Disturbance Ecology II

Session 28 (Contributed)
Friday, May 30, 10:15 AM-12:00 PM, Athena CD
Moderator: Jackson

10:15 (189) Stream community recovery from drought: the influence of riparian land use.
S.R. Reice, E.P. Tidd, and M.T. Caire. Department of Biology, Univerity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280 USA

10:30 (190) The Impact of elevated arsenic concentrations on biota and stream processes in a 2nd-order headwater stream, Floyd County, Southwest VA, USA.
J.L. Chaffin¹, H.M. Valett¹, J.R. Webster¹, and M.E. Schreiber². ¹Department of Biology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24161, ²Department of Geology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24161

10:45 (191) Effect of physical disturbance on food-web structure in two arctic streams, North Slope, Alaska.
S.M. Parker and A.D. Huryn. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469

11:00 (192) Impact of watershed disturbance on benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages and habitats in streams at Fort Benning, GA.
K.O. Maloney¹, J.W. Feminella¹, and P.J. Mulholland². ¹Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849-5407, ²Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831

11:15 (193) Longitudinal effects on macroinvertebrate communities, microbial populations, and coarse woody debris in a lowland, subtropical river continuum.
M.D. Kaller and W.E. Kelso. School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 708043

11:30 (194) Influence of local geomorphology on sediment impacts to benthic macroinvertebrate communities.
E. Chiao and J.B. Wallace. Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA USA 30602

11:45 (195) Benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in forest versus meadow streams in eastern North America.
J.K. Jackson and B.W. Sweeney. Stroud Water Research Center, Avondale, PA 19311