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SOUTHERN
DIVISION AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY 9TH MIDYEAR MEETING Hilton
Jacksonville Riverfront Meeting Program |
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| 08:00-08:30 | BUSINESS MEETING | ||||
| 08:30-09:15 | MENTORING GENERAL SESSION - At Tale of Six Mentors (Jim Martin, Pure Fishing Inc.), Mentoring Programs in the Southeast (Larry Olmstead, Duke Power) | ||||
| 09:15-09:40 | COFFEE BREAK | ||||
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FRESHWATER
FISHERIES MANAGEMENT
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| 09:40-10:00 | Factors Associated with the Reduction of a Minimum Length Limit for Largemouth Bass in Lake Eufaula, Alabama-Georgia (Jeffrey Slipke*, Michael Maceina, David Partridge, Kenneth Weathers) | ||||
| 10:00-10:20 | Live Fast, Die Young: Can Puerto Rico Largemouth Bass be Managed Effectively? (Richard Noble, J. Wesley Neal, D. Scott Waters, Ozcan Ozen) | ||||
| 10:20-10:40 | Changes in the Black Bass Population and Fishery with the Oligotrophication of West Point Reservoir, Georgia (Michael Maceina, David Bayne) | ||||
| 10:40-11:00 | Homing Behavior of Largemouth Bass in the Tidal Chickahominy River, Virginia (Dean Fowler) | ||||
| 11:00-11:20 | Effects of Bait Types and Hooking Location on Largemouth Bass Post-Release Mortality (Randall Myers, Steven Poarch) | ||||
| 11:20-11:40 | Evaluation of a Statewide Volunteer Angler Diary Program for use as a Fishery Assessment Tool (Gregory Bray, Harold Schramm) | ||||
| 11:40-13:00 | LUNCH BREAK | ||||
FRESHWATER
FISHERIES ECOLOGY
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| 13:00-13:20 | Plant and Fish Communities in Enhanced Littoral Areas of Lake Kissimmee, Florida, Following a Major Habitat Enhancement (Kimberly Tugend*, Micheal Allen) | ||||
| 13:20-13:40 | Prediction of Stream Fish Microhabitat with Complex Hydraulic Variables, an Ecomorphological Approach (Mathew Chan*, Donald Orth) | ||||
| 13:40-14:00 | Seasonal Habitat Selection by Adult Striped Bass in Lake Murray, South Carolina (Jason Schaffler*, Jeffery Isely, Gene Hayes) | ||||
| 14:00-14:20 | Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Energy Intake by Lower Mississippi River Catfishes (Michael Eggleton, Harold Schramm, Jr.) | ||||
| 14:20-14:40 | Diel Movement of Largemouth Bass in a South Carolina Stream (Tucker Jones, Jeffery Isely, Dean Fletcher, Michael Paller, Susan Dyer, William Litrell) | ||||
| 14:40-15:00 | COFFEE BREAK | ||||
| 15:00-15:20 | Movement of Brown Bullhead in the Tidal Anacostia River, Washington, D. C. USA. (Peter Sakaris, Roman Jesien, Alfred Pinkney) | ||||
| 15:20-15:40 | Habitat and Diet Comparison of Largemouth Bass and Shoal Bass in the Upper Chipola River, Florida (A. Powell Wheeler, Mike Allen) | ||||
| 15:40-16:00 | Habitat Utilization and Distribution of Striped Bass in J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir (Shawn Young*, Jeff Isely) | ||||
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SETTING
THE LIMITS: BAG AND SIZE REGULATIONS IN COASTAL MARINE FISHERIES
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| 09:40-10:00 | Bag and Size Limit Analyses for the Northern and Southern Regions of the Atlantic Red Drum (Doug Vaughan, John Carmichael) | ||||
| 10:00-10:20 | Risk-Averse or Overreaction? Changing the Harvest Regulations for Sheepshead in Georgia (A.G. Woodward, P.H. Medders) | ||||
| 10:20-10:40 | Evaluating the Effectiveness of Maximum Size Limits for Spotted Seatrout, Snook, and Red Drum in Florida (Michael Murphy) | ||||
| 10:40-11:00 | Changes in the Catch and Population Size/Age Structure Attributed to Bag and Size Limits for Spotted Seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, in Mississippi (James "Tut" Warren, Michael Buchanan) | ||||
| 11:00-11:20 | Modeling the interaction between size limits and sex ratio in snook Centropomus undecimalis, a protandric hermaphrodite (Bob Muller) | ||||
| 11:20-13:00 | LUNCH BREAK | ||||
MARINE
FISHERIES ECOLOGY
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| 13:00-13:20 | The Influence of Nearest-Neighbor Dynamics on Artificial Reef Fish-Assemblages off Coastal Alabama (Andrew Strelcheck*, James Cowan, Jr.) | ||||
| 13:20-13:40 | A Bioenergetics-Based Formalization of Habitat-Mediated Predator-Prey Interactions and Predator Growth Response on Coastal Reefs (Doran Mason*, William Lindberg, Debra Murie, Brian Nagy) | ||||
| 13:40-14:00 | Pelagic Fish Distribution on an Artificial Reef System in the Gulf of Mexico (Brian Nagy*, Doran Mason, William Lindberg) | ||||
| 14:00-14:20 | Reefs of an Uninhabited Caribbean Island: Fishes, Benthic Habitat, and Opportunities to Discern Reef Fishery Impact (M. Miller, C. Gerstner) | ||||
| 14:20-14:40 | Life-history of the Knobbed Porgy, Calamus nodosus, on the Continental Shelf of North Carolina and South Carolina (Christopher Sharp*) | ||||
| 14:40-15:00 | COFFEE BREAK | ||||
| 15:00-15:20 | Distribution, Diversity and Habitats of Fishes on the Continental Shelf and Upper Slope of the South Atlantic Bight, USA (Jill Jennings*) | ||||
| 15:20-15:40 | The Attraction of age-0 and age-1 red snapper , Lutjanus campechanus, to Artificially Placed Shell Plots (Steve Szedlmayer, C. Furman) | ||||
| 15:40-16:00 | Yield Per Recruit and Spawning Potential Ratio: A Simulation with Red Grouper (Julian Burgos*) | ||||
| 16:00-16:20 | Recruitment, Growth and Distribution of Juvenile Mugil cephalus within the Charleston Harbor Estuary, South Carolina (Christopher McDonough) | ||||
| 16:20-16:40 | Population structure of red grouper, Epinephelus morio, and black grouper, Mycteroperca bonaci in the western Atlantic, as determined by microsatellite DNA analysis (Michelle S. Zatcoff) | ||||
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FISH
ATTRACTION DEVICES (FADS): SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT ISSUES
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| 09:40-10:00 | Introduction to FADS Symposium (Randy Edwards) | ||||
| 10:00-10:20 | Deepwater Development Structures (G. Ed Richardson) | ||||
| 10:20-10:40 | Deepwater Petroleum Structures in the Gulf of Mexico-Assessment of their Potential to Function as Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) (Randy Edwards, Ken Sulak, and Doug Weaver) | ||||
| 10:40-11:00 | The Fishery for Tunas Associated with Flotsam and FADs in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (Martin Hall) | ||||
| 11:00-11:20 | Questions about the Association of Tunas and Other Species with Floating Objects (Martin Hall) | ||||
| 11:20-11:40 | Fish and FADs: A Review of the Influence of FADs on the Movement and Distribution of Pelagic Fishes (Kim Holland) | ||||
| 11:40-13:00 | LUNCH BREAK | ||||
| 13:00-13:20 | Tuna Fishing and Fish Aggregating Devices (Marc Taquet and Jean-Yves Le Gall) | ||||
| 13:20-13:40 | Integrated Statistical Models of Tuna Movement in Relation to Fish Attractors (John Sibert) | ||||
| 13:40-14:00 | Tuna in the Gulf of Mexico (Craig Brown and Gerald Scott) | ||||
| 14:00-14:20 | Petroleum Platforms in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Deepwater Structures as Fish Attracting Devices (FADs) for Pelagic Fishes (James Franks) | ||||
| 14:20-14:40 | Cold-core Eddies, the Loop Current and Larval Tuna; A Preferred Spawning and Nursery Habitat? (John Lamkin, John Govoni, and Thomas Leming) | ||||
| 14:40-15:00 | COFFEE BREAK | ||||
| 15:00-15:20 | Gulf of Mexico Petroleum and Gas Rigs as FADs for Sharks and Rays (Robert Hueter and Jeff Childs) | ||||
| 15:20-15:40 | Now it can be Told: 5 Long Years of Deepwater Surveys around the Oil Platforms of Southern California (Milton Love) | ||||
| 15:40-16:00 | Potential interactions between pelagic longline fishing and deepwater oil gas structures in the Gulf of Mexico (David B. Snyder, Luis Lagera, Peter Arnold, LeRay de Wit, George H. Burgess and Chris Friel) | ||||
| 16:00-17:00 | Panel Discussion on FADs | ||||
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ASSESSMENT OF ECOLOGICAL HEALTH
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| 09:40-10:00 | A Rapid Bioassessment Technique for Warmwater Streams Impacted by Acid Mine Drainage in North Alabama (Deirdre Black*, Elise Irwin) | ||||
| 10:00-10:20 | A Preliminary Assessment of the Ecological Health of Three West Georgia Piedmont Streams using Fish Assemblages (Ashlie Blinn*, Christopher Tabit) | ||||
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Detecting Agricultural Animal Waste in Stream Food Webs using Stable Isotope Techniques (Thomas Kwak) |
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| 10:40-11:00 |
Hierarchical Models for Ecological Inference at Multiple Spatial Scales (James Peterson, Bruce Rieman, Jason Dunham) |
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| 11:00-11:20 |
Characterizing Fish Assemblage Composition at Large Spatial Scales: How Much Sampling is Enough? (Kirk Krueger*, Paul Angermeier) |
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| 11:20-13:00 | LUNCH BREAK | ||||
| DAM REMOVAL ISSUES IN THE SOUTHEAST Moderators: Pat Fricano, Florida Chapter AFS, and Mike Allen, The University of Florida |
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| 13:00-13:20 |
Use of Net Environmental Benefits Analysis to Evaluate Dam Decommissioning in Hydropower Licensing (Steven Layman, Joseph Nicolette, and Mary Jo Kealy) |
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| 13:20-13:40 |
New Savannah Bluff Lock And Dam Removal- - A Biological and Ecological No Brainer (Steve Gilbert) |
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| 13:40-14:00 | New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam -- The Complexities of deciding the future of an old structure (William Bailey) | ||||
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The case for removing Rodman Dam (David White) |
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Rodman Reservoir: "To Be or Not To Be," that is the SAME Question. (Mark Hoyer, Daniel Canfield, Jr.) |
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| 14:40-15:00 | COFFEE BREAK | ||||
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Anadromous Fish Passage in Virginia - Dam Removal and Fishway Construction (L. Alan Weaver) |
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Comparison of spawning migrations for striped bass and American shad before and after dam removal (Stephan Bowman, Christopher Beasley, and Joseph Hightower) |
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| 15:40-16:00 | Fish Passage Implementation and Habitat Restoration in the Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylvania, Through the Removal of Non-Beneficial, Low-Head Dams (Scott Carney) | ||||
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FISH EARLY LIFE HISTORY
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| 09:40-10:00 |
Exploring the Importance of Larval Density to Recruitment Success of White Crappie (David 'Bo' Bunnell*, Roy Stein, Jennifer Pyzoha) |
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| 10:00-10:20 |
Management of Tennessee Walleye Populations Suffering Chronic Recruitment Problems (Christopher Vandergoot*, Phillip Bettoli, Dale Honeyfield, T. Churchill) |
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| 10:20-10:40 |
Abundance and Distribution of Larval Fish in a Hydroelectric-Peaking Project Tailwater (Jason Farmer, James Layzer) |
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| 10:40-11:00 |
Growth and Survival of Larval Suckers (Moxostoma spp.) Exposed to Pulsed, High-Water Velocities (Richard Weyers, Cecil Jennings, Mary Freeman) |
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| 11:00-11:20 |
Larval Salinity Tolerance in Opossum Pipefish, Microphis brachyurus lineatus (Sarah Frias-Torres*, R. Grant Gilmore, Jr.) |
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| 11:20-13:00 | LUNCH BREAK | ||||
FISHERIES MANAGEMENT: SOCIOECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS
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| 13:00-13:20 |
Florida Fishing Communities: Integrating Identification, Definition and Dependence (Michael Jepson, Steve Jacob) |
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| 13:20-13:40 |
Fishing Communities, Economics or Anthropology?: The Case of Madiera Beach Florida (Linda Lucas, Kristy Mattice) |
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| 13:40-14:00 | Civil Restitution Values and Methods Currently in Use by State Fish and Game Agencies (Herb Holloway) | ||||
| 14:00-14:20 |
The Economic Effects of Pfiesteria in the Mid-Atlantic Region (Timothy Haab, John Whitehead, Douglas Lipton, James Kirkley, George Parsons) |
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| 14:20-14:40 |
Management Implications of Market Segmentation of Virginia's Anglers (Brendan O'Neill, Steve McMullin) |
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| 14:40-15:00 | COFFEE BREAK | ||||
| 15:00-15:20 |
Economic Analyses and Federal Mandates (Theo Brainerd) |
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| 15:20-15:40 |
Georgia's Socio-Economic Pilot Study of its Blue Crab Fishery: An ACCSP Exercise (Doug Haymans) |
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| 15:40-16:00 |
Capacity, Excess Capacity, and Fisheries Management II (John Ward) |
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| 16:00-16:20 |
Use of the Classic Fishery Production Function to Illustrate the Interaction between Biology and Economics in Fishery Management¾Focus on the Lobster Fishery (Richard Allen) |
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| 16:20-16:40 |
Industry Heterogeneity, Collective Action and Commons Management: Lessons from Industrial Fisheries (Brian Potter) |
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| 16:40-17:00 | Market Quota System: A Foundation of Fairness (Steven Scannell) | ||||
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STOCK ENHANCEMENT
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| 09:00-09:20 |
Survival and Movement of Hatchery-Reared Red Drum Sciaenops ocellatus Out-Planted into the Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge (CNWR) (Edward Sherwood, Debra Murie, Daryl Parkyn) |
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| 09:20-09:40 |
Assessment of Red Drum Sciaenops ocellatus Stock Enhancement in Tampa Bay, Florida: An Experimental Approach (Brent Winner, Robert McMichael Jr., Frank Kennedy Jr., Ken Leber, William Halstead, Theresa Bert, Michael Tringali, Chris Young, John Ransier) |
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| 09:40-10:00 | An Objective Treatment of Gulf Sturgeon Stock Enhancement (Anne Wakeford) | ||||
| 10:00-10:20 | Stock Enhancement of Shortnose Sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum: Colonization of Non-Target Rivers (William Post*, Theodore Smith, Mark Collins, John McCord) | ||||
| 10:20-10:40 | COFFEE BREAK | ||||
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Contribution of Stocked Fingerling Brown Trout in the Lake James Tailrace, North Carolina (Doug Besler) |
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| 11:00-11:20 |
Successful Establishment of Redear Sunfish in a Crowded Predator Lake through Supplemental Stocking (Barry Smith, Don Keller) |
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| 11:20-11:40 |
Efficacy of Clove Oil as an Anesthetic and Stress Reducer in Yearling Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) (J. Larry Wilson, Jamillah Johnson, Michael 'Stump' Smith) |
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GEAR AND SAMPLING CONSIDERATIONS
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| 09:00-09:20 | Shad Abundance Comparisons using Mid-Water Trawls and Hydroacoustics in a Southern Impoundment (Jeff Boxrucker) | ||||
| 09:20-09:40 | Comparison of Two Electrofishing Methods Utilized in Surveying Fish Assemblages in Warmwater Streams in Central Tennessee (Michael Edwards*, Daniel Combs, S. Bradford Cook) | ||||
| 09:40-10:00 | Use of Low-Frequency Electrofishing for Sampling Ictalurid Populations in Virginia's Tidal Rivers (Dean Fowler) | ||||
| 10:00-10:20 | Effects of Sampling Season, Gear, and Area on Population Characteristics of Crappies in Tennessee Reservoirs (Steve Sammons*, Phillip Bettoli) | ||||
| 10:20-10:40 | COFFEE BREAK | ||||
| 10:40-11:00 |
Field Identification Accuracy for White Bass and Hybrid Striped Bass (Kevin Storey, J. Warren Schlechte, Loraine Fries) |
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| 11:00-11:20 |
Evaluation of Onsite versus Offsite Data Collection for Predicting Thermal Habitat (Colin Krause*, T. J. Newcomb) |
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| 11:20-11:40 |
Sampling Fish Populations in Contaminated Environments (J. Fred Heitman, Donald Harris) |
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| 11:40-12:00 | Considering the Effects of Time in Experimental Designs of Fisheries Research (John Taylor, Mike Allen) | ||||
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ESTUARINE FISH ECOLOGY
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| 09:00-09:20 |
Habitat Use by Nearshore Fishes in the Estuarine Portion of the St. Johns River (Frank Jordan) |
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| 09:20-09:40 |
Density, Growth and Biomass Production of Atlantic Croaker and Spot in the Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Alabama (M. Todd Brackin*, J.R. Pennock, James Cowan Jr.) |
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| 09:40-10:40 | COFFEE BREAK | ||||
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
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| 10:40-11:00 |
Isolating the Parentals of a Late Spawn of Threadfin Shad in Hugo Reservoir, Oklahoma (Kurt Kuklinski, Jeff Boxrucker) |
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| 11:00-11:20 |
Effects of Surgically Implanted Acoustic Transmitters on Survival and Spawning Success of Spotted Seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) in Captivity (Nathan Henderson, Susan Lowerre-Barbieri, Angela Gospodarek) |
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| 11:20-11:40 | Spawning Habitat Characteristics of Recreationally Important Sciaenid Species in the Savannah Harbor (Bridget Callahan, Mark Collins, Bill Post, Ted Smith) | ||||
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FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND HEALTH
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| 09:00-09:20 |
Temperature and Hypoxia Tolerance of Selected Fishes from a Hyperthermal Tidepool in the Dry Tortugas (Jodie Rummer*, Heidi Wallman, Nann Fangue, Wayne Bennett) |
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| 09:20-09:40 |
Thermal Acclimation Kinetics of the Sheepshead Minnow, Cyprinodon variegatus (Martin Wunderly, Wayne Bennett) |
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| 09:40-10:00 | The Largemouth Bass Virus Experience in Texas (David Terre, Loraine Fries, Greg Southard) | ||||
| 10:00-10:40 | COFFEE BREAK | ||||
ENDANGERED AND INTRODUCED FISHES
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| 10:40-11:00 |
Microhabitat Use and Conservation Status of the Endangered Okaloosa Darter (Howard Jelks, Frank Jordan, Jane Jimeian) |
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| 11:00-11:20 |
Size-Related Shifts in Habitat Use by the Federally Endangered Roanoke Logperch (Percina rex): Implications for Conservation (Amanda Rosenberger*, Paul Angermeier) |
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| 11:20-11:40 |
Adverse Effects of Introduced Fishes in South Florida: What do the Data Show? (Jeff Hill*) |
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| POSTER SESSION | |||||
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| Mercury Levels in Recreationally Important Fish Species from Inshore and Offshore Waters of Florida. (D. H. Adams, R. H. McMichael, Jr.) | |||||
| The Examination of a Blue Catfish Ictalurus furcatus Population in a Large Southeastern Reservoir, Lake Norman, North Carolina (J. D. Grist*, B. R. Murphy) | |||||
| Longitudinal Patterns in the Smith River, Virginia, Tailwater Fishery (M. R. Anderson, D. C. Novinger, D. J. Orth, T. J. Newcomb, A. K. Holloway, C. A. Dolloff) | |||||
| Phylogeography of the Tallapoosa Darter - A Preliminary Report (S. M. Brogdon, C. R. Tabit, S. D. Fonseka, L. G. Kral) | |||||
| The Role of Temperature on Behavior and Movement of Atlantic Stingray, Dasyatis sabina from St. Joseph's Bay, Florida (N. A. Fangue*, W. A. Bennett) | |||||
| Reproductive Behavior and Resource Partitioning Between Gulf Toadfish, Opsanus beta and Florida Blenny, Casmodes saburrae (K. J. Fitchett*, W. A. Bennett) | |||||
| Using Long-term Monitoring Data as a Tool to Determine Essential Fish Habitats for Juvenile Red Drum and Spotted Seatrout in Tampa Bay, FL (K. Y. Guindon-Tisdel , R. E. Matheson, L. L. Brant, J. M. Fine, R. H. McMichael, Jr., G. Nelson) | |||||
| Principal Habitats of Several Recreationally Important Fishes in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida (C. Harnden) | |||||
| Trophic Responses of Large Predatory Fishes to Habitat Restoration (F. Jordan, D. A. Arrington) | |||||
| Effects of Flooding and Drought on Redbreast Sunfish (Lepomis auritus) Growth in Southwest Georgia (M. Kearns, S. W. Golladay, M. Freeman, J. J. Isely) | |||||
| Trophic Patterns of An Everglades Freshwater Fish Community Across Habitats And Seasons (W. F. Loftus, J. C. Trexler) | |||||
| Status of Florida's Shad and River Herring (Alosa species) (R. McBride, R. McMichael, S. Rider, G. Nelson) | |||||
| Fish and Aquatic Invertebrate Assemblages in Everglades National Park in Relation to Changes in Hydrology (E. B. Nelson, E. L. Nance, S. A. Perry) | |||||
| Age and Growth of Halfbeak, Hemiramphus spp., Populations in South Florida (P. Thurman, R. S. McBride) | |||||
| The Relationship Between Size Differences and Bioenergetics of Largemouth Bass Populations from Brackish and Freshwater Habitats in the Escambia River and Marsh (B. P. Whitlock*, R. A. Krause, W. A. Bennett) | |||||
| Preliminary Examination of Stable Isotope Analysis as a Technique to Verify Annual Growth Band Deposition in the Shells of Four Freshwater Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from Florida (H. N. Blalock-Herod) | |||||
| Fecundity Estimation of American Shad, Alosa sapidissima, along the East Coast of the United States (T. D. Piper, R. Jesien, K. Friedland) | |||||
| Life History Parameters and Population Dynamics of Freshwater Fishes of South Florida Canal Systems: Common Large-Bodied Species (J. J. Herod, L. G. Nico, W. F. Loftus) | |||||
| The Asian Swamp Eel: A Recent Invader in Peninsular Florida (L. G. Nico, J. J. Herod, W. F. Loftus) | |||||