Size-Based Models of Aquatic Ecosystems: Theory and Practice - a Symposium in Honour of Rob Peters, Part 2

Tuesday, August 19, 2014: 8:20 AM-5:20 PM
205C (Centre des congrès de Québec // Québec City Convention Centre)
8:20 AM
T-205C-1
The Lake Superior Biomass Size-Spectrum
Peder Yurista, US Environmental Protection Agency; Daniel L. Yule, USGS Great Lakes Science Center; Matthew P. Balge, Normandeau Associates, Inc.; Jon VanAlstine, US Forest Service; Jo Thompson, US Environmental Protection Agency; Allison Gamble, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources; Thomas R. Hrabik, University of Minnesota, Duluth; John R Kelly, US Environmental Protection Agency; Jason Stockwell, University of Vermont; Mark R. Vinson, U.S. Geological Survey

8:40 AM
T-205C-2
Biomass Size Spectra As Ecological Indicators Across Broad Environmental and Anthropogenic Gradients
Cindy Chu, University of Toronto; Nigel P. Lester, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources; Henrique Giacomini, University of Toronto; Brian J. Shuter, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources/University of Toronto; Donald A. Jackson, University of Toronto

9:00 AM
T-205C-3
Impact Assessments of Fishing Using Size-Based Models
Ken Haste Andersen, Technical University of Denmark

9:40 AM
T-205C-4
The Adaptive Capacity of Aquatic Food Webs
Kevin McCann, University of Guelph

10:00 AM
T-205C-5
Tuesday Morning Break


10:30 AM
T-205C-5
Hydroacoustic measurements of fish community size spectra in a boreal reservoir
Laura Wheeland, Marine Institute of Memorial University; George Rose, Memorial University

10:50 AM
T-205C-6
The Seasonal Variation in Size-Spectrum Slopes within Lakes and the Capacity to Detect Environmental Change
Derrick T. de Kerckhove, University of Toronto; Scott Milne, Milne Technologies; Brian J. Shuter, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources/University of Toronto

11:10 AM
T-205C-7
Fish Size Structure in European Lakes: Variations Along Continental and Regional Gradients and Implications for Lake Management
Sandra Brucet, University of Aarhus; Thomas Mehner, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB); Matthias Emmrich, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries; Ian Winfield, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology; Pietro Volta, CNR-Istituto per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi; Christine Argillier, Irstea; Kerstin Holmgren, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; Lluís Benejam, University of Vic; Ignasi Arranz, University of Vic; Erik Jeppesen, University of Aarhus

11:30 AM
T-205C-8
Maximizing Fisheries Yields While Maintaining Ecosystem Structure
Jeppe Kolding, University of Bergen; Nis Sand Jacobsen, Technical University of Denmark; Ken Haste Andersen, Technical University of Denmark; Paul van Zwieten, Wageningen University

11:50 AM
T-205C-9
Testing Biomass-Size Spectrum Theory with Whole-Lake Experiments
Michael D. Rennie, Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Michael Paterson, International Institute for Sustainable Development; David Findlay, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Emeritus

12:10 PM
T-205C-11
Tuesday Lunch


1:30 PM
T-205C-10
Dynamic Models of Size Spectra: Insights into Productivity and Exploitation of Fish Communities
Richard Law, University of York; Gustav Delius, University of York; Jeppe Kolding, University of Bergen; Michael Plank, University of Canterbury

2:10 PM
T-205C-11
Size Spectra of Fish Assemblages: Longitudinal and Temporal Variation in a Small Neotropical Reservoir
Mateus Ferrareze, Sao Paulo State university; Henrique Giacomini, University of Toronto

2:30 PM
T-205C-12
The Roles of Climate and Community Size Structure in Shaping the Life Histories of Limnetic Top Predators: An Empirical Assessment Using Several Continental Data Sets
Brian J. Shuter, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources/University of Toronto; Henrique Giacomini, University of Toronto; Cindy Chu, University of Toronto; Erin S. Dunlop, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources; Ander Finsatd, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research; Nigel P. Lester, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

2:50 PM
T-205C-13
Simulation of Lake Ontario Benthification
James E. McKenna Jr., US Geological Survey, Great Lakes Science Center; Marc A. Chalupnicki, USGS Great Lakes Science Center; Dawn E. Dittman, USGS Great Lakes Science Center

3:10 PM
T-205C-16
Tuesday Afternoon Break


3:40 PM
T-205C-14
Comparing Ecosystem Models As Fisheries Management Tools: A Case Study in the California Current
Nis Sand Jacobsen, Technical University of Denmark; Ken Haste Andersen, Technical University of Denmark; Timothy E. Essington, University of Washington

4:00 PM
T-205C-15
Harvesting of Lake Trout Induces Alternative States in Lake Opeongo
Karin A. Nilsson, University of Guelph; Derrick T. de Kerckhove, University of Toronto; Kris Vascotto, Nova Scotia Marine and Coastal Advisory Services; Kevin McCann, University of Guelph; Brian J. Shuter, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources/University of Toronto

4:20 PM
T-205C-16
Could the Nile Perch Invasion in Lake Victoria Have Succeeded without the Preceding Decrease of Its Prey?
Jeppe Kolding, University of Bergen; Michael Plank, University of Canterbury; Paul van Zwieten, Wageningen University; Richard Law, University of York

4:40 PM
T-205C-17
Habitat Complexity and Human Presence Shape Pacific Coral Reef Size Structure
James Robinson, University of Victoria; Andrew Edwards, Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Ivor Williams, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Jana McPherson, Calgary Zoological Society; Rusty Brainard, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Julia K. Baum, University of Victoria

5:00 PM
T-205C-18
A Generic Sized-Based Model of the Effect of Habitat Loss on Freshwater Fishes
Marten A. Koops, Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Adam S. van der Lee, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

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