8:00 AM

Ghioca, Dana*,1, McMurry, Scott2, Anderson, Todd2, Smith, Loren2, 1 South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD2 Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, Effects of land use on fatty acid profile and lipid weight of spadefoots in playas of the Southern High Plains.

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8:20 AM

Tsai, Jo-Szu*,1, Venne, Louise1, McMurry, Scott1, Smith, Loren1, 1 Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, Avian community composition in playa wetlands: a land use and landscape perspective on the Southern High Plains.

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8:40 AM

Shirley, Laura*,1, Battaglia, Loretta 1, 1 University of Illinois, Carbondale, IL, Assessing vegetation change in coastal landscapes of the northern Gulf of Mexico using National Wetlands Inventory Data.

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9:00 AM

Gallagher, Brett*,1, Heppell, Selina1, 1 Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA, Growth rates and species composition of juvenile rockfish (Sebastes spp.) in nearshore, subtidal, and estuarine habitats.

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9:20 AM

Roth, Brian*,1, Rose, Kenneth1, Rozas, Lawrence2, Minello, Thomas 3, Fry, Brian, 1 Coastal Fisheries Institute, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA2 NOAA Fisheries Service/SEFSC, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA3 NOAA Fisheries Service, Galveston, Texas, USA, How does salt marsh configuration and tidal flooding regime affect the production of brown shrimp (Farfantepenaeus aztecus)?

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9:40 AM

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9:50 AM

Griffith, Katie*,1, 1 University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, Distribution of a parasitic plant in a California salt marsh.

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10:10 AM

Morzaria-Luna, Hem Nalini *,1, Turk Boyer, Peggy1, Castillo López, Alejandro1, Danemann, Gustavo2, Hirsch, Regina M2, 3, Martínez González, Janeth4, Sánchez, Norma4, 1 Centro Intercultural de Estudios de Desiertos y Océanos, A.C., Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico2 Pronatura. Noroeste, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico3 Hirsch Environmental Consulting, Stoughton, WI4 Los Angeles del Estero, A.C., La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, Wetland loss in the Gulf of California: conservation and management approaches.

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10:30 AM

Tewfik, Alexander1, Bell, Susan*,1, 1 Department of Biology, Tampa, Florida, USA, Using infaunal communities to determine functional equivalency of restored seagrass beds: consideration of plant dynamics.

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10:50 AM

Travis, Steven*,1, Sheridan, Pete2, 1 USGS National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA2 NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Panama City Beach, FL, Genetic structure of natural and restored shoalgrass (Halodule wrightii) populations.

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