Oral Session #7: Aquatic Ecology: Shellfish to Snails.

Presiding: J. Wojdak, Michigan State University.
Sunday, August 6, 2000
8:30 AM to 12:15 PM
Cottonwood Room III - Sports Event Center

8:30 AM	Response of aquatic macrophyte communities to rusty crayfish (Orconectes rusticus) invasion: Contrasting results from long-term vs. multiple lake data. WILSON, K.A. , J.J. MAGNUSON
8:45 AM	Does a predator transition maintain the crayfish distributions in the South Fork of the New River, NC? FORTINO, K. , R.P. CREED JR.
9:00 AM	Understanding the interaction of crayfish and the Hine's Emerald Dragonfly larvae coexisting in crayfish burrows. PINTOR, L.M. , D.A. SOLUK
9:15 AM	Stimulatory cues for molting of fiddler crab megalopae are specific to salt marshes. JUDGE, M.L. , N.J. O'CONNOR
9:30 AM	Native species response to invasion: Effects of green crabs on soft-shell clam behavior and morphology. WHITLOW, W.L.
9:45 AM	The use of a matrix model to study indirect effects in a hermit crab-hydroid symbiosis. DAMIANI, C.
10:00 AM	Break
10:15 AM	Recruitment, density thresholds, and interannual variability in interaction strength. HARLEY, C.D.G.
10:30 AM	Biodiversity and species invasions in marine invertebrate communities. STACHOWICZ, J.J. , R.B. WHITLATCH
10:45 AM	Using short-term measurements to predict long-term impact of exotic species on native species. BYERS, J.E.
11:00 AM	Population consequences of intermediate disturbance: Recruitment, browsing, predation, and geochemistry. WETHEY, D.S. , S.M. LINDSAY, S.A. WOODIN and R.L. MARINELLI
11:15 AM	Exploring mechanisms behind species diversity differences: Comparing Markov models of mussel beds and coral reefs. WOOTTON, J.T.
11:30 AM	Differential settlement of the mussels Mytilus californianus and M. trossulus in sheltered on exposed and sheltered rocky shores.. ROBLES, C.D. , K.B. JOHNSON, A. MARTEL
11:45 AM	A fine scale view of mussel recruitment patterns. CHESNEY, W.B. , C.D. ROBLES
12:00 PM	Dynamics of bivalve species replacement during the zebra mussel invasion of the Hudson River. STRAYER, D.L. , H.M. MALCOM