34. - Aquatic Habitat Evaluation and Assessment

Date: Friday, Jun 22, 2018
Time: 8:40 AM - 3:40 PM
Location: SW128

Chair(s): Jeff Buckley, Susan Doka, Catherine Riseng

Evaluating Spatial Variation in Lake Superior Food Web Connectivity
Marissa Wegher, Lakehead University; Aaron Fisk, University of Windsor; Timothy Johnson, Ontario MNRF, Glenora Fisheries Station; Michael Rennie, Lakehead University

Spatial patterns of productivity and stable isotope ratios of C and N in Great Lakes tributaries
Michael McKenzie, Trent University; Nicholas Jones, Trent University, OMNRF

Ranking Habitat Restoration Actions in Areas of Concern using an Ecological Decision Matrix
Susan Doka, GLLFAS, Fisheries & Oceans Canada; Jacqueline Dosen, Fisheries & Oceans Canada; Jesse Gardner Costa, Fisheries & Oceans Canada; Claire Sanders; Jason Barnucz, Department of Fisheries and Oceans; Richard Drouin, MNR; Sandra Kok, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Factors Contributing to the Growth of Nuisance Biofilm in Two Tributaries of Lake Erie
Yakuta Bhagat, EnviroScience; Paul Anderson, EnviroScience Inc.; Beau Williams, Cleveland Airport System

Habitat Suitability Modeling of Coregonines in Lake Erie and Lake Ontario
Hannah Schaefer, University of Michigan; Edward Roseman, USGS-Great Lakes Science Center; Robin DeBruyne, Univ. of Toledo / USGS Great Lakes Sci. Ctr; Christopher Vandergoot, USGS - Great Lakes Science Center; James Diana, Michigan Sea Grant College Program, Samuel T. Dana Bldg.

A Case Study in Ecological Accounting for use in Landscape Management and Aquatic Habitat Banking
Susan Doka, GLLFAS, Fisheries & Oceans Canada; Charles Minns, DFO-GLLFAS-Burlington, Univ, of Toronto-Dept Ecol Evol Biol; Brent Valere, Fisheries Protection Program, Fisheries & Oceans Canada; Alwyn Rose, Fisheries Protection Policy, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Fish in Phrag: Quantifying habitat use of freshwater fishes in native and non-native emergent stands
Abby Wynia, Trent University / Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Jon Midwood, Department of Fisheries and Oceans; David Reddick, Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Clint Jacobs, Walpole Island Heritage Centre; Susan Doka, GLLFAS, Fisheries & Oceans Canada; Thomas Whillans, School of the Environment, Trent University

Improving non-native fish larvae detection based on temporal habitat use
Greg Peterson, Environmental Protection Agency; Joel Hoffman, US EPA Office of Research and Development; Anett Trebitz, EPA; Mark Pearson, US EPA; Chelsea Hatzenbuhler, ORISE participant, US EPA; Hannah Ramage, Lake Superior NERR; Jon Barge, Student services contractor, US EPA; Will Bartsch, Oak Ridge Inst. for Sci. and Education, EPA-MED; Jonathan Launspach, CSRA

A meta-analysis of the relationship between habitat condition and mortality in freshwater fishes
Georgina Braoudakis, Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Andrew Drake, Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Marten Koops, Fisheries & Oceans Canada; Robert Randall, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Enhancing wetland protection by defining eco-hydrological thresholds of disturbance
Neil Taylor, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority; Lyndsay Cartwright, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority

Quality Assurance Best Practices to Ensure the Reliability of Ecological Restoration Monitoring Data
Lynn Walters, CSRA; Molly Middlebrook Amos, CSRA; Joan Cuddeback, CSRA; Brick Fevold; Craig Palmer, CSRA; Louis Blume, U.S. EPA Great Lakes National Program Office