Proceedings of the Desert Fishes Council 2003

MISSION / MISIÓN

The mission of the Desert Fishes Council is to preserve the biological integrity of desert aquatic ecosystems and their associated life forms, to hold symposia to report related research and management endeavors, and to effect rapid dissemination of information concerning activities of the Council and its members

OFFICERS / OFICIALES

President: Paul C. Marsh, Arizona State University, School of Life Sciences, P.O Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501

Immediate Past President: David Propst, Conservation Services División, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, Santa Fe, NM 87504

Executive Secretary: E. Phil Pister, P.O. Box 337, Bishop, California 93515-0337

COMMITTEES / COMITÉS

Executive Committee: Michael E. Douglas, Anthony A. Echelle (Member-at-Large), Dean A. Hendrickson, Nadine Kanim, Paul C. Marsh, E. Phil Pister, David L. Propst, Jerome Stefferud

Areas Coordinator: Nadine Kanim

Awards: Astrid Kodric Brown

Membership: Jerome Stefferud

Proceedings Co-Editors: Lloyd T. Findley and Dean A. Hendrickson

Proceedings Translation: Gabriela Montemayor, Lloyd T. Findley, and Miguel A. Cisneros

Program: Michael E. Douglas (Chair), Dean A. Hendrickson, Nadine Kanim

Webmaster: Dean A. Hendrickson

Local Committee: E. Phil Pister

MEMBERSHIP / MEMBRESÍA

Membership in the Desert Fishes Council is open to any person or organization interested in or engaged in the management, protection, or scientific study of desert fishes, or some related phase of desert fish conservation. Membership includes subscription to the Proceedings of the Desert Fishes Council. Annual dues are $25 (regular: domestic or foreign), $15 (student), $35 (family: 1 Proceedings), >$35 (sustaining), $650 (life, single payment), and $1,000 (patron: single payment). Membership applications are available on the website (below). Send dues payments and general contributions along with address information (including affiliation, voice, fax, and e‑mail) and indication of permission to include this information in a published directory of the Desert Fishes Council to:Jerry Stefferud, Membership Chair, 315 East Medlock Drive, Phoenix, AZ 85012, 602-274-5544, email: dfc-membership@cox.net. Membership applications are found at the end of this volume and online payment of dues using PayPal is available on the DFC website.

ABOUT THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE DESERT FISHES COUNCIL / SOBRE LOS PROCEDIMIENTOS DEL CONSEJO DE PECES DEL DESIERTO

It is the policy of the Council to select and publish in the annual Proceedings of the Desert Fishes Council abstracts, discussion summaries, business items, resolutions, and other material submitted and presented at the Annual Symposium. All contributions are subject to editorial review and are published following technical editing and automated electronic processing to standardize format. Resolutions are published exactly as passed by the membership in the business meeting of the Annual Symposium. The Proceedings Translation Committee provides original translations of abstracts in English when translations are not provided by authors, and edits all Spanish abstracts provided by authors. The Translation Committee reserves the right to edit abstracts in one language to improve grammar and clarity before translating to the other language, but accepts full responsibility for errors in translations for abstracts they translate. The Proceedings are normally published and delivered to all members of the Desert Fishes Council and subscribing libraries in the year following the Annual Symposium.