8:00 AM: Paerl, Hans^*,, Valdes, Lexia, Dyble, Julianne, Pinckney, James, Piehler, Michael, Moisander, Pia, , Using microbial indicators to assess scales of human and climatic impacts on structure and function of the coastal zone.

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8:20 AM: Wardrop, Denice¹, Bishop, Joe¹, Easterling, Mary¹, Herschner, Carl², Havens, Kirk², ¹ Penn State University, University Park, PA, United States² Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences, Gloucester Point, VA, United States, Determining factors of biological impairment of estuarine and freshwater systems: An exercise in spatial scale.

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8:40 AM: Rakocinski, Chet^*,1, ¹ University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, MS, USA, Comparisons of macrobenthic process indicators of estuarine condition in the Gulf of Mexico.

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9:00 AM: Holland, Jeffrey^*,1, Ciborowski, Jan², Johnson, Lucinda³, Brazner, John³, ¹ Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana² University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada³ Natural Resources Research Institute, Duluth, Minnesota, Biotic homogenization of macroinvertebrate assemblages along an anthropogenic stress gradient.

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9:20 AM: Vaccaro, Lynn^*,1, Johnston, Carol², Bedford, Barbara ¹, ¹ Cornell University, Ithaca, NY² South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, Understanding a biotic indicator: Scaling down from regional patterns to local mechanisms of cattail dominance and plant species density.

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9:50 AM: Morris, James^*,1, Porter, Dwayne¹, Jensen, John¹, Noble, Peter, ¹ University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA, The frequency distribution of intertidal marsh elevations as a diagnostic of vulnerability to sea-level rise.

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10:10 AM: Hanowski, JoAnn^*,1, Howe, Robert², Smith, Charles³, Niemi, Gerald ¹, ¹ University of Minnesota-Duluth, Duluth² University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay³ Cornell University, Ithaca, Comparison of wetland breeding bird and amphibian communities as integrative indicators of human impacts on Great Lakes coastal zones.

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10:30 AM: Morgan, Steven ^*,1, Cherr, Gary¹, Groholz, Edwin¹, Anderson, Susan, Higashi, Rick¹, Green, Peter¹, ¹ University of California, Davis, CA, A new approach to assessing ecosystem condition across spatial scales: vertical linkages among indicators of wetland condition.

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10:50 AM: Fujiwara, Masami^*,1, Kendall, Bruce², Nisbet, Roger¹, Bennett, William³, Cherr, Gary⁴, Rose, Wendy⁴, ¹ Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.² Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.³ John Muir Institute of the Environment, Davis, California, U.S.A.⁴ Bodega Marine Laboratory, Davis, California, U.S.A., Models relating physiological indicators to population dynamics.

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11:10 AM: Niemi, Gerald ^*,1, Johnson, Lucinda ¹, Danz, Nicholas¹, Brazner, John¹, Brady, Val¹, Kelly, John ², ¹ University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN² U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Duluth, MN, Local, landscape, and regional influences on biotic indicators in Great Lakes coastal zones.

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