Meeting Abstract 105.5  Sunday, Jan. 6  Are you positive? Discrimination between poles of electric fields by elasmobranch fishes. SICILIANO, AM*; PORTER, ME; KAJIURA, SM; Vassar College; Vassar College; Florida Atlantic University avsiciliano@vassar.edu Elasmobranch fishes use electroreception to detect cryptic prey at close range. Behavioral assays demonstrate that they respond to prey-simulating dipole electric fields by sharply turning […]

Meeting Abstract 105.4  Tuesday, Jan. 7 08:45  Responses of a grassland spider community to disturbance from fire and bison grazing GOMEZ, J.E.*; JOERN, A.; Kansas State University; Kansas State University jegomez@k-state.edu A major overarching hypothesis in community ecology is that habitat spatial and temporal heterogeneity promotes species diversity. In grassland ecosystems, such spatial and temporal heterogeneity at […]

Meeting Abstract 105.3  Tuesday, Jan. 7 08:30  Pervasive effects of size variation in tadpoles on pond communities CARLSON, BE*; LANGKILDE, T; Penn State University; Penn State University bec169@psu.edu While ecologists historically focused on mean trait values in study populations, recent evidence has begun to demonstrate that intraspecific variation in traits may be similarly important for understanding ecological […]

Meeting Abstract 105.2  Tuesday, Jan. 7 08:15  Impacts of coastal spring discharge on a tidally influenced shallow marine estuary MENNING, DM*; GAREY, JR; University of South Florida; University of South Florida dmenning@usf.edu Coastal areas around the world have undergone unprecedented population growth in the last few decades and thus are susceptible to sea level change and decreasing […]

Meeting Abstract 105.5  Tuesday, Jan. 7 09:00  Identifying gut microbiota in ribbed mussels with next-generation sequencing MOORE, SR*; MOSEMAN-VALTIERRA, SM; GOVENAR, B; Rhode Island College; Univ. of Rhode Island; Rhode Island College smoore_6564@email.ric.edu Salt marshes have been considered as sinks for greenhouse gas emissions, but under conditions of climate change, may instead act as sources of carbon […]

Meeting Abstract 105.1  Tuesday, Jan. 7 08:00  Community structure of fishes in a Mississippian Bay GREENFEST-ALLEN, E.*; LUND, R.; GROGAN, E. D.; Penn Center for Bioinformatics, University of Pennsylvania; Carnegie Museum; Saint Joseph’s University allenem@upenn.edu The 323 million year old Bear Gulch Lens of the Bear Gulch Member, Heath Formation of Montana, USA preserves an Upper Mississippian […]

Meeting Abstract 105.6  Tuesday, Jan. 7 09:15  Algal chloroplast source modifies the duration of photosynthesis of kleptoplastic sea slugs MIDDLEBROOKS, ML*; CURTIS, NE; SCHWARTZ, JA; PIERCE, SK; University of Tampa; University of South Florida; Rollins College; University of South Florida; University of South Florida mmiddlebrooks@ut.edu Many species of sacoglossan sea slugs are kleptoplastic, the ability to sequester […]

Meeting Abstract 105.2  Wednesday, Jan. 7 10:30  Under Pressure: A tubular 3D force analysis of kangaroo rat burrowing MOORE, A.L.*; BARNES, C.J.; LEE, D.V.; University of Nevada, Las Vegas; University of Nevada, Las Vegas; University of Nevada, Las Vegas moorea3@unlv.nevada.edu http://www.locb.org The study of burrowing biomechanics has been largely restricted to kinematics and one-dimensional force analyses in […]

Meeting Abstract 105.3  Wednesday, Jan. 7 10:45  The Role of Diet Type on Gut Size and Function of Zebrafish WRIGHT, S.C.*; NGUYEN, Q.; GERMAN, D.P.; University of California, Irvine scwright@uci.edu http://german.bio.uci.edu/ As the most species-rich group of vertebrates on the planet, fish consume nearly every possible food type, and therefore must be capable of digesting different foods. […]

Meeting Abstract 105.6  Wednesday, Jan. 7 11:30  Performance Losses do not deter Anoles from Using Artificial Perches BATTLES, AC*; KOLBE, JJ; AVILES-RODRIGUEZ, K; Univ. of Rhode Island andrewcbattles@gmail.com Populations of Anolis lizards are successfully established in urban environments, which differ in structural aspects, among others, from natural habitats. However, urban habitats are diverse, comprising a complex matrix […]