Meeting Abstract P3.124  Friday, Jan. 6  Size matters, but so does shape: Quantifying complex shape changes in a sexually selected trait in stalk-eyed flies WORTHINGTON, Amy/M; BERNS, Chelsea/M; SWALLOW, John/G*; Iowa State University, Ames; Iowa State University, Ames; University of South Dakota, Vermillion john.swallow@usd.edu The elaborate morphologies of sexually selected ornaments are predicted to be costly. Ornament […]

Meeting Abstract P3.49  Friday, Jan. 6  Sirtuin-induced protein deacetylation affects the heat shock response in blue mussel congeners (Mytilus) BEAM, M*; ZUZOW, M; TOMANEK, L; California Polytechnic State Uni., San Luis Obispo; California Polytechnic State Uni., San Luis Obispo; California Polytechnic State Uni., San Luis Obispo mbeam@berkeley.edu The warm-adapted Mediterranean blue mussel species Mytilus galloprovincialis invaded southern […]

Meeting Abstract P3.142  Friday, Jan. 6  Sideslipping Maneuvers in Free-Flying Hawkmoths GREETER, Jeremy SM*; HEDRICK, Tyson L; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill jgreeter@live.unc.edu Pilots envy the ability of some flying insects to dart in any direction with seeming ease. Recent research revealed some of the biological and mechanical rules that govern these maneuvers in insects […]

Meeting Abstract P3.191  Friday, Jan. 6  Sexual Dimorphism and Species Distinctions in the Genus Edotia (Crustacea: Isopoda) BOYKO, CB*; MOSCATO, DJ; Dowling College; Dowling College cboyko@amnh.org Since 1818, 21 species of isopods have been described in the genus Edotia. Two of these have been removed to other genera and two have been relegated to synonymy. In the […]

Meeting Abstract P3.71  Friday, Jan. 6  Sex-specific gene interactions in the patterning of insect genitalia ASPIRAS, A.C.*; ANGELINI, D.R.; American University; American University aaspiras42@gmail.com Genitalia play an important role in the life histories of insects, as in other animals. These structures are a unique developmental system to explore as they are rapidly evolving sexually dimorphic structures derived […]

Meeting Abstract P3.35  Friday, Jan. 6  Seasonal variation in body size of native bees: thermal constraint or resource limitation? BELL, C.B.*; DILLON, M.E.; University of Wyoming, Laramie; University of Wyoming, Laramie cbell@uwyo.edu Body size has profound implications for the physiology and ecology of insect pollinators, and strongly affects their role within pollinator networks. Several considerations suggest that […]

Meeting Abstract P3.56  Friday, Jan. 6  Sea Urchin Foraging: Impacts in Coral Recruits WALTERS, L*; TURNER, T; PAUL, V; KUFFNER, I; Univ. of Central Florida; Univ. of the Virgin Islands; Smithsonian, Ft. Pierce; USGS linda.walters@ucf.edu The die-off of the long-spined black sea urchin Diadema antillarum in Caribbean waters in the 1980s coincided with a dramatic increase in […]

Meeting Abstract P3.92  Friday, Jan. 6  Scaling of Manduca sexta midgut tissue and amino acid transporter expression YEOH, Aaron/J; VELA-MENDOZA, Allison/V; GILLEN, Chris/M*; Kenyon College; Kenyon College; Kenyon College gillenc@kenyon.edu We assessed mass and gene expression in 3rd through 5th instar Manduca sexta midgut. Wet mass of gut tissue increased in comparison to total body mass with […]

Meeting Abstract P3.55  Friday, Jan. 6  Response to adult conspecific odor is modulated by salinity in metamorphosing megalopae of the fiddler crab Uca minax KAINI, P*; SHRESTHA, S; ROBERTS, B; ZHU, N; BRODIE, R; Mount Holyoke College; Mount Holyoke College; Mount Holyoke College; Mount Holyoke College; Mount Holyoke College rbrodie@mtholyoke.edu The complex lifecycle of decapod crustaceans involves […]

Meeting Abstract P3.53  Friday, Jan. 6  Quantitative genetic analysis of acquisition of metamorphic competence in Hydroides elegans, and consequences for larval dispersal HOLM, E.R.*; ANIL, A.C.; HADFIELD, M.G.; Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division; National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, INDIA; Kewalo Marine Laboratory, University of Hawaii eric.holm@navy.mil Dispersal of planktonic larvae of sessile marine invertebrates is the […]