1:30 PM: Mercado-Silva, Norman^*,1, Vander Zanden, Jake¹, Maxted, Jeffrey¹, Olden, Julian¹, ¹ Center for Limnology, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, Predictive model of exotic rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) distribution in inland lakes of the Great Lakes region.

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1:50 PM: Ward, Colette^*,1, Ricciardi, Anthony², Whoriskey, Frederick³, ¹ University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada² McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada³ Atlantic Salmon Federation, St. Andrews, NB, Canada, Diet shift in Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) following invasion by dreissenid mussels of the St. Lawrence River.

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2:10 PM: Krkosek, Martin ^{*,1, 2}, Lewis, Mark^{1, 2}, ¹ Centre for Mathematical Biology, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada² Department of Biological Sciences, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Dreissenid competition: Local exclusion and metapopulation coexistence driven by source-sink dynamics.

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2:30 PM: Muirhead, Jim^*,1, MacIsaac, Hugh¹, ¹ University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, Life-history variation and the dispersal of invasive species in Ontario lakes.

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2:50 PM: Johnson, Ladd^*,1, Bossenbroek, Jonathan², Kraft, Clifford³, ¹ Département de biologie & Québec-Océan, Québec, QC, Canada² Department of Biological Sciences, Notre Dame, IN, USA³ Department of Natural Resources, Ithaca, NY, USA, Patterns and pathways of the post-establishment spread of non-indigenous aquatic species across multiple spatial and temporal extents: the slowing invasion of inland lakes by the zebra mussel.

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3:20 PM: Jones, Lisa^*,1, Ricciardi, Anthony¹, ¹ McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, Predicting the occurrence and abundance of invasive mussels in a large river.

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3:40 PM: Schulz, Kimberly^*,1, Mayer, Christine², Ji, Xinli¹, Qin, Peibing³, ¹ SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY² University of Toledo, Toledo, OH³ Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, Low P and High F: Testing for stoichiometric and ecosystem effects of phosphorus abatement and bivalve filtration.

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4:00 PM: Scheele, Carrie^*,1, Knoll, Lesley², Hall, Donald¹, ¹ Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI² Miami University, Oxford, OH, Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) increase the growth rates of adult bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus) in inland Michigan lakes.

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4:20 PM: Wilson, Karen^*,1, Howell, E. Todd², Jackson, Donald¹, ¹ University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada² Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Toronto, ON, Canada, Detecting long-term change in lake conditions with benthic invertebrate communities: the role of invasive species.

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4:40 PM: Ward, Jessica^*,1, Ricciardi, Anthony¹, ¹ McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, A meta-analysis of the effects of invasive mussels on freshwater benthic communities.

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