Community Ecology

Session 46 (Contributed)
Saturday, June 1, 8:00 AM-9:45 AM, Cambria
Moderator: Wissinger, S.A.

8:00 (310) RELATION BETWEEN LAND-COVER AND MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES AT MULTIPLE SPATIAL SCALES ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS PART OF THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN.
R.E. Zuellig¹ and W.H. Clements². ¹U.S Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 415, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, ²Colorado State University, Department of Fishery and Wildlife Biology, Fort Collins, CO, 80523-1474

8:15 (311) EFFECTS OF LARGE WOODY DEBRIS ON FISH COMMUNITIES IN A VENEZUELAN PIEDMONT STREAM.
J.P. Wright^1,2 and A.S. Flecker¹. ¹Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, ²Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY

8:30 (312) BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES IN TROUT AND TROUTLESS LAKES IN NEW ZEALAND.
S.A. Wissinger^1,2 and A.R. McIntosh². ¹Biology Department, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA 16433 USA, ²Department of Zoology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

8:45 (313) DO SIMILARITIES IN MICROHABITAT USE AMONG MULTIPLE PREDATOR SPECIES AFFECT A PREY'S RISK OF PREDATION?
H.D. Vance¹ and D.A. Soluk^1,2. ¹Department of Ecology, Ethology, and Evolution, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, ²Center for Aquatic Ecology, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, IL 61820

9:00 (314) DEATH FROM ABOVE AND BELOW: FACILITATION BETWEEN WADING BIRDS AND SMALLMOUTH BASS.
J. Steinmetz^1,2, D.A. Soluk^1,2, and S.L. Kohler³. ¹Department of Animal Biology, 515 Morrill Hall, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA, ²Illinois Natural History Survey, Center for Aquatic Ecology, 607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820, USA, ³Environmental Research Center, 3938 Wood Hall, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 49008, USA

9:15 (315) EGG PREDATION BY CRAYFISH NEGATIVELY AFFECTS SUNFISH (LEPOMIS) REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS.
N.J. Dorn and G.G. Mittelbach. W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, Michigan, USA 49060

9:30 (316) ASSOCIATIONS AMONG STREAM FISH AND CRUSTACEAN ASSEMBLAGES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS ON THREE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS: KAUAI, OAHU, AND HAWAII.
C.D. Luton^1,2, A.M.D. Brasher¹, and R.H. Wolff^1,2. ¹U.S. Geological Survey, 677 Ala Moana Blvd. Suite 415, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, ²Contract biologist