Meeting Abstract P1-249 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 Big fins make for bad jumps in male Betta splendens JAMISON, MP*; BURNETTE, MF; ASHLEY-ROSS, MA; Wake Forest University jamimp13@wfu.edu When one considers what makes a fish fast, it is tempting to assume that having larger fins would result in better performance: more surface area would be available […]
sessions: Posters Session 1
Behavioral and Neural Responses to Warming in Antarctic Fishes
Meeting Abstract P1-19 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 Behavioral and Neural Responses to Warming in Antarctic Fishes ISMAILOV, II*; SCHARPING, JB; ANDREEVA, IE; FRIEDLANDER, MJ; Virginia Tech Carilion Res. Institute; Virginia Tech Carilion Sch. of Med.; Virginia Tech Carilion Res. Institute; Virginia Tech Carilion Res. Institute Ismailov@vtc.vt.edu Stenothermic teleosts C. aceratus (lack hemoglobin, Hb-) and N. […]
Behavioral Acceleration After Injuries in the Ant Pheidole dentata is Accompanied by Changes in Brain Amine Levels
Meeting Abstract P1-29 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 Behavioral Acceleration After Injuries in the Ant Pheidole dentata is Accompanied by Changes in Brain Amine Levels CHAKKA, K*; BAO, Y; MUSCEDERE, ML; Hendrix College, Conway, AR; Hendrix College, Conway, AR; Hendrix College, Conway, AR ChakkaKK@hendrix.edu Ants are one of the few organisms that exhibit efficient social behavior […]
Backyard ANTology Using citizen science to open an ecological black box in California’s Central Valley
Meeting Abstract P1-5 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 Backyard ANTology: Using citizen science to open an ecological black box in California’s Central Valley JOHNSON, D*; STAHLSCHMIDT, ZR; Univ. of the Pacific; Univ. of the Pacific zstahlschmidt@pacific.edu http://backyardantology.weebly.com Citizen Science (CS) is a powerful tool that can promote education and conservation by facilitating the participation of non-scientists […]
BIOMINERALIZATION-RELATED SPECIALIZATION OF HEMOCYTES AND MANTLE TISSUES OF THE PACIFIC OYSTERS CRASSOSTREA GIGAS
Meeting Abstract P1-222 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 BIOMINERALIZATION-RELATED SPECIALIZATION OF HEMOCYTES AND MANTLE TISSUES OF THE PACIFIC OYSTERS CRASSOSTREA GIGAS IVANINA, AV; FALFUSHYNSKA, HI; SOKOLOVA, IM*; University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA ; I.Ya. Horbachevsky Ternopil State Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine; Department of Marine Biology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany inna.sokolova@uni-rostock.de Molluscan […]
Attractiveness Of The Dark Central Floret In Wild Carrots In Western Turkey
Meeting Abstract P1-72 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 Attractiveness Of The Dark Central Floret In Wild Carrots In Western Turkey CRUZ, P*; FOLKS, N; ANDERSON, S; TRAVIS, D; GONZALEZ, VH; HRANITZ, JM; BARTHELL, JF; Montclair State University; University of Texas at El Paso; University of Kansas; Boston University ; University of Kansas; Bloomsburg University; University of […]
Assessing the impacts of environmental contaminants on escape behavior in the migratory stream goby Sicyopterus stimpsoni
Meeting Abstract P1-246 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 Assessing the impacts of environmental contaminants on escape behavior in the migratory stream goby Sicyopterus stimpsoni RUBIN, AM*; DIAMOND, KM; SCHOENFUSS, HL; BLOB, RW; Clemson Univ; Clemson Univ; St Cloud State Univ; Clemson Univ amrubin@clemson.edu Environmental contaminants such as agricultural runoff and pharmaceutical pollutants in freshwater systems have […]
Assessing the convergence of feeding kinematics in labrid cleaner fishes
Meeting Abstract P1-272 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 Assessing the convergence of feeding kinematics in labrid cleaner fishes BERNSTEIN, Z*; SUNDARAM, S; BALIGA, VB; MEHTA, RS; Pacific Collegiate High School; Monta Vista High School; Univ. of California, Santa Cruz; Univ. of California, Santa Cruz zeevbern10@gmail.com Convergent evolution is the process by which distantly-related taxa independently evolve […]
Anatomy and flexural stiffness of shark pectoral fins in an ecomorphological context
Meeting Abstract P1-210 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 Anatomy and flexural stiffness of shark pectoral fins in an ecomorphological context TESTAGROSE, CT*; HOFFMANN, SL; PORTER, ME; Florida Atlantic University; Florida Atlantic University; Florida Atlantic University shoffmann2014@fau.edu Shark pectoral fins are comprised proximally of basal cartilaginous elements that articulate with the coracoid and distally of radial cartilaginous […]
Analysis of the 5’ regulatory region of the goosecoid gene between sea urchins with widely divergent early developmental modes
Meeting Abstract P1-95 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 Analysis of the 5’ regulatory region of the goosecoid gene between sea urchins with widely divergent early developmental modes RICE, D.*; WILSON, K.A.; University of Cincinnati; University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College keen.wilson@uc.edu In addition to a high degree of conservation in the use of major effect genes […]
