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CASC Presentations at the 2018 American Fisheries Society (AFS) Meeting

Are you going to the 2018 American Fisheries Society meeting (August 18-23, 2018) in Atlantic City, NJ? Check out these presentations from leadership, staff, and students of the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers!

Sunday, August 19

Workshop: Monsters of Climate Science Workshop
Co-organizers: Doug Beard (National CASC), Abigail Lynch (National CASC), and Michelle Staudinger (Northeast CASC)
Time:12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Location: Atlantic City Convention Center – 320

Monday, August 20

Symposium: Fisheries Research Networks: Spanning Borders to Solve Global Fisheries Problems
Moderator and Organizer: Abigail J. Lynch (National CASC)
Time: 10:00 AM – 05:20 PM
Location: Atlantic City Convention Center – 410
Oral presentation: Infish: Leading the Valuation and Assessment of Inland Fisheries through an Informal Research Network
Contributors: Abigail J. Lynch (National CASC), Doug Beard (National CASC), David Bo Bunnell (National CASC researcher)
Time: 11:00 – 11:20 AM
Symposium: Engaging the Next Generation of Fisheries Scientists: Strategies for Student Subunits of AFS
Time: 10:00AM – 5:20PM
Location: Atlantic City Convention Center – 417
Oral Presentation: The North Carolina State University Student Fisheries Society: Strategies for Building and Maintaining a Successful Subunit
Contributors: Emilee E. Briggs (Southeast CASC 2018-19 Global Change Fellow), Stephen W. Parker, William R. Cope, April D. Lamb, Riley M. Gallagher (Southeast CASC 2018 Global Change Fellow)
Time: 2:00 – 2:20PM
Poster: Impacts of Urbanization on Freshwater Fishes on the Upper Neuse Watershed
Authors: Emilee E. Briggs (Southeast CASC 2018-19 Global Change Fellow) and Jesse R. Fischer
Poster: Estimating Stock Structure of Cobia (Rachycentron canadum) Using Acoustic Telemetry and Population Genetics
Authors: Riley M. Gallagher (Southeast CASC 2018 Global Change Fellow), Jacob R. Krause, Joseph Cimino, Jeffrey A. Buckel
Time: 6:00 – 8:30 PM
Session: Best Student Papers and Poster Session
Location: Atlantic City Convention Center – 417

Tuesday, August 21

Symposium: Assessing Research Needs and Identifying Best Practices for Producing Science Relevant to the Management of Fish Habitat in Forests and Grasslands
Time: 1:40 – 5:20PM
Location: Atlantic City Convention Center – 309
Oral Presentation: Improving Fisheries Science and Management in a Warming World: Examples from the Climate Science Centers
Authors: Michelle D. Staudinger (Northeast CASC), Stephen Jackson (Southwest CASC), Keith Nislow (Northeast CASC researcher), Jordan Read (Northeast CASC researcher), and John Sheppard (Northeast CASC researcher)
Time: 3:00 PM – 3:20 PM

Wednesday, August 22

Symposium: Extreme Events and Inland Fish
Co-Organizers: Abigail Lynch (National CASC), Bonnie Myers (National CASC and Southeast CASC 2018-19 Global Change Fellow), and Emily Argo (National CASC Researcher)
Time: 9:40 AM – 03:20 PM
Location: Atlantic City Convention Center – 318
Oral Presentation: Hydrological Feast or Famine: Impacts of Drought and Hurricanes on Caribbean Fish Assemblages
Contributors: Thomas J. Kwak (Faculty Affiliate), Bonnie J.E. Myers (Southeast CASC 2018-19 Global Change Fellow), and Abigail Lynch (National CASC)
Time: 2:00 – 2:20PM

Thursday, August 23

Symposium: Emergent properties of aquatic, coastal, and marine ecosystems due to climate change
Co-Organizers: Michelle D. Staudinger (Northeast CASC) and Abigail J. Lynch (National CASC)
Time: 10:00 AM – 05:40 PM
Location: Atlantic City Convention Center – 318
Oral presentation: Emergent Properties of Aquatic and Marine Ecosystems Due to Climate Change: An Overview of the Current State of Knowledge
Contributor: Michelle D. Staudinger (Northeast CASC)
Time: 10:00 – 10:20 AM
Oral presentation: Hypotheses from Recent Assessments of Climate Impacts to Marine and Freshwater Biodiversity and Ecosystems in the United States
Contributors: Abigail J. Lynch, Shawn L. Carter, Bonnie J. E. Myers (Southeast CASC 2018-19 Global Change Fellow), Madeleine A. Rubenstein and Laura M. Thompson (National CASC)
Time: 10:20 – 10:40 AM