Southeastern Fishes Council
2007 Annual Meeting
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Southeastern Fishes Council
Annual Meeting Program
November 8 & 9, 2007
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Thursday, 8 November
8:15 - 8:30 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Jim Williams and Anna George
8:30 - Noel M. Burkhead, Howard L. Jelks, Stephen J. Walsh, U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL; and 13 other members
Status of Imperiled Freshwater Fishes of North America: Report of the American Fisheries Society's Endangered Species Committee
8:45 - Kelly Ann Bibb and Cindy Bohn, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Atlanta, GA
Current Status of Federally Listed, Endangered and Threatened Fishes
9:00 - Melvin L. Warren, Jr., Center for Bottomland Hardwoods Research, Southern Research Station, U.S. Forest Service, Oxford, MS
Fish Faunal Regions of the Southern United States: Isolation by Distance as Structuring Mechanism
9:15 - Kevin M. Kubach and Mark C. Scott, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Pendleton, SC
The South Carolina Stream Assessment: A Proactive Conservation Framework
9:30 - Seth J. Wenger and Laurie A. Fowler, University of Georgia River Basin Center, Athens, GA; Byron J. Freeman, Georgia Museum of Natural History, Athens, GA
The Etowah Aquatic Habitat Conservation Plan
9:45 - Bianca N. Jaikaran, Alabama and Georgia Land Trust, Piedmont, AL
Tools for Conserving Land and Protecting Riparian Buffers
10:00 to 10:30 - MID-MORNING BREAK
10:30 - Brett Albanese, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Nongame Conservation Section, Wildlife Resources Conservation Center, Social Circle, GA
An overview of Georgia's Nongame Aquatic Conservation Program
10:45 - Cecil Jennings and Rebecca C. Peterson, U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Restoration status of Robust Redhorse and the Role of Multi-stakeholder Partnerships in Recovering Imperiled Species
11:00 - Patrick E. O'Neil and Thomas E. Shepard, Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL; Steven J. Rider, Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Montgomery, AL; Fred A. Leslie, Alabama Department of Environmental Management, Montgomery, AL
Using Fish Communities to Monitor Water Quality in Alabama
11:15 - Paul D. Johnson, Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center, Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries, Marion, AL
Conservation Status and Recovery Options for Alabama's Imperiled Freshwater Fishes
11:30 - Scott A. Grubbs, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
Stream Fishes in Kentucky's Upper Green River Basin: An Assessment of the Influence of Watershed and Reach-scale Environmental Variables
11:45 - Mark A. Cantrell, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Asheville, NC
Diadromous Fish Restoration in the Santee Basin
12:00 to 1:00 - LUNCH
1:00 - Stephen J. Walsh, U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL
Community Assemblages of Age-0 Fishes in the Apalachicola River and Floodplain in Relation to Altered Hydrology
1:15 - Megan M. Hagler, Byron J. Freeman, Seth J. Wenger, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and Mary C. Freeman, U.S. Geological Survey, Athens GA
Declines of Several Shoal-dependent Fish Species in the Conasauga River Over the Last Decade - Potential Mechanisms and Future Research Needs
1:30 - J. Heath Howell and Bernard R. Kuhajda, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL; Micah G. Bennett, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO; and Paul Freeman, The Nature Conservancy, Birmingham, AL
Dam Removal on the Cahaba River Improves Utilization of Riffle Habitat by Imperiled Fish Species
1:45 - Joyce A. Coombs and J. Larry Wilson, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; Jonathon E. Burr, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Knoxville, TN; and Stephen J. Fraley, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Clyde, NC
Restoration of Pigeon River Fish Fauna in Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina
2:00 - Brian Evans, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Abingdon, VA
Coal Mining Related Factors Affecting Recovery of Biota and Habitats in the Clinch River System, Virginia
2:15 - Charles F. Saylor, Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN
Current Status of the Clinch River and Its Imperiled Fishes
2:30 - Mark A. Cantrell, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Asheville, NC
The Role of Fish Propagation in Restoration of Regulated Rivers
2:45 - Carrie A. Straight, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and Mary C. Freeman, U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Reproductive Behavior, Captive Breeding, and Species Recovery: Taking Stock of Potential Consequences
3:00 to 3:30 - MID-AFTERNOON BREAK
3:30 - Alistair D. M. Dove, Veterinary Services and Conservation Medicine, Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta, GA
Health Considerations for Captive Rearing and Translocation of Fishes
3:45- Catherine T. Phillips, San Marcos National Fish Health and Technology Center, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, San Marcos, TX
The Use of Behavior in the Captive Propagation of Threatened and Endangered Fishes
4:00 - J. R. Shute and Patrick L. Rakes, Conservation Fisheries, Inc., Knoxville, TN
The Successes and Failures of Two Decades of Propagation and Reintroductions of Imperiled Fishes at Conservation Fisheries
4:15 - Bernard R. Kuhajda, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Translocating and Stocking Non-game Fishes: Using Past Lessons and Present Techniques
4:30 - Paul Hartfield, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Jackson, MS
Good Intentions but a Bad Idea: Pallid Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) Stocking in the Mississippi River
4:45 - Lee Friedlander and Anna George, Tennessee Aquarium Research Institute, Cohutta, GA; Carlos Echevarria, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Warm Springs, GA; George Scholten, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Nashville, TN; Ed Scott, Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN; and Thomas Sinclair, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Atlanta, GA
Scutes Away: Lessons Learned from Tennessee's Lake Sturgeon Restoration Program
5:00 to 5:45 - Southeastern Fishes Council Business Meeting. **All members and nonmembers interested in or even thinking about joining are encouraged to attend.
7:00 to 10:00 - PM Tennessee Aquarium Social. You will need your registration badge to get in the door. There will be cash bars and finger foods (crackers and veggies with dips and cheeses, chips, nuts, etc).
Friday, 9 November
8:30 - Gregory R. Moyer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Conservation Genetics Lab, Warm Springs, GA
Genetic Considerations for Hatchery-Based Enhancement of Aquatic Species: Are Good Intentions Enough?
8:45 - Michael Sandel, University of Alabama, Department of Biological Sciences, Tuscaloosa, AL
Conservation Genetics of Metapopulations: A Case Study of the Spring Pygmy Sunfish (Elassoma alabamae)
9:00 - Brook L. Fluker, Bernard R. Kuhajda, and Phillip M. Harris, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
The Influence of Historical Gene Flow and Contemporary Population Translocations on Genetic Diversity in the Endangered Watercress Darter, Etheostoma nuchale, Inferred From Multiple Microsatellite DNA Markers
9:15 - Justin S. Baker, Casey B. Dillman, and Robert M. Wood, Department of Biology, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO
Systematics of the Etheostoma rufilineatum Species Group (Teleostei: Percidae) Based on Both Mitochondrial (Cytochrome B) and Nuclear (S7 Intron) Loci
9:30 - Rebecca E. Blanton, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL; and Robert E. Jenkins, Department of Biology, Roanoke College, Salem, VA
Morphological Variation in the Duskytail Darter, Etheostoma percnurum: Implications for Taxonomy and Conservation
9:45 - Casey B. Dillman and Robert M. Wood, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO; and Bernard R. Kuhajda, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Microsatellite Variation Among River Sturgeons of the Genus Scaphirhynchus (Actinopterygii: Acipenseridae): A Preliminary Assessment of Hybridization
10:00 - 10:30 MID-MORNING BREAK
10:30 - Peggy W. Shute and Charles F. Saylor, Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN
Thirty Years After Snail Darter, Percina tanasi, Translocations: Where Are They Now?
10:45 - Edwin M. Scott, Jr., Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN
Snail Darter Monitoring in the French Broad River Below Douglas Dam, 1997-2005
11:00 - Jenjit Khudamrongsawat, Bernard R. Kuhajda, and Phillip M. Harris, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Distribution, Abundance, and Genetics of the Imperiled Vermilion Darter (Etheostoma chermocki) in Relation to Its Sister Species the Warrior Darter (E. bellator)
11:15 - Bill Tate, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Jackson Guard - Eglin Air Force Base, Niceville, FL; Jerry Ziewitz, Janet Mizzi, Karen Herrington, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Panama City Field Office, Panama City, FL; and Michelle Tongue, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Jackson Guard - Eglin Air Force Base, Niceville, FL
Conservation Status of the Okaloosa Darter
11:30 - James H. Roberts, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
How Big is a Population of Darters?
11:45 - Rachel Muir, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
Southeastern Aquatic Resources Partnership (SARP):
12:00 to 1:15 - LUNCH
1:15 - Patrick L. Rakes and J. R. Shute, Conservation Fisheries, Inc., Knoxville, TN
Reintroduction and Restoration of Endangered Fishes to Abrams Creek, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Blount County, Tennessee
1:30 - Geoffrey P. Call, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Cookeville, TN; Matt Hamilton, Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga, TN; and Patrick L. Rakes, Conservation Fisheries, Inc., Knoxville, TN
Cooperative Conservation and Restoration of the Barrens Topminnow (Fundulus julisia) on the Eastern Highland Rim, Tennessee
1:45 - Kyle R. Piller, Southeastern Louisiana University, Department of Biological Sciences, Hammond, LA; Henry L. Bart, Jr., Tulane University Museum of Natural History, Belle Chasse, LA; David L. Hurley, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
Phylogeography of the Greenside Darter Complex, Etheostoma blennioides (Teleostomi: Percidae): A Wide-ranging Polytypic Taxon
2:00 - Brian K. Wagner and Mark D. Kottmyer, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, Benton, AR
Status and Distribution of the Arkansas Darter (Etheostoma cragini) in Arkansas
2:15 - Lucas James Driver and Ginny Adams, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR
Reproductive Ecology and Laboratory Spawning in the Western Sand Darter, Ammocrypta clara, with Observations of Previously Undocumented Behavior
2:30 - Mollie F. Cashner, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Genetic Characterization of the Hybrid Zone Between Notropis chiliticus and N. chlorocephalus in the Catawba River System
2:45 - Ginny Adams, Joe Gerken and Julie Day, University of Central Arkansas, Department of Biology, Conway, AR
Population Ecology of the Grotto Sculpin in Cave and Resurgence Streams in Perry County, Missouri
3:00 to 3:30 - MID-AFTERNOON BREAK
3:30 - Danielle M. Jolly and Steven L. Powers, Department of Biology, Reinhardt College, Waleska, GA
Life History Aspects of the Coosa Shiner, Notropis xaenocephalus (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae) in Northern Georgia
3:45 - Micah G. Bennett*, Bernard R. Kuhajda, and J. H. Howell, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL. *Current address: Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO
Life History Attributes and Status of the Frecklebelly Madtom (Noturus munitus) in the Mobile Basin
4:00 - Michael J. Blum, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA; David M. Walters, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH; Noel M. Burkhead, U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL; Byron J. Freeman, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and Brady A. Porter, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
Prezygotic and Postzygotic Reproductive Isolation Between Introduced Red Shiner and Native Blacktail Shiner (Cyprinidae: Cyprinella)
4:15 - Kathryn D. Kennedy and Elise R. Irwin, U.S. Geological Survey, Alabama Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Auburn University, AL
Occupancy Rates of Selected Shoal Dwelling Fishes in the Tallapoosa River Basin
4:30 - Bryn H. Tracy, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Water Quality, Raleigh, NC
The Nonindigenous Fishes of the Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin in North Carolina
4:45 - Andrew L. Sheldon, University of Montana, Missoula, MT (retired); Donald J. Stewart, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY; Douglas M. Carlson, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, NY; and Stephen M. Coghlan, Jr., University of Maine, Orono, ME
Threatened Species or Threatened Communities: 70 Years of Change in Owego Creek, NY
POSTERS
Thursday, 8 November
Susan B. Adams, U.S. Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Center for Bottomland Hardwoods Research, Oxford, MS
Small Impoundments Influence Up- And Downstream Crayfish Community Composition and Seasonal Abundance Patterns
Gregory B. Anderson, Megan M. Hagler, and Seth J. Wegner, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and Byron J. Freeman, Georgia Museum of Natural History, Athens, GA
Reproductive Aspects of Three Darter Species (Percidae) Within the Etowah River Basin
Todd D. Crail, J. M. Bossenbroek, and J. F. Gottgens, University of Toledo, Department of Environmental Sciences, Toledo, OH
Ohio Microhabitat Use of Three State-Listed Darter Species Belonging to the Subgenus Nothonotus
Andrew R. Henderson and Carol E. Johnston, Fish Biodiversity Lab, Department of Fisheries, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Habitat Use by Larval and Juvenile Cape Fear Shiners (Notropis mekistocholas) in the Rocky River, North Carolina.
Gabriela M. Hogue, Wayne C. Starnes, and Jonathan A. Raine, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences Research Lab, Raleigh, NC
From the Ledger to the Web: Improving the Functionality of the Collections of the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences to Respond to the Rapidly Changing Needs of Conservation Planners
Andrew R. Henderson and Carol E. Johnston, Fish Biodiversity Lab, Department of Fisheries, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Multiple Factors Leading to Precipitous Decline: Etheostoma boschungi as a Conservation Case Study
Sarah Pavan, Ginny Adams and Reid Adams, University of Central Arkansas, Department of Biology, Conway, AR
Temporal Patterns of Development in Southern Brook Lamprey (Ichthyomyzon gagei) in Cadron Creek, Arkansas
Friday, 9 November
Pamela J. Schofield, Jacqueline N. Langston, and Denise R. Gregoire, U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL; W. Todd Slack, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, Jackson, MS; and Mark S. Peterson, University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, MS
Salinity Tolerance of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) from Southern Mississippi
Kevin T. McAbee and Nathan P. Nibbelink, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens GA; and James Long, National Park Service, Southeastern region, Atlanta, GA
Spatially Realistic Models Aid Management Decision-making for a Federally Threatened Species (Blackside Dace) in the Face of Geographically Varying Stressors
Patrick E. O'Neil, Stuart W. McGregor, and Elizabeth A. Wynn, Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL; and Jeff Powell, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alabama Ecological Services Office, Daphne, AL
Critical Habitat Units for Threatened and Endangered Mussels in the Mobile River Basin
A. Karen Persons, Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
Ecomorphological Shape Variation Within the Darter Subgenus Nothonotus
Morgan E. Raley and Wayne C. Starnes, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Lab, Raleigh, NC
Current Knowledge of the Distributional Status and Genetic Relationships (Based on Cytochrome-b and S7 Intron Sequences) of the Rare "Carolina Redhorse", Moxostoma sp.
Richard Walker, Justin Benton, Tommy Inebnit, and Reid Adams, Department of Biology, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR
An Initial Examination of Diet in Spotted and Shortnose Gar from the Fourche LaFave River, Arkansas
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