OYARZUN, FX; University of Washington: Nurse eggs and cannibalism influence intracapsular development and survival in a poecilogonous spionid polychaete Poecilogony is the ability to alternate between multiple developmental modes. Boccardia proboscidea, a spionid polychaete, has three different types of developmental strategies, including one in which capsules have approximately 90% nurse eggs and a mixture of […]

ESTES, J.M.; WIBBELS, T.; HILLIS-STARR, Z.; PHILLIPS, B.; MAYOR, P.; University of Alabama at Birmingham; University of Alabama at Birmingham; National Park Service, St. Croix, U.S.V.I.; National Park Service, St. Croix, U.S.V.I.; National Park Service, St. Croix, U.S.V.I.: Multi-year Evaluation of Hatchling Sex Ratios of Hawksbill Turtles from a Caribbean Rookery The hawksbill sea turtle […]

CONNOLLY, M.H.*; HALL, B.K.; Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS: More than skin deep: tracing heat shock protein-90 expression to pigment and skeletal variation in Danio rerio More genetic variation is present than normally expressed in the phenotype, due in part to canalization. Using embryonic zebrafish (Danio rerio), this �hidden� variation is being […]

KIMWELE, C.N.; WAMBWA, E.; STOKES, M.; MCELROY, D.*; University of Nairobi; University of Nairobi; Western Kentucky University; Western Kentucky University: Molecular forensic identification of East African wildlife game species Illegal harvesting of game is increasingly a major conservation issue in eastern and southern Africa. The use of so-called �bush meat� has become a key source […]

ZHENG, J.*; LEE, C.-Y.; WATSON, R.D.; University of Alabama at Birmingham; National Changhua Univ. of Education, Taiwan, ROC; University of Alabama at Birmingham: Molecular Cloning of a Putative Receptor Guanylyl Cyclase From Y-Organs of the Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus Crustacean molt-inhibiting hormone (MIH), a polypeptide produced by neurosecretory cells in eyestalk ganglia, suppresses the synthesis […]

DURIE, C. J.*; WILGA, C. D.; University of Rhode Island; University of Rhode Island: Modulation of prey-capture in ram, suction, and biting centrarchid species Many investigations into patterns of conservation attempt to determine whether the evolution of new behaviors are initiated by alteration in the patterns generated by the central nervous system or by changes […]

VAILLANCOURT, E; PRUD’HOMME, S; HAMAN, F; GUGLIELMO, CG*; WEBER, J-M; Univ. of Ottawa; Univ. of Ottawa; Univ. of Ottawa; Univ. of Montana; Univ. of Ottawa: Metabolic fuel selection during cold exposure and running in a long-distance migrant shorebird Philomachus pugnax The extent to which the intensity of energy expenditure affects fuel selection in long-distance migrant […]

GOODWIN, KA; ROSTAL, DC; Georgia Southern University; Georgia Southern University: Maternal Investment in Offspring of Gopherus agassizii: The Consequences of Infection by Mycoplasma agassizii Upper respiratory tract disease (caused by Mycoplasma agassizii) has been indicated in wide-scale population declines of the Mojave Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii). Current USFWS policies advocate the euthanasia or removal of […]

RAFFERTY, Katherine L.; University of Washington: Mandibular Strain Patterns in the Isognatic versus Anisognathic Jaw Strains in the mandible are caused by muscle contraction and occlusal force. The conditions of isognathy versus anisognathy are expected to produce different patterns of mandibular strain during mastication. Pigs and goats were compared to investigate the impact of these […]

MARTIN, K.L. ; JOHNSON, P.B.; ROBBINS, E.A.; HERNANDEZ, J.A.; SPEER, T.M.; POMMERENING, R.C.; CARPENTER, K.A.; FLANNERY, J.A.; Pepperdine Univ. ; Pepperdine Univ.; Pepperdine Univ.; Pepperdine Univ.; Pepperdine Univ.; Pepperdine Univ.; Pepperdine Univ.; Pepperdine Univ.: Long Walks on Moonlit Beaches: Monitoring Grunion Runs in California Grunion runs are part of the cultural heritage of southern Californians. […]