69th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference

Authors: Theodore R. Gover*, Megan K. Nims, Jason J. Van Tassell, Paris D. Collingsworth, John W. Olesik, Stuart A. Ludsin, Elizabeth A. Marschall

Diet Composition of Young-of-Year Sturgeon in the Middle Mississippi River

Authors: Dawn R. Sechler, Quinton E. Phelps, Nicholas C. Wahl, James E. Garvey

Do Fillet Weights Differ Between Sexes in Winter Fisheries for Yellow Perch?

Authors: Daniel Isermann, Brian Graeb, Andrew Carlson

Ecology and Genetics of the Eastern Hellbender

Authors: Shem David Unger, Dr. Rod Williams

Effect of a Simulated Cold-front on Hatching Success of Yellow Perch Eggs

Authors: Andrew Jansen*, David Willis, Brian Graeb, Michael Brown

Effects of a Biomanipulation in a Southern Illinois Impoundment: Insights from Bioenergetics Models

Authors: Nicholas C Wahl, Gregory W Whitledge

Effects of Environmental Variables on Age-0 Yellow Perch Abundance and Growth in Lake Erie

Authors: Nathan Farrell Manning*, Jonathan Bossenbroek, Christine Mayer

Effects of Hydrologic Alterations on Fish Diversity in the Wabash River from 1974-2007

Authors: Mark Pyron, Thomas E. Lauer, Jayson S. Beugly, James R. Gammon

Effects of Hypoxia on Yellow Perch Habitat Suitability in the Central Basin of Lake Erie

Authors: Kristin Arend, Tomas Hook, Stuart Ludsin, Daniel Rucinski, Joseph DePinto, Donald Scavia

Effects of Pond Fertilization Strategies on Yellow Perch Fry Production

Authors: Amanda Smith*, Christopher Hartleb, Jeffery Malison, Jim Held

Effects of Tanglehead Grass on Northern Bobwhite Habitat Use

Authors: Michael Cletus Buelow, Leonard A Brennan, Fidel Hernandez, Timothy Fulbright

Evaluating Multiple Day On-site Angler Survey Estimation by Simulations

Authors: Zhenming Su

Evaluating Wound Treatments of Shovelnose Sturgeon Egg Checks

Authors: Patricia A. Herman, Wyatt J. Doyle, Emily Kunz, Tracy Hill

Evaluation of a Bib-type Radio-transmitter Attachment Method for Nesting Ring-necked Ducks

Authors: Charlotte L Roy*, Christine Sousa, Jody Kennedy

Evaluation of the Safety of Iodophore Disinfection on Walleye Egg Survival

Authors: Jeff joe Rach

Experimental Infection of White-tailed Deer Fawns with Bovine Viral Diarrhea

Authors: Eran Akiva Raizman*, Roman Pogranichniy, Michel Levy, Maria Negron, Ingeborg Langohr , William Van-Alstine

Extending the Risk-Mortality Tradeoff: Population Dynamics and Management Implications

Authors: Melissa Kjelvik*, Gary Mittelbach, Laurel Lindemann

Facial Targeting and Ontogenetic Defensive Striking Behavior of Eastern Garter Snakes

Authors: Zachary Eagen*, James C Gillingham

Factors Influencing the Endangered Topeka Shiner in Kansas Streams

Authors: Joseph E. Gerken, Wes Bouska, Craig Paukert

Feeding Habits of Golden Jackal in Keoladeo National Park, Bhartpur, Rajasthan, India

Authors: Shilpi Gupta

First State Record of the Two-lined Salamander in Michigan

Authors: Nicole Soderberg*, Kim Balash*, Teresa Yoder*, Ernest Szuch*

Fish and Macroinvertebrate Response to Instream Renovation

Authors: David Gordon Argent, Ryan McCone, Ashley Lenig

Four Season Bird Survey of Murphy Lake State Game Area in Michigan

Authors: Adam Hoisington*, Mary Beth Oles*, Michelle Chojnacki, Tyler Butts, Ernest Szuch*

Freshwater Mussel Distribution and Demographics in Relation to Microhabitat in a Michigan Stream

Authors: Kathryn Harriger, Ashley Moerke

Genetic Study of Lake Sturgeon in the St. Marys River System

Authors: Jessica Comben, Barbara Evans

Get HabitattitudeTM! Prevent the Release of Aquatic Invasive Species from Classrooms

Authors: Douglas A. Jensen*, Jamie K. Reaser

Habitat Use of Young-of-Year Pallid Sturgeon in the Middle Mississippi River

Authors: Sara J Tripp*, Quinton E Phelps, David Herzog, James Garvey

Habitat Used by Young Sturgeons in the Channelized Lower Missouri River

Authors: Clayton Ridenour, Joe McMullen, Tracy Hill

Handedness of Bats in Relation to Vision and Echolocation

Authors: Vanessa Rojas, Ernest Szuch, Dennis Viele

Impacts of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations on Fish Communities

Authors: Aaron McAlexander*, Linda Lee, Reuben Goforth, Maria Sepulveda

Impacts of Flooding on Nest Site Selection and Hatching Success of Interior Least Terns in Kentucky

Authors: Caitlin R. Borck*, John Brunjes, Bob Frederick

Improved Diet Analyses Through the Use of Fish Cleithra

Authors: Daniel John Traynor*, Ashley Moerke, Roger Greil, Mike Bur, Jason Jones

Influence of Drought Conditions on Brown Trout Biomass in the Black Hills, South Dakota

Authors: Daniel A James*, Steven R Chipps

Influence of Water Temperature on the Distribution of Walleye in Ohio’s Lake Erie Sport Fishery

Authors: Ann Marie Gorman, Carey Knight, Tim Bader

Investigating Interactions between Red-backed Salamanders and Northern Dusky Salamanders in Michigan

Authors: Kim Balash*, Nicole Soderberg*, Teresa Yoder*, Ernest Szuch*

Land Use and Precipitation Variability Influence Reservoir Carbon Dynamics

Authors: Lesley B. Knoll, Elizabeth Cable, Michael Vanni, William Renwick

Life History of the Eastern Sand Darter

Authors: Joseph E. Faber*

Macrohabitat Assessment of Nest Site Selection by Smallmouth Bass in Northern Lake Michigan

Authors: Alexander J. Clem*, Mark A. Kaemingk, Tracy Galarowicz

Marker Effects on Day-old Mallard Ducklings

Authors: Courtney Linda Amundson*, Todd Arnold

Minnow Mortality Associated with Handling and Marking

Authors: Jay Beugly, Mark Pyron

Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Variations in Four Species of Upland Game Birds

Authors: Fred James Brenner*

Movement Patterns and Home Range Sizes of Riparian Muskrats Along a Flashiness Gradient

Authors: Adam Ahlers, Matt Ulrich, Robert Schooley, Ed Heske, Jeff Levengood

Movement, Habitat Use and Phytoplankton Consumption of Silver Carp in the Mississippi River

Authors: Heather Ann Calkins*, James Garvey

Movements and Activity-area Size of Head-started and "Wild" Juvenile Blanding’s Turtles

Authors: Andrew R. Kuhns*, Christopher A. Phillips

Movements and Habitat Use of the Common Snapping Turtle in an Urban Landscape

Authors: William E. Peterman, Travis J. Ryan

Narrow-leaf Cattail and Common Reed: Effects on the Green Frog and Bullfrog

Authors: Lisa Regula-Meyer

Online Ohio Mussel Atlas

Authors: Jennifer Cramer, George Watters

Partners for Fish and Wildlife: Innovation in Ohio Habitat Restoration

Authors: Kristin Westad, Sergio Pierluissi

Patterns of Angler Effort, Harvest, and Exploitation between Dissimilar Yellow Perch Populations

Authors: Casey W Schoenebeck, David Lucchesi, Michael Brown

Population Dynamics and Food Habits of Channel Catfish In Lake Sharpe

Authors: Jonah D. Dagel*, Melissa R. Wuellner, David W. Willis

Population Dynamics and Potential Management of Bowfin in the Upper Mississippi River

Authors: Jeff D Koch, Michael C Quist, Kirk A Hansen, Gene A Jones

Population Dynamics of Smallmouth Bass in the Beaver Archipelago, Northern Lake Michigan

Authors: Mark Kaemingk*, Tracy Galarowicz, David Clapp, John Clevenger

Potential Impacts of Encroaching Woody Vegetation on Duck Nesting Success

Authors: Sarah J Thompson, Sara Vacek, Todd Arnold

Precision of Hard Structures Used to Estimate Age of Bowfin in the Upper Mississippi River

Authors: Jeff D Koch, Michael C Quist, Kirk A Hansen, Gene A Jones

Prevalence of Leishmania in Dogs at Vaquilla Village, Panama

Authors: Nelda Anezka Rivera*, Nohra Mateus-Pinilla, Bredio Velasco, José E Calzada

Prey Fish Otolith Chemistry Consumed by a Predator: Does Digestion Hinder Russian Doll Techniques?

Authors: Quinton Edward Phelps*, Gregory Whitledge

Quantifying Metapopulation Dynamics of Franklin's Ground Squirrels Using Occupancy Modeling

Authors: Jennifer M. Duggan*, Robert L. Schooley, Edward J. Heske

Recovery of Gray Wolves in the Great Lakes Region of the U.S.

Authors: Adrian Wydeven, Tim Van Deelen, Ed Heske

Redside Dace in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula: Indigenous or Bait Bucket Escapees

Authors: Jessica Comben, Nancy Kirkpatrick

Relocation Success of the Lake Erie Watersnake During a Large-scale Development Project

Authors: Kristin Stanford, Keith Hanson, Stephanie Bohlen, Melissa Cheung

Reproductive Cycle of the Female Northern Largemouth Bass in the Upper Midwest

Authors: Daniel E. Spengler, Michael L. Brown, Jeffrey A. Clapper

Reservoirs as Regulators of Climate Change: Using Optical Tools to Characterize DOC

Authors: Erin Overholt*, Craig Williamson, Michael Vanni, William Renwick, Lesley Knoll

Response of Fish Assemblage and Instream Habitat Structure to Riparian Buffers in Central Iowa

Authors: Jesse Fischer, Michael Quist, Timothy Stewart, Thomas Isenhart

Role of Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrels as an Important Grassland Bird Nest Predator in CRP Fields

Authors: Megan E Jones, Kevin S Ellison, Christine A Ribic, David W Sample

Seasonal Diet Composition of Adult Shovelnose Sturgeon in the Middle Mississippi River

Authors: Justin Richard Seibert*, Quinton E Phelps, Sara J Tripp, James E Garvey

Seasonal Distribution of Adult Lake Sturgeon in Namakan Reservoir, Voyageurs National Park

Authors: Stephanie Shaw, Steve Chipps, David Willis, Steve Windels

Seasonal Distribution of the Asiatic Clam Associated with a Thermal Plume in Lake Erie

Authors: Jeremiah J. Davis*, Jeffrey G. Miner

Seasonality of Glochidial Infection of Wild-Caught Fish in the Muskingum River, Ohio

Authors: Catherine Brooke Kelly*, George Thomas Watters

Site Occupancy for Riparian Muskrats in Relation to Local Habitat and Landscape Context

Authors: Lisa Bucci*, Robert Schooley, Edward Manofsky

Smallmouth Bass Bioenergetics in Pickerel Lake, South Dakota.

Authors: Thomas D Bacula*, Brian G Blackwell , David W Willis, Steven R Chipps

Spatial Ecology of Eastern Hognose Snakes in New Hampshire

Authors: Leroy J. Walston*, Kirk E. LaGory, Robert A. Van Lonkhuyzen

Spatial Study of the Eastern Massasauga in East-central Illinois

Authors: John Griesbaum*

Status of Lake Sturgeon Reproduction in the Muskegon River, Michigan

Authors: Matthew E Altenritter*, Carl R Ruetz III, Kregg Smith

Storm water Runoff in a Michigan Urban Stream: Impacts on Central Mudminnows

Authors: William Keiper, Carl Ruetz III

Strategic Habitat Conservation for the Northern Population Segment of Copperbelly Water Snake

Authors: Bradly A Potter, Barbara L Hosler

Surveillance for Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza in Wild Birds throughout the Midwest

Authors: Craig R Hicks*, Joe N Caudell*, Ryan A Powers, Dallas R Virchow, Jason M Kloft, Todd A Felix, Jane M Weiskittel, Thomas A Hutton, David R Marks, Paul C Wolf, Barbara L Bodenstein, James D Freye

Terrestrial Organic Carbon Subsidies to Gizzard Shad in Ohio Reservoirs

Authors: Allison Babler, Michael Vanni, Alberto Pilati

The Common Snapping Turtle as a Sentinel of Agricultural Effects on Lotic Ecosystems

Authors: Derrick L Douros, James M. Novak

The Current Biological State of the Lower Olentangy River Ecosystem

Authors: Justin Tyler Walters

The Effect of Panfish Predation on the Milfoil Weevil in Two Michigan Lakes

Authors: Corey Jerome*, Dr. Ashley Moerke, Justin Chiotti

The Effects of Crossing Design and Water Velocity on the Movement of Great Plains Lotic Fishes

Authors: Wesley Wade Bouska*, Craig P Paukert

The Effects of Zebra Mussels on Fish Communities in a Southeast Michigan Warmwater River

Authors: Katherine Merrill Birkett