Urban Ecology

Session 1 (Contributed)
Monday, June 5, 1:00 PM-2:45 PM, Egan 1
Moderator: T.B. Mihuc

1:00 (1) Shifts in benthic invertebrate community structure after 35 years of development in the Portneuf River watershed, Idaho.
J.M. DelMonte and G.W. Minshall. Stream Ecology Center, Department of Biological Sciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho 83209

1:15 (2) An assessment of historical changes in streams within a catchment at a developing urban front.
S.C. Pappas¹ and J.S. Richardson². ¹Resource Management and Environmental Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4 , ²Department of Forest Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4

1:30 (3) Responses of invertebrate assemblages to urbanization in the Piedmont of North Carolina.
T.F. Cuffney, E.M. Giddings, D.A. Harned, and G. McMahon. U.S. Geological Survey, North Carolina Water Science Center, 3916 Sunset Ridge Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607

1:45 (4) The assemblage of dragonfly species emerging from small wetlands along an urbanization gradient.
M.A. Aliberti¹ and H.S. Ginsberg². ¹Dept. of Plant Science and Entomology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, ²USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Coastal Field Station, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881

2:00 (5) Relation of altered water quality, hydrology, and stream habitat to fish communities along a gradient of urbanization in the southern Piedmont, USA.
M.B. Gregory and D.L. Calhoun. U.S. Geological Survey

2:15 (6) The effect of site type on the use of terrestrial and aquatic food resources by fish in headwater urban streams.
R.M. Northington and A.E. Hershey. Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA 27402

2:30 (7) Estimating effects of impervious cover on occurrence of stream fishes to guide management policies.
S.J. Wenger¹, M.C. Freeman², J.T. Peterson³, B.J. Freeman^1,4, and D.D. Homans¹. ¹Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA USA 30602, ²US Geological Survey Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA 30602, ³Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Georgia, Athens, GA USA 30602, ⁴Georgia Museum of Natural History, Athens, GA USA 30602