Larval Ecology and Bioenergetics Friday, Jan. 4, 8:00-9:40 am Room: 206A Session Chair(s): Amy Moran Session Author(s) Title 28 YU, P. C.*; MANAHAN, D.T. Extended starvation resistance and subsequent growth recovery in sea urchin larvae: Implications for lifespan in the plankton 28 MORAN, A.L.**; WOODS, H.A. In situ measurement of oxygen in aquatic egg masses: […]

Evolution-Sexual Selection Friday, Jan. 4, 8:00-10:40 am Room: 203B Session Chair(s): Duncan Irschick, Stuart Humphries, Jay Meyers Session Author(s) Title 27 HANEY, B. R.*; POPE, D. S. Assessing the potential for sexual conflict in the fiddler crab Uca princeps 27 IRSCHICK, Duncan J Sexual selection and functional morphology: A new frontier? 27 FORSMAN, AM*; VOGEL, […]

Neurobiology II Friday, Jan. 4, 10:20 am-Noon Room: 203A Session Chair(s): Duane McPherson Session Author(s) Title 26 CASKEY, Jodi L*; WATSON, Glen M Identification and characterization of chemoreceptive sensilla on the antennal flagellum of Palaemonetes pugio 26 HINTERWIRTH, Armin J*; DANIEL, Thomas L Multiple inputs mediate multiple outputs for flight control in Manduca sexta. 26 […]

Neurobiology I Friday, Jan. 4, 8:00-10:00 am Room: 203A Session Chair(s): Duane McPherson Session Author(s) Title 25 JOHNSON, M. A.*; WADE, J. Sexual dimorphism in courtship and copulatory neuromuscular systems of Anolis lizards 25 SMALL, TW*; BRENOWITZ, EA; MOORE, IT Testosterone and neuroplasticity in a tropical bird 25 BURMEISTER, SS*; LEBONVILLE, CML; FERNALD, RD Rapid […]

Comparative Biochemistry-Digestion and Excretion Friday, Jan. 4, 10:00 am-Noon Room: 202A Session Chair(s): Steven Secor Session Author(s) Title 24 TRACY, Christopher R.*; MCWHORTER, Todd J.; MANOLIS, S. Charlie; WEBB, Grahame J. W.; CHRISTIAN, Keith A. Digestive physiological differences between alligators and crocodiles: Are crocodilians just meat eaters? 24 SECOR, S.M.*; COX, C.L.; LIGNOT, J.-H.* Form […]

Comparative Biochemistry-Biochemistry Friday, Jan. 4, 8:00-9:40 am Room: 202A Session Chair(s): Nancy Berner Session Author(s) Title 23 GRIM, J.M.*; ASKINS, M.E.; CROCKETT, E.L. Endurance exercise does not alter oxidative capacity or activities of enzymatic antioxidants in killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) 23 BERNER, N.J. Acclimation in the Eastern red spotted newt (Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens) 23 MCCUE, Marshall […]

Symposium Related-Yolk Hormones Thursday, Jan. 3, 1:00-3:00 pm Room: 207B Session Chair(s): David Rostal Session Author(s) Title 22 JOHNSTON, GIH*; SHAFFERY, HM; MOORE, MC Effects of Increased Yolk Corticosterone on Embryonic and Yolk Hormone Levels Throughout Incubation 22 WALGUARNERY, JW*; LOVERN, MB Environmentally-induced stress modifies maternal deposition of yolk hormones in the lizard Anolis carolinensis […]

Locomotion-Flight I Thursday, Jan. 3, 1:00-3:00 pm Room: 207A Session Chair(s): Bret Tobalske Session Author(s) Title 21 BUCHWALD, Robert*; DUDLEY, Robert Maximum vertical force production in bumblebees (Apidae: Bombini) – a methodological comparison 21 MUNK, Y Gliding Ants: 3D Kinematics, Maneuvers and Behaviors 21 RIBAK, G.*; EGGE, A.R; SWALLOW, J.G. Saccadic turns in walking and […]

Evolution-Genetics and Development Thursday, Jan. 3, 1:00-3:00 pm Room: 206B Session Chair(s): Annalise Nawrocki, Mihaela Pavlicev Session Author(s) Title 20 LARROUX, C*; LUKE, GN; KOOPMAN, PK; SHIMELD, SM; DEGNAN, BM Genesis and expansion of metazoan transcription factor gene classes: insights from choanoflagellate, sponge, and cnidarian genomes 20 LYNCH, Vincent/J*; WAGNER, Gunter/P Novel functional specificity of […]

Evolution–Evolutionary Ecology Thursday, Jan. 3, 10:00 am-Noon Room: 202A Session Chair(s): Greg Ragland Session Author(s) Title 2 HUIZINGA, M.*; GHALAMBOR, C.K. Ecological divergence in sympatric populations of the Gold-breast Splitfin, Ilyodon furcidens 2 VON DASSOW, YJ*; DROSER, ML The Pleistocene Encruster Scene: Comparison of Epibionts on Molluscan Shells from Different Habitats 2 AGASHE, Deepa Intrapopulation […]