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Nick Kollias

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
Assistant Aquatic Biologist
Cicero, IL

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

ASIAN CARP: Validating Aging Structures in Asian Carp from the LaGrange Reach of the Illinois River to Known-Age Asian Carp from China 103D SYMPOSIA-05: Using Aquatic Landscape Ecology to Inform Lake Habitat Management at Multiple Scales 102D&E WALLEYE: Biological and Social Responses to Walleye Recruitment Failure on Minocqua Chain, Wisconsin 103A

1:40pm CST

ASIAN CARP: Habitat Use and Movement of Juvenile Asian Carp in the Illinois River 103D SYMPOSIA-05: A Herculean Task: Reversing Lake Eutrophication 102D&E

2:00pm CST

ASIAN CARP: Satellite GPS Telemetry of Asian Carp in the Upper Illinois River Waterway 103D

2:20pm CST

ASIAN CARP: Age and Growth Demographics of Asian Carp in the Upper Mississippi River 103D SYMPOSIA-05: Investigating Fish Kills to Identify Emerging Threats and Long-term Stress 102D&E WALLEYE: Identifying Recruitment Bottlenecks for age-0 Walleye in Northern Wisconsin Lakes 103A

2:40pm CST

ASIAN CARP: Reproductive Potential of Silver and Bighead Carp in the Upper Mississippi River 103D SYMPOSIA-05: The Influence of Lake Habitat and Landscape Context on Bluegill Growth and Population Size Structure in Midwest Glacial Lakes 102D&E

3:00pm CST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

3:20pm CST

ASIAN CARP: Using Microchemistry and Stable Isotopes to Determine Natal Origin and Movement of Asian Carp in Pools 16-19 of the Mississippi River 103D SYMPOSIA-02: Escapement and Seasonal Movement of Muskellunge and Walleye in Two Central Iowa Reservoirs 102A SYMPOSIA-05: Walleye Habitat: Considerations for Successful Natural Reproduction and Stocking 102D&E

3:40pm CST

ASIAN CARP: Juvenile Asian Carp as Forage for Predatory Fish in the LaGrange Reach of the Illinois River 103D SYMPOSIA-05: Large Woody Debris and Fish Habitat Structure Additions: Picking the Right Lakes, Setting Expectations, and How to Best Implement 102D&E (CANCELLED) SALMONIDS: Temporal and Trophic Overlap of YOY Steelhead Trout with Native Species in Lake Erie Coolwater Tributaries 103E

4:00pm CST

ASIAN CARP: Linking Aquatic-terrestrial Habitats Through Resource and Process Subsidies: Insights from Too Few Salmon and Too Many Carp 103D SYMPOSIA-01: Evaluating Citizen Science Programs: Strategies, Tools, and Resources 101B 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

ASIAN CARP: Advancements in Assessing Silver Carp Populations in the Illinois River, Illinois: A Comparison Between Standard Electrofishing and Novel Trawling Techniques 103D SYMPOSIA-01: Panel Discussion and Q&A 101B SYMPOSIA-05: Nuisance “Weeds” or Critical Fish Habitat: Balancing Trade Offs with Minnesota’s Aquatic Plant Management Program 102D&E SALMONIDS: Brown Trout Movement in Response to Large Scale Population Reduction 103E WALLEYE: Assessing the Dispersal of Stocked Walleye Fry in a Northern Minnesota Chain of Lakes 103A

4:40pm CST

ASIAN CARP: Electrotrawling as a Method to Mass Remove Invasive Carp 103D WALLEYE: Differential Effects of Algal and Sedimentary Turbidity on the Visual Systems of Walleye (Sander vitreus) and Their Prey 103A

5:00pm CST

SALMONIDS: Implications of Atlantic Salmon Stocking for Great Lakes Food Webs and Contaminant Exposure 103E

7:00am CST

Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

8:00am CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Recruitment Sources of Silver Carp in the Ohio River Basin Using Otolith Microchemistry 102D&E SYMPOSIA-07: An Overview of North American AFS Freshwater Fish Sampling Standardization 102A SYMPOSIA-10: Opportunities and Challenges in Local Management of Recreational Fisheries Landscapes: Theory and Practice 103A

8:20am CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Otolith microstructure and trace elemental analyses of juvenile Asian carp in the Upper Mississippi River 102D&E 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

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: The Dynamic Response Behaviors of Naïve Juvenile Asian Carp Following Exposure to Predator Kairomones in Mixed-Species Groups 102D&E RIVERS & OXBOWS: A Diel Comparison of Pulsed DC Electrofishing Methods in the Lower Wabash River 103E SYMPOSIA-07: Placing Gear Standardization in a Broader Context That Advances Science-based Fisheries Research and Management 102A SYMPOSIA-09: Digital Media as a Source of Contemporary and Novel Fisheries Data 102C

9:00am CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Diet Analysis of Predatory Fish in Pools 19 and 20 of the Upper Mississippi River with Contrasting Habitats and Asian Carp Abundance 102D&E RIVERS & OXBOWS: Backwater Fish Community Response to Habitat Restoration on the Upper Mississippi River: 30 Years of Successful Projects 103E WALLEYE & PERCH: A Multi-scale Approach to Identifying and Addressing the Causes of Minnesota’s Declining Yellow Perch Populations 103D

9:20am CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Inclusion of New Zealand Mud Snails in the Diet of Benthic Foragers 102D&E 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-10: Fish Sticks: Building Local Capacity to Implement Fish Sticks Projects 103A

10:00am CST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

10:20am CST

SYMPOSIA-08: Guiding Wetland Restoration in the Calumet Region of Illinois and Indiana Through Monitoring Breeding Marsh Birds 102B

10:40am CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Habitat Quality Explains Population Collapse of Invasive Rusty Crayfish in Northern Wisconsin Lakes 102D&E

11:00am CST

UNGULATES: Do City Deer Really Live Differently Than Rural Deer? 103C

11:20am CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Battle of the Claws: Competition Between Two Non-native Crayfish Species in the Chicago Region and Potential Spread of Red Swamp Crayfish Throughout the Great Lakes Region 102D&E

11:40am CST

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

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 RIVERS & OXBOWS: Origins, Current Status, and Potential Roles of Oxbows for Conservation and Nutrient Reduction in Agricultural Landscapes: Introduction to the Oxbow Session 103E SYMPOSIA-11: Aquatic Tox in Amphibians--perfluorinated Substances Are Chemicals of Emerging Concern 102C

1:40pm CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Effects of 2, 4-D Herbicide Treatments Used to Control Eurasian Watermilfoil on Fish and Zooplankton in Northern Wisconsin Lakes 102D&E RIVERS & OXBOWS: Oxbow Restorations in Iowa: A Compilation of Data and Lessons Learned over the past 17 Years 103E SYMPOSIA-11: Reproductive Health of Catostomid Species in Two Midwestern Rivers 102C

2:00pm CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: From Water Chemistry to Fish: The Impacts of Zebra Mussels Across Multiple Trophic Levels 102D&E SYMPOSIA-11: Pollutant Stress in the Maumee River: Impacted Physiology and Reproduction in Fathead Minnows (Pimephales promelas) and Sunfish (Lepomis spp.) 102C

3:20pm CST

SYMPOSIA-11: Modeling Effects of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) Exposures on Fish Populations 102C

3:40pm CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Alternative Sea Lamprey Barrier Technologies: History as a Control Tool 102D&E SYMPOSIA-11: From Simple to Complex: Behavioral Changes in Fish Exposed to Contaminants of Emerging Concern Singly and in Mixture 102C

4:00pm CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Stable Isotopes Indicate Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) Increase Dependence of Lake Food Webs on Littoral Energy Sources 102D&E SYMPOSIA-11: Environmentally Derived Urban Mixtures of Contaminants of Emerging Concern Alter Reproduction in Fathead Minnows over Three Generations 102C

4:20pm CST

SYMPOSIA-11: Biological Effects of Septic Seepage on Resident Fish Species in Minnesota Lakes 102C STURGEON, ESOCIDS & COREGONIDS: A Tool for Evaluating the Growth Potential Status of Muskellunge in Wisconsin Lakes 103D

5:00pm CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Selective, Safe and Low Cost Carp Pesticide 102D&E

8:00am CST

FISH HABITAT & GENETICS: Effectiveness of Shallow Water Habitat Restoration in the St. Clair River 103A FISH PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR: Effects of 17-ß Estradiol in the Metabolism and Morphology of Bluegill Sunfish 103B SYMPOSIA-14: A Multi-Jurisdictional Approach to Asian Carp in the Upper Illinois River and Chicago Area Waterway System 102A

8:20am CST

FISH PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR: Temperature Effects on Bluegill Sunfish and Largemouth Bass Metabolism 103B SYMPOSIA-14: Collaborative Efforts to Prevent and Control Aquatic Invasive Species in the Great Lakes Region 102A

8:40am CST

FISH PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR: Effects of Density and Species Richness on the Thermal Tolerance of Freshwater Mussels in the Great Lakes Region 103B

9:00am CST

STREAMS, DAMS & RESERVOIRS: Population Dynamics and Demographics of Smallmouth Bass in the Snake River, Idaho 102C

9:20am CST

FISH HABITAT & GENETICS: Developing a Science and Monitoring Strategy to Assess Recovery of Fisheries Habitats and Populations in the St. Clair-Detroit River System 103A

9:40am CST

WATERFOWL: Response of Wetland Food Webs to Neonicotinoid Insecticide Contamination 102B

10:40am CST

HUMAN DIMENSIONS & FISHERIES: Fishes of Hickory Creek Basin, Des Plaines River Drainage, Illinois: History, Politics, Climate, and the Need for Voucher Specimens 103C

11:00am CST

FISH PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR: Largemouth Bass Fingerling Production in Kansas: Where We've Been and Where We're Going 103B

11:20am CST

FISH PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR: Evaluating the Effects of Sampling Rate on Growth of Freshwater Mussels in Aquaria 103B

11:40am CST

SYMPOSIA-14: Revisiting a Forgotten Invader: Discovery of a Third Corbicula in Illinois 102A