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Program-at-a-Glance


Technical Program

SATURDAY
May 16
SUNDAY
May 17
MONDAY
May 18
TUESDAY
May 19
WEDNESDAY
May 20
THURSDAY
May 21
FRIDAY
May 22
SATURDAY
May 23
AM PM AM PM AM PM AM PM AM PM AM PM AM PM AM PM
Contributed Sessions           Bioassessment I
1:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Community Ecology I
1:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Management of Aquatic Systems I
1:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Organic Matter Processing I
1:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Biogeochemistry I
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Community Ecology II
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Land/Water Interfaces I
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Management of Aquatic Systems II
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM 
Biogeochemistry II
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Community Ecology III
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Food Webs I
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Large River Ecology
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Biogeochemistry III
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Disturbance Ecology I
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Urban Ecology
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM 
Poster - Bioassessment
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster - Biogeochemistry
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster - Community Ecology
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster - Conservation Ecology
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster - Disturbance Ecology
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster - Ecotoxicology
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster - Fish Ecology
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster - Food Webs
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster - Geomorphology
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster - Hydrologic Processes
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster - Hyporheic Processes
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster - Land/Water Interfaces
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster - Large River Ecology
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster - Lentic Ecology
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster - Management of Aquatic Systems
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster - Microbial Ecology
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster - Mollusks
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster - Organic Matter Processing
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster - Periphyton
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster - Population Ecology
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster - Production Ecology
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster - Restoration Ecology
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster - Urban Ecology
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster - Wetlands
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM 
Bioassessment II
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Disturbance Ecology II
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Fish Ecology I
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Food Webs II
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Population Ecology I
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Biogeochemistry IV
10:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Community Ecology IV
10:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Food Webs III
10:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Restoration Ecology I
10:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Wetlands I
10:15 AM - 12:00 PM 
Biogeochemistry V
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Community Ecology V
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Landscapes
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Management of Aquatic Systems III
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Mollusks
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Bioassessment III
4:00 PM - 5:45 PM
Organic Matter Processing II
4:00 PM - 5:45 PM
Restoration Ecology II
4:00 PM - 5:45 PM
Wetlands II
4:00 PM - 5:45 PM 
Disturbance Ecology III
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Land/Water Interfaces II
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Periphyton
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Fish Ecology II
10:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Population Ecology II
10:15 AM - 12:00 PM 
Community Ecology VI
1:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Conservation Ecology
1:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Bioassessment IV
3:30 PM - 5:15 PM 
       
Other Meeting Activities   Finance Committee Meeting/Dinner
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Endowment Committee Meeting
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM 
Editorial Board Meeting/Breakfast
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM
GRC Workshop
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Executive Committee Meeting
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Ecotoxicology Workshop
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Mayfly Taxonomic Workshop
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
OTIS Workshop
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM 
Diversity Roundtable
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Registration, Internet Cafe, Presentation Loading
1:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Student Volunteer Orientation
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Exhibitor Setup
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Dinner on Your Own
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Opening Session
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
All Society Mixer
9:30 PM - 11:30 PM 
Registration, Internet Cafe, Presentation Loading
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Exhibitors
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Taxonomic Certification
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Break
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Lunch on Your Own / Committee Meetings
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM 
Awards Committee
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Conservation and Environmental Issues Committee
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Constitutional Revision Committee
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Education and Diversity Committee
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Elections and Place Committee
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Graduate Resources Committee
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
International Profile Committee
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Literature Review Committee
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Long Range Planning Committee
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Public Information and Publicity Committee
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Science and Policy Committee
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Taxonomic Certification Committee
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Technical Issues Committee
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Contributed and Special Sessions
1:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Poster Setup
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Break
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Contributed and Special Sessions
3:30 PM - 6:15 PM
Endowment Reception
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Graduate Student/Mentor Mixer
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
All Society Mixer
8:00 PM - 11:30 PM 
Poster Setup
7:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Registration, Internet Cafe, Presentation Loading
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Contributed and Special Sessions
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Exhibitors
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Break
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Contributed and Special Sessions
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM 
Lunch on Your Own
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Poster Sessions
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Taxonomy Fair
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster Takedown
4:30 PM - 11:30 PM
Fun Run
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Society Mixer
8:00 PM - 11:30 PM
GRC Auction
8:30 PM - 9:30 PM 
New Executive Committee Breakfast
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Registration, Internet Cafe, Presentation Loading
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Contributed and Special Sessions
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Exhibitors
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Break
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Contributed and Special Sessions
10:15 AM - 12:00 PM 
Membership Lunch and Business Meeting
12:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Contributed and Special Sessions
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Break
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Contributed and Special Sessions
4:00 PM - 5:45 PM
Banquet
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
After Banquet Mixer
8:30 PM - 11:30 PM 
Registration, Internet Cafe, Presentation Loading
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Contributed and Special Sessions
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Exhibitors
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Break
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Contributed and Special Sessions
10:15 AM - 12:00 PM 
Lunch on Your Own
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Contributed and Special Sessions
1:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Break
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Contributed and Special Sessions
3:30 PM - 5:15 PM 
Digital Photography Workshop
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Excursions
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Causal Analysis Workshop
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM 
  Digital Photography Workshop
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM 
 
Plenary Sessions         Plenary Session - Climate Change: Interfacing Science, Sustainability, and Aquatics I
8:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Plenary Session - Climate Change: Interfacing Science, Sustainability, and Aquatics II
9:45 AM - 11:30 AM 
                     
Special Sessions           Special Session - Environmental Barcoding: Genomic Solutions for Biomonitoring
1:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Special Session - Freshwater Mussel Conservation: Pathways for Recovery in the Great Lakes Basin I
1:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Special Session - Freshwater Mussel Conservation: Pathways for Recovery in the Great Lakes Basin II
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Special Session - Population and Economic Growth Versus Biodiversity Conservation
3:30 PM - 6:15 PM 
Special Session - Causal Assessment – From the General to the Specific using Bioassessment Data I
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Special Session - Towards an Understanding of Eco-evolutionary Processes in Freshwaters I
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Special Session - Application of Landscape, Bioassessment and Predictive Models in Stream Ecology
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Special Session - Causal Assessment – From the General to the Specific using Bioassessment Data II
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Special Session - Towards an Understanding of Eco-evolutionary Processes in Freshwaters II
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM 
  Special Session - Developing Flow-ecology Response Relations to Support Regional Streamflow Management I
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Special Session - Developing Flow-ecology Response Relations to Support Regional Streamflow Management II
10:15 AM - 12:00 PM 
Special Session - Applying the Biological Condition Gradient for Protecting Our Waters - Regional and State Experiences I
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Special Session - Applying the Biological Condition Gradient for Protecting Our Waters - Regional and State Experiences II
4:00 PM - 5:45 PM
Special Session - Metacommunities in Riverine Ecosystems
4:00 PM - 5:45 PM 
Special Session - Impacts of Agriculture on Stream Ecosystems I
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Special Session - Advances in Stream Biogeochemistry: The Legacy and Promise of 30 Years of the Nutrient Spiralling Concept I
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Special Session - Using Best Available Science to Protect and Restore Aquatic Systems: Integrating Advances in Ecological Theory into Assessment Approaches and Management Applications I
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Special Session - Impacts of Agriculture on Stream Ecosystems II
10:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Special Session - Advances in Stream Biogeochemistry: The Legacy and Promise of 30 Years of the Nutrient Spiralling Concept II
10:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Special Session - Basic and Applied Ecological Research on the US Mid-continent Great Rivers I
10:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Special Session - Using Best Available Science to Protect and Restore Aquatic Systems: Integrating Advances in Ecological Theory into Assessment Approaches and Management Applications II
10:15 AM - 12:00 PM 
Special Session - Integration and Application of Watershed Research I
1:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Special Session - Basic and Applied Ecological Research on the US Mid-continent Great Rivers II
1:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Special Session - Measures of Stream Ecosystem Function: An Applied Perspective I
1:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Special Session - Using Best Available Science to Protect and Restore Aquatic Systems: Integrating Advances in Ecological Theory into Assessment Approaches and Management Applications III
1:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Special Session - Integration and Application of Watershed Research II
3:30 PM - 5:15 PM
Special Session - Basic and Applied Ecological Research on the US Mid-continent Great Rivers III
3:30 PM - 5:15 PM
Special Session - Measures of Stream Ecosystem Function: An Applied Perspective II
3:30 PM - 5:15 PM