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31st Annual Meeting Student Awards

Presented on January 29, 2010

 

Abstract Division
1st Place    

E Hu — Louisiana State University

Commercial-scale blue catfish sperm cryopreservation for hybrid catfish production

       
2nd Place    

Rafael Cuevas-Uribe — Louisiana State University

Sperm vitrification of marine fishes: effect on motility, membrane integrity, and fertilization ability

       
3rd Place    

Shanna Harris — Louisiana State University

Cryoprotectant and chill tolerance in Artemia franciscana  

 

Poster Division  
1st Place    

Victoria Ippolito — Louisiana State University

Triploid Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin) as a viable summertime crop in Louisiana

       
2nd Place    

Bandana Shrestha — McNeese State University

Effect of methylmercury on the carbohydrate production of Achnanthes longipes concomitant with sediment stabilization

       
3rd Place    

Chris Bonvillian — Louisiana State University

Physiological biomarkers in red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) during hypoxic stress

 

Oral Presentation Division
1st Place    

Michael Coulon — Louisiana State University

Substrate preference, survival, and developmental ontogeny of Gulf killifish (Fundulus grandis) eggs incubated in air

       
2nd Place    

Melissa Fries — Louisiana State University

Introgression, condition, and health of Florida (Micropterus salmoides floridanus), hybrid (Micropterus salmoides floridanus x salmoides), and northern largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides salmoides) in Louisiana water bodies

       
3rd Place    

Charles Brown — Louisiana State University

Larval development timing and metabolic costs from incubation of Gulf killifish (Fundulus grandis) at varying environmental salinities

 


 

30th Annual Meeting coincided with the SDAFS meeting

 


 

29th Annual Meeting Student Awards

Presented on February 1, 2008

 

Abstract Division
1st Place    

Heather Olivier — University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Gonadopodial Development as a Biomarker of Endocrine Disruption in Western Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis)

       
2nd Place    

Chris Llewellyn — Louisiana State University

Assessing Functional Equivalency of Restored Marshes:  Exploring the Use of Stable Isotope Ecology

       
3rd Place    

Rafael Cuevas-Uribe — Louisiana State University

Cryopreservation of Catfish Sperm by Rapid Non-Equilibrium Cooling  

 

Poster Division  
1st Place     Craig Gothreaux — Louisiana State University

Optimal Dietary Protein Level for Florida Pompano Trachinotus carolinus

       
2nd Place    

Peter Markos — Louisiana State University

Evaluating the Effects of Physical Disturbance on Stream Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities in Southeastern Louisiana

       
3rd Place    

Mason Piehler — Louisiana State University

Examining the Use of BiorockTM Reefs in Grande Isle, LA

 

Oral Presentation Division
1st Place    

Jody Callihan — Louisiana State University

Movement Patterns of Spotted Seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, in Calcasieu Lake, Louisiana

       
2nd Place    

Olivia Smith — Nicholls State University

Preliminary Assessment of Reproductive Potential of Spotted Gar Lepisosteus oculatus in the Upper Barataria Estuary, Louisiana

       
3rd Place    

Kirsten Simonsen — Louisiana State University

The Effect of an Inshore Artificial Oyster Reef on the Ecology of Spotted Seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus), in Barataria Bay, Louisiana

 


 

28th Annual Meeting Student Awards

Presented on February 2, 2007

 

Abstract Division
1st Place    

R. J. David Wells — Louisiana State University

THE ROLES OF ONTOGENY, HABITAT, AND TRAWLING FOR THE FEEDING ECOLOGY OF RED SNAPPER, LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS: A COMBINED STABLE ISOTOPE AND STOMACH CONTENTS APPROACH

         
2nd Place   Photo not available  

Christopher Bonvillain — Nicholls State University

THE USE OF A LOW-WATER REFUGE IN THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER BASIN BY ADULT SPOTTED GAR LEPISOSTEUS OCULATUS

         
3rd Place    

Jamie L. Maiaro — Louisiana State University

EFFECTS OF HURRICANE KATRINA ON FISH COMMUNITIES IN BILOXI MARSH, LOUISIANA  

 

Poster Division  
1st Place     Kim de Mutsert — Louisiana State University

IS THE ECOLOGICAL BASELINE IN LOUISIANA ESTUARIES CHANGING?  RE-EVALUATING PAULY'S INDEX IN BRETON SOUND, LOUISIANA, USA USING 40 YEARS OF FISHERIES INDEPENDENT DATA

         
2nd Place    

Heather Pace Dyer — Nicholls State University

ADULT FISH DISTRIBUTION IN BAYOU LAFOURCHE ABOVE AND BELOW THE THIBODAUX WEIR  

         
3rd Place   Photo not available  

Christopher Bonvillain — Nicholls State University

THE USE OF A LOW-WATER REFUGE IN THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER BASIN BY ADULT SPOTTED GAR LEPISOSTEUS OCULATUS

 

Oral Presentation Division
1st Place    

R. J. David Wells — Louisiana State University

THE ROLES OF ONTOGENY, HABITAT, AND TRAWLING FOR THE FEEDING ECOLOGY OF RED SNAPPER, LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS: A COMBINED STABLE ISOTOPE AND STOMACH CONTENTS APPROACH

         
2nd Place    

Kevin Melody — Louisiana State University

EFFECTIVENESS OF ICING AS A POST-HARVEST TREATMENT FOR OYSTERS IN THE REDUCTION OF VIBRIO VULNIFICUS AND V. PARAHAEMOLYTICUS

         
3rd Place    

Johnathan G. Davis — Nicholls State University

REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY, LIFE HISTORY, AND POPULATION STRUCTURE OF A BOWFIN AMIA CALVA POPULATION IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA

 


 

27th Annual Meeting Student Awards

Presented on February 2, 2006

 

Poster Division  
1st Place Stephanie Cogburn — Louisiana State University

CONTRASTING NEKTON DENSITIES AMONG SPARTINA MARSH-EDGE SITES IDENTIFIED AS HEALTHY OR AT RISK

 

Oral Presentation Division
1st Place

Craig Gothreaux — Louisiana State University

measurement of nutrient availability in feedstuffs for Florida pompano

   
2nd Place

Michelle Satterwhite — Louisiana State University

EFFECTS OF FOOD AVAILABILITY ON NUTRITIONAL CONDITION AND GROWTH OF NAKED GOBY (GOBIOSOMA BOSC)

   
3rd Place

Johnathan Davis — Nicholls State University

PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF LIFE HISTORY CHARACTERISTICS OF BOWFIN IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA

 


 

26th Annual Meeting Student Awards

Presented on February 4, 2005

 

Poster Division  
1st Place  Hematology of sturgeon from the lower Mississippi River basin:  What blood can tell us about sturgeon.  Stephanie Gauthier* and Jill Jenkins.

2nd Place Establishing a survey for reproductive health in the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary.  Jenn Lasseigne*, Jessica Occhionero, Justin Getzinger, Amanda Lyons, and Gary LeFleur, Jr.

3rd Place Spectrophotometric estimation of sperm concentration in blue catfish.  William Campbell*, Amy Guitreau, and Terrence Tiersch.

 

Oral Presentation Division

1st Place  Effects of woody debris surface area and dissolved oxygen on coastal plain stream macroinvertebrate communities.  Michael D. Kaller* and William Kelso.

2nd Place  Feeding behavior changes of juvenile bluegill Lepomis machrochirus due to injesting red imported fireants Solenopsis invictaMarc Acosta*, Quenton Fontenot, and Allyse Ferrara.

3rd Place  A community approach to identifying essential fish habitat of spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, in coastal Louisiana.  Pamela MacRae* and James Cowan.

 

Abstract Division
  1st Place  Detection of cell proliferation of somatic tissues from the Eastern Oyster by flow cytometry.  Fernando Jimanez*, Terrence Tiersch, Jill Jenkins, and Jerome LaPeyre.

2nd Place Cumulative effects define quality of cryopreserved oyster sperm.  Qiaoxiang Dong*, Changjiang Huang, and Terrence Tiersch.

3rd Place  Spectrophotometric estimation of sperm concentration in blue catfish.  William Campbell*, Amy Guitreau, and Terrence Tiersch.

                                  


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