PAITZ, R.T.; HARMS, H.K.; BOWDEN, R.M.; JANZEN, F.J.; Iowa State University; Iowa State University; Iowa State University; Iowa State University: The effect of nest site selection and hatchling size on post-emergent migration patterns and survivability in painted turtles Two key characteristics of turtle life histories are high offspring mortality and low adult mortality. Offspring mortality […]

KAVANAUGH, S.K.*; GORBMAN, A.; SOWER, S.A.; University of New Hampshire, Durham; University of Washington, Seattle; University of New Hampshire, Durham: The distribution of gonadotropin releasing hormone in the urochordate Ciona intestinalis. The tunicate Ciona intestinalis, a urochordate, is in a unique position in the chordate lineage to ask important questions about how animals have evolved […]

KOENIG, MM; SAWYER, SJ*; Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville: The architecture of the actin microfilament network in various species of sea anemones Tissue integrity is maintained through interactions between the cytoskeleton and cell adhesion molecules. Cnidarians were the first animals to have true tissues, but the morphology of the cytoskeleton and its […]

CURTIS*, N. E.; MASSEY, S. E.; PIERCE, S. K.; Univ. of South Florida; Univ. of South Florida; Univ. of South Florida: The algal source of symbiotic chloroplasts in Elysia crispata is not Caulerpa The sacoglossan sea slug, Elysia crispata, sequesters chloroplasts from algal food sources in cells that line the digestive diverticula. The captured chloroplasts […]

LYNN, S.E.; HUNT, K.E.; WINGFIELD, J.C.; Colby College; University of Washington; University of Washington: The adrenocortical response to stress in grassland birds: reexamining ecological influences on the stress response during breeding Environmental perturbations lead to a rise in circulating corticosterone (CORT) in breeding birds, which affects behavior patterns that can maximize survival. However, an individual�s […]

MCCOY, Adam M.; Harvard University: The acoel Convoluta convoluta: A natural experiment for the investigation of barriers to marine invasions Although biological invasions of macrofaunal organisms are recognized as a major problem in marine and terrestrial ecosystems, the importance and extent of invasions of microorganisms in marine environments remain largely unexplored. Species interactions are a […]

BARNES , J. W.; SHERMAN, R. L.; HUSTON , J. P.; RUSSO, A.; SPIELER, R. E.*; Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale; Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale; University of Duesseldorf, ; University of California, Long Beach; Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale: The Yellow Stingray, Urobatis jamaicensis , As A Model For Studying Cerebellar Function In Vertebrates. […]

HALVERSON, K.L.*; PADILLA, D.K.; Whitworth College, Spokane, WA; Stony Brook University, NY: The Scoop on Fish Poop: Diet and Selectivity in the Molluscivorous Pile Perch. Damalichthys vacca, the pile perch, is a common near-shore predator on molluscs, including the littorinid gastropod Lacuna, which is the most abundant gastropod in eelgrass beds in the Northern Puget […]

PARIKH, Victoria N; SCHRUMPF, Mark; CLEMENT, Tricia; FERNALD, Russell D; Stanford University; Stanford University; Stanford University; Stanford University: The Regulatory Effects of Cortisol on Social Status Shift in Haplochromis burtoni The social paradigm of the African Cichlid Fish, Haplochromis burtoni, provides an opportunity to study the interaction of social environment and physiology as they relate […]

IBRAHIM, Ahmed G.; Univ. of California, Irvie: The Metabolic Rate of the Little Skate Raja erinacea Skates are dorsoventrally flattened carnivorous fish that inhabit deep and shallow waters of marine environments (Leonard, et al.). Like all elasmobranches (i.e. sharks, rays), skates lack a bony structure, instead they have a skeleton comprised of a matrix of […]