Meeting Abstract 109-7  Thursday, Jan. 7 09:30  Transcriptomic analysis of heat and salinity tolerance in corals from the Arabian Gulf KIRK, NL*; HOWELLS, EJ; ABREGO, D; BURT, J; MEYER, E; Oregon State Univ.; New York Univ. at Abu Dhabi; New York Univ. at Abu Dhabi; New York Univ. at Abu Dhabi; Oregon State Univ. kirkn@science.oregonstate.edu Scleractinian corals […]

Meeting Abstract 109-1  Thursday, Jan. 7 08:00  Ocean acidification influences DNA methylation and phenotypic plasticity in environmentally susceptible corals PUTNAM, HM*; DAVIDSON, J; GATES, RD; University of Hawaii Manoa; University of Hawaii Manoa; University of Hawaii Manoa hputnam@hawaii.edu http://www.hollieputnam.com Climate change challenges organismal fitness by creating a mismatch between phenotypes based on historic conditions and the new […]

Meeting Abstract 109-3  Thursday, Jan. 7 08:30  Coral Bleaching in Hawai’i: A Window into Reefs of the Future RITSON-WILLIAMS, R.*; GATES, R. D.; Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology; Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology rrw33@hawaii.edu Coral bleaching is increasing in frequency and extent at reef locations around the world. The last documented coral bleaching in Hawai’i was 1996, […]

Meeting Abstract 109-4  Thursday, Jan. 7 08:45  Can we control invasive algal abundances with a native herbivore, in mixed stands of native/invasive algae? VAN HEUKELEM, L.D. *; SMITH, C.M.; Univ. of Hawai‘i at Manoa; Univ. of Hawai‘i at Manoa laurendv@hawaii.edu Tropical island ecosystems and their human residents depend on the multiple stable-state reef community that provides food, […]

Meeting Abstract 109-5  Thursday, Jan. 7 09:00  Asexual budding and aggregated spatial distribution of fungiid corals from disturbed reefs in Moorea, French Polynesia STERNBERG, DR*; NELSON, HR; EDMUNDS, PJ; California State University, Northridge; California State University, Northridge; California State University, Northridge sternberg.d.r@gmail.com In Moorea, French Polynesia, fungiid corals are important members of coral communities where their solitary […]

Meeting Abstract 109-2  Thursday, Jan. 7 08:15  Anemones on acid: The effects of increased pCO2 on carbonic anhydrase activity in the symbiotic sea anemone Anthopleura elegantissima KOCH, J.C.*; CONTOLINI, G.M.; University of Washington Friday Harbor Laboratories and Oregon State University, Corvallis; University of Washington Friday Harbor Laboratories and University of California, Santa Cruz kochja@science.oregonstate.edu Anthopleura elegantissima participates […]

Meeting Abstract 109-3  Saturday, Jan. 7 14:00 – 14:15  The Speed of Light: Duplication rates in opsin family evolution. SWAFFORD, AJ*; OAKLEY, TH; Univ. of California, Santa Barbara; Univ. of California, Santa Barbara andrew.swafford@lifesci.ucsb.edu Changes in rates of gene duplication influence the structure of genomes and affect the available source material for evolutionary novelties. One driver of […]

Meeting Abstract 109-6  Saturday, Jan. 7 14:45 – 15:00  The Covert Dragon: Phylogeography of the Seadragons (Syngnathidae) along the Temperate Australian coast STILLER, J*; WILSON, NG; ROUSE, GW; Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego; Western Australian Museum, Perth, Australia; Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego jstiller@ucsd.edu The southern coastline of Australia […]

Meeting Abstract 109-4  Saturday, Jan. 7 14:15 – 14:30  Phylogeny and Diversification of Gobies and their Relatives MCCRANEY, WT*; ALFARO, ME; UCLA; UCLA tmccraney@g.ucla.edu Understanding causes for the great unevenness in biodiversity across Earth and the Tree of Life is a major goal of evolutionary biology. The invasion of new habitats such as coral reefs in the […]

Meeting Abstract 109-1  Saturday, Jan. 7 13:30 – 13:45  Gene expression changes during infection of Paramecium caudatum by Holospora undulata bacteria. KAGEMANN, C*; BRIGHT, L; GOUT, J; DOAK, T; KALTZ, O; LYNCH, M; Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution, Montpellier, France ; […]