Conservation Ecology

Session 174 (Poster)
Wednesday, May 29, 2:00 PM-5:30 PM, Hall D-E Pittsburgh Convention Center

(528) GROWTH RATES OF CADDIS LARVAE USING NATIVE VS. NON-NATIVE LEAF LITTER.
D. Allbut, T. Chew, and T. Dudley. Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA 94720-3140

(529) SCULPTING THE BED OF GRAVELY RIVERS FOR RESEARCH ON BENTHIC INVERTEBTATE ECOLOGY.
T. Buffin-Belanger¹, S. Rice¹, I. Reid¹, J.H. Chandler², and J. Lancaster³. ¹Department of Geography, Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom, ²Department of Building & Civil Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom, ³Institute of Ecology and Resource Management,University of Edinburgh, Darwin Building, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JU, United Kingdom

(530) A FEDERAL AND LOCAL PARTNERSHIP FACILITATES RESTORATION AND MONITORING OF A VERMONT STREAM.
J.L. Carrien¹, S.R. Flowers¹, M.T. Dolski¹, and H.M. Peters¹. ¹Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, Vermont, USA 05827, ²United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program, Essex Junction, Vermont, USA 05451, ³Jones Dairy Farm, Craftsbury, Vermont, USA 05826

(531) PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES IN THE RIO CALDERA BASIN, CHIRIQUI PROVINCE, REPUBLIC OF PANAMA.
G.D. DeJong and S.P. Canton. Chadwick Ecological Consultants, Inc., 5575 S. Sycamore St., #101, Littleton, CO 80120

(532) GENETIC VARIABILITY OF THE GAMMARUS-PECOS SPECIES COMPLEX (CRUSTACEA: AMPHIPODA) IN CHIHUAHUAN DESERT SPRINGS.
V. Gervasio¹, D.J. Berg², B.K. Lang³, N. Allan⁴, M.E. Gordon⁵, G. Warrick⁶, and S.I. Guttman¹. ¹Department of Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, ²Department of Zoology, Miami University, Hamilton, OH 45011, ³Conservation Services Division, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, P.O. Box 25112, Santa Fe, NM 87504, ⁴United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Office, 10711 Burnet Road 200, Austin, TX 78758, ⁵New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road, Albuquerque, NM 87101-1375, ⁶Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge, 4065 Bitter Lakes Road, Roswell, NM 88201-007

(533) SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION IN THE FAUNA OF OKLAHOMA SPRINGS.
S.N. Jones and E.A. Bergey. Oklahoma Biological Survey and Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019

(534) STATUS OF THE KIDNEYSHELL, PTYCHOBRANCHUS FASCIOLARIS, AND THE ROUND HICKORYNUT, OBOVARIA SUBROTUNDA, IN CANADA.
J.L. Metcalfe-Smith and D.T. Zanatta. Environment Canada, National Water Research Institute, P.O. Box 5050, 867 Lakeshore Road, Burlington, Ontario, Canada L7R 4A6

(535) PREDICITNG THE COMMUNITY EFFECTS OF INVASIONS OF RUSTY CRAYFISH (ORCONECTES RUSTICUS) IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS STREAMS USING LABORATORY COMPETITION TRIALS.
W.L. Perry and K. Szela. Department of Biology, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61790-4120