AFS Virtual Spring Conference

Due to COVID-19, several AFS chapter and division meetings were canceled. This online conference presenters to share their missed talks to the public.

[Ann Ropp @annieropp]

Labmate, Sam Askin, gave a great talk on the population structure of the channeled whelk along the US East Coast! @JMcDowell_Lab @AmFisheriesSoc @AFSvirtspring

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Tidewater Chapter had a great run @AmFisheriesSoc Congratulations for the speakers! @AFSvirtspring

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Cow nose rays return to their native estuaries to spawn #AFSvirtualspring #fishsci @SERCFisheries @SpinyDag

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Our last talk of this virtual conference! Snowbirds of the Sea: Environmental Associations of Migratory Cownose Ray (Rhinoptera bonasus) Presence in their Summer and Winter Habitats along the U.S. Atlantic Coast #AFSvirtualspring #fishsci @SERCFisheries @SpinyDag

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3 genetically distinct populations of the clearnose skate show some morphological variation in their thorns! #AFSvirtualspring #fishsci @VIMS_News @indseyNoel

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Our eleventh talk of the day! The Long and Short of Clearnose Skate Morphometric and Meristic Comparisons #AFSvirtualspring #fishsci @indseyNoel @VIMS_News

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Genetically distinct population distribution suggests both Cape Cod and Cape Hatteras act as migration barriers to Hard Clams #AFSvirtualspring #fishsci @VIMS_News

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Our tenth talk for the day Molecular Markers for Mercenaria mercenaria: Addressing Wild Population Structure in the Hard Clam #AFSvirtualspring #fishsci @annieropp @VIMS_News

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Populations in North Carolina and South Carolina as well as Massachusetts and Rhode Island showed the most genetic divergence in channeled whelk populations likely due to barriers to migration #AFSvirtualspring #fishsci @VIMS_News

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Our ninth talk of the day Population genetic structure of Channeled Whelk: Implications for management in the mid-Atlantic #AFSvirtualspring #fishsci @VIMS_News

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Creation of inlets by storms resulted in different biotic inputs depending on the storm. One brought in oysters to the bays while another brought in parasites competitors and predators of oysters, disappointing for agencies restoring the species #AFSvirtualspring #fishsci

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Next up is Assessment of the Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Crassostrea virginica Spat and Fouling Organisms in the Maryland Coastal Bays #AFSvirtualspring #fishsci @UMESNews

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In these invaded estuaries, parasites using fish as definitive hosts were more prevalent than those using either birds or turtles as definitive hosts #AFSvirtualspring #fishsci @eastcarolina @TSL_Ecology

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Our next talk is Biogeographic Diversity of Fish-Infecting Digenean Trematodes in Estuaries Dominated by Non-native Macroalga #AFSvirtualspring #fishsci @TSL_Ecology @eastcarolina

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The family Sciaenidae has its highest marine diversity along the Western coast of the Americas unlike many other families. #AFSvirtualspring #fishsci @ODU

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Our sixth talk of the day and our halfway mark Global Conservation Status of the Family Sciaenidae (Croaker and Drum) #AFSvirtualspring #fishsci @ODU

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Although the Spotted Seatrout has a range from Virginia all the way to Texas, there is a distinct genetic break in populations on either side of the New River, roughly at the border between North and South Carolina #AFSvirtualspring #fishsci @VIMS_News

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Coming up next Signatures of Selection and Phenotypic Plasticity of An Estuarine-Dependent Teleost, Spotted Seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) #AFSvirtualspring #fishsci @VIMS_News

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Juvenile flounder have shown large size variation within the same year class, some individuals larger up to threefold than others! Diet does make a difference. Larger individuals switched to piscivorous diet sooner than smaller ones #AFSvirtualspring #fishsci @UNCWilmington

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Back to the Hickory Shad talk, populations across latitudinal gradients show different structures such as spurs on their otoliths! Excited to learn more and hear some potential purposes for this additional structure! #AFSvirtualspring #fishsci @eastcarolina