Community Ecology IV

Session 44 (Contributed)
Saturday, May 31, 10:15 AM-12:00 PM, Georgia West
Moderator: Brown

10:15 (298) Macroinvertebrate assemblage variability in a kilometer reach of a small groundwater stream: influence of spatial separation, environmental characteristics, and biological interactions.
B.L. Sparks-Jackson and M.J. Wiley. School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

10:30 (299) The relationship between diversity and productivity in streams is influenced by the history of hydrologic variation.
B.J. Cardinale¹, M.A. Palmer^2,3, S.S. Brooks⁴, and A.R. Ives¹. ¹Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, ²Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, ³Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, ⁴Department of Ecology and Evolution, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

10:45 (300) Patchiness of benthic macroivertebrate biodiversity in a lake, does the neighbourhood matter?
M.H. Colbo. Department of Biology, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, A1B 3X9

11:00 (301) Aquatic communities in ephemeral, intermittent and perennial streams in North Carolina.
L.E. Eaton and D.D Penrose. North Carolina Division of Water Quality, 2321 Crabtree Blvd, Suite 250, Raleigh, NC 27604

11:15 (302) Macrohabitats and invertebrate assemblages in permanent and intermittent mediterranean streams.
M. Rieradevall¹, N. Bonada¹, V.H. Resh², and N. Prat¹. ¹Department of Ecology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ²Department of Environmental, Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3112

11:30 (303) Chironomidae response to resource limitation.
S.A. Entrekin¹ and J.B. Wallace^1,2. ¹Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, ²Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602

11:45 (304) Spatial heterogeneity reduces temporal variability in stream invertebrate communities.
B.L. Brown. Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA