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Session 32 (Special)
Freshwater Mussel Ecology and Conservation I
Wednesday, June 6, 8:00 AM-10:00 AM, Ballroom C
Moderator: Hornbach, D.

8:00 THE FUNCTIONAL ROLE OF UNIONIDS IN STREAMS: COMPARATIVE AND EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM OUACHITA MOUNTAIN RIVERS.
C.C. Vaughn, D.E. Spooner, M. Moore, and K.B. Gido. Oklahoma Biological Survey and Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, US, 73072

8:15 DECLINES OF UNIONIDS AND OTHER BENTHIC PLANKTIVORES FOLLOWING THE ZEBRA MUSSEL INVASION OF THE HUDSON RIVER.
D.L. Strayer and H.M. Malcom. Institute of Ecosystem Studies, P.O. Box AB, Millbrook, NY 12545

8:30 THE PROMISES AND PROBLEMS OF USING STABLE ISOTOPES TO STUDY UNIONID DIETS.
D.F. Raikow and S.K. Hamilton. Kellogg Biological Station and Department of Zoology, Michigan State University, 3700 E Gull Lake DR, Hickory Corners, MI 49060

8:45 RESOURCE PARTITIONING BETWEEN NICHE SPECIES: DETERMINING FOOD RESOURCES AND TROPHIC LEVEL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN FRESHWATER UNIONIDS AND ZEBRA MUSSELS IN A MICHIGAN RIVER.
S.J. Nichols. U.S. Geological Survey. Great Lakes Science Center. Ann Arbor MI, USA

9:00 A STUDY OF ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY AND GUT PURGE TIME IN RAINBOW MUSSELS, VILLOSA IRIS (LEA 1829) FED THREE ALGAL RATIONS.
C.M. Gatenby¹, D.A. Kreeger¹, and R.J. Neves². ¹Patrick Center For Environmental Research, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA 19103, ²Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061

9:15 PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASURES OF THE HEALTH OF FRESHWATER MUSSELS.
D.L. Raksany, D.A. Kreeger, and C.M. Gatenby. Patrick Center Fro Environmental Research, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA 19103

9:30 HIERARCHICAL ANALYSIS OF GENETIC VARIATION IN FRESHWATER MUSSELS: DIFFERENTIATION AT MULTIPLE SPATIAL SCALES.
D.J. Berg¹, A.D. Christian², J.L. Metcalfe-Smith³, C.C. Vaughn⁴, and S.I. Guttman². ¹Deparment of Zoology, Miami University, Hamilton, OH 45011, ²Department of Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, ³National Water Research Institute, Environment Canada, Burlington, Ontario, Canada L7R 4A6, ⁴Oklahoma Biological Survey and Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019

9:45 POPULATION MODELS BASED ON LONGTERM DEMOGRAPHIC STUDIES OF DOMINANT MUSSELS IN THE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO RIVERS.
B.S. Payne and A.C. Miller. U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS, 39180

Question 1: Would you attend another joint meeting in the next 4 years with either the American Society for Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) or the Society for Wetland Science?

Yes – for 1 joint meeting with ASLO
Yes – for 1 joint meeting with SWS
Yes – for 2 joint meetings
No – would prefer to keep our annual meetings exclusive to NABS through at least 2014

Question 2. If you answered NO to the question above, which of the following circumstances might change your mind? Check all that are appropriate.

Venue would allow all concurrent sessions to be held in the same building.:
Main hotels would provide reasonable room rates and be able to house most attendees.:
Evening activities would be held in one location common to both societies.:
None of the above would change my mind on having a joint meeting more frequently than every 5 years.:

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