Poster Presentations

The George Barlow Commemorative

An upgraded version of an infrared detection system for monitoring the movements of small fish in natural or artificial systems
Brian Ring, John F. Elder, and David L. Bechler*

Parental ecology of the plainfin midshipman, Porichthys notatus
James E. Phillips and Ronald M. Coleman*

Dyadic interactions in the mixed-mating strategies of the mangrove rivulus, Kryptolebias marmoratus. II. The role of male-male parings
Kelly N. Luke* and David L. Bechler

Egg-attachment success in fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas)
Stephen P. Vives

Filial cannibalism by mature male parr in masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou)
Masahiro Watanabe*, Shozo Takamura and Koji Maekawa

Brains, Genes, and Behavior

A comparison of brain gene expression from black goby (Gobius niger) females and males with alternate mating phenotypes
Maria Abate*, Andrew Gracey, Stefano Malavasi, and Patrizia Torricelli

Spinal abnormalities in young inland silverside (Menidia beryllina) in Flushing Meadow Lake in New York City
Diana Ramroop and PoKay M. Ma*

Endocrine network underlying dominance establishment in females of an African cichlid cooperatively breeding species
Sophie St-Cyr*, Sigal Balshine and Nadia Aubin-Horth

Cichlid Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution

A test for the influence of offspring behavior on parental care in the convict cichlid (Archocentrus nigrofasciatus)
Robert Abdu* and Maria Abate

Habitat structure directly affects aggression in the convict cichlid, Archocentrus nigrofasciatus
Anthony J. Barley and Ronald M. Coleman*

Do conspecific and heterospecific alarm substances alter the behavior of group foraging convict cichlids?
Vankhanh Laura Le*, Maria Abate, Melanie Lontoh and Les Kaufman

Vision and adaptive radiation in the cichlid species flock of Lake Malawi, Africa
Kelly E. O'Quin* and Karen L. Carleton

Intrageneric variance of opsin protein sequences in the Metriaclima
Adam R. Smith* and Karen L. Carleton

Strength and direction of sex role characteristics in the cichlid genus Julidochromis
Victoria H. Zero* and Suzy C. P. Renn

Biodiversity: Mechanisms, Maintenance, and Threats

Effects of excluding bottom-tending mobile fishing gear on groundfish community dynamics
Briana Brown*, Elizabeth Soule, and Les Kaufman

Dominance of fish communities across a species gradient
Maria Domelas*, Anne E. Magurran

Variation and sexual dimorphism in dorsal spine morphology of threespine sticklebacks
Elf Elfarsdóttir*

Interannual variability of the structure of ichthyoplankton assemblages in the central Mexican Pacific
Carmen Franco*, Enrique Godínez, Jorge Rojo, Gabriela Lucano, Salvador Ruiz, and Hugo Galván

Variations of the abundance of flatfishes and rays in the Mexican central Pacific
Enrique Godínez-Domínguez*, Jorge A. Rojo-Vázquez, Victor H. Galván-Piña, Bernabé Aguilar, Gabriela Lucano; Carmen Franco-Gordo; Salvador Ruiz; Salvador Hernández and Gaspar González-Sansón

Description of pelvic reduced sticklebacks from a small isolated stream in Western Iceland
Guðmundur I. Guðbrandsson*, Páll V.K. Jónsson, Eik Elfarsdóttir and Bjarni Jónsson

Adult movement and habitat use by larval and juvenile Cape Fear shiners (Notropis mehistocholas)
Andrew R. Henderson* and Carol E. Johnston

The 'many faces' of sticklebacks. Extreme local diversification in a marine fish
Bjarni Jónsson*, Karl Bjarnason and Eik Elfarsdóttir

Stickleback; not just a small fish with three spines
Rakel Júlía Sigursteinsdóttir and Bjarni K. Kristjansson*

Does egg size affect behaviour and morphology of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus)?
Camille Leblanc*, Bjarni K. Kristjánsson, David Benhaïm, Skúli Skúlason and David L. G. Noakes

Consequences of contaminant exposure in round gobies (Neogobius melanostomus) of the Great Lakes
Julie R. Marentette*, Krista L. Gooderham, Holly Hynes, Mark E. McMaster, Joanne L. Parrott, Greg F. Slater, Alexandra Stosic, Joanna Y. Wilson, Sigal Balshine

Anthropogenic effects on the population biology of syngnathid fishes of Tampa Bay, FL: measuring the impact of marina construction on fish demographics
Heather D. Masonjones* and Emily Rose

Energetic costs of overwintering summer steelhead, Oncorhynchus mykiss
Eva Schemmel, Shaun Clements, Carl Schreck and David Noakes*

Diversity of the coastal and continental shelf fish communities from Mexican central Pacific
Jorge A. Rojo-Vázquez*; Enrique Godínez-Domínguez; Gabriela Lucano; Carmen Franco-Gordo; Salvador Ruiz; Salvador Hernández; Avelina León, Juan R. Flores and Gaspar González-Sansón

The role of behaviour during invasion: a case study using Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata)
Caya Sievers*

Population structure of small benthic and pelagic Arctic charr in Thingvallavatn, Iceland
Kalina Kapralova, Guðbjörg Ásta Ólafsdóttir, Michael Morrissey, Moira Ferguson and Sigurdur S. Snorrason*

The use of visual and auditory signaling in Etheostoma virgatum
Patricia A. Speares* and Carol E. Johnston

Shape of multiple central-place territories in young-of-the-year Atlantic salmon
Stefan O. Steingrimsson* and James W.A. Grant

Mangrove killifish (Kryptolebias marmoratus) individuals exhibit polymorphic emersion behaviours and associated morphological characters
Andy J. Turko* and Patricia A. Wright