Disturbance Ecology 1

Session 5 (Contributed)
Monday, June 7, 1:30 PM-3:15 PM, IRC6
Moderator: M. Pearson

1:30 (29) Will exotic crayfish undermine restoration of a southwestern stream?
K.J. Adams, G. Meraz, G.A. Haden, and J.C. Marks. Department of Biology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA

1:45 (30) Antimycin and rotenone: short-term effects on invertebrates in first order, high elevation streams.
K.M. Cerreto¹, R.O. Hall¹, and H. Sexauer². ¹Department of Zoology & Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, ²Wyoming Game & Fish Department, Region 1, Pinedale, WY 82941

2:00 (31) Benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in cattle impacted streams: which habitat variables best explain assemblage structure?
A. Braccia and J.R. Voshell, Jr. Deparment of Entomology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA 24061

2:15 (32) Macroinvertebrate and benthic organic matter responses to a hydrologic disturbance gradient in backwaters of a Mississippi River navigation pool.
M.B. Flinn¹, M.R. Whiles¹, R.A. Adams^1,2, and J.E. Garvey². ¹Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901, ²Fisheries and Illinois Aquaculture Center, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901

2:30 (33) Speculation on habitat loss and community change in rivers impacted by long-term flow Increases from proposed coal bed methane production in the Northern Great Plains.
J.A. Gore. Department of Environmental Science, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA 31907

2:45 (34) The role of urbanization and accompanying habitat alteration in the establishment of non–native species in Hawaiian stream systems.
C.D. Luton¹, A.M.D. Brasher², and S.L. Goodbred³. ¹Central Washington University, Department of Biology, 400 E. University Way, Ellensburg, WA 98926, ²U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources, 2329 West Orton Circle, Salt lake City, UT, 84119, ³U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources, 7801 Folsom Blvd. Suite 325, Sacramento, CA, 95826

3:00 (35) Effects of fine sediment on streams in catchments with contrasting land uses: a reach-scale experiment.
C.D. Matthaei¹, F. Weller², D.W. Kelly³, and C.R. Townsend¹. ¹Department of Zoology, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand, ²Department Biology II, Aquatic Ecology, University of Munich, 80333 Munich, Germany, ³Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9B 3P4