Molecular Approaches to Population Structure and Bioassessment

Session 42 (Contributed)
Saturday, May 31, 8:00 AM-9:45 AM, Poolside
Moderator: Ball

8:00 (284) Genetic population structuring in Nigronia serricornis (Say) (Megaloptera:Corydalidae): anthropogenic or natural influence?
J.S. Heilveil. Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA 61820

8:15 (285) Hierarchical analysis of mtDNA variation in two widespread mussel species.
C.L. Elderkin¹, D.J. Berg², J.L. Metcalfe-Smith³, C.C. Vaughn⁴, and S.I. Guttman¹. ¹Department of Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056, ²Department of Zoology, Miami University, Hamilton, Ohio 45011, ³National Water Research Institute, Environment Canada, Burlington, Ontario, Canada L7R 4A6, ⁴Department of Zoology and Oklahoma Biological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019

8:30 (286) Using DNA markers to invesitgate interbasin relationships and define species classification of stoneflies.
J.S.K. Kauwe¹, D.K. Shiozawa^1,2, and R.P. Evans¹. ¹Department of Integrative Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, ²Monte L.Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602

8:45 (287) One population or many? Evaluating genetic differentiation and phenotypic plasticity with reciprocal transplants of mussels from spatially and environmentally separated populations.
A.F. Casper. Québec-Océan et Département de Biologie, Pavillon Vachon, Université Laval. Ste-Foy, Quebec J1K 7P4

9:00 (288) Cryptic species of the freshwater pleurocerid genus, Elimia, found within the Gulf coastal drainages of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia using the COI gene of the mitochondrial DNA (Gastropoda: Pleuroceridae).
E.L. Mihalcik¹ and F.G. Thompson². ¹Bainbridge College, Bainbridge, Georgia 31717, ²Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611

9:15 (289) Population genetic structure of the introduced signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) in 15 Sierra Nevada, USA, lakes.
S.A. Roark, D.C. Sternberg, and S.I. Guttman. Department of Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056

9:30 (290) Using DNA bar codes for species identification and their application for bioassessment.
S.L. Ball and P.D.N. Hebert. Department of Zoology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, N1G 2W1