1:00 - B. L. Winner*, D. Blewett, and R. H. McMichael, Jr. Abundance and distribution of common snook, Centropomus undecimalis, along shoreline habitats of three Florida estuaries.
1:20 - K. J. Dockendorf* and M. S. Allen. Factors influencing black crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus recruitment in three Florida lakes.
1:40 - T. D. Tuckey* and M. DeHaven. Comparison of fish assemblages in tidal creeks and seagrass habitats in the Suwannee River estuary.
2:00 - C. M. Reber* and W. A. Bennett. Thermal Acclimation Rates of Pinfish, Lagodon rhomboides, Exposed to Abrupt Temperature Decrease.
2:20 - B. N. Tiffany*, L. L. Martin, and W. A. Bennett. Effects of Acute Hypoxia on High Temperature Tolerance of Bluegill Sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus.
2:40 - J. M. Grim* and B. L. Winner. Relationship Between Weight and Growth of the Heart and Activity Level of Three Elasmobranch Fishes.
3:00 - Break, 20 min.
3:20 - N. A. Fangue,* B. N. Tiffany, and W. A. Bennett. Effects of Harmful Algal Blooms on Heat Tolerance of Atlantic Stingray in St. Josephs Bay, Florida.
3:40 - W. A. Bennett. The Toughest Aquatic Vertebrate in North America.
4:00 - J. J. Berg*, M. T. R.andall, M. Allen, and K. J. Sulak. Population Assessment of Gulf of Mexico Sturgeon in the Yellow River, Florida.
4:20 - N. M. Dunham* and B. L. Winner. Relative abundance and distribution of four species of batoids in Tampa Bay, Florida.
4:40 - J. E. Hill. Adverse Effects of Introduced Fishes in South Florida: What Do the Data Show?
5:00pm – Dinner
5:00 to 7:00pm – Poster Set Up
7:00pm – Poster Session (Drinks and
snacks will be in the poster area, and the presenters will be available to
answer questions) and BONFIRE Social
POSTERS
Robert J. Allman, Gary R. Fitzhugh and William A. Fable. Age Structure and Variation in Size at Age of Vermilion Snapper (Rhomboplites aurorubens), Reader Error or Differential Growth?
L. A. Collins* and W. T. Walling, Jr. The Value of Fishery-Independent and At-Sea Fishery-Dependent Sampling to Reproduction-Studies: Vermilion Snapper (Rhomboplites aurorubens), a Case Study.
K. J. Fitchett*, J. L. Rummer, N. A. Fangue, H. L. Wallman, B. N. Tiffany, C. M. Pomory, and W. A. Bennett. Utilization of Shallow Rockpools by Reef Fishes in the Dry Tortugas National Park.
R. F. Heagey*, T. Tsou, S. Kupschus. Size-specific salinity preferences of several ecologically and economically important species in Tampa Bay.
Kevin Grant and Christa Pierini*. Spatial-Temporal Distribution, Abundance, and Species Composition of Fishes and Selected Macroinvertebrates in Alligator Harbor, Florida.
A.K. Horntvedt, S.H. Denison & W.A. Szelistowski. Genetic differences in Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific populations of the leatherjacket, Oligoplites saurus.
C. Idelberger. Fish assemblages in the tidal portions of the Myakka and Peace Rivers.
H. T. Porter*, M. D. Julian, A. B. Forstchen, and R. O. Reese. Parasite presence in cultured, stocked, and wild red drum Sciaenops ocellatus in the Alafia River, Florida.
C. Powell*, K. Guindon-Tisdel, and L. Barbieri. A preliminary assessment of the life history of the Florida pompano (Trachinotus carolinus) in the Tampa Bay area.
P. E. Thurman * and R. S. McBride. Age and growth of roughtongue bass (Serranidae: Holanthias martinicensis) in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico.
B. N. Tiffany*, N. A. Fangue, and W. A. Bennett. Probable Extirpation of a Unique Endemic Octopus Species from St. Joseph's Bay, Florida.
Wednesday, 13 February, 2002
7:00 to 8:00am - Breakfast
7:30am to 5:00pm - Registration
Ecosystem
Based Approaches to Manage Fisheries Resources Symposium
Saltwater Focus Segment
8:20 - P. Hood. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in Florida: An Introduction
8:40 - J. Bohnsack. Marine conservation ethics and marine reserves: A test of fishery benefits at Cape Canaveral
9:00 - C. W. Osenberg, and C. M. St. Mary. Marine reserves: a tentative and cautionary evaluation of a powerful tool.
9:20 - J. Beets. Marine Protected Areas: Success and Precaution 9:40 - Break, 20 min.
10:00 B. M. Cufone, Esq. Marine Protected Areas: Beyond Economics.
10:20 - W. Ward. MPAs - A commercial fisherman=s view.
10:40 - D. Kelly. MPAs -- Is The Pain Worth The Gain? 11:00 - Discussion
11:20 - Andrew David* and Christopher Gledhill. Survey of Fish Assemblages and Habitat within Two Marine Protected Areas on the West Florida Shelf
11:40 - D. M. Tremain*, C. W. Harnden, and D. H. Adams. Fish movements in relation to an estuarine no-take zone and the concept of fisheries replenishment: through adult spillover - fact or fiction?
11:40 - K. Madley. Developing a Florida Estuarine and Marine Ecosystem and Habitat Classification System. Noon - Lunch
Symposium:
Ecosystem Based Approaches to Manage Fisheries Resources--Continued
Freshwater Focus
1:00 - M. H. Hulon. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Aquatic Resources Enhancement Section - What is it?
1:20 - D. R. Douglas, R. S. Hestand III, B. Z. Thompson, B. V. Jaggers, and L. L Trent, and C. T. Mallison. Cooperative Revegetation Projects in Central Florida Lakes - Getting Everybody Wet And Muddy.
1:40 - B. Furse. Fishery Response to Aquatic Habitat Enhancement on Lake Istokpoga.
2:00 - K. Runyon. Stormwater Treatment as a Resource Enhancement Technique in Montgomery Lake, FL.
3:00pm – Contributed Papers
2:20 - C. Metcalf. Stream Restoration Using Natural Channel Design Techniques.
2:40 - S. A. Bortone. Optimally Creating Really Essential Fish Habitat: Studies from the Tarmac. 3:00 - Break, 20 min.
3:20 - P. Light* and F. Vose. Fish assemblage structure on artificial and natural reefs in Palm Beach County.
3:40 -
4:00 - R.S. McBride and M.D. Murphy*. Current and Potential Yield per Recruit for Hogfish, Lachnolaimus maximus, in Florida.
4:20 - C. Mesing* and R. Cailteux. Preliminary Evaluation of Stocking Advanced BFingerling Largemouth Bass to Supplement Non-drawdown Year Classes in Lake Talquin, Florida.
4:40 - K. R. Henry*, M. S. Allen, and E. Nagid. Evaluation of largemouth bass exploitation and potential harvest restrictions at Rodman Reservoir, Florida.
5:00pm – Dinner
6:30 to 7:30pm – Chapter Business Meeting
7:30pm UNTIL? - RAFFLE and Bonfire SOCIAL
Thursday, 14 February, 2002
7:00 to 8:00am - Breakfast
7:30 to 9:00am - Registration
8:00am to Noon - Contributed Papers
8:00 - R. P. Cody* and S. T. Brown. Trends in Commercial and Recreational Shark Fisheries in Florida (1991-2001).
8:20 - L. Lombardi-Carlson. Latitudinal variation in life history traits of the bonnethead shark, Sphyrna tiburo, from three areas in the Gulf of Mexico.
8:40 - Dr. J. K. Carlson and I. Baremore *. Preliminary age and growth analysis of the spinner shark, Carcharhinus brevipinna.
9:00 - J. Mikulas*, G. Fitzhugh, D. DeVries, C. Palmer, N. Evou, L. Lombardi-Carlson, R. Allman, K.J. Starzinger, N. Amesbury, C. Gardner, C. Mangum, and W. Fable. Developing a Production Aging Program for Reef Fish and Mackerel Supporting Gulf of Mexico Stock Assessments.
9:20 - Clare M. Mangum* and G. Walter Ingram, Jr. A Preliminary Investigation of the Age Structures of Gray Triggerfish (Balistes capriscus) in the Gulf of Mexico.
9:40 - P. W. Stevens*, C. K. Bennett , and J. J. Berg. A flyingfish spawning aggregation (Parexocoetus brachypterus) observed in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. 10:00 - Break, 20 min.
10:20 - J. Frouzova*, W. F. Porak and W. E. Johnson. Feeding behavior of two size groups of naïve (pellet-reared) and wild largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) in a laboratory experiment.
10:40 - Beck*, J.L, Turingan, R.G. Predator-prey interactions in the marine plankton: the effect of prey swimming behavior on the feeding performance of Sciaenops ocellatus larvae.
11:00 - S. Lowerre-Barbieri*, F. E. Vose and J. A. Whittington. Sex, lines, and videotape: does catch-and-release of the common snook, Centropomus undecimalis, affect reproductive output?
11:20 - R. G. Taylor. Laboratory calibration of postovulatory follicles from natural spawning common snook.
11:40 - R. S. McBride*, F. J. Stengard, and B. Mahmoudi. Maturation and diel reproductive periodicity of round scad (Carangidae: Decapterus punctatus). Noon - lunch1:00 - Awards presentation.
Best Papers & Posters
Rottman Scholarships
WE WANT YOU AT THE MEETING!!!!!!
Get your abstracts
and/or your registration forms in for the 22nd Annual Florida
Chapter Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. This is most likely our last year at the Withlacoochee Training
Center in Brooksville and we want it to be a meeting that makes memories for
everyone. Please do your part to
advertise this meeting and invite anyone and everyone with the slightest
interest in Florida’s fisheries resources!
Reasons to attend: the meeting is centrally located and
relatively inexpensive, the symposium is a hot topic in current fisheries
science, the contributed papers will keep you riveted to the front of your
seat, the business meeting will be short and to the point, the outdoor setting
is comfy and casual and the camaraderie unbeatable. Oh…and of course, the
Bonfires will be a blast and who knows what this year’s raffle will allow you
to put in your car or truck to take home with you….could it be a canoe??? Better come and find out!
Best Student Poster
and Paper Awards will be given to students presenting their research at our
chapter meeting this year. Please inform students that there are travel grants
available to attend the meeting at a reduced cost. We all know travel money is at a minimum when living on a
student’s income, so let’s help get Florida’s future fishery scientists at this
meeting. It should be one to remember!