Meeting Abstract 130-5  Tuesday, Jan. 7 11:30 – 11:45  Comparative Ecology and Physiology of Anoles on Dominica WATSON, CM; Midwestern State University charles.watson@msutexas.edu http://www.watsonecolab.com The Island of Dominica is currently home to two species of anole, the endemic Dominican Anole (Anolis oculatus), and the invasive Puerto Rican Crested Anole (Anolis cristatellus). While some populations of the native […]

Meeting Abstract 129-1  Tuesday, Jan. 7 10:15 – 10:30  When the Expected Doesn’t Happen: A Lack of Local Adaptation in Trinidadian Guppies COHEN, HE*; KANE, EA; Georgia Southern University; Georgia Southern University hc02684@georgiasouthern.edu When populations occupy different environments, divergent selection pressures can result in phenotypic differentiation in traits that provide a local fitness advantage. Trinidadian guppy (Poecilia […]

Meeting Abstract 129-5  Tuesday, Jan. 7 11:15 – 11:30  Temperature Adaptation Influences Environmental and Symbiotic Fitness in the Squid-Vibrio Mutualism CORYELL, RL*; NISHIGUCHI, MK; New Mexico State University; New Mexico State University nish@nmsu.edu http://nishsymbiosislab.com Sepiolid squids (Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae) are found in mutualistic partnerships with members of the Vibrionaceae throughout the world. Beneficial microbes that are environmentally transferred […]

Meeting Abstract 129-6  Tuesday, Jan. 7 11:30 – 11:45  Shedding light on specificity: the phylogeography of a bioluminescent symbiosis GOULD, A*; FRITTS-PENNIMAN, A; California Academy of Sciences agould@calacademy.org All organisms depend on symbiotic interactions with bacteria for their success, yet little is known of the evolutionary processes that shape the specificity of these associations. Coral reef fish […]

Meeting Abstract 129-3  Tuesday, Jan. 7 10:45 – 11:00  Persistence of Carotenoids in the Red Eyespots of Copepods (Tigriopus californicus) on Carotenoid-free Diets JUSTYN, NM*; HEINE, KB; PETEYA, JA; HOOD, WR; SHAWKEY, MD; WANG, B; HILL, GE; Auburn University; Auburn University; John Carroll University; Auburn University; Ghent University; Auburn University; Auburn University nmj0005@tigermail.auburn.edu Copepods can serve as […]

Meeting Abstract 129-7  Tuesday, Jan. 7 11:45 – 12:00  Evidence for Extraocular Photosensitivity in the Bioluminescent Organs of Deep-sea Shrimp BRACKEN-GRISSOM, H.D*; DELEO, D.M; PORTER, M.L; IWANICKI, T.; SICKLES, J.; FRANK, T.M; Florida International University ; Florida International University ; University of Hawai’i at Mānoa; University of Hawai’i at Mānoa; Nova Southeastern University; Nova Southeastern University hbracken@fiu.edu […]

Meeting Abstract 129-4  Tuesday, Jan. 7 11:00 – 11:15  Co-evolution of cleaning and feeding morphology in Caribbean and eastern Pacific gobies HUIE, JM*; THACKER, C; TORNABENE, L; University of Washington; Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County; University of Washington jmhuie@uw.edu Cleaning symbioses are mutualistic relationships where cleaners remove and consume ectoparasites from their clients. Cleaning behavior […]

Meeting Abstract 129-2  Tuesday, Jan. 7 10:30 – 10:45  A tale of scales and snails: behaviorally mediated traits drive the evolution of novelty in a radiation of Cyprinodon pupfishes ST. JOHN, ME*; MARTIN, CH; University of California – Berkeley; University of California – Berkeley stjohn3@berkeley.edu Understanding how organisms adapt to novel ecological niches is an outstanding question […]

Meeting Abstract 128-2  Tuesday, Jan. 7 10:30 – 10:45  The Evolution of Sex-Specific Paternal Effects in Threespined Sticklebacks HELLMANN, JK*; BENSKY, M; ZIELINSKI, C; ANDERSON, S; BELL, A; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign hellmann@illinois.edu https://jehellmann45.wixsite.com/home Sex-specific selection pressures can generate different phenotypic […]

Meeting Abstract 128-5  Tuesday, Jan. 7 11:15 – 11:30  The Effects of Aging: Task Allocation and Inactivity in Two Ant Species ISON, T*; CHARBONNEAU, D; WAUGH, A; LINKSVAYER, T; DORNHAUS, A; University of Arizona, Tucson; Arizona State University, Phoenix; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; University of Arizona, Tucson tjison@email.arizona.edu Eusocial insects and other colonial […]