AFS 140th Annual Meeting

Moderator

J. Brian Alford, PhD, Research and Assessment Division, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Baton Rouge, LA

Fish Culture

Moderator

Christopher P. Bonvillain, School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA

Invasive Species

Moderator

Carol A. Stepien, Ph.D., Environmental Sciences, University of Toledo's Lake Erie Center, Oregon, OH

Invertebrate Biology, Stock Assessment and Fisheries Management - Day 1

Moderator

Yuying Zhang, PhD, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, MA

Organizers

Yuying Zhang, PhD, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, MA, Yong Chen, PhD, University of Maine, Orono, ME, Louis Botsford, PhD, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA and Tom Miller, PhD, Chesapeake Biological Lab, Solomons, MD

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

Moderators

Meredith Bartron, PhD, Northeast Fishery Center, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Lamar, PA and Kim Scribner, PhD, Department of Fisheries & Wildlife and Department of Zoology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Organizers

Kim Scribner, PhD, Department of Fisheries & Wildlife and Department of Zoology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, Ron Essig, Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program - Region 5, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Hadley, MA, Joe Margraf, PhD, Fisheries Division, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, Meredith Bartron, PhD, Northeast Fishery Center, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Lamar, PA and William Templin, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Gene Conservation Laboratory, Anchorage, AK

Accounting for Climate Change Through Vulnerability Assessments

Organizers

Douglas B. Inkley, PhD, National Wildlife Federation, Reston, VA and Dave Diamond, USFWS

Marine Ecology I

Moderator

Mark G. Pedersen, M.S., Margenex Internatonal, Seattle, WA

Working Toward Better Fish Habitat and Fishing: A Management Perspective - Day 1

Moderator

Chris O'Bara, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Parkersburg, WV

Organizers

Chris O'Bara, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Parkersburg, WV, Danny Bennett, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Elkins, WV, Ron Preston, Canaan Valley Institute, Barnesville, OH and Bret Preston, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, South Charleston, WV

Best Student Paper - Day 1

Moderator

Richard S. Fulford, PhD, Department of Coastal Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, MS

Organizers

Richard S. Fulford, PhD, Department of Coastal Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, MS and James M. Long, PhD, Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, U.S. Geological Survey, Stillwater, OK

Fish Passage in the Midwest, Challenges of Restoring Warmwater Migratory Pathways

Moderators

Nicholas J. Utrup, Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, New Franken, WI and Chris A. Tomichek, Kleinschmidt Associates, Essex, CT

Organizers

Nicholas J. Utrup, Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, New Franken, WI and Chris A. Tomichek, Kleinschmidt Associates, Essex, CT

Conserving Aquatic Resources in the Ohio Basin: From Planning to Action

Moderator

Sue A. Thompson, Ph.D., None, Pittsburgh, PA

Organizers

John Stark, The Nature Conservancy, Ohio Chapter, Dublin, OH and Sue A. Thompson, Ph.D., None, Pittsburgh, PA

Posters

Chair

Michael Kaller, Ph.D, School of Renewable Natural Resources, LSU Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA

Best Student Paper - Day 2

Moderator

James M. Long, PhD, Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, U.S. Geological Survey, Stillwater, OK

Organizers

Richard S. Fulford, PhD, Department of Coastal Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, MS and James M. Long, PhD, Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, U.S. Geological Survey, Stillwater, OK

Marine Ecology II

Moderator

Danielle M. Greer, PhD, Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Emerging Issues Affecting Functional Connectivity Within and Among Riverine, Lacustrine, and Marine Fish Populations - Day 2

Moderators

William Templin, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Gene Conservation Laboratory, Anchorage, AK and Ron Essig, Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program - Region 5, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Hadley, MA

Organizers

Kim Scribner, PhD, Department of Fisheries & Wildlife and Department of Zoology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, Ron Essig, Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program - Region 5, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Hadley, MA, Joe Margraf, PhD, Fisheries Division, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, Meredith Bartron, PhD, Northeast Fishery Center, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Lamar, PA and William Templin, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Gene Conservation Laboratory, Anchorage, AK

Stock Assessment Methods for Data Poor Situations

Moderators

Douglas S. Vaughan, Ph.D., Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, Beaufort, NC, John Hoenig, Ph.D., Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences, College of William & Mary, Gloucester Point, VA and Todd Gedamke, Ph.D., Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, Miami, FL

Organizers

Douglas S. Vaughan, Ph.D.¹, Michael Prager, Ph.D.¹, John Hoenig, Ph.D.², Todd Gedamke, Ph.D.³ and Alec MacCall⁴, (1)Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, Beaufort, NC, (2)Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences, College of William & Mary, Gloucester Point, VA, (3)Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, Miami, FL, (4)Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, Santa Cruz, CA

Restoration of American Shad and River Herring in Atlantic Coastal Waters - Day 1

Moderators

Karin Limburg, PhD, College of Envirnomental and Forest Biology, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY and Larry Miller, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Resources Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Harrisburg, PA

Organizers

Karin Limburg, PhD, College of Envirnomental and Forest Biology, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY, Larry Miller, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Resources Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Harrisburg, PA, Bill Richkus, PhD, Versar, Inc., Columbia, MD, Jim Bowker, Aquatic Animal Drug Approval Partnership Program, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bozeman, MT, Ron Essig, Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program - Region 5, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Hadley, MA and Brian Wisner, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, Bellefonte, PA

Invertebrate Biology, Stock Assessment and Fisheries Management - Day 2

Moderator

Yuying Zhang, PhD, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, MA

Organizers

Yuying Zhang, PhD, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, MA, Yong Chen, PhD, University of Maine, Orono, ME, Louis Botsford, PhD, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA and Tom Miller, PhD, Chesapeake Biological Lab, Solomons, MD

Working Toward Better Fish Habitat and Fishing: A Management Perspective - Day 2

Moderator

Danny Bennett, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Elkins, WV

Organizers

Chris O'Bara, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Parkersburg, WV, Danny Bennett, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Elkins, WV, Ron Preston, Canaan Valley Institute, Barnesville, OH and Bret Preston, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, South Charleston, WV

Sturgeon I

Moderator

Reuben Goforth, Forestry and Natural Resources Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Stream & River Communities I

Moderator

Daniel J. Dembkowski, Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS

Genetics I

Moderator

William Eldridge, PhD, Fish Molecular Ecology, Stroud Water Research Center, Avondale, PA

Posters

Chair

Michael Kaller, Ph.D, School of Renewable Natural Resources, LSU Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA

Marine Ecology III

Moderator

Anthony S. Overton, PhD, Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

Sturgeon II

Moderator

Michael Kaller, Ph.D, School of Renewable Natural Resources, LSU Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA

Genetics II

Moderator

Brady Porter, PhD, Department of Biological Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA

Freshwater Ecology I

Moderator

Sabrina Lynn Drill, PhD, Natural Resources, University of California Cooperative Extension, Los Angeles, CA

Marine Fish Mgt. I

Moderator

Roger A. Rulifson, PhD, Institute for coastal Science and Policy, and Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

Human Dimensions & Socioeconomics I

Moderator

Michael Downs, PhD, AECOM, San Diego, CA

Stream & River Communities II

Moderator

Aimee H. Fullerton, Fish Ecology Division, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA

Human Dimensions & Socioeconomics II

Moderator

Julie M. Defilippi, Data Team, Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program, Washington, DC

Statistics & Models I

Moderator

Brian J. Burke, Nwfsc, NOAA Fisheries, Seattle, WA

Merging Deeper Currents - A Focus on Renewable Energy Development in Our Rivers

Moderator

Tim Brush, Normandeau Associates, Westmoreland, NH

Organizer

Tim Brush, Normandeau Associates, Westmoreland, NH

Salmonids I

Moderator

Xinhua Zhu, PhD, Biological Sciences, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada

Sampling Techniques I

Moderator

David Smith, PhD, USGS - Leetown Science Center, Kearneysville, WV

Habitat & Water Quality I

Moderator

Margaret H. Murphy, PhD, Anchor QEA, LLC, Liverpool, NY

Freshwater Fish Mgt. I

Moderator

Gregory W. Whitledge, Fisheries and Illinois Aquaculture Center, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

Influences of Natural Resources Extraction Activities (Coal Mining, Hard Rock Mining, Sand and Gravel Dredging, and Oil & Gas Development) on Fish Communities

Moderators

Erich B. Emery, ORSANCO, Cincinnati, OH and Frank Borsuk, PhD, USEPA, Wheeling, WV

Organizers

Erich B. Emery, ORSANCO, Cincinnati, OH, Frank Borsuk, PhD, USEPA, Wheeling, WV and Gregg Lomnicky, PhD, Dynamac Corporation, Corvallis, OR

Hydrokinetic Electricity Generation and Fish: Asking the Right Questions, Getting Useful Answers

Moderator

Paul T. Jacobson, Ph.D., Electric Power Research Institute, Glenelg, MD

Organizers

Paul T. Jacobson, Ph.D., Electric Power Research Institute, Glenelg, MD and Douglas A. Dixon, Ph.D., Electric Power Research Institute, Gloucester Point, VA

Ecosystem Approaches to Marine Fisheries Science and Management

Moderator

Michael Fogarty, PhD, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, Woods Hole, MA

Organizers

Michael Fogarty, PhD¹, Jason Link, PhD¹, William J. Overholtz, PjhD² and Paul Perra³, (1)Northeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, Woods Hole, MA, (2)Northeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, Woods Hole, (3)Nmfs, N0AA, Gloucester, MA

Restoration of American Shad and River Herring in Atlantic Coastal Waters - Day 2

Moderators

Bill Richkus, PhD, Versar, Inc., Columbia, MD and Jim Bowker, Aquatic Animal Drug Approval Partnership Program, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bozeman, MT

Organizers

Karin Limburg, PhD, College of Envirnomental and Forest Biology, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY, Larry Miller, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Resources Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Harrisburg, PA, Bill Richkus, PhD, Versar, Inc., Columbia, MD, Jim Bowker, Aquatic Animal Drug Approval Partnership Program, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bozeman, MT, Ron Essig, Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program - Region 5, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Hadley, MA and Brian Wisner, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, Bellefonte, PA

Marine Fish Mgt. II

Moderator

Derek Orner, NOAA

Trophic Ecology I

Moderator

Tyler J. Stubbs, Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS

Headwater Streams IV: Merging Understanding at the Watershed Scale

Moderators

George T. Merovich Jr., PhD¹, Andrew W. Hafs¹ and E.J. McGinley², (1)Division of Forestry and Natural Resources, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, (2)Wildlife and Fisheries Resource Program, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

Organizers

George T. Merovich Jr., PhD¹, Jon Niles, PhD¹ and Kyle Hartman, Ph.D.², (1)Division of Forestry and Natural Resources, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, (2)Wildlife & Fisheries Resources, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

Freshwater Ecology II

Moderator

Daniel J. Dembkowski, Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS

Posters

Chair

Michael Kaller, Ph.D, School of Renewable Natural Resources, LSU Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA

Freshwater Fish Mgt. II

Moderator

Steven D. Means, NCRO - Water Management, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Williamsport, PA

Human Dimensions & Socioeconomics III

Moderator

Mark G. Pedersen, M.S., Margenex Internatonal, Seattle, WA

Statistics & Models II

Moderator

Amy M. Schueller, PhD, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, Beaufort, NC

Salmonids II

Moderator

Jeffrey Deitrich, Private Citizen (no agency or university affiliation for this research), State College, PA

Sampling Techniques II

Moderator

Robert Gresswell, USGS Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, Bozeman, MT

Freshwater Ecology III

Moderator

Reuben Goforth, Forestry and Natural Resources Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Habitat & Water Quality II

Moderator

Ann Marie Gorman, Wildlife, Ohio Depatment Natural Resources, Fairport Harbor, OH

Trophic Ecology II

Moderator

Owen T. Gorman, PhD, Lake Superior Biological Station, U.S. Geological Survey, Ashland, WI

Influencing the Public, Industry and Government to Maintain Environmental Flows

Moderators

Kimberly Ann Elkin, Environmental Services, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Nashville, TN, Rodney Knight, United States Geological Survey, Nashville, TN and Paul Leonard, Entrix, Inc, Atlanta, GA

Organizers

Kimberly Ann Elkin, Environmental Services, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Nashville, TN, Paul Leonard, Entrix, Inc, Atlanta, GA and Rodney Knight, United States Geological Survey, Nashville, TN

Statistics & Models III

Moderators

Mary C. Fabrizio, Fisheries Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA and Joseph E. Gerken, USGS Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

Salmonids III

Moderator

Margaret H. Murphy, PhD, Anchor QEA, LLC, Liverpool, NY

Population Dynamics I

Moderator

Robert Lorantas, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, Bellefonte, PA

Freshwater Ecology IV

Moderator

J. T. Petty, Ph.D., Division of Forestry and Natural Resources, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

Freshwater Fish Mgt. III

Moderator

Joseph D. Conroy, Ph.D., Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Inland Fisheries Research Unit, Division of Wildlife, Hebron, OH

Landscapes and Fish-Habitat Relationships: New Approaches and Applications

Moderator

Jeffrey S. Schaeffer, PhD, Great Lakes Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Ann Arbor, MI

Organizers

Jeffrey S. Schaeffer, PhD, Great Lakes Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Ann Arbor, MI, James McKenna Jr., PhD, Tunison Laboratory of Aquatic Science, USGS, Cortland, NY, Jana Stewart, Water Resources, USGS, Middleton, WI and Dana Infante, PhD, Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Local Catch � Quality, Marketing and Consumption

Moderator

Terry Smith, PhD, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, National Sea Grant Office, Silver Spring, MD

Organizer

Terry Smith, PhD, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, National Sea Grant Office, Silver Spring, MD

The Big Picture of Fish Habitat � How Science Supports Conservation Under the National Fish Habitat Action Plan

Moderators

T. Douglas Beard Jr., Ph.D., USGS/BRD Fisheries: Aquatic & Endangered Resources, Reston, VA and Gary Whelan, MI DNR Fisheries Division, Lansing, MI

Organizers

Gary Whelan, MI DNR Fisheries Division, Lansing, MI and T. Douglas Beard Jr., Ph.D., USGS/BRD Fisheries: Aquatic & Endangered Resources, Reston, VA

Student colloquium

Moderator

Michael Colvin, Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Organizer

Michael Colvin, Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Special Listening Session. Conservation Leadership Forum: National Fish and Wildlife Climate Adaptation Strategy

Moderator

Bryan Arroyo, Fisheries and Habitat Conservation, USFWS, Washington, DC

Organizers

Bryan Arroyo, Fisheries and Habitat Conservation, USFWS, Washington, DC, Donna Brewer, National Conservation Training Center, USFWS, Shepherdstown, WV, Mark Shaffer, Office of the Science Advisor, USFWS, Arlington, VA and Thomas Bigford, Office of Habitat Conservation, NOAA, Silver Springs, MD

Salmonids IV

Moderator

J. Ellen Marsden, Ph.D., Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

Freshwater Ecology V

Moderator

Raymond P. Morgan II, PhD, Appalachian Laboratory, UMCES, Frostburg, MD

Statistics & Models IV

Moderator

Catherine E. Murphy, School of Renewable Natural Resouces, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

Population Dynamics II

Moderator

Arash Massoudieh, PhD, Civil Engineering, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC

Science Perspectives on the British Petroleum Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico

Organizer

Donald C. Jackson, PhD, Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS

AFS 140th Annual Meeting

Monday, September 13, 2010

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