WANG, Ping/M; Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta: The Holographic Repetition Law: A Possible Principle in Organism Evolution? As any piece of a holograph may represent the whole image, some parts in the brain have been identified that spatially correspond with different areas of the body, and thousands of years of experience with acupuncture have shown […]

BURGENTS, J.E.*; BURNETT, K.G.; STABB, E.V.; BURNETT, L.E.; College of Charleston; College of Charleston; Univ. of Georgia; College of Charleston: The Clearance and Tissue Distribution of a Live, Pathogenic Vibrio sp. in the Pacific White Shrimp, Litopeneaus vannamei Although numerous mechanisms of immune defense have been described in crustaceans, including anti-microbial peptides, the prophenoloxidase cascade, […]

COWART, J.D.*; PAWLIK, J.R.; University of North Carolina at Wilmington; University of North Carolina at Wilmington: The Ascidian Tunic: A First Line of Defense Against Potential Predators? Investigations of defensive mechanisms of ascidians have focused primarily on the orders Aplousobranchia and Phlebobranchia. The tunics of members of these orders are known to contain extremely high […]

BAUCHINGER, U; VAN’T HOF, T; BIEBACH, H; University of Munich (LMU), Germany; Wright State University, USA; Max-Planck-Institute for Ornithology: Testicular development during long-distance spring migration Long-distance migratory birds are challenged to reproduce immediately after arrival in the breeding area, following the demanding process of migration. We studied gonadal development during spring migration. Garden warblers Sylvia […]

BUSCH, D.S.; MOORE, I.T.; WINGFIELD, J.C.; University of Washington, Seattle; University of Washington, Seattle; University of Washington, Seattle: Territorial aggression of a tropical passerine, Zonotrichia capensis, in response to a variety of conspecific intruders The expression of territorial aggression by reproductive resident birds varies between the sexes and among different intruder types. Previous studies have […]

MYERS, R.P.*; MEYERS, R.A.; Weber State University: Taking the plunge: Pouch morphology and function in Brown Pelicans Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) plunge-dive for food, and can attain speeds of 18 m/s before impact with the water. After immersion, their mandibles bow from a resting position of about 5 cm apart to over 15 cm apart […]

ZIEGLER, T. A.; FORWARD, JR., R. B.; Duke University Marine Laboratory; Duke University Marine Laboratory: Synchronous timing of larval release in the mole crab, Emerita talpoidia Ovigerous females of the mole crab Emerita talpodia were monitored in the laboratory to determine if the time of larval release is synchronous and to investigate the role of […]

HANCE, J.M.; WOHLGEMUTH, S.E.; JULIAN, D.; University of Florida, Gainesville; University of Florida, Gainesville; University of Florida, Gainesville: Survival of coelomocytes from the intertidal polychaete Glycera dibranchiata during exposure to H2S and the effects of MPTP inhibitors to reduce cytotoxicity Inhibition of cytochrome c oxidase has traditionally been accepted as the lethal mechanism of hydrogen […]

KUBOKAWA, K.*; MIZUTA, T.; Ocean Res. Inst., Univ. of Tokyo, Japan; Ocean Res. Inst., Univ. of Tokyo, Japan: Spontaneous spawning of amphioxus in aquarium Several hundreds of mature amphioxus, Branchiostoma belcheri, were collected by dredging from sand bottom of 20 m depth in Enshu-Nada Sea, Japan in July, 2000 and July, 2001. They were kept […]

OLSON, C.; GARNER, L.M.; BILOTTA, J.; MCELROY, D.*; Western Kentucky University; Western Kentucky University; Western Kentucky University; Western Kentucky University: Spectral sensitivity of ERG b- and d-waves in African cichlid fishes: comparisons with habitat, ecology and phylogeny Previous studies indicate that African cichlid fish species express alternative combinations of five ancestral cone types, with peak […]