Innovative Approaches 2

Session 37 (Special)
Wednesday, June 9, 10:15 AM-12:00 PM, IRC6
Moderator: B. Gresswell

10:15 (245) Channel networks: order out of chaos.
D.J. Miller and L.E. Benda. Earth Systems Institute, 3040 NW 57th St., Seattle, WA 98107, USA

10:30 (246) Constructing a hierarchical filtering model to predict functional composition of benthic communities across multi-scaled environmental gradients .
N.L. Poff¹, B.P. Bledsoe², J.D. Olden¹, and C.O. Cuhaciyan². ¹Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 USA, ²Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 USA

10:45 (247) Using flow distance to proximally weight land use for predicting stream community and functional characteristics. .
L.B. Johnson¹, T. Hollenhorst¹, G.E. Host¹, and C Richards². ¹Natural Resources Reserach Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth, 5013 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, MN 55811, ²MN Sea Grant, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN 55803

11:00 (248) Mapping distributions of freshwater fish and decapods in GIS: extending point samples to regional coverage.
R.G. Death and M.K. Joy. Institute of Natural Resources - Ecology, Massey University, Private Bag 11-222, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

11:15 (249) Umatilla River temperature analysis: floodplain condition and hyporheic flow.
M.S. Boyd. Hydrologist, Carollo Engineers, Portland, Oregon

11:30 (250) Do small-scale exclosure/enclosure experiments predict effects of migratory fish and shrimp extirpations in Puerto Rico streams?
E.A. Greathouse¹, C.M. Pringle¹, W.H. McDowell², and J.G. Holmquist³. ¹Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, ²Department of Natural Resources, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, ³Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Lab, University of California, Santa Barbara, Star Route 1, Box 198, Mammoth Lakes, California 93546

11:45 (251) River Environment Classification: a new approach to landscape classification of New Zealands rivers.
A.M. Suren, T.H. Snelder, M.R. Weatherhead, and B.J.F. Biggs. National Institute of Water and Atmosphere, PO Box 8602, Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand