Texas Groundwater Invertebrate Forum
The 2023 TGIF Planning Committee would like to express gratitude to the presenters and attendees for this year's Forum. We look forward to our future growth and success.
The 5th Annual Texas Groundwater Invertebrate Forum (TGIF) is scheduled to take place on OCTOBER 20, 2023 from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm.
A workshop will not be held this year.
The meeting will be virtual and will consist of invited talks (15 min with 5 additional min for QA) and coordinated Lightning talks (3 min with 2 min QA).
We are always open to suggestions for topics, comments and thoughts on meeting or any constructive criticism you would like to share. Please send all responses to vc05@txstate.edu
| TIME | PRESENTATION TITLE - PRESENTER |
|---|---|
| ` | Welcome & Introduction - Hutchins, Ben |
| 9:05-10:30 | 15 minute presentations with 5 min QA (moderator: Ben Hutchins) |
| 9:05-9:25 | San Antonio Urban Waters Federal Partnership: Web Applications with New Information Delivery Capabilities - Opsahl, Stephen P. (presenter); Eller, Kirstin; Musgrove, MaryLynn; Pedraza, Diane E.; Neafie, Ramona J.; Watermolen, Shannon C.; and Clark, Allan, K. |
| 9:25-9:45 | Seasonal Occurrences of the Sessoms Spring Ostracoda (Crustacea): A comparative analysis - Külköylüoğlu, Okan |
| 9:45-10:05 | Distributional patterns and species boundaries revealed through phylogeographic analyses of the amphipod genus Hyalella - Cannizzaro, Andrew |
| 10:05-10:25 | Barcoding and Phylogenetics of Texas Ground Water Copepods - Figueroa, Diego |
| 10:25-10:30 | overflow buffer- 5 min |
| 10:30-10:50 | Break |
| 10:55-12:00 | Lightning Talks- 3 min with 2 min QA (moderator: Amelia Hunter) |
| 10:55-11:00 | It came from the deep - Diaz, Pete |
| 11:00-11:05 | Update from the Trans-Pecos: Conservation status of Trans-Pecos stygobionts - Hutchins, Ben |
| 11:05-11:10 | Predicting Regulatory Changes to Aquifer-dependent Species in Texas & Implications for Project Proponents - Irle, Brittany |
| 11:10-11:15 | Tagging techniques for Heterelmis comalensis - Moore, Desiree |
| 11:15-11:20 | Isopods: There's more than meets the eye! Cryptic diversity within the genus Lirceolus - Pustka, Lucas |
| 11:20-11:25 | Distribution and Occurrence of Stygobionts in Hyporheic Systems Downstream of Karst Regions - Sparks, Kenneth |
| 11:25-11:30 | Groundwater Well Assessment at Join-Base San Antonio - Bockrath, Katherine |
| 11:30-11:35 | Drought Response by Captive Assurance Colony Refuge following Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan - Bockrath, Katherine |
| 11:35-11:40 | Hyporheic Invertebrate Community Composition as a Function of Flow Regime in the Colorado River Basin, TX - Austin-Bingamon, Eryl |
| 11:40-11:45 | Two new phreatic snail species from central Texas - Guerrero, Yamileth; and Perez, Kathryn (presenter) |
| 11:45-11:50 | Biodiversity of anchialine ecosystems in Cozumel Island and the Yucatan Peninsula, Gutierrez, Fernando Calderon |
| 11:50-12:00 | The future of TGIF, Hutchins, Ben |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00-2:00 | Networking Breakouts |
| 2:05-3:30 | 15 minute presentations with 5 min Q&A (moderator: TBD) |
| 2:05-2:25 | You're still here?: persistence of pre-Holocene relics in drought refugia - Worsham, McLean |
| 2:25-2:45 | Insights on hyporheic zone invertebrates from 6+ years of student-led research in Ozark streams - Finn, Debra |
| 2:45-3:05 | Remipedes: A Story of Cenotes, Pseudogenes, and The Species That Never Existed - Calderon,Fernando; Sahi, Max; Teufel, Ashley, and Borda, Elizabeth (presenter) |
| 3:05-3:25 | Searching for stygobionts in 'unlikely' places: lessons from sampling in Australia - Schwartz, Benjamin |
| 3:25-3:45 | Outro. Close Meeting- Hutchins, Ben |
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2023 TGIF Planning Committee
Amelia Hunter US Fish and Wildlife Service-Austin Ecological Services Field Office Michael Warriner US Fish and Wildlife Service-Austin Ecological Services Field Office Karen Myers US Fish and Wildlife Service-Austin Ecological Services Field Office Kathryn Perez University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley Randy Gibson US Fish and Wildlife Service – San Marcos Aquatic Resources Center Benjamin Schwartz Edwards Aquifer Research & Data Center Benjamin Hutchins Edwards Aquifer Research & Data Center Victor Castillo III Edwards Aquifer Research & Data Center Ashley Cottrell Edwards Aquifer Research & Data Center Rachael Lindsey Hill Country Conservancy Roni Maddox University of Texas at San Antonio student
2022 Meeting Overview
GOAL
To bring together people who are working on subterranean biology so that knowledge and information can be shared and transferred and future efforts to increase knowledge of groundwater ecosystems can be coordinated.
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the organizers of TGIF is to encourage collaboration and exchange of ideas and information, and to more efficiently and clearly convey and transfer information to those who need and/or use it.
PROBLEM STATEMENT
A number of people are currently working on Texas groundwater organisms, however, there is infrequent research coordination and information exchange about the diverse projects and ongoing efforts that can cause barriers for those who want to fully understand groundwater biodiversity, promote efficient dissemination, and effectively use the data for research and management purposes.