COS 27 - Aquatic Ecology: Streams And Rivers II

Tuesday, August 7, 2012: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
B112, Oregon Convention Center
8:00 AM
 Critical role of seasonal tributaries for native fish and aquatic biota in the Sacramento River
Michael Marchetti, St. Mary's College of California; Michael P. Limm, University of California, Berkeley; Gina Benigno, CSU Chico; Becky Lorig, CSU Chico; Heather Bowen, CSU Chico
8:20 AM
 Changes in river corridor plant diversity over two decades: Lessons from the Adour River, SW France
Eric Tabacchi, ECOLAB, Laboratoire d'Ecologie et Environnement; Anne-Marie Planty-Tabacchi, ECOLAB, Laboratoire d'Ecologie et Environnement
8:40 AM
 Impacts of biological diversity on sediment erosion in streams
Lindsey K. Albertson, University of California, Santa Barbara; Bradley J. Cardinale, University of Michigan; Leonard S. Sklar, San Fransisco State University
9:00 AM
 Long-distance dispersal in macroinvertebrates as a prerequisite of climate change driven range shifts and recolonization of restored rivers: A multi-method approach
Peter Haase, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt; Jutta Geismar, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt; Andrea Sundermann, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt
9:20 AM
 The response of benthic algal biomass to nutrient addition over a range of current speeds in an Australian tropical river
Simon A. Townsend, Charles Darwin University; Erica A. Garcia, Charles Darwin University; Michael M. Douglas, University of Western Australia
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 Experimental manipulation of top-down and bottom-up factors in a Northern Australian tropical river
Erica A. Garcia, Charles Darwin University; Simon Townsend, Charles Darwin University; Michael M. Douglas, University of Western Australia
10:10 AM
 Disrupting the flow: Effects of stream fragmentation on ecosystem processes and stream fish dynamics
Jason L. Hwan, University of California, Berkeley; Stephanie M. Carlson, University of California, Berkeley
10:50 AM
 Surface water quality monitoring to address the impacts on Marcellus Gas development on small and medium streams in northeast Pennsylvania
Thomas Barnard, Wilkes University; Erich Schramm, Wilkes University; Brian Naberezny, Wilkes University; Dale A. Bruns, Wilkes University; Kenneth M. Klemow, Wilkes University
11:10 AM
 The role of nitrifiers in accumulating NO3- in the surface waters of Rocky Mountain National Park
Ed K. Hall, Colorado State University; Jill Baron, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, United States Geological Survey