Session: Invasive Species (AFS 140th Annual Meeting)

1:20 PM

2-1

Zooplankton community composition across a gradient of Asian carp densities and pre- and post-invasion within the Illinois River, USA
Greg G. Sass, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Anthony C. Erickson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Michael A. McClelland, M.S., Illinois Natural History Survey, Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1:40 PM

2-2

Ecosystem-scale evaluation of sound bubble barrier technologies to prevent range expansions of Asian carps
Blake C. Ruebush, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Greg G. Sass, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; John H. Chick, PhD, Illinois Natural History Survey, Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2:00 PM

2-3

A review of the life history and options for controlling the spread of spiny water flea (Bythotrephes longimanus) to the Champlain Canal and Lake Champlain
Scott F. Stuewe, HDR Engineering; Joseph L. Bartletti, HDR Engineering; Matthew Cochran, HDR Engineering; Meghan Oh, HDR Engineering; Scott Davis, HDR Engineering

2:20 PM

2-4

Impacts of invasive species and restoration on recreational fisheries: Zebra mussels and common carp in a shallow hypereutrophic lake
Michael Colvin, Iowa State University; Scott Grummer, Iowa Department of Natural Resources; Tim Stewart, Iowa State University; Jim Wahl, Iowa Department of Natural Resources; Clay L. Pierce, PhD, Iowa Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

2:40 PM

2-5

Population ecology and habitat use of the invasive northern snakehead (Channa argus) in Arkansas
Ginny Adams, PhD, University of Central Arkansas; S. Reid Adams, PhD, University of Central Arkansas; Clint Johnson, University of Central Arkansas

3:00 PM

Break

3:20 PM

2-6

Effects of exotic common reed invasion on northern pike spawning and growth in two wetlands of the St. Lawrence River system
Melissa Larochelle, BSc, Université Laval; Daniel Hatin, MSc, Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune du Québec; Pierre Dumont, PhD, Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune du Québec; Claude Lavoie, PhD, Université Laval

3:40 PM

2-7

Development of biosecurity measures for aquaculture facilities to protect against invasive mollusks
Kelly A. Stockton, University of Idaho; Christine M. Moffitt, PhD, University of Idaho

4:00 PM

2-8

Lionfish in the US Virgin Islands
William Coles, PhD, US Virgin Islands Division of Fish and Wildlife; J. Jed Brown, US Virgin Islands Division of Fish and Wildlife