Carl L. Hubbs Award is given to best student paper
YEAR | MEETING LOCATION | AUTHOR/PAPER |
2009 | Death Valley, California | Maria Dzul, Iowa State University: Identifying sources of error in adult surveys of Devils Hole pupfishCyprinodon diabolis |
2008 | Cuatrociénegas, Coahuila, México | Stephanie Kraft, Utah State University, Ecology Center: Predator detection and learning ability in an endemic lake sucker |
2007 | Ventura, California | Michael T. Bogan, Oregon State University; Homeless bugs: Consequences of hydrologic failure in a desert spring |
2006 | Death Valley, California | S. Jason Kline, University of Arizona, Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Effect of Asian tapeworm on the growth and mortality of Yaqui chub and Yaqui topminnow |
2005 | Cuatrociénegas, Coahuila, México | Cynthia Tech, University of New Mexico, Department of Biology; Sex ratio bias and loss of male fertility in hybrids of Comanche Springs pupfish and sheepshead minnow |
2004 | Tucson, Arizona | Lindsey T. Lyons, Department of Biology, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon; Temporal and spatial variation in larval pupfish abundance and associated microhabitat variables in Devils Hole, Nevada |
2003 | Death Valley, California | David L. Rogowski, North Dakota State University; Effects of two exotics on experimental populations of White Sands pupfish |
2002 | San Luis Potosí, SLP, México | Evan W. Carson, Arizona State University; Profound physiological differences between Cuatro Ciénegas pupfish species: evidence from a reciprocal transplant experiment and implications for hybridization |
2001 | Alpine, Texas | Heidi Kloeppel, Northern Arizona University; Interactions of an endemic snail and fish: Negative effects of molluscivore presence on snail density |
2000 | Death Valley, California | Vance T. Vredenburg, University of California, Berkeley; Exotic species and the decline of amphibians: unintended consequences on a global scale. |
1999 | Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas | Jennifer Wilcox, University of Colorado; Mean or wild? An assessment of divergent behaviors in refugia populations of the Devil’s Hole pupfish, Cyprinodon diabolis |
1998 | Page, Arizona | 2 awards – (1) Jennifer Wilcox, University of Colorado; Conservation of small populations: Why isn’t Cyprinodon diabolis extinct? and (2) Jonathan Rosenfield, University of New Mexico; Sexual selection plays a role in the introgression between Pecos pupfish and sheepshead minnow |
1997 | Death Valley, California | Timothy J. Kim, Arizona State University; Resistance to exotic parasites in Gila topminnow |
1996 | LaPaz, Baja California | Matthew E. Andersen, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Relation of Devils Hole pupfish, Cyprinodon diabolis, population size variation in habitat water level 1972 to 1996 |
1995 | Reno, Nevada | Ruby J. Sheffer, Arizona State University; Defining fitness as a criterion for translocation in the endangered Gila topminnow |
1994 | Death Valley, California | Robert T. Hines, University of Arkansas; Influence of suspended sediments on larval razorback sucker Xyrauchen texanus vulnerability to predation |
1993 | Monterrey, Nuevo Leon | Jose A. Cabrera Feregrino, Universidad Juarez Autónoma de Tabasco; Contribution to the reproduction and ontogeny of the poecilid Poecilia petenense |
1992 | Mesa, Arizona | Chris Altenbach, University of New Mexico; Aspects of the reproductive biology of seven species of Pecos River cyprinids, with implications for conservation |
1991 | Death Valley, California | Yingchuan Yu, University of Nevada, Reno; Direct and indirect impacts of Tahoe suckers (Catostomus tahoensis) in artificial streams |
1990 | Ensenada, Baja, California | Maria I. Montes-Perez, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California; Determination of size and age at sexual maturity of the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss nelsoni) of the Sierra San Pedro Matir, Baja California |
1989 | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Brett Riddle, University of New Mexico; Mitochondrial DNA assessment of phylogenetic relationships and population status of Gila trout (Oncorhynchus gilae) |
1988 | Death Valley, California | Joe M. Quattro, Rutgers University; Heterozygosity and fitness differences among populations of the endangered Sonoran topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis) |
1987 | Hermosillo, Sonora | Francisco Abarca-Gonzáles, Arizona State University; Seasonal and diel patterns of feeding in loach minnow (Tiaroga cobitis Girard) |
1986 | St. George, Utah | Diana Papoulias, Arizona State University; Food availability and mortality for larval razorback sucker, Xyrauchen texanus |