FRAZIER, M.; HUEY, R.B.; BERRIGAN, D.; Univ. of Washington, Seattle; Univ. of Washington, Seattle; National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD: Insect Population Growth: Hotter is Better A long-standing debate concerns the ability of ectotherm physiology to evolutionarily compensate for shifts in body temperature. The �thermodynamic school� maintains that the thermodynamically governed increase in kinetic energy with […]

KOZLOWSKI, Lauren B; BOWDEN, Rachel M; Illinois State Univ; Illinois State Univ: Improved yolk removal techniques elevate hatching success in the Painted Turtle Studies utilizing yolk removal techniques have been highly successful in birds and lizards, with the majority of manipulated eggs surviving to hatch. In sharp contrast, studies employing yolk removal techniques in turtles […]

DINKELACKER, S.A.; COSTANZO, J.P.; LEE, R.E.; Miami University; Miami University; Miami University: Implications for the roles of anoxia tolerance and antioxidants in promoting freeze tolerance in hatchling turtles The capacity for freeze tolerance varies among turtle species and is potentially limited by a functional anoxia that occurs during freezing, among other things. Because anoxia tolerance […]

SCHOLNICK, D. A.*; BURNETT, K. G.; BURNETT, L. E.; Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Fl; Grice Marine Lab, College of Charleston, SC: Impact of Bacterial Infection on Respiratory Function in the Penaeid Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei Following injection into muscle or hemolymph, bacterial pathogens rapidly localize to crustacean gills and hepatopancreas, while the number of circulating hemocytes […]

BRIAN, B.K.*; SCHILL, R.O.; TUNNACLIFFE, A; Univ. of Cambridge, UK; Univ. of T�bingen, Germany ; Univ. of Cambridge, UK: Hydrophilic proteins in invertebrate anhydrobiosis Over the last 30 years, much attention has been focused on the role of trehalose in anhydrobiosis. However, desiccation tolerant bdelloid rotifers Philodina roseola and Adineta vaga lack trehalose or other […]

SYME, D.A.*; STRUTHERS, C.N.; University of Calgary, Alberta; University of Calgary, Alberta: How Much Can Tendons Improve Jump Height? Computer simulated jumping with a muscle-tendon-load complex Inserting a compliant tendon between a muscle and a load results in an increase in the height to which the muscle can lift the load. What are the limits […]

MEAD, K. S.; Denison University, Granville, OH: How Do You Make Peer Review Safe And Effective In An Undergraduate Science Students write better for each other than for their instructor. I have tried to simultaneously use this desire to appear in a good light to peers and structure the exercise in such a way that […]

LEVIN, RA; LALAND, KN; GRANT, DR; University of Colorado at Boulder; University of St. Andrews; University of Colorado at Boulder: How Do Organisms Respond to Competing Energetic Requirements? The Working Energy/Take-Home Energy Hypothesis All organisms must obtain energy from their environments, and perform work in order to do so. The working energy/take-home energy hypothesis (Levin […]

THOMAS, K. S.; SATTERLIE, R. A.; Arizona State University and Colorado State University; University of North Carolina, Willmington: How Do Jellyfish Turn?: Neuromuscular Considerations We are continuing an investigation of the muscle architecture of cubomedusae primarily through a thorough biomechanical and neurophysiological study of swim mechanics in these agile jellyfish. Through the immunohistochemical localization of […]

SHADWICK, R E; BERNAL, D; SYME, D A ; DONLEY, J M; UC San Diego; Weber State Univ.; Univ. of Calgary; UC San Diego: Hot shark in cold water: contractile properties of muscle from the endothermic alaskan salmon shark, Lamna ditropis. We studied properties of red (RM) and white (WM) muscle from 3 Lamna ditropis […]