Meeting Abstract P3-18.5  Wednesday, Jan. 6 15:30  Distribution of Anthropogenic Mercury in a Forested Wetland THOMPSON , C.L; THOMPSON, carl; University of Hawaii-Manoa carlthom@hawaii.edu Global climate change will have an impact on the distribution and movement of global Hg during a period in which the global mercury and methylmercury budget is increasing. The main impact of mercury […]

Meeting Abstract P3-182  Wednesday, Jan. 6 15:30  Covering ground: A look at movement patterns and random walk behavior in Aquilonastra sea stars LOHMANN, A.C.*; EVANGELISTA, D.J.; WALDROP, L.D.; MAH, C.; HEDRICK, T.L.; Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Smithsonian Institution; Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel […]

Meeting Abstract P3-187  Wednesday, Jan. 6 15:30  Cost of Courtship: Effects of Male-Male Competition on Harm Experienced by Females in Hyalella Amphipods DHOONMOON, A.*; COTHRAN, R.D.; Southwestern Oklahoma State University; Southwestern Oklahoma State University rickey.cothran@swosu.edu Sexual conflict over mating is common in nature and arises because males and females have clashing interests over whether, when, how often […]

Meeting Abstract P3-177  Wednesday, Jan. 6 15:30  Corticosterone measurements differ in plasma sampled from a wing vein and trunk vessels ERNST, DK*; LYNN, SE; BENTLEY, GE; Univ. of California, Berkeley, Univ. of San Francisco; The College of Wooster; Univ. of California, Berkeley dernst@usfca.edu Hormone levels are not necessarily uniform throughout the circulatory system, and thus estimates of […]

Meeting Abstract P3-125  Wednesday, Jan. 6 15:30  Contributions of wing condition and wing veins to flexural stiffness in three species of Lycaenid butterflies NINAD, N.*; DAVIS, J.L.; FIELD, B.S.; MCCLOUD, E.S.; University of Southern Indiana; University of Southern Indiana; University of Southern Indiana; University of Southern Indiana emccloud@usi.edu Wing flexural stiffness plays an important role in our […]

Meeting Abstract P3-150  Wednesday, Jan. 6 15:30  Continuous culture, post hatch metamorphosis and staging of the lobate ctenophore, Mnemiopsis leidyi PRESNELL, J.S.*; BUBEL, M.; PATRY, W.; BROWNE, W.E.; Univ. of Miami, FL; Monterey Bay Aquarium, CA; Monterey Bay Aquarium, CA; Univ. of Miami, FL j.presnell@umiami.edu Ctenophores have increasingly become a critical taxon for investigating the molecular underpinnings […]

Meeting Abstract P3-152  Wednesday, Jan. 6 15:30  Conserved Hox gene expression during larval stages in the bat star, Patiria miniata HIDAYAT, A.S.*; MINOR, P.J.; LOWE, C.J.; University of Washington, Seattle WA; Hopkins Marine Station, Pacific Grove, CA; Hopkins Marine Station, Pacific Grove, CA ahidayat@uw.edu Hox genes constitute an essential and ubiquitous mechanism in the construction of the […]

Meeting Abstract P3-13  Wednesday, Jan. 6 15:30  Comparative transciptome of Caribbean Octocoral Briareum asbestinum RIVERA, L.*; SCHIZAS, N.V.; Univ. of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Univ. of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez liajayrivera1@gmail.com The octocoral Briareum asbestinum is found in the Caribbean, Bermudas and Bahamas shallow reefs and consists of two morphological forms: erect and encrusted, sometimes found next to each […]

Meeting Abstract P3-16  Wednesday, Jan. 6 15:30  Comparative Vision Gene Expression in Cave Adapted Crayfish STERN, D.B.*; CRANDALL, K.A.; The George Washington Univ., Compuational Biology Insitute; The George Washington Univ., Compuational Biology Insitute dbstern@gwmail.gwu.edu The repeated evolution of convergent morphologies in cave adapted organisms, across widely divergent taxonomic groups, has long fascinated biologists. Evolving to live in […]

Meeting Abstract P3-107  Wednesday, Jan. 6 15:30  Comparative Ambystomoid Gait Kinematics ELDRIDGE, ML*; SPERANDO, D; GLAZER, A; MASS, SM; State University of New York, New Paltz; State University of New York, New Paltz; State University of New York, New Paltz; State University of New York, New Paltz N02377336@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu https://sites.newpaltz.edu/devbio/ Axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum) are neotenic salamanders that do […]