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Brandon

7:00am CST

Conference Registration Desk Open Ballroom A Foyer

8:00am CST

Workshop. Introductory Fisheries Analyses with R 101A

6:00pm CST

Featured Event! Welcome to Wisconsin Social Ballroom C & Foyer

7:00am CST

Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

8:00am CST

Plenary Session, Awards Presentation & Ignite Session Ballroom A/B

10:00am CST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

12:00pm CST

Lunch Break on own N/A

1:20pm CST

CARNIVORES: Where Wolves Kill White-tailed Deer Fawns 103C

1:40pm CST

SYMPOSIA-05: A Herculean Task: Reversing Lake Eutrophication 102D&E

2:00pm CST

WALLEYE: Ecosystem Changes and Effects on Walleye Sustainable Harvest in Lake Mille Lacs, Minnesota 103A

2:20pm CST

TOOLS & TECHNOLOGY: WILDLIFE HABITAT: Using Circuit Theory to Map Connectivity of the U.S. Great Lakes Coastline 103B

2:40pm CST

SYMPOSIA-05: The Influence of Lake Habitat and Landscape Context on Bluegill Growth and Population Size Structure in Midwest Glacial Lakes 102D&E

3:20pm CST

SYMPOSIA-05: Walleye Habitat: Considerations for Successful Natural Reproduction and Stocking 102D&E

3:40pm CST

SYMPOSIA-05: Large Woody Debris and Fish Habitat Structure Additions: Picking the Right Lakes, Setting Expectations, and How to Best Implement 102D&E

4:00pm CST

SYMPOSIA-05: Advancing Aquatic Vegetation Management for Fish 102D&E SALMONIDS: Diet Complexity and Specialization of Lake Michigan Salmonids: Contrasting Trophic Indicators 103E

4:20pm CST

SYMPOSIA-05: Nuisance “Weeds” or Critical Fish Habitat: Balancing Trade Offs with Minnesota’s Aquatic Plant Management Program 102D&E

4:40pm CST

SYMPOSIA-05: Wisconsin’s Healthy Lakes Initiative: Working with Lakefront Property Owners to Apply Best Management Practices 102D&E

5:00pm CST

SALMONIDS: Implications of Atlantic Salmon Stocking for Great Lakes Food Webs and Contaminant Exposure 103E Student / Professional Networking Mixer Hilton: Crystal Ballroom

7:00am CST

Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

8:00am CST

SYMPOSIA-07: An Overview of North American AFS Freshwater Fish Sampling Standardization 102A

8:20am CST

RIVERS & OXBOWS: Evaluating Potential Consequences of Hydrologic Separation at Brandon Road Lock and Dam on Native Fishes and Mussels in the Illinois River Waterway 103E

8:40am CST

RIVERS & OXBOWS: A Diel Comparison of Pulsed DC Electrofishing Methods in the Lower Wabash River 103E

9:00am CST

RIVERS & OXBOWS: Backwater Fish Community Response to Habitat Restoration on the Upper Mississippi River: 30 Years of Successful Projects 103E

9:20am CST

RIVERS & OXBOWS: Capture Efficiency of a Fine-mesh Seine in a Large River: Implications for Abundance, Richness, and Diversity Analyses 103E

9:40am CST

SYMPOSIA-07: Electrofishing Equipment and Safety Standardization in Missouri 102A

10:00am CST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

10:20am CST

SYMPOSIA-07: Standardization of Fish Sampling Gears in South Dakota 102A

10:40am CST

RIVERS & OXBOWS: Larval Fish Community Survey of Pools 19, 18, and 17 of the Upper Mississippi River 103E

11:00am CST

SYMPOSIA-07: Validating the Use of Baited, Tandem Hoop Nets to Index Ohio Reservoir Channel Catfish Density 102A

11:20am CST

SYMPOSIA-07: Evaluating Electrofishing Techniques: A Critical Step in Developing Standardized Sampling Methods for Smallmouth Bass 102A

11:40am CST

RIVERS & OXBOWS: Trophic Alterations in the Ohio River Fish Assemblages 103E

12:00pm CST

Lunch Break on own N/A

1:20pm CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Combining Invasive Species Risk Assessments with Climate Change Scenarios to Predict Future Invaders in the Great Lakes 102D&E

1:40pm CST

SYMPOSIA-07: Simultaneously Assessing Channel Catfish and Flathead Catfish Populations with Unbaited Hoop Nets in the Minnesota River 102A

2:00pm CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: From Water Chemistry to Fish: The Impacts of Zebra Mussels Across Multiple Trophic Levels 102D&E

2:20pm CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Implementation of an Aquatic Invasive Species Early Detection Program on Lake Superior 102D&E

2:40pm CST

SYMPOSIA-11: Effects of an Environmental Estrogen on Predator-prey Interactions in Freshwater Fish 102C

3:00pm CST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

3:20pm CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Beam Me Up, Scotty! Using a Beam Trawl to Assess the Relative Abundance of Round Gobies Across a Variety of Habitat Types in Thunder Bay, Lake Huron 102D&E SYMPOSIA-07: Evaluation of Four Modified Fyke Net Designs for Standard Fish Sampling 102A

3:40pm CST

RIVERS & OXBOWS: Integrating LiDAR Landscape Analysis and Species Distribution Models to Prioritize Areas for Oxbow Restoration 103E

4:00pm CST

SYMPOSIA-07: Hydroacoustic Estimates of Prey-fish Abundance Change with Various Analytical Decisions 102A

4:20pm CST

SYMPOSIA-11: Biological Effects of Septic Seepage on Resident Fish Species in Minnesota Lakes 102C

4:40pm CST

SYMPOSIA-07: Standardized Assessments Reveal Context-dependent Responses of Crappie Populations to a Length-based Regulation in Ohio Reservoirs 102A

6:00pm CST

Trade Show & Poster Social and Student Research-in-Progress Posters Ballroom C & Foyer

7:00am CST

Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

8:00am CST

STREAMS, DAMS & RESERVOIRS: Growth Rate Potential of Three Important Fishes in Reservoirs Spanning a Productivity Gradient 102C

8:20am CST

FISH PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR: Temperature Effects on Bluegill Sunfish and Largemouth Bass Metabolism 103B

8:40am CST

FISH HABITAT & GENETICS: Using GIS to Predict Habitat in Lakes: An Example Using Nearshore Substrate Categories 103A

9:00am CST

FISH HABITAT & GENETICS: Employing Aeration as an Efffective Lake Management Tool 103A

9:20am CST

FISH PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR: Why Do Some Fish Strike Fishing Lures? Physiological and Behavioral Mechanisms 103B

9:40am CST

STREAMS, DAMS & RESERVOIRS: Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu) Movement and Habitat-use in River Fragmented by Lowhead Dams 102C

10:20am CST

STREAMS, DAMS & RESERVOIRS: Parameterization of Spatial Conservation Prioritization: Impacts on Stream Conservation Priorities 102C

10:40am CST

STREAMS, DAMS & RESERVOIRS: Seasonal Food Habits, Prey Taxa and Size Selectivity, and Diet Overlap of age-0 White Bass and Walleye 102C

11:00am CST

STREAMS, DAMS & RESERVOIRS: Go with the Flow? Strengths and Weaknesses of FlowCAM® for Characterizing Zooplankton Communities 102C

11:20am CST

FISH HABITAT & GENETICS: Biological Assessment of Lionfish (Pterois volitans) Control via CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Drive Technology 103A STREAMS, DAMS & RESERVOIRS: Fisheries Data at Your Fingertips: Using ‘Shiny’ to Analyze and Share Wisconsin Fisheries Data with Managers and Stakeholders 102C

11:40am CST

STREAMS, DAMS & RESERVOIRS: Dietary Comparison of Trouts in the Western Great Basin and Wyoming Mountain Steppe 102C