Community Ecology and Trophic Interactions of Fishes, Part 2

Wednesday, August 20, 2014: 8:20 AM-3:10 PM
303B (Centre des congrès de Québec // Québec City Convention Centre)
8:20 AM
8:40 AM
A Comparison of the Relative Influence of Environmental and Ecological Drivers on the Dynamics of Gulf Menhaden (Brevoortia patronus) within the Gulf of Mexico
Matthew Nuttall, University of Miami; Elizabeth Babcock, Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, University of Miami

9:20 AM
Modeling the Trophic Dynamics Between Sharks and Fisheries within the Gulf of Mexico
Skyler Sagarese, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami; Michael J. Schirripa, National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Fisheries Science Center; John F. Walter III, NOAA Fisheries, Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Joseph E. Serafy, National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Matthew V. Lauretta, National Marine Fisheries Service

9:40 AM
Assessing Spatial and Seasonal Variation in Trophic Structure in Nearshore Pelagic Fish and Jellyfish Using Community-Level Stable Isotope Metrics
Sean Naman, University of British Columbia; Correigh M. Greene, NOAA Fisheries; Casimir A. Rice, NOAA Fisheries

10:00 AM
Wednesday Morning Break


10:30 AM
Estimating the Influence of Smallmouth Bass Predation on Recruitment of Age-0 Yellow Perch in South Dakota Glacial Lakes
Daniel J. Dembkowski, South Dakota State University; David W. Willis, South Dakota State University; Brian G. Blackwell, State of South Dakota; Melissa Wuellner, South Dakota State University

10:50 AM
Bioenergetics Modeling of Trophic Interactions and Predatory Demands in a Pactola Reservoir, South Dakota
Natalie Scheibel, South Dakota State University; Steven R. Chipps, U. S. Geological Survey, South Dakota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

11:10 AM
Forage Fish, Jellyfish, Plankton, and Microbes Across Puget Sound—Has It Always Been This Way?
Casimir A. Rice, NOAA Fisheries; Correigh M. Greene, NOAA Fisheries; Linda D. Rhodes, NOAA Fisheries; Anne Baxter, NOAA Fisheries; Joshua Chamberlin, NOAA Fisheries; Jason Hall, NOAA Fisheries; Jill Brandenberger, PNNL; Jeff Cordell, University of Washington; Sean Naman, University of British Columbia

11:30 AM
Complementary Approaches to Analyzing the Trophic Ecology of Juvenile Pacific Salmon in the California Current
Rick Brodeur, Northwest Fisheries Science Center; Elizabeth Daly, Oregon State University; M. Trudel, Fisheries & Oceans Canada

12:10 PM
Wednesday Lunch


1:30 PM
Bottom-up Control: Spatial Overlap of Predator and Prey Explains Recruitment Variability of Juvenile Walleye Pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus)
Elizabeth Siddon, NOAA/National Research Council; Trond Kristiansen, Institute of Marine Research; Franz J. Mueter, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Kirstin Holsman, NOAA Fisheries / University of Washington; Ron Heintz, NOAA Fisheries; Ed Farley Jr., NOAA Fisheries

1:50 PM
The Relative Effects of Diet and Temperature on Energy Allocation Strategies of Juvenile Fishes at High Latitudes
Ronald A. Heintz, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Marily Zaleski, NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center

2:10 PM
Size, Diet, and Condition of Age-0 Pacific Cod (Gadus macrocephalus) during Warm and Cool Climate States in the Eastern Bering Sea
Ed Farley Jr., NOAA Fisheries; Ron Heintz, NOAA Fisheries; Alex Andrews, NOAA/NMFS Alaska Fisheries Science Center; Tom P. Hurst, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

2:30 PM
Towards Spatially-Explicit Dynamics Models of Antarctic Toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) and Two of Its Main Prey (Macrouridae and Channichthyidae) on the Slope of the Ross Sea Region
Sophie Mormede, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research; Alistair Dunn, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research; Stuart Hanchet, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research; Matt Pinkerton, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research; Steve Parker, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

2:50 PM
If You Are What You Eat, Can Fatty Acids Tell Us Your Diet Composition?
Austin Happel, Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois; Lier Yeo, The College at Brockport-State University of New York; Logan Stratton, The College at Brockport-State University of New York; Robert Pattridge, The College at Brockport-State University of New York; Jacques Rinchard, The College of Brockport, State University of New York; Sergiusz Czesny, Illinois Natural History Survey, Lake Michigan Biological Station

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