Large River Ecology

Session 40 (Contributed)
Saturday, May 31, 8:00 AM-9:45 AM, Athena
Moderator: Lemke

8:00 (270) Response of aquatic macroinvertebrates to Environmental Pool Management and emergent vegetation in Mississippi River backwater wetlands.
M.B. Flinn¹, M.R. Whiles¹, and S.R. Adams^1,2. ¹Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, 62901-6501, ²Fisheries and Illinois Aquaculture Center, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, 62901

8:15 (271) Distribution and trophic interaction of the invasive New Zealand Mudsnail in the Colorado River through Grand Canyon.
H.M. Kloeppel, J. Shannon, and E. Benenati. Department of Biology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001

8:30 (272) Habitat evaluation of non-wadeable rivers .
J.G.O. Wilhelm¹, J.D. Allan¹, K.J. Wessell², R.W. Merritt², and K.W. Cummins³. ¹School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1115 USA, ²Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA, ³California Cooperative Fisheries Unit, Department of Fisheries, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA 95521 USA

8:45 (273) Developing a biological assessment program for non-wadeable rivers in Michigan using macroinvertebrates.
K.J. Wessell¹, R.W. Merritt¹, K.W. Cummins², J.G. Wilhelm³, and J.D. Allan³. ¹Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA, ²Humboldt State University, California Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, Arcata, CA, ³University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources and Environment, Ann Arbor, MI

9:00 (274) Annual hydrological and bacterial patterns in a southeastern river and floodplain.
N.K. Weibell and A.K. Ward. Biology Department, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487

9:15 (275) Mediterranean climate rivers over the world: convergences and divergences between regions.
N. Bonada, M. Rieradevall, and N. Prat. Department of Ecology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

9:30 (276) Nitrogen dynamics of connected and unconnected floodplain ecosystems of the Illinois River.
J.L. Bartletti, M.J. Lemke, and D.J. Jenkins. Department of Biology, University of Illinois at Springfield, Springfield, Illinois 62703-5407