Emerging Issues Affecting Functional Connectivity Within and Among Riverine, Lacustrine, and Marine Fish Populations - Day 1

Monday, September 13, 2010: 1:20 PM-4:40 PM
403 (Convention Center)
The theme of the 140th meeting of AFS, “Merging our Deeper Currents”, reminds us that fundamental connections exist between the physical and biotic processes characterizing aquatic systems or populations. Organisms are often studied and managed without an understanding of the spatial and temporal scales over which connections exist.  Natural physical and biotic processes affect the degree of connectivity among populations and can impose barriers to dispersal or reproduction.  Human-imposed alterations of aquatic systems have effects on natural patterns and the permeability of seemingly contiguous aquatic habitats.  In addition, systems are often segmented to simplify inherent complexities in order to understand and manage systems.  Imposed segmentation is reflected in broad divisions such as separating freshwater and marine environments, or in finer divisions like defining populations or management units.  However, as divisions become established, the understanding of connectivity among the separate parts can be obscured or lost.  Individuals can move between environments and populations, blurring predefined boundaries.  Molecular genetic techniques have been used as a tool by fisheries researchers and managers for investigating causal relationships between natural processes, human actions, and the spatial structuring of aquatic organisms, often across geographic, political, or species boundaries.  Management issues addressed by papers in this symposium include: a) management to maintain population structure and long-term viability, b) developing strategies for restoring lost or impacted populations, c) assessing the effect of sport and commercial fisheries, d) measuring the extent and effects of human-induced versus natural processes on individual or species distributions, e) maintaining population adaptive potential for future conditions, and f) incorporating uncertainty when management decisions must be made with limited data.  This symposium will provide a valuable review of the current uses of genetic, demographic, and hydrogeomorphological data to connect sources of knowledge to increase the ability of managers to provide science-based stewardship of fish resources.
Moderators:
Meredith Bartron, PhD and Kim Scribner, PhD
Organizers:
Kim Scribner, PhD , Ron Essig , Joe Margraf, PhD , Meredith Bartron, PhD and William Templin
1:20 PM
7-1
Coho salmon colonization in recently deglaciated streams in Glacier Bay, Alaska: implications for Pacific salmon restoration
Kim Scribner, PhD, Michigan State University; C. Soiseth, National Park Service; K. Sage, U.S. Geologica Survey; L. Thorsteinson, U.S. Geologica Survey; E. Knudsen, Fisheries Consulting Services; J.L. Nielsen, U.S. Geologica Survey
2:00 PM
7-3
Local adaptation of redband trout in desert and montane environments
Shawn R. Narum, PhD, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission; Nathan Campbell, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission; Christine Kozfkay, Idaho Department of Fish & Game; Kevin Meyer, Idaho Department of Fish & Game
2:20 PM
7-4
A large-scale study of contiguous fisheries: Pacific salmon running the gauntlet
William Templin, Gene Conservation Laboratory; Tyler Dann, Gene Conservation Laboratory; Andy Barclay, Gene Conservation Laboratory; Nick DeCovich, Gene Conservation Laboratory; Sara Gilk, Gene Conservation Laboratory; Chris Habicht, Gene Conservation Laboratory
2:40 PM
7-5
Geographic and temporal scales of connectivity among populations of marine organisms in the North Pacific
William S. Grant, Gene Conservation Laboratory; Mike Canino, NOAA Fisheries; Noriko Azuma, Hokkaido University
3:00 PM
Break
3:20 PM
7-6
Using a combination genetic markers and otolith chemistry to examine connectivity issues and management implications for spotted seatrout
R. Deborah Overath, PhD, Texas A&M University -- Corpus Christi; John T. Froeschke, Texas A&M University -- Corpus Christi; Cynthia Morales, Texas A&M University -- Corpus Christi; Kenneth C. Rainer, Texas A&M University -- Corpus Christi; Gregory W. Stunz, PhD, Texas A&M University -- Corpus Christi; Ivonne Blandon, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department; Robert R. Vega, PhD, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
3:40 PM
7-7
Genetic change and ancestry of introduced populations of silver carp as revealed by mitochondrial DNA
Si-Fa Li, PhD, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China; Jia-Wei Xu, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China; Qi-Ling Yang, PhD, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China; Cheng-Hui Wang, PhD, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China; Duane Chapman, USGS; Guoqing Lu, PhD, University of Nebraska
4:00 PM
7-8
Genetic characterization of big-river fish populations as an adaptive management tool
Marlis R. Douglas, Illinois Natural History Survey; Michael E. Douglas, PhD, Illinois Natural History Survey
4:20 PM
7-9
Genetic diversity of lake whitefish in lakes Michigan and Huron; sampling, standardization, and research priorities
Wendy Stott, PhD, USGS Great Lakes Science Center; Justin A. VanDeHey, MSc, South Dakota State University; Brian Sloss, USGS Wisconsin Cooperative Fishery Research Unit
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