International University
9:20 AMCOS 32-5A wetland vegetation inventory of two Adirondack watersheds
Mei-Yin Wu, State University of New York at Plattsburgh, Dennis Kalma, Independent Consultant
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 32-6The use of diatom communities as indicators of water quality in four tropical, karstic wetland systems
Josette M. La Hée, Florida International University, Evelyn E. Gaiser, Florida International University
10:10 AMCOS 32-7Impacts of impoundment on herbaceous vegetation and seed banks in bald cypress swamps in central Louisiana
Serge A. Farinas, Clayton State University, Beth A. Middleton, USGS
10:30 AMCOS 32-8Not a slow snail: Rapid rise of environmental awareness and ecological insights regarding invasive island applesnails (Pomacea insularum)
Romi Burks, Southwestern University, Jess Van Dyke, Florida Department of Environmental Protection (retired)
10:50 AMCOS 32-9Differences in aquatic communities within wetland reservoir subirrigation systems in northwestern Ohio
Peter C. Smiley Jr., USDA-ARS, Barry J. Allred, USDA-ARS
11:10 AMCOS 32-10Early biotic and abiotic assessment of soil amendment as a wetland restoration technique
Laura Altfeld, Wilson College, Jeannine Lessmann, Eckerd College, Alban Viaud, Eckerd College

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