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Are tropical streams ecologically different 1Session 6 (Special)
Monday, June 5, 1:00 PM-2:45 PM, Egan 13
Moderator: L. Boyero
1:00 (36) Are Tropical Streams Ecologically Different? .
L Boyero and RG Pearson. School of Tropical Biology, James Cook University
1:15 (37) Beyond species richness: Biodiversity and detrital processing by long-lived decapod crustaceans in tropical headwater streams .
A.P. Covich1, K.S. Fraiola1, W.F. Cross1, and T.A. Crowl2. 1Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 2Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT
1:30 (38) Do we need a Revised Riverine Productivity Model for tropical streams?
T.P. Moulton. Dept. Ecologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1:45 (39) Macroinvertebrate Community Structure in Thai Streams: Examining Temperate Concepts in Tropical Streams.
R.W. Griffiths and F.W.H. Beamish. Department of Biology, Burapha University, Bang Saen, Thailand
2:00 (40) Are leaf litter secondary compounds responsible for the paucity of invertebrate shredders in lowland tropical streams?
M. Ardón and C.M. Pringle. Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 USA
2:15 (41) Equilibrium dynamics drive the productivity/diversity relationship of stream invertebrates inhabiting leaf litter packs.
N.M. Connolly and R.G. Pearson. School of Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Q 4811
2:30 (42) Aquatic fungi colonization during leaf litter breakdown in a neotropical intermittent stream.
J.E. Rincon and R. Santelloco. Lab. Contaminacion Acuatica, Departamento de Biologia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad del Zulia, Venezuela.
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