NABS 57th Annual Meeting (16-23 May, 2009)

Saturday, May 16, 2009

5:00 PM-8:00 PM

Finance Committee Meeting/Dinner

7:00 PM-9:00 PM

Endowment Committee Meeting
Jackson R. Webster

Sunday, May 17, 2009

7:00 AM-9:00 AM

Editorial Board Meeting/Breakfast

8:30 AM-5:00 PM

GRC Workshop
Natalie A. Griffiths

9:00 AM-4:00 PM

Executive Committee Meeting
Michael J. Paul

9:00 AM-5:00 PM

Ecotoxicology Workshop
David L. Feldman

Mayfly Taxonomic Workshop
David L. Feldman

10:00 AM-3:00 PM

OTIS Workshop
David L. Feldman

1:00 PM-5:00 PM

Diversity Roundtable
Judith L. Li

1:00 PM-7:00 PM

Registration, Internet Cafe, Presentation Loading

4:00 PM-5:00 PM

Student Volunteer Orientation

4:00 PM-7:00 PM

Exhibitor Setup
Stephanie Ogren

5:00 PM-7:00 PM

Dinner on Your Own

7:00 PM-9:30 PM

Opening Session

9:30 PM-11:30 PM

All Society Mixer

Monday, May 18, 2009

7:00 AM-5:00 PM

Registration, Internet Cafe, Presentation Loading

8:00 AM-5:00 PM

Exhibitors
Stephanie Ogren

Taxonomic Certification

8:15 AM-9:30 AM

Plenary Session - Climate Change: Interfacing Science, Sustainability, and Aquatics I

9:30 AM-9:45 AM

Break

9:45 AM-11:30 AM

Plenary Session - Climate Change: Interfacing Science, Sustainability, and Aquatics II

11:30 AM-1:30 PM

Lunch on Your Own / Committee Meetings

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

Awards Committee
Nancy Tuchman

Conservation and Environmental Issues Committee
Donna R. Kashian

Constitutional Revision Committee
Jack W. Feminella

Education and Diversity Committee
Randy Fuller

Elections and Place Committee
R. Jan Stevenson

Graduate Resources Committee
Lisa Kunza

International Profile Committee
Eugčnia Martí

Literature Review Committee
Donald W. Webb

Long Range Planning Committee
Joseph R. Holomuzki

Public Information and Publicity Committee
Sherri L. Johnson

Science and Policy Committee
Betsy A. Colburn

Taxonomic Certification Committee
Bernard W. Sweeney

Technical Issues Committee
David L. Feldman

1:30 PM-3:15 PM

Organic Matter Processing I
John S. Kominoski

Community Ecology I
Daniel D. Magoulick

Bioassessment I
John Van Sickle

Special Session - Environmental Barcoding: Genomic Solutions for Biomonitoring
Donald J. Baird and Bernard W. Sweeney

Special Session - Freshwater Mussel Conservation: Pathways for Recovery in the Great Lakes Basin I
Dave Zanatta and Daelyn Woolnough

Management of Aquatic Systems I
Leon C. Hinz Jr.

Contributed and Special Sessions

1:30 PM-5:00 PM

Poster Setup
Carl R. Ruetz III

3:15 PM-3:30 PM

Break

3:30 PM-5:30 PM

Biogeochemistry I
Peter S. Levi

Community Ecology II
Heidi M. Rantala

Land/Water Interfaces I
Amy D. Rosemond

Special Session - Freshwater Mussel Conservation: Pathways for Recovery in the Great Lakes Basin II
Dave Zanatta and Daelyn Woolnough

Management of Aquatic Systems II
Peter C. Smiley Jr.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

7:00 AM-12:00 PM

Poster Setup
Carl R. Ruetz III

7:00 AM-5:00 PM

Registration, Internet Cafe, Presentation Loading

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

Biogeochemistry II
Amy J. Burgin

Community Ecology III
Checo Colón-Gaud

Large River Ecology
Barbara Centis

Food Webs I
Jonathan P. Benstead

Special Session - Causal Assessment – From the General to the Specific using Bioassessment Data I
Michael B. Griffith

Special Session - Towards an Understanding of Eco-evolutionary Processes in Freshwaters I
Christopher T. Robinson and Jane Hughes

Contributed and Special Sessions

8:00 AM-5:00 PM

Exhibitors
Stephanie Ogren

10:00 AM-10:15 AM

Break

10:15 AM-12:15 PM

Special Session - Application of Landscape, Bioassessment and Predictive Models in Stream Ecology
Ian R. Waite

Biogeochemistry III
Gaston E. Small IV

Disturbance Ecology I
Hiram W. Li

Urban Ecology
Mary E. Ogdahl

Special Session - Causal Assessment – From the General to the Specific using Bioassessment Data II
Michael B. Griffith

Special Session - Towards an Understanding of Eco-evolutionary Processes in Freshwaters II
Christopher T. Robinson and Jane Hughes

Contributed and Special Sessions

12:15 PM-1:30 PM

Lunch on Your Own

1:30 PM-4:30 PM

Poster - Bioassessment

Poster - Biogeochemistry

Poster - Community Ecology

Poster - Conservation Ecology

Poster - Disturbance Ecology

Poster - Ecotoxicology

Poster - Fish Ecology

Poster - Food Webs

Poster - Geomorphology

Poster - Hydrologic Processes

Poster - Hyporheic Processes

Poster - Land/Water Interfaces

Poster - Large River Ecology

Poster - Lentic Ecology

Poster - Management of Aquatic Systems

Poster - Microbial Ecology

Poster - Mollusks

Poster - Organic Matter Processing

Poster - Periphyton

Poster - Population Ecology

Poster - Production Ecology

Poster - Restoration Ecology

Poster - Urban Ecology

Poster - Wetlands

Poster Sessions
Carl R. Ruetz III

Taxonomy Fair

4:30 PM-11:30 PM

Poster Takedown
Carl R. Ruetz III

5:00 PM-7:30 PM

Fun Run
Matthew J. Cooper

8:00 PM-11:30 PM

Society Mixer

8:30 PM-9:30 PM

GRC Auction
J. B. Ramsey

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

7:00 AM-8:00 AM

New Executive Committee Breakfast

7:00 AM-5:00 PM

Registration, Internet Cafe, Presentation Loading

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

Population Ecology I
Jill Lancaster

Disturbance Ecology II
Eric B. Snyder

Bioassessment II
Jennifer O. Wilhelm

Food Webs II
Daniel E. Spooner

Fish Ecology I
Keith B. Gido

Special Session - Developing Flow-ecology Response Relations to Support Regional Streamflow Management I
Jonathan G. Kennen and N. LeRoy Poff

Contributed and Special Sessions

8:00 AM-5:00 PM

Exhibitors
Stephanie Ogren

10:00 AM-10:15 AM

Break

10:15 AM-12:00 PM

Biogeochemistry IV
Robert O. Hall Jr.

Community Ecology IV
Billie L. Kerans

Food Webs III
Joseph R. Benjamin

Restoration Ecology I
Christy Violin

Wetlands I
Joseph R. Holomuzki

Special Session - Developing Flow-ecology Response Relations to Support Regional Streamflow Management II
Jonathan G. Kennen and N. LeRoy Poff

Contributed and Special Sessions

12:00 PM-2:15 PM

Membership Lunch and Business Meeting

2:15 PM-3:45 PM

Biogeochemistry V
Brian J. Roberts

Community Ecology V
David C. Richardson

Landscapes
Geoffery C. Poole

Mollusks
Carla L. Atkinson

Management of Aquatic Systems III
Dave Arscott

Special Session - Applying the Biological Condition Gradient for Protecting Our Waters - Regional and State Experiences I
Wayne S. Davis, Susan Jackson and Evan Hornig

Contributed and Special Sessions

3:45 PM-4:00 PM

Break

4:00 PM-5:45 PM

Organic Matter Processing II
Elizabeth B. Sudduth

Special Session - Metacommunities in Riverine Ecosystems
Christopher Swan and Bryan L. Brown

Bioassessment III
Paula C. Furey

Restoration Ecology II
Matthew W. O'Neill

Wetlands II
Timothy W. Stewart

Special Session - Applying the Biological Condition Gradient for Protecting Our Waters - Regional and State Experiences II
Wayne S. Davis, Susan Jackson and Evan Hornig

Contributed and Special Sessions

6:00 PM-9:00 PM

Banquet

8:30 PM-11:30 PM

After Banquet Mixer

Thursday, May 21, 2009

7:00 AM-5:00 PM

Registration, Internet Cafe, Presentation Loading

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
Dana Infante and Li Wang

Special Session - Advances in Stream Biogeochemistry: The Legacy and Promise of 30 Years of the Nutrient Spiralling Concept I
Eugčnia Martí and Nancy B. Grimm

Land/Water Interfaces II
Matthew J. Cohen

Disturbance Ecology III
Christoph D. Matthaei

Periphyton
Thad Scott

Special Session - Impacts of Agriculture on Stream Ecosystems I
Joseph M. Culp and Patricia Chambers

Contributed and Special Sessions

8:00 AM-5:00 PM

Exhibitors
Stephanie Ogren

10:00 AM-10:15 AM

Break

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
Eugčnia Martí and Nancy B. Grimm

Population Ecology II
Alicia S. Schultheis

Special Session - Basic and Applied Ecological Research on the US Mid-continent Great Rivers I
Brian H. Hill and Theodore R. Angradi

Fish Ecology II
Fabio Lepori

Special Session - Impacts of Agriculture on Stream Ecosystems II
Joseph M. Culp and Patricia Chambers

Contributed and Special Sessions

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

Lunch on Your Own

1:30 PM-3:15 PM

Special Session - Measures of Stream Ecosystem Function: An Applied Perspective I
Brent Johnson and Ken M. Fritz

Special Session - Integration and Application of Watershed Research I
Michael J. Wiley and R. Jan Stevenson

Special Session - Basic and Applied Ecological Research on the US Mid-continent Great Rivers II
Brian H. Hill and Theodore R. Angradi

Conservation Ecology
Marco Cantonati

Community Ecology VI
T. Garrison Sanders Jr.

Contributed and Special Sessions

3:15 PM-3:30 PM

Break

3:30 PM-5:15 PM

Bioassessment IV
Nathan J. Smucker

Special Session - Measures of Stream Ecosystem Function: An Applied Perspective II
Brent Johnson and Ken M. Fritz

Special Session - Integration and Application of Watershed Research II
R. Jan Stevenson and Michael J. Wiley

Special Session - Basic and Applied Ecological Research on the US Mid-continent Great Rivers III
Brian H. Hill and Theodore R. Angradi

Contributed and Special Sessions

Friday, May 22, 2009

8:00 AM-6:00 PM

Digital Photography Workshop

Excursions

9:00 AM-5:00 PM

Causal Analysis Workshop

Saturday, May 23, 2009

8:00 AM-6:00 PM

Digital Photography Workshop