Communities 2

Session 34 (Contributed)
Wednesday, June 9, 10:15 AM-12:00 PM, IRC3
Moderator: B. Danehy

10:15 (224) Invertebrate community responses to water abstraction from small streams, North Island, New Zealand.
Z.S. Dewson, R.G. Death, and A.B.W. James. Institute of Natural Resources - Ecology, Massey University, Private Bag 11-222, Palmerston North, New Zealand

10:30 (225) Multiple time scale water level changes dictate coastal wetland communities.
J.C. Sudomir and M.W. Kershner. Kent State University

10:45 (226) Variation in floodplain invertebrate communities along a continuum of discharge in Georgia’s Oconee/Altamaha River watershed.
E.R. Reese and D.B. Batzer. Department of Entomology, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30606

11:00 (227) A seasonal change in the distribution of a stonefly nymph with special attention to oxygen supply and water flow.
M. Genkai-Kato¹, H. Mitsuhashi², Y. Kohmatsu¹, H. Miyasaka¹, K. Nozaki³, and M. Nakanishi¹. ¹Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Otsu, Shiga 520-2113, Japan, ²Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo, 6 Yayoiga-oka, Sanda, Hyogo 669-1546, Japan, ³Limnological Laboratory, School of Environmental Science, University of Shiga Prefecture, Hikone, Shiga 522-8533, Japan

11:15 (228) Long-term trends in species traits of benthic macroinvertebrates in Mediterranean climate streams: seasonal and interannual variation over 17 years.
L.A. Bêche, E.P. McElravy, and V.H. Resh. Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, U.S.A.

11:30 (229) Macroinvertebrate spatial and temporal variability in the Florida Everglades.
R.B.E. Shuford and S.E. Hagerthey. Watershed Management Department, Everglades Division, South Florida Water Mangement District, West Palm Beach, Florida 33406

11:45 (230) “Trait succession”: species traits of stream insects explain community succession after post-fire flash floods.
N.K.M. Vieira. Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523