Session: Freshwater Ecology III (AFS 140th Annual Meeting)

1:20 PM

47-1

Reproductive ecology of alligator gar, Atractosteus spatula, in a river-floodplain ecosystem of Arkansas
S. Reid Adams, PhD, University of Central Arkansas; Tommy Inebnit, University of Central Arkansas; Lindsey Lewis, U S Fish and Widlife Service; Edward R. Kluender, University of Central Arkansas

1:40 PM

47-2

Movements and habitat use of a river leviathan, alligator gar
Edward R. Kluender, University of Central Arkansas; S. Reid Adams, PhD, University of Central Arkansas; Lindsey Lewis, U S Fish and Widlife Service

2:00 PM

47-3

Recruitment dynamics of American eel (Anguilla rostrata L.) in lake Ontario systems
Xinhua Zhu, PhD, University of Windsor; Yingming Zhao, PhD, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources; Timothy, B. Johnson, PhD, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources; Alastair Mathers, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources; Lynda D. Corkum, PhD, University of Windsor

2:20 PM

47-4

Use of an acoustic telemetry system on the Rhone River (France) for the understanding of fish microhabitat selection : Method and first observations
Julien Bergé, Cemagref; Michael Ovidio, Demography and Hydroecology, University of Liege; Hervé Pella, Cemagref; Hervé Capra, Cemagref

2:40 PM

47-5

Environmental influences on fish assemblages in Lake Huron tributaries
Paul M. Atwood, Central Michigan University; Tracy L. Galarowicz, PhD, Central Michigan University

3:00 PM

Break

3:20 PM

47-6

Upstream migration of the American eel in the Shenandoah River, upper Potomac River drainage
Stuart A. Welsh, PhD, U.S. Geological Survey; David Smith, PhD, USGS - Leetown Science Center; Mary Mandt, M.S., USGS - Leetown Science Center

3:40 PM

47-7

Effects of regulated flows on habitat use of the robust redhorse, an imperiled riverine fish
J. Michael Fisk II, North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, North Carolina State University; Thomas J. Kwak, PhD, U.S. Geological Survey, North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Ryan J. Heise, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission

4:00 PM

47-8

Recovery of a lowland fish assemblage following large-scale rotenone application in eastern Arkansas
Clint Johnson, University of Central Arkansas; Ginny Adams, PhD, University of Central Arkansas; S. Reid Adams, PhD, University of Central Arkansas

4:20 PM

47-9

Effects of turbidity on foraging and success of age-0 yellow perch (Perca flavescens): Insights from experiments and spatial modeling
Christine M. Mayer, PhD, University of Toledo; Nathan F. Manning, University of Toledo; Colleen G. Wellington, Ohio Sea Grant; Jonathon M. Bossenbroek, University of Toledo; Jeff Tyson, Ohio Department of Natural Resources

4:40 PM

47-10

Comparative population dynamics of bloater in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron
Paris D. Collingsworth, PhD, University of Michigan; David B. Bunnell, USGS Great Lakes Science Center; Stephen C. Riley, PhD, U. S. Geological Survey; Charles P. Madenjian, PhD, USGS Great Lakes Science Center; Edward F. Roseman, Ph.D., USGS Great Lakes Science Center