Organic Matter Processing

Session 162 (Poster)
Wednesday, May 29, 2:00 PM-5:30 PM, Hall D-E Pittsburgh Convention Center

(455) EFFECTS OF NUTRIENTS AND DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON ON MICROBIAL AND MACROINVERTEBRATE CONTRIBUTIONS TO LEAF LITTER BREAKDOWN.
N.A. Baer and W.O. Lamp. Marine-Estuarine-Environmental-Science Program, Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742

(456) LITTER BREAKDOWN AND INVERTEBRATE SHREDDERS IN A DETRITUS-LIMITED APPALACHIAN STREAM.
S.L. Eggert¹ and J.B. Wallace^1,2. ¹Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA 30602, ²Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA 30602

(457) TRANSPORT AND RETENTION OF PLANT COARSE POM IN A TROPICAL 2ND ORDER STREAM, THE NJORO RIVER, KENYA.
M.P.S. Leichtfried¹, G.O. Morara², and J.M. Mathooko². ¹Department Biological Station Lunz, Inst.of Limnology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Seehof 4, A - 3293 Lunz/See, Austria, ²University Egerton, Zoology Dept., POB 536, Njoro, Kenya

(458) WOOD BREAKDOWN AND MICROBIAL BIOFILM RESPIRATION IN SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN STREAMS DRAINING WATERSHEDS WITH DIFFERENT LAND USE HISTORIES.
M.E. McTammany and E.F. Benfield. Department of Biology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA 24061-0406

(459) THE EFFECT OF ELEVATED ATMOSPHERIC CO₂ ON LEAF LITTER DECOMPOSITION IN BEAVER CREEK, ARIZONA.
J.L. Moan, J.C. Marks, C.J. LeRoy, and C. Williamson. Department of Biology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona 86011

(460) THE EFFECT OF TYPE AND SIZE ON ORGANIC PARTICLE DEPOSITION VELOCITY.
D.J. Van Horn¹, L.J. Standley¹, J.D. Newbold¹, and M.L. Van Horn². ¹Stroud Water Research Center, 970 Spencer Rd, Avondale Pennsylvania 19311, ²University of Washington Social Development Research Group, 9725 3rd AVE NE Suite 401, Seattle WA 98115

(461) ORGANIC MATTER FLUXES IN A SMALL COASTAL PLAIN STREAM.
G.M. Ward and H. Jin. Aquatic Biology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487