8:00 AM Eatough Jones, Michele^*,1, Paine, Timothy¹, Hare, J. Daniel¹, ¹ University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA A comparison of the effects of ecosystem management and unintended anthropogenic impacts on community richness, diversity and abundance.

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8:15 AM Spinelli, Gianfranco^*,1, Meini, Monica², ¹ University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, NO, Italy² University of Florence, Firenze, FI, Italy Human pressure in fragile environments: The case of the European Mediterranean coast.

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8:30 AM Micheli, Fiorenza^*,1, Heiman, Kimberly¹, Kappel, Carrie¹, Shelton, Andrew¹, ¹ Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA, USA Persistence and recovery of depleted marine invertebrates in marine reserves of central California.

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8:45 AM Mayer, Audrey^*,1, Pawlowski, Christopher², Cabezas, Heriberto¹, ¹ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH² U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ORISE Research Fellow, Cincinnati, OH Using Fisher Information to detect gradual and rapid ecosystem regime shifts.

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9:00 AM Pan, Shufen^{1, 2}, Tian, Hanqin^{1, 2}, Liu, Jiyuan², Melillo, Jerry ³, Liu, Mingliang^{1, 2}, Deng, Xiangzheng², ¹ The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045² Institute of Geographic Science and Natural Resource Research, Beijing, 100101, China³ The Ecosystem Center, Woods Hole, MA 02543 Linking ecosystem and economic models for integrated ecosystem assessment of western China.

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9:15 AM Byrd, Kristin¹, ¹ University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Linking watershed land-use change and wetland vegetation response in a coastal California watershed.

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9:30 AM Roth, Brian ^*,1, Lischka, Stacy^{1, 2}, Hrabik, Thomas², Krueger, Damon², Mercado-Silva, Norman¹, Magnsuon, John¹, ¹ Center for Limnology, Madison, Wisconsin, USA² Department of Biology, Duluth, Minnesota, USA Experimental removal of exotic rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) from Sparkling Lake, Wisconsin.

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10:00 AM Wenger, Seth¹, Freeman, Byron^{1, 2}, Freeman, Mary³, Roy, Allison¹, Ensign, William⁴, ¹ University of Georgia, Athens, GA² Georgia Museum of Natural History, Athens, GA³ United States Geological Survey, Athens, GA⁴ Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA Assessing effects of development on imperiled fishes for the Etowah Regional Habitat Conservation Plan.

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10:15 AM Borsuk, Mark^{1, 3}, Stow, Craig^{*,1, 2}, Reckhow, Kenneth¹, ¹ Duke University, Durham, NC, USA³ SIAM, EAWAG, Dubendorf, Switzerland² University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA A probability network of eutrophication models for the Neuse River estuary.

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10:30 AM Crowder, Larry¹, Figueira, Will^*,1, Coleman, Felicia², ¹ Duke University Marine Lab, Beaufort, NC, USA² Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA Assessing the impact of commercial versus recreational marine fisheries catch: The importance of who, when, and where.

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10:45 AM Kerby, Jacob^{*,1, 2}, ¹ University of California, Davis, CA² California State University, Northridge, CA Factors limiting spread of the crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, in Santa Monica Mountain streams.

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11:00 AM Hein, Catherine¹, Vander Zanden, M¹, Magnuson, John¹, Roth, Brian¹, ¹ Center for Limnology, Madison, WI, USA The removal of rusty crayfish from Sparkling Lake, WI.

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