8:00 AM: Declerck, Steven^*,1, Jeppesen, Erik^{2, 6}, Vyverman, Wim³, Conde Porcuna, José Maria⁴, Zwart, Gabriel⁵, De Meester, Luc¹, ¹ Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology, KULeuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium² National Environmental Research Institute, 8600 Silkeborg, Denmark⁶ Dept. of Plant Biology, University of Aarhus, 8230 Riskov, Denmark³ Section of Protistology and Aquatic Ecology, Ugent, 9000 Gent, Belgium⁴ Institute of Water Research, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain⁵ Centre for Limnology, NIOO-KNAW, 3631 Nieuwersluis, The Netherlands, Community structure in multiple aquatic organism groups: Patterns of concordance along gradients of water plant cover, total phosphorus, connectedness and lake size.

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8:20 AM: Brown, Meghan^*,1, ¹ University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN, USA, Defining the role of cumulative environmental stressors in the dormancy of Bythotrephes longimanus diapause eggs.

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8:40 AM: Dornelas, Maria^*,1, Connolly, Sean, Hughes, Terry¹, ¹ Centre for Coral Reef Biodiversity, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Community similarity, neutral dynamics, and coral reef biodiversity.

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9:00 AM: France, Kristin¹, Duffy, J. Emmett¹, ¹ College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, Effects of regional species pool size and dispersal on the variability of ecosystem functions in experimental seagrass metacommunities.

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9:20 AM: Fuller, Susanna^*,, , Faunal associates of colonial marine invertebrates: An examination of broad scale patterns.

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9:50 AM: McCabe, Shelley^*,1, Cyr, Hélène¹, ¹ University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Is there a relationship between environmental variability and benthic diatom community composition?

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10:10 AM: Pauly, Lynette^*,1, Fields, Matthew², Keonig, Carrie ², Hwang, Chiachi², Nowlin, Weston², ¹ College of Saint Mary, Omaha, NE² Miami University, Oxford, OH, Allochthonous input effects on the bacterial community of an aquatic mesocosm.

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10:30 AM: Soto-Santiago, Francisco^*,1, Colón-Rivera, Ricardo¹, Medina-Hernández, Javier¹, García-Ríos, Cedar¹, ¹ University of Puerto Rico at, Humacao, Puerto Rico, Gastropod communities associated to the green calcareous alga Halimeda opuntia.

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10:50 AM: Guerry, Anne, , Grazing, productivity, and diversity: The importance of context.

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11:10 AM: O'Connor, Mary^*,1, Bruno, John², ¹ University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina² University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Cascading diversity effects of omnivorous and carnivorous predators on plant diversity and biomass.

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