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Texas Chapter AFS 2001 Meeting
"Values and the Aquatic Environment"

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SUNDAY, January 21 - Aquarena Center (Spring Lake Complex)
12:00-5:00 Registration
2:00-4:00 Continuing Education
4:00-5:00 Glass Bottom Boat Rides
Application and Resume Review
5:00-7:00 Mixer
 
MONDAY, January 22 - San Marcos Activity Center
7:30-5:00 Registration
Exhibits
Poster Session
8:15-8:25 Welcome - San Marcos Mayor David Chiu
8:30-10:00 Panel Discussion: Values and the Aquatic Environment - Gordon Linam (Moderator)
8:30-8:50 Dr. Richard Woodward, Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University
8:55-9:15 Rev. Terri Morgan, Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission
9:20-9:40 Mr. Frank Shockley, College of Forestry, Stephen F. Austin State University
9:45-10:00 Discussion and Questions
10:00-10:20 Break (Sponsored by Electronic Data Systems)
10:20-12:00 Technical Session - Loraine Fries (Moderator)
10:20-10:40 Texas Nature Trackers: Can citizen volunteers expand our insights on declining aquatic species? Lee Ann Linam and Ann Miller
10:40-11:00 Persistence and New Additions to the Introduced Fishes of the Upper San Antonio River, Bexar County, Texas. Robert J. Edwards
11:00-11:20 Importance of Shell-ridge Zones in the NW Gulf of Mexico as Nursery Habitat of Red Snapper. Josh O. Harper, Jay R. Rooker, and Andre M. Landry
11:20-11:40 Contribution of Stocked Florida Largemouth Bass during Drought Conditions in Three West Texas Reservoirs. Bobby W. Farquhar
11:40-12:00 Mycobacterium mainum Infection in Humans. Terry H. Conger and Richard A. Heckmann
12:00-1:30 Lunch - On Your Own
1:30-3:10 Technical Session - Warren Schlechte (Moderator)
1:30-1:50 Evaluation of Simple Random Sampling Procedures for General Monitoring of Fishes in Texas Reservoirs. Spencer C. Dumont
1:50-2:10 Native Fishes Research and Management in Texas During 2000. Gary P. Garrett, Robert J. Edwards, and Nathan Allan
2:10-2:30 Environmental Characteristics Associated with Fish Assemblage Structure of Five Coves During Fall and Spring Using Multiple Sampling Gears in Lake Texoma. Fran Gelwick and William Matthews
2:30-2:50 Evaluation of Fertilization of Florida Largemouth Bass Fingerlings Rearing Ponds at the A.E. Wood Fish Hatchery: A Baseline Study. Jeff Gant and Gerald Kurten
2:50-3:10 Trophic Ecology of Fauna Associated with Sargassum Mats in the NW Gulf of Mexico.  J.P. Turner, J.R. Rooker, G.A.J. Worthy, and S.A. Holt
3:10-3:40 Break
3:40-5:00 Technical Session - Ken Kurzawski (Moderator)
3:40-4:00 An Evaluation of Spring Flows to Support the Upper San Marcos River Spring Ecosystem, Hays County, Texas. Kenneth S. Saunders, Kevin B. Mayes, Tim A. Jurgensen, Joseph F. Trungale, Leroy J. Kleinsasser, Karim Aziz, Jacqueline Renee Fields, and Randall E. Moss
4:00-4:20 Fish Assemblages of Champion Lake, Trinity River Wildlife Refuge. Tim Ohman, Fran Gelwick, Stuart Marcus, and Mike Blessington
4:20-4:40 Use of a Real World Problem as a Learning Tool for Undergraduate Students. Christine C. Burgess, Frances P. Gelwick, and D. Albrey Arrington
4:40-5:00 Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Habitat Use by Fishes Associated with Sargassum Mats in the NW Gulf of Mexico. David Wells and Jay R. Rooker
7:00-? Banquet - BBQ Brisket
Keynote Speakers: Ed Bonn (First Chapter President and Retired TPWD Biologist) and Dick Luebke (13th Chapter President and Leader of the Heart of the Hills Research Station)
Awards Ceremony
Raffle and Auction
 
TUESDAY, January 23 - San Marcos Activity Center
7:00-8:00 Past Presidents Breakfast - Location to be Announced
8:00-12:00 Registration
Exhibits
Poster Session
8:15-10:05 Technical Session - Clell Guest (Moderator)
8:15-8:35 Habitat-Specific Growth Rates of Juvenile Red Snapper in the NW Gulf of Mexico.  B.W. Geary, J.O. Harper, and J.R. Rooker
8:35-8:55 Parasites of the Major Ichthyofauna of Yellowstone Lake, Wyoming. Terry H. Conger and Richard A. Heckmann
8:55-9:15 Influence of Stream Discharge Levels on Production of Larval Arkansas River Shiners and Peppered Chubs. Bart W. Durham and Gene R. Wilde
9:15-9:35 Aquatic Exhibits at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center. Jim Matthews and Genie Hilton
9:35-9:55 A Typical Day of an Aquatic Exhibits Staff at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center. Genie Hilton and Jim Matthews
9:55-10:15 Break
10:15 Business Meeting

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