1:30 PM Johnson, Pieter^*,1, Lunde, Kevin², Zelmer, Derek³, Werner, Kirwin⁴, ¹ Center for Limnology, Madison, WI, USA² The Roberts Environmental Center, Claremont, CA, USA³ Department of Biological Sciences, Emporia, KS, USA⁴ Department of Environmental Sciences, Pablo, MT, USA Amphibian malformations and parasite infection: An emerging disease?

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1:45 PM Taylor, Barbara^*,1, Scott, David¹, Gibbons, J.¹, ¹ Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, SC Risk of reproductive failure and persistence of the Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum) in a wetland pond.

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2:00 PM Griffis-Kyle, Kerry^*,1, ¹ Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA Hatching and early larval survival of amphibians in response to nitrate enrichment.

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2:15 PM Souther, Rebecca^*,1, Goyer, Richard ¹, Lenhard, Gerald¹, ¹ Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA The interactive effects of nutrient augmentation and insect herbivory in Louisiana swamps.

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2:30 PM Gilbert, Janice ^*,1, Frey, Serita², Bouchard, Virginie¹, ¹ Ohio State University, Columbus, OH² University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH Linking macrophyte diversity and denitrification in wetland ecosystems.

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2:45 PM Megonigal, Patrick^*,1, Weiss, Johanna², Neubauer, Scott¹, Emerson, David³, ¹ Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, USA² George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA³ American Type Culture Collection, Manssas, VA, USA Mechanisms promoting a wetland rhizosphere ferrous wheel.

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3:00 PM Break.

3:15 PM Daoust, Robert^*,1, Morris, James¹, ¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia, SC, USA Nutrient controls on oligohaline marsh macrophyte community zonation and production (Plum Island Ecosystem LTER).

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3:30 PM Neubauer, Scott^*,1, Megonigal, Patrick¹, Emerson, David², ¹ Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, USA² American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, VA, USA Microbial iron oxidation in the wetland plant rhizosphere.

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3:45 PM Givler, Kim^*,1, Neubauer, Scott¹, Sikaroodi, Masoumeh², Emerson, David³, Gillevet, Patrick², Megonigal, Patrick¹, ¹ Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD² George Mason University, Manassas, VA³ American Type Culture Collections, Manassas, VA Microbial carbon metabolism along a salinity gradient: coupling biogeochemistry to microbial community composition.

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4:00 PM Bruland, Gregory¹, Richardson, Curtis¹, ¹ Duke University, Durham, NC Using Mantel tests to investigate spatial variability, soil properties, and phosphorus sorption in riparian wetlands.

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4:15 PM Duberstein, Jamie^*,1, Kitchens, Wiley¹, ¹ University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Tidal forest communities on the lower Savannah River floodplain.

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4:30 PM Poulter, Benjamin^*,1, ¹ Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Lagged responses to sea level rise by estuarine forests on the Albemarle Peninsula, North Carolina.

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