Mechanisms underlying specialized behaviors 1 Day: Saturday, Jan. 4, 08:00-09:30 Room: 404 Session Chair(s): Nicolai Konow Session Author(s) Title 4 GABLER, MK*; FISH, FE; COUGHLIN, DJ Pectoral fin muscular architecture of batoids in relation to ecological lifestyle 4 FERRY, LA*; GIBB, AC; KONOW, N Determining the mechanism behind intramandibular bending in Helostoma temmincki 4 KONOW, […]

Muscle physiology I Day: Sunday, Jan. 5, 08:00-09:45 Room: 616 Session Chair(s): Kiisa Nishikawa Session Author(s) Title 39 SUNDQUIST, L.E.*; DE BURON, I.; MCELROY, E.J. Temperature mediated myoliquefaction: The effect of a myxozoan parasite Kudoa inornata on the spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) 39 HOLT, NC*; ABBOTT , EM; AZIZI, E Compliance, activation and the force-length […]

Neurobiology: Sensory systems I Day: Sunday, Jan. 5, 08:00-09:45 Room: 416 Session Chair(s): Michael Markham Session Author(s) Title 38 CARRILLO, A.*; GARCIA, D.A.; MCHENRY, M.J. The role of the lateral line system in foraging by zebrafish larvae 38 CHIBUCOS, K.*; WENDLING, A.; BURGESS, H.A. Coding of postural information by otoliths in larval zebrafish 38 CLARDY, […]

Complementary session: The cell’s view of animal body plan evolution Day: Sunday, Jan. 5, 08:00-09:30 Room: 412 Session Chair(s): David Matus Session Author(s) Title 37 FISCHER, AHL*; PANG, K; HENRY, JQ; MARTINDALE, MQ Cell differentiation in cleavage arrested embryos of the comb jelly Mnemiopsis – Do they have a cleavage clock? 37 SCHNEIDER, SQ*; BASTIN, […]

Aquatic toxins Day: Sunday, Jan. 5, 08:00-09:30 Room: 410 Session Chair(s): Karelyn Knott Session Author(s) Title 36 WILLIAMS, M.B.*; POWELL, M.L.; WATTS, S.A. Combinatorial effects of Corexit EC 9500A with abiotic and biotic stressors in the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis 36 MOORE, S. L.*; OLIVA, O. M.; WILLIAMS, M. B.; POWELL, M. L.; MEADE, M. E.; […]

Force and flow Day: Sunday, Jan. 5, 08:00-09:30 Room: 408 Session Chair(s): Matthew Giarra Session Author(s) Title 35 SCHACHNER, ER*; CIERI, RL; BUTLER, JP; FARMER, CG Unidirectional airflow in varanids and the evolution of pulmonary airflow patterns in Diapsida 35 GIARRA, M.N.*; VLACHOS, P.P.; SOCHA, J.J. High-Speed X-Ray Visualization of Blood Flows in the Grasshopper […]

Behavioral ecology: habitat Day: Sunday, Jan. 5, 08:15-09:45 Room: 406 Session Chair(s): Sarah Humfeld Session Author(s) Title 34 JURCAK, AM*; MOORE, PA The impact of predation events on habitat choice and use in virile crayfish 34 TIETZE, SM*; GERALD, GW Trade-offs between salinity preference and anti-predator behaviors in a euryhaline fish (Poecilia latipinna) 34 HENRY, […]

Color and visual ecology Day: Sunday, Jan. 5, 08:00-10:00 Room: 404 Session Chair(s): Matthew Shawkey, Todd Harvey Session Author(s) Title 33 SHAWKEY, MD*; D’ALBA, L; XIAO, M; BUCHHOLZ, R The ontogeny of an iridescent nanostructure composed of hollow melanosomes 33 DOUGHERTY, LF*; CALDWELL, RL; JOHNSEN, S; MARSHALL, J Flashing in Ctenoides ales “disco clams”: Structure […]

DPCB Best student paper compentition 1 Day: Sunday, Jan. 5, 08:00-09:30 Room: 400 Session Chair(s): Michael Alfaro, Kerin Cleason Session Author(s) Title 32 KOHN, A.B.*; MOROZ, L.L. Origin and Lineage-Specific Evolution of Ligand-gated Ion Channels in Basal Metazoans and Bilaterians 32 VELOTTA, J.P.*; SCHULTZ, E.T.; JUE, N.; O’NEILL, R.J.; MICHALAK, P.; MCCORMICK, S.D. Genomic imprints […]

Molecular evolution Day: Sunday, Jan. 5, 08:00-10:00 Room: Salon E Session Chair(s): Megan Porter, Chintan Modi Session Author(s) Title 31 SERB, J.M.*; KRAUSE-PORATH, A.J.; PAIRETT, A.N. Uncovering patterns underlying the molecular evolution of non-visual photoreception in molluscs 31 PORTER, ML*; DOWD, SE Stomatopod opsin expression patterns in simple larval versus complex adult eyes 31 OAKLEY, […]