Wetlands and Lentic Ecology

Session 46 (Contributed)
Saturday, May 31, 10:15 AM-12:00 PM, University
Moderator: Wissinger

10:15 (312) Effects of fine sediment deposition on macroinvertebrate colonization of litter in agricultural wetlands.
H.L. Ray and G.W. Minshall. Stream Ecology Center, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho 83209

10:30 (313) Benthic macroinvertebrate populations of urban freshwater tidal wetlands in the Anacostia River, Washington D.C.
K.D. Brittingham¹, R.S. Hammerschlag¹, and R.C. Jones². ¹U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, Maryland, ²Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia

10:45 (314) Second year of invertebrate colonization of newly created amphibian breeding pools in northeastern Ohio.
J.B. Keiper, L. Hutchison, and E. Turnell. Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1 Wade Oval Dr., Cleveland, Ohio 44106

11:00 (315) Spatial and temporal patterns of fish population dynamics in the Florida Everglades.
C.R. Ruetz III¹, J.C. Trexler², F. Jordan³, W.F. Loftus⁴, and S. Perry⁵. ¹Annis Water Resources Institute, Grand Valley State University, Muskegon, Michigan, USA 49441, ²Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA 33199, ³Department of Biological Sciences, Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 70118, ⁴U.S. Geological Survey, Florida Carribbean Science Center, Everglades National Park Field Station, Homestead, FL, USA 33034, ⁵Natural Resources Center, Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL, USA 33034

11:15 (316) Desiccation survival strategies of invertebrates in a subtropical floodplain, with special reference to Chironomidae (Diptera).
L.M. Tronstad, B.P. Tronstad, and A.C. Benke. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA 35487-0206

11:30 (317) Macroinvertebrate communities under lake-reservoir drawdown.
P.C. Furey, R.N. Nordin, and A. Mazumder. NSERC IRC Program, Environmental Management of Drinking Water, Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, V8W 3N5

11:45 (318) Benthic invertebrate communities in permanent and temporary lentic habitats in New Zealand.
S.A. Wissinger^1,2 and A.R. McIntosh². ¹Biology Department, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA 16335, ²Department of Zoology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ