Poster # 1. Wolf, Evan^*,1, Cooper, David¹, ¹ Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Climate- and beaver-induced hydrologic variation of small streams: Implications for willow persistence in Yellowstone National Park.

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Poster # 2. Ringold, Paul^*,1, Magee, Teresa², Van Sickle, John¹, ¹ US EPA, ORD, Western Ecology Division, Corvallis, OR² Dynamac Corporation, Corvallis, OR Distribution of selected invasive plants in riparian ecosystems of the western United States.

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Poster # 3. Diemer, Katherina ^*,1, Fauth, John², ¹ College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, US² College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, US Impoundments on headwater streams: Do many small ponds have a large cumulative effect on water quality?

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Poster # 4. Menninger, Holly^*,1, Palmer, Margaret², ¹ Behavior, Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Program, College Park, MD, USA² Department of Entomology, College Park, MD, USA Terrestrial-aquatic linkages: Herbaceous vegetation and headwater streams.

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Poster # 5. Bishop, Blair^*,1, Mou, Paul¹, Hershey, Anne¹, ¹ University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Greensboro, NC Retention and mitigation of anthropogenic nitrogen and phosphorus in headwater urban riparian systems.

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Poster # 7. Gardiner, Ned^*,1, Sutherland, Andrew², Meyer, Judy², Pringle, Cathy ², Helfman, Gene², Benfield, Fred³, Bolstad, Paul⁴, Wear, David⁵, ¹ American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY² Institute of Ecology, Athens, GA³ Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA⁴ University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN⁵ US Forest Service, Raleigh, NC Linking stream ecosystems and landscape trajectories in the southern Appalachians.

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Poster # 8. Cromartie, William^*,1, Gliddon, Jason¹, ¹ Richard Stockton College, Pomona, NJ, USA Biomonitoring in New Jersey blackwater streams: recalibrating an invertebrate bioassay.

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Poster # 9. Miller, Stephanie^*,1, Maloney, Kelly^*,1, Mitchell, Richard^*,1, Feminella, Jack¹, ¹ Auburn University, Auburn, AL Is coarse woody debris a refuge for attached algae in sandy coastal plains streams?

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Poster # 10. McIntyre, Peter^*,1, Flecker, Alexander¹, ¹ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ithaca, NY, USA Trophic ecology in a Neotropical river: Insights from stable isotopes.

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Poster # 11. DeVanna, Kristen^*,1, Rubeck-Schurtz, Nichole ¹, Downing, Amy¹, Tuhela-Reuning, Laura ¹, ¹ Department of Zoology, Delaware, OH Response of pond biodiversity and ecosystem processes to the insecticide Sevin.

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Poster # 12. Wright, Meredith^*,1, ¹ Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Relative importance of bacteria and fungi in freshwater shrimp feeding preference and leaf decomposition.

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Poster # 13. Butcher, LaDean^*,1, Middleton, Elizabeth¹, Entcheva-Campbell, Petya¹, Corp, Lawrence¹, McMurtrey, Jim², Chappelle, Emmett¹, ¹ Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics, Biospheric Sciences Branch, Greenbelt, MD, USA² Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, USA Spectral fluorescence signatures of tulip poplar, red maple and sweet gum under increasing nitrogen fertilization levels.

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Poster # 14. Green, Douglas^*,1, Johnson, Douglas², ¹ Arizona State University East, Mesa, AZ, USA² Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA Long-term changes in species richness, diversity and eveness in a northeastern Oregon riparian area.

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Poster # 16. Siedschlag, Sarah^*,1, Swift, Cheryl^*,1, Schrum, Kim¹, Stimmler, Bryan¹, ¹ Whittier College, Whittier, CA Determinants of aquatic plant cover in a Southern California river.

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Poster # 15. Lahti, Megan^*,1, Swift, Cheryl^*,1, Ross, Katie², ¹ Whittier College, Whittiier, CA² University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA ENSO event effects on Southern California riparian plant communities.

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Poster # 17. Stimmler, Bryan ^*,1, Swift, Cheryl^*,1, ¹ Whittier College, Whittier, CA The effect of disturbance on Alnus rhombifolia in Southern California riparian communities.

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Poster # 18. Jayachandran, Krish^*,1, Sah, Seema¹, Sah, Jay¹, Ross, Mike¹, ¹ Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA Phosphorus biogeochemistry of the Everglades National Park tree island soils.

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Poster # 19. Stone, Peter^*,1, Ross, Michael ², Ruiz, Pablo², Reed, David², Chmura, Gail³, ¹ South Carolina Dept. Health and Environmental Control, Columbia, SC² Florida International University, Miami, FL³ McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Organic-sediment stratigraphy of elongated tree-islands, Everglades National Park.

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Poster # 20. Reed, David^*,1, ¹ Florida International University, Miami, Florida Seed germination and growth of four wetland tree species in response to environmental factors in tree islands of northern Shark Slough, Everglades National Park.

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Poster # 21. Hiaasen, Barbara^*,1, Volin, John ¹, Simmons, Steven¹, ¹ Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL The effect of water velocity on the periphyton taxonomic composition of mesocosms in the Everglades.

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Poster # 22. Simmons, Steven^*,1, Owen, Dianne¹, Volin, John¹, ¹ Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL Implications of water velocity for phosphorus capture by Stormwater Treatment Areas in the Florida Everglades.

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Poster # 23. Corp, Lawrence^*,1, Middleton, Elizabeth¹, McMurtrey, James², Carter, Jacoby³, Campbell, Petya¹, Butcher, Maryn¹, ¹ Biospheric Sciences Branch, Greenbelt, MD² Hydrology & Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, MD³ Biological Resources Division, Lafayette, LA Steady-state fluorescence sensing of wetland vegetation.

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Poster # 24. Robison, Laura^*,1, Gleeson, Scott¹, Hill, Devetta¹, Biebighauser, Tom², ¹ University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY² United States Forest Service, Morehead, KY Colonization of constructed wetlands in the Daniel Boone National Forest.

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Poster # 25. Lougheed, Vanessa^*,1, Parker, Christian¹, McIntosh, Mollie², Merritt, Richard², Stevenson, R. Jan¹, ¹ Dept of Zoology, East Lansing, MI, USA² Dept of Entomology, East Lansing, MI, USA Does size matter: a study of wetlands and biodiversity in an agricultural watershed.

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Poster # 26. Swenson, Janice^*,1, Mooney, Sarah¹, Rossi, Anthony¹, ¹ University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA Bacteria in the fluid of four species of pitcher plants (Sarracenia spp.).

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Poster # 27. Jalics Rauschert, Emily^*,1, Rubbo, Michael¹, ¹ The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Models of salamander population dynamics and response to human-mediated disturbance.

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Poster # 28. Pai, Aswini^*,1, McCarthy, Brian ¹, ¹ Ohio University, Athens, Ohio Population variability of Acorus calamus L. in patterns of resource allocation with respect to environmental variability.

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Poster # 29. Ehrenfeld, Joan^*,1, Clement, Jean-Christophe¹, Shrestha, Juno², Jaffe, Peter², ¹ Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA² Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA Effects of roots and nitrates on redox chemistry of wetland soils.

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Poster # 30. Mentzer, Jessica ^*,1, Goodman, Robert ^{2, 3}, Balser, Teri¹, ¹ Soil Science Department, Madison, WI² Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, Madison, WI³ Plant Pathology Department, Madison, WI Seasonal changes in wetland microflora under varied nutrient and hydrologic regimes.

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Poster # 31. Benbow, M. Eric^*,1, Rollins, Scott², Merritt, Richard¹, ¹ Department of Entomology, East Lansing, MI, USA² Department of Zoology, East Lansing, MI, USA Road salt effects on community structure and function in small wetland mesocosms.

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Poster # 32. Bowers, Richard^*,1, Barry, Matthew², de Szalay, Ferenc³, ¹ Edwards-Pitman Environmental, Inc., Smyrna, Georgia² Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona³ Kent State University, Kent, Ohio Effects of herbivory, sediment disturbance, and hydrology on plant recruitment in a Lake Erie coastal wetland.

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Poster # 33. Zheng, Lei^*,1, Stevenson, R. ¹, Craft, Christopher², ¹ Department of Zoology, East Lansing, MI² School of Public & Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, IN Changes in benthic algal attributes during salt marshes restoration and use in bioassessment.

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Poster # 34. Kim, In Sung^*,1, Cho, Yong-Joo¹, Lee, Eun Ju¹, Choi, Hong Keun², Kim, Chang Kyun², ¹ iskim07@snu.ac.kr, Seoul, Seoul, S. Korea² Ajou University, Suwon, Kyunggi, S. Korea Effects of waste landfill leachate on the growth of Phragmites australis.

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Poster # 35. Willis, Jonathan^{1, 2}, Hester, Mark², Mckee, Karen³, Mendelssohn, Irv⁴, ¹ Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA² University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA³ National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA⁴ Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA Investigations of a coast-wide Spartina alterniflora marsh dieback event: Preliminary results of environmental tolerance trials.

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Poster # 36. Durbin, Katie^*,1, Brunkow, Paul¹, Burns, Sarah, ¹ Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL Food web manipulation of a hypereutrophic lake.

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Poster # 37. Dickman, Elizabeth^*,1, Vanni, Michael¹, Renwick, William¹, ¹ Miami University, Oxford, Ohio Phytoplankton photosnthesis, primary production and nutrient limitation in reservoirs along a gradient of watershed land use.

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Poster # 38. Greathouse, Effie^*,1, Pringle, Catherine¹, McDowell, William², Holmquist, Jeff³, ¹ Institute of Ecology, Athens, GA² Department of Natural Resources, Durham, NH³ Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Lab, Mammoth Lakes, CA Small-scale exclusion experiments indicate ecological effects of tropical migratory fauna extirpation.

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Poster # 39. Rashleigh, Brenda^*,1, Randall, David², ¹ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, Georgia² City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong Modeling the response of fish populations to eutrophication.

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Poster # 40. Hitoshi, Miyasaka^*,1, Yelena, Dzyuba², Sergey, Shubenkov³, Igor, Khanayev⁴, Natalia, Nelnik⁵, Motomi, Genkai-Kato⁶, Eitaro, Wada⁷, ¹ Center for Marine Environmental stadies, Ehime Univ., Matsuyama, Ehime² Limnological Institute, Irkutsk, Irkutsk, Russia³ Limnological Institute, Irkutsk, Irkutsk, Russia⁴ Limnological Institute, Irkutsk, Irkutsk, Russia⁵ Limnological Institute, Irkutsk, Irkutsk, Russia⁶ Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan⁷ Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan Food habit divergence between two pelagic sculpin species, Comephorus baicalensis and C. dybowski in Lake Baikal.

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Poster # 41. Brooks, Melody^*,1, Deaton, Raelynn¹, Marsh-Matthews, Edie¹, ¹ University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma Effects of body condition on reproduction in western mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis.

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Poster # 42. Lamphere, Bradley^*,1, ¹ University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC Connecting multi-scale movement patterns to population dynamics in a stream fish, Cottus bairdi.

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Poster # 43. Frost, Jody^*,1, Curran, Mary¹, ¹ Savannah State University, Savannah, Georgia Diel behavior of blackcheek tonguefish Symphurus plagiusa.

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Poster # 44. Cheeseman, John^*,1, Lovelock, Catherine², ¹ Department of Plant Biology, Urbana, IL, USA² Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, USA Photosynthetic characterization of Rhizophora mangroves at Twin Cays, Belize and responses to fertilization.

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Poster # 45. Voss, Joshua^*,1, Richardson, Laurie¹, ¹ Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA Environmental factors and coral community composition associated with coral diseases in the northern Florida keys and Bahamas' Exuma Chain.

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Poster # 46. Curran, Mary Carla^*,1, Maher, Benjamin¹, ¹ Savannah State University, Savannah, GA, USA Preliminary evaluation of brown marsh near Savannah, GA.

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Poster # 47. McFarlin, Caroline^*,1, Buck, Tracy², Newell, Steven², Pennings, Steven³, ¹ The University of Georgia, Athens, GA² The University of Georgia Marine Institute, Sapelo Island, GA³ The University of Houston, Houston, TX Impact of fertilization on the abundance of two detritivorous snails.

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Poster # 48. KARIM, Rezaul¹, SEKINE, Masahiko^*,2, HIGUCHI, Takaya², IMAI, Tsuyoshi², UKITA, Masao², ¹ Bangladesh Institute of Technology, Khulna, Khulna, Bangladesh² Yamaguchi University, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan Simulation of fish behavior and mortality in hypoxic water in an enclosed bay.

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