Community Ecology Day: Sunday, Jan. 8, 08:00 – 12:00 Room: Diamond Session Chair(s): L. Belden, B. Sinclair Session Author(s) Title 66 WILLIAMS, R. L.*; JOHNSON, K. B. Seasonal Variation, Diet and Prey Selection of the Ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in a Subtropical Estuary 66 SINCLAIR, BJ*; KLOK, CJ; TERBLANCHE, JS; SCOTT, MB; CHOWN, SL Physiological constraints […]

Complementary to Metamorphosis Symposium Day: Saturday, Jan. 7, 13:00 – 15:00 Room: Great Hall West Session Chair(s): E. Crespi Session Author(s) Title 65 REITZEL, A.M.*; SULLIVAN, J.C.; FINNERTY, J.R. Metamorphosis in the Life History of a Parasitic Sea Anemone, Edwardsiella lineata 65 EDWARDS, T.M.*; MOORE, B.C.; GUILLETTE, L.J. Metamorphic Sex Change: Evolutionary Insight for Endocrine […]

Complementary to Mesoderm Symposium Day: Saturday, Jan. 7, 13:20 – 14:40 Room: Great Hall East Session Chair(s): G. Giribet Session Author(s) Title 64 LIVINGSTON, BT*; HARMON, M Development of the skeletogenic mesoderm in the Ophiuroid Ophiocoma wendtii 64 BROWN, FD*; SWALLA, BJ Germ Cells and Vasa Expression in Ascidians 64 GALIS, F.*; VAN DOOREN, T.J.M.; […]

Feeding and Flow II Day: Saturday, Jan. 7, 13:00 – 15:00 Room: Ireland B Session Chair(s): P. Wainwright Session Author(s) Title 63 CASE, J.E.*; MARSHALL, C.D. Using Morphology to Predict Feeding Behavior: A Preliminary Study of Juvenile Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) Feeding 63 VAN WASSENBERGH, S*; HERREL, A; ADRIAENS, D; AERTS, P Terrestrial feeding in […]

Flight Aerodynamics II Day: Saturday, Jan. 7, 13:00 – 15:00 Room: Ireland A Session Chair(s): S. Swartz, S. Combes Session Author(s) Title 62 SWARTZ, S*; GALVAO, R; IRIARTE-DIAZ, J; ISRAELI, E; MIDDLETON, K; ROEMER, R; TIAN, X; BREUER, K Unique characteristics of aerodynamics of bat flight: evidence from direct visualization of patterns of airflow in […]

Comparative Evolutionary Morphology II Day: Saturday, Jan. 7, 13:20 – 15:00 Room: Scotland C Session Chair(s): J. Hanken Session Author(s) Title 61 GROSS, J.B.*; HANKEN, J. Embryonic origin of adult cranial cartilages in Xenopus: A view from the crest. 61 HANKEN, J.*; GROSS, J.B. Fate maps evolve, too: neural crest derivation of the bony skull […]

Comparative Neurobiology Day: Saturday, Jan. 7, 13:00 – 15:00 Room: Emerald Session Chair(s): J. Newcomb Session Author(s) Title 60 HOCHBERG, R Immunohistochemisty and 3-D cerebral architecture in species of Asplanchna (Rotifera) 60 BALTZLEY, MJ*; LOHMANN, KJ Evolution of a neural circuit in sea slugs 60 NEWCOMB, J.M.**; KATZ, P.S. Patterns of neural evolution in nudibranch […]

Education, Policy, and Outreach Day: Thursday, Jan. 5, 09:20 – 11:00 Room: Emerald Session Chair(s): D. Kelly Session Author(s) Title 6 KELLY, D. A. Using Games to Reinforce Facts and Concepts in the Biological Sciences 6 KENNEDY, Natalia K.*; WORDEN, Kelly J.; RUSSELL, Arlene A.; FREKING, Fred F. The GK-12 Program at the University of […]

Behavioral Plasticity Day: Saturday, Jan. 7, 13:20 – 15:00 Room: Sapphire Session Chair(s): S. MacDougall-Shackleton Session Author(s) Title 59 CHRISTY, J.H.*; RISSANEN, J.R.; BACKWELL, P.R.Y. A One-day Pause in the Biweekly Courtship Cycle of a Tropical Fiddler Crab Allows Females to Avoid Releasing Larvae During Twilight 59 JOHNSON, M. A. Does Where an Animal Lives […]

Biogeography and Biodiversity Day: Saturday, Jan. 7, 13:00 – 14:40 Room: Diamond Session Chair(s): J. Williams, D. Wethey Session Author(s) Title 58 WILLIAMS, J. D.**; MCDERMOTT, J. J.; BOYKO, C. B. A world-wide review of hermit crab parasites 58 WETHEY, DS*; GILMAN, SE; HELMUTH, BS; HILBISH, TJ Ecological hindcasting of biogeographic responses to climate change […]