Four faculty members made presentations at the Tennessee Chapter of the American Fisheries Society 2004 Annual Meeting held March 2-3 at Fall Creek Falls State Park. S. Bradford Cook, Biology and Water Center, co-authored “Evaluation of Smallmouth Bass Populations in Abrams Creek and Little River Within Great Smoky Mountains National Park” that he presented with student Gregory P. Shaffer. Phillip W. Bettoli, Tennessee Cooperative Fishery Research Unit and Water Center, co-authored “Diet and Performance of Stocked Brown Trout in Five Tennessee Tailwaters,” “Effects of Commercial Fishing on Paddlefish Stocks in Kentucky Lake” and “Population Dynamics of the Barrens Topminnow” that he presented with students Jonathan R. Meerbeek, George D. Scholten, Melissa E. Sandrene and Cory A. Goldsworthy. James B. Layzer, Tennessee Cooperative Fishery Research Unit and Water Center, co-authored “The Clash of the Abrupta: Combining Indoor and Outdoor Culture Facilities for Long-Term Culture of the Endangered Pink Mucket,” “Survival and Growth of Juvenile Freshwater Mussels Cultured in Conditioned Sediment” and “Factors Affecting the Distribution of Juvenile Freshwater Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoidea)” that he presented with students Dusty L. Ragland, Jason M. Wisniewski and Brian D. Adair. Hayden T. Mattingly, Biology and Water Center, co-authored “Population Densities and Movement Patterns of the Threatened Blackside Dace, Phoxinus cumberlandensis,” “Building a Predictive Habitat Model for the Blackside Dace, Phoxinus cumberlandensis” and “Effects of Water Temperature on the Growth of Barrens Topminnow and Western Mosquitofish” that he presented with students Jason E. Detar, Brena K. Jones and Malabika Laha.

Roger Dickson, Residential Life, received an Ed.S. from Austin Peay State University in December. The title of his field study was "Parental Notification: College Alcohol Problems and FERPA."