Fish Ecology I

Session 51 (Contributed)
Saturday, June 1, 10:15 AM-12:00 PM, Cambria
Moderator: Sheldon, A.L.

10:15 (344) INFLUENCE OF STREAMSIDE VEGETATION ON TERRESTRIAL INVERTEBRATE SUBSIDIES TO SALMONID FOOD WEBS.
J.D. Allan¹ and M.S. Wipfli². ¹School of Natural Resources & Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI 48109-1115, ²Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 1133 N. Western Ave, Wenatchee, WA 98801

10:30 (345) REGIONAL STREAM CLASSIFICATION SCHEMES FOR THE MIDWEST: AN EVALUATION USING FISH COMMUNITIES.
B.R.K. Chapin. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA 66044

10:45 (346) LOOKING FOR PATTERNS IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES - FISH AND INVERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGES ON THOMAS CREEK, OR.
R.B. Langshaw and J.L. Li. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA 97330

11:00 (347) THE IMPORTANCE OF HABITAT PATCHINESS FOR FISHES IN A PRAIRIE STREAM.
F.J. Rahel. Department of Zoology & Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA

11:15 (348) ADAPTIVE BENEFITS OF NEST GUARDING IN THE FRINGED DARTER (ETHEOSTOMA CROSSOPTERUM): DEFENSE AGAINST PREDATORS AND EGG CLEANING FROM A BENTHIC FISH.
J.H. Knouft^1,2, L.M. Page¹, and M.J. Plewa³. ¹Center for Biodiversity, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois, USA, 61820, ²Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA 46556-0369, ³Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA 61801

11:30 (349) SALMONID WHIRLING DISEASE SEVERITY AND ASSEMBLAGES OF CHIRONOMIDAE (DIPTERA).
L.M. Tronstad¹, B.D. Marshall², R.C. Krueger², and B.L. Kerans². ¹Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, ²Department of Ecology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717

11:45 (350) EFFECTS OF ZEBRA MUSSELS (DREISSENA POLYMORPHA)ON FEEDING SUCCESS OF BENTHIC-FORAGING FISH.
D.J. McCabe¹, M.A. Beekey², and J.E. Marsden². ¹Biology, St. Michael's College, Colchester, Vermont, USA and the Rubenstein Ecosystem Lab of the University of Vermont, ²School of Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA and the Rubenstein Ecosystem Lab of the University of Vermont