COS 139 - Aquatic Ecology: Streams And Rivers 3

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM PDT

  Microplastics impact on Freshwater Symbiosis; an evolutionary superpower during the Anthropocene?
  

  Presenting Author: Cameron B. Braswell – Virginia Polytechnic University

  Coauthor: Bryan L. Brown – Virginia Tech

  Coauthor: Austin Gray – Virginia Polytechnic University
• 8:15 AM – 8:30 AM PDT

  Calibration and testing of stressor-specific genus sensitivity values and a genera sensitivity ratio metric to assess the causes of impairment in streams
  

  Presenting Author: Michael B. Griffith, Ph.D. – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  Coauthor: Susan M. Cormier, Ph.D. – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM PDT

  Differential effects of salinity and temperature on the survival and growth of three stonefly species
  

  Presenting Author: Katlyn M. Gardner – Utah State University, Dept. of Watershed Sciences

  Coauthor: Charles P. Hawkins – Utah State University
• 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM PDT

  Locally adjusted microbial communities regulate leaf litter decomposition via metabolism
  

  Presenting Author: Jonathan R. Dickey – University of California San Diego

  Coauthor: Sara L. Jackrel – University of California, San Diego
• 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM PDT

  Collapse and expansion of a world-renowned recreational fishery: Steelhead in British Columbia
  

  Presenting Author: Julie Charbonneau, MSc – Simon Fraser University

  Coauthor: Jonathan Moore – Simon Fraser University