Time

State Room

Sunwood Room

Senate/Congress Room

10:30 AM

Moderator: Charles Anderson

Moderator: Keith Reeves

Moderator: Linda Erickson-Eastwood

Gill-Net Catchability: Interpreting Catches of Northern Pike Within and Among Lakes

Presented by: Rodney B. Pierce

Steelhead Return Rates and Relative Costs: Lessons from Three Long-Term Stocking Programs in MN Tributaries of Lake Superior

Presented by: Mary Negus

Fish Communities in Minnesota River Backwaters: Implications for Management Presented by: Adam Nickel*

10:50 AM

Statistical Inference on Net Catch Data for Fisheries Management

Presented by: David F. Staples

Mixed-Stock Analysis of the Lake Michigan Lake Whitefish Commercial Fishery Presented by: Ryan Andvik

Assessing Walleye Population Demographics with River Discharge Variations in an Intensive Agricultural Landscape

Presented by: Brett Nelson*

11:10 AM

Implications of Sexual Dimorphism

on Catch-at-age Models

Presented by: Melissa Drake

First Application of Wave Glider Technology to Collect Acoustic Data on

Fish Populations in the Great Lakes

Presented by: Don Schreiner

Effect of Hydrologic Regime on the Population Dynamics of Stream Fish in the Eastern Broadleaf Eco-Region of Minnesota Presented by: Eric Krumm*

11:30 AM

Implications of Genetic and First-year Growth Variability on Walleye Stocking Strategies

Presented by: Matt Ward

Variability in Diel Vertical Migrations by Siscowet Lake Trout in Lake Superior:  When Does it Pay to Migrate Every Day?

Presented by: Thomas Hrabik

Rapid Response to a Catastrophic Flood:  Effects on Aquatic Resources

in Missouri River Reservoirs

Presented by: Andrew K. Carlson*

Upper Red Lake Walleye

Harvest Management

Presented by: Tony Kennedy

Visual Sensitivities of Deepwater

Lake Superior Fishes

Presented by: Kelly Harrington*

Crappie Population Characteristics Relative to Inundation of Floodplain

Habitats in Reservoirs

Presented by: Jonah Dagel

1:20 PM

Structured Decision Making for

Climate Change Adaptation

Presented by: Donald Pereira

Use of Light Detecting and Ranging (LiDAR) data to describe the hydrologic features of Minnesota’s landscape

Presented by: Henry Van Offelen

Aquatic Habitat Restoration in Minnesota Presented by: Heather Baird

1:40 PM

An Evaluation of Centrarchid Populations Throughout Leech Lake

Presented by: Ethan Karppinen

Food Resource Effects on Diel

Movements and Body Size of Cisco 

in North-temperate Lakes

Presented by: Tyler Ahrenstorff*

Trout Stream Habitat Maintenance on Stoney Brook, Cass Co., Minnesota

Presented by: Owen Baird

2:00 PM

Promoting Urban Fishing: City and

State Governments Working

Together in Eagan, Minnesota

Presented by: Jessie Koehle

Repeatability of Hydroacoustic-derived Density and Biomass Estimates of Cisco Presented by: Beth Holbrook

Prey Use and Resource Partitioning of Lenok, Arctic Grayling and Hovsgol Grayling in the Eg-Uur Watershed, Mongolia

Presented by: Kirk Olson*

3:00 PM

Moderator: Joe Stewig

Moderator: Eric Altena

Moderator: John Hoxmeier

Recreational Use and Creel Survey of

Upper Cannon Chain of Lakes,

Open Water Season 2012

Presented by: Scott Mackenthun

White Perch: A New and Unpredictable Player on the Freshwater Landscape Presented by: Bethany Bethke

Pairing of Stomach Content and Stable Isotope Analysis to Examine Winter

Trophic Relationships of Brown Trout

Presented by: William E. French* 

3:20 PM

Mail In Survey of Angler Attitudes Regarding Bluegill Management in Central Minnesota Presented by: Brady Becker

Indications that Shallow Lakes Prone to Winter Hypoxia in Interconnected Systems Function as Nurseries for Common Carp

Presented by: Justine Koch*

Quantifying the Role of Woody Debris in Providing Bioenergetically Favorable

Habitat for Juvenile Salmon

Presented by: Andrew W. Hafs

3:40 PM

The Effects of Bisphenol-A (BPA) on the Feminization of Danio rerio

Presented by: Lina Wang*

The Effects of Common Carp on Vegetative Cover, Water Clarity and Total Phosphorus in Thermally Stratified Eutrophic Lakes

Presented by: Przemek Bajer

Pre-Restoration Survey of Garvin Brook: Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Birds Presented by: Neal Mundahl

4:00 PM

Subspecies Composition of

Largemouth Bass in Puerto Rico

Presented by: Nick Peterson

Abundance, Mean Intensity and Pathophysiology of Monogenean Fish Parasites on Indian Major Carp (IMC)

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Assessing Fish Distribution in Pelagic

Habitat of Minnesota Lakes

Presented by: Andrew J. Carlson

Time

Sunwood Room

Senate/Congress Room

8:30 AM

Moderator: Tim Cross

Moderator: John Hiebert

the Abundance of Common Carp

Presented by: Jessica. J. Eichmiller

Localized and Cumulative Impacts of Lakeshore

Residential Development on Littoral Habitat

Presented by: Jessie Lepore*

8:50 AM

Field Study of an Air-Bubble Curtain to Inhibit

Common Carp Movement

Presented by: Daniel Zielinski*

Optimizing Point Density for Point-intercept

Surveys of Aquatic Vegetation

Presented by: Cynthia Tomcko

9:10 AM

Bioacoustic Manipulation of Silver Carp Jumping and Movement Presented by: Brooke Vetter*

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Point-intercept on Steroids: It’s Not Just

Presence/Absence Anymore

Presented by: Ray Valley

9:30 AM

Identifying Species-specific Feeding Stimulants for Silver Carp

Presented by: Aaron Claus

A Comparison of Survey Methods to Evaluate Macrophyte Index

of Biotic Integrity Performance in Minnesota Lakes

Presented by: Marcus W. Beck*

10:30 AM

Moderator: Brian Nerbonne

Moderator: Kristan Maccaroni

Asian Carp Panel Discussion

Panelists: John Anfinson, Loren Miller,

Peter Sorensen, and Brad Parsons  

10:50 AM

Predicting Lakeshore Development Using GIS

Presented by: Donna Dustin

11:10 AM

Water Nymphs - the Sexiests Plants Alive in Minnesota Lakes Presented by: Donna Perleberg

11:30 AM

Banded Killifish Are More Important Than Walleye...

Presented by: Jacquelyn Bacigalupi