EEEF 2012 Presentations Time

Session Chairs 9:00-9:45 9:45-10:00 10:00-10:15 10:15-10:30 10:30-10:45 Session Chairs 10:45-11:00 11:00-11:15 11:1511:30 11:30-11:45 11:45-noon Noon-1:30 Session chairs 1:30-1:45 1:45-2:00 2:00-2:15 2:15-2:30 2:30-2:45 2:45-3:00 3:00-3:15 Session chairs 3:15-3:30 3:30-3:45 3:45-4:00 4:00-4:15 EVENING EVENTS

Time
9:00 9:15 Session Chairs:

Monday June 18th

Tuesday June 19th

Lynda Corkum Dr. Ellen Marsden Invasive Fishes

Wednesday June 20th

Sigal Balshine Dr. Robert Hecky Global Freshwater Fishes

Thursday June 21st

Yolanda Morbey Dr. Trevor Pitcher Genetic Quality & Conservation of Fishes Kuntz* Robinson* Lehnert* Johnson*

Introductions Drs. Dennis Higgs & Craig Radford 9:15-10:00 Dr. Weiming Li Pheromones, Sensory Ecology & Behaviour of Fishes 10:00-10:20 Coombs 10:20-:10:40 Radford 10:40-11:00 HEALTH BREAK 11:00-11:15 Laframboise 11:15-11:30 Rous* 11:30-11:50 Siebeck 11:50-1:30 LUNCH (on your own) 1:30-1:50 Soares 1:50:-2:05. Barkley* 2:05-2:20 Green* 2:20-2:40 Zielinski 2:40-3:00 Basset 3:00-3:15 Isabella-Valenzi* 3:15-3:30 Smith* 3:30-3:45 HEALTH BREAK 3:45-4:00 Wantola* 4:00-4:20 Tierney 4:20-4:40 Higgs 4:40-4:55 Havel* 4:55-5:10 Caiger* 6:00-8:00 p.m. BANQUET: Riverfront Club of the Riverside Inn, 333 Riverside Drive West Speaker: Dr. Charles Krueger, GLFC

Marentette Steele* Pettitt-Wade* Wright* Balshine Zhu HEALTH BREAK Scott Hinch David Noakes Lapointe Beaudry Yavno* Glass* Serrao* MacPherson* Haug Fraser Abrahams Hunt LUNCH (on own at local restaurants) Julie Ann Cleveland Marentette McCallum* Cogliati* Smyth* Rodgers* Breck Morbey Challice* Bernhardt* Christiansen* Magellan Cleveland Lapointe HEALTH BREAK Nick Maria Abate Lapointe Peklova* DeBruyne* Perez Farwell* Sopinka* Manny Hinch Noakes Poster session Fishing on the & Mixer: River for vendors, raffle, interested anglers 5:30-7:30 p.m. (BYO rods, lures & CAW Student license) 7:00 pm Centre Fish Print Making w/ David Bechler 7:45-9 pm, Rm 29 Biology Bldg Room 29 Student Pub Night

Houde* Bowden * HEALTH BREAK Heath Noakes STUDENT AWARDS

*= Student presentation and eligible for award.

Poster Presentations (Tuesday, CAW Student Centre, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.)

*Bak-Coleman, J. et al. Are rheotactic behaviors enhanced in schooling fish? Bechler D. and L. Vedas. Log packing behaviors in the mangrove rivulus, Kryptolebias marmoratus. Belanger, R.M. et al. Methyltestosterone-induce changes in olfaction and androgen receptor expression in the olfactory organs of zebrafish (Danio rerio). *Black, C.A., and T.E. Pitcher. Effects of hybridization on the reintroduction of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). *Cheng, J. et al. Evaluation of the spatial criteria used in the conservation risk assessments of freshwater taxa. Ciborowski, J.J.H. et al. A comparison of analytical methods to derive fish assemblage bioindicators of environmental condition relative to anthropogenic stress at great lakes coastal margins. Dittman, A. et al. Olfactory imprinting in chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and steelhead (O. mykiss) embryos. *Grande, G. et al. Male round goby reproductive status determination by non-invasive measures. *Lindstedt, E.R. and I.M. Hamilton. Predation risk and behavioral consistency in western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis). *Mokdad, A. et al. Variation in eye size reflects predation risk and resource availability in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata). *Mouland, J. and C.C. Wilson. Genetic restoration of Aurora Trout: results from captive and wild trials. Noakes, D.L.G. et al. Can steelhead ocean mortality be explained by survival in lower rivers and estuaries? *Ochs, C.L. et al. Investigating the potential of using odour-based trapping strategies to reduce invasive round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) populations: viability of mitigating behavioural disturbance of non-target species. *Salter, J.S. Jr. and D.L. Bechler. Factors controlling the selection of vegetated blackwater habitats by fish. *Takahashi, T. and M.E. Abate. Cellular responses to stressors of fish health. *Unitis, M. et al. Use of coastal wetland types by juvenile fishes.

 *Wiper, M.L., and D.M. Higgs. Genetic and sex effects on brain morphology in chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).