Meeting Abstract P1-159 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 Properties of Neuronal Membranes of Antarctic Notothenioids and Implications for Thermal Tolerance BIEDERMAN, AM*; CROCKETT, EL; Ohio University, Athens; Ohio University, Athens ab971013@ohio.edu Factors that limit thermal tolerance in stenothermal Antarctic notothenioids are not fully understood. In this study, properties of neuronal membranes of red-blooded Notothenia coriiceps and […]
sessions: Posters Session 1
Prey Size Selectivity in Utricularia vulgaris
Meeting Abstract P1-275 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 Prey Size Selectivity in Utricularia vulgaris KABIR, R; AVERY, N; SHAIK, M*; HALL, M; BERG, O; MüLLER, U; California State University, Fresno; California State University, Fresno; California State University, Fresno; California State University, Fresno; California State University, Fresno; California State University, Fresno rrkabir8@mail.fresnostate.edu Bladderwort are a genus of […]
Predicting in vivo muscle force in running guinea fowl using a muscle model based on the winding filament hypothesis
Meeting Abstract P1-203 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 Predicting in vivo muscle force in running guinea fowl using a muscle model based on the winding filament hypothesis. WHITNEY, C/D*; NISHIKAWA, K/C; DALEY, M/A; Northern Arizona Univ., Flagstaff; Northern Arizona Univ., Flagstaff; Royal Veterinary College, University of London cw729@nau.edu Accurately modeling muscle forces produced during dynamic animal […]
Potassium sorbate inhibits growth of a common species in the human gut microbiome, Enterococcus faecalis
Meeting Abstract P1-149 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 Potassium sorbate inhibits growth of a common species in the human gut microbiome, Enterococcus faecalis MATTERN, B*; HA, D; COUGHLIN, B; UNF n00855780@unf.edu Food additives often have useful antimicrobial properties, which decrease the risk of ingesting pathogens in products such as dairy. Consumed food additives are eventually metabolized […]
Plasticity of thermal tolerance and growth rates in juvenile mussels (Mytilus californianus)
Meeting Abstract P1-172 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 Plasticity of thermal tolerance and growth rates in juvenile mussels (Mytilus californianus) STRAND, E*; HIZON, B; GLEASON, LU; DOWD, WW; Loyola Marymount Univ. estrand@lion.lmu.edu To determine whether thermal tolerance in the mussel Mytilus californianus is genetically determined or whether juveniles adjust to their environment through phenotypic plasticity, we […]
Plasticity in embryonic heart rates in cooperative chestnut-crowned babblers
Meeting Abstract P1-162 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 Plasticity in embryonic heart rates in cooperative chestnut-crowned babblers CONES, A. G.*; LIEBL, A. L.; HOUSLAY, T. M.; RUSSELL, A. F.; University of Exeter; Univerity of Exeter, University of South Dakota; University of Exeter; University of Exeter agc215@exeter.ac.uk Developmental rates are now known to have defining phenotypic consequences […]
Physiological effects of changing urbanization on eastern painted turtle populations
Meeting Abstract P1-126 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 Physiological effects of changing urbanization on eastern painted turtle populations FULLER, RG*; HENRY, M; ROMERO, LM; Tufts University; Tufts University; Tufts University rory.fuller@tufts.edu Continuously expanding human populations place extensive demands on society, with the needed homes and resource extraction operations causing a steady increase in the proportion of […]
Phototactic Preference and its Genetic Basis in the Planulae of the Colonial Hydrozoan Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus
Meeting Abstract P1-41 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 Phototactic Preference and its Genetic Basis in the Planulae of the Colonial Hydrozoan Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus DIMEO, CM*; PROVENCHER, C; PLACHETZKI, D; Univeristy of New Hampshire cmd2012@wildcats.unh.edu Sessile marine invertebrate larvae commonly possess motile larval stages that make settlement decisions based on environmental sensory cues. Phototaxis, mobility toward or […]
Pheromone-mediated Communication in a Bird Ectoparasite
Meeting Abstract P1-48 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 Pheromone-mediated Communication in a Bird Ectoparasite HARBISON, CW*; AHMED, ZB; SULLIVAN, TJ; Siena College; Siena College; Siena College charbison@siena.edu Pheromone-mediated communication governs many aspects of insect behavior, population dynamics, and community ecology. For insect parasites, understanding the language of chemical communication may offer new insights into host-parasite interactions […]
Phenotypic and genetic integration of morphological characters in diamond-backed watersnakes (Nerodia rhombifer)
Meeting Abstract P1-114 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 Phenotypic and genetic integration of morphological characters in diamond-backed watersnakes (Nerodia rhombifer) CLIFTON, IT*; GIFFORD, ME; University of Central Arkansas, Conway and University of Toledo, Ohio; University of Central Arkansas, Conway Ian.Clifton@rockets.utoledo.edu Local adaptation cannot occur unless traits under selection have a genetic basis; therefore, it is essential […]
