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2018 Program Book N a V IG a MI 2018—DETROIT, T May 20–24 // Cobocenter in G Vito Palmisano/visitDetroit.com Vito Detroit, MI——May 20–24 // Cobo Center 2018 Annual Meeting Cobo Center — Floor Plans 1 Washington Blvd, Detroit, MI 48226 DETROIT PEOPLE MOVER STATION LEVEL 4 430A 360 430B 420B 420A 410B 410A AMBASSADOR BALLROOM 331 B - SPEAKER READY ROOM 359 358 331 C - PARENT PLACE 357 356 355 354 353 313 A/B312 A/B 340 341 SHOW OFFICES LEVEL 3 ANNEX 260 330B 330A 321 320 310B 310A PORTSIDE BALLROOM 259 258 252B 252A 251C 251B 251A 250C 250B 250A LEVEL 2 ATRIUM INFO DETROIT SHOPPE DESK GO NATURAL CORK & GRIND 115 - 111 WASHINTON LARNED ST GRAND CITYVIEW LOUNGE BLVD GARAGE RIVERVIEW BALLROOM A 116 - 110 GRAND RIVERVIEW BALLROOM B Contents Registration and About SFS ........................................................................................................2–3 Check-In Information General Information ....................................................................................4–7 Schedule At-A-Glance ................................................................................8–10 Registration and check in for the meeting will be available all week in the Grand Riverview Ballroom A of the Cobo Center. Keynote/Plenary Sessions ............................................................................ 11 Please check in upon your arrival at the meeting in order to 2018 Awards ...............................................................................................12–13 receive your name badge and other important materials and Fellows .........................................................................................................14–15 information. Exhibitors ....................................................................................................16–17 REGISTRATION HOURS Sunday, May 20—4:00pm to 10:00pm Sponsors ............................................................................................................ 18 Monday, May 21—8:00am to 11:00pm Workshops ........................................................................................................ 19 Tuesday, May 22—8:00am to 7:00pm Taxonomy ......................................................................................................... 20 Wednesday, May 23—8:00am to 4:00pm Thursday, May 24—8:00am to 5:00pm Tours/Events/Meetings ...........................................................................21–22 Student/Post Doc Opportunities ......................................................... 23–25 MEETING UPDATES Keep up to date with changes by checking for updates on the Instars ................................................................................................................ 26 bulletin board next to registration, on the guidebook app and Early Career ...................................................................................................... 27 on the meeting website. Presenter Information .................................................................................. 28 RECEIPTS AND LETTERS OF PARTICIPATION Session Index ................................................................................................... 29 Your registration confirmation that was emailed to you when you registered for the meeting will serve as your receipt. In Sessions Schedule .................................................................................... 30–49 keeping with our conservation efforts, we will not provide Posters ........................................................................................................ 50–59 printed receipts to attendees on site at the meeting. If you have Presenter Index ........................................................................................ 60–92 misplaced your original receipt and need another copy emailed to you, visit the Registration Desk for assistance. MESSAGES Message boards will be located near registration. Feel free to post messages, CV’s, and job opportunities during the meeting. IDENTIFICATION Your conference name badge is required for entry to all ses- sions, activities and social events and regardless of your age, a valid picture ID is required for service of alcoholic beverages. WIFI Connect to CoboFree and agree to the terms and conditions. Complex Issues, Multidisciplinary Approach Central Michigan University’s Institute for Great Lakes Research conducts collaborative research and offers educational opportunities on the ecology of the Great Lakes. Find out more at www.cmich.edu/colleges/se/iglr. Jerri Bartholomew, Ich (Glass, metal, found objects). 2018. Ichthyoptherius multifillis is a common parasite of fish, found widely in natural freshwaters. Presenter for Special Session 11. SFS // 2018 Program Book Navigating Boundaries in Freshwater Science: ABOUT In freshwater science and its applications, boundaries and 2018—DETROIT, MI divisions can be paradoxical. On the one hand, freshwater May 20–24 // Cobo Center scientists must bridge boundaries in nature (e.g., land-water, ground-water-surface water, lake-stream, freshwater-marine), connect disciplines (e.g., earth-life-social sciences) and cross S IN DARIE FRESH UN WA cultural divides to advance basic understanding, open new BO TE NG R TI SC lines of investigation, and address humankind’s most pressing A IE IG N V C A E problems. Moreover, solutions to environmental challenges N require improved translation of science and a richer, reciprocal linkage across boundaries between science and society. On the other hand, boundaries are important; absolute integration yields homogenization. Much as decades of research reveal the value of environmental heterogeneity, a more vibrant and relevant freshwater science community requires increased disciplinary and socio-cultural diversity. Our challenge, then, is navigating boundaries and understanding them, not eliminating them. The SFS of the future will be defined by its treatment of such dynamic tensions, as, indeed, seems likely for human societies in general. Our goal is to focus the SFS community on navigating and understanding boundaries during our 64th annual meeting. In About the some respects this is an old theme for our society, but it is also one with many important new dimensions appropriate to the Society for Freshwater Science place and time of this meeting. Positioned on a river linking lakes and encompassing an international border, the city of Detroit SFS is an international scientific organization founded in 1953, whose also has its own history of socio-cultural diversity, boundaries, purpose is to promote further understanding of freshwater ecosystems and divisions, providing a rich, heterogeneous geographic and (rivers, streams, lakes, reservoirs, and estuaries) and ecosystems at cultural context for our gathering. The meeting’s program will the interface between aquatic and terrestrial habitats (wetlands, bogs, emphasize science focused on crossing habitat boundaries and fens, riparian forests and grasslands). The society fosters exchange of linking disciplines, increase participation and perspectives con- scientific information among the membership, and with other profes- necting nations and cultures to address freshwater challenges, sional societies, resource managers, policy makers, educators, and the and guide us toward a more purposeful relationship between public, sponsoring the journal Freshwater Science. Members come from science and society to improve translation of the SFS communi- 26 nations worldwide. Society members study the genetics to commu- ty’s science, education and service into action. In keeping with nity structure of freshwater organisms, freshwater ecosystem function, this theme and unique context, meeting activities will emphasize physical processes that affect freshwaters, and linkages between fresh- the sources of inspiration shared by our community, as well as water ecosystems and surrounding landscapes. Applied aspects of their our growing disciplinary and socio-cultural diversity. science include habitat and water quality assessment, conservation, fisheries and invasive species management, integrated water resource management, and restoration. Further information can be found at For more information visit freshwater-science.org or https://freshwater-science.org/. sfsAnnualMeeting.org 2 Navigating Boundaries in Freshwater Science Meeting Organizers ABOUT 2018 Program Co-Chairs Social Media Managers Website and Social Media Katherine O’Reilly, Kara Prior Co-Chair: David Walters We encourage you to use the meeting Education & Diversity Co-Chair: Jeff Wesner Paul Risteca website and the detailed online schedule Additional Members for all current information and to Scott Tiegs Early Career Committee navigate the meeting. Laura Craig Co-Chair: Natalie Griffiths Meeting Website Jen Tank Co-Chair: Meryl Mims https://sfsannualmeeting.org David Costello Zacchaius Compson Society Website President Michael Hassett https://freshwater-science.org Colden Baxter Ashley Helton Mobile App/Guidebook Local Arrangements Erin Hotchkiss http://guidebook.com/g/sfs18 Chair: Donna Kashian Marc Peipoch Facebook Steve Francoeur PJ Torres https://facebook.com/FreshwaterScience Eric Benbow Peter Levi Society Officers & Information Twitter Darrin Hunt Executive Committee https://twitter.com/benthosnews Al Steinman President: Colden Baxter #2018sfs Vice President: Amy Marcarelli Student Resource Past-President: Emily Bernhardt Conference Planner/Meeting Committee (SRC) Officers President-Elect: Jennifer Tank Management Vice President-Elect: Todd Royer Chair: Andrew
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