A Pre-Restoration Assessment of Reef Spawning Habitat in Saginaw Bay Nicholas Kalejs, Purdue University; Tomas O. Höök, Purdue University; Mitchell Zischke, Purdue University; Jayson Beugly, Illinois - Indiana Sea Grant and Purdue University; Paris Collingsworth, Purdue University; Edward F. Roseman, USGS Great Lakes Science Center; Robert Hunter, USGS Great Lakes Science Center; David G. Fielder, Alpena Fishery Research Station

Using Maxent to Generate a Fundamental Niche Model for Diverse Mussel Assemblages within the Northeastern Ozark Region of Missouri Kayla Key, Missouri Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, University of Missouri; Garth Lindner, Missouri Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, University of Missouri; Kristen Bouska, USGS - Upper Midwest Environmental Science Center; Amanda Rosenberger, U.S. Geological Survey Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Missouri; Stephen McMurray, Missouri Department of Conservation

Habitat Use of Juvenile Burbot and Patterns in Fish Assemblage Structure in a Tributary of the Kootenai River Zachary S. Beard, Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Michael C. Quist, U.S. Geological Survey, Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Ryan S. Hardy, Idaho Department of Fish and Game; Tyler J. Ross, Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Seasonal Movements of Paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) in Harry S. Truman Reservoir, Missouri Christopher Schwinghamer, Southeast Missouri State University; Sara Tripp, Missouri Department of Conservation; Quinton Phelps, Missouri Department of Conservation

Condition As an Indicator of Resilience to Hypoxia By Atlantic Croaker in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Alfonso Cohuo, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi; Benjamin Walther, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi; Matthew Altenritter, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

Seeking the Sun in Deep, Dark Places: Mesopelagic Sightings of Ocean Sunfishes (Molidae) Natasha Phillips, Queen's University Belfast

Using Habitat, Climate, and Biotic Interactions to Predict Co-Occurring Smallmouth Bass and Largemouth Bass in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways Jacob Schwoerer, Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Missouri-Columbia; Hope Dodd, National Park Service; Craig Paukert, U.S. Geological Survey; University of Missouri; Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

Don't Put a Fish out of Water: Developing Sampling Protocols to Integrate Fish into Wetland Management Decisions Julia Guyton, University of Missouri; Craig Paukert, U.S. Geological Survey; University of Missouri; Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Elisabeth Webb, U.S. Geological Survey; University of Missouri: Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Frank Nelson, Missouri Department of Conservation

Ovarian Development and Maturity of Southern Flounder in the North-Central Gulf of Mexico Morgan M. Corey, University of Southern Mississippi; Nancy J. Brown-Peterson, University of Southern Mississippi; Robert T. Leaf, University of Southern Mississippi; Samuel D. Clardy, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory; Mark S. Peterson, University of Southern Mississippi

Survival of Red Deepsea Crab Chaceon Quinquedens Smith, 1879, Larvae in Cultivation: Effects of Diet and Temperature Nivette Pérez-Pérez, Delaware State University; Matthew Poach, NOAA/NMFS/NEFSC Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory; Bradley Stevens, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Stacy Smith, Delaware State University; Gulnihal Ozbay, Delaware State University

Development of a Fish-Based Index of Biotic Integrity for Lakes in Eastern South Dakota Daniel Nelson, South Dakota State University; Melissa Wuellner, South Dakota State University; Nels Troelstrup Jr., South Dakota State University; Brian Blackwell, South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks

A Comparison of Tagging Methods for Mountain Sucker Seth Fopma, South Dakota State University; David Schumann, South Dakota State University; Matthew Wagner, Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks; Katie Bertrand, South Dakota State University; Brian Graeb, South Dakota State University

Developing Non-Lethal Methodology for Testing Thermal Optima and Tolerance in Small Prairie Stream Minnows Rory Mott, University of Missouri; Amanda Rosenberger, U.S. Geological Survey Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Missouri

Evaluation of Prepositioned Areal Electrofishing Devices and Fixed Underwater Videography for Characterizing Riverine Fish Assemblages Philip Branigan, Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Michael C. Quist, U.S. Geological Survey, Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Brad Shepard, B.B. Shepard and Associates; Susan Ireland, Kootenai Tribe of Idaho

Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) Recruitment Sources in the Middle Mississippi River Michael Wolf, Southeast Missouri State University; Kevin Haupt, Missouri Department of Conservation and Southeast Missouri State University; Quinton Phelps, Missouri Department of Conservation; Gregory Whitledge, Southern Illinois University, Center for Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences

Survival of Upper Piedmont Stream Fishes Implanted with a Passive Integrated Transponder Tag Josh Cary, Clemson University; Morgan Reed, Clemson University; Jessica Holbrook, Clemson University; Thomas Austin, Clemson University; Seog Hyun Kim, Clemson University; Kasey Pregler, Clemson University; Yoichiro Kanno, Clemson University

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