DFC2018: DESERT FISHES COUNCIL 50TH ANNUAL MEETING
PROGRAM

Days: Wednesday, November 14th Thursday, November 15th Friday, November 16th Saturday, November 17th Sunday, November 18th

Wednesday, November 14th

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Thursday, November 15th

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08:30-09:00 Welcome
Chairs:
Phil Pister (Desert Fishes Council, United States)
Krissy Wilson (Desert Fishes Council, United States)
09:00-11:30 Session 1: Lee Simons: Advocate for Desert Fishes Symposium
Chairs:
Lesley Fitzpatrick (Retired, United States)
Brandon Senger (Nevada Department of Wildlife, United States)
09:00
Gary Scoppettone (Retired, United States)
Dean A. Hendrickson (University of Texas at Austin, Biodiversity Collections, United States)
Jon Sjoberg (Nevada Department of Wildlife, United States)
David Syzdek (Southern Nevada Water Authority, United States)
Paul Barrett (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (retired), United States)
Remembrance of Dr. Lee H. Simons (abstract)
09:15
Kevin Guadalupe (Nevada Department of Wildlife, United States)
Lee Simons a Carpenter of Convergence: Restoration Project Legacy for Southern Nevada Aquatic Species with Current Status Updates. (abstract)
09:30
Brandon Paulson (NDSU, United States)
Craig Stockwell (NDSU, United States)
The Direct Impacts of Non-Native Species on Pahrump Poolfish, Empetrichthys latos latos (abstract)
09:45
Madison Snider (North Dakota State University, United States)
Brian Wisenden (Minnesota State University - Moorhead, United States)
Craig Stockwell (North Dakota State University, United States)
Antipredator Club Cell Evaluation in Insular Fishes (abstract)
10:00
Christiana Manville (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, United States)
James Harter (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, United States)
Cody Anderson (Great Basin Institute, United States)
Recovery on Private Land – Pahranagat Roundtail Chub Progress (abstract)
10:15
Michael R. Schwemm (United States Fish and Wildlife Service, United States)
Brandon L. Senger (Nevada Department of Wildlife, United States)
David J. Syzdek (Southern Nevada Water Authority, United States)
History and Status of Fish Conservation on the Upper Muddy River, Nevada (abstract)
10:30
David Syzdek (Southern Nevada Water Authority, United States)
Ten Years of Restoration Projects for the Endangered Moapa Dace, Moapa coriacea at the Warm Springs Natural Area, Clark County, Nevada. (abstract)
10:45
Ron Kegerries (BIO-WEST, Inc., United States)
Brandon Albrecht (BIO-WEST, Inc., United States)
Harrison Mohn (BIO-WEST, Inc., United States)
Ron Rogers (BIO-WEST, Inc., United States)
Aaron Ambos (Southern Nevada Water Authority, United States)
Virgin River Long-Term Fish Community Monitoring (abstract)
11:00
Kevin P. Wilson (Death Valley National Park, United States)
Jeffry A. Goldstein (Death Valley National Park, United States)
Ambre L. Chaudoin (Death Valley National Park, United States)
John G. Wullschleger (Water Resources Division, National Park Service, United States)
Brandon L. Sengor (Nevada Department of Wildlife, United States)
Michael R. Schwemm (US Fish and Wildlife Service, United States)
Olin G. Feuerbacher (US Fish and Wildlife Service, United States)
Corey W. Lee (US Fish and Wildlife Service, United States)
Javier Linares-Casenave (US Fish and Wildlife Service, United States)
Jon C. Sjoberg (Nevada Department of Wildlife, United States)
Devils Hole and the Legacy of Lee Simons: 2011-2016 (abstract)
11:15
Duane Moser (Desert Research Institute, United States)
Joshua Sackett (Desert Research Institute, United States)
Brittany Kruger (Desert Research Institute, United States)
Scott Hamilton-Brehm (Southern Illinois University Carbondale, United States)
Comparative Study of Microbial Biogeochemistry of Devils Hole and Ash Meadows Fish Conservation Facility (abstract)
11:30-13:00Lunch
13:00-16:00 Session 2: Standing Between Life and Extinction: Book Preview Symposium
Chair:
David Propst (Desert Fishes Council, United States)
13:00
Jack Williams (Trout Unlimited, United States)
David Propst (University of New Mexico, United States)
The next Chapter in the Battle Against Extinction (abstract)
13:15
Phil Pister (Desert Fishes Council, United States)
Reflections on Some Good Friends: the Pioneers of the Desert Fishes Council (abstract)
13:30
Gary Garrett (The University of Texas at Austin, United States)
Megan Bean (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, United States)
Robert Edwards (The University of Texas at Austin, United States)
Dean Hendrickson (The University of Texas at Austin, United States)
Mining Hidden Waters: Groundwater Depletion, Aquatic Habitat Degradation and Loss of Fish Diversity in the Chihuahuan Desert Ecoregion of Texas (abstract)
13:45
Brandon Albrecht (BIO-WEST, Inc., United States)
Ron Kegerries (BIO-WEST, Inc., United States)
Ron Rogers (BIO-WEST, Inc., United States)
Paul Holden (BIO-WEST, Inc., United States)
The Exotic Dilemma: Lessons Learned from Efforts to Recover Native Colorado River Basin Fishes (abstract)
14:00
Jack Williams (Trout Unlimited, United States)
Don Sada (Desert Research Institute, United States)
Ghosts of Our Making: Extinct Aquatic Species of the North American Desert Region (abstract)
14:15
Adam E. Cohen (Biodiversity Center, Dept. Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, United States)
Dean A. Hendrickson (Biodiversity Center, Dept. Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, United States)
Gary Garrett (Biodiversity Center, Dept. Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, United States)
The Value of Specimen Collections for Conserving Biodiversity (abstract)
14:30
Mark Hausner (Desert Research Institute, United States)
Kevin Wilson (National Park Service, United States)
Kevin Brown (University of California Santa Barbara, United States)
The Devils Hole Pupfish: Science in a Time of Crisis (abstract)
14:45
Peter Reinthal (University of Arizona, United States)
Heidi Blasius (Bureau of Land Management, United States)
Mark Haberstich (The Nature Conservancy, United States)
Long-Term Monitoring of a Desert Fish Population Aravaipa Creek, Arizona. (abstract)
15:00
David Propst (University of New Mexico, United States)
Thomas Turner (University of New Mexico, United States)
Jerry Monzingo (Gila National Forest, USDA Forest Service, United States)
James Brooks (JEB Outfitters, United States)
Dustin Myers (Gila National Forest, USDA Forest Service, United States)
Conservation and the Historical Distribution of Gila Trout (abstract)
15:15
Kevin Bestgen (Larval Fish Laboratory, Dept. of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, United States)
Thomas Dowling (Wayne State University, United States)
Brandon Albrecht (BIO-WEST, Inc., United States)
Koreen Zelasko (Larval Fish Laboratory, Colorado State University, United States)
Large-River Fish Conservation in the Colorado River Basin: Progress and Challenges with Endangered Razorback Sucker (abstract)
15:30
Christopher Norment (Department of Environmental Science and Ecology, College at Brockport, United States)
Politics, Imagination, Ideology, and the Realms of Our Possible Futures (abstract)
15:45
Christopher Hoagstrom (Weber State University, United States)
Kevin Bestgen (Colorado State University, United States)
David Propst (University of New Mexico, United States)
Jack Williams (Trout Unlimited, United States)
Searching for Common Ground Between Life and Extinction (abstract)
16:00-17:30 Session 3: General Session I
Chair:
Kaleb Smith (Arizona Game and Fish Department, United States)
16:00
Casey Pennock (Kansas State University, United States)
Michael Farrington (American Southwest Ichthyological Researchers L.L.C., United States)
Keith Gido (Kansas State University, United States)
Feeding Ecology of Co-Occurring Early Life Stage Suckers in a Regulated River (abstract)
16:15
Catherine Devlaming (Colorado State University, United States)
Kevin Bestgen (Larval Fish Laboratory, Det. of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, United States)
Laboratory Experiments to Determine Effectiveness of Light Traps to Detect Razorback Sucker Larvae (abstract)
16:30
Mark Grover (Arizona Game & Fish Department, United States)
Chris Crockett (Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, United States)
The Influence of Groundwater Fluctuations on the Distribution and Habitat Associations of Two Cyprinid Fishes in a Desert Spring Complex. (abstract)
16:45
Mandi Finger (University of California, Davis, United States)
Alyssa Benjamin (University of California, Davis, United States)
Fine-Scale Analysis of Population Structure in the Relict Dace Using RAD Sequencing (abstract)
17:00
David L. Rogowski (Arizona Game and Fish Department, United States)
Jan K. Boyer (Arizona Game and Fish Department, United States)
Hope in a Highly Regulated River: Native Fish Recovery in the Colorado River (abstract)
17:15
Heidi Blasius (Bureau of Land Management, Safford Field Office, United States)
Jeff Conn (Desert Fish Advocate, United States)
Efficacy of Mechanical Removal of Nonnative Fish from Closed Systems. an Update on Bonita and Aravaipa Creeks. (abstract)
17:45-19:45 Session 4: Poster Session
17:45
Christopher Hoagstrom (Weber State University, United States)
Derek Houston (Western State Colorado University, United States)
Norman Mercado-Silva (Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Morelos, Mexico)
Biodiversity, Biogeography, & Conservation of North American Desert Fishes I: Areas of Endemism (abstract)
17:45
Christopher Hoagstrom (Weber State University, United States)
Derek Houston (Western State Colorado University, United States)
Norman Mercado-Silva (Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Morelos, Mexico)
Biodiversity, Biogeography, & Conservation of North American Desert Fishes II: Faunal Assembly (abstract)
17:45
Anthony Echelle (Oklahoma State University, United States)
Alice Echelle (Oklahoma State University, United States)
Restoration of Aquatic Habitats and Native Fishes in the Desert: Some Successes in Western North America (abstract)
17:45
Dean Hendrickson (University of Texas at Austin, Biodiversity Collections, United States)
Gary Garrett (University of Texas at Austin, Biodiversity Collections, United States)
Lloyd T. Findley (CIAD - Unidad Guaymas, Mexico)
Edwin P. Pister (Desert Fishes Council, United States)
Fifty years of Desert Fishes Council Proceedings as a resource for retrieving otherwise lost knowledge and control of shifting baselines (abstract)
17:45
Lesley Fitzpatrick (Retired, United States)
Lower Colorado River Area Report (abstract)
17:45
Alton Livingstone (Oregon State University, United States)
See the Light: Construction of a Collapsible Larval Fish Light Trap Using a Low-Power LED Light Source (abstract)
17:45
Maria De Lourdes Lozano Vilano (Retired, Mexico)
Armando J. Contreras-Balderas (Retired, Mexico)
Gorgonio Ruiz-Campos (Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Mexico)
Maria E. Garcia-Ramirez (Retired, Mexico)
Current Conservation Status of Some Freshwater Fishes and Their Habitats in Mexico. (abstract)
17:45
Ronald Rogers (BIO-WEST, Inc., United States)
Brandon Albrecht (BIO-WEST, Inc., United States)
Ronald Kegerries (BIO-WEST, Inc., United States)
Harrison Mohn (BIO-WEST, Inc., United States)
Mark McKinstry (Bureau of Reclamation, United States)
Brian Healy (National Park Service, United States)
Robert Schelly (National Park Service, United States)
Native Fish Dominance in the Grand Canyon, Arizona (abstract)
17:45
Chuck Minckley (retired, United States)
Alan Berman (CEDO, Tucson Office, United States)
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, Mexico. (abstract)
17:45
Chuck Minckley (retired, United States)
Alton Livingstone (Cuenca Los Ojos, United States)
Summary of Pond Construction of a Holding Pond for the Endangered Yaqui Catfish. (abstract)
17:45
Harrison Mohn (BIO-WEST, Inc., United States)
Brandon Albrecht (BIO-WEST, Inc., United States)
Ronald Rogers (BIO-WEST, Inc., United States)
Ron Kegerries (BIO-WEST, Inc., United States)
David Syzdek (Southern Nevada Water Authority, United States)
Long-Term Perspective of Native Fishes Within the Muddy River, Nevada (abstract)
17:45
Chris Crookshanks (Nevada Department of Wildlife, United States)
Jon Sjoberg (Nevada Department of Wildlife, United States)
Jeri Sjoberg (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, United States)
Kevin Wheeler (Utah Division od Wildlife Resources, United States)
John Wullschleger (National Park Service, United States)
Deb Koziol (Natural Resource Conservation Service, United States)
Laurel Saito (The Nature Conservancy, United States)
Cynthis Tait (U.S. Forest Service, United States)
Eric Miskow (Nevada Natural Heritage Program, United States)
Sandra Brewer (Bureau of Land Management, United States)
Conservation Agreement and Strategy for Springsnails in Nevada and Utah (abstract)
17:45
Lacey Schmitt (Arizona Game and Fish Department, United States)
Tony Robinson (Arizona Game and Fish Department, United States)
Black Canyon City Heritage Park Native Fish Refuge Population Update (abstract)
17:45
Kristopher Stahr (Arizona Game and Fish Department, United States)
Joshua Walters (Arizona Game and Fish Department, United States)
Hannah Smith (Arizona Game and Fish Department, United States)
Broodstock Density Mediates Larval Production of Captive-Spawned Loach Minnow and Spikedace (abstract)
17:45
Harlan Bean (Starkey Elementary, United States)
Comparing and Contrasting Pupfish, Headwater Catfish, and Northern Largemouth Bass (abstract)
17:45
James Harter (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, United States)
Christiana Manville (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, United States)
Lee Simons: a Legacy in Southern Nevada (abstract)
17:45
Katherine Earp (US Geological Survey, United States)
Water Quality and Sediment Chemistry of Selected Habitats of the Mohave Tui Chub, Mojave National Preserve, California, 2018 (abstract)
17:45
Bailey Gillis (North Dakota State University, United States)
Brandon Paulson (North Dakota State University, United States)
Craig Stockwell (North Dakota State University, United States)
The Effects of Red Swamp Crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, on Experimental Populations of the Amargosa Pupfish, Cyprinodon nevadensis amargosae. (abstract)
17:45
Layne Huber (National Park Service, United States)
Laughlin Lagoon Avian Predation Monitoring (abstract)
17:45
Ryan Mann (Arizona Game and Fish Department, United States)
Kristohper Stahr (Arizona Game and Fish Department, United States)
Joshua Walters (Arizona Game and Fish Department, United States)
The Renovation and Modernization of the Aquatic Research and Conservation Center (abstract)
17:45
Roman Rodriguez-Ramirez (Universidad de Sonora, Posgrado en Biociencias, Mexico)
Alejandro Varela-Romero (Universidad de Sonora, DICTUS, Mexico)
Nohelia Guadalupe Pacheco Hoyos (Universidad de Sonora, DICTUS, Mexico)
José Manuel Grijalva Chon (Universidad de Sonora, DICTUS, Mexico)
Marco Antonio López Torres (Universidad de Sonora, DICTUS, Mexico)
Anthony A. Echelle (Departament of Integrative Biology, University of Oklahoma, United States)
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, México) (abstract)
17:45
Alexandra Duffy (Brigham Young University, United States)
Andrea Roth-Mozón (Brigham Young University, United States)
Jerald B. Johnson (Brigham Young University, United States)
Does Sympatry Influence Dietary Niche Overlap? an Analysis of Gut Content in Poeciliopsis prolifica and Poeciliopsis latidens (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) (abstract)
17:45
Alejandro Varela-Romero (Universidad de Sonora, Mexico)
Chuck Minckley (Cuenca Los Ojos A.C., United States)
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 Manejo) (abstract)
17:45
Bowler Peter (University of California, Irvine, United States)
Terrence Frest (Formerly with Deixis Consultants, United States)
A Holocene Snail Fauna in the Middle Snake River Sub-Basin, Southern Idaho, U.S.a. (abstract)
17:45
Connor L. Brown (Texas Tech University, United States)
Kelbi D. Delaune (Texas Tech University, United States)
Allison A. Pease (Texas Tech University, United States)
Spatial and Temporal Variation in Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assemblages Structure in Salinized Reaches of the Pecos River (abstract)
17:45
Peter Bowler (1948, United States)
Terrence Frest (Formerly with Deixis Consultants, 2517 NE Street, Seattle, Washington 98115, United States)
Freshwater Mollusk Water Quality Tolerances and Observations About the Effects of Dams in the Middle Snake River Sub-Basin, Southern Idaho (abstract)
17:45
Mary-Elise Johnson (Brigham Young University, United States)
Erik S. Johnson (BrighamYoung University, United States)
Jerald B. Johnson (Brigham Young University, United States)
Evolution of Gonopodial Asymmetry and Behavioral Laterality in the Livebearing Fish Xenophallus umbratilis (abstract)
17:45
Melody Feden (Murray State University, United States)
Howard Whiteman (Murray State University, Watershed Studies Institute, High Lonesome Ranch Institute, United States)
Beaver-Mediated Ponds Provide Cold Water Refugia in a Degraded Desert Stream (abstract)
17:45
Eric Miskow (Nevada Natural Heritage Program, United States)
Nevada Area Report (abstract)
17:45
Trevor Williams (Brigham Young University, United States)
Jerald B. Johnson (Brigham Young University, United States)
Homogenizing Effects of Historic Lake Bonneville: Can Phylogeography Inform Community Assembly? (abstract)
17:45
Mitchell Stanton (Great Basin Institute, United States)
Olin Feuerbacher (United States Fish and Wildlife Service, United States)
Jennifer Gumm (United States Fish and Wildlife Service, United States)
Corey Lee (United States Fish and Wildlife Service, United States)
Javier Linares-Casenave (United States Fish and Wildlife Service, United States)
Predacious Diving Beetle (Dytiscidae) Dynamics Within a Refuge Tank Ecosystem for the Endangered Devils Hole Pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis). (abstract)
17:45
Megan Bean (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, United States)
Gary Garrett (The University of Texas at Austin, United States)
Russell Martin (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, United States)
Desert Fishes Research and Management in Texas: Rio Grande, Pecos, and Devils Rivers (abstract)
17:45
Andrea Roth-Monzón (Brigham Young University, United States)
Jerald B. Johnson (BrighamYoung University, United States)
Multispecies Character Displacement in Mexican Freshwater Fish Communities (abstract)
17:45
Paul Badame (Utah Division of Wildlife, United States)
Upper Colorado Basin Area Report (abstract)
17:45
Yvette Paroz (U.S. Forest Service Southwestern Region, United States)
The Aquatic eDNA Atlas and Applications for Desert Fish (abstract)
19:45-21:45 Student Networking Session
Chair:
Heidi Blasius (U.S. Bureau of Land Management, United States)
Friday, November 16th

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08:30-12:00 Session 5: General Session II
Chair:
Anthony Robinson (Arizona Game and Fish Department, United States)
08:30
Earyn McGee (University of Arizona, United States)
Rezwana Islam (University of Arizona, United States)
Noel Hamideh (University of Arizona, United States)
Michael Bogan (University of Arizona, United States)
Demographics of Riparian Lizards in the Chiricahua Mountains in Relation to Water Availability and Emerging Aquatic Insects as a Potential Food Source (abstract)
08:45
Pilar Wolters (Arizona Game and Fish Department, United States)
Dave Rogowski (Arizona Game and Fish Department, United States)
Should One Age a Warmwater Fish in a Coldwater System? (abstract)
09:00
Eric Moody (Iowa State University, United States)
Ellen Albright (Iowa State University, United States)
Katie Cope (Iowa State University, United States)
Rachel Fleck (Iowa State University, United States)
Haley Grigel (Iowa State University, United States)
David Ortiz (Iowa State University, United States)
Grace Wilkinson (Iowa State University, United States)
Severely Understudied Impacts of Fishes in North America’s Arid Land Aquatic Ecosystems (abstract)
09:15
Susan Washko (School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, United States)
Phaedra Budy (Department of Watershed Sciences, Utah State University, United States)
Brett Roper (USDA Forest Service, National Stream and Aquatic Ecology Center, Logan, UT, United States)
Trisha Atwood (Department of Watershed Sciences, Utah State University, United States)
A Comparison of Riffle and Beaver Pond-Dwelling Trout in Northeastern Utah (abstract)
09:30
Drew Eppehimer (University of Arizona, United States)
Kelsey Hollien (University of Arizona, United States)
Zach Nemec (University of Arizona, United States)
Hamdhani (University of Arizona, United States)
Larissa Lee (University of Arizona, United States)
David Quanrud (University of Arizona, United States)
Michael Bogan (University of Arizona, United States)
Implications of Using Treated Wastewater as Habitat for Desert Fishes (abstract)
09:45
William Radke (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, United States)
Endangered Species Recovery on a Landscape Scale - Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge (abstract)
10:00
Jane Rogosch (University of Washington, United States)
Julian Olden (University of Washington, United States)
Trophic Ecology of Roundtail Chub, Gila robusta, Along a Gradient of Invasion (abstract)
10:15
Zach Nemec (Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Arizona, United States)
Scott Bonar (U.S. Geological Survey Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Arizona, United States)
Stream-Specific and Generalized Habitat Suitability Criteria for Four Native Desert Fishes (abstract)
10:30
Christopher Martin (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States)
How Old Is the Devils Hole Pupfish and Why Should We Care? (abstract)
10:45
Christopher Norment (Department of Environmental Science and Ecology, College at Brockport, SUNY, United States)
Observations on the Ecology, Distribution, and Status of the Inyo Mountains Salamander. (abstract)
11:00
Kerry A Gold (The Great Basin Institute, United States)
Ambre L Chaudoin (National Park Service, United States)
Jeffrey A Goldstein (National Park Service, United States)
Kevin P Wilson (National Park Service, United States)
Josh Hoines (National Park Service, United States)
Restoring the Terrestrial Connections of Devils Hole (abstract)
11:15
Larissa Lee (University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, United States)
Scott Bonar (U.S. Geological Survey Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Arizona, United States)
Go with the Flow: Flow Regime and Fish Populations in Four Arizona Streams (abstract)
11:30
Taylor Ulrich (University of Arizona, United States)
Scott Bonar (U.S. Geological Survey Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Arizona, United States)
Cryptic but Reel: Using Social Psychology Principles in Educational Videos to Acquaint the Public with Cryptic Fishes (abstract)
11:45
Kelsey Hollien (University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, United States)
Michael Bogan (University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, United States)
Differences in Aquatic Invertebrate Diversity and Community Composition in Perennial Systems of the Rio Sonoyta Basin, Arizona and Sonora (abstract)
13:30-17:00 Session 7: General Session III
Chair:
David Rogowski (DFC, United States)
13:30
David Ward (US Geological Survey, United States)
Forgotten Secrets of Invasive Fish Eradication (abstract)
13:45
Natalie Constancio (University of San Diego, United States)
Sophie Dunkelberger (University of San Diego, United States)
Lauren Musial (University of San Diego, United States)
Gaby Ortiz (University of San Diego, United States)
Elizabeth von Ruden (University of San Diego, United States)
Kate Boersma (University of San Diego, United States)
Drought Cues Induce Dispersal in an Aquatic Beetle, Haliplus punctatus (Coleoptera: Haliplidae) (abstract)
14:00
Betsy Grube (SNRE - University of Arizona, United States)
Peter Reinthal (EEB - University Arizona, United States)
Jessica Gwinn (USFW, Phoenix Office, United States)
Elizabeth Arnold (Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, United States)
Biogeochemical Analyses of Airborne Deposition of Lead (Pb) Contamination in Aravaipa Creek, Arizona. (abstract)
14:15
Hamdhani (University of Arizona, United States)
Drew Eppehimer (University of Arizona, United States)
David Quanrud (University of Arizona, United States)
Michael Bogan (University of Arizona, United States)
Effect of Diurnal Flow Variability on Water Quality Dynamics in the Effluent-Dependent Santa Cruz River (abstract)
14:30
Arcadio Valdes Gonzalez (Fac. de C. Biologicas UANL, Mexico)
Maria Elena Angeles Villeda (Fac. de C. Biologicas UANL, Mexico)
Chichencanab, a Catastrophic Ecosystem? (Chichencanab, un Ecosistema Catastrófico?) (abstract)
14:45
Crosby Hedden (Kansas State University, United States)
Skyler Hedden (Kansas State University, United States)
Keith Gido (Kansas State University, United States)
James Whitney (Kansas State University, United States)
Intraspecific Response of Sonora Suckers to Consecutive Wildfire Disturbances (abstract)
15:00
Alexsandre Gutiérrez-Barragán (Universidad de Sonora, Licenciatura en Biología, Mexico)
Carlos Alonso Ballesteros-Córdova (Universidad de Sonora DICTUS, Mexico)
Gorgonio Ruiz-Campos (Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Facultad de Ciencias, Mexico)
José Manuel Grijalva-Chon (Universidad de Sonora DICTUS,, Mexico)
Alejandro Varela-Romero (Universidad de Sonora, DICTUS, Mexico)
Comparative Morphometrics Analysis Among Refuge and Wild Populations of Sonoyta Pupfish Cyprinodon eremus Miller & Fuiman, 1987 (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae). (Análisis Morfométrico Comparativo de Poblaciones de Refugio y Silvestres del Pez Cachorrito del Sonoyta Cyprinodon eremus Miller y Fuiman, 1987 (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae)) (abstract)
15:15
Laura Tennant (U.S. Geological Survey, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Southwest Biological Science Center, United States)
David Ward (U.S. Geological Survey, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Southwest Biological Science Center, United States)
Alice Gibb (Northern Arizona University, Department of Biological Sciences, United States)
Effects of Body Size on Vulnerability to Predation in Juvenile Roundtail Chub Stocked in the Upper Verde River, Arizona (abstract)
15:30
Stephen Ross (Division of Fishes, Museum of Southwestern Biology, United States)
Tim Modde (USFWS (retired), United States)
Derek Ross (Auburn University, United States)
Comparison of Aging Structures and Life History Aspects of an Historical Population of the Roundtail Chub, Gila robusta (Cyprinidae), in the Yampa River Canyon, Colorado (abstract)
15:45
Aaron Ambos (Southern Nevada Water Authority, United States)
Raymond Saumure (Southern Nevada Water Authority, United States)
Thomas O'Toole (Las Vegas Springs Preserve, United States)
Zane Marshall (Southern Nevada Water Authority, United States)
A New Las Vegas Home for the Pahrump Poolfish, Empetrichthys latos (abstract)
16:00
Hannah Moore (Murray State University, United States)
Howard Whiteman (Murray State University, United States)
Does Increasing Food-Web Stability Mediate the Effects of Cattle Grazing in Aquatic Desert Ecosystems? (abstract)
16:15
Chad Teal (University of Arizona, United States)
Scott Bonar (University of Arizona, United States)
Dan Schill (Fisheries Management Solutions, Inc., United States)
Developing YY Males to Control Nuisance Fish Populations in the Southwest (abstract)
16:30
Kelbi Delaune-Trotter (Texas Tech University, United States)
Allison Pease (Texas Tech University, United States)
Ecological Traits of Non-Native Fundulus Grandis in the Pecos River: Implications for Impacts on Native Species (abstract)
16:45
Daniel Kimball (Northern Arizona University, United States)
Owen Kyle (Northern Arizona University, United States)
Michael Minicozzi (Northern Arizona University, United States)
Alice Gibb (Northern Arizona University, United States)
Bonytail, the Arizona Tuna? Convergence in Muscle and Tendon Anatomy in Scombrids and Gila cypha (abstract)
17:15-18:15 Business Meeting
Chair:
Krissy Wilson (Desert Fishes Council, United States)
19:15-21:15 Banquet

Furnace Creek Date Grove

Saturday, November 17th

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08:30-12:00 Session 8: General Session IV
Chair:
Pilar Wolters (Arizona Game and Fish Department, United States)
08:30
Rollie White (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region One, United States)
Jason Dunham (U.S. Geological Survey, United States)
Chris Allen (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon Fish & Wildlife Office, United States)
Bruce Marcot (U.S. Forest Service, United States)
Dan Shively (U.S. Forest Service, United States)
The Conservation Landscape: Finding Success at the Intersection of Ecological, Social, and Institutional Dimensions (abstract)
08:45
Aaron Burgad (Marsh & Associates, United States)
Brian Kesner (Marsh & Associates, United States)
Paul Marsh (Marsh & Associates, United States)
Long-Term Patterns of Fish Community Structure in Lake Mohave, Arizona-Nevada (abstract)
09:00
Melinda Bennion (Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, United States)
Richard Fridell (Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, United States)
Limiting Factors and Recovery of Woundfin in the Virgin River (abstract)
09:15
Kristopher Stahr (Arizona Game and Fish Department, United States)
An Evaluation of Three Artificial Structures to Reduce Predation on Hatchery-Reared Bonytail and Razorback Suckers (abstract)
09:30
Skyler Hedden (Kansas State University, United States)
Keith Gido (Kansas State University, United States)
Bobby Duran (USFWS, United States)
Scott Durst (USFWS, United States)
Nathan Franssen (USFWS, United States)
Eliza Gilbert (USFWS, United States)
Crosby Hedden (Kansas State University, United States)
Brian Hines (UDWR, United States)
Mark McKinstry (BOR, United States)
Casey Pennock (Kansas State University, United States)
Quantifying the Predatory Threat of a Nonnative Fish on Native Fishes in the San Juan River (abstract)
09:45
Keith Gido (Kansas State University, United States)
Webster Jordan (Kansas State University, United States)
Sky Hedden (Kansas State University, United States)
James Whitney (Pittsburgh State University, United States)
David Propst (University of New Mexico, United States)
Spatial and Temporal Variation of Aquatic Macroinvertebrates in the Upper Gila River, New Mexico and Response to Drought, Wildfire and Monsoonal Flooding (abstract)
10:00
Alan Mauer (US Fish and Wildlife Service, Bend Field Office, United States)
Brian Sidlauskas (Oregon State University, United States)
Marci Schreder (Lake County Umbrella Watershed Council, United States)
Paul Divine (California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, United States)
Justin Miles (Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, United States)
Oregon / Northern California Area Report, November 2018 (abstract)
10:15
Brian Hickerson (Arizona Game and Fish Department, United States)
Anthony Robinson (Arizona Game and Fish Department, United States)
David Partridge (Arizona Game and Fish Department, United States)
Matthew Rinker (Arizona Game and Fish Department, United States)
Factors Influencing Successful Mechanical Removal of Green Sunfish (abstract)
10:30
Christi Kruse (California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bishop Office and Oregon State University, United States)
Jon Shurin (University of California San Diego, United States)
Jeff Holmquist (University of California, Los Angeles, United States)
Natalie Jones (UC San Diego and the Univeristy of Queensland, Australia, Australia)
Steve Parmenter (California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bishop Office, United States)
Nick Buckmaster (California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bishop Office, United States)
Potential for a Multi-Species Refuge: Investigating Competition Between Historically Co-Occurring Cyprinids (abstract)
10:45
Geoff Moret (United States Geological Survey, United States)
Erin Orozco (United States Geological Survey, United States)
Michael Schwemm (United States Fish and Wildlife Service, United States)
A Resurvey of Springsnails in and near Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge 31 Years Later (abstract)
11:00
David Lytle (Oregon State University, United States)
Jonathan Tonkin (Oregon State University, United States)
Julian Olden (University of Washington, United States)
David Merritt (Forest Service, United States)
Lindsay Reynolds (Forest Service, United States)
Jane Rogosch (University of Washington, United States)
Do “Designer Flows” for Native Fish Also Protect Aquatic Insects and Riparian Plants? (abstract)
11:15
Taylor Haas (Marsh & Associates, United States)
Brian Kesner (Marsh & Associates, United States)
Paul Marsh (Marsh & Associates, United States)
A Post-Stocking Survival and Movement Analysis of Razorback Sucker and Bonytail in the Lower Colorado River. (abstract)
11:30
Brian Kesner (Marsh & Associates, United States)
Aaron Burgad (Marsh & Associates, United States)
Paul Marsh (Marsh & Associates, United States)
Assessment of Razorback Sucker Monitoring in the Lower Colorado River Basin (abstract)
11:45
Jacob Rennert (Marsh & Associates, United States)
Jon Shenker (Florida Institute of Technology, United States)
Aaron Adams (Bonefish and Tarpon Trust, United States)
Jorge Angulo-Valdez (Eckerd College, United States)
Age, Growth, and Age at Maturity of Bonefish (Albula Species) Among Cuban Habitats (abstract)
13:30-17:00 Session 9: General Session V
Chair:
Julie Carter (Arizona Game and Fish Department, United States)
13:30
Nicholas Buckmaster (California Department of Fish and Wildlife, United States)
Rosa Cox (California Department of Fish and Wildlife, United States)
Leah Botelho (California Department of Fish and Wildlife, United States)
Christi Kruse (Oregon State University, United States)
Steve Parmenter (California Department of Fish and Wildlife, United States)
Distribution of Fishes and Fish Assemblages in the Northern Owens Valley (abstract)
13:45
Chance Broderius (Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, United States)
Comparisons of the Age Structure of Several Populations of Bonneville Bluehead Sucker (abstract)
14:00
Sharon Keeney (California Department of Fish and Wildlife, United States)
Challenges in Desert Pupfish Management in Salt Creek and San Felipe Creek, Riverside and Imperial Counties of California (abstract)
14:15
Chase Ehlo (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, United States)
Post-Stocking Fate of Razorback Sucker in Topock Marsh, AZ (abstract)
14:30
Dave Speas (U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, United States)
Peter MacKinnon (Utah State University, United States)
Jim White (Colorado Parks and Wildlife, United States)
Dan Keller (Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, United States)
Zane Olsen (Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, United States)
Use of the Lower Dolores River by Endangered Fishes, 2013-2017 (abstract)
14:45
Rosa Cox (California Department of Fish and Wildlife, United States)
Leah Botelho (California Department of Fish and Wildlife, United States)
Steve Parmenter (California Department of Fish and Wildlife, United States)
Nick Buckmaster (California Department of Fish and Wildlife, United States)
Response of Macroinvertebrate Communities to High Flows in the Owens River Gorge (abstract)
15:00
Sarah Robertson (Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept, United States)
A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Protecting Instream Flows and Endemic Species in the Devils River, Texas (abstract)
15:15
Olin G. Feuerbacher (US Fish and Wildlife Service, United States)
Jennifer M. Gumm (US Fish and Wildlife Service, United States)
Corey W. Lee (US Fish and Wildlife Service, United States)
Michael R. Schwemm (US Fish and Wildlife Service, United States)
Mitchell R. Stanton (Great Basin Institute, United States)
Kevin P. Wilson (Death Valley National Park, United States)
Jeffry A. Goldstein (Death Valley National Park, United States)
Ambre L. Chaudoin (Death Valley National Park, United States)
Brandon L. Senger (Nevada Department of Wildlife, United States)
Javier Linares-Casenave (US Fish and Wildlife Service, United States)
John G. Wullschleger (Water Resources Division, National Park Service, United States)
Jon C. Sjoberg (Nevada Department of Wildlife, United States)
Captive Propagation of the Devils Hole Pupfish at the Ash Meadows Fish Conservation Facility (abstract)
15:30
Charles Nate Cathcart (Alaska Department of Fish & Game, United States)
Casey Pennock (Kansas State University, United States)
Christopher Cheek (Purdue University, United States)
Mark McKinstry (Bureau of Reclamation, United States)
Peter MacKinnon (Utah State University, United States)
Mary Conner (Utah State University, United States)
Keith Gido (Kansas State University, United States)
Waterfall Formation at a Desert River-Reservoir Delta Isolates Endangered Fishes (abstract)
15:45
Cassie Mellon (Bureau of Land Management, United States)
Kevin Wheeler (Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, United States)
Prescribed Fire as a Tool to for Sensitive Species Conservation (abstract)
16:00
Michael Partlow (Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, United States)
Matthew Breen (Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, United States)
Garrett Tournear (Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, United States)
Submersible PIT Antennas Document a New Spawning Location for Colorado Pikeminnow, Ptychocheilus lucius, in the Green River, Utah (abstract)
16:15
Christopher Michaud (Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, United States)
Critical Rearing Grounds for the Endangered Colorado Pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius): Management Challenges in a Rapidly Changing Ecosystem. (abstract)
16:30
Jennifer Gumm (Ash Meadows Fish Conservation Facility, US Fish and Wildlife Service, United States)
Kristina Ayers (Stephen F. Austin State University, United States)
Vance Imhoff (Stephen F. Austin State University, United States)
Gene Wilde (Texas Tech University, United States)
Genetic and Morphological Analysis of Hybridization Between Native and Invasive Pupfishes (Cyprinodon) (abstract)
Sunday, November 18th

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08:00-13:00 Field Trip-Amargosa River

Field trip will be a hike along the wild and scenic reach of the Amargosa River in Tecopa. We will leave Furnace Creek at 8 am and drive to Tecopa, hike (and view pupfish and dace) till 12 noon. After we will drink and eat  food at the brewery (owned by the landowner granting us access).