Meeting Abstract P3.103 Monday, Jan. 6 15:30 Latent effects of multiple stressors on southern toads, Anaxyrus terrestris RUMRILL, C.T.*; FLYNN, R.W.; SCOTT, D.E.; LANCE, S.L.; Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia, Aiken, SC rumrill@srel.uga.edu Anthropogenic stressors cause lethal and sublethal effects that contribute to population declines in amphibians; however, few studies examine effects after metamorphosis. In […]
sessions: Posters Session 3
Keeping Your Enemies Close Neural and Hormonal Mechanisms of Cooperative Defense in a Cichlid Fish
Meeting Abstract P3.13 Monday, Jan. 6 15:30 Keeping Your Enemies Close: Neural and Hormonal Mechanisms of Cooperative Defense in a Cichlid Fish WEITEKAMP, C. A. *; HOFMANN, H. A.; UT Austin; UT Austin chelseaweitekamp@gmail.com Neighboring territorial males of many species exhibit less aggression toward each other than toward strangers (“dear enemy effect”). To maintain this relationship and […]
Jaw Muscle Activation in Freshwater Stingrays
Meeting Abstract P3.176 Monday, Jan. 6 15:30 Jaw Muscle Activation in Freshwater Stingrays KHURSIGARA, A.J.*; BRODEUR, L.K.; GERRY, S.P.; Fairfield University ; Fairfield University ; Fairfield University akhursigara@student.fairfield.edu Batoids (skates and rays) have specialized jaws that can function independently due to their cartilaginous skeleton, a lack of a ligamentous connection between the jaws and skull, and the […]
Isolation of snail and twist from the pencil urchin to gain insight into the heterochronic shift in the ingression of skeletogenic mesenchyme during echinoid evolution
Meeting Abstract P3.91 Monday, Jan. 6 15:30 Isolation of snail and twist from the pencil urchin to gain insight into the heterochronic shift in the ingression of skeletogenic mesenchyme during echinoid evolution. PALMQUIST, A; PAULE, M; ROMANO, L*; Denison University; Denison University; Denison University romanol@denison.edu We are utilizing the sea urchin as a model system to explore […]
Is the Use of Torpor by Hummingbirds Limited in Landscapes with Warm Nighttime Temperatures
Meeting Abstract P3.73 Monday, Jan. 6 15:30 Is the Use of Torpor by Hummingbirds Limited in Landscapes with Warm Nighttime Temperatures? SCHROEDER, RJ*; POWERS, DR; WETHINGTON, SM; George Fox Univ., Newberg, OR; George Fox Univ., Newberg, OR; Hummingbird Monitoring Network, Patagonia, AZ rschroeder11@georgefox.edu Hummingbirds are found across landscapes that differ markedly in temperature extremes. If the temperature […]
Invasion of rhizocephalan parasite Loxothylacus panopaei (Gissler, 1884) in the northwest Atlantic
Meeting Abstract P3.116 Monday, Jan. 6 15:30 Invasion of rhizocephalan parasite Loxothylacus panopaei (Gissler, 1884) in the northwest Atlantic. KULINS, S.*; FREEMAN, A.; FOWLER, A.; BLAKESLEE, A.; Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, USA.; Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, USA.; Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA. ; Long Island University–Post, Brookville, NY, USA. skulins@gmail.com Loxothylacus panopaei is a […]
Intraspecies variability in GABA-immunoreactive neurons in the central nervous system of Helix aspersa
Meeting Abstract P3.184 Monday, Jan. 6 15:30 Intraspecies variability in GABA-immunoreactive neurons in the central nervous system of Helix aspersa HODA, A.B.*; BALTZLEY, M.J.; Western Oregon University; Western Oregon University ahoda10@wou.edu While the central nervous systems of closely related species are generally conserved, there are many examples of variability in the size, number, and location of homologous […]
Interactions between two cooling mechanisms, color change and behavioral thermoregulation, in Battus philenor caterpillars
Meeting Abstract P3.56 Monday, Jan. 6 15:30 Interactions between two cooling mechanisms, color change and behavioral thermoregulation, in Battus philenor caterpillars NIELSEN, ME*; PAPAJ, DR; University of Arizona; University of Arizona nielsenm@email.arizona.edu When organisms respond to an environmental change via phenotypic plasticity, they can often change several different traits, and the changes in these different traits may […]
Influence of ambient temperature on the pre-flight and flight activities of pheromone-stimulated male moths
Meeting Abstract P3.57 Monday, Jan. 6 15:30 Influence of ambient temperature on the pre-flight and flight activities of pheromone-stimulated male moths CRESPO, J.G.*; GOLLER, F.; VICKERS, N.J.; University of Utah; University of Utah; University of Utah jose.crespo@utah.edu Male moths fly upwind when detecting pheromone molecules emitted by a conspecific female. In order to sustain flight, endothermic insects […]
Induction of reproductive fate in the Pea Aphid
Meeting Abstract P3.95 Monday, Jan. 6 15:30 Induction of reproductive fate in the Pea Aphid SPICA, E.; DAVIS, G.K.*; Bryn Mawr College; Bryn Mawr College gdavis@brynmawr.edu The pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, exhibits several environmentally cued, discrete, alternate phenotypes (polyphenisms) during its life cycle. In the case of the reproductive polyphenism, differences in day length determine whether mothers […]
