Organic Matter Processing I

Session 2 (Contributed)
Wednesday, May 28, 1:00 PM-2:45 PM, Athena F
Moderator: Robinson

1:00 (8) Leaf litter decomposition in very acidic mining waters.
J. Schlief and M. Mutz. Chair of Water Conservation, Brandenburg University of Cottbus, 15526 Bad Saarow, Germany

1:15 (9) Influence of elevated atmospheric CO₂ on the chemistry and in situ decomposition of leaf litter from three common riparian tree species in northern Michigan.
S.T. Rier¹, N.C. Tuchman¹, and R.G. Wetzel². ¹Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA 60626 , ²Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA 27599

1:30 (10) The relative importance of microbes, leaf type, and shrimp species for predicting shrimp feeding preference and leaf decomposition rates in tropical streams.
M.S. Wright. Department of Fish and Wildlife Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523

1:45 (11) Effects of stream chemistry and leaf litter chemistry on leaf decomposition in neotropical streams.
L.A. Stallcup¹, M. Ardón¹, K.R. Maynard², and C.M. Pringle¹. ¹Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens GA 30602, ²Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven CT 06520

2:00 (12) Response of leaf breakdown to nutrient enrichment in an Appalachian headwater stream .
J.L. Greenwood¹, A.D. Rosemond¹, J.B. Wallace^1,2, W.F. Cross¹, and H.S. Weyers^1,3. ¹Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, ²Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, ³U.S. Geological Survey 1289 Mc D Drive, Dover, DE 19901

2:15 (13) Whole-stream nutrient enrichment increases decomposition rate of wood and associated microbial activity.
V. Gulis¹, K. Suberkropp¹, H.S. Weyers², J.P. Benstead², and A.D. Rosemond². ¹Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, ²Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602

2:30 (14) Breakdown of alder leaves in alpine and glacial streams of Switzerland.
C.T. Robinson and C. Jolidon. Department of Limnology, EAWAG/ETHZ, 8600 Duebendorf, Switzerland