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Across Systems and Biomes: Ecology and Evolution of Insects in Aquatic Habitats

Sunday, December 12, 2010: 1:00 PM-5:05 PM
Royal Palm, Salon 5 (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)
Organizers:
Robert F. Smith
Lauren E. Culler
Christopher J. Patrick
Nathan Baker
Jennifer R. Milligan


1:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:10 PM
0147
Should aquatic ecosystem condition be based on taxonomy or ecology or both? A comparison of approaches
Kenneth W. Cummins, Humboldt State University
1:30 PM
0148
Constraints on caddisfly distributions along permanence gradients & ramifications for ecosystem function 
Scott Wissinger, Allegheny College ; Amanda Klemmer, University of British Columbia ; Emily Thornton, Allegheny College ; Hamish S. Greig, University of British Columbia
1:50 PM
0149
The impact of vertebrate predators on wetland macroinvertebrate communities
Jennifer Henke, University of California, Riverside ; William E. Walton, University of California-Riverside
2:10 PM
0150
The little things that move:  How aquatic insects link water to land
Claudio Gratton, University of Wisconsin ; David Hoekman, University of Wisconsin ; Jamin Dreyer, University of Wisconsin ; Randall Jackson, University of Wisconsin ; Phil Townsend, University of Wisconsin ; M. Jake Vander Zanden, University of Wisconsin
2:30 PM
0151
From Patagonia to the Himalayans: Protoptiline caddisfly diversity across oceans and continents
Desiree R. Robertson, University of Minnesota ; Ralph W. Holzenthal, University of Minnesota
2:50 PM
Break
3:05 PM
0152
Continental scale migration by the common green darner dragonfly - mosquito sashimi and mixed genes
Michael L. May, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
3:25 PM
0153
The influence of riverine network structure on patterns of benthic macroinvertebrate diversity and community structure
Bryan L. Brown, Clemson University ; Robert F. Baldwin, Clemson University ; Chris M. Swan, University of Maryland ; Jeremy Pike, Clemson University ; William "Rockie" English, Clemson University
3:45 PM
0154
Local and regional factors influencing aquatic invertebrate production
Matt Whiles, Southern Illinois University ; Denise Walther, Fairbanks Fish and Wildlife Field Office ; Checo Colón-Gaud, Georgia Southern University ; Heidi Rantala, Southern Illinois University
4:05 PM
0155
The interactive effects of warming, predation and eutrophication on the exchange of resources between aquatic and terrestrial environments
Hamish S. Greig, University of British Columbia ; Pavel Kratina, University of British Columbia ; Patrick Thompson, University of British Columbia ; Jonathan B. Shurin, University of California - San Diego ; John S. Richardson, University of British Columbia
4:25 PM
0156
Why do mayflies thrive in trout streams?
Barbara L Peckarsky, University of Wisconsin
4:45 PM
Concluding Remarks
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