Biophysical ecology Day: Monday, Jan. 6, 08:00-09:15 Room: 404 Session Chair(s): Christine Bedore Session Author(s) Title 68 BEDORE, CN*; KAJIURA, SM; JOHNSEN, SJ Bioelectric crypsis in cephalopods reduces detection by shark predators 68 JOHNSEN, S*; SAWICKA, E; REYNOLDS, R; STRAMSKI, D Through the looking glass: The structure of the oceanic light field and its implications […]

Locomotion, morphology and performance Day: Monday, Jan. 6, 08:00-09:30 Room: 400 Session Chair(s): Jesse Young Session Author(s) Title 67 YOUNG, V.KH.*; BLOB, R.W. In vivo Femoral Strains in Swimming Turtles: Influence of Locomotor Medium on Limb Bone Loading 67 ROSE, JA*; RUSSO, GA; YOUNG, JW; SMITH, GA; BUTCHER, MT Ontogeny of locomotor performance in Eastern […]

Adaptation, macrophysiology and freeze tolerance Day: Monday, Jan. 6, 08:00-09:45 Room: Salon E Session Chair(s): Kwasi Connor Session Author(s) Title 66 AGOSTA, SJ*; BERNARDO, J New macrophysiological insights into old macroecological patterns: energetic constraints on geographic range size in mammals 66 CRICKENBERGER, S*; WALTHER, K; MORAN, A Lower thermal tolerance of larvae and adults of […]

Environmental endocrinology: A special session honoring John Wingfield 2 Day: Monday, Jan. 6, 08:00-12:00 Room: Salon D Session Chair(s): Brian Walker Session Author(s) Title 65 DICKENS, M. J. ; BENTLEY, G. E. * Stress and reproduction: What underlies reproductive suppression when birds are brought into captivity? 65 LYNN, S.E.*; PERFITO, N.; GUARDADO, D.; BENTLEY, G.E. […]

Environmental change Day: Monday, Jan. 6, 08:00-09:45 Room: Salon A Session Chair(s): Luke Miller Session Author(s) Title 64 MILLER, LP*; ALLEN, BJ; DENNY, MW Changing environmental variability in a changing climate: the effects of thermal variation on growth rates and energy flow through an intertidal community 64 RILEY, M.E.*; GRIFFEN, B.D. Life history plasticity associated […]

Muscle physiology III Day: Sunday, Jan. 5, 13:30-15:00 Room: 616 Session Chair(s): Don Mykles Session Author(s) Title 63 ZHANG, Y.*; SWANSON, D. L. Cold and Exercise Training Produce Similar Increases in Maximal Metabolic Output in House Sparrows 63 MOORE, C.D*; FAHLMAN, A.; MOORE, M.J.; WILLOUGHBY, D.; ROBBINS, K.; TRUMBLE, S.J. Significance of Muscle Fiber Type […]

Complementary session: Stress, condition and ornamentation Day: Sunday, Jan. 5, 13:30-15:00 Room: 417 Session Chair(s): Loren Merrill Session Author(s) Title 62 STALEY, M*; BONNEAUD, C; HILL, GE Are more ornamented birds better at combatting disease? Assessing the links between condition and ornamentation. 62 ANDERSON, RC*; NOWICKI, S Cognitive performance predicts strength of sexual preference in […]

Neurobiology: Motor systems Day: Sunday, Jan. 5, 13:30-14:45 Room: 416 Session Chair(s): Tobias Riede Session Author(s) Title 61 THOMPSON, ZAL*; SHELTON, S; LEVIN, P; CLAGHORN, GC; GARLAND, JR, T Size and neuronal density of midbrain regions in selectively bred high-runner mice 61 KAGAYA, K.*; PATEK, S. N. Motor control of an ultrafast spring-driven movement in […]

Complementary session: The cell’s view of animal body plan evolution Day: Sunday, Jan. 5, 13:30-15:15 Room: 412 Session Chair(s): Guillaume Balavoine, Ariel Chipman Session Author(s) Title 60 MASLAKOVA, S.A.*; VON DASSOW, G. How the pilidium larva escapes an ancient constraint 60 FLORES, V.R.*; WEISBLAT, D.A. Wnt signaling in the leech posterior growth zone 60 OZPOLAT, […]

Using mathematical robotics to understand swimming Day: Saturday, Jan. 4, 08:00-09:30 Room: 417 Session Chair(s): Amy Lang Session Author(s) Title 6 AKANYETI, O.*; YANAGITSURU, Y.R.; LIAO, J.C. Distributed pressure detectors for underwater robotic locomotion and sensing: insight from direct measurements in swimming trout 6 HOOVER, A.*; MILLER, L. Do resonating bells increase jellyfish swimming performance? […]