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The Florida Chapter of the American Fisheries Society will hold its 20th annual meeting from 28 March to 30 March, 2000 at the Withlacoochee Training Center near Brooksville, Florida. The Florida Chapter was organized in 1980 to promote the wise use of Florida's aquatic resources. Membership in the Chapter and participation in the annual meeting is open to anyone with an interest in the fish and aquatic resources of Florida.
Meeting: The theme of this year's meeting is "Impacts of Harmful Organisms on Florida Fisheries--Your Choice of Colors: Blue-Green Algae, Red Tides, Black Grubs..." Harmful algal blooms (HABs) and diseases threaten Florida fisheries and have made statewide headlines during the past year with the public and politicians alike looking at horrific pictures of fish lesions on the nightly news. Coming directly on the heels of the World HAB Meeting in Tazmania, Australia, the timing could not be better for the Florida Chapter to hear about this issue within our state. Speakers will cover the topic from streams to reefs.
Donna Turgeon (Bio) will be our keynote speaker. She is among the most dedicated and productive biologists contributing to the mission of the American Fisheries Society. Currently, a marine ecologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Turgeon. s recent assessments include (1) sediment toxicity and macrobenthic populations in Biscayne Bay and the Delaware Estuary; (2) reef fish at Texas Flower Gardens National Marine Sanctuary, Belize, and Honduras; and (3) nutrient overenrichment in U.S. estuaries. Currently, she is developing a monitoring plan for the south Florida marine ecosystem and a national algal bloom program. Previously, Turgeon was Fisheries Regulations Branch chief with NOAA. s National Marine Fisheries Service, and before that a marine biologist with Florida Department of Natural Resources. Her current responsibilities include chairing a national task force on harmful algal blooms, and she will present us with a national perspective of the problem.
In addition to these topics, there will be a variety of contributed papers and posters on traditional fisheries topics.
The Chapter's annual business meeting will also be held during this time period. This is an opportunity to help decide the future of the Chapter and to get updated on happenings at the Division and International level, such as our plans to host the 2001 mid-year meeting of the Southern Division.
There will be bonfire socials Tuesday and Wednesday nights, and the Florida Chapter raffle Wednesday night. The meeting provides an excellent opportunity to renew old acquaintances, meet other individuals who are interested in Florida's fisheries and exchange information. Come on out and enjoy the best camaraderie our profession and avocation has to offer.
Location: The 600-acre Withlacoochee Training Center is approximately 10 miles north of Brooksville on US Highway 41. The Training Center has heated and air conditioned, dormitory-style accommodations for 96. There are motels available in Brooksville and Floral City in case of overflow. The Training Center kitchen will be closed for renovations but our meals and breaks will be catered. The menu looks outstanding and most of the food will be grilled on site and served at the pavillion, up the hill from the kitchen.
The Training Center has a recreation building available for use after the meeting. McKethan Lake recreational area is within walking distance and features boating, picnicking, hiking, fishing, and self-guided nature trails.
Student Travel Grants: The Florida Chapter has a limited number of student travel grants available to assist students attending the meeting. These grants cover the cost of room and board. The student is responsible for the registration fee. The Florida Chapter gives preference to students who are presenting papers or posters at the meeting, but a presentation is not required. Apply to Dr. Chuck Cichra, Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of Florida, 7922 NW 71st Street, Gainesville, FL 32653, (352) 392-9617.
More Information: Contact Bob Wattendorf, President Elect Florida Chapter AFS, if you need more information. He can be reached at the Florida Game & Fresh Water Fish Commission, 620 South Meridian Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399; phone: 850/488-0520; fax: 850/413-0381; email: watt@mail-me.com.
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TUESDAY March 28, 2000
12:00 -1:00 PM LUNCH
1:00 - 5:00 PM - REGISTRATION (Foyer Area)
1:00 - 1:10 PM Welcome by President Bob Wattendorf and Introductory Comments
1:10 - 4:25 PM - TECHNICAL SESSION
Tuesday 1:10 PM
Kristen Andrews and Jim
Gelsleichter
Clinal Variation of Vertebral Growth in the Bluntnose
Stingray, Dasyatis say: Eastern Gulf of Mexico and Coastal Mid-Atlantic
Tuesday 1:30 PM Tuesday 1:50 PM
Andrij Zenon Horodysky
and Richard S. McBride,
Growth and Mortality of Two Populations
of Ladyfish (Elops) in east-central Florida
Bruce Cooper
and Wayne A. Bennett,
Culture of Neotropical Pacu,
Colossama bidden, in
Florida and its Potential for Exotic Introduction
Tuesday 2:10 PM
Mike S. Allen
and William E. Pine III
Can Fishery Managers Detect Fish-Population
Responses to a Minimum Length Limit?
2:30 - 2:45 PM - BREAK
Tuesday 2:45 PM
Anne-Marie Eklund
, Christopher C. Koenig, and Felicia C. Coleman
Recovery of jewfish
(Epinephelus itajara) populations in the eastern Gulf of Mexico: assessment of population parameters and
essential habitat characterization.
Tuesday 3:05 PM
Donald C. Hicks
Ichthyological Survey of a Low Salinity Restoration Site in an Urban
Creek System
Tuesday 3:25 PM
David A. Rydene
Assessment of fish assemblage recovery at the Mavro Vetranic grounding
site in Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida.
Tuesday 3:45 PM
A. P Wheeler
and M. S. Allen,
Habitat and Diet Comparison of Largemouth Bass and Shoal
Bass in the Upper Chipola River, Florida
Tuesday 4:05 PM
Laura G. Jenkins
Movement and Habitat Use of Subadult Gulf Sturgeon
5:00 PM - DINNER
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM POSTER SETUP
7:00 PM - Until ***POSTER REVIEW*** (Drinks and Snacks will be available in the poster area, and the presenters will be available to answer questions) & BONFIRE SOCIAL
7:00 - 8:00 AM - BREAKFAST
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM - REGISTRATION (in Foyer)
8:00 AM - 8:10 AM - Welcome and Announcements, Pres. Bob Wattendorf
8:10 AM - 12:00 PM - SYMPOSIUM
:
IMPACTS OF HARMFUL ORGANISMS ON FLORIDA FISHERIES,
Your Choice of Colors: Blue-Green Algae, Red Tides, Black Grubs..."
8:10 AM
Donna Turgeon
A National Overview of Harmful Algal Blooms.
8:30 AM
Karen Steidinger
Harmful Algal Blooms in Florida.
8:50 AM
Jan Lansberg
Harmful Algal Blooms and Aquatic disease mortalities.
9:10 AM
Brian Bendis
Automated monitoring platforms for estuaries.
9:30 AM
Randy Edwards and Richard
H. Pierce
Effects of a major red tide on seagrass and nearshore fishes in
Sarasota Bay, Florida: Initial impacts and recovery patterns.
9:50 - 10:05 - BREAK
10:05 AM
Andrew Chapman
Taxonomy and Ecology of Florida Harmful Blue-green
Algae.
10:25 AM
Chris Williams, Andrew Chapman, Marek Pawlowicz, Wayne Carmichael, and John
Burns
An
Assessment of Toxigenic Cyanobacteria in Florida's Surface Water.
10:45 AM
John Burns
Cyanobacteria
Blooms in Florida's Surface Drinking Water Supplies.
11:05 AM
James Perran Ross, H. Franklin Percival, Allan Woodward, Dwayne Carbonneau, Trenton R. Schoeb, John
Burns, Chris Williams and Wayne Carmichael.
Alligator mortality and algal
toxins: a preliminary report.
11:25 AM
Richard Pierce
Biotoxins in the marine environment.
12:00 - 1:00 PM - LUNCH
1:10 - 4:05 PM - TECHNICAL SESSION
Wednesday 1:10 PM
Wednesday 1:30 PM
Wednesday 1:50 PM
Tuesday 2:10 PM
2:30 - 2:45 PM - BREAK
Wednesday 2:45 PM
Wednesday 3:05 PM
Wednesday 3:25 PM
3:45
- 5:00 - DISCUSSION/FIELD STUDIES
5:00 - 6:00 - DINNER
6:30 - 7:00 BUSINESS MEETING
7:00 - UNTIL - RAFFLE and BONFIRE SOCIAL
THURSDAY-- March 30, 2000
Ruth Ellen Klinger
and Ruth Francis-Floyd
Avoiding Common Mistakes During a Fish Kill
Investigation
Steven Harkey
A Comparative Study of Mercury Concentrations in Tissue of Coastal
Gulf of Mexico and Estuarine Red
Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) from Tampa Bay, Florida.
William E. Pine III
,Mike S. Allen and Marty M. Hale
Comparison of Trawls versus Trap
Nets for Collecting Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus in Two Florida Lakes
Robert M. Kobza,
and J. C. Trexler
The Role of Seasonal Hydrology in the Dynamics of Fish
Communities Inhabiting Karstic Wetlands of the Florida Everglades.
Stephen A. Bortone
A Vague Zoogeographic Barrier Along the Northern Gulf of Mexico:
Past and Present Evidence
Chris Harnden
and Derke Snodgrass
Species Composition of Fishes at Selected Oceanside
Beaches in the Florida Keys
Richard Paperno
and Russell Brodie
Fisheries Survey of the St. Sebastian River, Florida:
Overview and Preliminary Findings.
7:00 - 8:00 AM - BREAKFAST
7:30 AM - REGISTRATION (in foyer)
8:20 - 11:15 - TECHNICAL SESSION
Thursday 8:20 AM
Eric J. Nagid and Theodore S. Hoehn
The Development of the Florida Fishes Database
Thursday 8:40 AM
John H. Chick
, Pamela Geddes, Joseph H. K. Pechmann, and Joel C. Trexler
Trophic
interactions of large-piscivorous and small-omnivorous fishes in freshwater marshes of the Florida Everglades
Thursday 9:00 AM
M. Fougerolle
and R. G. Turingan
The effects of prey type on the feeding biomechanics of
Archosargus probatocephalus
Thursday 9:20 AM
A. W. Francis, Jr
. and R. G. Turingan
Summer Flounder Feeding Biomechanics and Its
Implications for Fish Population Dynamics
9:40 - 9:15 AM - BREAK
Thursday 9:55 AM
Jeffrey E. Hill
and Charles E. Cichra
Size-selective predation by peacock cichlids and trial
duration in laboratory prey size selectivity experiments.
Thursday 10:15 AM
S.H. Huskey
Interpopulation Variation in Prey Resource Use and Oral Jaw
Morphometrics in Largemouth Bass, Micropterus salmoides.
Thursday 10:35 AM
Justin M. Krebs
Early Ontogeny of feeding performance on larval red drum, Sciaenops
ocellatus
Thursday 10:55 AM
Eric A. Reyier
Swimming and Feeding of Bahamian Epibathyal Sharks with Comments
on Fin Morphology
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM - LUNCH and AWARDS PRESENTATION
Micah Bakenhaster
, Richard S. McBride, and W. Wayne Price
The Life History of the Parasitic Isopod
Glossobius hemiramphi (Isopoda: Cymothoidae) and its Relationship to its Host Hemiramphus brasiliensis
(Pisces: Hemiramphidae).
P. C. Blum, Henry M. S., Pierce R. H., and J. I. Lyons
Intra-cellular and extra-cellular toxins in the red tide
organism Gymnodinium breve
K.Y. Guindon-Tisdel
and J. Wallin
A comparison of faunal communities from seagrass and unvegetated
habitats in three Florida estuaries
Anthony MacWhinnie II
Life history and population dynamics of the Bearded Brotula, Brotula barbata, in the
northwestern Gulf of Mexico
R.S. McBride
, J. Styer and R Hudson
Halfbeak, Hemiramphus spp., fishing and spawning grounds in south
Florida
Pat O'Donnell
and Todd Hopkins
Downstream Effects of Altered Freshwater Inflow on Fish, Shrimp and
Crabs of the 10,000 Islands Estuary of Southwest Florida
Heather M. Patterson
, Richard S. McBride, Roy E. Crabtree and Neal Julien
Elemental signatures of red drum
(Sciaenops ocellatus) otoliths from the Gulf of Mexico and western Atlantic
D. M Scheidt
and R. H. Lowers,
Aerial survey of the Northern IRL and Lower Mosquito Lagoon to document
the extent of a mortality event of the Horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus).
William Seaman
Economic and scientific development of Florida's marine ornamental aquarium species
sector.
Philip W. Stevens
and Kenneth J. Sulak
Egress of adult sport fish from an estuarine fish replenishment zone
within Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida.
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