COS 185 - Biodiversity 2

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM PDT

  An overview of variation in biodiversity across the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)
  

  Presenting Author: Eric R. Sokol – National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), Battelle

  Coauthor: Stephanie M. Parker – National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), Battelle

  Coauthor: Sydne Record – Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology, University of Maine
• 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM PDT

  A comparison of the taxonomic and functional diversity of reef fish assemblages on artificial and natural reefs in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
  

  Presenting Author: Michael J. Schram – Univ. of South Florida, College of Marine Science

  Coauthor: Christopher D. Stallings – Univ. of South Florida, College of Marine Science
• 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM PDT

  Habitat loss and simplification lower arthropod richness but not diversity
  

  Presenting Author: Erin Scott – University of Virginia

  Coauthor: Ryan Almeida – Rutgers

  Coauthor: Sam Mcklin – NA

  Coauthor: Alston Lippert – University of Florida Gainesville

  Coauthor: Jake Clary – Miami University

  Coauthor: Carlos Vargas – Davidson College

  Coauthor: Will Hidell – University of Virginia

  Coauthor: Susana Wadgymar – Davidson College

  Coauthor: Kevin Smith – Davidson College
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM PDT

  CANCELLED - The Influence of Marine Protected Areas, Reef Habitat, and Human Population on Changes in Fish Diversity in the Center of Marine Diversity
  

  Presenting Author: John C. Whalen, MS – Old Dominion University

  Coauthor: Rebecca Ruiz – Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

  Coauthor: Chris E. Bird – TAMUCC

  Coauthor: Kent E. Carpenter – Old Dominion University
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM PDT

  Size-based intraspecific trait variation-diversity relationships in freshwater fish across National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) streams and lakes
  

  Presenting Author: Alicia McGrew – Institute for Watershed Studies, Western Washington University

  Coauthor: Crysta Gantz – Institute for Watershed Studies, Western Washington University / Department of Environmental Science and Management, Portland State University

  Coauthor: Brigid Wills – Western Washington University

  Coauthor: Lala Kounta – Michigan State University

  Coauthor: Angela Strecker – Institute for Watershed Studies, Western Washington University

  Coauthor: Benjamin Baiser – Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida

  Coauthor: Sydne Record – Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology, University of Maine

  Coauthor: Phoebe L. Zarnetske – Department of Integrative Biology; Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program; Institute for Biodiversity, Ecology, Evolution, and Macrosystems, Michigan State University
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM PDT

  Who needs old growth forests? Multi-taxa biodiversity surveys of forests in the Pacific Northwest
  

  Coauthor: Marie Irene Tosa – Oregon State University

  Coauthor: Damon B. Lesmeister – USDA Forest Service, Oregon State University

  Coauthor: Hankyu Kim – University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Coauthor: Matthew G. Betts – Oregon State University

  Coauthor: Douglas Yu – University of East Anglia

  Presenting Author: Taal Levi – Oregon State University