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Desert Fishes Council

33nd Annual Meeting

Sul Ross State Univ., Alpine TX

15--18 Nov. 2001

 

SCHEDULE OF PRESENTATIONS

(also available in PDF and Micosoft Word formats)

 

THURSDAY MORNING (15 November)

0900     Pister E. P.  DFC Executive Secretary.

0910     Allan, N.  Local Committee Chair.

0920     Starnes, L.  (Assistant Regional Director, USFWS Region 2). Opening remarks.


 

ECOREGION REPORTS (M. Andersen, Moderator)

 

0930     Parmenter S.*; Becker D.; Keeney S.; Miller R.; Millosovich J.; Penix S.; Russi R. 2001 California report.

0945     Reid S.*; Munhall A.; White R.; Allen C.; Tinniswood B.; Edwards C.; Smith R.; Chappell P. Extreme NW Great Basin (Oregon--NE California) area report.

1000     Cook A.*; Martinez C.; Clemmer G.; Goochild S.; Heinrich J.; Scoppettone G.; Sevon M.; St George D. Nevada area report.

1015     Andersen M. Bonneville Basin report

1030     Chart T.*; Mueller G.; Pfeifer F.; Modde T.; Andersen M. Upper Colorado River Basin area report.

1045     Stefferud J.*; Bettaso R.; Voeltz J.; Gurtin, S.; Blasius, H.; Stefferud S.; Marsh P.; Sjoberg J. Lower Colorado River area report.

1100     Brooks J.*; Propst D.; Hoagstrom C.; Platania S.; Turner T.; Wiley B. Native fish research management in Upper/Middle Rio Grande Basin, 2001.

1115     Garrett G.; Edwards R.; Allan N.* Desert fishes research and management in Texas during 2001.

1130     Varela-Romero A.*; Rufz-Campos G.; Camarena-Rosales F.; Sanchez-Gonzalez S.; de la Rosa-Velez J.; Villareal-Lizarraga A. Study and conservation of native fishes in northwest Mexico: 2001.

1145     Contreras Balderas S. Northeast Mexico area coordinator report.

 

ALMUERZO (1200-1400)

 

THURSDAY AFTERNOON (15 November)

THE HUBBS STUDENT AWARD PAPERS (M.R. Douglas, Moderator)

 

1400     Hulsey C.*; Hendrickson D.; Marks J. Ontogeny of feeding and functional morphology in Herichthys minckleyi.

1415     Collyer M.*; Novak J.; Stockwell C. Analysis of morphological variation among White Sands pupfish (Cyprinodon tularosa) populations using geometric morphometric techniques

1430     Williamson C.*; Hendrickson D; Marks J. Competitive interactions between an invasive and endemic cichlid in Cuatro Cienegas, Mexico: Evidence from stable isotopes and field experiments.

1445     Rogowski D.*; Stockwell C. Indirect effects of snail distribution on the White Sands pupfish (Cyprinodon tularosa).

1500     Carson E. The relationship between genetic and environmental variation within a region of contemporary hybridization between two pupfishes endemic to Cuatro Cienegas, Mexico.

1515     Tech C. Reproductive behavior of the Comanche Springs and Leon Springs pupfishes.

1530     Kloeppel H.*; Marks J.; Hendrickson D. Interactions of an endemic snail and fish: Negative effects of molluscivore presence on snail density.

1545     Perkins-Keleher M. Bioassessments and determining the ecological integrity of Utah's desert wetlands.

1600     Stephens M.*; Hendrickson D.; Arsuffi, T.  Heredity of trophic polymorphism of an endangered Mexican cichlid fish, Hericthys minckleyi.

1615     McPhee M. Mechanisms of displacement of the Rio Grande sucker by the white sucker in the upper Rio Grande.

1630     Harstad D.*; Stockwell C. Costs of parasitism (Diplostomatidae) to male White Sands pupfish (Cyprinodon tularosa).

1645     Cohen A.*; Hendrickson D.; Marks J. Cuatro Cienegas yesterday and today: a look at historic and modern photographs

 

EVENING MIXER AT THE KOKERNOT LODGE, SRSU CAMPUS (TBA)

 

FRIDAY MORNING (16 November)

Aquatic Fauna of the Northern Chihuahuan Desert (N. Allan, Moderator)

 

0830     Urbanczyk K. Contemporary water supply and availability in the northern Chihuahuan Desert.

0845     Sharp J. Jr.*; Boghici R.; Uliana M. Groundwater systems feeding the springs of northern Trans-Pecos Texas.

0900     Scudday J. My favorite fishing holes in west Texas: where did they go?

0915     Echelle A.A.*; Echelle A.F.; Contreras Balderas S.; Lozano Vilano M. Pupfishes of the northern Chihuahuan Desert: Perspectives on their conservation.

0930     Hubbs C. Environmental causes for endemism in the Chihuahuan Desert, with examples from Gambusia.

0945     Lang B.*; Gervasio V.; Berg D.; Guttman S.; Allan N.; Gordon M. Gammarid amphipods of northern Chihuahuan Desert spring systems: An imperiled fauna.

1000     Karges J. Aquatic conservation and The Nature Conservancy in west Texas.

1015     Garrett G. Innovative approaches to recover endangered species.

1030     Schmidt J.*; Everitt B.; Richard G. Hydrology, geomorphology, and transformation of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo.

1045     Platania S. Fishes of the Rio Grande in the northern Chihuahuan Desert.

1100     Edwards R.*; Garrett G.; Marsh-Matthews E. The fish communities inhabiting the Rio Conchos basin and Middle Rio Grande, Mexico and U.S.A., with emphasis on their conservation and status.

1115     Howells R. Declining status of freshwater mussels in the Rio Grande, with comments on other bivalves.

1130     Hoagstrom C. Historical and recent distributions of Lower Pecos River fishes.

1145     Stefferud J.*; Propst D. Assemblages of fishes in the Guzman Basin, Chihuahua, Mexico.

 

ALMUERZO (1200-1400)

 

FRIDAY AFTERNOON (16 November)

ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES (S. Ross, Moderator)


 

1400     Modde T.*; Kitcheyan C. Seasonal movements patterns of Colorado pikeminnow in regulated tributaries of the Green River subbasin.

1415     Kitcheyan D.*; Modde T. Small scale movement patterns of Colorado pikeminnow in regulated tributaries along the Green River.

1430     Dudley R.*; Platania S. Downstream transport rates of passively drifting particles and larval Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius) in the San Juan.

1445     Dowling T.*; Kelsen A.; Markle D. Mitochondrial DNA variation among year classes of endangered suckers of Klamath Lake, Oregon.

1500     Rissler P.*; Scoppettone G. Population viability analysis of Independence Lake Lahontan cutthroat trout.

1515     Mueller G.*; Marsh P. Lost, a desert river and its native fishes: A historical perspective of the lower Colorado River.

1530     Kodric-Brown A.*; Rosenfield J. Tempo and mode of hybridization: differences in competitive ability between populations of Pecos pupfish.

1545     Ross S.*; Modde T. Age determination and life history aspects of the roundtail chub, Gila robusta (Cyprinidae), in the Yampa River canyon, Colorado.


 

DFC BUSINESS MEETING 1600--1700 (P. Pister/ D. Propst, Moderators)

 

DFC BARBEQUE –CHIHUAHUAN DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE (TIME TO BE ANNOUNCED)


 


 

SATURDAY MORNING (17 November)

GENERAL ICHTHYOLOGY AS IT RELATES TO CONSERVATION (S. Norris, Moderator)


 

0900     Golden M.*; Holden P.; Heinrich J. The effect of mechanical removal of nonnative red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis) on re-establishment of the endangered woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus) in the Virgin River, Nevada and Arizona.

0915     Minckley C.*; Gobalet K.; Hardin K. Report on a collection of fish remains from the Little Colorado River canyon, Arizona.

0930     Reid S.*; Kettratad J. Modoc sucker and the hybridization threat, fact or fiction?

0945     Schwemm M.*; Unmack P. Native castostomids as prey of introduced largemouth bass in a central Arizona stream.

1000     Camarena-Rosales F.*; Ruiz-Campos G.; Varela-Romero A.; Sanchez-Gonzalez S.; De la Rosa-Velez J. Preliminary aspects of genetic and morphological variation of native trout from northwestern Mexico.

1015     Norris S.*; Fischer J.; Minckley W. Are the world's fish faunas well known? A preliminary examination of Gila from northwestern Mexico.


 

SPECIES-LEVEL ECOLOGY (P. Holden, Moderator)


 

1030     Abate P.*; Holden P.; Welker T. Razorback sucker, Xyrauchen texanus, studies on Lake Mead, Nevada and Arizona, 2000-2001.

1045     Davenport S.*; Smith J.; Altenbach C. Propagation of Rio Grande silvery minnow, Hybognathus amarus.

1100     Swanson B.*; Gibb A.; Marks J,; Hendrickson D.; Williamson C. Intraspecific competition in a polymorphic cichlid, Herichthys minckleyi: Does variation in jaw morphology lead to resource partitioning?

1115     Heinrich J.*; Grode J. Abundance of Moapa White River springfish, Crenichthys baileyi moapae, in the Muddy River with recent surveys of other Muddy River native fish.

1130     Connor P.*; Hardy T.; Bartsch N. An assessment of the springflow and instream flow requirements of the fountain darter in Comal and San Marcos Springs.

1145     Blasius H. Chemical removal of green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus) from Sabino Creek, Arizona.


 

ALMUERZO (1200-1400)


 


 

SATURDAY AFTERNOON (17 November)

RESTORATION, EVALUATION, MANAGEMENT (S. Stefferud, Moderator)

 


1400     Stefferud S.*; Stefferud J. Can conservation be achieved through Section 7 (ESA)? Gila topminnow in Redrock Canyon (AZ) -- a case study.

1415     Wares J.*; Turner T. Conservation genetics of native southwestern trout.

1430     Contreras Balderas S.*; Lozano Vilano M.; Garcia Ramirez M. Indices of biological and bioecological integrity in the Lower Rio Grande, Mexico.

1445     Contreras Balderas S.*; Lozano Vilano M.; Garcia Ramirez M. Index of Biological Integrity: Historic version for the Rio Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico.

1500     Lema S.*; Watters J.; Nevitt G. Considering alternative reproductive phenotypes in habitat and species restoration.

1515     Douglas M.R.*; Douglas M.E. Genetic variation in speckled dace (Rhinichthys osculus) from the Colorado River Basin.

1530     Hendrickson D.*; Cohen A.; Hulsey D.; Marks J. Detailed studies of the Herichthys minckleyi (Cichlidae) population in the Poza Escobedo system, Cuatro Cienegas, Coahuila, Mexico, its relationship with snails (Mexipyrgus carranzae) and temperature, and notes about other biota.

1545     Alo D.*; Turner T. Genetic diversity and the effective population size of the endangered Rio Grange silvery minnow: implications for species recovery.

1600     Douglas M.E.*; Douglas M.R. Biodiversity of catostomids in Arizona with emphasis on the Little Colorado River form.

1615     Hendrickson D.*; Garcia de Leon F.; Wilcox T.; Hillis D. Homoplasy and morphological convergence in the Mexican blindcat genus Prietella.



Autumn “Gallery Night” -- a local arts festival in downtown Alpine

(free food and drink)


 

POSTERS (alphabetically)


 

Allan N. Conservation of threatened and endangered fishes of west Texas.

Cohen K.; Hendrickson D.; Hulsey D. Investigation of oral jaw polymorphism and functional morphology in Herichthys minckleyi.

Keleher C.; Staley K. Developing Standard Guidelines for Establishing Biologically Defensible Recovery Goals for Threatened and Endangered Species'

Kepner W.; Baker J.; Peck D.; Kaufmann P.; Hughes R.; Kinney W.; Chaloud D.; Jones K. Aquatic stream indicator development in the western United States: Preliminary results for Arizona, Nevada, and Utah.

Propst D.; Platania S.; Gottlieb S. Preparation of a new, multimedia book on New Mexico fishes.

Remshardt W.; Watts H. Habitat use by an assemblage of fishes in the Middle Rio Grande, New Mexico.

Robertson M.; Oborny E.; Arsuffi T.; Groeger A.; Hall R. Variable flows and biodiversity associated with high volume springs of the Edwards Plateau, Texas.

Rosenfield J.; Kodric-Brown A. Population structure effects on the rate of introgression between sheepshead minnow and Pecos pupfish.

Thomas C.; Bonner T.; Garrett G.; Arsuffi T. Effects of Micropterus dolomieu on habitat selection of fishes from the Devils River, Texas.

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