(Eco)Energetics Day: Saturday, Jan. 4, 13:30-15:30 Room: Room 205 Organizer(s): Rebecca Clark, Hugh Ellis Session Author(s) Title 32 JOHN, JS*; THOMETZ, NM; BOERNER, K; DENUM, L; KENDALL, TL; RICHTER, BP; GASPARD, JC; WILLIAMS, TM Energetics of swimming in tropical marine mammals- Examining metabolic tradeoffs in West Indian manatees and Hawaiian monk seals 32 DOLAN, JE*; […]

Connubiality, Conjugality, or Civil Union? Symbiotic Relationships in Corals Day: Saturday, Jan. 4, 13:30-15:00 Room: Rooms 303-304 Organizer(s): Hanny Rivera Session Author(s) Title 31 FIFER, JE*; BUI, V; BERG, J; GABRIEL, M; BENTLAGE, B; DAVIES, S Coral Microbial Community Shifts Along a Steep Environmental Gradient 31 RIVERA, HE*; DAVIES, SW What does it take to […]

Flying and Swimming Behaviour Day: Saturday, Jan. 4, 13:30-15:15 Room: Rooms 301-302 Organizer(s): Matthew Lefauve Session Author(s) Title 30 LEFAUVE, MK*; HERNANDEZ, LP Invasive Behavioral Syndrome in Cypriniform Fishes 30 O’MARA, MT; AMORIM, F; SCACCO, M; MCCRACKEN, GF; SAFI, K; MATA, V; TOMÉ, R; SWARTZ, SM*; WIKELSKI, M; BEJA, P; REBELO, H; DECHMANN, DKN European […]

It’s Not the Fall That Kills You, It’s the LANDING Day: Saturday, Jan. 4, 08:00-09:45 Room: Lone Star C Organizer(s): Nicholas Smith, John Whitehead Session Author(s) Title 3 BROWN, CE*; DEBAN, SM; DUDLEY, R; SATHE, EA Directed Aerial Descent in Arboreal Salamanders 3 DUMAN, A*; AZIZI, E Olympians of Controlled Deceleration: Cane Toads Stick the […]

Biological Mousetraps: Springs and Latches Day: Saturday, Jan. 4, 13:30-15:15 Room: Lone Star H Organizer(s): Sarah Longo, Jeffrey Olberding Session Author(s) Title 29 OLBERDING, JP*; ILTON, M; CROSBY, AJ; AZIZI, E Limits and Losses: the Power of Recoiling Biological Springs 29 LONGO, SJ*; COX, SM; AZIZI, E; ILTON, M; OLBERDING, JP; ST. PIERRE, R; PATEK, […]

Make the Flow Go Day: Saturday, Jan. 4, 13:30-15:15 Room: Lone Star G Organizer(s): Konstantin Kornev Session Author(s) Title 28 KACZMAREK, EB*; LI, EY; BRAINERD, EL XROMM Analysis of Air-Breathing in the Royal Knifefish, Chitala blanci 28 GRAND PRE, CA*; HEDRICK, BP; SCHACHNER, ER Movement and Function of the Hepatic-Piston Pulmonary Apparatus During Various Modes […]

DEDB Best Student Paper Day: Saturday, Jan. 4, 13:30-15:30 Room: Lone Star F Organizer(s): Kim Hoke Session Author(s) Title 27 POMERANTZ, AF*; KISHI, Y; PINNA, C; ELIAS, M; PATEL, NH Making it Clear: Evolution and Development of Wing Transparency in Lepidoptera 27 NUNEZ, SA*; SANGER, TJ The Physiological Basis of Structural Malformations in Thermally Stressed […]

Biological Rhythms Day: Saturday, Jan. 4, 13:30-15:15 Room: Lone Star E Organizer(s): Helen Chmura Session Author(s) Title 26 WINGFIELD, JC*; REID, AMA; PEREZ, JH; BISHOP, VR; KRAUSE, JS; MEDDLE, SL Divergence of Hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) Axis Gene Expression and Testosterone in Migrant and Resident Female White-crowned Sparrows 26 CHMURA, HE*; DUNCAN, CM; BARNES, BM; BUCK, CL; […]

On the Wing Day: Saturday, Jan. 4, 13:30-15:15 Room: Lone Star C Organizer(s): Aimy Wissa, Tomer Urca Session Author(s) Title 25 BUSTAMANTE, J*; AHMED, M; DANIEL, TL Restricting abdominal flexion yields poor flight performance in hawkmoths 25 URCA, T*; RIBAK, G The Effect of Body Mass on Long-Distance Flight Efficiency in a Wood Boring Beetle, […]

DEDE Best Student Paper Competition Day: Saturday, Jan. 4, 13:30-15:30 Room: Lone Star B Organizer(s): Dan Becker, Daniel Becker Session Author(s) Title 24 KERNBACH, M.E*; UNNASCH, T.R; MARTIN, L.B Differential Effects of Spectral Composition of Nighttime Lighting on West Nile Virus Resistance and Mortality in House Sparrows 24 THUBLIN, RN*; MOORE, PA Crayfish self-medication: crayfish […]