Organic Matter Processing 2

Session 36 (Contributed)
Wednesday, June 9, 10:15 AM-12:00 PM, IRC5
Moderator: E. Marti

10:15 (238) Decomposition of ash tree leaves in two different biotopes and streams in Austria and Poland.
M. Leichtfried¹ and T. Fleituch². ¹Biological Station Lunz, Seehof 4, A-3293 Lunz am See, Austria, ²Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Mickiewicza 33, Pl 31-120 Cracow, Poland

10:30 (239) Differences in leaf litter decomposition rates between an active travertine forming reach and a non-travertine forming reach in Fossil Creek, Arizona.
C.D. Carter and J.C. Marks. Department of Biology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA 86011

10:45 (240) Channel straightening reduces the short-term retention of coarse particulate organic matter in a New Zealand stream.
A.B.W. James and I.M. Henderson. Institute of Natural Resources – Ecology, Massey University, Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North, New Zealand

11:00 (241) Some insights into the importance of tree diversity for leaf litter breakdown in streams.
M. Schindler. Limnology, Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology, Kastanienbaum, Switzerland

11:15 (242) The role of plant traits, successional stage and nutrient availability on detrital processing by tropical decapods.
T.A. Crowl, V.K. Welsh, and T. Heartsill-Scaley. Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322

11:30 (243) Organic particles, biofilms, and stream ecosystems. .
J.D. Newbold¹, T. Georgian², S.A. Thomas³, T.J. Battin⁴, L.A. Kaplan¹, G.W. Minshall⁵, and T.L. Bott¹. ¹Stroud Water Research Center, Avondale PA 19311, ²Dept of Biology, St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure NY 14778, ³Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, ⁴ Department of Limnology, IECB, University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria, ⁵Dept of Biological Sciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho 83209

11:45 (244) Composition of herbivore diet and benthic organic matter along a gradient of stream size and productivity within the South Fork Eel River watershed.
C. McNeely, S.M. Clinton, and M.E. Power. Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA