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

Thursday, September 16, 2010: 8:00 AM-11:20 AM

320 (Convention Center)

Moderators:

Mary C. Fabrizio and Joseph E. Gerken

8:00 AM

57-1

Linear mixed models and semi-parametric smoothing in fisheries research with implementation of winBUGS
Han-Lin Lai, PhD, NOAA Fisheries

8:20 AM

57-2

Florida freshwater and tidal stream fish distribution mapping: Panhandle region
Jennifer A. Bock, M.S., Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

8:40 AM

57-3

Performance comparison of generalized linear model, generalized additive model and spatial interpolation for standardization of catch rate through a simulation study
Hao Yu, Virginia Tech; Yan Jiao, PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

9:00 AM

57-4

Estimating species tolerance to human perturbation: expert judgment versus quantitative approaches
Pedro Segurado, PhD, Instituto Superior de Agronomia; Robert M. Hughes, Oregon State University; José Maria Santos, Instituto Superior de Agronomia; Paulo Pinheiro, Instituto Superior de Agronomia; Didier Pont, Cemagref; Diego Garcia de Jalón, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid; Maria Teresa Ferreira, Instituto Superior de Agronomia

9:20 AM

57-5

Modeling the establishment of invasive species: Predictions, consensus, and habitat limitations to spiny water flea, Bythotrephes longimanus
Lifei Wang, University of Toronto; Donald A. Jackson, University of Toronto

9:40 AM

57-6

Do abiotic influences affect estimates of walleye populations in Lake Erie?
Ann Marie Gorman, Ohio Depatment Natural Resources; Carey Knight, Ohio Department Natural Resources; Shubha Pandit, PhD, University of Windsor; Yingming Zhao, PhD, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

10:00 AM

Break

10:20 AM

57-7

Developing a framework for native fish conservation in the upper Colorado River basin
Daniel C. Dauwalter, Ph.D., Trout Unlimited; John Sanderson, Ph.D., The Nature Conservancy; Jack E. Williams, Ph.D., Trout Unlimited; James R. Sedell, Ph.D., National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

10:40 AM

57-8

Directional influence of stream habitat variables on modeling stream reaches in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem
Kenneth R. Sheehan, PhD, Student, West Virginia University; Mike Strager, PhD, West Virginia University; Stuart A. Welsh, PhD, U.S. Geological Survey

11:00 AM

57-9

Reducing bias in the estimate of fishing mortality in fisheries stock assessments by testing the unrealistic and critical assumption that natural mortality is known and constant
Desmond Kahn, Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife

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