ASSESSMENT OF TWO EPIFLUORESCENT STAINING METHODS TO ENUMERATE PLANKTONIC AND ATTACHED VIRUSES IN A FRESHWATER WETLAND.
E.A. Farnell, M.L. Baer, and A.K. Ward. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa,AL 35487

STORAGE AND PROCESSING OF BURIED ORGANIC MATTER IN 3 INTERMITTENT ALABAMA COASTAL PLAIN STREAMS.
K.M. Fritz¹, J.W. Feminella¹, B.G. Lockaby², R.B. Rummer³, and C. Colson². ¹Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, ²School of Forestry, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, ³USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849

DECOMPOSITION ALONG A STREAM ORDER GRADIENT.
M.A.S. Graça, R.C. Ferreira, and C.N. Coimbra. Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Coimbra, 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal

PROCESSING OF NATURALLY-ACCUMULATED LEAF DETRITUS IN AN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN STREAM.
S.A. Grubbs. Department of Biology, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 42101

LEAF DECOMPOSITION: A COMPARISON BETWEEN BEECH AND ALDER FORESTED STREAMS IN NORTHEN APPENNINES (ITALY) HEADWATER STREAMS.
B.G. Gumiero and G.S. Salmoiraghi. Department of Biology, University of Bologna,Bologna, Italy

STORAGE AND PROCESSING OF PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER IN A COASTAL PLAIN STREAM ECOSYSTEM: A MODEL USING STELLA II.
H.S. Jin and G.M. Ward. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487

INVESTIGATION OF DETRITIVORE INTERACTIONS USING MICROCOSMS.
R.A. Kinzie III¹, C.T. Chong¹, A.P. Covich², and S.T. Larned³. ¹Zoology Department, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, ²Department of Fishery and Wildlife Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, ³Coastal Ecology Branch, US Environmental Protection Agency, Newport, OR 97365

LEAF BREAKDOWN OF THREE CHEMICALLY DIFFERENT TREE SPECIES IN A TROPICAL INTERMITTENT STREAM.
J.E. Rincon, D. Guzman, and P.A. Urribarri. Departamento de Biologia. Lab. de Contaminacion Acuatica. Facultad de Ciencias. Apdo. 526. Universidad del Zulia. Maracaibo. Zulia. Venezuela.

A COMPARISON OF WOOD DECOMPOSITION IN A FRESHWATER STREAM AND A TIDAL SALTWATER CREEK.
D.J. Sobota, J.R. Webster, and G.M. Simmons, Jr. Department of Biology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA 24061

THE EFFECT OF NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT ON OAK AND MAPLE LEAF DECOMPOSITION IN A SOFTWATER STREAM.
K. Suberkropp. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487