Crayfish Biology Day: Monday, Jan. 7, 8:00 am – Noon Room: Golden Gate 6/7 Organizer(s): Tadashi Kawai Session Author(s) Title 127 SCHOLTZ, G; MARTIN, Peer* Happy Birthday Marmorkrebs! Ten years of research on an enigmatic crayfish 127 MARTIN, P The relevance of parthenogenesis to the role of Marmorkrebs as a model organism and potential invader […]

Immunology II: Immune Responses to Pathogens Day: Monday, Jan. 7, 10:20 am – Noon Room: Continental Ballroom 9 Organizer(s): James S. Adelman Session Author(s) Title 126 GAMMILL, WM; ROLLINS-SMITH, LA* Antimicrobial peptide defenses of southern leopard frogs (Rana sphenocephala) against the pathogenic chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis 126 FITES , JS*; PARKER COLLIER, SM; OSWALD-RICHTER, KA; […]

Immunology I Day: Monday, Jan. 7, 8:00 – 10:00 am Room: Continental Ballroom 9 Organizer(s): Travis E. Wilcoxen Session Author(s) Title 125 WILCOXEN, TE*; HORN, DJ; FLAMM, JC; GUERRA, DF; HOGAN, BM; HUBBLE, CN; HUBER, SJ; KNOTT, MH; SALIK, F; WASSENHOVE, SJ Physiological and ecological impacts of bird feeding activities. 125 FLIES, AS*; HOLEKAMP, KE; […]

Color and Thermal Biology II: Color Day: Monday, Jan. 7, 10:20 am – Noon Room: Continental Ballroom 7 Organizer(s): Alison R. Egge Session Author(s) Title 124 BROWN, AC*; MCGRAW, KJ; CLOTFELTER, ED Dietary carotenoids increase non-carotenoid coloration of female convict cichlids (Amantitlania nigrofasciata). 124 MILES, D.B* Covariation of dorsal pattern, locomotor performance and escape behavior […]

Color and Thermal Biology I: Thermal Biology Day: Monday, Jan. 7, 8:00 – 10:00 am Room: Continental Ballroom 7 Organizer(s): Alison R. Egge Session Author(s) Title 123 CONDON, C*; COOPER, B; YEAMAN, S; ANGILLETTA, M Evolution of thermal plasticity in changing environments. 123 WILLIAMS, CM*; WATANABE, M; MORGAN, T; EDISON, AS; BOROUJERDI, A; HAHN, DA […]

Evolutionary Developmental Biology: Neurogensis, Skeletogenesis, Germline Specification Day: Monday, Jan. 7, 8:00 – 9:40 am Room: Continental Ballroom 1 Organizer(s): Neva Meyer Session Author(s) Title 122 TOLCHIN, S; MEYER, NP* Notch signaling during neural development in the annelid Capitella teleta 122 NGUYEN, J; HEYLAND, A* Histamine functions and distribution in gastrulation and skeletogenesis of the […]

Invertebrate Phylogenetics I1 Day: Monday, Jan. 7, 10:00 – 11:20 am Room: Continental Ballroom 8 Organizer(s): Christopher Mah, Ashlee H. Rowe Session Author(s) Title 121 LARSON, P.G.*; DALY, M. Evolution of parental care in Endomyarian sea anemones 121 GONZALES, C.M.*; GOSLINER, T.M. Resolving the genus Philine: Description and phylogenetic placement of six previously undocumented species […]

Invertebrate Phylogenetics I Day: Monday, Jan. 7, 8:20 – 9:20 am Room: Continental Ballroom 8 Organizer(s): Alan Kohn, Katelyn MacNeil Session Author(s) Title 120 KOHN, AJ Morphology, molecules, molluscs, and modern monographs: A revisionary systematics case study 120 KNUTSON, VL*; GOSLINER, T New species, same damn color: Benefits of using molecular data to identify diversity […]

Skulls & Teeth I Day: Friday, Jan. 4, 8:00 – 10:00 am Room: Continental Ballroom 2/3 Organizer(s): Laura Porro Session Author(s) Title 12 MCGEE, MD*; BORSTEIN, SR; WAINWRIGHT, PC Origin and loss of cichlid craniofacial diversity 12 OLSEN, AM*; WESTNEAT, MW Dabbling, grazing and diving: Skull shape is related to beak foraging behaviors in the […]

Behavioral Ecology: Trophic Interactions Day: Monday, Jan. 7, 8:20 – 10:00 am Room: Continental Ballroom 2/3 Organizer(s): Travis Robbins Session Author(s) Title 119 ROBBINS, TR*; FREIDENFELDS, NA; LANGKILDE, T Native predator eats invasive toxic prey: evidence for increased incidence of consumption rather than aversion-learning 119 THOMPSON, D. M.*; LIGON , D. B. Rocky Raccoon Must […]