Best Student Paper Symposium - Oral Presentations 2

Tuesday, August 19, 2014: 8:20 AM-12:10 PM
2105 (Centre des congrès de Québec // Québec City Convention Centre)
Moderator:
Matthew Catalano
Moderator:
Matthew Catalano
Email: mjc0028@auburn.edu

8:20 AM
Sampling Techniques for Burbot in the Green River of Wyoming
Zach Klein, University of Idaho; Michael C. Quist, U.S. Geological Survey, Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Darren Rhea, Wyoming Game and Fish Department; Anna Senecal, Wyoming Game and Fish Department

8:40 AM
Estimation of Gill-Net Selectivity for Lake Trout and Application to Demographic Parameter Estimates
Elizabeth L. Ng, University of Idaho; Michael C. Quist, U.S. Geological Survey, Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; James P. Fredericks, Idaho Department of Fish and Game

9:00 AM
Shocking Results: Assessing the Injury Rates of Fishes from Pulsed-DC Electrofishing
Edward Culver, University of Illinois; John H. Chick, Illinois Natural History Survey

9:20 AM
Movement and Assemblage Structure of Small Stream Fish in an Urban Environment: How Interconnected Are Streams and Stormwater Drains?
Shireen Bliss, Carleton University; Jonathan Midwood, Carleton University; Keith Stamplecoskie, Carleton University; Steven J. Cooke, Carleton University

9:40 AM
Climate Change Projections for Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) Recruitment in the 1836 Treaty Waters of Lakes Huron, Michigan, and Superior
Abigail J. Lynch, U.S. Geological Survey; William W. Taylor, Michigan State University; T. Douglas Beard Jr., U.S. Geological Survey; Brent M. Lofgren, NOAA/Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory

10:00 AM
Tuesday Morning Break


10:30 AM
Shelter Availability Affects the Size-Dependent Diel Activity of Arctic Charr Salvelinus Alpinus
Nicolas Larranaga, University of Iceland; Stefán Óli Steingrímsson, Hólar University College

10:50 AM
Assessing Trade-Offs Between Forage Fish Fisheries and Ecosystem Services in the California Current Ecosystem
Laura Koehn, University of Washington; Timothy E. Essington, University of Washington; Isaac C. Kaplan, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center; Kristin N. Marshall, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center; William Sydeman, Farallon Institute for Advanced Ecosystem Research; Amber Szoboszlai, Farallon Institute for Advanced Ecosystem Research; Julie Thayer, Farallon Institute for Advanced Ecosystem Research

11:10 AM
Capture-Related Mortality and Post-Release Survival of Pelagic Sharks Interacting with Tuna Purse Seines in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
Corey Eddy, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Diego Bernal, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

11:30 AM
Relative Importance of Fishing and Natural Mortality of Spotted Seatrout at Northern Latitudinal Limits
Timothy A. Ellis, North Carolina State University; Joseph E. Hightower, U.S. Geological Survey, North Carolina State University; Jeffrey A. Buckel, North Carolina State University; Kenneth H. Pollock, North Carolina State University

11:50 AM
Short, Warm Winters Negatively Affect Yellow Perch Perca Flavescens Reproduction and Recruitment
Troy M. Farmer, The Ohio State University; Elizabeth A. Marschall, The Ohio State University; Konrad Dabrowski, The Ohio State University; Stuart A. Ludsin, The Ohio State University