Fish Ecology 1

Session 2 (Contributed)
Monday, June 7, 1:30 PM-3:15 PM, IRC3
Moderator: K. Macneale

1:30 (8) Landscape control of fish distributions in arctic Alaskan lakes.
A.E. Hershey¹, K. Fortino¹, A.J. Ulseth¹, M. Keyse¹, M.E. McDonald², C. Richards³, J.A. Schuldt⁴, W.J. O''Brien¹, P. Lienesch¹, and C. Luecke⁵. ¹Biology Department, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27403, ²U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC , ³MN Sea Grant, University of MN-Duluth, Duluth, MN, ⁴Biology Department, University of Wisconsin-Superior, Superior, WI, ⁵Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Utah State University, Logan, UT

1:45 (9) Natural and human factors structuring fish assemblages in West Virginia wadeable streams.
D.M. Walters¹ and F.H. McCormick². ¹US EPA Ecological Exposure Research Division, 26 W. MLK Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45220, ²USFS, Olympia Forestry Sciences Laboratory, 3625 93rd Ave. SW, Olympia, WA 98512

2:00 (10) Downstream reduction of fish species richness in the Cheyenne River, South Dakota, U.S.A.
C.W. Hoagstrom¹ and C.R. Berry². ¹Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, U.S.A. 57007, ²U.S. Geological Survey, South Dakota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, U.S.A. 57007

2:15 (11) Identifying a metric of sensitive fish species for assessing impacts of urbanization on fish assemblages.
S.J. Wenger¹, M.C. Freeman^1,2, B.J. Freeman^1,3, and A.H. Roy¹. ¹Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 USA , ²Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Athens, GA 30602 USA, ³Georgia Museum of Natural History, Athens, GA 30602 USA

2:30 (12) Interactive effects of flood frequency and southern redbelly dace (Phoxinus erythrogaster) on stream ecosystem function.
K.N. Bertrand and K.B. Gido. Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, U.S.A. 66506

2:45 (13) A multi-disciplinary approach to locating essential fish habitat in freshwater systems .
N. Bickford and R. Hannigan. Environmental Science Program, Arkansas State University

3:00 (14) Central stoneroller: Ecosystem engineers in the New River, NC?
C.J. Wood and R.P. Creed. Department of Biology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, USA 28607