Landscapes and Fish-Habitat Relationships: New Approaches and Applications

Thursday, September 16, 2010: 8:00 AM-4:00 PM
401 (Convention Center)
The study of landscape influences on aquatic habitats and their assemblages has evolved rapidly. New conceptual frameworks and tools are still being developed, but concepts from the landscape approach are being applied already across a broad range of systems. Landscape approaches are becoming an important tool for resource managers; they provide insight, tools to support decisions, and predictions of effects of large-scale processes. While the symposium will include presentations on recent advances in landscape scale research, it will focus on the transfer of knowledge from the landscape paradigm to creative applications that provide solutions to long-standing problems faced by resource managers. Our goal is for attendees to gain an overview of how the landscape approach is now being applied; we hope that resource managers will take home new tools, and that researchers will gain further insight into the possibilities offered by the landscape approach.
Moderator:
Jeffrey S. Schaeffer, PhD
Organizers:
Jeffrey S. Schaeffer, PhD , James McKenna Jr., PhD , Jana Stewart and Dana Infante, PhD
8:00 AM
Introductory remarks
Jeff Schaeffer, Ph.D., USGS Great Lakes Science Center
8:20 AM
Use of a watershed-scale GIS model to predict responses of 50 Wisconsin stream fishes to climate warming
John Lyons, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; Jana Stewart, USGS; Matt Mitro, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
8:40 AM
Effects of dams in river networks on fish assemblages in non-impoundment sections of rivers in Michigan and Wisconsin
Lizhu Wang, PhD, Institute for Fisheries Research; Dana M. Infante, PhD, Michigan State University; John Lyons, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; Jana Stewart, USGS; Arthur Cooper, BSc, Michigan State University
9:00 AM
Regional stream habitat and condition assessment in the northeast: Developing consistency and cooperation at a regional scale
Arlene Olivero Sheldon, The Nature Conservancy; Mark Anderson, The Nature Conservancy; Colin Apse, The Nature Conservancy
9:20 AM
Identifying strategic opportunities for road crossing improvement to benefit stream fishes
Matt Diebel, The Cadmus Group, Inc; Mark Fedora, US Forest Service; Stewart Cogswell, US Fish and Wildlife Service
9:40 AM
Landscape approach to evaluating fish habitat, population dynamics, and regulations in Michigan lakes
James Breck, Institute for Fisheries Research; Thomas M. Neeson, University of Michigan; Kevin Wehrly, Institute for Fisheries Research; Lidia Szabo Kraft, Institute for Fisheries Research; Lizhu Wang, PhD, Institute for Fisheries Research
10:00 AM
Break
10:20 AM
Landscape based fisheries classification for Michigan lakes
Kevin Wehrly, Institute for Fisheries Research; James Breck, Institute for Fisheries Research; Lizhu Wang, PhD, Institute for Fisheries Research; Lidia Szabo Kraft, Institute for Fisheries Research
10:40 AM
Assessing benefits of agricultural best management practices to fish communities across MI and WI through integration of multiple geospatial datasets and physicochemical models
Scott P. Sowa, Ph.D., The Nature Conservancy; Matthew Herbert, The Nature Conservancy; Sagar Mysorekar, The Nature Conservancy; Lizhu Wang, PhD, Institute for Fisheries Research; Amirpouyan Nejadhashemi, Michigan State University; Chaopeng Fen, Michigan State University; John Bartholic, Institute of Water Research; Yi Shi, Institute of Water Research; Phanikumar Mantha, Michigan State University; Charles Rewa, USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service
11:00 AM
Evaluating potential fluvial habitat for arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) in Michigan using a landscape approach
Ralph W. Tingley III, Michigan State University; Dana Infante, PhD, Michigan State University; Douglas Schemske, PhD, Michigan State University; Lizhu Wang, PhD, Institute for Fisheries Research
11:20 AM
Assessing the nation's fluvial systems using a landscape approach: Improving opportunities for protection and restoration
Dana M. Infante, PhD, Michigan State University; Peter Esselman, Ph.D., Michigan State University; Lizhu Wang, PhD, Institute for Fisheries Research; William W. Taylor, Ph.D., Michigan State University; Arthur Cooper, BSc, Michigan State University; Andrea C. Ostroff, US Geological Survey
11:40 AM
Assessing human-induced threats: A landscape approach
Jeffrey D. Fore, Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Scott P. Sowa, Ph.D., The Nature Conservancy; Gust M. Annis, Missouri Resource Assessment Partnership; David D. Diamond, Missouri Resource Assessment Partnership; David L. Galat, Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Charles Rewa, USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service
12:00 PM
Lunch Break On Your Own
1:20 PM
Diversity and distribution of fish habitat throughout the U.S. Great Lakes Basin: Can we conserve communities?
James McKenna Jr., PhD, USGS; Jana Stewart, USGS; Jeff Schaeffer, Ph.D., USGS Great Lakes Science Center; Chris Castiglione, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
1:40 PM
Using remote sensing to predict invasion paths of invasive wetland plants and their impact on wetland fish communities
Martha Carlson Mazur, USGS Great Lakes Science Center; Kurt Kowalski, USGS Great Lakes Science Center; Jeff Schaeffer, Ph.D., USGS Great Lakes Science Center
2:00 PM
Using knowledge of landscapes to guide biological monitoring
Jana Stewart, USGS; John Lyons, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; Matt Mitro, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; Lizhu Wang, PhD, Institute for Fisheries Research; Brian Weigel, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; Mike Miller, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
2:20 PM
Can space replace time in occupancy studies when the method of detection requires retaining individuals?
Summer M. Burdick, U.S. Geological Survey; David A. Hewitt, PhD, U.S. Geological Survey
2:40 PM
Discussion
3:00 PM
Break
3:20 PM
Panel discussion
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