To the FWGNA group:

I'm pleased to report that the Program & Abstracts booklet from the Charleston meeting of the American Malacological Society is now available as a PDF download from the AMS web site:
http://erato.acnatsci.org/ams/

The meeting featured an astonishing 43 papers and posters dealing with freshwater gastropods.  Below you will find a complete list, together with the page each abstract appears in the Program booklet.

Enjoy!
Rob
 

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Freshwater Gastropod Presentations at AMS2002
Charleston, SC.

Christian Albrecht, Kerstin Kuhn, Thomas Wilke & Bruno Streit -  Page 19
Anatomical and molecular character evolution in the Basommatophora: conflict or congruence?

John Alderman - Page 20
Evolution of aquatic habitat conservation in North Carolina.

Tamara K. Anderson - Page 22
Where Are They Now?  Current U. S. distribution of Melanoides tuberculata, an exotic freshwater snail.

Susan M. Bandoni - Page 23
Planorbid laboratory stocks: Genetic variability, history and scientific communication.

Frida Ben-Ami - Page 24
Parthenogenesis: Red Queen vs. Reproductive Assurance.

Arthur E. Bogan, Morgan Raley, and Jay Levine - Page 27
Conservation status of the Magnificent Ramshorn (Planorbella magnifica (Pilsbry, 1903), endemic to the lower Cape Fear River Basin, North Carolina (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Planorbidae).

Nora Brinkmann - Page 29
Are there two distinct viviparous modes in Balanocochlis?   On the reproductive anatomy and biogeography of an  enigmatic Indopacific freshwater gastropod  (Cerithioidea, Thiaridae).

David K. Britton - Page 30
The influence of temperature and shell growth rate on shell shape in five inbred lines of the freshwater pulmonate snail, Physella virgata.

Kenneth M. Brown, Kevin R. Carman, and Elizabeth K. Lotufo - Page 31
What can radio-isotope methods tell us about grazing in Physella?

Kenneth M. Brown & Paul D. Johnson -   Page 32
The way they were versus the way they are: comparative conservation ecology of pulmonate and pleurocerid gastropods.

James R. Cordeiro - Page 37
Proliferation of the Chinese mystery snail, Cipangopaludina chinensis malleata (Reeve, 1863) (Gastropoda: Viviparidae), throughout Connecticut.

Thomas J. DeWitt & R. Brian Langerhans - Page 42
Multivariate selection and emergent ecological impacts of multiple predators.

Thomas J. DeWitt & R. Brian Langerhans - Page 43
Morphometrics Workshop-A practical guide to the study of size & shape in ecology and evolution.

Robert T. Dillon, Jr.
But a single step: The freshwater gastropods of South Carolina.

Matthias Glaubrecht - Page 47
Leopold von Buch's legacy: treating species as dynamic natural entities, or Why geography matters.

Robert Guralnick. - Page 50
A Molluscan Informatics Utopia: Challenges and Approaches For Data Sharing and Date Use for Conservation and Biodiversity.

Steven G. Johnson - Page 54
Spatial patterns of genetic structure, armature and coloration in Mexipyrgus churinceanus.

Eileen Jokinen - Page 55
Mollusks of the Aquatic Communities of Miller Woods in the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.

R. Brian Langerhans - Page 59
Plasticity constrained: Overgeneralized induction cues cause maladaptive phenotypes.

Charles Lydeard - Page 63
The Phylogenetic Species Concept and its application in the conservation of freshwater mollusks.

Steven J. Lysne - Page 64
Experimental studies on the substrate preference of two gastropods endemic to the middle Snake River, Idaho, USA.

Steven J. Lysne and Peter Koetsier -  Page 65
Experimental studies on the temperature tolerance of two gastropods endemic to the middle Snake River, Idaho, USA.

Thomas M. McCarthy - Page 68
Effects of time, predation risk and relatedness on behavior during mating interactions.

Robert F. McMahon - Page 72
A 15-year study of intrapopulation, interannual shell-shape variation in the freshwater pulmonate limpet, Hebetancylus excentricus.

E. Michel, P. McIntyre, Kristin France, and  Jonathan Todd - Page 74
Direct and Indirect Effects of Sedimentation on Rocky Littoral Gastropods of Lake Tanganyika.

E.L. Mihalcik, and F. G. Thompson - Page 75
Interspecific and intraspecific assessment of mtDNA CO1 of the freshwater snail Elimia curvicostata complex with the southeastern rivers of Florida, Georgia, and Alabama (GASTROPODA: PLEUROCERIDAE).

Russell L. Minton and Steven P. Savarese, Jr. - Page 77
A new species of pleurocerid snail from the Harpeth River, Tennesee.

Kathryn Perez, W. F. Ponder, D. J. Colgan, C. Lydeard, and Stephanie Walker - Page 86
Evolutionary Radiation of Spring-Snails (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae) of the Great Artesian Basin, Australia.

Robert S. Prezant, Eric J. Chapman  & James A. Beemer - Page 88
Comparative Molluscan Assemblages of West Point Military Academy Drainages.

David C. Richards, Dianne Cazier Shinn, and Billie L. Kerans - Page 92
The invasive New Zealand mudsnail Potamopyrgus antipodarum in Western USA.

Douglas N. Shelton - Page 95
The Freshwater Gastropods of Mississippi: Pioneer Survey Efforts in the 21st  Century.

Jeffrey D. Sides - Page 96
Phylogenetic systematics and conservation status of the Pleurocera of the Mobile Basin.

James W. Smith - Page 97
Qualitative Pest Risk Analysis of the Channeled Applesnail, Pomacea canaliculata, and its Significance to Rice Production in the United States.

Thomas P. Smith, Amy R. Wethington and R. T. Dillon - Page 98
Evidence of social facilitation from interspecific crosses in Physa.

Timothy W. Stewart and Robert T. Dillon, Jr. - Page 101
Geographic distribution and conservation status of Virginia's freshwater gastropods.

Fred G. Thompson and E.L. Mihalcik - Page 103
The freshwater snails of the Elimia curvicostata complex from the southeastern rivers of Florida, Georgia, and Alabama (GASTROPODA:  PLEUROCERIDAE).

Andrew M. Turner - Page 107
Nonlethal effects of predators on behavior and growth of Physa integra: comparing mesocosm and field experiments. Multivariate selection and emergent ecological impacts of multiple predators.

Andrea Walther & John B. Burch - Page 112
Biogeographic and phylogenetic studies of freshwater limpets.

Brian Watson - Page 113
Developing a successful freshwater snail inventory and conservation program within a State Resource Agency.

Amy R. Wethington - Page 117
Pulmonate snails as models:  Three case studies involving sex allocation, life history, and phenotypic plasticity

Amy R. Wethington - Page 118
Conservation issues concerning the endangered Physa (Physella) johnsoni, the Banff Springs Snail.

Thomas Wilke, Markus Pfenninger & George M. Davis - Page 119
Shaken not stirred: phylogeography of Oncomelania hupensis hupensis in the Yangtze River.

ShuPing Wu - Page 121
Reproductive Biology and Accelerated Effect of Abnormal Embryos of fresh water snail Pleurocridae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) in N. E. Taiwan.