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Adobe Acrobat version of table listing all oral presentations. This program matrix for the platform sessions is updated from the list of sessions and talks provided as the short program on the NABS web site and the Spring Bulletin. This matrix will be periodically updated on the web site as withdrawals occur. The short program pamphlet to be handed out at the annual meeting will include the most up-to-date information on the program. Date of this revision is 9 May 2002.

Sunday, 26 May 2002   Location
07:00 am Bus leaves for fishing trip Hotel Lobby
11:00 am-05:00 pm Carnegie Museums trip Hotel Lobby
11:30 am-04:00 pm Pirates vs. St Louis Hotel Lobby
     
Monday, 27 May 2002    
08:00 am-05:00 pm Registration 2nd Floor Foyer
08:00 am-05:00 pm Bus leaves for rafting trip Hotel Lobby
10:00 am-05:00 pm Science Center Trip Hotel Lobby
12:00 pm-07:00 pm Memorial Day Boat Picnic Hotel Lobby
01:00 pm-05:00 pm Exhibitor Setup 2nd Floor Foyer
03:00 pm-05:00 pm Finance Committee Meeting Crawford East
06:00 pm-09:00 pm Endowment/Trustees Committee Meeting (Dinner included) Crawford West
     
Tuesday, 28 May 2002    
07:00 am-09:00 am Editorial Committee Meeting (Breakfast included) Crawford East
08:00 am-05:00 pm Poster setup Lawrence Convention Center
08:00 am-05:00 pm Registration 2nd Floor Foyer
08:00 am-11:00 am Pre-Executive Committee Meeting Crawford East
09:00 am-01:00 pm Grad Resources Committee Meeting (Lunch included) Cambria
09:00 am-04:00 pm Workshop 1: Odonata (Lunch included) Allegheny 1
  Workshop 2: Statistics (Lunch included) Allegheny 2
  LINX 2 Project Meeting Washington
09:00 am-12:00 pm Workshop 3: Interactive Policy Session Mountaintop Mining (Morning snack) Allegheny 3
01:00 pm-05:00 pm Executive Committee Meeting Lawrence
01:00 pm-05:00 pm Exhibitor setup 2nd Floor Foyer
04:00 pm-05:00 pm Projectionist training Crawford East
05:00 pm-06:30 pm Dinner on your own  
06:30 pm-08:30 pm Opening Session Welcome, Local and State Dignitaries (15 min) Allegheny Ballroom and Westmoreland
  Presidential Address (30 min)  
  Introduction of NABS Founders and Past Presidents (15 min)  
  Distinguished Service Award Presentation (15 min)  
  Award of Excellence Presentation (30 min)  
  2003 Meeting Presentation (15 min)  
08:30 pm-10:30 pm Social, soda, snacks, cash bar  
     
Wednesday, 29 May 2002    
07:30 am-08:30 am Coffee, tea, juice Foyers
08:00 am-05:00 pm Registration 2nd Floor Foyer
08:00 am-12:00 pm Plenary Session
`Benthos: From Science to Policy'
History of Benthology
50 years of NABS
Benthology and Environmental Policy
Allegheny Ballroom and Westmoreland
09:30 am-10:00 am Break (coffee, tea, juice) Foyers
12:00 pm-02:00 pm Business Meeting and Lunch Allegheny Ballroom and Westmoreland
02:00 pm-05:30 pm Poster Session
Community Ecology
Bioassessment
Periphyton
Restoration Ecology
Life Histories
Organic Matter Processing
Food Webs
Ecotoxicology
Lentic Ecology
Management of Aquatic Systems
Systematics and Taxonomy
Wetlands
Microbial Ecology
Unionid Ecology
Disturbance Ecology
Biogeochemistry
Land/Water Interfaces
Conservation Ecology
Fish Ecology
Ecology and Systematics of Chironomidae
Population Distribution: Studies of Dispersal, Behavior, and Genetics
Restoration of Aquatic Ecosystems
Diagnosing Causes of Biological Impairment
Odonate Ecology and Evolution
Expanding the Prey Base: Terrestrial vs Aquatic Prey in Predator Diets
Ecological Functions of Intermittent Streams
Understanding and Controlling Bioassessment Data Variability
Lawrence Convention Center
  Watershed Initiative information  
  Taxonomy Fair  
  Refreshments  
05:00 pm-07:30 pm Dinner on your own  
05:00 pm-07:30 pm 5K Run/Volleyball Tournament Hotel Lobby
07:30 pm-11:00 pm Social, cash bar, entertainment Allegheny Ballroom
     
Thursday, 30 May 2002    
07:30 am-08:30 am Coffee, tea, juice Foyers
08:00 am-05:00 pm Registration  
08:00 am-09:45 am Contributed and Special Sessions  
  Session 1: Wetlands I (Contributed) Allegheny 1
  Session 2: isturbance Ecology I (Contributed) Allegheny 2
  Session 3: Biogeochemistry I (Contributed) Allegheny 3
  Session 4: Current and Future Approaches For Using Benthic Algae to Monitor and Assess Aquatic Ecosystems I (Special)     Westmoreland
  Session 5: Ecology and Systematics of Chironomidae I (Special)   Cambria
09:45 am-10:15 am Break (coffee, tea, juice) Foyers
10:15 am-12:00 pm Contributed and Special Sessions  
  Session 6: Wetlands II (Contributed) Allegheny 1
  Session 7: Disturbance Ecology II (Contributed) Allegheny 2
  Session 8: Biogeochemistry II (Contributed) Allegheny 3
  Session 9: Current and Future Approaches For Using Benthic Algae to Monitor and Assess Aquatic Ecosystems II (Special)       Westmoreland
  Session 10: Ecology and Systematics of Chironomidae II (Special)   Cambria
12:00 pm-01:00 pm Lunch on your own  
12:00 pm-01:00 pm Committee Meetings (Lunch included)
Conservation Committee Meeting
  Lawrence
  Technical Committee Meeting Washington
  Human Resources Committee Meeting Crawford East
  Local Arrangements Committee Meeting Harvest Foyer
01:00 pm-02:45 pm Contributed and Special Sessions  
  Session 11: Population Distribution: Studies of Dispersal, Behavior, and Genetics I (Special)     Allegheny 1
  Session 12: Bioassessment: Predictive Models (Contributed)   Allegheny 2
  Session 13: Unionid Ecology (Contributed) Allegheny 3
  Session 14: Disturbance Ecology III (Contributed) Westmoreland
  Session 15: Periphyton (Contributed) Cambria
02:45 pm-03:15 pm Break (juice, soda) Foyers
03:15 pm-05:00 pm Contributed and Special Sessions  
  Session 16: Population Distribution: Studies of Dispersal, Behavior, and Genetics II (Special) Allegheny 1
  Session 17: Bioassessment: Multimetric Development (Contributed) Allegheny 2
  Session 18: Hyporheic Processes (Contributed) Allegheny 3
  Session 19: Disturbance Ecology IV (Contributed) Westmoreland
  Session 20: Life Histories (Contributed) Cambria
06:30 pm-10:30 pm 50th Anniversary Banquet/Cruise Open Bar Buffet Entertainment Cruise Allegheny River
     
Friday, 31 May 2002    
07:00 am-08:00 am New Executive Committee Breakfast Crawford East
07:30 am-08:30 am Coffee, tea, juice Foyers
08:00 am-09:45 am Contributed and Special Sessions  
  Session 21: Community Ecology: Species Interactions (Contributed) Allegheny 1
  Session 22: Bioassessment: Methods Issues (Contributed) Allegheny 2
  Session 23: Food Webs I (Contributed) Allegheny 3
  Session 24: Restoration of Aquatic Systems I (Special) Westmoreland
  Session 25: Landscapes (Contributed) Cambria
  Session 26: Systematics and Taxonomy (Contributed) Somerset
09:45 am-10:15 am Break (coffee, tea, juice) Foyers
10:15 am-12:00 pm Contributed and Special Sessions  
  Session 27: Community Ecology: Structure (Contributed) Allegheny 1
  Session 28: Bioassessment: Link to Physical Habitat and Land Use (Contributed) Allegheny 2
  Session 29: Food Webs II (Contributed) Allegheny 3
  Session 30: Restoration of Aquatic Systems II (Special) Westmoreland
  Session 31: Ecotoxicology (Contributed) Cambria
12:00 pm-01:00 pm Lunch on your own  
12:00 pm-01:00 pm Taxonomic Certification Subcommittee Meeting Somerset
01:00 pm-02:45 pm Contributed and Special Sessions  
  Session 32: Community Ecology: Effects of Flow (Contributed) Allegheny 1
  Session 33: Diagnosing Causes of Biological Impairment II (Special) Allegheny 2
  Session 34: Organic Matter Processing (Contributed) Allegheny 3
  Session 35: Land/Water Interfaces I (Contributed) Westmoreland
  Session 36: Odonate Ecology and Evolution I (Special) Cambria
02:45 pm-03:15 pm Break (juice, soda) Foyers
03:15 pm-05:00 pm Contributed and Special Sessions  
  Session 37: Expanding the Prey Base: Terrestrial vs Aquatic Prey in Predator Diets (Special) Allegheny 1
  Session 38: Diagnosing Causes of Biological Impairment II (Special) Allegheny 2
  Session 39: Microbial Ecology (Contributed) Allegheny 3
  Session 40: Land/Water Interfaces II (Contributed) Westmoreland
  Session 41: Odonate Ecology and Evolution II (Special) Cambria
05:00 pm-06:00 pm Endowment Contributors and Beneficiaries Reception Somerset
05:00 pm-07:00 pm Dinner on your own  
07:30 pm-09:00 pm Electrofishing Demonstration Hotel lobby
07:00 pm-11:00 pm Social (cash bar) Auction Entertainment Allegheny Ballroom
     
Saturday, 1 June 2002    
07:30 am-08:30 am Coffee, tea, juice Foyers
08:00 am-9:45 am Contributed and Special Sessions  
  Session 42: Algal-Grazer Interactions (Contributed) Allegheny 1
  Session 43: Bioassessment: Impairment Diagnosis (Contributed) Allegheny 2
  Session 44: Large River Ecology (Contributed) Allegheny 3
  Session 45: Ecological Functions of Intermittent Streams (Contributed) Westmoreland
  Session 46: Community Ecology (Contributed) Cambria
09:45 am-10:15 am Break (coffee, tea, juice) Foyers
10:15 am-12:00 pm Contributed and Special Sessions  
  Session 47: Conservation Ecology: Species Protection (Contributed) Allegheny 1
  Session 48: Understanding and Controlling Bioassessment Data Variability (Special) Allegheny 2
  Session 49: Urban Ecology I (Contributed) Allegheny 3
  Session 50: Lentic Ecology (Contributed) Westmoreland
  Session 51: Fish Ecology I (Contributed) Cambria
12:00 pm-01:00 pm Lunch on your own  
01:00 pm-02:45 pm Contributed and Special Sessions  
  Session 52: Geomorphology (Contributed) Allegheny 1
  Session 53: Production Ecology (Contributed) Allegheny 2
  Session 54: Restoration Ecology (Contributed) Allegheny 3
  Session 55: Urban Ecology II (Contributed) Westmoreland
  Session 56: Fish Ecology II (Contributed) Cambria
01:00 pm-05:30 pm Intermittent Stream trip Hotel Lobby
03:00 pm 50th Anniversary Meeting Adjourns  
07:30 pm-11:00 pm Social (cash bar) Allegheny Ballroom
Miscellaneous Slide Prep. and Practice Room Crawford West
  JNABS Business Center Armstrong
  GRC Area (items for auction) Fayette