Meeting Abstract 22.2  Wednesday, Jan. 4  These Dead Fish Really Suck: Adhesion performance of the Northern Clingfish WAINWRIGHT, D/K*; KLEINTEICH, T; GORB, S/N; KLEINTEICH, A; SUMMERS, A/P; Duke University; University of Washington, Friday Harbor Marine Lab; University of Kiel, Germany; University of Washington, Friday Harbor Marine Lab; University of Washington, Friday Harbor Marine Lab dylan.wainwright@gmail.com The Northern […]

Meeting Abstract 22.5  Wednesday, Jan. 4  The role of viscoelasticity in flow sensing STROTHER, JA*; NGO, V; MCHENRY, MJ; Univ. of California, Irvine; Univ. of California, Irvine; Univ. of California, Irvine mmchenry@uci.edu Fish sense water flow with receptors, called neuromasts, that are composed of a glycosaminoglycan gel. It is not clear how the viscoelastic properties of this […]

Meeting Abstract 22.6  Wednesday, Jan. 4  The interactive flight of bats CHIU, Chen*; SWARTZ, Sharon/M; BREUER, Kenneth/S; Brown University Chen_Chiu@Brown.edu Bats often encounter conspecifics and/or heterospecifics in nature. Some bat species also emerge from their roosts together in large groups at dusk. Previous studies in flying/swimming animals have demonstrated that animals can take the advantage of wakes […]

Meeting Abstract 22.8  Wednesday, Jan. 4  Rates of Trophic Evolution in Lake Malawi Cichlid Fishes HULSEY , C.D.; Univ. of Tennessee chulsey@utk.edu The cichlid fishes of Lake Malawi may represent the most rapidly diverging adaptive radiation of vertebrates on earth. The mbuna, or rock-dwelling, Lake Malawi cichlids are the most species rich component of the Lake Malawi […]

Meeting Abstract 22.9  Wednesday, Jan. 4  New computational approaches to biomechanical modeling WESTNEAT, Mark W.; Field Museum of Natural History mwestneat@fieldmuseum.org Computational approaches to complex mechanisms of feeding and locomotion in vertebrates are often challenging due to the need to account for movement in three dimensions, the mobilities of joints, the properties of muscle, and the mechanisms […]

Meeting Abstract 22.10  Wednesday, Jan. 4  Jaw Elongation and Piscivory in Fishes FERRY, LA*; GIBB, AC; Arizona State Univ; Northern Arizona Univ lara.ferry@asu.edu Piscivory is a niche utilized by fishes due presumably to its obviously high energetic reward. However, eating other fish as food typically requires overcoming what has been termed ‘gape-limitation’. Because fish tend to be […]

Meeting Abstract 22.12  Wednesday, Jan. 4  Horizontal and vertical landing in the Cuban tree frog, Osteopilus septentrionalis HICKS, R.; MACESIC, L.J.; GILLIS, G.B.*; Mount Holyoke College; Mount Holyoke College; Mount Holyoke College ggillis@mtholyoke.edu Recent work focused on what happens after takeoff in frogs and toads is revealing that Anurans approach landing in different ways. Specifically, the use […]

Meeting Abstract 22.7  Wednesday, Jan. 4  Critical periods during teleost development: a case study of two cypriniform fishes KA’APU-LYONS, C.; GIBB, A.C.*; Northern Arizona University; Northern Arizona University alice.gibb@nau.edu During early development, teleosts undergo intervals of extremely high mortality. These intervals, often termed “critical periods,” have been attributed to various causes, including starvation and predation. However, the […]

Meeting Abstract 22.11  Wednesday, Jan. 4  Cranial Morphology, Feeding Performance and Diversification in New World Leaf-Nosed Bats DUMONT, E.R.*; DAVALOS, L.M.; GOLDBERG, A.; SANTANA, S.E.; REX, K.; VOIGT, C.C.; Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst; Stony Brook University; Stony Brook University; Univ. of California, Los Angeles; Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research ; Leibniz Institute for Zoo and […]

Meeting Abstract 22.3  Wednesday, Jan. 4  Comparative functional capacity of adhesion and climbing among sicydiine gobiid fishes and related species MAIE, Takashi*; SCHOENFUSS, Heiko H.; BLOB, Richard W.; Clemson Univ.; St. Cloud State Univ.; Clemson Univ. tmaie@clemson.edu Sicydiine and related goby species are able to adhere to surfaces using a ventral sucker (fused pelvic fins). This sucker […]