Ecological Stoichiometry I

Session 38 (Special)
Saturday, May 31, 8:00 AM-9:45 AM, Georgia East
Moderator: Cross

8:00 (257) Ecological stoichiometry and its potential uses for benthic ecologists.
P.C. Frost. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 46556 USA

8:15 (258) Stoichiometric variation in benthic food webs – the variability of C:N:P ratios in benthic invertebrates.
A. Liess¹ and H. Hillebrand². ¹Department of Limnology, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden, ²Institute of Marine Research, Marine Ecology, Dusternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany

8:30 (259) Light, nutrient and grazer effects on nutrient stoichiometry in benthic food webs.
H. Hillebrand¹ and A. Liess². ¹Marine Ecology, Institute for Marine Research, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany, ²Department of Limnology, EBC, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

8:45 (260) Grazer species identity effects on epilithon nutrient content and stoichiometry.
M.A. Evans-White and G.A. Lamberti. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556-0369

9:00 (261) The role of ecological stoichiometry in trophic interactions of epiphyton, grazers and invertebrate predators in oligotrophic Rocky Mountain rivers impacted by low-level eutrophication.
M.F. Bowman¹, P.A. Chambers², and D.W. Schindler¹. ¹Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E9, ²National Water Research Institute, Environment Canada, Burlington, Ontario, Canada L7R 4A6

9:15 (262) Ecological stoichiometry of a detritus-based stream food web .
W.F. Cross¹, J.P. Benstead², A.D. Rosemond¹, and J.B. Wallace^1,3. ¹Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA, 30602, ²The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA, 02543, ³Dept. of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA