Meeting Abstract P1.153  Sunday, Jan. 4  Transcriptional Profile of the Penaeid Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei to Hypoxia and Hypercapnic Hypoxia RATHBURN, C.K.**; BURNETT, L.; GROSS, P.; BEAL, M.; VELOSO, A.; COOK, M.; BURNETT, K.; College of Charleston, SC ; C of C, SC; Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston; Hollings Marine Laboratory, Charleston, SC; HML, Charleston, SC; MUSC, […]

Meeting Abstract P1.169  Sunday, Jan. 4  Trail following and tentacle movements in the carnivorous rosy wolf snail, Euglandina rosea DAVIS-BERG, E. C.; Columbia College Chicago edavisberg@colum.edu A variety of predatory gastropods, including Euglandina rosea were introduced to Hawaii and other Pacific islands in a failed attempt to limit the spread of the giant African land snail, Achatina […]

Meeting Abstract P1.45  Sunday, Jan. 4  The unsteady flow sensed by larval zebrafish STEWART, W.J.*; MCHENRY, M.J.; Univ. of California, Irvine; Univ. of California, Irvine wstewart@uci.edu The ability to detect the water flow generated by a predator can be essential to the survival of a larval fish. However, it is not well understood what flow stimuli a […]

Meeting Abstract P1.90  Sunday, Jan. 4  The presence of penial lobes in two new Lampropid species (Crustacea: Cumacea), Lampropenis sp. A and Lampropenis sp. B, from the shores of the Pribilof Islands, Alaska. MONSON, Emilee*; GERKEN, Sarah; University of Alaska Anchorage; University of Alaska Anchorage emilee.monson@gmail.com A new genus and two new species of lampropid cumaceans (Lampropenis […]

Meeting Abstract P1.166  Sunday, Jan. 4  The mechanical sensitivity of lateral line receptors in the Mexican cave fish (Astyanax mexicanus). VAN TRUMP, WJ*; STROTHER, JA; FEITL, KE; MCHENRY, MJ; UC Irvine; UC Irvine; UC Irvine; UC Irvine wvantrum@uci.edu Mexican blind cave fish (Astyanax mexicanus) are thought to possess an enhanced ability to sense water flow as a […]

Meeting Abstract P1.103  Sunday, Jan. 4  The influence of odor cues, water flow, & magnetic fields on the orientation of the sea slug Tritonia diomedea JONES, AJ*; MURRAY, JA; CAIN, SD; WYETH, RC; U. Montana; Cal. State. U. East Bay; E. Oregon U.; St. Francis Xavier U. james.murray@mac.com Tritonia diomedea is suitable for studying the integration of […]

Meeting Abstract P1.9  Sunday, Jan. 4  The implications of body size for habitat selection as a consequence of behavioral thermoregulation SMITH, Jeffrey J.*; SEARS, Michael W.; Southern Illinois University eutrophy@gmail.com Body size is an important factor determining the range of body temperatures available to an ectotherm on a daily basis. Typically, small- and medium-sized vertebrate ectotherms (< […]

Meeting Abstract P1.68  Sunday, Jan. 4  The evolution of insect cold tolerance: A Drosophila model STRACHAN, L.A.*; TARNOWSKI, H.E.; SINCLAIR, B.J.; University of Western Ontario, London, ON; University of Western Ontario, London, ON; University of Western Ontario, London, ON lstrach3@uwo.ca Insects survive subzero environments using cold tolerance strategies generally divided into two categories: freeze tolerant and freeze […]

Meeting Abstract P1.110  Sunday, Jan. 4  The effects of dietary (n-3) and (n-6) oils on basal metabolic rate in zebra finches. AMITAI, Oren*; BAUCHINGER, Ulf; MCCUE, Marshall D; PINSHOW, Berry; Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Ben-Gurion University of the Negev orenamit@bgu.ac.il Dietary fatty acid (FA) profiles play […]

Meeting Abstract P1.66  Sunday, Jan. 4  The effect of temperature on the muscle contractile properties in the common thresher shark BERNAL, Diego*; SYME, Douglas; MCGILLIVRAY, David; DONLEY, Jeanine; SEPULVEDA, Chugey; Univ. Mass. Dartmouth; Univ. Calgary; Univ. Calgary; MiraCosta College; Pfleger Institute of Environmental Research dbernal@umassd.edu This project measured the contractile properties of the aerobic red (RM) and […]