Large River Ecology 1

Session 16 (Contributed)
Tuesday, June 6, 8:00 AM-9:45 AM, Egan 3
Moderator: C.J. Perrin

8:00 (99) Effects of drought and flooding on belowground dynamics in Rio Grande cottonwood forests.
M.J. Harner, J.R. Thibault, J.F. Schuetz, and M.C. Molles. Department of Biology, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA 87131

8:15 (100) Cottonwood forest response to floods and drought along the Middle Rio Grande.
T.M. Tibbets¹, C.N. Dahm², J.J. Follstad Shah², M.C. Molles², J.F. Schuetz², and J.R. Thibault². ¹Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA 82070, ²Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA 87131

8:30 (101) Sediment respiration in a complex river–floodplain ecosystem: The role of habitat heterogeneity and inundation dynamics.
M. Doering, U. Uehlinger, K. Tockner, and T. Ackermann. Department of Limnology, EAWAG/ETH, Switzerland

8:45 (102) Does light limit algal production in large river systems?
A.K. Macdonald and P.A. Bukaveckas. Department of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

9:00 (103) Downstream turnover of zooplankton communities in the Missouri River.
K.A. Medley, K.D. Dickerson, and J.E. Havel. Department of Biology, Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri, USA 65897

9:15 (104) Shift from chlorophytes to cyanobacteria in benthic macroalgae along a gradient of nitrate depletion.
A. Cattaneo¹, C. Vis², and C. Hudon². ¹Department of Biology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7, ²St. Lawrence Centre, Environment Canada, Montréal, Québec, H2Y 2E7

9:30 (105) The influence of differing spatial scales on spring occurrence and community composition in New Zealand braided rivers.
D.P. Gray and J.S. Harding. School of Biology, University of Canterbury, Canterbury, New Zealand