Meeting Abstract 132-5  Tuesday, Jan. 7 14:30 – 14:45  Swimming efficiency influences schooling position of volitionally swimming blacktip sharks. RUDDY, BT*; LONG JR, JH; VERMA, S; PORTER, ME; Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Fl; Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY; Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Fl; Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Fl bruddy2018@fau.edu Fish gain hydrodynamic benefits such as […]

Meeting Abstract 132-4  Tuesday, Jan. 7 14:15 – 14:30  Revisiting Dubois: the roles of positive and negative pressure in force production during fish swimming LUCAS, KN*; LAUDER, GV; TYTELL, ED; University of Michigan; Harvard University; Tufts University kelsey.n.lucas@gmail.com In biomechanics classes, many of us have been shown the classic figure of pressure along a fish’s body during […]

Meeting Abstract 132-6  Tuesday, Jan. 7 14:45 – 15:00  Inverse Dynamics Analysis of Dolphin Swimming XARGAY, E*; BARTON, K; GOUGH, W; ADAMS, D; FISH, F; ANTONIAK, G; SHORTER, KA; UMich; UMich; SU; CU; WCU; UM; UMich kshorter@umich.edu This work uses a physics-based model of a swimming bottlenose dolphin to investigate thrust production and propulsive efficiency. The model […]

Meeting Abstract 132-1  Tuesday, Jan. 7 13:30 – 13:45  Ink release and swimming behavior in an oceanic ctenophore, Eurhamphaea vexilligera Gegenbaur, 1856 TOWNSEND, JP*; GEMMEL, BJ; SUTHERLAND, KR; COLIN, SP; COSTELLO, JH; Providence College; Marine Biological Laboratory; University of South Florida; University of Oregon; Roger Williams University; Marine Biological Laboratory; Providence College; Marine Biological Laboratory jptownsendii@gmail.com Of […]

Meeting Abstract 132-7  Tuesday, Jan. 7 15:00 – 15:15  Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Gliding North Atlantic Right Whale Models with Variable Body Shapes WU, C*; HOWLE, LE; MCGREGOR, AE; MCGREGOR, R; NOWACEK, DP; Marine Science and Conservation, Duke University; Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University; School of Life Sciences, University of Glasgow; HiDef Aerial Surveying […]

Meeting Abstract 132-2  Tuesday, Jan. 7 13:45 – 14:00  A Midwater Polychaete on the Move: Swimming of Tomopteris DANIELS, J*; OSBORN, K; AOKI, N; HAVASSY, J; MUSHEGIAN, N; KATIJA, K; Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA; Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA and Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; Smithsonian Institution, […]

Meeting Abstract 132-3  Tuesday, Jan. 7 14:00 – 14:15  (Un)synchronized rowing: importance of phase lag in metachronal swimming performance SANTHANAKRISHNAN, A*; FORD, MP; Oklahoma State University; Oklahoma State University askrish@okstate.edu http://www.appliedfluidslab.org Metachronal swimming is a common method of drag-based aquatic locomotion in which a series of swimming appendages are stroked in an oscillatory pattern, such that the […]

Meeting Abstract 132.2  Monday, Jan. 7  The Effects of Chronic Cortisol on Appetite in Tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus BRASCHAYKO, E.B.*; RILEY, L.G.; Fresno State Univ.; Fresno State Univ. ebrasch45@mail.fresnostate.edu Stress in fish has been shown to impair growth, reproduction, immune function and overall health. Stress is managed along the hypothalamic-pituitary-interrenal axis resulting in the release of cortisol. In […]

Meeting Abstract 132.1  Monday, Jan. 7  Food supplementation of Florida Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) nestlings: long-term effects on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responsiveness SMALL, TW*; BRIDGE, ES; SCHOECH, SJ; University of Memphis; University of Oklahoma; University of Memphis twsmall@memphis.edu In a wide variety of animals, plasma glucocorticoid levels rapidly increase in response to a stressor. In Florida Scrub-Jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens), […]

Meeting Abstract 132.4  Monday, Jan. 7  Energetic constraints and parental care: is corticosterone an important mediator of incubation behavior in a precocial bird? DURANT, SE*; HOPKINS, WA; HEPP, GR; ROMERO, LM; Tufts Univ; Virginia Tech; Auburn Univ sarah.durant@tufts.edu Suppression of the adrenocortical response (e.g., corticosterone release) to an acute stressor is a physiological adjustment thought to decrease […]