Meeting Abstract P1.93  Tuesday, Jan. 4  Metabolic cost of transport in grass-cutting ants depends on load shape MOLL, K*; FEDERLE, W; ROCES, F; University of Cambridge; University of Cambridge; University of Würzburg km498@cam.ac.uk Grass-cutting ants (Atta vollenweideri) carry fragments that can be many times heavier and longer than the ants themselves and it is important for them […]

Meeting Abstract P1.54  Tuesday, Jan. 4  Mc1r does not play a major role in pigmentation variation among domestic pigeons MILLER, M.A.; SHAPIRO, M.D.*; Univ. of Utah; Univ. of Utah shapiro@biology.utah.edu Feather color is spectacularly diverse among birds. Coloration is a major factor in mate choice among species of the columbid (pigeon and dove) family and thus has […]

Meeting Abstract P1.3  Tuesday, Jan. 4  Maternal Diet Affects Offspring Quality via its Effect on Egg Investment in the Lizard Anolis sagrei WARNER, D.A.*; LOVERN, M.B.; Iowa State University; Oklahoma State University dwarner@iastate.edu Maternal effects occur when the phenotype or environment of the mother influences phenotypes of the offspring. Because these transgenerational factors can impact evolutionary processes, […]

Meeting Abstract P1.110  Tuesday, Jan. 4  Markov models of jellyfish pulse cycles and the resulting fluid flows RODRIGUEZ, Terry*; HAMLET, Christina; GYOERKOE , Megan; MILLER, Laura; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill tjrodrig@email.unc.edu The upside-down jellyfish, Cassiopea spp., is particularly well suited for kinematic studies since it spends most of its time resting on the seafloor […]

Meeting Abstract P1.12  Tuesday, Jan. 4  Marine Gastrotricha of Bocas del Toro archipelago, Panama ATHERTON, Sarah*; HOCHBERG, Rick; UMass Lowell Sarah_Atherton@student.uml.edu The biodiversity of marine gastrotrichs in the Tropical Northwestern Atlantic (aka wider Caribbean) is poorly known. During a two-week Meiofauna Workshop conducted at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, we sampled the marine Gastrotricha of the Bocas […]

Meeting Abstract P1.100  Tuesday, Jan. 4  Maintaining stability: The biomechanics of rooting during interactive t’ai chi push-hands practice LINN, F.C.*; KANG, J.C.Y.; MERSEY, B.; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Univ. of California, Berkeley felicialinn@berkeley.edu Martial artists, particularly practitioners of the Chinese art of t’ai chi chuan, have been shown in past studies to better […]

Meeting Abstract P1.61  Tuesday, Jan. 4  Lung Development in Lungless Salamanders! KERNEY, Ryan ; LEWIS, Zachary*; HANKEN, James; Dalhousie University, Biology Department, Halifax, NS B3H 4J1, Canada ; Museum of Comparative Zoology and Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States; Museum of Comparative Zoology and Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, […]

Meeting Abstract P1.161  Tuesday, Jan. 4  Losing reduces the maximum performance of traits that underlie winning. CONDON, C*; EDWARDS, J; LAILVAUX, S; School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia; Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans; Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans c.condon@uq.edu.au In animal conflicts, an individual’s past win and loss […]

Meeting Abstract P1.6  Tuesday, Jan. 4  Loggerhead Turtle Nest Metabolism and Gas Exchange in Greece SUSS, J.S.*; O’CONNOR, M.P.; SPOTILA, J.R.; Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA; Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA; Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA jss27@drexel.edu Metabolism is important to embryonic development in oviparous reptiles and is influenced by gas exchange, hydric and thermal conditions, and nest density. Many […]

Meeting Abstract P1.138  Tuesday, Jan. 4  Localization and Quantification of Aquaporin 1, 2, and 4 Expression in Ventral Skin of the Rough-Skinned Newt (Taricha granulosa) LANE, RS*; POWERS, DR; SCHMITT, JM; George Fox University, Newberg, OR; George Fox University, Newberg, OR; George Fox University, Newberg, OR rlane08@georgefox.edu Skin permeability to water in Urodele amphibians is a two-edged […]