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Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference 2018

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4:40pm CST

SALMONIDS: Using Stable C and N Isotopes to Assess Diets of Lake Michigan Salmonines: Implications for Ongoing Management 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

10:20am 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 SYMPOSIA-07: Developing, Validating, and Applying Standard Methods to Improve Fisheries Management and Research 102A SYMPOSIA-10: City Staff Using DNR Methods to Survey Local Fisheries 103A

11:00am CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Detecting Round Goby in the Field Using a Portable eDNA Detection Kit 102D&E RIVERS & OXBOWS: A Comparison of Fish Communities in Contiguous Backwater and Vegetated Impounded Areas of Pool 19, Upper Mississippi River 103E

11:40am CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Spatiotemporal Patterns from Electrofishing Catches at Lake Michigan Invasive Species Hotspot Locations 102D&E

1:20pm CST

SYMPOSIA-07: Using Statewide Survey Data to Support Local-scale Management in Michigan Streams 102A

2:20pm CST

SYMPOSIA-07: Status and Trends of Smallmouth Buffalo in the Upper Mississippi River System: Application and Use of UMRR-LTRM Data 102A

2:40pm CST

SYMPOSIA-07: Long-term Monitoring Shows How Highly Modified Rivers Respond to Additional Drivers of Change 102A

4:40pm CST

RIVERS & OXBOWS: The Importance of Field Assessments in Modeling Fish Passage of Barriers in Great Lakes Tributaries 103E

6:00pm CST

Poster Display. A Comparison of Autumn Electrofishing and Autumn Fyke Nets for Sampling Bluegill and Redear Sunfish Populations Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Diet Content Analysis Using Gastric Lavage on Lake Sturgeon in the Manitowish River and Turtle-Flambeau Flowage Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Estimating Angling Effort on Four of Minnesota’s Fishing in the Neighborhood Lakes via Time Lapse Cameras Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Fish Species Habitat and Hydrology Preferences in Pool 12 of the Upper Mississippi River Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Larval Fish Monitoring in the Upper Mississippi River Pools 8-13: Surveys for Emerging Populations of Asian Carps in Novel Habitats Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Nonlethal Strategy to Determine Gender in Brown Trout Using Morphometric Measurements Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Preliminary Assessment of Walleye, Lake Whitefish, and Yellow Perch Diets in Green Bay Ballroom C & Foyer

8:20am CST

STREAMS, DAMS & RESERVOIRS: A Holistic Approach of Characterizing Age and Growth of Bluegill and Redear Sunfish in Small Impoundments 102C

8:40am CST

HUMAN DIMENSIONS & FISHERIES: Bridging the Social-Ecological Gap with Anglersheds 103C

9:40am CST

HUMAN DIMENSIONS & FISHERIES: Fishing for Answers: A Binational Analysis of Creel Survey Data in the St. Clair-Detroit River System (SCDRS) 103C SYMPOSIA-14: Collaborative Multi-jurisdictional Aquatic Invasive Species Control 102A

10:20am CST

GENERAL FISHERIES & WILDLIFE: The Wisconsin Lake Leaders Institute: Building Future Lake Champions Through Education and Engagement 103D

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

11:40am CST

FISH HABITAT & GENETICS: Bigheaded Carp Environmental DNA Detection in the Upper Mississippi River: A Comparison of Quantitative PCR and Digital PCR 103A STREAMS, DAMS & RESERVOIRS: Dietary Comparison of Trouts in the Western Great Basin and Wyoming Mountain Steppe 102C

11:50am CST

LIGHTING TALK: Trout Transfers: A Case for Increasing Size Structure in High Density Trout Streams 103C