Feeding Mechanics I Day: Thursday, Jan. 4, 8:40 am-Noon Room: 106C Session Chair(s): Joseph Spagna, Rebecca German Session Author(s) Title 9 MAHON, H. K. *; DAUER, D. M. Energy maximization strategies of two surface deposit-feeding gastropods. 9 SPAGNA, J.C.*; PATEK, S.N.; VAKIS, A.I.; SUAREZ, A.V. Extreme forces and jaw size variation in trap-jaw ants 9 […]

Terrestrial Locomotor Mechanics I Day: Thursday, Jan. 4, 8:00 – 11:40 am Room: 106B Session Chair(s): Richard Blob, James Usherwood Session Author(s) Title 8 CIRILO, S.R.*; ESPINOZA, N.R.; PRUETTE, M. E.; WRIGHT, K. M.; GOSNELL, J. S.; BUTCHER, M. T.; BLOB, R.W. Limb Bone Strain Rates Across Diverse Locomotor Modes: Hopping, Jumping and Walking. 8 […]

Morphology: Ontogeny and Growth Day: Sunday, Jan. 7, 8:00-10:00 am Room: 106C Session Chair(s): Kenneth Angeilczyk Session Author(s) Title 71 RUSSELL, GA*; HAMMOND, KA Does growth rate differ across altitudes in deer mice? 71 ZACHOS, Louis G. Implementation of a developmental model for growth of the post-metamorphic echinoid skeleton 71 OWERKOWICZ, T. Thyroid hormones increase […]

Feeding Mechanics II Day: Sunday, Jan. 7, 8:00-10:00 am Room: 106B Session Chair(s): Lara Ferry-Graham Session Author(s) Title 70 FERRY-GRAHAM, L.A.*; GIBB, A.C. Cyprinodont premaxillary protrusion and prey capture: does mechanism dictate behavior? 70 BAHLMAN, Joseph Wm*; WAINWRIGHT, Peter C. Evidence for passive suction feeding in Pacific Bluefin tuna, Thunnus orientalis 70 DAY, SW*; WAINWRIGHT, […]

Ecology and Environmental Biology Community Ecology Day: Thursday, Jan. 4, 8:00 am-Noon Room: 106A Session Chair(s): Kent Hatch (8-10 am), John Pearse (10-Noon) Session Author(s) Title 7 PAWAR, S. The evolution and emergence of food-webs in fluctuating environments: diversity begets stability, or vice versa? 7 WARNE, R.W.*; PERSHALL, A.D.; WOLF, B.O. Quantifying the resource dynamics […]

Swimming and Flying Mechanics Day: Sunday, Jan. 7, 8:00 am-Noon Room: 106A Session Chair(s): Jeff Walker, Kristin Bishop Session Author(s) Title 69 MIKLASZ, K.A.*; SOCHA, J.J.; LABARBERA, M. Understanding aerodynamic force generation in gliding snakes using physical models 69 BREWER, M.L.*; ROBERTS, S.P. High speed video analysis of flight maneuvers in Dipterans 69 ROS, Ivo […]

Ecology and Environmental Biology Biophysical and Physiological Ecology Day: Sunday, Jan. 7, 8:00 am-Noon Room: 105C Session Chair(s): Mike O’Connor (8-10 am) Robert Podolsky (10-Noon) Session Author(s) Title 68 AVENI-DEFORGE, K.*; WETHEY, D. S. Modeling the Mottling, How Mussel Beds are Prone to Patchiness 68 ARELLANO, S.M.. Does larval biology limit the vertical distribution of […]

Diet Day: Sunday, Jan. 7, 10:20 am-Noon Room: 103B Session Chair(s): Debbie Kristan Session Author(s) Title 67 BRITT, E.J.*; HICKS, J.W.; BENNETT, A.F. The energetic consequences for prey specialist and generalist populations in the garter snakes Thamnophis elegans, T. couchii and T. ordinoides. 67 BRENNAN, April M.*; VAN TETS, Ian G. Seasonal changes in the […]

Physiological Plasticity of Reptiles Day: Sunday, Jan. 7, 8:00-10:00 am Room: 103B Session Chair(s): Stephen Secor Session Author(s) Title 66 SECOR, S.M.*; BOBACK, S.M.; LIGNOT, J.-H. Spatial and temporal variation in the pH of the gastrointestinal tract of the Burmese python 66 DENARDO, D.F.*; HOFFMAN, T.C.M. The use of pseudoserpential thermometry to assess the impact […]

Respiration and Gas Exchange Day: Sunday, Jan. 7, 8:00 am-Noon Room: 102C Session Chair(s): Colleen Farmer Session Author(s) Title 65 FARMER, CG Unidirectional flow in the lungs of archosaurs 65 WEGNER, N.C.*; SEPULVEDA, C.A.; GRAHAM, J.B. Specializations for gill rigidity in ram ventilating teleosts 65 KAISER, A.*; QUINLAN, M. C. Gas exchange patterns in beetles […]