Meeting Abstract S10.2  Wednesday, Jan. 7 09:00  Optimal strategies for finding a resource-linked odor plume: theories and lessons from flying insects CARDE, R T*; BAU, J; University of California, Riverside; University of Vic ring.carde@ucr.edu http://www.entomology.ucr.edu/faculty/carde.html Male moths locate females by navigating along a plume of her pheromone, often flying 100s of meters en route. As the first […]

Meeting Abstract S10.4  Wednesday, Jan. 7 10:30  Olfaction and Vision in the Innate Recognition of Nectar Sources Under Different Illuminances GOYRET, J*; YUAN, M; Univ. of Tennessee, Martin; Archbold Biological Station jgoyret@utm.edu Nectar foraging is a goal-directed behavior. Nevertheless, its goal – nectar – is not its causal principle. Rather, this goal-directedness is achieved by an inherited, […]

Meeting Abstract S10.3  Wednesday, Jan. 7 09:30  Metabolomics as a tool to study chemical communication EDISON, Arthur S; Univ. of Florida aedison@ufl.edu http://edison.biochem.med.ufl.edu/ Caenorhabditis elegans and other nematodes use a rich “chemical language” that is formed by ascarosides, small molecules with a common carbohydrate core (ascarylose), various fatty-acid-like substituents, and various other substituents such as amino acids, […]

Meeting Abstract S10.0  Wednesday, Jan. 7 08:15  Introduction MURRAY, J.

Meeting Abstract S10.5  Wednesday, Jan. 7 11:00  Homing in desert ants using multiple sensory modalities. KNADEN, Markus; Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology mknaden@ice.mpg.de Cataglyphis fortis ants forage individually for dead arthropods in the inhospitable salt-pans of Tunisia. Locating the inconspicuous nest after a foraging run of more than 1000 meters demands a remarkable orientation capability. As […]

Meeting Abstract S10.8  Wednesday, Jan. 7 14:00  HARMFUL NATURAL PRODUCTS PRODUCED BY GREEN TIDE SEAWEEDS AND THEIR POTENTIAL EFFECTS ON OTHER ORGANISMS VAN ALSTYNE, K.L.; Western Washington University kathy.vanalstyne@wwu.edu Large accumulations of green seaweeds are occurring with increasing frequency on shores worldwide. These blooms, known as “green tides”, have a number of impacts on planktonic and benthic […]

Meeting Abstract S10.6  Wednesday, Jan. 7 11:30  Finding food, finding home: the chemical ecology of sharks GARDINER, Jayne; New Colleg of Florida jgardiner@ncf.edu In the natural environment, animals use multiple sensory cues simultaneously to perform complex behaviors. Chemicals can be mixed in nearly limitless combinations, allowing animals and even specific locations to have unique chemical signatures. Sharks […]

Meeting Abstract S10.7  Wednesday, Jan. 7 13:30  Aversive chemoreception in predatory fish LUNCEFORD, B.E.*; PADOVE COHEN, S; BLOOMQUIST, R; NAGLE, M.P.; SHIN, C; MCCARTY, N.A.; KUBANEK, J; Georgia Institute of Technology; Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology; Georgia Institute of Technology; Georgia Institute of Technology; Georgia Institute of Technology; Emory University; Georgia Institute of Technology blunceford3@gatech.edu […]

Meeting Abstract S10-5  Thursday, Jan. 7 10:30  The macroevolutionary consequences of phenotypic integration: from development to deep time GOSWAMI, Anjali; University College London a.goswami@ucl.ac.uk http://www.goswamilab.com Phenotypic integration is a pervasive characteristic of biological organisms. Interactions among morphological traits, termed phenotypic integration, can be readily identified through quantitative analysis of geometric morphometric data from living and extinct organisms. […]

Meeting Abstract S10-3  Thursday, Jan. 7 09:00  The ecology and evolution of organismal innovation WAINWRIGHT, P.C.; Univ. of California, Davis pcwainwright@ucdavis.edu http://fishlab.ucdavis.edu Innovations in functional morphology, physiology and biochemistry are thought to be a major force in shaping evolutionary patterns, with the potential to drive adaptive radiation and influence the evolutionary prospects for lineages. But the evolutionary […]