The AEL was very well represented at the Ohio Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting March 14-15, 2024. The meeting was organized by current Ohio Chapter of AFS president, AELer Steven Gratz. There were also four presentations by AELers, including the plenary talk by Stu Ludsin, two catfish presentations, and a poster on the beaded darter.

AEL Presentations:

Plenary: Stu Ludsin, Managing fisheries in a changing ecosystem: Lessons learned from 30 years of Lake Erie research

Steven Gratz, Exploring spatial and seasonal stable isotope variation of Channel Catfish and Blue Catfish within a reservoir

Jacob Bentley, Food web dynamics and ecological niche of Blue Catfish and other sport fish in Hoover Reservoir using stable isotopes

Madeline Schumacher, Poster: Multiscale drivers of Beaded Darter occupancy in the Ouachita Highlands

Abstracts of presentations can be found here.