COS 51
Aquatic Ecology: Streams And Rivers

Wednesday, August 7, 2013: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
101I, Minneapolis Convention Center
8:00 AM
 Monitoring an apex predator: Alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) reintroduced into Merwin Preserve, Illinois
Nathan T. Grider, University of Illinois, Springfield; Rob Hilsabeck, Illinois Department of Natural Resources; Michael J. Lemke, University of Illinois at Springfield
8:20 AM
 Dynamics of chytrid infections on diatoms in a turbulent river system
Michelle A. Maier, Oregon Health and Science University; Tawnya D. Peterson, Oregon Health and Science University; Joseph A. Needoba, Oregon Health and Science University
8:40 AM
 Streamflow, trophic interactions, and stream fish assemblages
Sophia Q. Niu, Saint Louis University; Jason H. Knouft, Saint Louis University
9:00 AM
 Gametes and excretion from iteroparous migratory suckers subsidize spawning streams
Evan S. Childress, University of Wisconsin; Peter B. McIntyre, University of Wisconsin
9:20 AM
 Monitoring ecological flows in the Miramichi River, NB using the Canadian Ecological Flow Index (CEFI) and aquatic insect traits
Jessica M. Orlofske, University of New Brunswick & Canadian Rivers Institute; Wendy A. Monk, University of New Brunswick; Donald J. Baird, Environment Canada @ Canadian Rivers Institute & University of New Brunswick
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 Spatial and temporal trends in pesticide mixtures within channelized agricultural headwater streams in central Ohio
Peter C. Smiley Jr., USDA-ARS; Kevin W. King, USDA-ARS; Norman R. Fausey, USDA-ARS
10:10 AM
 Trophic dynamic interactions in a temperate river: a comparison between high and lower karst flow reaches
Elizabeth M. Malloy, Western Kentucky University; Scott Grubbs, Western Kentucky University; Albert J. Meier, Western Kentucky University
10:30 AM
 Watershed filtering of climate produces heterogeneity in stream thermal regimes
Peter J. Lisi, University of Washington; Daniel E. Schindler, University of Washington
10:50 AM
 Microbial community composition in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contaminated sediments
G. Patricia Johnston, Kent State University; Laura G. Leff, Kent State University