| Monday, October 22, 2007 |
Salon C |
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| Chris O'Bara, Moderator |
| 1:30pm |
Go Fish Georgia: A Plan for Improving Water-Based Tourism in Georgia |
| John Biagi, Patti Lanford, GA Division of Natural Resrouces Fisheries Management |
| 1:50pm |
Survey Questionnaire Wording and Interpretation: Implications for Policy Makers |
| Ron Reitz, Heather J. Scroggins, John H. Schulz, MO Department of Conservation |
| 2:10pm |
Current Trends in Catfish Sampling Techniques and Information Needs |
| Zack Brown, WV Division of Natural Resources |
| 2:30pm |
Positively Impacting Society for the Benefit of Ecological Restoration Projects |
| Christopher Kennedy, MO Department of Conservation |
| Frank Jernejcic, Moderator |
| 3:30pm |
Fish Movement in a Large Navigation River System |
| Chris O'Bara, WV Division of Natural Resources |
| 3:50pm |
Age, growth, mortality and fecundity of yellow perch |
| Eric E. Fitzpatrick, Anthony S. Overton, East Carolina University |
| 4:10pm |
A Preliminary Look at Age and Growth for Three Catfish Species in the Middle Ohio River |
| Doug Henley, KY Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources |
| 4:30pm |
Genetic marker assisted restoration of walleye |
| George C. Palmer, Joe Williams, VA Department of Game & Inland Fisheries; Mark Scott, WV Division of Natural Resources, VA Polytechnic Institute and State University; Nathan Johnson, Daniel Dutton, Brian R. Murphy, and Eric M. Hallerman, VA Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| 4:50pm |
Improvements in the fish populations of Cheat Lake and Cheat River in response to reductions in acid mine drainage pollution |
| David Wellman, Frank Jernejcic, WV Division of Natural Resources; Rick Buckley, US Department of Interior; Doug Ferris, Friends of the Cheat |
| Tuesday, October 23, 2007 |
Salon C |
|
| Jeff Harnsbarger, Moderator |
| 8:10am |
Effect of water quality on blueback herring eggs |
| Christian T. Waters, Joseph E. Hightower, NC State University |
| 8:30am |
The effects of contaminants on sperm quality and intersex condition of smallmouth bass in the Potomac River |
| Holly Henderson, Patricia Mazik, West Virginia University, Jill Jenkins, Vicki Blazer, U.S. Geological Survey |
| 8:50am |
Reproductive consequences of exposure to sediment extracts from the South Branch of the Potomac River on Japanese medaka |
| Seth Davis, C.M Foran, and Patricia Mazik, West Virginia University |
| 9:10am |
American eels from the Shenandoah River infected by Anguillicola crassus |
| Jennifer Lowery, Stuart Welsh, West Virginia University |
| 9:30am |
Biological Characteristics of the Middle Island Creek Muskellunge Population, West Virginia |
| Scott F. Morrison, Michael P. Dougherty, and Chris O'Bara, WV Division of Natural Resources |
| Jim Walker, Moderator |
| 10:30am |
Capture efficiencies of the Holton and Sullivan parallel wires electrofishing method |
| Stuart Welsh, Angie Burns, West Virginia University, Morgantown |
| 10:50am |
Evaluation of three low frequency electrofishing pulse rates for collecting fish in two Florida rivers |
| Richard L. Cailteux, P. Andrew Strickland, FL Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission |
| 11:10am |
A Novel Technique Using Side Scanning Sonar to Map Benthic Habitat of Medium to Large River Systems |
| Adam J. Kaeser, Thom Litts, GA Department of Natural Resources |
| 11:30am |
Evaluation of a new sediment sampling design |
| Lara B. Hedrick, Stuart A. Welsh, and James T. Anderson, West Virginia University; James D. Hedrick, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |
| Mark Scott, Moderator |
| 1:30pm |
Stream Restoration and Trout Habitat Improvements at the Greenbrier Resort, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia |
| Travis Crayosky, Williamsburg Environmental Group, Inc. |
| 1:50pm |
The effects of riparian logging and large woody debris addition on stream morphology |
| Jered Studinski, Kyle Hartman, West Virginia University |
| 2:10pm |
Stream Temperature in a Watershed Context: Implications for Cold and Warmwater Fisheries Management |
| Roy Martin, J. Todd Petty, West Virginia University |
| 2:30pm |
Classification and Ordination of Freshwater Mussel Communities in the Appalachians |
| Alison Mynsberge, George Merovich, Jacquelyn M. Strager, Michael P. Strager, and Patricia M. Mazik, West Virginia University |
| Doug Henley, Moderator |
| 3:30pm |
Brook trout habitat use in the upper Shavers Fork of the Cheat River, West Virginia |
| Jeff Lee Hansbarger, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources; J. Todd Petty, West Virginia University; Patricia Mazik, West Virginia University |
| 3:50pm |
Brook trout response to canopy and large woody debris manipulations in Appalachian streams |
| Jonathan Niles, Kyle J. Hartman, West Virginia University |
| 4:10pm |
Evidence of Stock-recruit Relationships for Appalachian Brook Trout |
| Kyle J. Hartman, West Virginia University, M. Beth Adams, USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station, Michael D. Owen, USDA Forest Service, Mike Shingleton, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Patrick D. Keyser, University of Tennessee |
| 4:30pm |
A GIS Based Landscape Model to Predict Brook Trout Distributions in West Virginia Watersheds |
| Jason Clingerman, J. Todd Petty, and Patricia M. Mazik, West Virginia University |
