2017 ESA Annual Meeting (August 6 -- 11)

8:00 AM

COS 47-1

Decoupled biodiversity and functional dynamics of green and brown food web components during ecosystem assembly
Han Olff, University of Groningen; Francisco Dini-Andreote, University of Groningen; Fons van der Plas, Senckenberg Biodiversity Institute; Matty P. Berg, Vrije University

8:20 AM

COS 47-2

A tropic cascade: Fish mediate top-down control on algal biomass inside and outside of reserves
Aaron A. Koning, University of Wisconsin; Peter B. McIntyre, University of Wisconsin

8:40 AM

COS 47-3

Does the stress gradient hypothesis apply to soil food webs? Testing the biotic interactions of soil nematodes along a salinity gradient at the McMurdo Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research site
E. Ashley Shaw, Colorado State University; Byron J. Adams, Brigham Young University; John E. Barrett, Virginia Polytechnic and State University; Ross A. Virginia, Dartmouth College; Diana H. Wall, Colorado State University

9:00 AM

COS 47-4

Enemies with benefits: Integrating positive and negative interactions among terrestrial carnivores
Laura R. Prugh, University of Washington; Kelly J. Sivy, University of Washington

9:20 AM

COS 47-5

Mechanisms driving resistance and resilience to community change after the sea star wasting disease outbreak
Sarah Gravem, Oregon State University; Robin Elahi, Hopkins Marine Lab; Corey Garza, California State University Monteryy Bay; Diana LaScala-Gruenwald, Stanford University; Steven Y. Litvin, Stanford University; Bruce A. Menge, Oregon State University; Fiorenza Micheli, Stanford University; Jennifer K. O’Leary, California Sea Grant; John S. Pearse, University of California, Santa Cruz; Joe Tyburczy, California Sea Grant Extension; James LaScala-Gruenwald, Stanford University

9:40 AM

COS 47-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 47-6

Influence of macroalgal diet on purple urchin trophic efficiency
Julie B. Schram, University of Oregon; Aaron W. E. Galloway, University of Oregon

10:10 AM

COS 47-7

River otters as ecosystem engineers on coastal islands: Disturbances, marine subsidies, and their effects on terrestrial invertebrate communities
Crystal M. Ernst, Hakai Institute; Andrew Sheriff, University of Victoria; Chris T. Darimont, University of Victoria; John D. Reynolds, Hakai Institute

10:30 AM

COS 47-8

Wet food in dry years: Can prey-switching explain the stable reproductive performance of songbirds despite California’s historic drought?
Robert Walsh, University of California, Davis

10:50 AM

COS 47-9

The effect of hypoxia on energy flow in an estuarine fjord
Pamela E. Moriarty, University of Washington; Timothy E. Essington, University of Washington; Mei Sato, Oregon State University; John Horne, University of Washington; Julie Keister, University of Washington; Sandy Parker-Setter, NOAA

COS 47 - Trophic Dynamics And Interactions II

Meeting Information

Ecological Society of America