8:00 AM: , INTRODUCTION: K. FRANCE.

8:05 AM: Loreau, Michel¹, ¹ Laboratoire d'Ecologie, 75230 Paris Cedex 05, France, New theoretical approaches to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in food webs.

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8:25 AM: Srivastava, Diane^*,1, Bell, Thomas^*,2, Ngai, Jacqueline¹, ¹ University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada² Oxford University, Oxford, UK, Trophic effects trump diversity effects in bromeliad-insect food webs.

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8:45 AM: Downing, Amy^*,, Perrin, Elizabeth ¹, Leibold, Mathew ², ¹ Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH, USA² University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA, Temporal dynamics of pond food webs and ecosystem functioning in response to disturbance.

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9:05 AM: Covich, Alan^*,1, Crowl, Todd², Cross, Wyatt¹, Heartsill-Scalley, Tamara², Fraiola, Kauaoa¹, Hein, Katie², ¹ Institute of Ecology, Athens, GA, USA² Ecology Center, Logan, UT, USA, The importance of scale in tropical headwater stream food webs: Loss of trophic diversity and detrital processing by decapod crustaceans.

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9:25 AM: McIntyre, Peter^*,1, Flecker, Alexander ¹, Vanni, Michael², Hood, James³, ¹ Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853² Miami University, Oxford, OH, 45056³ University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, 55108, Consequences of species and trophic diversity for nutrient recycling by tropical freshwater fishes.

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9:45 AM: , BREAK.

10:00 AM: Hillebrand, Helmut^*,1, Gamfeldt, Lars², Jonsson, Per², Matthiessen, Birte³, ¹ Botanical Institute, Cologne, Germany² Tjärnö Marine Biological Laboratory, Strömstad, Sweden³ Leibniz-Institute for Marine Science, Kiel, Germany, Consumer and prey diversity effects on trophic interactions: case studies from closed and open systems.

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10:20 AM: Duffy, J. Emmett^*,1, France, Kristin¹, Douglass, James¹, Spivak, Amanda¹, Richardson, J. Paul¹, ¹ College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, VA, Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in food webs: Insights from seagrass ecosystems.

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10:40 AM: Byrnes, Jarrett^*,1, Stachowicz, John¹, Hultgren, Kristin¹, Hughes, A. Randall¹, Olyarnik, Suzanne¹, Thornber, Carol², ¹ University of California, Davis, Davis, CA² University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, Predator diversity strengthens trophic cascades in kelp forests by altering herbivore behavior.

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11:00 AM: Micheli, Fiorenza^*,1, Halpern, Benjamin², ¹ Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA, USA² National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, Recovery of trophic diversity and ecosystem functioning in marine protected areas.

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11:20 AM: , SYNTHESIS AND DISCUSSION: S. NAEEM.