Session: Trout & Salmon (AFS 142nd Annual Meeting)

8:00 AM

T-B-1

Brook Trout Use Individual Recognition and Transitive Inference to Determine Social Rank
Shannon White, Virginia Tech; Charles Gowan, Randolph-Macon College

8:15 AM

T-B-2

Life-History Studies to Inform Brook Trout Management in the Savage River Watershed, MD
David C. Kazyak, Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Robert H. Hilderbrand, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

8:30 AM

T-B-3

Defining Seasonal and Spatial Survival, Growth, and Emigration of Native Brook Trout in Sympatry with Brown Trout
John Hoxmeier, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources; Douglas Dieterman, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

8:45 AM

T-B-4

The Influence of Groundwater on Brook Trout Distribution in Small Streams
Robert W. Mackereth, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources; Lisa Schaubel, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources; Darren J. McCormick, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

9:00 AM

T-B-5

Viability of a Brook Trout Source Population Used for Egg Collection in Wisconsin's Wild Trout Stocking Program
Matthew Mitro, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; Paul Kanehl, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; Daniel Walchak, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; Eric Struck, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

T-B-6

Brook Trout Relative Abundance Modeling in Lake Superior Tributaries Based on Habitat Characteristics: Impacts of An Exotic Salmonid Removal (Withdrawn)

9:30 AM

T-B-7

Effects of a Non-Native Salmonid Removal on Native Fishes in a Lake Superior Coldwater Tributary
Jill Leonard, Northern Michigan University; Robert Cross, Northern Michigan University ; Donald Danesi II, Northern Michigan University; Kevin Duby, Northern Michigan University; Joseph Gerbyshak, Northern Michigan University; Alexis Growe-Raney, Northern Michigan University; Julie Howard, Northern Michigan University

9:45 AM

T-B-8

Tuesday AM Break

10:15 AM

T-B-9

Nonlethal Sex Determination in Brook Trout
Amanda Holloway, Johns Hopkins University; David C. Kazyak, University of Maine; Robert H. Hilderbrand, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

10:30 AM

T-B-10

Evidence of Alternative Tactics in Brook Trout Spawning Site Selection Related to Incubation Microhabitats in a Harsh Winter Environment
Jan Franssen, McGill University; Marc Pepino, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières; Michel Lapointe, McGill University; Pierre Magnan, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

10:45 AM

T-B-11

Understanding Recruitment Variability in Appalachian Brook Trout Populations
Kyle J. Hartman, West Virginia University

11:00 AM

T-B-12

Assessing the Movements of Fluvial and Adfluvial Bull Trout in the Methow Core Area and Twisp River Using PIT Tags: Applications for Recovery Prioritization
Andrew Gingerich, Douglas County Public Utility District

11:15 AM

T-B-13

Weber River Metapopulation and Source-Sink Dynamics of Native and Endemic Fishes
Samuel McKay, Utah State University

11:30 AM

T-B-14

Factors Influencing Growth of Individual Brown Trout in Three Streams of the Upper Midwestern United States
Douglas Dieterman, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources; John Hoxmeier, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources; David Staples, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

11:45 AM

T-B-15

Life-History and Growth Characteristics of Lake Superior Steelhead Trout
Kevin A. Duby, Northern Michigan University; Jill Leonard, Northern Michigan University

12:00 PM

T-B-16

Tuesday Lunch

1:15 PM

T-B-17

Seasonal Movements of Brown Trout in Onondaga Lake, New York
Curtis Karboski, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Neil Ringler, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Female Bias in Steelhead Smolts Along a Gradient of Migration Distances (Withdrawn)

1:30 PM

T-B-18

A Bioenergetic- and Habitat-Based Examination of Self-Thinning Relationships in Juvenile Steelhead Across a Stream Network
Knut Marius Myrvold, University of Idaho; Brian P. Kennedy, University of Idaho

1:45 PM

T-B-19

Optimal Stratification and Cost Analysis to Estimate Steelhead Harvest Using Parentage Based Genetic Tagging in the Snake River Basin, Idaho
Joshua L. McCormick, University of Idaho; Michael C. Quist, U.S. Geological Survey, Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Daniel J. Schill, Idaho Department of Fish and Game