HAN, D.W.*; WATSON, R.D.; University of Alabama at Birmingham; University of Alabama at Birmingham: Effect of Cyclic AMP on Protein Synthesis in Crustacean (Callinectes sapidus) Y-Organs Paired Y-organs secrete ecdysteroid hormones that control cycles of growth and molting in crustaceans. Y-Organs are regulated, at least in part, by molt-inhibiting hormone (MIH), a peptide produced and […]

RAHMAN, Y.J.*; DROSER, M.L.; Univ. of California, Riverside; Univ. of California, Riverside: Ecology through Time: Studying a Guild from a Paleoecological Perspective The study of ecological change through evolutionary time has often proceeded from a taxonomic standpoint rather than a functional ecological one. However, changes in taxonomic composition are not sufficient to describe ecological change […]

WOJCIECHOWSKI, M.*; KORINE, C.; DANIEL, S.; PINSHOW, B.; Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Israel & N.Copernicus Univ., Poland; Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Israel; Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Israel; Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Israel: Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry is a reliable method for measuring body fat content in small insectivorous bats. We examined […]

LOCKHART, S. J.; MOOI, R.; PEARSE, J. S.; California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco and University of California, Santa Cruz; California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco; University of California, Santa Cruz: Does the brooding cidaroid, Aporocidaris milleri (Agassiz 1898), really have the greatest geographic range of any regular sea urchin? When Fell (1976) and David […]

LUXAMA, J.; BOYKIN, M.; ROMEO, A.; CARROLL, M.A.; CATAPANE, E.J.; Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn; Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn; Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn; Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn; Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn: Distribution of Copper in Tissues of Crassostrea virginica Jamaica Bay (JB), NY contains metals and other pollutants. We showed Crassostrea virginica spats transplanted to JB […]

JOHNSON, J. I.*; SWITZER, R. D. III; SUDHEIMER, K. D.; FERREIRA, F. M.; MARINO, L.; FOBBS, A. J. Jr.; Michigan State Univ.; Neuroscience Assoc., Inc.; Univ. of Michigan; Michigan State Univ.; Emory Univ.; Nat’l. Mus. Health & Med., A. F. I. P.; ; : Distinctive organization of the basal ganglia in the brains of cetaceans. […]

HIEBERT , S.M.; PANNORFI, R.; LEININGER, E.; LE, L.; HUNERYAGER, R.; PIKE, E.; Swarthmore College; Swarthmore College; Swarthmore College; Swarthmore College; Swarthmore College; Swarthmore College; ; : Dietary lipids, temperature and melatonin: behavioral preference adjustments in hamsters consistent with the membrane homeoviscosity model For hibernators, seasonal changes in the lipid composition of membranes are considered […]

DAVIS, J. R.*; DENARDO, D. F.; MATTLIN, A. K.; GALLARDO, L. I.; Arizona State University: Daily and Seasonal Activity Patterns of the Gila Monster, Heloderma suspectum The hot, arid conditions of temperate deserts provide considerable physiological challenges. Therefore, despite the dependence on surface activity for foraging and reproductive behaviors, many desert species have restricted periods […]

KOLOK*, A.S.; PEAKE, E.B.; ROARK , S.A.; GUTTMAN, S.I.; University of Nebraska, Omaha; University of Nebraska, Omaha; Miami Univ. Oxford, Ohio; Miami Univ. Oxford, Ohio: Cu tolerance in fathead minnows: Insight from a laboratory selection experiment. The objective of this study was to determine if the copper (Cu) tolerance of adult fathead minnows is heritable. […]

HINKLE, L.; GARCIA, M.; VEILLETTE, P.A.; SPECKER, J.L.; University of Rhode Island; University of Rhode Island; University of Rhode Island; University of Rhode Island: Cortisol concentrations, the glucocorticoid-like receptor, and Na+/K+-ATPase in the juvenile summer flounder (Paralichythys dentatus) subjected to osmotic stress Cortisol is the glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid in teleost fishes and is regarded as […]