Bioassessment III

Session 18 (Contributed)
Thursday, May 29, 10:15 AM-12:00 PM, Athena CD
Moderator: Clements

10:15 (118) Impacts of longwall mining on the diversity, longevity, and functionality of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in central Appalachian headwater streams.
B.M. Stout III. Department of Biology, Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, WV, 26003, USA

10:30 (119) Effects of suspended matter on aquatic macroinvertebrates in a southeastern United States blackwater stream .
C.V. Duxbury¹ and D. Halcrow². ¹WDI R&D, Lake Buena Vista, FL 32806, ²Azurea, Inc., Rockledge, FL

10:45 (120) A comparison of community variability between macroinvertebrate sampling methods and individual sampling units in the Ohio River.
M.S. Wooten and E.B. Emery. Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission, 5735 Kellog Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45228

11:00 (121) The relationship between density and richness: implications for water quality bioassessment.
R.W. Griffiths. Department of Zoology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1

11:15 (122) Changes in invertebrate assemblages in response to extreme climatic events with bioassessment implications.
J.D. Ostermiller, T. Simmons, and C.P. Hawkins. Department of Aquatic Watershed and Earth Resources, Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, 84322-5210

11:30 (123) Structural and functional attributes of metal-contaminated Rocky Mountain streams.
D.M. Carlisle, W.H. Clements, and T. Sundlov. Department of Fishery and Wildlife Biology, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO 80523 USA

11:45 (124) Experimental support for causal relationships in benthic ecology: a stressor-diagnostic approach.
W.H. Clements and R.A. Thorp. Department of Fishery and Wildlife Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO