Conservation Ecology 2

Session 23 (Contributed)
Tuesday, June 8, 10:15 AM-12:00 PM, IRC6
Moderator: A. McIntosh

10:15 (150) Genetic characterization of a North American invasive species: The New Zealand mud snail, Potamopyrgus antpodarum.
B.J. Roller¹, J.R. Holomuzki², J.L. Bouzat¹, and R.L. Lowe¹. ¹Deparment of Biology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, United States 43403, ²Department of Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States 43210

10:30 (151) Suitability of a GIS-based classification approach for characterizing aquatic system diversity and conservation planning in the Upper Delaware River Watershed.
C.D. Apse¹, B.P. Baldigo², M.S. Batcher³, and G.E. Schuler¹. ¹The Nature Conservancy, 108 Main Street, New Paltz, NY , ²U.S. Geological Survey, 425 Jordan Rd, Troy, NY 12180, ³Michael Batcher Consulting, 1907 Buskirk-West Hoosick Rd, Buskirk, NY 12028

10:45 (152) Temperate vs. tropical streams - A comparison of the benthic invertebrate communities in Colorado and Panama.
S.P. Canton and G.D. DeJong. Chadwick Ecological Consultants, Inc., 5575 S Sycamore St, Suite 101, Littleton, CO 80120 USA

11:00 (153) Constancy of riverine macroinvertebrate assemblages at Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky.
S.A. Grubbs¹, J.M. Taylor², and G.J. Pond³. ¹Department of Biology and Center for Biodiversity Studies, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 42101, ²The Nature Conservancy, Dublin, OH 43017, ³Kentucky Division of Water, Frankfort, KY 40601

11:15 (154) Microhabitat choice by lamprey ammocoetes - a laboratory study.
L Quinn¹, T.F Fernandes¹, M Huxham¹, and R Gardiner². ¹School of Life Science, Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland EH10 5DT, ²Freshwater Research Services, Freshwater Laboratory, Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland, PH16 5LB

11:30 (155) Salinity tolerance in larvae of the nuisance midge Chironomus decorus Johannsen (Diptera: Chironomidae) from East Harbor, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA.
E.A. Colburn¹ and J.W. Portnoy². ¹Harvard Forest, Harvard University, Petersham, Massachusetts 01366 USA, ²US National Park Service, Cape Cod National Seashore, Wellfleet, Massachusetts 02667 USA