Charlene Reese Couch

North Carolina State University
Department of Zoology
Campus Box 7617
Raleigh, NC 27695-7617

Office Phone: (919) 513-1795
EMAIL: crcouch@unity.ncsu.edu
 

 

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PRESENTATIONS

Invited Talks:

  • CR Couch, AF Garber, and CV Sullivan (2007) Selective improvement of Morone species: Lessons from striped bass, Feb. 27, Fifth Annual Workshop on Genetic Improvement and Selective Breeding for the Hybrid Striped Bass Industry, The International Triennial Meeting of the World Aquaculture Society, San Antonio, TX.
  • CR Couch, AF Garber, and CV Sullivan (2004) Marker-assisted selective breeding of striped bass (Morone saxatilis): Phase I common garden performance trials. International Plant and Animal Genome Conference XII, January 10-14, San Diego, CA.
  • CR Couch (2006) Aquaculture Genetics. Aquaculture course (ZO/FW 586), Nov. 9, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
  • CR Couch (2004) Aquaculture Genetics: Stock Enhancement, domestication, and selection. Aquaculture course (ZO/FW 586), Nov.2, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
  • CR Couch (2004) Commercial Farming of Hybrid Striped Bass. Aquaculture (ZO/FW 586), Sept. 9, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
  • BL Brown, CR Couch, JM Waters, JF Pagels (2002) Genetic structure of Clethrionomys gapperi populations in Virginia. Invited seminar, Feb. 20, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA.

Other Selected Presentations:

  • AF Garber, CR Couch, CV Sullivan (2007) Genetic contributions to performance of communally reared families of wild and domesticated hybrid striped bass. Fifth Annual Workshop on Genetic Improvement and Selective Breeding for the Hybrid Striped Bass Industry, The International Triennial Meeting of the World Aquaculture Society, Feb. 27, San Antonio, TX.
  • AF Garber, CR Couch, CV Sullivan (2006) Uncovering family-based shape variation of communally reared hybrid striped bass through geometric morphometric analysis. The Annual International Conference and Exposition of the World Aquaculture Society, May 9-13, Florence, Italy.
  • CR Couch, AF Garber, CV Sullivan (2006) Evaluating a communal rearing approach for selective breeding of striped bass Morone saxatilis: family performance comparisons across culture phases and rearing environments. The Annual National Conference and Exposition of the U.S. Chapter of the World Aquaculture Society, Feb. 13-16, Las Vegas, NV.
  • AF Garber, CR Couch, CV Sullivan (2006) Family-based survival of hybrid striped bass progeny from egg-to-plate. The Annual International Conference and Exposition of the World Aquaculture Society, Feb. 13-16, Las Vegas, NV.
  • CR Couch, AF Garber, CE Rexroad III, ME Westerman, CV Sullivan (2006) Microsatellite marker development for selective breeding of hybrid striped bass (Morone chrysops x M. saxatilis). Aquaculture Workshop, International Plant and Animal Genome Conference XIV, Jan. 15, San Diego, CA. Poster.
  • CE Rexroad, I Coulibaly, C Couch, AF Garber, M Westerman, C Sullivan (2006) Microsatellite markers for population genetics and genome mapping in striped bass. International Plant and Animal Genome Conference XIV, Jan. 16, San Diego, CA. Poster.
  • CR Couch, AF Garber, CE Rexroad III, ME Westerman, CV Sullivan (2006) Microsatellite marker development and application in a communal rearing approach for selective breeding of hybrid striped bass (white bass Morone chrysops x striped bass M. saxatilis). Aquaculture Workshop, International Plant and Animal Genome Conference XIV, Jan. 14, San Diego, CA.
  • AF Garber, CR Couch, CV Sullivan (2006) Assessing genetic contributions to performance of communally reared families of reciprocal hybrid striped bass. Aquaculture Workshop, International Plant and Animal Genome Conference XIV, Jan. 14, San Diego, CA.
  • C.R. Couch, A.F. Garber, J.M. Abrams, C.E Rexroad III, M.E. Westerman and C.V. Sullivan. 2005. Microsatellite development for a hybrid striped bass (Morone chrysops x M. saxatilis) selective breeding program. 7th International Marine Biotechnology Conference, St. John;s, Newfoundland, Canada. Poster
  • A.F. Garber, C.R. Couch and C.V. Sullivan. 2005. Family-based performance comparisons of wild and domesticated hybrid striped bass reared communally in research and commercial scale ponds. 7th International Marine Biotechnology Conference, June 7-12, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada.
  • A.F. Garber, C.R. Couch and C.V. Sullivan. 2005. Differential mortality of hybrid striped bass progeny from domesticated and wild broodstock. The Annual National Conference and Exposition of the U.S. Chapter of the World Aquaculture Society, January 17-20, New Orleans, LA.
  • C.R. Couch, A.F. Garber, M.E. Westerman and C.V. Sullivan. 2005. Selective breeding and domestication of striped bass: Common garden performance trials at research and commercial scale. The Annual National Conference and Exposition of the U.S. Chapter of the World Aquaculture Society, January 17-20, New Orleans, LA. Abstract
  • C.R. Couch, A.F. Garber, M.E. Westerman and C.V. Sullivan. 2005. Selective breeding of striped bass Morone saxatilis: Common garden performance evaluation at research and commercial scale. International Plant and Animal Genome Conference XIII, January 15-19, San Diego, CA. Poster
  • C.V. Sullivan, C.R. Couch and A.F. Garber. 2004. Toward the goal of increased production efficiency: domestication and selective breeding of striped bass Morone saxatilis and its hybrids. The Annual International Conference and Exposition of the World Aquaculture Society, March 1-5, Honolulu, HI.
  • A.F. Garber, C.R. Couch and C.V. Sullivan. 2004. Domesticated versus wild broodstock: pond-reared hybrid striped bass performance evaluation utilizing microsatellite markers. The International Conference on the Status of Plant & Animal Genome Research, January 10-14, San Diego, CA. Poster.
  • C.R. Couch, A.F. Garber, M. Westerman, and C.V. Sullivan. 2003. Marker-assisted selective breeding in striped bass (Morone saxatilis): common garden progeny testing and performance improvement. North Carolina Sea Grant PAT Review, September 10, Raleigh, NC. Poster.
  • C.R. Couch, A.F. Garber, and C.V. Sullivan. 2003. NCSU research summary: common garden performance trials. Second Annual Workshop on Genetic Improvement and Selective Breeding for the Hybrid Striped Bass Industry, October 22-23, Stuttgart, AR.
  • C.V. Sullivan, A. S. McGinty, C.R. Couch, and A. F. Garber. 2002. Selective breeding of striped bass: reproductive capabilities and limitations. Workshop on Genetic Improvement and Selective Breeding for the Hybrid Striped Bass Industry, October 22-23, Stuttgart, Arkansas.
  • Hodson, R.G., C.R. Couch, and C.V. Sullivan. 2002. Morone broodstock: reproduction, domestication and selective breeding. Aquaculture America, 2002, January 27-30, San Diego, CA.
  • C.R. Couch, B.L. Brown, J.F. Pagels, and J.M. Waters. 2000. Genetic structuring in relict populations of the red-backed vole, Clethrionomys gapperi. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, January 5-7, Atlanta, GA. Poster.
  • C.R. Couch, B.L. Brown, J.F. Pagels, and J.M. Waters. 1999. Genetic structuring in relict populations of the red-backed vole, Clethrionomys gapperi, in Virginia. Annual meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Seattle, WA. Poster.
  • C.R. Couch, J.M. Waters, J.M. Epifanio, T. Gunter, Jr., and B.L. Brown. 1999. Parentage and selection in hatchery-reared American shad, Alosa sapidissima, in Virginia. 77th Annual Meeting of the Virginia Academy of Science, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA.
  • C.R. Couch, B.L. Brown, J.F. Pagels, and J.M. Waters. 1999. Genetic structuring in relict populations of the red-backed vole, Clethrionomys gapperi, in Virginia. 77th Annual Meeting of the Virginia Academy of Science, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA.
  • C.R. Couch, 1998. Vicariance and genetics structure in relict populations of the red-backed vole, Clethrionomys gapperi, in Virginia. Department of Biology Seminar, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
  • C.R. Couch and J.F. Pagels. 1996. Temporal variation in shrew abundance: a pitfall removal study. 74th annual meeting of the Virginia Academy of Science, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
  • De Silva, M., F.A Hauck, C.R. Couch, and C.S. Lee. 1991. Detection and
    measurement of thyroid stimulating hormone in human follicular fluid: its relationship to pregnancy outcome in women undergoing assisted reproduction. 24th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
  • Webster, W.D. and C.L. Reese. 1989. Mammalian zoogeography on North Carolina’s barrier islands, with special reference to Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Nags Head Woods Ecology Symposium, Nags Head, NC.