Disturbance Ecology 2

Session 60 (Contributed)
Thursday, June 8, 10:15 AM-12:00 PM, Egan 4
Moderator: C.D. Matthaei

10:15 (396) Do New Zealand stream invertebrates use the hyporheic zone as a low flow refuge?
A.B.W. James, Z.S. Dewson, and R.G. Death. Institute of Natural Resources – Ecology, Massey University, Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North, New Zealand

10:30 (397) Does the stream need all that water? Assessing the effects of flow reduction on invertebrate communities.
Z.S. Dewson, A.B.W. James, and R.G. Death. Institute of Natural Resources - Ecology, Massey University, Private Bag 11-222, Palmerston North, New Zealand

10:45 (398) Responses of macroinvertebrate assemblages to irrigation water withdrawals across a gradient of basin sizes.
S.W. MIller, D. Wooster, and J.L. Li. Oregon State University Department of Fisheries and Wildlife

11:00 (399) Macroinvertebrate community response to streamflow diversion magnitude in Rocky Mountain streams.
C.M. Albano¹, N.L. Poff¹, D.W. Baker², and B.P. Bledsoe². ¹Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, ²Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523

11:15 (400) Effects of hydrologic modification on stream macroinvertebrate assemblages in the northeastern United States.
J.G. Kennen¹, K.R. Murray², and K.M. Beaulieu³. ¹U.S. Geological Survey, New Jersey Water Science Center, 810 Bear Tavern Road, Suite 206, West Trenton, NJ, USA, ²U.S. Geological Survey, New York Water Science Center, 425 Jordan Road, Troy, NY, USA, ³U.S. Geological Survey, Connecticut Water Science Center, 101 Pitkin Street, East Hartford, CT, USA

11:30 (401) Effects of variable discharge regimes on river ecosystems: Impact of frequent water releases from Abanakee Dam on the Indian and Upper Hudson Rivers.
R.L. Fuller¹, S. Doyle¹, L. Levy¹, J. Owens¹, E. Shope¹, L. Vo¹, B. Wolyniak¹, and M.W. Doyle². ¹Biology Department, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY 13346, ²Geography Department, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599

11:45 (402) Interactive Effects of Habitat Heterogeneity and Disturbance on Macroinvertebrates in a Regulated River.
C.T. Robinson, S. Blaser, C. Jolidon, and L.N.S. Shama. Department of Limnology, EAWAG/ETHZ, 8600 Duebendorf, Switzerland