Session: Marine Ecology II (AFS 140th Annual Meeting)

Tuesday, September 14, 2010: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

317 (Convention Center)

Moderator:

Danielle M. Greer, PhD

8:00 AM

14-1

The influence of temperature on the distribution of monkfish (Lophius americanus V.)
Daniel W. Cullen, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Anne Richards, PhD, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, NMFS/NOAA; A.K. Johnson, PhD, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

8:20 AM

14-2

Spawning movements of winter flounder in the southern gulf of Maine
Elizabeth A. Fairchild, PhD, University of New Hampshire

8:40 AM

14-3

Assessing river herring nursery habitat in Albemarle Sound tributaries using otolith chemistry
Daniel H. Zapf, East Carolina University; Roger A. Rulifson, PhD, East Carolina University

9:00 AM

14-4

Interannual variation in female reproductive energetics: The importance of energy reserves on Chesapeake Bay striped bass reproductive potential
Adam C. Peer, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Thomas J. Miller, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

9:20 AM

14-5

Historical and recent patterns of marine biodiversity in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank
Jamie Marie Cournane, University of New Hampshire; Stefan Claesson, PhD, University of New Hampshire

9:40 AM

14-6

Evidence of ontogenetic migration from mangroves to coral reefs by schoolmaster and french grunt: Otolith chemistry and stable isotope approach
Ivan Mateo, University Rhode Island; Edward Durbin, University Rhode Island; Richard Appeldoorn, University Puerto Rico; Aaron Adams, Mote Marine Lab; Francis Juanes, PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Sam Wainwright, US Coastguard Academy

10:00 AM

Break

10:20 AM

14-7

The importance of marine derived nutrients delivered to Atlantic rivers by four species of anadromous fishes
Kurt M. Samways, MSc, Canadian rivers Institute/University of New Brunswick; Richard A. Cunjak, PhD, Canadian rivers Institute/University of New Brunswick

10:40 AM

14-8

Visual ecology of benthic and pelagic piscivores in coastal mid-Atlantic waters: Implications for predator-prey dynamics
Andrij Z. Horodysky, PhD, Hampton University, Hampton, VA; Richard W. Brill, PhD, National Marine Fisheries Service; Eric J. Warrant, PhD, Lund University; John A. Musick, PhD, Virginia Institute of Marine Sciene, College of William & Mary; Robert J. Latour, PhD, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

11:00 AM

14-9

The importance of habitat complexity, refuge, and prey availability on the attraction of grass shrimp, white perch, and striped bass to structure
Christopher J. Kelly, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Roger I.E. Newell, PhD, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

11:20 AM

P-97

Migration and habitat use patterns by age 0 striped bass in the Patuxent River estuary, Maryland, USA
Christian W. Conroy, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory - University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; David H. Secor, PhD, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory - University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

11:40 AM

14-11

Diel spawning activity of red porgy (Pagrus pagrus: Sparidae) in North Carolina
Nikolai Klibansky, University of North Carolina, Wilmington; Frederick S. Scharf, PhD, University of North Carolina Wilmington

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