Program: Contributed Abstracts (AFS 140th Annual Meeting)

Monday, September 13, 2010

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1:20 PM-3:40 PM

Moderator

J. Brian Alford, PhD, Research and Assessment Division, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Baton Rouge, LA

1:20 PM-4:20 PM

Fish Culture

Moderator

Christopher P. Bonvillain, School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA

Invasive Species

Moderator

Carol A. Stepien, Ph.D., Environmental Sciences, University of Toledo's Lake Erie Center, Oregon, OH

1:20 PM-5:00 PM

Marine Ecology I

Moderator

Mark G. Pedersen, M.S., Margenex Internatonal, Seattle, WA

6:00 PM-8:30 PM

Posters

Chair

Michael Kaller, Ph.D, School of Renewable Natural Resources, LSU Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

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8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Marine Ecology II

Moderator

Danielle M. Greer, PhD, Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

8:40 AM-11:40 AM

Sturgeon I

Moderator

Reuben Goforth, Forestry and Natural Resources Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

8:40 AM-12:00 PM

Stream & River Communities I

Moderator

Daniel J. Dembkowski, Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

Genetics I

Moderator

William Eldridge, PhD, Fish Molecular Ecology, Stroud Water Research Center, Avondale, PA

9:00 AM-5:00 PM

Posters

Chair

Michael Kaller, Ph.D, School of Renewable Natural Resources, LSU Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA

1:20 PM-2:20 PM

Marine Ecology III

Moderator

Anthony S. Overton, PhD, Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

1:20 PM-3:00 PM

Sturgeon II

Moderator

Michael Kaller, Ph.D, School of Renewable Natural Resources, LSU Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA

Genetics II

Moderator

Brady Porter, PhD, Department of Biological Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA

Freshwater Ecology I

Moderator

Sabrina Lynn Drill, PhD, Natural Resources, University of California Cooperative Extension, Los Angeles, CA

Marine Fish Mgt. I

Moderator

Roger A. Rulifson, PhD, Institute for coastal Science and Policy, and Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

Human Dimensions & Socioeconomics I

Moderator

Michael Downs, PhD, AECOM, San Diego, CA

Stream & River Communities II

Moderator

Aimee H. Fullerton, Fish Ecology Division, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

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8:00 AM-11:40 AM

Human Dimensions & Socioeconomics II

Moderator

Julie M. Defilippi, Data Team, Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program, Washington, DC

Statistics & Models I

Moderator

Brian J. Burke, Nwfsc, NOAA Fisheries, Seattle, WA

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Salmonids I

Moderator

Xinhua Zhu, PhD, Biological Sciences, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada

Sampling Techniques I

Moderator

David Smith, PhD, USGS - Leetown Science Center, Kearneysville, WV

Habitat & Water Quality I

Moderator

Margaret H. Murphy, PhD, Anchor QEA, LLC, Liverpool, NY

Freshwater Fish Mgt. I

Moderator

Gregory W. Whitledge, Fisheries and Illinois Aquaculture Center, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

8:20 AM-11:20 AM

Marine Fish Mgt. II

Moderator

Derek Orner, NOAA

8:20 AM-12:00 PM

Trophic Ecology I

Moderator

Tyler J. Stubbs, Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS

8:40 AM-12:00 PM

Freshwater Ecology II

Moderator

Daniel J. Dembkowski, Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS

9:00 AM-2:00 PM

Posters

Chair

Michael Kaller, Ph.D, School of Renewable Natural Resources, LSU Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA

1:20 PM-4:40 PM

Freshwater Fish Mgt. II

Moderator

Steven D. Means, NCRO - Water Management, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Williamsport, PA

Human Dimensions & Socioeconomics III

Moderator

Mark G. Pedersen, M.S., Margenex Internatonal, Seattle, WA

Statistics & Models II

Moderator

Amy M. Schueller, PhD, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, Beaufort, NC

1:20 PM-5:00 PM

Salmonids II

Moderator

Jeffrey Deitrich, Private Citizen (no agency or university affiliation for this research), State College, PA

Sampling Techniques II

Moderator

Robert Gresswell, USGS Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, Bozeman, MT

Freshwater Ecology III

Moderator

Reuben Goforth, Forestry and Natural Resources Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Habitat & Water Quality II

Moderator

Ann Marie Gorman, Wildlife, Ohio Depatment Natural Resources, Fairport Harbor, OH

1:40 PM-4:20 PM

Trophic Ecology II

Moderator

Owen T. Gorman, PhD, Lake Superior Biological Station, U.S. Geological Survey, Ashland, WI

Thursday, September 16, 2010

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8:00 AM-11:20 AM

Statistics & Models III

Moderators

Mary C. Fabrizio, Fisheries Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA and Joseph E. Gerken, USGS Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Salmonids III

Moderator

Margaret H. Murphy, PhD, Anchor QEA, LLC, Liverpool, NY

Population Dynamics I

Moderator

Robert Lorantas, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, Bellefonte, PA

Freshwater Ecology IV

Moderator

J. T. Petty, Ph.D., Division of Forestry and Natural Resources, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

Freshwater Fish Mgt. III

Moderator

Joseph D. Conroy, Ph.D., Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Inland Fisheries Research Unit, Division of Wildlife, Hebron, OH

1:20 PM-4:20 PM

Salmonids IV

Moderator

J. Ellen Marsden, Ph.D., Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

1:20 PM-4:40 PM

Freshwater Ecology V

Moderator

Raymond P. Morgan II, PhD, Appalachian Laboratory, UMCES, Frostburg, MD

Statistics & Models IV

Moderator

Catherine E. Murphy, School of Renewable Natural Resouces, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

1:40 PM-3:40 PM

Population Dynamics II

Moderator

Arash Massoudieh, PhD, Civil Engineering, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC