Innovative Approaches 1

Session 31 (Special)
Wednesday, June 9, 8:00 AM-9:45 AM, IRC6
Moderator: K. Burnett

8:00 (203) Global to local spatial statistics to analyse watershed at multiple spatial scales.
M.J. Fortin¹ and MRT Dale². ¹Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3G5, ²Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E9

8:15 (204) The influence of network structure on biogeochemical cycling in aridland watersheds .
J.R. Welter, R.A. Sponseller, and S.G. Fisher. School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA 85287-4501

8:30 (205) The importance of nitrification to the nitrate budget of hydrologically connected streams and lakes.
M.A. Baker¹, S. Park¹, M.M. Bozeman¹, R.O. Hall², and B.J. Koch². ¹Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, ²Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071

8:45 (206) Stream network characteristics of the Upper Kuparuk watershed, North Slope, Alaska.
A.C. Green¹, H.M. Rantala², H.S. Wilcox¹, B.J. Peterson¹, A.D. Huryn², W.B. Bowden³, L.A. Deegan¹, J.P. Benstead¹, and S.M. Parker². ¹The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543, ²Aquatic Biology Program, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, ³School of Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405

9:00 (207) Spatial variation in C, N and P fluxes within the Ohio River basin: sub-basin delivery and longitudinal variation in material retention.
P.A. Bukaveckas. Department of Biology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA, 40292

9:15 (208) Linking life history characteristics and stream network organization to understand implications of stream connectivity.
C.A. Hatfield. Department of Ecology, Evolution and Nat. Resources, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA 08901

9:30 (209) Connections in river networks: Do tributaries create ecological gradients in mainstem rivers?
P.M. Kiffney and C. Greene. Northwest Fisheries Science Center, 2725 Montlake Blvd. East, Seattle, WA 98112