Meeting Abstract P3-240  Monday, Jan. 6  Seasonal differences dominate spatial ones in an inland salt marsh community CAHILL, AE*; BREEN, C; STANDER, R; JOST, S; HERNANDEZ, R; Albion College; Albion College; Albion College; Albion College; Albion College; Albion Colleg acahill@albion.edu Inland salt marshes are a rare habitat in North America, and in the Great Lakes region they […]

Meeting Abstract P3-178  Monday, Jan. 6  Seasonal changes in male Oyster Toadfish’s response to boatwhistle playbacks CURTIS, N*; MACKIEWICZ, A; PUTLAND, R; MENSINGER, A; University of Minnesota Duluth, Marine Biological Laboratory; University of Minnesota Duluth, Marine Biological Laboratory; University of Minnesota Duluth, Marine Biological Laboratory; University of Minnesota Duluth, Marine Biological Laboratory curti448@d.umn.edu During the mating season, […]

Meeting Abstract P3-123  Monday, Jan. 6  Scaling of preferred swimming kinematics in bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus) DE LA CRUZ, D; PERGOLA, D; SVENSSON, K; GELLMAN, E; ELLERBY, DJ*; Wellesley College dellerby@wellesley.edu Organisms span a wide range of body sizes through ontogeny and across phylogeny. Size-related changes in performance and their implications for fitness have been the focus […]

Meeting Abstract P3-135  Monday, Jan. 6  SBOR: A Self-Burrowing-Out Robot Inspired by Razor Clam HUANG, S*; TANG, Y; TAO, J; Arizona State University; Arizona State University; Arizona State University jtao25@asu.edu We observed that Atlantic razor clams burrow out of the substrate very rapidly using a simple strategy: cyclic extension and contraction of a soft, hollow muscular foot. […]

Meeting Abstract P3-131  Monday, Jan. 6  Running on Land and Water: Three-dimensional Limb Kinematics and Locomotor Performance of Anolis sagrei MANN, SD*; REED, SA; BERGMANN, PJ; Clark University smann@clarku.edu Anolis lizards have radiated into many ecological niches, with different ecomorphs using different types of perches. A. sagrei is a trunk-ground ecomorph that has adhesive toe pads, is […]

Meeting Abstract P3-103  Monday, Jan. 6  Reproductive investment is enhanced by food but independent of injury history in an asexual annelid RENNOLDS, CW*; BELY, AE; University of Maryland, College Park, MD; University of Maryland, College Park, MD rennolds@umd.edu In nature, many animals routinely suffer physical injury and some species can subsequently regenerate damaged or lost tissue. In […]

Meeting Abstract P3-159  Monday, Jan. 6  Regulation of Narial Patency in Alligator mississippiensis YOUNG, BA*; ADAMS, J; KNOCHE, L; CRAMBERG, M; KLASSEN, M; Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine byoung@atsu.edu Terrestrial and amphibious tetrapods have developed a variety of means of regulating the patency of the external nares. Crocodilians have smooth muscles associated with the external nares and […]

Meeting Abstract P3-37  Monday, Jan. 6  Rapid effects of androgens on olfaction in the zebrafish, Danio rerio KRATOCHVIL, LB*; SMALL, TW; THOMPSON, RR; Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME; Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME; Oxford College of Emory University, GA lbkratoc@bowdoin.edu Steroids are molecular messengers that regulate a variety of bodily functions, including behavioral responses to stimuli. Classically, steroids have […]

Meeting Abstract P3-33  Monday, Jan. 6  Rapid Progestin Induction of Sperm Hypermotility in Marine Fish through Membrane Progestin Receptor Alpha THOMAS, P*; PANG, YF; TAN, W; University of Texas at Austin; University of Texas at Austin; University of Texas at Austin peter.thomas@utexas.edu Knowledge of the mechanisms regulating sperm motility would enable the development of more reliable methods […]

Meeting Abstract P3-11  Monday, Jan. 6  Quantification of BPA Retention in Planaria FLOOD, S*; DEPAOLA, N; MOODY, T; MASS, S; ST. JOHN, P; SUNY New Paltz; SUNY New Paltz; SUNY New Paltz; SUNY New Paltz; SUNY New Paltz floodb1@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu Bisphenol-A (BPA) is a xenostrogenic environmental pollutant produced in large quantities by human industry, including plastic manufacturing and […]