Tuesday, December 11, 2001: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Pacific Salon 4-5(Convention Center, Level 2)

Formal Conference--Aquatic Insects: Trends in Aquatic Insect Research in the Western United States

Session Chair(s): William E. Walton
Richard W. Merritt
8:00 AMIntroductory Remarks
8:05 AM0483Trophic interactions of aquatic insects in a southern California constructed treatment wetland
William E. Walton, Karrie Chan, L. Hannah Gould, Joe B. Keiper
8:25 AM0484Spatial determinants of mosquito distribution in a southern California constructed wetland
L. Hannah Gould, Victor Edgerton, Eugene T. Lee
8:45 AM0485Rapid colonization of constructed wetlands by higher Diptera: Comparisons of arid and temperate habitats
Joe B. Keiper, William E. Walton
9:05 AM0486Comparisons of aquatic insect diversity in arid North America: Examples from the Edwards Plateau of Texas and the Colorado Plateau of Utah
C. Riley Nelson
9:25 AM0487Landscape and island biogeographic influences on macroinvertebrate diversity in playa lakes
Dianne L. Hall, M. R. Willig, D. L. Moorhead, R. W. Sites, E. B. Fish, T. R. Mollhagen
9:45 AM0488Invertebrate community structure in Rocky Mountain fens: The influence of hydroperiod and dispersal
Russell B. Rader
10:05 AMBreak
10:20 AM0489Midges, coots, and condos: Trouble in paradise!
Richard W. Merritt, Martin B. Berg, Arshad Ali
10:40 AM0490Origin and consequences of direct development in water mites (Acari: Hydrachnida)
Andrew J. Bohonak, Bruce P. Smith, Jennifer J. Villasenor
11:00 AM0491Undercut banks: A habitat for more than just trout
Marilyn J. Myers, Vincent H. Resh
11:20 AM0492Bionomics of the lotic caddisfly Smicridea fasciatella (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae)
Nathaniel Grundy, Robert L. Smith
11:40 AM0493Flightless bugs and beetles in southwestern mountain island steams
Robert L. Smith, David Lytle, Pablo Goodwyn

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