Friday, August 10, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
San Carlos II, San Jose Hilton
COS 157 - Population and meta-population dynamics: Aquatic and marine
8:00 AMMeta-population model of predator-prey mussel bed dynamics
Lucinda D. Robledo, California State University, Los Angeles, Dr. Robert A. Desharnais, California State University, Los Angeles
8:20 AMIn bed with Mytilus spp: Meta-community dynamics within fragmented mussel beds
Christian Brazeau, McGill University, Frederic Guichard, McGill University
8:40 AMQuantifying habitat quality in a heterogeneous landscape: Recruitment of a reef fish
Jeffrey S. Shima, Victoria University of Wellington, Craig W. Osenberg, University of Florida, Colette M. St. Mary, University of Florida
9:00 AMSize-selective harvesting effects in laboratory fish populations
Arne Schröder, Umeå University, Lennart Persson, Umeå University
9:20 AMDevelopment of size variation among individuals in fish cohorts
Magnus Huss, Umeå University, Lennart Persson, Umeå University, Par Bystrom, Umeå University
9:40 AMBreak
9:50 AMThe combined impact of intensive egg oiling and culling activities on double-crested cormorant populations in Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada, with implications for the local fish community
Andrea M. McGregor, University of Alberta, Chris Davis, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, A. Lee Foote, University of Alberta, Michael G. Sullivan, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development
10:10 AMImpacts of pesticides on prey availability and implications for growth of endangered salmon populations
Kate H. Macneale, NOAA Fisheries - Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Julann A. Spromberg, NOAA Fisheries - Northwest Fisheries Science Center, David H. Baldwin, NOAA Fisheries - Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Peter M. Kiffney, NOAA Fisheries - Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Nathaniel L. Scholz, NOAA Fisheries - Northwest Fisheries Science Center
10:30 AMEffects of environmental factors on fall-run Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) within the Klamath Basin
Masami Fujiwara, National Marine Fisheries Service, Michael S. Mohr, National Marine Fisheries Service
10:50 AMSynchrony and response diversity among sockeye salmon populations in Bristol Bay, Alaska
Lauren A. Rogers, University of Washington, Daniel E. Schindler, University of Washington
11:10 AMResponse of yellow perch (perca flavescens) in Adirondack lakes to changes in atmospheric deposition of mercury and strong acids
Jason A. Dittman, Syracuse University, Charles T. Driscoll, Syracuse University

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