Behavioral Ecology Day: Wednesday, Jan. 5, 8:00-10:00 AM Room: 250 DE Session Chair(s): Jerry Husak Session Author(s) Title 34 RIVERS, T.J*; SIROTA, M.G.; SHAH, N.A.; GUTTENTAG, A.I.; BELOOZEROVA, I.N. Gaze behaviors of freely walking cats 34 BARSKE, Julia*; FUSANI, Leo; WIKELSKI, Martin; SCHLINGER, Barney Heart rate as an index of increased metabolic output in a […]

Ecomorphology of Feeding II Day: Wednesday, Jan. 5, 10:20 AM-Noon Room: 250 AB Session Chair(s): Paul Gignac Session Author(s) Title 33 HABEGGER, Maria Laura*; MOTTA, Philip J; MULLINS, Gray; STOKES, Michael; WINTERS, Daniel Feeding mechanics in billfishes (Xiphiidae and Istiophoridae): inferring the use of the bill from its mechanical properties 33 LA CROIX, S.*; ZELDITCH, […]

Ecomorphology of Feeding I Day: Wednesday, Jan. 5, 8:00-10:00 AM Room: 250 AB Session Chair(s): Kristopher Lappin Session Author(s) Title 32 SANDUSKY, P.E.*; DEBAN, S.M. Temperature insensitivity of prey-capture dynamics in Rana pipiens reveals an elastic recoil mechanism 32 LAMBERT, E.P.*; MOTTA, P.J. Modulation in the Strike Kinematics of the Ant-lion Larvae, Myrmeleon crudelis 32 […]

Scaling and Growth II Day: Wednesday, Jan. 5, 10:20 AM-Noon Room: 151 DEF Session Chair(s): John VandenBrooks Session Author(s) Title 31 VANDENBROOKS, John M.*; MUNOZ, Elyse E.; WEED, Michael D.; HARRISON, Jon F. The Role of Atmospheric Oxygen in the Evolution of Insect Body Size 31 CALLIER, V.*; NIJHOUT, H. F. Respiratory physiology and the […]

Energetics, Circulation, and Ventiliation Day: Wednesday, Jan. 5, 8:00-10:00 AM Room: 151 DEF Session Chair(s): Tomasz Owerkowicz Session Author(s) Title 30 DORGAN, Kelly M.*; LEFEBVRE, Stephane C.; STILLMAN, Jonathon H.; KOEHL, M. A. R. Energetics of burrowing by the cirratulid polychaete, Cirriformia moorei 30 BARBANO, Duane L.*; NISHIKAWA, Kiisa C. ; UYENO, Theodore A. The […]

Scaling and Growth I Day: Tuesday, Jan. 4, 8:00-10:00 AM Room: 151 DEF Session Chair(s): Morgan Burnette Session Author(s) Title 3 HEERS, AM*; BAIER, DB; JACKSON, BE; DIAL, KP Developing skeletons in motion: the ontogeny of skeletal form and function in a precocial ground bird (Alectoris chukar) 3 KILBOURNE, BM The Scaling of Limb Rotational […]

Muscle, Temperature & Immunology Day: Wednesday, Jan. 5, 10:20 AM-Noon Room: 151 ABC Session Chair(s): Brent Sinclair Session Author(s) Title 29 SINCLAIR, BJ*; MARSHALL, KE; ZHANG, J The impacts of repeated cold exposure in insects 29 APPLEBAUM, S.L.*; GINSBURG, D.W.; MANAHAN, D.T. Genes underlying amino acid transport differences in echinoderms from contrasting polar and temperate […]

Muscle Physiology and Biochemistry I Day: Wednesday, Jan. 5, 8:00-10:00 AM Room: 151 ABC Session Chair(s): Jenna Monroy Session Author(s) Title 28 SCIORTINO, A.**; PREHODA-WYERS, M.M.; DEAROLF, J.L. Effects of glucocorticoid administration on the contractile properties of the fetal guinea pig diaphragm 28 SCHROEDER, J.R.*; PREHODA-WYERS, M.M.; DEAROLF, J.L. The effects of betamethasone on myosin […]

Phylogentics II Day: Wednesday, Jan. 5, 10:20 AM-Noon Room: 150 DEF Session Chair(s): Chris Boyko Session Author(s) Title 27 RYAN, JF*; PANG, K; MORELAND, RT; NGUYEN, A; NISC, ; WOLFSBERG, TG; MULLIKIN, JC; MARTINDALE, MQ; BAXEVANIS, AD The Genome of the Ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi and its Implications on the History of Animals 27 BOYKO, C.B.*; […]

Phylogentics I Day: Wednesday, Jan. 5, 8:00-10:00 AM Room: 150 DEF Session Chair(s): Todd Oakley Session Author(s) Title 26 WOLFE, Joanna M.*; LEGG, David A. Chelicerate tagmosis: inferred homeotic development in extinct taxa 26 KOCOT, Kevin M.*; CANNON, Johanna T.; TODT, Christiane; KOHN, Andrea B.; CITARELLA, Mathew R.; MEYER, Achim; SCHANDER, Christoffer; SANTOS, Scott R.; […]