Urban Ecology I

Session 49 (Contributed)
Saturday, June 1, 10:15 AM-12:00 PM, Allegheny III
Moderator: Palmer, M.A.

10:15 (330) EFFECTS OF URBANIZATION ON WATER QUALITY IN THREE MERCER ISLAND DRAINAGE BASINS, KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON.
E.A. Ritzenthaler. King County Department of Natural Resources, Seattle, Washington, USA 98104

10:30 (331) EFFECTS OF WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT INPUTS ON THE METABOLISM OF A MEDITERRANEAN STREAM.
G. Canals¹, E. Marti², F. Sabater¹, J. Ortiz², and M.A. Puig². ¹Departament d'Ecologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ²Centre d'Estudis Avancats de Blanes (CSIC), Blanes, Spain

10:45 (332) RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ECOSYSTEM METABOLISM AND BASEFLOW DISCHARGE IN AN URBAN REGULATED RIVER.
C.A. Gibson and J.L. Meyer. Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602

11:00 (333) FUNGAL BIOMASS ON DECOMPOSING TULIP-POPLAR LEAVES IN SUBURBAN STREAMS.
S. Herbert and J.L. Meyer. Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA 30602

11:15 (334) QUANTIFYING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN URBAN LAND USE AND BIOMASS OF PERIPHYTON, BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES, AND FISH IN STREAMS.
J.M. Stephenson and A. Morin. Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5

11:30 (335) SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION IN BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGES IN AN URBAN RIVER BASIN.
J.K. Jackson, D.A. Lieb, and B.W. Sweeney. Stroud Water Research Center, Avondale, PA 19311 USA

11:45 (336) BIODIVERSITY AND WATER QUALITY OF SNYDER'S BRANCH CREEK (SALEM, VA).
B.C. Wilson¹, C.E. Taylor¹, and J.A. Santiago-Blay². ¹Department of Biology, Roanoke College, Salem, VA 24153, ²Department of Paleobiology, MRC-121, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC 20560