KEY DATES

Special Session Submittal Deadline
10 October 2014

Abstract Submittal Opens
3 November 2014

Deadline for Submission of Abstracts
30 January 2015

Presenters Notified of Acceptance
March 2015

Call for Student Volunteers /
Notification of Assignments /
Program Schedule Posted

April 2015

Regular Registration Ends
16 May 2015

MEETINGS

COMMITTEES, BOARD, WORKING GROUP MEETINGS

SATURDAY

SFS FINANCE COMMITTEE

Saturday, May 16, 3:00 pm-6:00 pm
Hilton Hotel, Miller Room, 4th Floor

SUNDAY

FWS EDITORIAL BOARD COMMITTEE
Sunday, May 17, 7:00 am-9:00 am
Hilton Hotel, McArthur Room, 4th Floor

SFS BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
Sunday, May 17, 9:00 am-5:00 pm
Wisconsin Center, Room 103DE

INSTARS ORIENTATION
Sunday, May 17, 1:00-4:00 pm
Wisconsin Center, Room 103C

STREAM RESILIENCY RCN FOOD WEB MODELING WORKING GROUP
Sunday, May 17, 11:00 am-6:00 pm
Wisconsin Center, Room 102C
This meeting is intended to provide instruction and training in the utility, structure, development, and application of empirical and theoretical models to stream food webs.

MONDAY

SFS ENDOWMENT COMMITTEE
Monday, May 18, 8:00 am-9:00 am
Hilton Hotel, Founders Room, 5th Floor

SFS COMMITTEES - LUNCH MEETINGS
Monday, May 18, 12:00 pm-1:30 pm
Hilton Hotel, Wright Ballroom, 4th Floor
ALL COMMITTEES not otherwise listed.
RSVP on registration system

SFS SRC LUNCH MEETING
Monday, May 18, 12:00 pm-1:30 pm
Hilton Hotel, Crystal Ballroom, 5th Floor

TAXONOMIC CERTIFICATION COMMITTEE MEETING
Monday, May 18, 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
Wisconsin Center, Room 102A

SFS SRC STUDENT/MENTOR MIXER
Monday, May 18, 6:30 pm-8:30 pm
Hilton Hotel, Crystal Ballroom, 5th Floor

TUESDAY

SFS PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE
Tuesday, May 19, 7:00 am-9:00 am
Hilton Hotel, Mitchell Room, 4th Floor

2016 HYDROLOGY WORKSHOP PLANNING GROUP
Tuesday, May 19, 12:00 pm-1:30 pm
Hilton Hotel, Mitchell Room, 4th Floor

THE STREON EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM:
STATUS, UPDATES, AND GROUP DISCUSSION

Tuesday, May 19, 12:30 pm-1:30 pm
Hilton Hotel, Walker Room, 4th Floor
The STReams Experimental Observatory Network (STREON) is an experimental initiative that is part of the aquatic program at the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON). This open-access experiment spans sites across North America, and is designed to manipulate stream nutrient concentrations and the presence/absence of large-bodies consumers at 10 NEON aquatic sites, from Puerto Rico to Arctic Alaska. This session is designed to provide an update on the status of STREON and provide a forum for STREON working group discussions. Open to all attendees, lunch is not provided.
Contact:
Stephanie M. Parker, Ph.D., Aquatic Ecologist, National Ecological Observatory Network, sparker@neoninc.org

SFS ENDOWMENT RECEPTION
Tuesday, May 19, 5:30 pm-7:00 pm
Hilton Hotel, Regency Ballroom

WEDNESDAY

SFS MEMBERSHIP LUNCH
Wednesday, May 20, 12:00 pm-1:30 pm
Wisconsin Center, Ballroom ABC

CHAPTER INFORMATION SESSION
Wednesday, May 20, 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
Wisconsin Center, Room 101B

THURSDAY

NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS BREAKFAST
Thursday, May 21, 7:30 am-9:00 am
Hilton Hotel, Regency Ballroom, 5th Floor

FRIDAY

SYNTHESIS FOR SCALER:
SCALE CONSUMERS AND LOTIC ECOSYSTEM RATES

Friday, May 22, 9:00 am-5:00 pm
Hilton Hotel, Oak Room, 5th Floor
Contact: Walter Dodds.
We will explore methods for scaling measurements of ecosystem metabolism and nitrogen uptake from patches, to reaches and whole watersheds. The influence of consumers on those rates and how they scale will be assessed, and a framework for comparisons of scaling across biomes will be developed. We will use data from recently completed experiments to initiate these efforts. Approaches taken will include whole-watershed modeling compared to synoptic sampling and statistical approaches such as structural equations modeling compared across scales.

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