Session: Spawning & Recruitment (AFS 142nd Annual Meeting)

8:00 AM

W-10-1

Does the Timing of Tributary Emigration Drive Recruitment Success in the Grand Canyon Humpback Chub?
Todd A. Hayden, State University of New York- College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Karin E. Limburg, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry; William Pine III, University of Florida

8:15 AM

W-10-2

Using Video to Investigate Relationships Between Environmental Conditions and Spawning Behavior in Devils Hole Pupfish
Ambre L. Chaudoin, University of Arizona; Olin G. Feuerbacher, University of Arizona; Scott A. Bonar, University of Arizona; Paul J. Barrett, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

8:30 AM

W-10-3

The Influence of Hatching Date on Recruitment Dynamics of Bluegill
Kristopher J. Stahr, South Dakota State University; Mark A. Kaemingk, South Dakota State University; David W. Willis, South Dakota State University

8:45 AM

W-10-4

A Multi-Method Approach for Documenting Wild Razorback Sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) Recruitment in Lake Mead NV, AZ
Ron Kegerries, Bio-West, Inc.; Brandon Albrecht, Bio-West, Inc.; Zach Shattuck, Bio-West, Inc.; Paul Holden, Bio-West, Inc.

9:00 AM

W-10-5

Early Life History and Habitat Use of Age-0 Blue Catfish in the Unimpounded Middle Mississippi River
Justin Seibert, Missouri Department of Conservation; Quinton Phelps, Missouri Department of Conservation; Jason Crites, Missouri Department of Conservation; David Herzog, Missouri Department of Conservation; David Ostendorf, Missouri Department of Conservation; Joseph Ridings, Missouri Department of Conservation; Robert A. Hrabik, Missouri Department of Conservation

9:15 AM

W-10-6

Adult Lake Sturgeon Movements Associated with the Large Rivers of Green Bay, Lake Michigan
Michael C. Donofrio, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; Edward A. Baker, Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment; Kim Scribner, Michigan State University; Robert F. Elliott, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Brian L. Sloss, USGS Wisconsin Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point

9:30 AM

W-10-7

Biology of Lake Sturgeon Spawning Below a Dam on the Richelieu River, Quebec: Endocrinology, Behaviour, and Egg Deposition
Jason Thiem, Carleton University; Pierre Dumont, Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune du Québec; Daniel Hatin, Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune du Québec; Glen Van Der Kraak, University of Guelph; Karen Smokorowski, Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Steven J. Cooke, Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory, Carleton University

9:45 AM

W-10-8

Wednesday AM Break

10:15 AM

W-10-9

Annual Fecundity in the Indeterminate Spawner, Pagrus pagrus, Incorporating Size-Based Variation in Reproductive Indicators
Nikolai Klibansky, University of North Carolina Wilmington; Frederick S. Scharf, University of North Carolina Wilmington

10:30 AM

W-10-10

Tracking Maternal Influences in the Field: Does Selection on Maternal Phenotype Exist in a Pelagic Spawning Species?
Adam C. Peer, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Thomas J. Miller, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Allen Place, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, IMET; Ernest P. Williams, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, IMET

10:45 AM

W-10-11

Latitudinal Trends in Sex Ratio and Sperm Counts of Blue Crabs in the Chesapeake Bay
Sarah Rains, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Michael J. Wilberg, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Thomas J. Miller, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Jennifer L. Humphrey, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

11:00 AM

W-10-12

Comparing Sex Ratios of Northern Pike Between the St. Lawrence River and Inland New York Waters
Mark Leopold, State University of New York - Environmental Science and Forestry; John M. Farrell, State University of New York - College of Environmental Science and Forestry

11:15 AM

W-10-13

Juvenile Habitats and Species Associations of Young-of-Year Bonefish in Eleuthera, the Bahamas
Christopher R. Haak, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Andy J. Danylchuk, University of Massachusetts Amherst

11:30 AM

W-10-14

Effects of Temperature and Climate Change on Young-of-the-Year Atlantic Menhaden Growth in the Chesapeake Bay
Jennifer L. Humphrey, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Michael J. Wilberg, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Edward D. Houde, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

11:45 AM

W-10-15

Sexual Maturity of Deep-Sea Red Crabs Chaceon Quinquedens in the Mid-Atlantic Bight
Bradley Stevens, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

12:00 PM

W-10-16

Wednesday Lunch

W-10-17

Walleye Spawning Date Varies with Age (Withdrawn)

1:30 PM

W-10-18

Lake Roosevelt, Columbia River Hydrologic Regime Influence on Age-1 Walleye Recruitment
Benjamin K. Cross, Washington State University; Barry C. Moore, Washington State University

1:45 PM

W-10-19

Quantification of Abundance and Mortality of Maumee River Larval Walleye
Mark DuFour, University of Toledo; Jeremy J. Pritt, University of Toledo; Christine M. Mayer, University of Toledo; Craig Stow, NOAA ; Jeff Tyson, Ohio Department of Natural Resources; Eric Weimer, Ohio Department of Natural Resources; Patrick M. Kocovsky, U.S.G.S. Great Lakes Science Center

2:00 PM

W-10-20

Spring Consequences of Overwinter Conditions for First-Year Saugeye
Jahn L. Kallis, Aquatic Ecology Laboratory - The Ohio State University; Elizabeth A. Marschall, The Ohio State University

2:15 PM

W-10-21

Meteorological Effects on Yellow Perch Recruitment in Lake Erie
Troy M. Farmer, The Ohio State University; Stuart A. Ludsin, The Ohio State University; Elizabeth A. Marschall, The Ohio State University

2:30 PM

W-10-22

Pre and Post Spawn Population Demographics for Yellow Perch in Southern Lake Michigan
David Starzynski, Ball State University; Thomas Lauer, Ball State University

2:45 PM

W-10-23

Ecological Conditions Experienced During Early Larval Stages Affect Larval Lake Sturgeon Phenotypes and Behavior
Kathleen Jay, Michigan State University; Kim T. Scribner, Michigan State University; Jeanette McGuire, Michigan State University

3:00 PM

W-10-24

Wednesday PM Break