Disturbance Gradients

Session 36 (Contributed)
Friday, May 30, 3:15 PM-5:00 PM, Athena CD
Moderator: Hall

3:15 (243) Developing Great Lakes environmental indicators using wetland fish communities.
D. Breneman¹, V.J. Brady¹, J.J.H. Ciborowski², T.R. Hrabik³, C. Richards⁴, J. Schuldt⁵, and L.B. Johnson¹. ¹Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN 55811, ²University of Windsor, Windsor, ON N9B 3P4 Canada, ³University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN 55812, ⁴Minnesota Sea Grant, Duluth, MN 55812, ⁵University of Wisconsin Superior, Superior WI 54880

3:30 (244) Relative influence of reservoir and sanitary discharges on stream habitat quality: Implications for stream fish and benthos.
K Thomas, R.U. Fischer, and C.L. Pederson. Department of Biological Sciences, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL 61920

3:45 (245) Management of the headwater riparian zone to maximize benthic invertebrates in southeast Alaskan streams.
R.K. Kimbirauskas¹, R.W. Merritt¹, M.S. Wipfli², and P.E. Hennon³. ¹Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, ²USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 1133 N. Western Ave., Wenatchee, WA 98801, ³USDA Forest Service, State and Private Forestry, 2770 Sherwood Lane-2A, Juneau, AK 99801

4:00 (246) Comparing benthic invertebrate responses to an experimental disturbance in streams along a gradient of wildfire history.
N.K.M. Vieira and W.H. Clements. Department of Fishery and Wildlife Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523

4:15 (247) Determining least- and most-disturbed stream conditions in the western USA, from survey data across the range of natural gradients.
T.R. Whittier, R.M. Hughes, and G.A. Lomnicky. Dynamac Inc., 200 SW 35th St., Corvallis, OR, USA, 97333

4:30 (248) Vertebrate assemblages at least- and most-disturbed stream and river sites in western USA forested mountains ecoregions.
G.A. Lomnicky, T.R. Whittier, and R.M. Hughes. Dynamac Inc., 200 SW 35th St., Corvallis, OR, USA 97333

4:45 (249) Combining fish and macroinvertebrate indices to assess water quality on a ranchland to urban gradient in southeast Wyoming.
L.L. Curry and R.O. Hall, Jr.. Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming 82071