Fish Ecology 1

Session 44 (Contributed)
Wednesday, June 7, 1:30 PM-3:15 PM, Egan 13
Moderator: N. Bickford

1:30 (285) Use of tributary confluence habitat by westslope cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi) in a wilderness watershed affected by wildfire.
P. Della Croce¹ and C.V. Baxter². ¹Department of Natural Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland, ²Department of Biological Sciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209, U.S.A.

1:45 (286) Trout in headwater streams show increased growth following wildfire: evidence to challenge a common perception.
M.P. Heck¹ and R.E. Gresswell². ¹Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, ²USGS Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, Bozeman, MT 59717

2:00 (287) Relationship of hydrologic variability and disturbance to temporal variability in fish assemblage structure.
D.D. Magoulick, M.P. Dekar, S.W. Hodges, M.K. Scott, C.M. Bare, and M.R. Rabalais. USGS, Arkansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701

2:15 (288) Environmental relationships to wadeable stream fisheries resources in Mississippi.
J.B. Alford¹, D.C. Jackson¹, and M. Beiser². ¹Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Mississippi State University, Mississippi St., MS, 39762, USA, ²Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, 2380 HWY 80 West, Jackson, MS, USA

2:30 (289) Fish assemblage structure in the North American Great Plains: a case history.
C.W. Hoagstrom¹, C.R. Berry², N.J.C. Gosch¹, and A.C. DeWitte¹. ¹Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, USA 57007, ²South Dakota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, USA 57007

2:45 (290) Influences of flow disturbance and predation by introduced trout on fry survival and recruitment of non-migratory galaxiids in New Zealand.
P.G. Jellyman and A.R. McIntosh. School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

3:00 (291) Habitat-mediated trophic interactions between exotic salmonids and native galaxiids in New Zealand streams.
P. McHugh¹, A.R. McIntosh², S.W. Howard², and P. Budy¹. ¹Department of Aquatic, Watershed, and Earth Resources, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA, 84322, ²School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 8004