Meeting Abstract P1.22  Saturday, Jan. 4 15:30  The importance of local adaptation and environmental influences on foraging behaviors in the wood frog (Rana sylvatica) UNKEFER, MK*; HOLSCLAW, J; HALL, E; PETERSON, J; CRESPI, E; Washingotn State University; Washington State University; Washington State University; Washington State University; Washington State University maggie.unkefer@wsu.edu Success in obtaining food is a factor […]

Meeting Abstract P1.89  Saturday, Jan. 4 15:30  The establishment of left-right asymmetry in spiralian development NAMIGAI, E.K.O.*; SHIMELD, S.M.; University of Oxford erica.namigai@zoo.ox.ac.uk The establishment of body axes is a fundamental process of metazoan development. Despite the wealth of studies on the anterior-posterior and dorsal-ventral axes, the left-right (LR) axis remains poorly understood. I am studying the […]

Meeting Abstract P1.43  Saturday, Jan. 4 15:30  The effects of fluctuating salinity on protein profiles in echinoderm larvae of Dendraster excentricus and Pisaster ochraceus BASHEVKIN, S*; WESSEL, G; GEORGE, S.B.; Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts; Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia georges@georgiasouthern.edu Salinity fluctuations are common in the Salish Sea of the Pacific Northwest […]

Meeting Abstract P1.131  Saturday, Jan. 4 15:30  The Songbird\’s Fourth Eye: Melatonin-Synthesizing Enzymes in the Hypothalamus of European Starlings KANGAS, KA*; LAND, D; BENTLEY, GE; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Loyola Marymount University; Univ. of California, Berkeley k_kangas@berkeley.edu Annual fluctuations in photoperiod drive seasonal availability of resources and mediate annual physiological and behavioral changes across vertebrate taxa. Variations […]

Meeting Abstract P1.140  Saturday, Jan. 4 15:30  The Regulation of Myostatin by Cortisol in Three Closely Related Salmonids GALT, NJ*; FROEHLICH, JM; BIGA, PR; University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham nicholasgalt@uab.edu Glucocorticoids are strong positive regulators of myostatin (mstn) in mammals, and the glucocorticoid response elements (GREs) appear to be well conserved within the promoter of mstn […]

Meeting Abstract P1.124  Saturday, Jan. 4 15:30  The Machine Inside: A Biomechanics Museum Exhibit WESTNEAT, M.*; GEORG, M.; SCHLESER, A.; Field Museum of Natural History mwestneat@fieldmuseum.org A new traveling museum exhibition on Biomechanics will open in March 2014 at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. The exhibit will travel widely over the next few years. Entitled […]

Meeting Abstract P1.107  Saturday, Jan. 4 15:30  The Effects of Self Motion on the Pressure Difference Across the Head of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) During Locomotion YANAGITSURU, Y.R.*; AKANYETI, O; LIAO, J.C.; University of California, San Diego; Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience; Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience yyanagit@ucsd.edu The self-generated pressure gradient across a fish’s head during […]

Meeting Abstract P1.170  Saturday, Jan. 4 15:30  The Effect of Microgeographic Barriers on Gene Flow and Population Differentiation SMITH, C.L.*; HAGUE, M.T.J.; ROUTMAN, E.J.; San Francisco State University; University of Virginia; San Francisco State University camillesfsu@gmail.com Gene flow is considered to be an important homogenizing force holding a species together. (Jackson and Pounds, 1981; Morjan and Rieseberg, […]

Meeting Abstract P1.32  Saturday, Jan. 4 15:30  The Distribution of Anurans Among Pools on Assateague Island, Virginia LUNARDI, P.N.*; DODGIN, S.R.; HRANITZ, J.M.; Bloomsburg Univ. of Pennsylvania; Bloomsburg Univ. of Pennsylvania; Bloomsburg Univ. of Pennsylvania pnl16991@gmail.com Barrier islands are dynamic systems with limited freshwater habitats in a relatively small area compared to other coastal landforms. The scarcity […]

Meeting Abstract P1.51  Saturday, Jan. 4 15:30  The Conservation and Function of the Cytoprotective Transcription Factor Nrf2 in a Model Cnidarian KANE , E.G.*; REITZEL, A.M.; University of North Carolina, Charlotte; University of North Carolina, Charlotte ekane1@uncc.edu The cell is constantly exposed to damaging reactive oxygen species resulting from aerobic metabolism and anthropogenic pollution. In response, the […]