8:00 AM

Population Assessment of the Scott Riffle Beetle, a Kansas Endemic Species Jordan Hofmeier, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism

8:20 AM

Current Status and Distribution of the Strawberry Darter in the Tributaries and Mainstem of the Strawberry River Drainage Kyler Hecke, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff; Steve Lochmann, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

8:40 AM

Search for Blackbanded Sunfish Populations in Florida Travis Tuten, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; Eric Nagid, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

9:00 AM

Spatially Distinct Life Stages Leave a Tropical Fish Species More Susceptible to Climate Change Eric Schneider, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Zachary Zuckerman, Cape Eleuthera Institute; Cory D. Suski, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Steven J. Cooke, Carleton University; Aaron Shultz, Cape Eleuthera Institute

9:20 AM

Food Web Structure and Contaminant Trophodynamics of a Freshwater Riverine System: Implications for an Imperiled Sucker Species Tiffany N. Penland, North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Casey A. Grieshaber, North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Thomas J. Kwak, U.S. Geological Survey; W. Gregory Cope, Department of Applied Ecology; Ryan J. Heise, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission; Forrest W. Sessions, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

9:40 AM

Thursday Morning Break

10:00 AM

Utilizing Fishermen's Ecological Knowledge to Map Atlantic Cod Spawning Grounds on Georges Bank and Nantucket Shoals Gregory DeCelles, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; David Martins, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries; Douglas Zemeckis, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Crista Bank, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Steven X. Cadrin, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

10:20 AM

Pollution of Nigerian Aquatic Ecosystems By Industrial Effluents: Effects on Fish Productivity Olufemi Olabode Joseph, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria.; Prince Emeka Ndimele, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria.

10:40 AM

Saving a Species from the Edge of Extinction Corey Lee, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Olin Feuerbacher, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Luke Oliver, Great Basin Institute; Ambre Chaudoin, National Park Service

11:00 AM

Impact of Conservation- Based, Captive Rearing on the Performance of an Endangered Species, the Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Nathan Wilke, US Fish and Wildlife Service

11:20 AM

Where Do We Go from Here? Using Data from Non-Target Surveys to Direct American Eel Research Efforts in Florida Kimberly Bonvechio, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; Andy Strickland, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; Cheree Steward, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; Justin Hill, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; Jessica Carroll, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; Brandon Barthel, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

11:40 AM

Thursday Lunch Break

1:00 PM

Does Disturbance Facilitate Round Goby Invasion? Corey Krabbenhoft, Wayne State University; Donna Kashian, Wayne State University

1:20 PM

An Evaluation of Plankton Sampling Methods to Detect Zebra Mussel Veligers in a Newly-Infested Kansas Reservoir Jessica Edwards, KDWPT; Chris Steffen, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism; Ben Smith, National Park Service; Jason Goeckler, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Fish Conservation (Contributed Papers)