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8:00am CST

Workshop. Beginning Your Professional Journey (For Students Only) 103D

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

1:40pm CST

ASIAN CARP: Habitat Use and Movement of Juvenile Asian Carp in the Illinois River 103D

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

2:40pm CST

ASIAN CARP: Reproductive Potential of Silver and Bighead Carp in the Upper Mississippi River 103D

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

3:40pm CST

ASIAN CARP: Juvenile Asian Carp as Forage for Predatory Fish in the LaGrange Reach of the Illinois River 103D

4:00pm CST

ASIAN CARP: Linking Aquatic-terrestrial Habitats Through Resource and Process Subsidies: Insights from Too Few Salmon and Too Many Carp 103D

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

4:40pm CST

ASIAN CARP: Electrotrawling as a Method to Mass Remove Invasive Carp 103D

8:00am CST

WALLEYE & PERCH: The “Tails” That Walleye Tell: The History of Walleye Management in Nebraska Reservoirs 103D

8:20am CST

WALLEYE & PERCH: Population Dynamics, Sport and Commercial Harvest and Management of St. Louis River Walleye (1981-2015) 103D

8:40am CST

WALLEYE & PERCH: Assessment of Walleye Reproduction Success in the Tamarac River, MN 103D

9:00am CST

WALLEYE & PERCH: A Multi-scale Approach to Identifying and Addressing the Causes of Minnesota’s Declining Yellow Perch Populations 103D

9:20am CST

WALLEYE & PERCH: Habitat Use, Diet and Growth Rate Analysis of Walleye and Yellow Perch in Green Bay Coastal Wetlands, Lake Michigan 103D

10:20am CST

WALLEYE & PERCH: Forecasting the Impacts of Climate and Land-use Change on Percid Recruitment in Lake Erie 103D

10:40am CST

WALLEYE & PERCH: Changes in Yellow Perch Recruitment in Relation to Walleye Abundance in Green Bay 103D

11:00am CST

WALLEYE & PERCH: Walleye Movements in Green Bay: Testing Assumptions of the Current Conceptual Model for Management 103D

11:20am CST

WALLEYE & PERCH: Variability in Spatial Distribution of Larval Yellow Perch in a Northern Lake Ecosystem 103D

11:40am CST

WALLEYE & PERCH: A Proposal to Implement a 21” Minimum Length Limit on Walleye Harvest at Cedar Bluff Reservoir, Kansas 103D

1:20pm CST

STURGEON, ESOCIDS & COREGONIDS: Genetic Origins and Movement of Lake Sturgeon in the St. Louis River and Western Lake Superior 103D

1:40pm CST

STURGEON, ESOCIDS & COREGONIDS: Summer Tributary Use and Movement of Lake Sturgeon at Its Southern Range Margin 103D

2:00pm CST

STURGEON, ESOCIDS & COREGONIDS: Examining Movement and Maximizing Capture of Lake Sturgeon in the Fish Elevator on the Menominee River 103D

2:20pm CST

STURGEON, ESOCIDS & COREGONIDS: Shifting Population Dynamics of the Commercially Exploited Shovelnose Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) in the Wabash River 103D

2:40pm CST

STURGEON, ESOCIDS & COREGONIDS: Use of Fin Rays for Estimating Age of Muskellunge 103D

3:20pm CST

STURGEON, ESOCIDS & COREGONIDS: Muskellunge Population Responses to Angler Catch-and-Release Practices in Escanaba Lake, Wisconsin, 1987-2014 103D

3:40pm CST

STURGEON, ESOCIDS & COREGONIDS: Broad Scale Movement of Muskellunge in the St. Clair-Detroit River System: Implications for Interjurisdictional Management 103D

4:00pm CST

STURGEON, ESOCIDS & COREGONIDS: Adult Muskellunge Growth and Annual Survival in Escanaba Lake, WI 1956-2015 103D

4:20pm CST

STURGEON, ESOCIDS & COREGONIDS: A Tool for Evaluating the Growth Potential Status of Muskellunge in Wisconsin Lakes 103D

4:40pm CST

STURGEON, ESOCIDS & COREGONIDS: Natal Origin and Growth Rate of Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) Larvae in the Lower Waters of Green Bay and Lake Michigan 103D

5:00pm CST

STURGEON, ESOCIDS & COREGONIDS: Larval Lake Whitefish Dynamics in Connected and Open Waters of Green Bay, Wisconsin 103D

8:00am CST

GENERAL FISHERIES & WILDLIFE: Comparing Substrate Composition Changes Above Two Lowhead Dams from 2012 to 2017 Using Side Scan Sonar 103D

8:20am CST

GENERAL FISHERIES & WILDLIFE: Nitrate-Nitrogen Reductions Measured in Newly Reconstructed Iowa Oxbows Located on and off the Des Moines Lobe: Different Hydrology, Similar Benefits 103D

9:00am CST

GENERAL FISHERIES & WILDLIFE: Developing “Manager’s Models”: Teaching Graduate Students to Communicate How Science Informs Management and Policy 103D

9:20am CST

GENERAL FISHERIES & WILDLIFE: Managing Phragmites with Science on Your Side 103D

9:40am CST

GENERAL FISHERIES & WILDLIFE: Hunter Preference of Harvest Reporting Methods on Public Lands in Illinois 103D

10:20am CST

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

10:40am CST

GENERAL FISHERIES & WILDLIFE: Developing and Sustaining a Lakeshore Habitat Restoration Training for Professionals in Wisconsin, USA 103D

11:00am CST

GENERAL FISHERIES & WILDLIFE: Wrestling with Recruitment 103D