Meeting Abstract S10.6  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Fisheries collapses, restoration challenges, spread of non-natives and the emergence large-scale aquaculture: anthropogenic-driven changes to ecosystem-engineering oyster species LUCKENBACH, Mark W.; Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary luck@vims.edu Oysters in the genus Crassostrea are quintessential ecosystem engineers, often providing the predominant hard substrate habitat in temperate, soft-sediment, […]

Meeting Abstract S10.10  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Ecosystem engineers in the plankton – habitat alteration by species from microbes to jellyfish BREITBURG, DL; Smithsonian Environmental Research Center breitburgd@si.edu Ecosystem engineers are species that alter the physical environment in ways that create new habitat or change the suitability of existing habitats for themselves or other organisms. In marine systems, […]

Meeting Abstract S10.9  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Ecosystem engineering in Florida’s estuaries: mangrove and oyster ecotones over a gradient of anthropogenic disturbances DONNELLY, M.J.*; WALTERS, L.J.; University of Central Florida; University of Central Florida mdonnelly@knights.ucf.edu Anthropogenic disturbances have altered the structure and diversity of mangrove and oyster ecosystems. Although not commonly found together, tropical mangroves and reefs of […]

Meeting Abstract S10.1  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Ecosystem Engineering in the Marine Realm BERKE, Sarah K; Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD skberke@gmail.com Ecologists have long known that certain organisms fundamentally modify, create, or define habitats by altering the habitat’s physical properties. In the past decade, these processes have been formally defined as ‘ecosystem engineering’. This definition has […]

Meeting Abstract S10.11  Friday, Jan. 7  Thermal ecology of a diurnal desert rodent LEVY, Ofir; DAYAN, Tamar; KRONFELD-SCHOR, Noga*; Tel Aviv University; Tel Aviv University; Tel Aviv University nogaks@tauex.tau.ac.il We studied the relationship between the order of arrival to a food patch, food consumption and thermoregulatory strategy, and the effect of food supplementation during summer and winter […]

Meeting Abstract S10.6  Friday, Jan. 7  The effects of dietary protein and water availability on mass gain in passerine birds refueling during migration. PINSHOW, B*; AAMIDOR, S; MIZRAHY, O; MCWILLIAMS, SR; BAUCHINGER, U; Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; University of Rhode Island; University of Rhode Island pinshow@bgu.ac.il […]

Meeting Abstract S10.5  Friday, Jan. 7  The effects of diet on thermoregulation and torpor in Siberian hamsters. GUTOWSKI, Jakub P.*; DUBICKI, Adam; WOJCIECHOWSKI, Michal S.; JEFIMOW, Malgorzata; Nicolaus Copernicus Univ, Torun, Poland; Nicolaus Copernicus Univ, Torun, Poland; Nicolaus Copernicus Univ, Torun, Poland; Nicolaus Copernicus Univ, Torun, Poland gutowski@doktorant.umk.pl Body fat and its composition influence the physiology of […]

Meeting Abstract S10.8  Friday, Jan. 7  Hypothermia in small migrating passerines. What can bats teach us about bird migration? WOJCIECHOWSKI, Michal S.*; JEFIMOW, Malgorzata; PINSHOW, Berry; Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland; Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland; Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University, Israel mwojc@umk.pl Small insectivorous bats are known to use torpor to facilitate fat […]

Meeting Abstract S10.4  Friday, Jan. 7  Hibernation energetics, evaporative water loss and conservation of bats WILLIS, Craig K.R.*; BOYLES, Justin G.; University of Winnipeg; University of Pretoria c.willis@uwinnipeg.ca Hibernation allows many endotherms to survive energetic shortfalls during winter but can leave individuals vulnerable to disturbance from predators, pathogens and, in the case of bats, human visitors to […]

Meeting Abstract S10.2  Friday, Jan. 7  Hibernation and torpor in tropical and subtropical bats GEISER, Fritz*; STAWSKI, Clare; Univ. of New England, Armidale, Australia fgeiser@une.edu.au Torpor, the most effective means for energy conservation available to endotherms, was traditionally viewed as a highly specific adaptation of a few high latitude, cold climate endotherms with no function in warm […]