Meeting Abstract P3.26  Sunday, Jan. 6  PCB-126 exposure lowered antimicrobial peptide secretion in juvenile northern leopard frogs CARY, TL*; PASK, JD; ROLLINS-SMITH, LA; KARASOV, WH; Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Vanderbilt Univ. Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Vanderbilt Univ. Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI tcary@wisc.edu Two factors threatening global amphibian populations are disease and […]

Meeting Abstract P3.96  Sunday, Jan. 6  Open Wide! An Analysis of Interspecific Variation in Baleen Ultrastructure ZELLMER, N.*; BERTA, A.; San Diego State Univ.; San Diego State Univ. ntzellmer@gmail.com Baleen whales (Cetacea: Mysticeti), some of the largest animals to have ever existed, reach their colossal size through the exploitation of a novel ecological niche using a unique […]

Meeting Abstract P3.23  Sunday, Jan. 6  Ontogenesis of Group Regulatory Behavior in Mouse Litters SHELTON, DS*; ALBERTS, JR; Indiana University-Bloomington; Indiana University-Bloomington delsshel@indiana.edu Individual developmental trajectories are shaped by social stimuli (e.g., parental care, dominance relations), and environmental cues (e.g., light, temperature, food). In theory, both kinds of cues should also affect group behavior that emerges from […]

Meeting Abstract P3.46  Sunday, Jan. 6  Octopamine Has a Dual Effect on Heart Rate of Crassostrea virginica HOQUE, R.*; JEANLOUIS, A.; CARROLL, M.A.; CATAPANE, E.J.; Medgar Evers College; Medgar Evers College; Medgar Evers College; Medgar Evers College catapane@mec.cuny.edu Octopamine (OA) a biogenic amine first identified in octopus has been well studied in arthropods and gastropods being as […]

Meeting Abstract P3.50  Sunday, Jan. 6  New experimental model to investigate effects of augmented intracardiac shunt COOK, E.Y.*; OWERKOWICZ, T; California State Univ., San Bernardino; California State Univ., San Bernardino cooke300@coyote.csusb.edu Central vascular shunting is present in all vertebrates during development and lost only in mammals and birds after birth/hatching. The persistence of cardiac shunting among extant […]

Meeting Abstract P3.159  Sunday, Jan. 6  Neural control of gas exchange pattern is phase-dependent in the desert locust GEFEN, E.*; BERMAN, T.S.; University of Haifa- Oranim, Israel gefene@research.haifa.ac.il The adaptive significance of discontinuous gas-exchange cycles (DGC) in insects is contentious. The recently proposed neural hypothesis suggests that DGC is expressed when insects conserve energy by reducing brain […]

Meeting Abstract P3.153  Sunday, Jan. 6  Muscular Organization of a Scyphozoan Jellyfish: Aurelia aurita ZIMMERMAN, K.L.*; SATTERLIE, R.A. ; University of North Carolina at Wilmington; University of North Carolina at Wilmington klz2540@uncw.edu The musculature of the Scyphozoan jellyfish Aurelia aurita was studied and observed, specifically within the subumbrella. Previous studies have concluded that the subumbrella of Aurelia […]

Meeting Abstract P3.122  Sunday, Jan. 6  Mucosal C-type lectins in the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica: Potential involvement in particle capture and mucosal immunity PALES ESPINOSA, E; JING, X; PERRIGAULT , M; ALLAM, B*; Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY Bassem.Allam@stonybrook.edu Lectins are known to participate in the defense function of invertebrates where they play an important role […]

Meeting Abstract P3.87  Sunday, Jan. 6  Morphological evolution within Miconieae (Melastomataceae): Insights from the Secundiflorae clade using morphometric data AUGUSTIRO, W.*; OCAMPO, G.; University of Hawaii, Manoa; California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California wendeea@hawaii.edu The Melastomataceae is a large tropical to subtropical family with ca. 5000 species. One of its tribes, Miconieae, includes about 2200 species […]

Meeting Abstract P3.29  Sunday, Jan. 6  Morphological and Behavioral Differences between a Fish Population from a Wastewater Effluent Pond Compared to a Reference Lake DANIELS, K/D*; SCHROER, M/L; PROPPER, C/R; Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff kdd42@nau.edu Globally, reclaimed wastewater effluent (WWE) is an important resource for irrigation, recreation, creation of wetlands, and direct recharge of aquifers. However, in […]