Meeting Abstract P3-206 Saturday, Jan. 7 15:30 – 17:30 Scaling of Terrestrial and Arboreal Defensive Strikes by Ratsnakes FULBRIGHT, MF*; PENNING, DA; HILLARD, CJ; University of Lousiana at Lafayette; Missouri Southern State University; University of Louisiana at Lafayette fulbrightm@louisiana.edu http://fulbrightm.wixsite.com/biology Until recently, only a few studies quantified striking performance in snakes. Aside from fleeing predators, snakes use […]
sessions: Posters Session 3
Scaling of Speed, Excess Post-exercise Oxygen Consumption, and Energetic Cost of Lateral Undulation in Cornsnakes (Pantherophis guttatus)
Meeting Abstract P3-177 Saturday, Jan. 7 15:30 – 17:30 Scaling of Speed, Excess Post-exercise Oxygen Consumption, and Energetic Cost of Lateral Undulation in Cornsnakes (Pantherophis guttatus) WASS, ED*; MARIAN, AD; GERALD, GW; Nebraska Wesleyan University; Nebraska Wesleyan University; Nebraska Wesleyan University equestrianemma285@gmail.com Body size has a large impact on nearly all physiological functions in animals. Because of […]
Scaling of Resting Metabolic Rates in Cornsnakes (Pantherophis guttatus) with Comparisons to Other Snakes Varying in Activity Levels
Meeting Abstract P3-257 Saturday, Jan. 7 15:30 – 17:30 Scaling of Resting Metabolic Rates in Cornsnakes (Pantherophis guttatus) with Comparisons to Other Snakes Varying in Activity Levels MARIAN, AD*; WASS, ED; GERALD, GW; Nebraska Wesleyan University; Nebraska Wesleyan University; Nebraska Wesleyan University amarian@nebrwesleyan.edu Resting metabolic rate usually scales with body mass to between the 0.67 and 1.0 […]
Scaling and Morphology of the Armor in the Northern Spearnose Poacher, Agonopsis vulsa
Meeting Abstract P3-253 Saturday, Jan. 7 15:30 – 17:30 Scaling and Morphology of the Armor in the Northern Spearnose Poacher, Agonopsis vulsa PFEIFFENBERGER, JA*; SUMMERS, AP; Temple University; University of Washington, Friday Harbor Labs jpfeiffe@temple.edu http://pfeiffenberger.weebly.com Adult northern spearnose poachers (Agonopsis vulsa), like other poachers, are heavily armored, lack swimbladders, and live on the seafloor. However, as […]
Sangre de Drago Inhibits Growth of Staphylococcal Isolates
Meeting Abstract P3-29 Saturday, Jan. 7 15:30 – 17:30 Sangre de Drago Inhibits Growth of Staphylococcal Isolates HERSH, KN*; CAUGHRON, JE; CAUGHRON, JJ; DAVIS, JE; Radford University; Radford University; Radford University; Radford University Khersh@radford.edu The purpose of this research is to expand our knowledge of antimicrobial properties of Croton lechleri (commonly known as Sangre de Drago), a […]
Salinity and temperature stressors increase metabolic and grazing rates in Phyllaplysia taylori
Meeting Abstract P3-159 Saturday, Jan. 7 15:30 – 17:30 Salinity and temperature stressors increase metabolic and grazing rates in Phyllaplysia taylori FAYE, LE*; STILLMAN, JH; Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies, San Francisco State University ; 1. Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies, San Francisco State University 2. University of California, Berkeley lfaye@mail.sfsu.edu Phyllaplysia taylori, a sea […]
Running on uneven surfaces The effect of substrate particle size and unevenness on performance
Meeting Abstract P3-220 Saturday, Jan. 7 15:30 – 17:30 Running on uneven surfaces: The effect of substrate particle size and unevenness on performance CROCKETT, ME*; BERGMANN, PJ; Clark University; Clark University mcrockett@clarku.edu The physical characteristics of substrates that terrestrial animals move on can affect their locomotor performance and kinematics. Uneven surfaces are ubiquitous in nature and animals […]
Rod Running Performance and Inter-Leg Coordination is Unchanged by Inversion
Meeting Abstract P3-221 Saturday, Jan. 7 15:30 – 17:30 Rod Running Performance and Inter-Leg Coordination is Unchanged by Inversion LEE, CY*; HUNT, N; FULL, RJ; University of California, Berkeley; University of California, Berkeley; University of California, Berkeley clee16@berkeley.edu Legged animals are often challenged to change gaits to negotiate destabilizing substrates. In our previous study of branch running […]
Reproductive effects on lipid transport capacity in liver and blood in rats
Meeting Abstract P3-188 Saturday, Jan. 7 15:30 – 17:30 Reproductive effects on lipid transport capacity in liver and blood in rats KALLENBERG, MK*; ZHANG, Y; HYATT, HW; KAVAZIS, AN; HOOD, WR; Auburn University; Auburn University; Auburn University; Auburn University; Auburn University mkk0009@tigermail.auburn.edu To support the high energetic demands of reproduction, female mammals display plasticity in many physiological […]
Relative period of temperature sensitive is dependent upon specific incubation temperature
Meeting Abstract P3-192 Saturday, Jan. 7 15:30 – 17:30 Relative period of temperature sensitive is dependent upon specific incubation temperature ROBERGE, TM*; WIBBELS, T; Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham; Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham troberge@uab.edu Temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) is a form of sex determination in which incubation temperature during the temperature sensitive period (TSP) determines sex. […]
