Wetlands

Session 156 (Poster)
Thursday, May 29, 1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Grand Hall

(386) Developing an index of recovery in oil sands process material affected wetlands in the Fort McMurray oil sands region.
C. Leonhardt and J.J.H. Ciborowski. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9B 3P4

(387) Wetland morphologic and biogeographic influences on algal responses to nutrient loading in Great Lake's coastal wetlands.
J.A. Thompson¹, J.A. Morrice¹, S.L. Batterman¹, A.M. Cotter¹, G.S. Peterson¹, and N. Danz². ¹MidContinent Ecology Division, U.S. EPA, 6201 Congdon Blvd, Duluth, MN 55804, ²Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN 55812

(388) Effects of habitat restoration on invertebrates in a Lake Erie coastal wetland.
F.A. De Szalay¹ and K.A. Krieger². ¹Dept. Biological Sciences, Kent State University, OH 44242, ²Water Quality Laboratory, Heidelberg College, Tiffen, OH 44481

(389) A preliminary assessment of macroinvertebrate communities from wetlands of the Muskegon River Watershed (Michigan, USA).
M.D. McIntosh¹, R.W. Merritt¹, V.L. Lougheed², C.A. Parker², and R.J. Stevenson². ¹Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1115, ²Department of Zoology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1115

(390) Using hydroperiod and historical vegetation data to explain patterns in the distribution of malacostracan crustaceans in Massachusetts vernal pools.
K.L. Musgrove^1,2 and E.A. Colburn¹. ¹Harvard Forest, Harvard University, Box 68, Petersham, MA 01366 USA, ²State University of New York at Ulster, Stone Ridge, NY 12484 USA

(391) Emerging insects from two Illinois River floodplain habitats differing in connectivity and management strategies.
A.M. Lemke¹, J.A. Stoeckel², and M.J. Lemke³. ¹The Nature Conservancy, Illinois Chapter, Peoria, Illinois, 61602, USA, ²Department of Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 45056, USA, ³Biology Department, University of Illinois at Springfield, Springfield, Illinois, 62703, USA

(392) Graded change of floodplain invertebrates along a continuum of discharge in Georgia's Oconee/Altamaha River Watershed.
E.G. Reese and D.P. Batzer. Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30606

(393) Effects of litter manipulations on plant decay processes: dynamics of microbial communities associated with Typha angustifolia litter.
A.J. Foley III, M.D. Collins, R.K. Neely, and K.A. Kuehn. Department of Biology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA 48197

(394) A comparison of depressional and floodplain wetlands: litterfall.
S.W. Golladay, J.M. Battle, and M.A. Neatrour. J.W. Jones Ecological Research Center, Newton, Georgia, 39870, USA

(395) A comparison of depressional and floodplain wetlands: Leaf breakdown.
J.M. Battle and S.W. Golladay. Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center at Ichauway, Newton, Georgia 39870