Meeting Abstract 107.3  Saturday, Jan. 7  Principles of Sand-swimming Revealed by Geometric Mechanics HATTON, R. L.*; DING, Y.; MASSE, A.; MALADEN, R. D.; GOLDMAN, D. I.; CHOSET, H.; Carnegie Mellon University; Georgia Institute of Technology; Georgia Institute of Technology; Georgia Institute of Technology; Georgia Institute of Technology; Carnegie Mellon University rlhatton@cmu.edu Many animals move within granular media […]

Meeting Abstract 107.1  Saturday, Jan. 7  Disease transmission: insights from fluid dynamics  BOUROUIBA, Lydia; Massachusetts Institute of Technology lydia.bourouiba@math.mit.edu Following the infiltration of a pathogen in a population of susceptible hosts, the nature of the “contact” between infected and non-infected members of the population  becomes critical in  shaping the outcome of the epidemics.  This is true whether one considers […]

Meeting Abstract 107.2  Saturday, Jan. 7  Desert locust aerodynamics: instantaneous wake volumes using tomographic particle image velocimetry (tomo-PIV) BOMPHREY, R.J.*; HENNINGSSON, P.; MICHAELIS, D.; HORSTMANN, T.; HOLLIS, D.; University of Oxford richard.bomphrey@zoo.ox.ac.uk Tomographic Particle Image Velocimetry (tomo-PIV) is becoming increasingly established in the experimental fluid mechanics community as a volumetric method for the analysis of complex flows, […]

Meeting Abstract 107.5  Saturday, Jan. 7  Copepod Escape Jumps: Tomo-PIV Measurements of the Eliciting Hydromechanical Signal and Subsequent Flow Disturbance MURPHY, DW*; WEBSTER, DR; YEN, J; Georgia Institute of Technology; Georgia Institute of Technology; Georgia Institute of Technology dwmurphy@gatech.edu We present time-resolved tomographic particle image velocimetry (Tomo-PIV) measurements of freshwater (Hesperos) and marine (Calanus) copepod escape sequences […]

Meeting Abstract 107.6  Sunday, Jan. 6  Survival of the weakest: Decreased frond mechanical strength increases survival in a wave-swept kept via self-pruning DEMES, KW*; PRUITT, JN; HARLEY, CDG; CARRINGTON, E; University of British Columbia; University of Pittsburgh; University of British Columbia; University of Washington, Friday Harbor Labs demes@zoology.ubc.ca Organisms’ ability to withstand the physical forces of their […]

Meeting Abstract 107.4  Sunday, Jan. 6  Piscivorous fish in a fishless environment: dietary and phenotypic differentiation of bigmouth sleepers in Bahamas blue holes MARTIN, RA*; LANGERHANS, RB; NIMBioS; North Carolina State Univ. ryanandrewmartin@gmail.com Ecology’s role in driving predictable differentiation between populations is a central topic in evolutionary ecology. Based on a priori knowledge of theory and natural […]

Meeting Abstract 107.3  Sunday, Jan. 6  Limits and opportunities of diversification in barking frogs of the Craugastor augusti complex STREICHER, J.W.*; MEIK, J.M.; SMITH, E.N.; FUJITA, M.K.; Univ. of Texas, Arlington; Univ. of Texas, Arlington; Univ. of Texas, Arlington; Univ. of Texas, Arlington streicher@uta.edu Craugastor augusti is among the most widely distributed direct-developing frogs in North America, […]

Meeting Abstract 107.5  Sunday, Jan. 6  Ecomorphology in Modern and Fossil Birds MITCHELL, J.S.; The University of Chicago mitchelljs@uchicago.edu The origin of the staggering ecological diversity of modern birds remains unresolved. A major limitation to studying the evolution of avian ecology has been the difficulty of determining the timing and overall rate of key ecological divergences in […]

Meeting Abstract 107.1  Sunday, Jan. 6  Assembly and Anthropogenic Alterations in Kelp Forest Ecosystems: Historical Perspectives from Deep Time LINDBERG, D.R.*; ERLANDSON, J.M.; GRAHAM, M.; BYRNES, J.; Univ. of California, Berkeley; University of Oregon; Moss Landing Marine Laboratories; University of Massachusetts, Boston drl@berkeley.edu We examine the assembly and anthropogenic alterations in 20 kelp forest ecosystems – comprised […]

Meeting Abstract 107.2  Sunday, Jan. 6  A phylogenomic approach to the evolution of the coral reef fish fauna VENZON, M.*; ALFARO, M.E.; Univ. of California, Los Angeles; Univ. of California, Los Angeles mvenzon@ucla.edu Coral reefs, while only making up a mere 1% of the oceans’ area, are home to over a third of all the marine fish […]