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2013 FMCS OFFICERS and STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRS President: Secretary: Caryn Vaughn Greg Zimmerman Oklahoma Biological Survey Enviroscience, Inc 2013 FMCS OFFICERS AND STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRS President: Secretary: Caryn Vaughn Greg Zimmerman Oklahoma Biological Survey EnviroScience, Inc. University of Oklahoma Stow, OH Norman, OK President Elect: Past President: Patricia Morrison W. Gregory Cope US Fish and Wildlife Service North Carolina State University Ohio River Islands NWR Dept. of Environ. & Molecular Toxicology Williamstown, WV Raleigh, NC Treasurer: Nominations: Heidi Dunn Leroy Koch Ecological Specialists Inc. US Fish and Wildlife Service O’Fallon, MO Kentucky Field Office Frankfort, KY AWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY & AFFAIRS GASTROPOD STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION W. Gregory Cope, North Carolina State University Steve McMurray, Missouri Department of Conservation Jeff Garner, AL Division of Wildlife & Freshwater [email protected] [email protected] Fisheries, [email protected] Teresa Newton, US Geological Survey Braven Beaty, The Nature Conservancy, Virginia Jeremy Tiemann, Illinois Natural History Survey [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Emy Monroe, US Fish and Wildlife Service [email protected] GENETICS GUIDELINES & TECHNIQUES INFORMATION EXCHANGE David J. Berg, Miami University Nevin Welte, Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission G. Thomas Watters, The Ohio State University, [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Curt Elderkin, The College of New Jersey Rita Villella Bumgardner, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia John Jenkinson, Clinton, Tennessee [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] MUSSEL STATUS & DISTRIBUTION OUTREACH PROPAGATION, RESTORATION, & INTRODUCTION Arthur E. Bogan, NC Museum of Natural Sciences Megan Bradley, Virginia Dept. of Game & Inland Fish Rachel Mair, US Fish and Wildlife Service [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] John L. Harris, Arkansas State University Tom Jones, Marshall University Christopher Owen, KY Deparment of Fish and Wildlife [email protected] [email protected] Resources, [email protected] SYMPOSIUM SYMPOSIUM SYMPOSIUM Patricia Morrison, US Fish and Wildlife Service Catherine Gatenby, US Fish and Wildlife Service Paul Johnson, AL Division of Wildlife & Freshwater [email protected] [email protected] Fisheries, [email protected] FMCS 2013 - Guntersville Symposium - 1 - FRESHWATER MOLLUSK CONSERVATION SOCIETY The Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society (FMCS) is dedicated to the advocacy for public education about, and conservation science of freshwater mollusks, North America’s most imperiled fauna. Acknowledgement of the 8th Biennial FMCS Symposium Sponsors Meeting Host: Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center FMCS 2013 - Guntersville Symposium - 2 - FMCS WISHES TO THANK 2013 SYMPOSIUM SPONSORS SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM INDEX VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND INLAND FISHERIES FMCS Officers & Committee Chairs Page 1 US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE Symposium Host & Sponsors Pages 2 & 3 MISSISSIPPI INTERSTATE COOPERATIVE RESOURCE ASSOCIATION (MICRA) Platform Session – Quick Reference Page 4 LEWIS ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING Symposium General Schedule Page 5 ENVIROSCIENCE Platform Sessions & Titles, Committee Meetings Page 7 ECOLOGICAL SPECIALISTS INCORPORATED Platform Abstracts Page 20 MAINSTREAM COMMERCIAL DIVERS, INC. Poster Titles & Abstracts Page 65 ECO-TECH DINKINS BIOLOGICAL CONSULTING CCR ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. STANTEC URS CORPORATION FMCS 2013 - Guntersville Symposium - 3 - Session/Abstracts PLATFORM SESSIONS – QUICK REFERENCE Session/Abstracts PLATFORM SESSIONS – QUICK REFERENCE SESSION 1: EMERGING TRENDS I SESSION 13: SURVEY & MONITORING III Pages - 7 / 20 Pages 13 / 42 Monday, March 11, 2013 | 8:20 a.m. - Camellia Room Tuesday, March 12, 2013 | 1:20 p.m. - Camellia Room SESSION 2: BIOLOGY I SESSION 14: PROPAGATION & CULTURE I Pages – 7/ 21 Pages 13 / 44 Monday, March 11, 2013 | 8:20. - Goldenrod Room Tuesday, March 12, 2013 | 1:20 p.m. - Goldenrod Room SESSION 3: EMERGING TRENDS II SESSION 15: HISTOLOGY & PARASITOLOGY II Pages - 8 / 23 Pages 14 / 46 Monday, March 11, 2013 | 10:20 a.m. - Camellia Room Tuesday, March 12, 2013 | 3:20 p.m. - Camellia Room SESSION 4: BIOLOGY II SESSION 16: PROPAGATION & CULTURE II Pages- 8 / 25 Pages 14 / 48 Monday, March 11, 2013 | 10:20 a.m. - Goldenrod Room Tuesday, March 12, 2013 | 3:20 p.m. - Goldenrod Room SESSION 5: TOXICOLOGY SESSION 17: RECOVERY I Pages – 9 / 27 Pages 15 / 50 Monday, March 11, 2013 | 1:20 p.m. - Camellia Room Wednesday, March 13, 2013 | 8:20 a.m. - Camellia Room SESSION 6: HABITAT I SESSION 18: POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS I Pages - 9 / 29 Pages 15 / 52 Monday, March 11, 2013 | 1:20 p.m. - Goldenrod Room Wednesday, March 13, 2013 | 8:20 a.m. - Goldenrod Room SESSION 7: EMERGING TRENDS III SESSION 19: RECOVERY II Pages – 10 / 30 Pages 16 / 54 Monday, March 11, 2013 | 3:20 p.m. - Camellia Room Wednesday, March 13, 2013 | 10:20 a.m. - Camellia Room SESSION 8: HISTOLOGY & PARASITOLOGY I SESSION 20: SYSTEMATICS Pages – 10 / 32 Pages 16 / 56 Monday, March 11, 2013 | 3:20 p.m. - Goldenrod Room Wednesday, March 13, 2013 | 10:20 a.m. - Goldenrod Room SESSION 9: SURVEY & MONITORING I SESSION 21: HABITAT II Pages – 11 / 34 Pages 17 / 57 Tuesday, March 12, 2013 | 8:20- a.m. - Camellia Room Wednesday, March 13, 2013 | 1:40 p.m. - Camellia Room SESSION 10: POPULATION GENETICS I SESSION 22: POPULATION DYNAMICS II Pages – 11 / 36 Pages 17 / 59 Tuesday, March 12, 2013 | 8:20 a.m. - Goldenrod Room Wednesday, March 13, 2013 | 1:40 p.m. - Goldenrod Room SESSION 11: SURVEY & MONITORING II SESSION 23: RECOVERY III Pages – 12 / 38 Pages 18 / 61 Tuesday, March 12, 2013 | 10:20 a.m. - Camellia Room Wednesday, March 13, 2013 | 3:20 p.m. - Camellia Room SESSION 12: POPULATION GENETICS II SESSION 24: BIOLOGY III Pages – 12 / 40 Pages 18 / 63 Tuesday, March 12, 2013 | 10:20 a.m. – Goldenrod Room Wednesday, March 13, 2013 | 3:20 p.m. - Goldenrod Room FMCS 2013 - Guntersville Symposium - 4 - FMCS GUNTERSVILLE SYMPOSIUM GENERAL SCHEDULE – MARCH 10-14, 2013 Recovery and Restoration – From Concept to Implementation SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY MARCH 10, 2013 MARCH 11, 2013 MARCH 12, 2011 MARCH 13, 2013 MARCH 14, 2013 7:20-8:20 a.m. BREAKFAST 7:20-8:20 a.m. BREAKFAST 7:20-8:20 a.m. BREAKFAST 7:20-8:20 a.m. BREAKFAST MAIN DINING ROOM MAIN DINING ROOM MAIN DINING ROOM MAIN DINING ROOM 8:20-10:00 p.m. 8:20-10:00 p.m. 8:20-10:00 p.m. CAMELLIA ROOM CAMELLIA ROOM CAMELLIA ROOM DAY TRIPS (Optional): Paint Rock River Project Emerging Trends I Survey & Monitoring I Recovery I Little River & Cathedral Caverns GOLDENROD ROOM GOLDENROD ROOM GOLDENROD ROOM U.S. Space & Rocket Center Biology I Population Genetics I Population Demographics I 10:00-10:20 a.m. BREAK 10:00-10:20 a.m. BREAK 10:00-10:20 a.m. BREAK 10:20-12:00 p.m. 10:20-12:00 p.m. 10:20-12:00 p.m. CAMELLIA ROOM CAMELLIA ROOM CAMELLIA ROOM Emerging Trends II Survey & Monitoring II Recovery II GOLDENROD ROOM GOLDENROD ROOM GOLDENROD ROOM Biology II Population Genetics II Population Demographics II 12:00-1:20 p.m. 12:00-1:20 p.m. 12:00-1:40 p.m. BOXED LUNCH BOXED LUNCH LUNCH & BUISNESS MEETING COMMITTEE MEETINGS COMMITTEE MEETINGS GRANDVIEW BALLROOM 1:20-2:40 p.m. 1:20-2:40 p.m. 1:40-3:00 p.m. FMCS EXECUTIVE CAMELLIA ROOM CAMELLIA ROOM CAMELLIA ROOM BOARD MEETING Toxicology Survey & Monitoring III Systematics DOGWOOD ROOM 2:00-5:00 p.m. GOLDENROD ROOM GOLDENROD ROOM GOLDENROD ROOM Habitat I Propagation & Culture I Habitat II REGISTRATION 2:40-3:20 p.m. BREAK 2:40-3:20 p.m. BREAK 3:00-3:20 p.m. BREAK 1:00-6:00 p.m. SPEAKER SET-UP / 3:20-5:00 p.m. 3:20-5:00 p.m. 3:20-5:00 p.m. PRESENTATION LOADING CAMELLIA ROOM CAMELLIA ROOM CAMELLIA ROOM AZALEA II Emerging Trends II Histology & Parasitology Recovery III COMMITTEE MEETINGS GOLDENROD ROOM GOLDENROD ROOM GOLDENROD ROOM 5:00-7:00 p.m. Histology & Parasitology I Propagation & Culture II Biology III DINNER P0STER SET-UP POSTER SESSION DINNER NATIONAL STRATEGY GRANDVIEW BALLROOM GRANDVIEW BALLROOM MUSIC BY THE OKRATONES AUCTION WELCOME 7:00 p.m. heavy HORS D'OEUVRES TOP O' THE RIVER GRANDVIEW BALLROOM FMCS 2013 - Guntersville Symposium - 5 - SUNDAY, March 10, 2013| 1:00-6:00 p.m. SYMPOSIUM REGISTRATION GUNTERVILLE STATE PARK LODGE LOBBY 1:00-6:00 p.m. POSTER SETUP GRANDVIEW BALLROOM 1:00-6:00 p.m. DOGWOOD ROOM FMCS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING 2:00-5:00 p.m. AZALEA III SYMPOSIUM COMMITTEE MEETING 5:00-6:20 p.m. BOARDROOM OUTREACH COMMITTEE MEETING 5:00-6:20 p.m. HICKORY ROOM MUSSEL STATUS & DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE MEETING 5:00-6:20 p.m. AZALEA II AUTHOR REVIEW ROOM 1:00-6:00 p.m. REGISTRATION DESK PLATFORM PRESENTATION LOADING 1:00-6:00 p.m. WELCOME RECEPTION 7:00 p.m. – GRANDVIEW BALLROOM FMCS 2013 - Guntersville Symposium - 6 - SESSION 1: EMERGING TRENDS I SESSION 2: BIOLOGY I Monday, March 11, 2013 | 8:20-10:00 a.m. Monday, March 11, 2013 | 8:20–10:00 a.m. Camellia Room Goldenrod Room Moderator: Caryn Vaughn, Oklahoma Biological Survey, Department of Biology, Moderator: Stuart McGregor, Ecosystems Investigation Program, Geological Survey of Ecology, and Evolutionary Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL MODELING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MUSSEL ECOSYSTEM BURROWING, BYSSUS, AND BIOMARKERS: BEHAVIORAL AND Platform 1 Platform 6 SERVICES AND ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS. 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