1:30 PM

Lennon, Jay*,1, Marston, Marcie2, Martiny, Jennifer1, 1 Brown University, Providence, RI2 Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI, Direct and indirect effects of viruses on the ecology and evolution of microbial food webs.

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1:50 PM

Bowers, Jonathan*,1, Meier, Albert1, Mirian, Benyamin1, 1 Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, Connectance modification of food webs.

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2:10 PM

Bagdassarian, Carey*,1, Dunham, Amy 2, Palesko , Amy 1, Raucher, Dan3, Brown, Christopher 1, 1 Department of Chemistry, Williamsburg, VA, USA2 Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Williamsburg, VA, USA3 Department of BIology, Williamsburg, VA, USA, Environmental feedbacks promote species persistence in food-webs.

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2:30 PM

Laws, Angela*,1, Belovsky, Gary1, 1 University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, Effects of temperature on tri-trophic interactions in an old field model food chain.

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2:50 PM

Mitchell, Richard*,1, Feminella, Jack1, 1 Auburn University, Auburn, AL, Influence of crayfish on macroinvertebrate assemblages in a heterotrophic, sandy-bottom stream.

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3:10 PM

, Break.

3:40 PM

Allesina, Stefano*,1, Pascual, Mercedes1, 1 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Quasi sign-stability in large food webs: consequences of small network motifs.

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4:00 PM

Geddes, Pamela*,1, 1 Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, Experimental evidence that subsidy quality affects the stability of zooplankton communities.

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4:20 PM

Layman, Craig*,1, 1 Yale University, New Haven, CT, Can stable isotope ratios provide a quantitative measure of trophic diversity within food webs?

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4:40 PM

Murphy, Shannon*,1, Denno, Robert1, 1 Department of Entomology, College Park, Md, The effects of a nutrient pulse versus nutrient press on the structure of an arthropod food-web.

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