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Oral Session # 3: Fish Ecology.
Presiding: M Ford
Monday, August 4. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, SITCC Meeting Room 102.

8:00 AM Koski, Marci*,1, Johnson, Brett1, 1 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA Interactive effects of climate change and eutrophication on growth of a coldwater planktivore.

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8:15 AM Deaton, Raelynn *,1, Brooks, Melody 1, Marsh-Matthews, Edie1, 1 University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma Effects of food availability on embryo mass and female condition in a livebearing fish.

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8:30 AM Marschall, Elizabeth*,1, Garvey, James2, 1 The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH2 Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL Understanding latitudinal trends in fish body size through models of optimal seasonal energy allocation.

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8:45 AM Cumming, Graeme*,1, 1 University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Correlates of fish species richness: Environment, low-head dams, and questions of scale.

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9:00 AM Wagner, C. Michael*,1, Grossman, Gary1, 1 Warnell School of Forest Resources, Athens, GA, USA Condition-specific asymmetric competition between threatened native and aggressive non-native minnows may mitigate an ongoing invasion.

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9:15 AM Thompson, Andrew*,1, 1 University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA Influence of mutualism, competition, predation and habitat on shrimp goby population dynamics.

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9:30 AM Break.

9:45 AM Wilson, Jacqueline*,1, 1 University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Competitive ability of two marine gobies: How do they coexist?

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10:00 AM Swanson, Brook*,1, 1 Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona Competition reduction and the maintinance of polymorphism in a cichlid, Herichthys minckleyi.

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10:15 AM Hondorp, Darryl*,1, 2, Brandt, Stephen2, 1 Cooperative Institute For Limnology & Ecosystems Research (CILER)-University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA2 NOAA-Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL), Ann Arbor, MI, USA Comparative foraging behaviors of slimy sculpin and deepwater sculpin.

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10:30 AM Browne, David*,1, Rasmussen, Joseph1, 1 Department of Biology, Montreal, Quebec, Canda Changes in ontogenetic diet shifts of brook charr in response to the presence of yellow perch: A possible example of compensation-depensation.

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10:45 AM Kelly, Stephanie*,1, 1 University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI Estimating age and stage-specific demographic parameters for scup, Stenotomus chrysops, using model selection.

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11:00 AM Snover, Melissa*,1, 2, Watters, George1, 1 Center for Stock Assessment Research, Santa Cruz, CA, USA2 NOAA/NMFS/Pacific Fisheries Environmental Lab, Pacific Grove, CA, 93950 Age at maturity and maximum reproductive fitness in male Coho salmon (Onchorhynchus kisutch).

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11:15 AM Ritter, Amy*,1, 1 University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA Cannibalism between the tides? The indirect effects of habitat variation on the abundances of different life history stages of intertidal fishes.

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