Sampling Effort Required to Detect Rare Fishes
Alan Dextrase, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry; Nicholas Mandrak, Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough; Jason Barnucz, Department of Fisheries and Oceans; Lynn Bouvier, Department of Fisheries and Oceans; Robin Gaspardy, Department of Fisheries and Oceans; Scott Reid, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

A novel detection technique for fishes at risk
Rowshyra Castaneda, University of Toronto Scarborough; Nicholas Mandrak, Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough

Detecting and monitoring elusive marsh breeding birds in the Great Lakes
Douglas Tozer, Bird Studies Canada; Myles Falconer, Bird Studies Canada; Annie Bracey, Natural Resources Research Inst.; Erin Giese, UW-Green Bay's Cofrin Center for Biodiversity; Thomas Gehring, Department of Biology and Institute for Great Lakes Research; Greg Grabas, Environment and Climate Chanage Canada; Robert Howe, UW-Green Bay; Gerald Niemi, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Christopher Norment, The College at Brockport, State University of New York

Identifying extinction debt in Great Lakes wetland fishes
Fielding Montgomery, University of Toronto; Nicholas Mandrak, Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough; Scott Reid, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

How Improving DNA Barcoding Libraries Can Improve Zooplankton Monitoring in the Great Lakes.
Elizabeth Whitmore, Cornell University; James Watkins, Cornell University; Lars Rudstam, Cornell University Bio Field Station, Dept. of Natural Resources

Aquatic Invasive Species Early Detection and Monitoring Program for Lake Michigan: A Summary
Cari-Ann Hayer, US Fish and Wildlife Service

Hierarchical modeling to identify habitat associations of secretive marsh birds in the Great Lakes
Lisa Elliott, Conservation Sciences Program, University of Minnesota; Annie Bracey, Natural Resources Research Inst.; Gerald Niemi, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Douglas Johnson, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota; Thomas Gehring, Department of Biology and Institute for Great Lakes Research; Erin Giese, UW-Green Bay's Cofrin Center for Biodiversity; Greg Grabas, Environment and Climate Chanage Canada; Robert Howe, UW-Green Bay; Christopher Norment, The College at Brockport, State University of New York; Douglas Tozer, Bird Studies Canada

Behavioural and Gene Transcriptional Phenotypes of Round Goby During the Invasion Spread
Lida Nguyen-Dang, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research; Daniel Heath, Great Leaks Environmental Research Institute, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada; Christina Semeniuk, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research

Pitcher�s Thistle: a Great Lakes Endemic as a Model System
Claudia Jolls, East Carolina University

Tracking ghosts: harnessing environmental DNA for detecting elusive aquatic species
Chris Wilson, ON Ministry of Natural Resources, Trent University; Kristyne Wozney, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources; Caleigh Smith, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry; Scott Reid, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

Thermal and Physical Reproductive Cues for Spotted Gar in a Lake Erie Coastal Wetland
Andrew Drake, Fisheries and Oceans Canada; William Glass, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Effects of dual stressors on Pugnose shiner, Notropis anogenus
Lindsay Potts, McGill University; Lauren Chapman, McGill University; Nicholas Mandrak, Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough

On Site eDNA Assessment of Species-at-Risk (SAR): Implications for Aquatic Resource Management
Steven Crookes, University of Guelph; Amanda Naaum, University of Guelph; Mario Thomas, University of Guelph; Mary Murdoch, Stantec Inc.; Bob Hanner, University of Guelph; Jasmine Sollen, University of Guelph