Best Student Presentation Symposium

Monday, August 20, 2012: 1:15 PM-5:15 PM
Ballroom D (RiverCentre)
Chairs:
Melissa Wuellner and Shannon Fisher
1:30 PM
M-D-18
Modeling Individual and Synergistic Impacts of Introductions On a Reservoir Food Web
Marybeth K. Brey, North Carolina State University; James A. Rice, North Carolina State University; D. Derek Aday, North Carolina State University

1:45 PM
M-D-19
Fitting In: Coupling Food Webs and Translocation In Native Fish Restoration
Jonathan Spurgeon, University of Missouri; Craig P. Paukert, USGS Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Brian Healy, Grand Canyon National Park; Daniel Whiting, University of Missouri

2:00 PM
M-D-20
Quantifying Isotopic Niche Overlap: The Effect of Water Clarity On Dietary Resource Partitioning Between Walleye and Smallmouth Bass In Boreal Shield Lakes
Ashley Stasko, Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit, Laurentian University; Tom A. Johnston, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources; John Gunn, Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit, Laurentian University

2:15 PM
M-D-21
Habitat Occupancy by Lake Whitefish Includes An Ecotone In the Profundal Zone of Two Canadian Shield Lakes
Adam Challice, Trent University; Mark Ridgway, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

2:30 PM
M-D-22
Fish Passage Through Culverts In Central Michigan Warmwater Streams
Andrew Briggs, Central Michigan University; Tracy L. Galarowicz, Central Michigan University

2:45 PM
M-D-23
The Effects of Life History Strategy and Uncertainty On a Probability-Based Approach to Managing the Risk of Overfishing
Emily Susko, Virginia Tech; James Berkson, National Marine Fisheries Service, SEFSC, RTR Unit at the University of Florida

3:00 PM
M-D-24
Monday PM Break


3:30 PM
M-D-25
Does Nest Site Selection and Habitat Affinity Mediate Egg Predation Risk for Sympatric Sunfishes?
Christina Killourhy, SUNY-ESF; John M. Farrell, State University of New York - College of Environmental Science and Forestry; H. Brian Underwood, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

3:45 PM
M-D-26
Wild Male Bluegill Legacy Contaminant Profile: Associated Reproductive Effects and Implications
Jeffrey J. Hillis, Southern Illinois University; James E. Garvey, Southern Illinois University; Michael J. Lydy, Southern Illinois University

4:00 PM
M-D-27
Spawning Substrate Condition Influences Walleye Egg Adhesion
Derek Crane, State University of New York - College of Environmental Science and Forestry; John M. Farrell, State University of New York - College of Environmental Science and Forestry

4:15 PM
M-D-28
GIS-Based Analysis of Aquaculture Ventures In Wisconsin: An Evaluative and Predictive Approach to Aquaculture Facility Locations
Allen Brandt, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point; Christopher Hartleb, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point; Keith Rice, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point; Douglas Miskowiak, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

4:30 PM
M-D-29
Comparison of Four Gears for Sampling Glacial Lake Littoral Fish Assemblages with An Emphasis On Age-0 Yellow Perch
Daniel J. Dembkowski, South Dakota State University; Melissa Wuellner, South Dakota State University; David W. Willis, South Dakota State University

4:45 PM
M-D-30
Thermal Tolerances of Freshwater Mussels and Their Host Fishes: Species Interactions In a Changing Climate
Tamara J. Pandolfo, North Carolina State University; Thomas J. Kwak, U.S. Geological Survey, North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; W. Gregory Cope, North Carolina State University

5:00 PM
M-D-31
Ecological Relevance In Freshwater Mussel Thermal Tolerance Tests: Implications for Climate Change
Jennifer Archambault, North Carolina State University; W. Gregory Cope, North Carolina State University; Thomas J. Kwak, U.S. Geological Survey, North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

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