BUHR, Gabriel ; LOWERY, Dr. Sue; DRAWBRIDGE, Mark: The Effect of Current Velocity on Growth and Muscle Development in White Seabass (Atractoscion nobilis) White seabass (Atractoscion nobilis) are cultured for stock enhancement at the Hubbs -Sea World Research Institute’s marine hatchery located in Carlsbad, California. Historically, current velocities in these systems have been inconsistent and […]

CHA, Ha-Rim; FAUTIN, Daphne Gail; SONG, Jun-Im: The Diversity of Korean Sea Anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria) The purpose of this study was to investigate the regional distribution of Korean actiniarians and to evaluate the frequency of occurrence of each species in Korea. Specimens were collected at 75 localities on the coast of the Korean peninsula and […]

YOUNG, B.A.; DALEY, K.; LEE, C.: The Comparative Anatomy of the Fang Sheath in Snakes The fang sheath is a drape of connective tissue and epithelium that surrounds the fang of all proteroglyphic and solenoglyphic snakes. The fang sheath is generally described as “supporting” the fang, and recent experimental analyses suggest that it may have […]

LOPEZ, E.M.*; NORRIS, D.O.: The Actions of Methoprene Acid on a Developing Urodele The objective of this study was to characterize the biological actions of methoprene acid (MA), a natural degradation product of the insecticide, methoprene, on a developing axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum, and to assess the levels of developmental stability following treatment of embryos and […]

KRAJNIAK, K.G.*; KLOHR, S.D.: Structure Activity Relationship of the FMRFamide Receptor in the Earthworm Crop-gizzard Previously we have shown the neuropeptide FMRFamide can increase the rate of spontaneous contractions in the isolated earthworm crop-gizzard. Since other tetrapeptide and heptapepitde FMRFamide related sequences have been found in annelids, we used the Lumbricus terrestris crop-gizzard assay to […]

SCOTT, M.P.: Social and Environmental Factors that Do and Do Not Affect Juvenile Hormone of Burying Beetles Burying beetles use small vertebrate carcasses that they bury and prepare as a breeding resource. They have facultative bi-parental care and commonly both male and female beetles (Nicrophorus orbicollis) remain in the burial chamber to feed and guard […]

SPARKS, Garrett; COOPER, Robin; DUDEL, Josef: Serotonin offsets saturation of synaptic release in crayfish motor nerve terminals With repetitive stimulation of the crayfish walking leg opener motor nerve terminal, in short pulse trains at given frequency, the excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSP) facilitate and reach a plateau in amplitude, an effect known as short term facilitation […]

PIRTLE, T.J.; SATTERLIE, R.A.: Serotonergic Modulation of Ionic Currents Underlying Postinhibitory Rebound in Clione Swim Interneurons Swimming in the pteropod mollusk, Clione limacina, is generated by two antagonistic groups of swim interneurons that reciprocally inhibit each other. One property of swim interneurons in each group that contributes to locomotor pattern generation is postinhibitory rebound (PIR). […]

HUI, C.A.*; BEYER, W.N.: Sediment Ingestion of Two Sympatric Shorebird Species Ingestion of sediment during feeding is normal among many wildlife species. The consumption of contaminants from this source may be greater than that from the rest of the diet. For example, the principal source of health-impairing amounts of lead in Wood Ducks (Aix sponsa) […]

JOHNSON, A.S.*; PRATT, M.C.: Safety in numbers: Do algal canopies reduce dislodgment? Persistence in the wave-exposed rocky intertidal implies resistance to dislodgment by waves. The ratio of breaking force to drag indicates safety from breakage, with values > 1 indicating safety and values < 1 indicating danger. For Chondrus crispus we estimated drag on thalli […]