Meeting Abstract 2.5 Saturday, Jan. 4 09:00 Quantification of symbiont fate in bleaching octocorals PARRIN, AP*; YAEGER, MA; BLACKSTONE, NW; Northern Illinois University; Northern Illinois University; Northern Illinois University apparrin@gmail.com Octocorals form a major component of reef diversity and are often the dominant space occupiers. Many octocorals contain photosynthetic symbionts of Symbiodinium sp. As with other symbiont-containing […]
sessions: Session 2
Partner specificity precedes environmental zonation in coral-algal symbioses
Meeting Abstract 2.8 Saturday, Jan. 4 09:30 Partner specificity precedes environmental zonation in coral-algal symbioses LEWIS, A.M.*; WHAM, D.C.; LAJEUNESSE, T.C.; The Pennsylvania State Univ.; The Pennsylvania State Univ.; The Pennsylvania State Univ. allisonlewis@psu.edu It has been nearly two decades since the first account of the environmentally regulated patterning of microalgae (genus Symbiodinium) associated with the western […]
Marine protected areas (MPAs) potentially reverse the development of fishing-induced traits in exploited populations of coral-reef fishes
Meeting Abstract 2.1 Saturday, Jan. 4 08:00 Marine protected areas (MPAs) potentially reverse the development of fishing-induced traits in exploited populations of coral-reef fishes FIDLER, RY*; TURINGAN, RG; Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne; Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne rfidler2011@my.fit.edu Size-selective fishing pressure causes directional shifts in body size toward the predominance of smaller and early maturing individuals […]
Tooth Function and the Diversification of Early Mammals
Meeting Abstract 2.3 Sunday, Jan. 4 08:30 Tooth Function and the Diversification of Early Mammals SMITH, AJ*; IMBURGIA, M; DUMONT, ER; Univ. of Mass. at Amherst; Univ. of Mass. at Amherst; Univ. of Mass. at Amherst ajsmith@bio.umass.edu The advent of complex teeth in Mesozoic mammals permitted an increase in taxonomic and dietary diversity, enabling occupation of many […]
Stereotypical adaptation for headfirst burrowing in early reptiles
Meeting Abstract 2.2 Sunday, Jan. 4 08:15 Stereotypical adaptation for headfirst burrowing in early reptiles PARDO, JD*; SZOSTAKIWSKYJ, M; ANDERSON, JS; Univ. of Calgary; Univ. of Calgary; Univ. of Calgary jdpardo@ucalgary.ca Recumbirostra is a group of small tetrapods from the Late Carboniferous and Early Permian generally interpreted as stem-lissamphibians, stem-caecilians, or stem-amniotes. We present an expanded phylogenetic […]
Morphological integration in the mandibles of living reptiles and fossil synapsids
Meeting Abstract 2.4 Sunday, Jan. 4 08:45 Morphological integration in the mandibles of living reptiles and fossil synapsids MANAFZADEH, AR*; ANGIELCZYK, KD; Univ. of California, Berkeley; The Field Museum armita@berkeley.edu The co-option of mammalian middle ear ossicles from the postdentary jawbones of their ancestors is a classic example of exaptation, and is documented in the fossil record […]
Comparison of barb geometry in modern and Mesozoic asymmetrical flight feathers reveals a transitional morphology during the evolution of avian flight
Meeting Abstract 2.6 Sunday, Jan. 4 09:15 Comparison of barb geometry in modern and Mesozoic asymmetrical flight feathers reveals a transitional morphology during the evolution of avian flight FEO, TJ*; FIELD, DJ; PRUM, RO; Yale University; Yale University; Yale University teresa.feo@yale.edu The asymmetrical flight feathers of extant birds are an important adaptation for avian flight. Barb geometry […]
Changes in placodont tooth morphology and replacement
Meeting Abstract 2.1 Sunday, Jan. 4 08:00 Changes in placodont tooth morphology and replacement CROFTS, S.B.*; NEENAN, J.N.; SCHEYER, T.M.; Univ. of WA, Seattle; Univ of New England, Armindale, Australia; Palaeontological Inst. and Museum, Univ of Zurich, Switzerland croftss@uw.edu Most placodonts, an extinct clade of Triassic marine reptiles, were durophagous and had highly modified crushing teeth, but […]
Bone tissue variation suggests stem crocodylians were capable of fast growth
Meeting Abstract 2.5 Sunday, Jan. 4 09:00 Bone tissue variation suggests stem crocodylians were capable of fast growth WERNING, S; Stony Brook Univ sarah.werning@stonybrook.edu http://www.sarahwerning.com Extant crocodylians are characterized by slow growth and low metabolic rates, historically considered the plesiomorphic condition for Archosauria. Recent histological studies have established that some stem archosaurs had bone tissue more similar […]
The response of the zebrafish lateral line to white noise stimulation
Meeting Abstract 2-7 Monday, Jan. 4 09:30 The response of the zebrafish lateral line to white noise stimulation STEWART, W.J.*; AKANYETI, O; THEOBALD, J; LIAO, J; Univ. of Florida, Whitney Laboratory; Univ. of Florida, Whitney Laboratory; Florida International University; Univ. of Florida, Whitney Laboratory wstewart@whitney.ufl.edu http://www.williamstewartphd.com Assessing how sensory systems respond to complex stimuli is important to […]
