2005 Hellbender Symposium

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Session I: Tuesday - 21 June 8:45 – 10:15 am

 State Updates (Moderator:  Chris Phillips)                                                             

 8:45 am        Alabama – CLINE; Arkansas – IRWIN; Georgia – HUMPHRIES; Illinois – PHILLIPS; Indiana - WALKER; Kentucky;  Maryland; Missouri – BRIGGLER; Mississippi; New York; North Carolina – HUMPHRIES; Ohio; Pennsylvania – HULSE; South Carolina – HUMPHRIES; Tennessee – FREAKE; Virginia; West Virginia - HUMPHRIES

10:15             Break

 Session II: Tuesday - 21 June 10:30 – 12:00 pm

Zoological Park/Society Updates (Moderator:  John Groves) 

10:30             2005 CRYPTOBRANCHID INTEREST GROUP (CIG) UPDATE.  Jessi Krebs

10:45             AN OVERVIEW OF THE OZARK HELLBENDER WORKING GROUP.Jeffrey T. Briggler

11:00             THE HUSBANDRY OF POST LARVAE TO JUVENILE/SUB-ADULT HELLBENDERS (CRYPTOBRANCHUS A. ALLEGENIENSIS) IN CAPTIVITY.  Rich Collister

11:15            Other Updates - Cincinnati Zoo; North Carolina Zoological Park; Omaha Zoo; Pittsburgh Zoo; St. Louis Zoo; Wonders of  Wildlife

12:00 pm      Lunch

Session III: Tuesday - 21 June 1:15 – 3:15 pm

Habitat/Distribution (Moderator:  George Cline)                                     

1:15 pm        STATEWIDE SURVEY AND HABITAT EVALUATION OF HISTORIC HELLBENDER LOCALITIES IN GEORGIA: AN UPDATE.  W. Jeffrey Humphries and Megan A. Goddard

1:30              HISTORIC DISTRIBUTION OF THE HELLBENDER (CRYPTOBRANCHUS ALLEGANIENSIS) IN ALABAMA.  George Cline and James Rayburn

1:45              OZARK HELLBENDER (CRYPTOBRANCHUS ALLEGANIENSIS BISHOPI) HABITAT AND POPULATION PARAMETERS IN A RESEARCH SECTION OF NORTH FORK OF WHITE RIVER, OZARK COUNTY, MISSOURI 1969-1980.  Max A. Nickerson and Amber L. Pitt

2:00              REASSESSMENT OF OZARK HELLBENDER (CRYPTOBRANCHUS ALLEGANIENSIS BISHOPI) HABITAT IN THE NORTH FORK OF WHITE RIVER, OZARK COUNTY, MISSOURI:  2004.  Amber L. Pitt and Max A. Nickerson

2:15              COMPARISON OF THE REACH SCALE HABITAT CHARACTERISTICS OF HISTORIC AND CURRENT OZARK HELLBENDER (CRYPTOBRANCHUS ALLEGANIENSIS BISHOPI) LOCALITIES USING STANDARDIZED ASSESSMENT PROTOCOOLS.  Benjamin A. Wheeler, Waylon R. Hiler, Stanley E. Trauth, and Alan D. Christian

2:30              IMPACT OF HABITAT FRAGMENTATION ON THE JAPANESE GIANT SALAMANDER (ANDRIAS JAPONICUS) IN THE TSUCHIYA RIVER, TOTTORI PREFECTURE, WESTERN HONSHU, JAPAN.  Sumio Okada

2:45              THE EFFECTS OF FLOODING ON HELLBENDER (CRYPTOBRANCHUS ALLEGANIENSIS) POPULATIONS.  Max A. Nickerson, Amber L. Pitt, and Michelle D. Prysby

3:15              OPEN FLOOR DISCUSSION ON HABITAT/Break 

Session IV: Tuesday - 21 June 3:30 – 5:15 pm 

Reasons for Declines (Moderator:  Peggy Horner)                                   

3:30 pm   MULTICENTRIC CUTANEOUS PAPILLOMA IN AN OZARK HELLBENDER, CRYPTOBRANCHUS ALLEGANIENSIS BISHOPI.  John C. Harshbarger, Waylon Hiler, Benjamin A. Wheeler, and Stanley E. Trauth

3:45              ABNORMALITIES IN THE OZARK HELLBENDER (CRYPTOBRANCHUS ALLEGANIENSIS BISHOPI) IN ARKANSAS:  A COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO RIVERS WITH A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.  Waylon R. Hiler, Benjamin A. Wheeler, and Stanley E. Trauth

4:00              OPEN FLOOR DISCUSSION ON ABNORMALITIES

4:30              Attempts by sportsmen to extirpate the eastern hellbender from northcentral Pennsylvania streams during the 1930’s.  Peter J. Petokas and James Rogers

4:45              Water Quality, hormone profiling and HEMATOLOGY of OZARK HELLBENDERS (CRYPTOBRANCHUS ALLEGANIENSIS Bishopi).  Mauricio E. Solis and Yue-wern Huang

5:00              DOCUMENTING THE EXTIRPATION OF A KEYSTONE SPECIES (CRYPTOBRANCHUS ALLEGANIENSIS BISHOPI):  THE SPRING RIVER STORY.   Waylon R. Hiler, Benjamin A. Wheeler, and Stanley E. Trauth

5:15              Adjourn 

Session V: Wednesday - 22 June 8:30 – 10:15 pm

Techniques and Behavior (Moderator:  Peter Petokas)                          

8:30 am        USE OF THE BIOMARK^® TAGGING SYSTEM ON THE OZARK HELLBENDER, CRYPTOBRANCHUS ALLEGANIENSIS BISHOPI (AMPHIBIA: CAUDATA), IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS.  Benjamin A. Wheeler, Stanley E. Trauth, Waylon R. Hiler, and Chris T. McAllister 

8:45              EXAMINATION OF THE TROPHIC INTERACTIONS BETWEEN A SPECIES IN DECLINE, THE OZARK HELLBENDER (CRYPTOBRANCHUS ALLEGANIENSIS BISHOPI), AND A PREY BASE COMPRISED OF MULTIPLE CRAYFISH SPECIES USING STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS: A 30 YEAR STUDY EXPLORING CURRENT AND HISTORICAL HELLBENDER FOOD HABITS.  Waylon R. Hiler, Benjamin A. Wheeler, Stanley E. Trauth, and Alan D. Christian

9:00              THE UTILITY OF DNA FROM FORMALIN-FIXED TISSUES IN PCR-BASED MOLECULAR ANALYSES.   Nathan T. Stephens, Ronald L. Johnson, Benjamin A. Wheeler, Waylon Hiler, and Stanley E. Trauth

9:15              The occurrence and behavior of eastern hellbenders in deepwater pools in northcentral Pennsylvania.  Peter J. Petokas and James Rogers

9:30           DIURNAL ACTIVITY AND INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTIONS AMONG EASTERN HELLBENDERS IN NORTH CAROLINA, WITH COMPARISONS TO A WEST VIRGINIA POPULATION.  W. Jeffrey Humphries

9:45              RESPONSES AND NONRESPONSES OF LARVAL HELLBENDERS TO CHEMICAL CUES FROM INTRODUCED BROWN TROUT.  Alicia Mathis and Shem Unger

10:00            OPEN DISCUSSION – INTRODUCTION OF EXOTIC SPECIES

10:15            Break 

Session VI: Wednesday - 22 June 10:30 – 12:00 pm 

Open Discussion (Moderator:  Jeff Humphries)

10:30 am      CITES:  THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA.  Marie T. Maltese

10:45            OPEN DISCUSSION – Distribution; Genetics; Pet Trade

11:30            Where Do We Go From Here?

12:00            Adjourn

All meeting activities, socials, and catered meals will occur at the Conference Lodge.