TCAFS
Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society2011 Annual Meeting of the Texas Chapter American Fisheries Society
The Annual Meeting of the Texas Chapter American Fisheries Society was held February 10-12, 2011 at the Embassay Suites Hotel and Conference Center in San Marcos, Texas. The theme of the Plenary Session was "Fish Habitat: Contemporary Approaches for Assessment, Conservation, Enhancement, and Restoration." All presentations were podcast and may be viewed by clicking on the appropriate links below.
PLENARY SESSION
(click a presentation link below to see that podcast)
This is the first year that the Texas Chapter AFS annual meeting presentations have been podcast. While every effort was made to insure quality video and audio, we learned a great deal during this event about how to improve the sound quality with future meetings.
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Welcome (no video) (Craig Bonds, TCAFS President-Elect) |
Fish Habitat: Contemporary Approaches for Assessment, Conservation, Enhancement, and Restoration
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Aquatic Plants for Fish Habitat: a National Perspective (Michael Smart, US Army Corps of Engineers - Lewisville Aquatic Ecosystem Research Facility) |
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Low-cost Sonar Habitat Mapping: a New Tool for Research and Management of Fish Habitat Across Aquatic Landscapes (Adam Kaeser and Thom Litts, Georgia Department of Natural Resources) |
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The Big Picture for Fish Habitat Conservation: Moving the Needle in Texas Through Collaboration at Regional and National Scales (Tim Birdsong, TPWD - Inland Fisheries Division) |
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A Classification and Threat Condition Assessment of the Rivers and Streams of Texas (Ryan Smith, The Nature Conservancy) |
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Estuarine Habitat Restoration Efforts on the Texas Coast: Leveraging Resources to Maximize Restoration opportunities on our Multi-use Estuaries (Jamie Schubert, TPWD - Coastal Fisheries Division) |
TECHNICAL SESSION I - Morning
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The Fishes of Texas Project - Status of Compilation and Standardization of Museum-vouchered Fish Collection Data, Online Database, and Related Research (Hendrickson, D. A.*, A. E. Cohen, B. Labay, F. D. Martin, S. Sarkar, B. Sissel, M. Ciarleglio, J. Harrison, M. Casares, G. P. Garrett, and R. J. Edwards) |
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Assessing the Decline of Barton Creek Fish Community Using Classical Surveys, Historic Data, and Species Distribution Modeling (Labay, B. J.*, A. E. Cohen, F. D. Martin, D. A. Hendrickson, B. Sissel, and S. Sarkar) |
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Combining Historical Data on the Fishes of Texas with Modeling to Evaluate Changes in Ranges of Fish Species in Texas Coastal Prairie Streams (F. D. Martin*, A. E. Cohen, B. Labay, and D. A. Hendrickson) |
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Large-scale Movements of Spotted Seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus)Among South Texas Coastal Waters Using Acoustic Telemetry (Bivins, L. M.*, G. W. Stunz, and M. Robillard) |
TECHNICAL SESSION I - Afternoon
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How Do Largemouth Bass Determine Sex? (Lutz-Carrillo, D.*, and N. Rathjen) |
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The Influence of Hydrology, Light Penetrance, and Nutrients on Production Sources for Fishes in Six Floodplain Rivers (Roach, K. A.*, and K. O. Winemiller) |
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Importance of River-reservoir Connectivity for Migratory Reservoir Fishes (Smith, J. A.*, B. P. Fleming, K. A. Bodine, and D. L. Buckmeier) |
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Using Stable Isotopes to Reveal Food Web Structures in the Mekong River and its Tributaries (Ou, C.*) |
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Food Web Structure of Shallow Floodplain Habitats: Oueme River, West Africa (Jackson, A.*, K. O. Winemiller, and A. Alphonse) |
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Ecomorphological Correlates in Temperate Floodplain Centrarchid Fishes (Montaña, C. G.*, and K. O. Winemiller) |
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Spatial and Temporal Implications of Electrofishing in a Large Floodplain River Ecosystem (Carmean, N. J.*, and J. R. Jackson) |
Break
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Population Dynamics of Alligator Gar in the Trinity River, Texas (Buckmeier, D. L.*, N. G. Smith, J. W. Schlechte, and A. M. Ferrera) |
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Feeding Ecology of Introduced Smallmouth Bass in the Devil's River, Texas (Kollaus, K. A.*, J. S. Perkin, R. A. Myers, and T. H. Bonner) |
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Winter Feeding Ecology of the Blacktail Shiner (Cyprinella venusta) in the Llano River (Sullivan, M. L.*, and Y. Zhang) |
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Impacts of Golden Alga on Fish Populations in Reservoirs of the Upper Colorado River and Brazos River Basins (VanLandeghem, M.*, M. Farooqi, B. Farquhar, and R. Patiño) |
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Reproductive and Trophic Ecology of Two Sympatrically Occurring Cyprinids in the Rio Grande Basin, Texas (McMillan, S. M.*, J. N. Fries, and T. H. Bonner) |
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Angler Attitudes and Opinions Concerning Blue Catfish Management at a Local Scale (Neely, B. C.*, and S. C. Dumont) |
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Attitudes, Opinions, and Economic Impact of Jugline Anglers on Three Texas Reservoirs (Tibbs, J. T.*, T. Hungerford, and R. Ott) |
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Surveying Texas' Freshwater Catfish Anglers (Schlechte, J. W.*, D. L. Buckmeier, K. Hunt, C. Hutt, and J. Leitz) |
TECHNICAL SESSION II - Morning
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Short-term Survival in the Wild of Advanced Florida Largemouth Bass Fingerlings Reared in Hatchery Ponds on Artificial or Natural Food (Martinez, J. G.*, A. Forshage, C. C. Bonds, and T. Owens) |
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Life History Aspects of a Relict Ironcolor Shiner Population in a Novel Spring Environment (Perkin, J. S*, Z. R. Shattuck, and T. H. Bonner) |
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Patterns of Endemism and Species Richness of Fishes of the Western Gulf Slope (Maxwell, R. J*, and T. H. Bonner) |
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Harvest and Survival of Channel Catfish in Community Fishing Lakes (Munger, C.*) |
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Abundance and Distribution of the threatened minnows Campostoma ornatum and Notropis Chihuahua in the Trans-Pecos Region of Texas (Miyazono, S.*, and C. Taylor) |
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Refining Un-ionized Ammonia Treatments for Golden Alga Control in Striped Bass Production Ponds (Barkoh, A.*, T. Wyatt, and J. W. Schlechte) |
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An Evaluation of Liberal and Conservative Water Use in Finglering Channel Catfish Ponds (Kurten, G.*, T. Wyatt, A. Barkoh, H. Glenewinkel, and J. Paret) |
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Reproductive Ecology of the Red Shiner in the Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos River, Texas (Knabe, D. W.*, and G. R. Wilde) |
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Developing Fish Habitat Suitability Criteria for the Lower San Antonio River Basin (Littrell, B.*, E. Oborny, K. Mayes, G. Linam, C. Robertson, and D. Geeslin) |
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Using Envelope Curves to Derive Fish habitat Suitability Indices for Instream Flow Assessments (Mayes, K.*, T. Hardy, J. Bostros, C. Robertson, B. Littrell, and K. Aziz) |
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Never Enough Data, Never Enough Time: Theoretical and Practical Sticking Points in Determining Environmental Flows (Winemiller, K. O.*) |