8:00 AM Saltonstall, Kristin^*,1, ¹ University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Cambridge, MD, USA A historical perspective on a cryptic invasion: Phragmites australis.

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8:20 AM Strong, Donald^*,1, Davis, Heather², Ayres, Debra¹, Taylor, Caz³, Civille, Janie³, Lambrinos, John⁴, ¹ Section of Ecology and Evolution, Davis, CA, 95616² Population Biology Graduate Group, 95616, CA³ Ecology Graduate Group, Davis, CA, 95616⁴ Dept. of Environmental Science and Policy, Davis, CA, 95616 Ecological and Evolutionary Misadventures of Alien Spartina alterniflora in the Pacific.

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8:40 AM Tyler, Anna ^*,1, Grosholz, Edwin¹, Civille, Janie¹, Lambrinos, John¹, ¹ University of California - Davis, Davis, CA, USA Changes in carbon and nitrogen cycling following Spartina alterniflora invasion of Pacific estuaries.

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9:00 AM Mendelssohn, Irving¹, Slocum, Matthew¹, ¹ Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA Effects of nutrient enrichment, disturbance, and herbivory on vegetation and soils in an oligohaline marsh.

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9:20 AM Henry, Hugh^*,1, ¹ Department of Botany, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Herbivores as opportunists: migratory connectivity and large scale disturbance in Arctic coastal ecosystems.

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9:40 AM Silliman, Brian¹, Bertness, Mark¹, ¹ Brown University, Providence, Ri A trophic cascade regulates salt marsh primary production: Will over-harvesting of blue crabs trigger massive die-off of southern salt marshes?

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10:00 AM Break.

10:20 AM Morris, James^*,1, Sundareshwar, P.V.², ¹ University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC² Duke University, Durham, NC Effects of nitrogen loading on salt marsh metabolism and sedimentation: interactions with rising sea level.

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10:40 AM Bertness, Mark^*,1, Silliman, Brian ^*,1, ¹ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Providence, Rhode Island, USA Anthropogenic Modification of New England Salt Marsh Landscapes.

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11:00 AM Synthesis and Discussion.