Oral Session #65: Wetlands, Estuaries and Salt Marshes.

Presiding: L.K. Freidenburg, University of Connecticut
Wednesday, August 9, 2000
1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Maybird Room - Cliff Lodge

1:00 PM	Effects of tidal inundation on the distribution of wolf spiders in an intertidal salt marsh. LEWIS, D. , R.F. DENNO
1:15 PM	Differences in the density of saltmarsh-inhabiting phytophagous insects along a natural salinity gradient. HUBERTY, A.F. , R.F. DENNO
1:30 PM	Spartina alterniflora: Tracking and predicting the spread of an intertidal invasive in Willapa Bay. CIVILLE, J.C.
1:45 PM	Patterns of plant species abundance and physical conditions in salt marshes and mud flats invaded by the non-native cordgrass, Spartina anglica, in Puget Sound, WA, USA. HACKER, S.D. , C.E. HELLQUIST, M.N. DETHIER
2:00 PM	Predation gradients in intertidal communities: The interactive roles of habitat and elevation. BRUCE LEWIS, D. , L.A. EBY
2:15 PM	The extent of invasion and eradication of the non-native, invasive estuarine plant, Spartina anglica, in Puget Sound, WA, USA. HELLQUIST, C.E. , S.D. HACKER, M.N. DETHIER
2:30 PM	Age, size, and genetic structure of Chesapeake Bay eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) demes. RHODE, J.M. , J.E. DUFFY
2:45 PM	Alteration of microbial community composition and decomposition by an invasive intertidal eelgrass, Zostera japonica, in a Washington estuary. HAHN, D.R.
3:00 PM	Break
3:15 PM	Metapopulation dynamics of cobble beach plants: Effects of patch quality and isolation on community composition and richness. BRUNO, J.F.
3:30 PM	Developing indicators of salt marsh condition. WIGAND, C. , R. MCKINNEY, M. CHARPENTIER
3:45 PM	Marine and estuarine habitat classification. REBECCA ALLEE, DRJ. , D. DAIL BROWN, D. TOM HOURIGAN
4:15 PM	Water lily (Nymphaea sp.) as a structuring agent of microhabitats in a shallow marsh. BOORSE, D.F. , T. WOLFE, C LINDSAY
4:30 PM	Controls on macrophyte production and abundance in estuaries: Interaction between physical stress and resource competition. DAOUST, R.J. , J.T. MORRIS, C.T. NIETCH
4:45 PM	Fifteen years of old-field succession and reestablishment of a wetland forest. BATTAGLIA, L. , P.R. MINCHIN, D.W. PRITCHETT