Meeting Abstract 27.1  Friday, Jan. 4  Assessing the potential for sexual conflict in the fiddler crab Uca princeps HANEY, B. R.*; POPE, D. S.; Trinity University; Trinity University brian.haney@trinity.edu In fiddler crabs, the two most common mating tactics are burrow mating, in which males attract females into the male burrow by claw waving, and surface mating, in […]

Meeting Abstract 27.5  Monday, Jan. 5  Patterns of genetic variation of the corallimorpharian Ricordea florida RHYNE, Andrew L.*; TORRES-PRATTS, Hernan; LADO-INSUA, Tania; RODRIGUEZ, Luis; SCHIZAS, Nikolaos; Roger Williams University; University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; University of Vigo, Spain; University of Puerto Rico, Ponce; University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez arhyne@rwu.edu The long-distance dispersal potential of marine larvae is […]

Meeting Abstract 27.4  Monday, Jan. 5  How can we best make authoritative biological information available online? COSTELLO, MJ*; BOXSHALL, GA; BOYKO, CB; HOEG, JT; MARKHAM, J; APPLETANS, W; University of Auckland; Natural History Museum, London; American Museum of Natural History; University of Copenhagen; Arch Cape Marine Laboratory; Flanders Marine Institute m.costello@auckland.ac.nz Following on from the presentation on […]

Meeting Abstract 27.2  Monday, Jan. 5  Growth and development of stream tadpoles in relation to drainage network position CATENAZZI, A*; KUPFERBERG, S; University of California, Berkeley; University of California, Berkeley acatenazzi@gmail.com An open question in amphibian ecology is the extent to which distribution and abundance of populations are determined by the performance of early life stages. Monitoring […]

Meeting Abstract 27.3  Monday, Jan. 5  Fantastic pelagic diversity within Acrocirridae (Polychaeta) OSBORN, K. J.*; ROUSE, G. W.; Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD; Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD kjosborn@ucsd.edu At least seven new species of large, swimming polychaetes were collected while exploring the deep water-column with remotely operated vehicles since 2001. Deep bentho-pelagic animals are historically understudied […]

Meeting Abstract 27.1  Monday, Jan. 5  Are aquatic invertebrate invaders a random selection of species? PADILLA, Dianna K*; KARATAYEV, Alexander Y; BURLAKOVA, Lyubov E; MASTITSKY, Sergey; OLENIN, Sergej; Stony Brook University; Great Lakes Center, Buffalo State College; Great Lakes Center, Buffalo State College; Belarusian State Universisty, Minsk, Belarus; Klaipeda University, Klaipeda, Lithuania dianna.padilla@sunysb.edu We assembled information on […]

Meeting Abstract 27.6  Monday, Jan. 4  The role of flow sensing in the undulatory swimming of teleost fish (Notemigonus crysoleucas) MICHEL, K.B.*; STEWART, W.; MULLER, U.; MCHENRY, M.J.; University of Groningen; Univ. of California, Irvine; California State University Fresno; Univ. of California, Irvine krijn.michel@gmail.com Fish use a variety of sensory systems to direct and control swimming. Although […]

Meeting Abstract 27.4  Monday, Jan. 4  Swimming performance, as indicated by Ucrit and C-start escape responses, in surfperches (Embiotocidae) PERLMAN, B.M.; Moss Landing Marine Laboratories bperlman@mlml.calstate.edu Surfperches are enigmatic labriform swimmers. Angle of insertion of the pectoral fin varies among species and theoretically allows for differing amounts of thrust to be generated, putatively affecting swimming performance. We […]

Meeting Abstract 27.2  Monday, Jan. 4  Swimming and Early Diving Behavior by Juvenile Flatback Sea Turtles (Natator depressus) WYNEKEN, J*; SALMON, M; HAMANN, M; Florida Atlantic Univ.; Florida Atlantic Univ.; James Cook Univ. jwyneken@fau.edu Flatback sea turtles lack an oceanic phase in their early life history. Instead, the turtles grow to maturity in shallow turbid shelf waters […]

Meeting Abstract 27.3  Monday, Jan. 4  Mechanics of subsurface swimming of the sandfish Scincus scincus DING, Y*; MALADEN, R; KAMOR, A; GOLDMAN, D; Georgia Institute of Technology; Georgia Institute of Technology; Georgia Institute of Technology; Georgia Institute of Technology dingyang@gatech.edu Previous work (Maladen et. al, Science, 2009) demonstrated that the sandfish lizard (Scincus scincus) swims within granular […]