Program for Thursday, November 15th: Talk View

PROGRAM FOR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH: TALK VIEW

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08:00-18:00 Registration and Presentation Loading

08:30-09:00 Welcome

09:00-09:15

Remembrance of Dr. Lee H. Simons

Gary Scoppettone, Dean A. Hendrickson, Jon Sjoberg, David Syzdek, Paul Barrett

09:15-09:30

Lee Simons a Carpenter of Convergence: Restoration Project Legacy for Southern Nevada Aquatic Species with Current Status

Kevin Guadalupe

09:30-09:45

The Direct Impacts of Non-Native Species on Pahrump Poolfish, Empetrichthys latos latos

Brandon Paulson, Craig Stockwell

09:45-10:00

Antipredator Club Cell Evaluation in Insular Fishes

Madison Snider, Brian Wisenden, Craig Stockwell

10:00-10:15

Recovery on Private Land – Pahranagat Roundtail Chub Progress

Christiana Manville, James Harter, Cody Anderson

10:15-10:30

History and Status of Fish Conservation on the Upper Muddy River, Nevada

Michael R. Schwemm, Brandon L. Senger, David J. Syzdek

10:30-10:45

Ten Years of Restoration Projects for the Endangered Moapa Dace, Moapa coriacea at the Warm Springs Natural Area, Clark County,

David Syzdek

10:45-11:00

Virgin River Long-Term Fish Community Monitoring

Ron Kegerries, Brandon Albrecht, Harrison Mohn, Ron Rogers, Aaron Ambos

11:00-11:15

Devils Hole and the Legacy of Lee Simons: 2011-2016

Wilson et.al

11:15-11:30

Comparative Study of Microbial Biogeochemistry of Devils Hole and Ash Meadows Fish Conservation

Duane Moser, Joshua Sackett, Brittany Kruger, Scott Hamilton-Brehm

11:30-13:00 Yaqui Catfish Meeting

13:00-13:15

The next Chapter in the Battle Against Extinction

Jack Williams, David Propst

13:15-13:30

Reflections on Some Good Friends: the Pioneers of the Desert Fishes Council

Phil Pister

13:30-13:45

Mining Hidden Waters: Groundwater Depletion, Aquatic Habitat Degradation and Loss of Fish Diversity in the Chihuahuan Desert Ecoregion of

Gary Garrett, Megan Bean, Robert Edwards, Dean Hendrickson

13:45-14:00

The Exotic Dilemma: Lessons Learned from Efforts to Recover Native Colorado River Basin Fishes

Brandon Albrecht, Ron Kegerries, Ron Rogers, Paul Holden

14:00-14:15

Ghosts of Our Making: Extinct Aquatic Species of the North American Desert Region

Jack Williams, Don Sada

14:15-14:30

The Value of Specimen Collections for Conserving Biodiversity

Adam E. Cohen, Dean A. Hendrickson, Gary Garrett

14:30-14:45

The Devils Hole Pupfish: Science in a Time of Crisis

Mark Hausner, Kevin Wilson, Kevin Brown

14:45-15:00

Long-Term Monitoring of a Desert Fish Population Aravaipa Creek, Arizona.

Peter Reinthal, Heidi Blasius, Mark Haberstich

15:00-15:15

Conservation and the Historical Distribution of Gila Trout

David Propst, Thomas Turner, Jerry Monzingo, James Brooks, Dustin Myers

15:15-15:30

Large-River Fish Conservation in the Colorado River Basin: Progress and Challenges with Endangered Razorback

Kevin Bestgen, Thomas Dowling, Brandon Albrecht, Koreen Zelasko

15:30-15:45

Politics, Imagination, Ideology, and the Realms of Our Possible Futures

Christopher Norment

15:45-16:00

Searching for Common Ground Between Life and Extinction

Christopher Hoagstrom, Kevin Bestgen, David Propst, Jack Williams

16:00-16:15

Feeding Ecology of Co-Occurring Early Life Stage Suckers in a Regulated River

Casey Pennock, Michael Farrington, Keith Gido

16:15-16:30

Laboratory Experiments to Determine Effectiveness of Light Traps to Detect Razorback Sucker Larvae

Catherine Devlaming, Kevin Bestgen

16:30-16:45

The Influence of Groundwater Fluctuations on the Distribution and Habitat Associations of Two Cyprinid Fishes in a Desert Spring

Mark Grover, Chris Crockett

16:45-17:00

Fine-Scale Analysis of Population Structure in the Relict Dace Using RAD Sequencing

Mandi Finger, Alyssa Benjamin

17:00-17:15

Hope in a Highly Regulated River: Native Fish Recovery in the Colorado River

David L. Rogowski, Jan K. Boyer

17:15-17:30

Efficacy of Mechanical Removal of Nonnative Fish from Closed Systems. an Update on Bonita and Aravaipa

Heidi Blasius, Jeff Conn

17:45

Biodiversity, Biogeography, & Conservation of North American Desert Fishes I: Areas of Endemism

Christopher Hoagstrom, Derek Houston, Norman Mercado-Silva

17:45

Biodiversity, Biogeography, & Conservation of North American Desert Fishes II: Faunal Assembly

Christopher Hoagstrom, Derek Houston, Norman Mercado-Silva

17:45

Restoration of Aquatic Habitats and Native Fishes in the Desert: Some Successes in Western North

Anthony Echelle, Alice Echelle

17:45

Fifty years of Desert Fishes Council Proceedings as a resource for retrieving otherwise lost knowledge and control of shifting

Dean Hendrickson, Gary Garrett, Lloyd T. Findley, Edwin P. Pister

17:45

Lower Colorado River Area Report

Lesley Fitzpatrick

17:45

See the Light: Construction of a Collapsible Larval Fish Light Trap Using a Low-Power LED Light

Alton Livingstone

17:45

Current Conservation Status of Some Freshwater Fishes and Their Habitats in Mexico.

Lozano Vilano, Contreras-Balderas, Ruiz-Campos, Garcia-Ramirez

17:45

Native Fish Dominance in the Grand Canyon, Arizona

Rogers, Albrecht, Kegerries, Mohn, McKinstry, Healy, Schelly

17:45

Report on the Development of a Refuge Pond for the Sonoyta River Form of the Longfin Dace at the CEDO Research Station, Rocky Point, Sonora,

Chuck Minckley, Alan Berman

17:45

Summary of Pond Construction of a Holding Pond for the Endangered Yaqui Catfish.

Chuck Minckley, Alton Livingstone

17:45

Long-Term Perspective of Native Fishes Within the Muddy River, Nevada

Harrison Mohn, Brandon Albrecht, Ronald Rogers, Ron Kegerries, David Syzdek

17:45

Conservation Agreement and Strategy for Springsnails in Nevada and Utah

Crookshanks et.al

17:45

Black Canyon City Heritage Park Native Fish Refuge Population Update

Lacey Schmitt, Tony Robinson

17:45

Broodstock Density Mediates Larval Production of Captive-Spawned Loach Minnow and Spikedace

Kristopher Stahr, Joshua Walters, Hannah Smith

17:45

Comparing and Contrasting Pupfish, Headwater Catfish, and Northern Largemouth Bass

Harlan Bean

17:45

Lee Simons: a Legacy in Southern Nevada

James Harter, Christiana Manville

17:45

Water Quality and Sediment Chemistry of Selected Habitats of the Mohave Tui Chub, Mojave National Preserve, California,

Katherine Earp

17:45

The Effects of Red Swamp Crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, on Experimental Populations of the Amargosa Pupfish, Cyprinodon nevadensis

Bailey Gillis, Brandon Paulson, Craig Stockwell

17:45

Laughlin Lagoon Avian Predation Monitoring

Layne Huber

17:45

The Renovation and Modernization of the Aquatic Research and Conservation Center

Ryan Mann, Kristohper Stahr, Joshua Walters

17:45

Genetic Variability and Inbreeding of the Sonoyta Pupfish Cyprinodon eremus Miller and Fuiman, 1987, in Artificial Refuge and Wild Populations of Sonora, Mexico. (Variabilidad Genética y Endogamia del Pez Cachorrito del Sonoyta Cyprinodon eremus Miller y Fuiman, 1987, en Refugios Artificiales y Poblaciones Silvestres de Sonora,

Rodriguez-Ramirez et.al

17:45

Does Sympatry Influence Dietary Niche Overlap? an Analysis of Gut Content in Poeciliopsis prolifica and Poeciliopsis latidens (Cyprinodontiformes:

Alexandra Duffy, Andrea Roth-Mozón, Jerald B. Johnson

17:45

Study and Conservation Strategies of Yaqui Catfish in Northwest Mexico: Recovery and Management Plan. (Estrategias de Estudio y Conservación del Bagre Yaqui, Ictalurus pricei, en el Noroeste de México: Programa de Recuperación y

Alejandro Varela-Romero, Chuck Minckley

17:45

A Holocene Snail Fauna in the Middle Snake River Sub-Basin, Southern Idaho, U.S.a.

Bowler Peter, Terrence Frest

17:45

Spatial and Temporal Variation in Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assemblages Structure in Salinized Reaches of the Pecos

Connor L. Brown, Kelbi D. Delaune, Allison A. Pease

17:45

Freshwater Mollusk Water Quality Tolerances and Observations About the Effects of Dams in the Middle Snake River Sub-Basin, Southern

Peter Bowler, Terrence Frest

17:45

Evolution of Gonopodial Asymmetry and Behavioral Laterality in the Livebearing Fish Xenophallus

Mary-Elise Johnson, Erik S. Johnson, Jerald B. Johnson

17:45

Beaver-Mediated Ponds Provide Cold Water Refugia in a Degraded Desert Stream

Melody Feden, Howard Whiteman

17:45

Nevada Area Report

Eric Miskow

17:45

Homogenizing Effects of Historic Lake Bonneville: Can Phylogeography Inform Community Assembly?

Trevor Williams, Jerald B. Johnson

17:45

Predacious Diving Beetle (Dytiscidae) Dynamics Within a Refuge Tank Ecosystem for the Endangered Devils Hole Pupfish (Cyprinodon

M. Stanton, O. Feuerbacher, J. Gumm, C. Lee, J. Linares-Casenave

17:45

Desert Fishes Research and Management in Texas: Rio Grande, Pecos, and Devils Rivers

Megan Bean, Gary Garrett, Russell Martin

17:45

Multispecies Character Displacement in Mexican Freshwater Fish Communities

Andrea Roth-Monzón, Jerald B. Johnson

17:45

Upper Colorado Basin Area Report

Paul Badame

17:45

The Aquatic eDNA Atlas and Applications for Desert Fish

Yvette Paroz

19:45-21:45 Student Networking Session

11:30-13:00 Lunch