Lentic Ecology

Session 50 (Contributed)
Saturday, June 1, 10:15 AM-12:00 PM, Westmoreland
Moderator: Merritt, R.

10:15 (337) CYCLOMORPHOSIS IN AN EXOTIC RIVERINE ZOOPLANKTER, DAPHNIA LUMHOLTZI, IN RESPONSE TO TEMPERATURE CHANGES AND AN INVERTEBRATE PREDATOR.
C.R. Johnson¹ and A.W. Groeger². ¹Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Water Supply Division, Austin, Texas 78753, ²Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, 78666

10:30 (338) MIDGES, COOTS, AND CONDOS: TROUBLE IN PARADISE! PART I. THE PROBLEM AND EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN.
R.W. Merritt¹, M.B. Berg², and A. Ali³. ¹Departments of Entomology and Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, ²Department of Biology, Loyola University, Chicago, IL 60626, ³Mid-Florida Research and Education Center, IFAS, University of Florida, Apopka, FL 32703

10:45 (339) MIDGES, COOTS AND CONDOS: TROUBLE IN PARADISE! PART II. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS.
M.B. Berg¹, R.W. Merritt², and A. Ali³. ¹Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60626, ²Departments of Entomology and Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, ³Mid-Florida Research and Education Center, IFAS, University of Florida, Apopka, FL 32703

11:00 (340) LOCAL COLOR ADAPTATION IN THE FRESHWATER ISOPOD ASELLUS AQUATICUS.
J. Johansson¹, A. Hargeby¹, and J. Ahnesjö². ¹Limnology, Dept. of Ecology, University of Lund, S-223 62, Sweden, ²School of Bioscience and Process technology, Växjö University, S-351 95 Växjö, Sweden

11:15 (341) SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTICS AND BENTHIC COMMUNITIES UNDER RESERVOIR DRAWDOWN.
P.C. Furey¹, A. Mazumder¹, and R.N. Nordin². ¹NSERC-Industry Research Chair program, Environmental Management of Drinking Water, Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8W 3N5, ²British Columbia Ministry of Water Land and Air Protection, Victoria, BC, Canada, V8V 9M1

11:30 (342) MEIOFAUNA RECOLONIZATION DYNAMICS IN THREE DISTINCT ZONES NEAR THE SHORELINE OF OTSEGO LAKE, NEW YORK.
T.G. Horvath¹ and M.D. Cornwell^1,2. ¹Biology Department, State University New York, Oneonta, New York 13820, ²Department of Animal Science, State University New York, Cobleskill, New York 12043

11:45 (343) SURFACE BIOFILM: A NEGLECTED SUBSTRATUM.
R.S. Wotton, T.M. Preston, and H. Richards. Department of Biology, Darwin Building, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, U.K.