Tuesday, 28 October 2003: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

201/213 (Convention Center (Second Floor))

Section C Symposium: Stable Isotopes in Basic and Applied Entomology

Organizer(s): Claudio Gratton
Gail Langellotto
8:00 AMIntroductory Remarks
8:05 AM0541The impacts of nonnative species introductions and cultural eutrophication on the Lake Tahoe food web over time
Sudeep Chandra, Jake Vander Zanden, Brant C. Allen, Bob Richards, John E. Reuter, Charles R. Goldman
8:25 AM0542Using natural abundance stable istopes to examine the feeding ecology of cicadas in tallgrass prairie
Mac A. Callaham, Matt R. Whiles, Paul F. Hendrix, John M. Blair
8:45 AM0543Exploring plant-arthropod mutualisms with stable isotopes
Kenneth Whitney, Jennifer Rudgers
9:05 AM0544Stable isotope applications: Mixing models, error propagation and problems with too many sources
Jillian W. Gregg, Don L. Phillips
9:25 AM0545Use of stable isotopes to determine invertebrate feeding relationships and nutrient cycling in agroecosystems
Chris Hartley, Chris Van Kessel
9:45 AMBreak
10:00 AM0546Evaluating the effectiveness of potential biocontrol agents using stable isotope analysis
Gail Langellotto, Jay A. Rosenheim
10:20 AM0547Alien species and restoration of arthropod food webs
Claudio Gratton, Robert F. Denno
10:40 AM0548Using stable isotopes to assess spatial and temporal scale of resource flows in ecosystems
Jacques Finlay
11:00 AM0549Soil food webs and the interrelationship between above- and below-ground communities
Stefan Scheu
11:20 AM0550Analyses of marine subsidies and trophic structure in island food webs
David Spiller
11:40 AMConcluding Remarks

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