Ecosystem Function in Bioassessment: Comparisons and Opportunities II

Session 26 (Special)
Friday, May 30, 10:15 AM-12:15 PM, Athena E
Moderator: Paul

10:15 (173) Structural and functional measurements indicate subtle changes in ecosystem health along a New Zealand river.
R.G. Young and K.A. Shearer. Cawthron Institute, Private Bag 2, Nelson, New Zealand

10:30 (174) Linking ecosystem processes and functional group composition to assess urban impacts on Maryland streams.
A.A. Moore and M.A. Palmer. Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA 20742

10:45 (175) Ecological consequences of secondary salinisation: comparison of benthic metabolism and macroinvertebrate community structure .
P.M. Davies. Centre of Excellence in Natural Resource Management, The University of Western Australia, Albany, Western Australia, 6330

11:00 (176) Reference site selection for ecosystem process-based stream bioassessment: how well do biological classifications scale to direct measures of ecosystem function?
T. Simmons and C.P. Hawkins. Department of Aquatic, Watershed and Earth Resources, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322

11:15 (177) Assessing recovery of streams from agriculture using biological structure and ecosystem function.
M.E. McTammany and E.F. Benfield. Biology Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA 24061

11:30 (178) Use of ecosystem functional measures in monitoring restoration: premise and promise .
M.J. Paul. Tetra Tech, Inc., 10045 Red Run Blvd., Ste. 110, Owings Mills, MD 21117

11:45 (179) Developing tools for a functional assessment of lotic ecosystem response to restoration: Kissimmee River, South Florida.
J.T. Brock¹, K.W. Cummins², R.W. Merritt³, and T.V. Belanger⁴. ¹Divisions of Hydrology and Earth-Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV, 89512, ²California Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA 95521, ³Departments of Entomology and Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 , ⁴Department of Marine and Environmental Systems, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL 32901

12:00 (180) The cost of including measures of ecological processes in routine monitoring programs: an example from southeast Queensland, Australia.
M.J. Smith and S.E. Bunn. Centre for Catchment and In-stream Research, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia 4111