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SNEC AFS 2006 WINTER MEETING
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 18, 2006
8:30-8:50
Registration and Coffee
8:50-9:00 Opening
Comments. Chris Tomichek
9:00-9:20 How
does mobile fishing gear affect epifauna? The role of the physical environment
and life history characteristics in mediating responses to disturbance.*
Rebecca G. Asch1, Jeremy S. Collie1, and Page C. Valentine2,
1University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography,
Narragansett RI, 2United States Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA,
rasch@gso.uri.edu
9:20-9:40
Diet, ontogenetic change, and feeding ecology of smooth
dogfish, Mustelus canis, in Delaware Bay.* David W. McElroy,
Camilla T. McCandless, Nancy E. Kohler, Conrad Recksiek, Department of
Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Rhode Island, Kingston,
RI, wmce3776@postoffice.uri.edu
9:40-10:00
Age and growth of juvenile bluefish in southern New
England estuaries.* Marja Roemer and Kenneth Oliveira, University of
Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dept. of Biology, North Dartmouth MA, G_MRoemer@umassd.edu
10:00-10:20
Break
10:20-10:40
Habitat preferences of juvenile winter
flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus, in the presence of cobble.*
Adrienne Pappal, Rodney Rountree, and Dan MacDonald, School for Marine
Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, New Bedford MA,
pappalfish@hotmail.com
10:40-11:00
Distribution of winter flounder eggs among shallow water habitats in two harbors
in Long Island Sound. Jose J. Pereira1,
Peter J. Auster2,
Meghan Plourde3,
and Eric T. Schultz4,
1National Marine
Fisheries Service, Milford Laboratory, Milford, CT,
2University
of Connecticut, National Undersea Research Center, Groton, CT,
3University
of Connecticut, Department of Marine Sciences, Groton, CT,
4University
of Connecticut, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Storrs, CT,
jose.pereira@noaa.gov
11:00-11:20
Patterns in the distribution and demographics of the
hogchoker, Trinectes maculatus, in the Chesapeake Bay.*
Kiersten L. Curti1,2
and Thomas J. Miller1,
1University
of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory,
Solomons, MD, 2Current address: Graduate School of Oceanography,
University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, kcurti@gso.uri.edu
11:20-11:40
Is growth a valid indicator of habitat quality?*
Steven Searcy and David Eggleston, North Carolina State University, Jon
Hare, National Marine Fisheries Service, Narragansett, RI, spsearcy@gmail.com
11:40-12:00
Science and diplomacy: managing Seychelles’ marine parks. Lesa Meng, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Narragansett, RI, meng.lesa@epa
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:10-1:30
Paucity of Menidia species at an area of historical
abundance: possible interaction with jellyfish?* Barry Volson and
David Bengtson, Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Science
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, volson@gso.uri.edu
1:30-4:30 Primer Workshop
(concurrent session). Limited to 20, please pre-register.
Workshop is FULL.
1 :30-1:50
Distribution of the swimbladder parasite Anguillicola
crassus in American eels in the Northeastern Atlantic.* Amy Aieta
and Kenneth Oliveira, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dept. of Biology,
North Dartmouth, MA, g_aaieta@umassd.edu
1 :50-2:10
Larval ontogeny of summer flounder: is cortisol key? Philip A. Veillette and
Jennifer L. Specker. Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode
Island, Narragansett, RI, pveillette@gso.uri.edu
2:10-2:30
Spatial and temporal variations in sea scallop shell
height to meat weight relationships on Georges Bank and in the Mid-Atlantic.*
Christopher L. Sarro, School for Marine Science and technology, University of
Massachusetts, Dartmouth, New Bedford MA, csarro57@hotmail.com
2:30-2:50
Retrospective growth analysis of Atlantic salmon from
Maine.* Fiona Hogan, Intercampus Graduate School of Marine Science
and Technology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA and Kevin D. Friedland,
UMass/NOAA Cooperative Marine Education and Research Program, University of
Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, fiona@student.umass.edu
2:50-3:10 Conservation
genetics of remnant anadromous brook trout populations at the southern limit of
their distribution: Population structure and impacts of historic stocking.*
Brendan Annett1,
G. Gerlach2 and T. King3,
1Waquoit
Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Waquoit, MA, 2Marine
Resources Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, 3United
States Geological Survey, Leetown Science Center, Aquatic Ecology Branch,
Kearneysville, WV, Brendan.Annett@state.ma.us
3 :10-3:30
Variations in growth patterns in Atlantic salmon (Salmo
salar) from the Drammen River in Norway.* Jennifer McCarthy,
Department of Natural Resources Conservation, University of Massachusetts,
Amherst MA, Kevin D. Friedland, NOAA, Narragansett, RI, oceanjennifer@yahoo.com
* Denotes student papers. |
