Phylogenetics II Day: Thursday, Jan. 5, 10:15-11:45 Room: 218 Organizer(s): Kevin Kocot Session Author(s) Title 18 PISANI, D Improving the fit of the model to the data strenghten support for sponges as the sister group of all the other animals 18 CRAIG, CW*; FELDER, DL Establishing a Global Consensus on Hermit Crab Evolution Through Molecular […]

Flight I Day: Thursday, Jan. 5, 10:15-12:00 Room: 217 Organizer(s): Bo Cheng Session Author(s) Title 17 GAGLIARDI, S. F.*; COMBES, S.A. The High Cost of Flapping Faster: Metabolic and Kinematic Changes in Heavily Loaded Bumblebees 17 GRAVISH, N*; GAGLIARDI, F; COMBES, SA Bumblebees shift into reverse: flight biomechanics and guidance in the presence of tailwinds […]

Elastic Mechanisms Day: Thursday, Jan. 5, 10:00-12:00 Room: 215-216 Organizer(s): Manny Azizi, Jeffrey Olberding Session Author(s) Title 16 ROSARIO, MV*; SUTTON, GP; PATEK, SN; SAWICKI, GS The springs of time-limited bullfrog jumps and slow-preparation grasshopper leaps are tuned to their muscle dynamics 16 YAWAR, A*; KORPAS, LM; LUGO-BOLANOS, M; MANDRE, S; VENKADESAN, M Bending-stretching coupling […]

Coral Reef Biology Day: Thursday, Jan. 5, 10:15-12:00 Room: 214 Organizer(s): Mikhail Matz Sessions Author(s) Title 15 DIXON, GB*; BAY, LK; MATZ, MV Implasticity gene body methylation in a reef-building coral 15 BARFIELD, SJ*; DAVIES, SW; MATZ, MV Genetic signatures of coral recolonization following extensive mortality by crown-of-thorns (Acanthaster planci) on Yap Island, Micronesia 15 […]

Stress Physiology II Day: Sunday, Jan. 8, 13:30-15:00 Room: 224 Organizer(s): Leigh Boardman, Shelcie Menard Session Author(s) Title 146 MENARD, S/S*; WATSON, G/M Sea anemone hair bundles are resilient to multiple types of trauma. 146 NILSSON, B*; BUCKLIN, A; JEPSEN, PM; HANSEN, BW Do copepods experience stress caused by experimental handling? 146 BOARDMAN, L*; OZTEKIN, […]

Education Day: Sunday, Jan. 8, 13:30-15:00 Room: 223 Organizer(s): Sarah Woodley, Janice Voltzow Session Author(s) Title 145 WOODLEY, SK*; FREEMAN, PE; RICKETTS, TD Innovations in a Physiology Laboratory Course: Combining Novel Research and Service-Learning to Address a Community-Based Problem 145 KILLPACK, TL*; MELON, LC Faculty Professional Development for Inclusive STEM Classrooms 145 MACPHEE, LR Low […]

Mate choice and sexual selection Day: Sunday, Jan. 8, 13:45-15:15 Room: 222 Organizer(s): Erica Westerman Session Author(s) Title 144 WESTERMAN, E.L.*; LETCHINGER, R.; TENGER-TROLANDER, A.; MASSARDO, D.; KRONFORST, M. Presentation or Pattern? The role of movement in butterfly attraction 144 CIRINO, LA*; MILLER, CW Effects of male quality and territory quality on female preference of […]

Biodiversity Day: Sunday, Jan. 8, 13:30-15:15 Room: 221 Organizer(s): Zach Stahlschmidt, Donald Miles Session Author(s) Title 143 GRIMES, C.J. Ecological Baseline of Macroinfaunal Assemblages in Nearshore Sediments of Southeast Florida 143 HOLMES, IA*; RABOSKY, DL; DAVIS RABOSKY, AR Microbial lineages in a squamate host community 143 LASHLEY, MA*; BARTON, BT; JORDAN, HR; TOMBERLIN, JK Community […]

Infection and Immunity Come at a Cost Day: Sunday, Jan. 8, 13:30-15:00 Room: 220 Organizer(s): Elizabeth Schultz, Laura Schoenle Session Author(s) Title 142 SCHULTZ, EM*; KLASING, KC; HAHN, TP Modulation of reproductive physiology and cytokine expression by changes in photoperiod and immune challenge in red crossbills 142 FUESS, LE*; MANN, WT; BRINKHUIS, V; STACY, C; […]

Gutting it out Day: Sunday, Jan. 8, 13:30-14:45 Room: 219 Organizer(s): Samantha Leigh Session Author(s) Title 141 RIDDLE, MR*; TABIN, CJ The Eyeless Mexican Cavefish Astyanax mexicanus as a Model to Investigate Development and Evolution of the Gastrointestinal (GI) Tract 141 KOCH, L*; SHAINER, I; GUREVICH, T; GOTHILF, Y; HOLZMAN, R Hunger games: The expression […]