Disturbance Ecology I

Session 22 (Contributed)
Friday, May 30, 8:00 AM-9:45 AM, Athena F
Moderator: Holomuzki

8:00 (146) Response of a meiofaunal assemblage to increased flow in artificial stream channels: flood intensity versus flood frequency.
M.K. Scott and A.V. Brown. Department of Biology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA 72701

8:15 (147) Short-term effects of elevated velocity and sediment abrasion on periphyton communities.
S.N. Francoeur¹ and B.J.F. Biggs². ¹Department of Biology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 48197 USA, ²National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, PO Box 8602, Christchurch, New Zealand

8:30 (148) Flood disturbance of invertebrates-the complex interaction of particle movement and hydraulic forces.
D.F. Oldmeadow¹, J. Lancaster¹, and S. Rice². ¹Institute of Cell and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK., ²Geography Department, University of Loughborough, Loughborough, UK.

8:45 (149) Go with the flow: the role of flow-refugia during seasonal floods.
G.M. Kilbane¹ and J.R. Holomuzki². ¹The Ohio State University, Aquatic Ecology Laboratory, Columbus, Ohio 43210, ²The Ohio State University - Mansfield Branch, Mansfield, Ohio 44903

9:00 (150) The influence of hydrological variability on the benthic invertebrate habitat of an intermittent upland stream in south-east Queensland Australia.
F.J. Balcombe and S.E. Bunn. Centre for Catchment and In-Stream Research, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia 4111

9:15 (151) Streamflow diversions affect periphyton production.
D.M. Pepin, D.M. Franz, and N.L. Poff. Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523

9:30 (152) Sediment texture mediates high-flow effects on lotic macroinvertebrates.
J.R. Holomuzki¹ and B.J.F. Biggs². ¹The Ohio State University, Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, 1680 University Dr., Mansfield, OH 44906 USA, ²National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, P.O. Box 8602, Christchurch, New Zealand