Session: Statistics & Models II (AFS 140th Annual Meeting)

1:20 PM

51-1

Validation of occurrence models with emphasis on fish species of greatest conservation need
Anthony R. Sindt, Iowa State University; Michael C. Quist, PhD, Iowa State University; Clay L. Pierce, PhD, Iowa Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

1:40 PM

51-2

Evaluating escapement goals and harvest control rules for salmon stocks of the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim region of Alaska
Matthew J. Catalano, Michigan State University; Michael L. Jones, Michigan State University

2:00 PM

51-3

Spatial and temporal variation in Great Lakes percid catch-per-effort data
Megan V. Kepler, U.S. Geological Survey, Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit; Tyler Wagner, PhD, Penn State University; Brian J. Irwin, Michigan State University; James R. Bence, Michigan State University; Daniel Hayes, PhD, Michigan State University; Nigel P. Lester, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

2:20 PM

51-4

Predicting fish assemblage characteristics under shifting land cover and climate regimes using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT)
Adam R. Kautza, The Ohio State University; Mazeika SP Sullivan, PhD, The Ohio State University

2:40 PM

51-5

Species biomass distributions as ecological indicators
Joseph E. Powers, PhD, Louisiana State University; Elizabeth Brooks, PhD, National Marine Fisheries Service; Melissa Hedges Monk, Louisiana State University

3:00 PM

Break

3:20 PM

51-6

Investigating connectivity among Pacific salmonid populations under alternative scenarios: A graph-theoretic approach
Aimee H. Fullerton, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center; Steve Lindley, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center; George Pess, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center; Blake Feist, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center; Ashley Steel, US Forest Service PNW Research Station; Paul McElhany, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center

3:40 PM

51-7

Forecasting spatial distributions of salmonines in Lake Michigan
Edward S. Rutherford, PhD, NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory; Timothy S. Hunter, NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory; Doran M. Mason, Ph.D, NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory; David B. MacNeill, New York Sea Grant; David J. Schwab, Ph.D, NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory; Dmitry Beletsky, Ph.D, University of Michigan

4:00 PM

51-8

Assessing Pacific salmon populations for viability using the "viability and risk assessment procedure" model
Norma Jean Sands, PhD, NOAA Fisheries, NWFSC

4:20 PM

51-9

Predicting population persistence through space and time: An evaluation of spatially structured population models for identifying critical habitat of endangered aquatic species
Mark Poos, PhD, Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Janelle Curtis, PhD, Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Marten Koops, PhD, Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Mailhot Joshua, Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Velez-Espino Antonio, PhD, Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Ogden Athena, Fisheries and Oceans Canada