1:30 PM

Cardinale , Bradley *,1, Downing, Amy2, Duffy, Emmett3, Jouseau, Claire4, Sankaran , Mahesh5, Srivastava, Diane6, Wright, Justin7, 1 University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA2 Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH3 Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA4 Columbia University, New York, NY5 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO6 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada7 Duke University, Durham, NC, Effects of biodiversity on the functioning of ecosystems … what do the data say?

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1:50 PM

France, Kristin*,1, Duffy, J. Emmett1, 1 College of William and Mary and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA, kfrance@vims.edu, Diversity and dispersal interactively affect predictability of ecosystem function in experimentally disturbed seagrass metacommunities.

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2:10 PM

Stachowicz, John*,1, Bracken, Matt1, Graham, Michael2, 1 University of California, Davis, CA2 Moss Landing Marine Labs, Moss Landing, CA, Consequences of seaweed diversity for the structure and functioning of intertidal communities.

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2:30 PM

Wright, Justin*,1, Sutton-Grier, Ariana2, Magwene, Paul1, 1 Department of Biology, Durham, NC2 Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Durham, NC, Le plus ca change: evidence that trait plasticity may alter impacts of functional diversity in variable environments.

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2:50 PM

Chalcraft, David*,1, 1 East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, Scale dependence in functional diversity-productivity relationships.

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3:10 PM

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3:20 PM

Ball, Becky1, Kominoski, John1, Hunter, Mark2, Pringle, Cathy1, Coleman, Dave1, Bradford, Mark1, 1 University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, U.S.A.2 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A., The effects of leaf litter species diversity on decomposition in a forested watershed in the southern Appalachians.

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3:40 PM

Long, Zachary *,1, 2, Bruno, John3, Duffy, J. Emmett1, 1 The School of Marine Sciences, Gloucester Point, Virginia, USA2 Institute of Marine Sciences, Morehead City, NC, USA3 Department of Marine Sciences, Chapel Hill, NC, USA, Biodiversity mediates productivity through different mechanisms at adjacent trophic levels.

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4:00 PM

Snyder, Gretchen*,1, Finke, Deborah1, Snyder, William1, 1 Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA, Predator diversity strengthens herbivore suppression in single- and multiple-prey species communities.

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4:20 PM

McLaren, Jennie*,1, Turkington, Roy1, 1 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Effects of plant functional group identity on ecosystem properties.

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4:40 PM

Bunker, Daniel*,1, DeClerck, Fabrice1, Bradford, Jason2, Colwell, Robert3, Perfecto, Ivette4, Phillips, Oliver5, Sankaran, Mahesh6, Naeem, Shahid1, 1 Columbia University, New York, NY2 Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO3 University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT4 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI5 University of Leeds, Leeds6 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, Species loss and above-ground carbon storage in a tropical forest.

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