Meeting Abstract 91-6  Monday, Jan. 6 11:30 – 11:45  Now You See It, Now You Don’t: Role of Tectal CRF Administration on Visually Guided Feeding Behavior HARRIS, BN*; PRATER, CM; LOCKWOOD, R; KENNEDY, A; CARR, JA; Texas Tech University; Texas Tech University; Texas Tech University; Texas Tech University; Texas Tech University breanna.n.harris@ttu.edu Navigation of feed vs. flee […]

Meeting Abstract 91-4  Monday, Jan. 6 11:00 – 11:15  Hunger state modulates the decision of a nudibranch to pursue or evade hazardous prey OTTER, K*; KATZ, P S; University of Massachusetts Amherst kotter@umass.edu Predators constantly make decisions about whether to pursue or evade prey, especially when their prey has the capacity to injure them. The nudibranch mollusc, […]

Meeting Abstract 91-1  Monday, Jan. 6 10:15 – 10:30  Evaluating Evasion Strategies in Zebrafish Larvae JIAO, Y*; COLVERT, B; MAN, Y; MCHENRY, M; KANSO, E; University of Southern California; University of California, San Diego; University of Southern California; University of California, Irvine; University of Southern California jiaoyush@usc.edu Predation is a primal interaction between species, yet it is […]

Meeting Abstract 91-2  Monday, Jan. 6 10:30 – 10:45  Chemical Landscapes of Fear: Crayfish can Determine the Degree of Predatory Threat by Olfaction Alone WOOD, T/C*; MOORE, P/A; Bowling Green State University and University of Michigan Biological Station; Bowling Green State University and University of Michigan Biological Station tcwood@bgsu.edu Encounters between predators and prey lead to capture […]

Meeting Abstract 91-7  Monday, Jan. 6 11:45 – 12:00  Biochemical Warfare: The Coevolution of Rattlesnake Venom and Venom Resistance in Prey Species ROBINSON, KE; HOLDING, ML; CLARK, RW*; San Diego State University; Florida State University; San Diego State University rclark@sdsu.edu http://www.bio.sdsu.edu/pub/clark/ Many animals use toxic chemicals to defend themselves or immobilize prey. The use of such compounds […]

Meeting Abstract 90-6  Monday, Jan. 6 11:30 – 11:45  Reverse engineering the “trap-jaw” mechanism in spiders (Araneae, Mecysmaucheniidae) WOOD, H.; Smithsonian Institution woodh@si.edu Trap-jaw spiders (Mecysmaucheniidae) have been shown to have ballistic, high-speed “jaw” movements that are the fastest known arachnid movements to date. Within the family there is considerable interspecific functional diversity, with the fastest species […]

Meeting Abstract 90-5  Monday, Jan. 6 11:15 – 11:30  Kinematic integration of gill chamber pumping with body movements during burial in two morphologically disparate fish species FARINA, SC*; AMACKER, K; CHENNAULT, M; GIBB, AC; Howard University; Howard University; Howard University; Northern Arizona University stacy.farina@howard.edu http://www.stacyfarina.com/ The ability to bury in sediment has evolved numerous times throughout the […]

Meeting Abstract 90-4  Monday, Jan. 6 11:00 – 11:15  Hydrodynamics of barnacle nauplii shape evolution of body form CHAN, KYK*; WONG, E; WONG, JY; XU, K; KOEHL, MAR; Swarthmore College; Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Academia Sinica; University of California, Berkeley ; University of California, Berkeley kchan1@swarthmore.edu http://www.marinelarvae.net Many types of zooplankton have spines but […]

Meeting Abstract 90-3  Monday, Jan. 6 10:45 – 11:00  Hydrodynamics Shed Light on Dinoflagellate Evolution SCHUECH, R*; TOR NIELSEN, L; HUMPHRIES, S; SMITH, D; KIØRBOE, T; University of Lincoln; Technical University of Denmark; University of Lincoln; University of Birmingham; Technical University of Denmark rudi.schuech@gmail.com Flagella are crucial to the interactions of many unicellular organisms with their surrounding […]

Meeting Abstract 90-7  Monday, Jan. 6 11:45 – 12:00  Constraining the Power Stroke of Premaxillary Protrusion: The Evolution of Diverse Cranial Musculature in Cypriniform Fishes STORCH, JD*; HERNANDEZ, LP; The George Washington University, Washington, DC; The George Washington University, Washington, DC jdstorch@gwu.edu Cypriniform fishes comprise over 25% of the world’s freshwater species. These fish exhibit a suite […]