1:30 PM: Mettler-Cherry, Paige^*,1, Smith, Marian ², Heimann, David³, ¹ Biology Department, St. Charles, MO, 63301² Department of Biological Sciences, Edwardsville, IL, 62026³ United States Geolgical Survey, Lees Summit, MO, USA, Floodplain forest composition and hydrologic dynamics of the Horton Bottoms Natural Area, Vernon County, Missouri, USA.

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1:50 PM: Diggins, Thomas^*,1, Fairchild, William ¹, Pfeil, Erin¹, Kolenick, Joseph¹, ¹ Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH, USA, Primary succession of riparian broadleaf woodlands in Zoar Valley Canyon, New York, USA.

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2:10 PM: Engelhardt, Katharina^*,1, ¹ University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Frostburg, MD, 21532, Effect of riparian buffer diversity and width on stem biomass and nativeness.

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2:30 PM: Scribner, Nick^{*,1, 2}, Bozek, Michael^{1, 2}, Cook, James², Rice, Keith², ¹ Wisconsin Coopertive Fisheries Research Unit, Stevens Point, WI, USA² University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI, USA, Riparian area-littoral linkages: Forecasting recruitment of coarse woody structure from riparian areas to a north temperate lake littoral zone in Wisconsin.

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2:50 PM: Copeland, Erin^*,1, Keeton, William^*,1, Sullivan, Mazeika, ¹ University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA, Riparian vegetation structural variability and linkages with stream geomorphology in the Lake Champlain Basin, Vermont.

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3:20 PM: Keeland, Bobby^*,1, ¹ USGS, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA, USA, Flooding and natural regeneration of baldcypress (Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich.) at Caddo Lake, Texas.

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3:40 PM: Frederick, Heather¹, Walbridge, Mark¹, ¹ West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA, Forest composition and nutrient limitation in alluvial and blackwater floodplain forests of the southeastern United States.

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4:00 PM: Hoeppner, Susanne^*,1, Shaffer, Gary², Perkins, Thais², ¹ Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA² Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA, USA, Of droughts and hurricanes: A five-year study of the degraded cypress-tupelo swamps in the Lake Maurepas wetlands, Louisiana.

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4:20 PM: Baker, Sue^{*,1, 2}, Richardson, Alastair¹, Barmuta, Leon¹, Thomson, Russell^{1, 3}, ¹ University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia² CRC for Sustainable Production Forestry, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia³ Menzies Research Institute, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, Unexpected response of terrestrial litter beetles to riparian zones of first order streams in Australian wet eucalypt forest.

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4:40 PM: Hart, Stephanie^*,1, Hibbs, David¹, Perakis, Steven^{1, 2}, ¹ Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR² USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Corvallis, OR, Riparian litter inputs to streams in the Central Oregon Coast Range.

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