Conservation Ecology

Session 50 (Contributed)
Saturday, May 31, 1:00 PM-2:45 PM, Athena
Moderator: Gaines

1:00 (340) A pilot project to formalize a program that implements the Clean Water Act from beginning to end.
C.R. Anderson¹ and M. Burns². ¹B.U.G.S. Consulting, ²Southern Ute Indian Tribe

1:15 (341) Influence of riparian restoration practices on stream organic matter dynamics.
K.R. Cook and E.F. Benfield. Department of Biology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061

1:30 (342) Autecology of Warner sucker larvae (Catostomus warnerensis) in low gradient streams of the Great Basin.
T.B. Kennedy². ¹Biology Department, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557-0015, ²Aquatic Biology Program, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0206

1:45 (343) Ecological impacts of different age classes of exotic crayfish on periphyton and aquatic invertebrate abundances.
N. Usio¹, K. Hasegawa², and A. Kohzu³. ¹Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, Sapporo-si 060-0809, Japan, ²Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo-si 060-8589, Japan, ³Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Otu-si 520-2113, Japan

2:00 (344) Spatial analysis of the threatened Bliss Rapids snail and invasive New Zealand mudsnail in a freshwater spring, Idaho.
D.C. Richards^1,2 and D.C. Shinn³. ¹EcoAnalysts Inc., Moscow, Idaho 83843, ²Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, ³Idaho Power Company, Boise, Idaho 83707

2:15 (345) Why isn’t everyone everywhere? Ecological factors driving larval odonate diversity and distribution patterns in a desert sinkhole complex .
K.H. Gaines. Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131, USA