Meeting Abstract P1-9 Friday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30 Planting an Outreach TREE: Exposing Diverse Students to Ecological Research with Reptiles FLORES, DV; STRICKLAND, JT; BODENSTEINER, BL; JANZEN, FJ*; Iowa State University; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Virginia Tech University; Iowa State University fjanzen@iastate.edu http://www.public.iastate.edu/~fjanzen Women and minorities are seriously underrepresented across the sciences. To help create […]
sessions: Posters Session 1
Placing leaves on the cnidarian tree of life
Meeting Abstract P1-215 Friday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30 Placing leaves on the cnidarian tree of life DEBIASSE, MB; BUCKENMEYER, A*; BABONIS, LS; BENTLAGE, B; COLLINS, AG; DALY, M; MACRANDER, J; REITZEL, AM; STAMPAR, SN; RYAN, JF; Whitney Lab for Marine Bioscience; Whitney Lab for Marine Bioscience; Whitney Lab for Marine Bioscience; University of Guam; National Museum […]
PiSpy Affordable Video Rig for Monitoring Animal Behaviors
Meeting Abstract P1-162 Friday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30 PiSpy: Affordable Video Rig for Monitoring Animal Behaviors KITTREDGE, MJ*; HAWK, A; MENG, O; LAMPARTER, M; THUL, T; PASK, G; Bucknell University mjk041@bucknell.edu Observations of animal behavior can be critical for many ethological questions, such as sensory responses to stimuli, locomotor activity, and eating habits. An automated system […]
Physiological Evidence of Local Adaptation in the Massive Corals Porites lobata and Goniastrea retiformis from Ofu Island, American Samoa
Meeting Abstract P1-201 Friday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30 Physiological Evidence of Local Adaptation in the Massive Corals Porites lobata and Goniastrea retiformis from Ofu Island, American Samoa KLEPAC, CN*; BARSHIS, DJ; Old Dominion University; Old Dominion University cklep001@odu.edu https://ww2.odu.edu/~dbarshis/Home.html Corals native to variable thermal environments often resist bleaching temperatures and survive exposures that typically bleach conspecifics […]
Physiology, Behavior and Reproductive Success of (Gambusia affinis) Under Artificial Light at Night
Meeting Abstract P1-135 Friday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30 Physiology, Behavior and Reproductive Success of (Gambusia affinis) Under Artificial Light at Night MINER, KA*; GABOR, CR; Texas State University; Texas State University krystieaminer@gmail.com Artificial light at night (ALAN) is light that alters the natural light and dark cycle in an ecosystem and includes streetlights, headlights and flood […]
Phylogeography and biodiversity of Pycnogonida in the Western Antarctic
Meeting Abstract P1-202 Friday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30 Phylogeography and biodiversity of Pycnogonida in the Western Antarctic LOBERT, GT*; COLLINS, EE; MAHON, AR; Central Michigan University; Central Michigan University; Central Michigan University lober1gt@cmich.edu Sea spiders (Pycnogonida, Chelicerata) form a basal clade within the phylum Arthropoda that includes over 1300 species to date, with over 260 described […]
Phylogenomic Analysis of Sea Cucumbers Contextualizing a Unique Echinoderm Across Evolution
Meeting Abstract P1-243 Friday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30 Phylogenomic Analysis of Sea Cucumbers: Contextualizing a Unique Echinoderm Across Evolution WHELPLEY, JM*; PAULAY, G; RYAN, JF; Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, University of Florida, St Augustine, FL; Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, University of Florida, St Augustine, […]
Phylogenetics of Holarctic Agelenine spiders using an augmented barcode strategy
Meeting Abstract P1-239 Friday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30 Phylogenetics of Holarctic Agelenine spiders using an augmented barcode strategy ESPINOSA, AJ*; SPAGNA, JC; William Paterson University; William Paterson University espinosaa6@student.wpunj.edu Spiders in the family Agelenidae, and particularly the Agelenine subfamily, is common in Holarctic faunas, with 1287 species described in 80 genera. The growth of DNA barcoding […]
Phylogenetic relationships among the clownfish-hosting sea anemones reveals at least four independent origins of the symbiosis
Meeting Abstract P1-247 Friday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30 Phylogenetic relationships among the clownfish-hosting sea anemones reveals at least four independent origins of the symbiosis BENEDICT, C*; LAROCHE, R; TITUS, B; GUSMãO, L; MEYER, C; ABDULLAH, ML; BARTHOLOMEW , A; DALY, M; REIMER , JD; YANAGI , K; RODRíGUEZ , E; Auburn University; University of Houston; American […]
Phylogenetic and funtional evaluation of Xenarthran hindlimb structure
Meeting Abstract P1-273 Friday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 17:30 Phylogenetic and funtional evaluation of Xenarthran hindlimb structure MARSHALL, SK*; MOSSOR, AM; SPAINHOWER, KB; DIGGINS, TP; SINN, BT; BUTCHER, MT; YSU; YSU; YSU; YSU; WVU; YSU ammossor@student.ysu.edu Morphological divergence in the forelimbs is often associated with functional habits exhibited by the Xenarthra as a clade, ranging from arboreal-suspension […]
