SFS 2026 Taxanomic Fair Experts & Groups Represented:
- Sean Sullivan - Various
- Bohdan Bilyj - Chiros
- Sarah Spaulding - Diatom
- Fredric Govedich - Leeches
- Michael Broomall - Misc
- Gregory Wallace - Oligochaeta
- John Pfeiffer - Beetles
- Matt Hill W - EPT
Game of Flows: Algal functional groups & their response to the presence and absence of grazers in Texas intermittent riverine pools (#101)
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Benthic Macroinvertebrates and Juvenile Winter Run Chinook Salmon in Sacramento River Side Channels: Indicators of Juvenile Salmonid Habitat Quality (#102)
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The effects of heavy metal contaminants on negative phototaxis behaviors in a common mayfly (#103)
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Unravelling environmental influences on relative biological integrity across national freshwater assessments using interpretable machine learning (#104)
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Spring Into Summer, Crawl Into Fall: How Seasonality Affects the Results of Macroinvertebrate Bioassessments (#105)
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Bioassessment post-introduction of endangered darters in the Muskingum River Watershed (Ohio, USA) (#106)
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A dual-framework approach to stream bioassessment: morphology and DNA metabarcoding (#107)
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Characterizing fluorescence signatures of grass and silver carp milt for environmental detection (#108)
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Advancing wetland forecasts for restoration planning: Can integrating flow better predict food web performance targets? (#109)
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Open Data, Diatoms, and Decision-Making: A Pilot Application of a National Diatom MMI Using NEON Diatom Data (#110)
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Biological assessment of a grazing impacted first-order stream in central California by undergraduate students (#111)
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INVURTS & NEON: Macroscale vs local effects on stream macroinvertebrate community composition (#112)
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Carbon in the Capillaries: DOC Lability from Ice-Wedges to Rivers in Arctic Alaska (#113)
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Climate Change and Decomposition: How Will Temperature and Precipitation Affect Decomposition Rates in Rivers Under Future Climate Scenarios? (#114)
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Permafrost thaw causes hydrologic change in interior Alaskan upland headwater streams. (#115)
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Carbon cycling in a novel floodplain under wet-dry conditions (#116)
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A nitrogen river continuum model (#117)
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Concentration-Discharge Hystereses Reveal the Dominant Hydrological and Biological Controls on Nitrate Concentration Dynamics along the Upper Clark Fork River, Montana, USA (#118)
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Nitrate budget for the Nyack Floodplain reach of the Middle Fork Flathead River (#119)
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Determining InStream Transport and Natural Complexity of eDNA: Using model eDNA methods to determine the drivers of the fate of genetic material in streams (#120)
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Overlooked Nitrogen Dynamics in Reservoir Sediments: Insights from Phosphorus Flux Studies (#121)
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Seasonal fluctuations in greenhouse gas emissions and nutrients across the stream-riparian interface. (#122)
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Distributed embedded system design and performance for dynamic temperature control in tank and mesocosm experiments (#123)
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Thresholds in the responses of Pacific chorus frogs (Pseudacris regilla) to a gradient of temperatures and a heat shock (#124)
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A Comparative Study on Climate Change and Geographic Origin's Impacts on Pseudacris regilla (#125)
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Biodiversity within Kalamazoo River mnomen beds (#126)
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Changes in biological metrics in small streams in the Puget Sound lowlands (#127)
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Effects of Fish on Macroinvertebrate Community Structure in Non-Perennial Streams (#128)
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Effects of elevated and extreme temperature events on freshwater zooplankton assemblages. (#129)
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Using Size Spectra to Analyze the Effects of Sampling Bias on Stream Macroinvertebrates (#130)
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Baseline Survey of a Headwater Stream Before Weir Installation (#131)
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Agriculture in, Algae Out? Land Use Controls on Phytoplankton Species Diversity and Productivity (#132)
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Distribution and diversity of freshwater snails in Ichawaynochaway Creek, southwest Georgia (#133)
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A cryptic concern: In situ surveillance of Cryptosporidium serpentis in wet-prairie dependent snakes of Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area (#134)
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Response of benthic organisms to patterns of alternating channel stability along the Gasconade River, Missouri (USA) (#135)
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The effects of sedimentation on Odonata predator and prey sensing (#136)
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Exploring stream chemistry in post fire watersheds using a large monitoring dataset (#137)
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The Effects of Hydrological Fluctuation and Macrophyte Species on Detrital Food Web Dynamics in Experimental Ponds (#138)
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Defining Blackwater Systems through the Examination of Physicochemical and Biological Parameters (#139)
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Bridging a knowledge gap between the social and the ecological in riverscape restoration on the Willamette River (#140)
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Stream ecosystem metabolism in a dystrophic Scottish highland tributary network. (#141)
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Endocrine and Gonadal Responses of a Tropical Catfish to Anthropogenic Environmental Stressors in Two Nigerian Lagoons (#142)
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Effects of glyphosate on growth and photophysiology of the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa (#143)
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Individual and Combined Effects of Fluoxetine and Microplastics on Physa acuta (#144)
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Comparing Long-Term Educational Pond Studies at a Wildlife Sanctuary and Working Farm with Prior Intensive Inventory Results (#145)
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Kern River in Crisis: Rapid dewatering of the river drastically impacted fish communities (#146)
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Investigating the Osmoregulatory and Physiological Responses of an Aquatic Salamander (Amphiuma means) to Acute Salinity Stress: A Comparison of Coastal and Mainland Populations (#147)
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Using eDNA for Population Monitoring of American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) in the Susquehanna River Basin (#148)
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Modeling Multiple-Stressor Effects on Stream Fish Functional Diversity and Redundancy in the Tennessee River Valley (#149)
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Confirmation of Species Identity and Age Estimation of Pygmy Whitefish from Sullivan Lake WA. (#150)
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Weak complexity-stability relationships in tropical and temperate stream food webs. (#151)
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Dynamics of flow intermittency affect cross-directional trophic subsidies of ephemeral streams (#152)
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Butterflies and turtle tears: lachryphagy is common and widespread in tropical South America (#153)
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Do freshwater mussel beds influence the nutritional quality of aquatic subsidies? (#154)
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Pathways of pigments: Investigating carotenoid dynamics in lake food webs (#155)
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Environmental DNA (eDNA) as a tool for rare freshwater mussel detection and restoration planning (#156)
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Effects of varying preservation methods on freshwater mussel fatty acid profiles (#157)
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Non-lethal methods to create length-mass regressions for freshwater mussels: calculate biomass of two native species in western North America from shell length (#158)
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Assessing native, freshwater mussel distribution in the Great Lakes National Forests (#159)
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Age and growth in five species of freshwater mussels in Bogue Chitto River, Louisiana (#160)
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Exploring historical trends in Wyoming freshwater mussel distribution through an archaeological collection (#161)
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Trends in sediment and nutrient concentrations at multiple temporal scales in a southwest Ohio watershed. (#162)
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Hyporheic resilience: Invertebrate communities minimally affected by variable channel stability along a gravel-bed river. (#163)
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How does fire stewardship affect carbon cycling in wetlands? (#164)
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Limnological monitoring of Lake Roosevelt for tribal fisheries resilience (#165)
3:45 PM
Shapley Solutions for Sustainability: Contextualizing Equitable Cost-Sharing in Rural Water Infrastructure Financing in Nepal (#166)
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Assessing the Impacts of Microplastic Pollution on Lasthenia fremontii in California Vernal Pool Ecosystems (#167)
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Effects of drying frequency and duration on ecosystem metabolism in non-perennial streams (#168)
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Ten Years of Timber Harvest Effects on Stream Intermittency in Southwest Washington (#169)
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Adult emergence in aquatic insects: contrasting intermittent and perennial mountain streams at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest (#170)
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Precipitation Effects on fDOM C-Q Relationships of Intermittent Streams in Kansas (#171)
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National horizon scan of terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates assessing the social media pathway of the pet trade (#172)
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Ecological traits mediate contrasting effects of stream network connectivity on the success of invasive fish (#173)
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Ecological and Hydrological Thresholds Differentiating Native and Non-native Fish Occurrence in Great Plains Streams (#174)
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Combining bioenergetic and demographic modeling to estimate consumption of native organisms by invasive Sacramento Pikeminnow in the Eel River, California (#175)
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Impact of Polystyrene Microplastics on the Bioaccumulation of Silver Nanoparticles in Daphnia magna (#176)
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A survey of gastropods across the state of Missouri using a wide-spread volunteer participatory science network (#177)
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Macroinvertebrate assemblages associated with blackwater streams and wetlands in Alabama (#178)
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Hydropsychidae density and diversity in relation to substrate embeddedness and flow in the Spokane River watershed (#179)
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Cicadas in the Stream: Quantifying Periodical Cicada Drift Densities in Streams (#180)
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Effects of nutrient enrichment and groundwater calcium on gastropod distribution in the Spokane River watershed (#181)
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Evaluating the utility of functional feeding groups for predicting aquatic insect diet: a case study from Sucker Brook, New York, USA (#182)
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Impact of physico-chemical & hydraulic variables and crayfish occurrence on hellgrammite populations (#183)
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Tributary Macroinvertebrate Drift Providing Food Resources to the Mainstem Kootenai River (#184)
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Woody wetlands as productivity hotspots: contrasting macroinvertebrate biomass and diversity across land use gradients in the Pend Oreille Basin (#185)
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Influence of Limestone Quarry Discharge on Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities (#186)
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Developing new genetic barcodes for endemic Idaho snowflies to improve biodiversity conservation and stream monitoring (#187)
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The impacts of wildfire and rising temperatures on Spiny Mayfly (Ephemerellidae) diversity and abundance in the Pend Oreille watershed (#188)
3:45 PM
Does elevation outweigh urbanization in shaping BMI communities? (#189)
3:45 PM
Disentangling climate vulnerability in lentic and lotic odonates using trait-based and geographic metrics (#190)
3:45 PM
Documenting the presence of Plecoptera in fire-affected mountain streams of the H.J Andrews Experimental Forest. (#191)
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New Jersey’s Reference Lake Monitoring Network: A Look at Seven Minimally Disturbed Lakes Across the State (#192)
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From open water to wetland: Evaluating changes in shoreline dynamics in Amazonian floodplain lakes (#193)
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A Disturbance in the Watershed: The Influence of Land Use on Stream Impairment Across New Jersey (#194)
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Assessing the Impact of Flood Potential and Geographic Features on Water Quality and Pollutant Mitigation in Central Massachusetts Water Bodies (#195)
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Assessing land-use and seasonal drivers of volatile and nonvolatile suspended solids in Southwestern Ohio streams (#196)
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We (mostly) haven't used a p-value in ten years, and so can you (#197)
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The Influence of Land Use on the Biotic Composition and Function of Southeastern Coastal Streams (#198)
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Aquatic insect subsidies mediate seasonal bat activity in the Grand Canyon (#199)
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Hidden Reservoirs: Native Fishes Harbor Greater Genetic Diversity Than Nonnatives in the Lower Colorado River–Grand Canyon Ecosystem (#200)
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Microbiome Diversity Differences Amongst Fish Species in the Colorado River. (#201)
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Injury Rates and Condition Factor as Indicators of Health in Native Fish of the Modified Colorado River Ecosystem (#202)
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Development of a Web-based Conservation Map and Prioritization Model for the Middle Rio Grande Riparian Bosque, central New Mexico, USA (#203)
3:45 PM
Environmental drivers of bacterial community composition in 46 headwater streams in the upper Delaware River Basin, USA (#204)
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Arsenic contamination drives homogenizing selection in freshwater lake periphyton (#205)
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Polyphasic identification of filamentous cyanobacteria from anatoxin-a-producing mats in the Shenandoah River (#206)
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Linking Genotype to Phenotype: How Cryptic Diversity Shapes Prymnesium parvum Blooms in Inland Waters (#207)
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Investigating the impacts of land use on aquatic biodiversity within an agricultural watershed using environmental DNA (#208)
3:45 PM
Investigating the impact of glyphosate-containing herbicides on Aeromonas growth (#209)
3:45 PM
Bacterial Isolates from Mill Creek River Pre and Post Fire (#210)
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The combined effect of temperature and light on the growth and photophysiology of the bloom-forming cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa (#211)
3:45 PM
Predator-prey interactions and body morphology of freshwater species under thermal stressors. (#212)
3:45 PM
Aquatic ecosystems under pressure: how anthropogenic land use and flow regimes shape stream macroinvertebrate communities and organic matter decomposition (#213)
3:45 PM
Assessing the influence of specific conductivity on fish traits in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (#214)
3:45 PM
High resolution UV-VIS observations of DOM gradients in the North American Great Lakes (#215)
4:00 PM
Leaf litter decomposition as a proxy for ecosystem services of riparian forest composition with macroinvertebrate and microbial community assessment (#216)
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Leaf litter decomposition patterns at a continental scale: leverage the NEON network to understand detrital food webs (#217)
4:00 PM
Characterizing the Abundance, Composition, and Transport of Fine Particulate Organic Matter (FPOM) in South Sandy Creek Watershed, Alabama (#218)
4:15 PM
Microplastic seasonal variation in coastal shellfish and sediments linked with estuary protection status and watershed anthropogenic development (#219)
4:15 PM
Microplastics in the Tittabawassee-Saginaw River: an analysis of freshwater river microplastic pollution based in varying landscapes (#220)
4:15 PM
Influence of Urbanization on Microplastic Pollution in River Systems: A Comparative Analysis of Brevard (USA) and Karatina (Kenya) (#221)
4:15 PM
Mapping Wetland Inundation Regimes using Google’s AlphaEarth Embeddings: A Case Study in the Florida Everglades (#222)
4:15 PM
Hydroelectric Dam Removal and River Restoration in Elba, AL (#223)
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Building a toolbox for monitoring small estuary restorations in Puget Sound (#224)
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Do constructed wetlands support aquatic top predators? (#225)
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Uncovering the ecological upshots of uncovering urban streams. (#226)
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Hydrologic response to beaver dam analogs in a semi-arid intermittent stream (#227)
4:15 PM
Vegetation restoration impacts on water temperature, light, and insect emergence patterns along Stroubles creek (#228)
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Two years of benthic macroinvertebrate community recovery following low-head dam removal in a semi-arid Rocky Mountain stream (#229)
4:15 PM
The Mountain Futures YouTube Channel: Sharing Mountain Science With a Global Audience (#230)
4:15 PM
Meet the Neighbors: Microcaddisflies (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) of the Willamette Basin, Oregon, USA (#231)
4:15 PM
Community Structure and Food Web Dynamics in the Face of Invasion: Using Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus) as a Model System (#232)
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From Reaches to Regions: A Decade of NEON Sediment Data Reveals Patterns Across Freshwater Ecosystems (#233)
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Characterizing Macrophyte Communities and Abundance of Macroinvertebrates in the Deep Meandering Section of the Kootenai River (#234)
4:15 PM
Investigating spatial patterns of denitrification potential and soil nutrient stocks in a beaver-created ecosystem (#235)
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Do beaver ponds serve as sinks or sources of greenhouse gases? (#236)
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Impact of water temperature and competition on distribution of invasive crayfishes Procambarus clarkii and Faxonius rusticus in an urban river system (#237)
4:15 PM
Drivers of Crayfish Community Composition in the Altamaha River Basin of Georgia (#238)
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Modeling the influence of environmental factors on invasive P. clarkii Catch Per Unit Effort in an urban river system (#239)
4:15 PM
Assessing Aquatic Ecosystem Resilience: Bioaccumulation Potential of 6PPD-Q in Rusty Crayfish (#240)
4:15 PM
Influence of harmful algal blooms on mercury cycling in New York lakes (#241)
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Phytoplankton communities and risk of harmful cyanobacteria blooms in urban stormwater ponds contaminated by road salt (#242)
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Bolstering the mercury biosentinel toolbox: riparian spiders and dragonfly larvae show strong agreement across exposure gradients (#243)
4:15 PM
Experimental insights on how selenium speciation drives sediment, biofilm, and macroinvertebrate bioaccumulation (#244)
4:30 PM
Employing passive samplers for monitoring urban stream health and informing management of 6PPD-q (#245)
4:30 PM
Temporal and interspecific variation in mercury between three avian species in northwest Greenland (#246)
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Ghost Forest Forensics: What drives variation in soil carbon emissions in coastal forested wetlands? (#247)
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From sediment to invertebrates: tracking metal uptake from 27 years of data on the Clark Fork River (#248)
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The Effects of Toxic Trace Metals on Macroinvertebrate Secondary Production in the Spokane River Watershed (#249)
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Concentrations and trends of metals in Alaskan transboundary river sediments (#250)
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Use of long-term dataset to evaluate how strongly selenium concentrations in fine sediment and fine particulate organic matter correlate to selenium concentrations in benthic macroinvertebrate tissues (#251)
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Insecticides in intermittent streams and their effects on non-target macroinvertebrates (#252)
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Seasonal emergence patterns of a diverse assemblage of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera in two non-perennial headwater streams (#253)
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Influences of fish on ameletid mayfly and nemourid stonefly adult body size in two small, non-perennial streams. (#254)
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Spatiotemporal variation in ecosystem functioning in a semi-arid intermittent river (#255)
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Where Cattle Meet the River: Predicting Stream Susceptibility to Grazing Disturbance Using Fuzzy Logic (#256)
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Investigating dispersal modes of macroinvertebrate occupants of mussel beds (#257)
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Ichthyological teaching collection curation by undergraduate students (#258)
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Working at the confluence of wildfire, hydrology, drinking Water, and human dimensions (#260)
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Investigating the role of landscape connectivity on dissolved organic matter and nitrogen dynamics in an ice-wedge permafrost landscape (#261)
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Announcing the second edition of “Where Rivers Are Born: The Scientific Imperative to Protect Small Streams and Wetlands” (#262)
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Diversity and Ecological Roles of Pupil Shapes in Freshwater Stream Fishes of the United States (#263)
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Investigating fish assemblage response to wildfire and fire regime in a wilderness river network. (#264)
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Investigating the predator-permanence hypothesis for macroinvertebrates in southeastern lentic habitats (#265)
4:30 PM
Nutrient Enhancement in the Westside Tributaries to the Kootenai River in Northern Idaho: Using Alternative Measures to Increase Productivity (#266)
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Quantifying areal excretion and egestion rates of endemic freshwater snail Elimia boykiniana in a low-gradient, karst stream (#267)
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Evaluating paired air and stream temperatures as a method to monitor process based restoration (#268)
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Opportunities In Integrated Ecosystem and Water Chemistry Data for Springs in the Valley and Ridge Province of Central Appalachia (#269)
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Hidden in plain sight: freshwater sponges in eastern Washington (#270)
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Impact of urbanization on the behavior of freshwater invertebrates (#271)
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INVURTS + NEON: temperature variability measures for rural and urban streams of the eastern U.S. (#272)
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Does Raw Sewage Fuel Food Webs in Urban Streams with Failing Infrastructure? (#273)
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Restoration monitoring of large floodplain wetland (#274)
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Evaluating the effects of hydrologic variability on the population dynamics of a burrowing crayfish (#275)
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Active vegetation management increases metaphytic mats and shifts aquatic animal communities in degraded wetlands (#276)
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Management of Urban Stormwater Runoff using Green Stormwater Infrastructure (#277)
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