Meeting Abstract S1-1  Thursday, Jan. 5 08:00 – 08:30  Behavioural and cognitive ecology of predation risk assessment in a changing world FERRARI, Maud C.O.; University of Saskatchewan, Canada maud.ferrari@usask.ca https://sites.google.com/site/maudcoferrari Almost all organisms on Earth live in environments that have been altered, often drastically, by humans, via habitat destruction, the spread of exotic species, pollution or climate […]

Meeting Abstract S1-2  Thursday, Jan. 5 08:30 – 09:00  Animal Communication and Species Interactions in a Changing World: Consequences of noise pollution SWADDLE, John P; College of William and Mary jpswad@wm.edu http://jpswad.people.wm.edu/ Humans are changing the environment at unprecedented rates, which can put intense ecological and evolutionary pressures on wildlife. One of the most prevalent yet relatively […]

Meeting Abstract S1-7  Thursday, Jan. 4 11:00 – 11:30  The evolution and adaptation of jellyfish in Precambrian oceans GOLD, DA; California Institute of Technology dagold@caltech.edu http://DavidAdlerGold.com/ Molecular and geochemical data suggest that the first animals evolved during a period of climate instability and limited ocean oxygenation. The hypothesis that sea sponges—the simplest living animals—predate a uniformly oxygenated […]

Meeting Abstract S1-3  Thursday, Jan. 4 08:30 – 09:00  The Temporal and Environmental Context of Early Animal Evolution SPERLING, EA*; SGP COLLABORATIVE TEAM, _; Stanford Univeristy; Stanford Univeristy esper@stanford.edu https://earth.stanford.edu/historical-geobiology/ Animals originated and evolved during one of the most unique times in Earth history—the Neoproterozoic Era. This talk aims to discuss 1) when landmark events in early […]

Meeting Abstract S1-11  Thursday, Jan. 4 14:30 – 15:00  The Origin of Phyla—Insights From the Burgess Shale CARON, Jean-Bernard; Royal Ontario Museum, Canada jcaron@rom.on.ca The iconic 508 million-year-old Burgess Shale, famous for its exceptional preservation of a diverse community of soft-bodied marine organisms, was key to defining the concept of the Cambrian Explosion as a true biological […]

Meeting Abstract S1-8  Thursday, Jan. 4 11:30 – 12:00  Revisiting gene content to resolve the phylogenetic position of ctenophores and sponges RYAN, JF*; HERNANDEZ, AM; SCHULTZ, DT; FRANCIS, WR; KOREN, S; SCHNITZLER, CE; MARTINDALE, MQ; HADDOCK, SHD; Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, St Augustine, FL; Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, St Augustine, FL; Monterey Bay Aquarium Research […]

Meeting Abstract S1-10  Thursday, Jan. 4 14:00 – 14:30  Reconstructing The Genome Of The First Animal: The Impact Of Novelty In The Origins Of Metazoans PAPS, J; University of Essex jpapsm@essex.ac.uk https://www1.essex.ac.uk/bs/staff/profile.aspx?ID=4561 The Animal Kingdom displays a stunning diversity, result of millions of years of evolution. How did single cell microbes become animals with multiple cells? How […]

Meeting Abstract S1-5  Thursday, Jan. 4 09:30 – 10:00  Pumping, Swimming and Visual Predation – a Fluid Dynamic View of Early Metazoan Evolution BUTTERFIELD, NJ; University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK njb1005@cam.ac.uk Animals have an unparalleled capacity to pump and swim through water, but these hydrodynamic properties have been largely overlooked as a factor in early animal evolution. […]

Meeting Abstract S1-6  Thursday, Jan. 4 10:30 – 11:00  Oxygen requirements of sponges and the origin of multicellular animals LEYS, SP*; KAHN, AS; YAHEL, G; BANNISTER, RJ; Univ. of Alberta; Univ. of Alberta; Ruppin Academic Center; Institute of Marine Research sleys@ualberta.ca The appearance of multicellular animals during the late Proterozoic Era is thought to have coincided with […]

Meeting Abstract S1-1  Thursday, Jan. 4 07:55 – 08:00  Introduction SPERLING, Erik A.*; KOCOT, Kevin M.; Stanford University; University of Alabama esper@stanford.edu Introduction to symposium.