Meeting Abstract 33.2 Monday, Jan. 5 08:30 Common sense and chemical defense WULFF, J/L; Florida State University wulff@bio.fsu.edu Sally Woodin bestowed on me a need to see a clear and direct connection between the methods employed in an ecological endeavor and the motivating questions. Mismatch between methods and motivating questions has become especially jarring in the study […]
sessions: Session 33
Characterization of the Benthic Environment in Abu Dhabi
Meeting Abstract 33.5 Monday, Jan. 5 09:00 Characterization of the Benthic Environment in Abu Dhabi BARBER, MC*; PALMER, EJL; RICHKUS, JS; RTI International, Washington, DC; Nautica Environmental Assoc., Abu Dhabi, UAE; RTI International, Washington, DC mbarber@rti.org http://rti.org For the last 3 years the first author has been working in Abu Dhabi, UAE on issues related to the […]
Antipredator defenses of polychaete prey vs offenses of conoidean gastropods
Meeting Abstract 33.1 Monday, Jan. 5 08:15 Antipredator defenses of polychaete prey vs. offenses of conoidean gastropods KOHN, AJ; Univ. of Washington kohn@uw.edu An important ecological role of polychaetes in marine benthic environments is that they provide the exclusive prey of most members of by far the largest marine gastropod Superfamily, the Conoidea, including all of its […]
The echinoid blastula linking biomechanics to development-environment interactions
Meeting Abstract 33-5 Monday, Jan. 4 14:30 The echinoid blastula: linking biomechanics to development-environment interactions VON DASSOW, M; Duke Univ. Marine Lab mvondass@gmail.com The response of hatched sand dollar blastulae to salinity variation presents a simple case study of how biomechanics can influence the sensitivity of morphogenesis to environmental variation. The formation of a hollow blastocoel cavity, […]
Role of the RhoRock pathway in sponge morphogenesis
Meeting Abstract 33-2 Monday, Jan. 4 13:45 Role of the Rho/Rock pathway in sponge morphogenesis HILL, A*; SCHENKELAARS, Q; HALL, C; QUINTERO, O; FIERRO-CONSTAIN, L; RENARD, E; BORCHIELLINI, C; University of Richmond, Virginia; Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France; University of Richmond, Virginia; University of Richmond, Virginia; Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France; Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France; Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France […]
Individual fertilization success in sea urchins is dependent on sperm chemotaxis
Meeting Abstract 33-3 Monday, Jan. 4 14:00 Individual fertilization success in sea urchins is dependent on sperm chemotaxis HUSSAIN, Y*; GUASTO, J.S.; ZIMMER, R.K.; STOCKER, R; RIFFELL, J.A.; University of Washington, Seattle; Tufts University, Medford, MA; University of California, Los Angeles; ETH Zurich, Switzerland; University of Washington, Seattle hyasmeen@uw.edu http://www.biology.washington.edu/users/hyasmeenuwedu Reproductive success fundamentally shapes an organism’s ecology […]
Gastrulation in glass sponges fate mapping in 3D
Meeting Abstract 33-1 Monday, Jan. 4 13:30 Gastrulation in glass sponges: fate mapping in 3D LEYS, SP*; KAMARUL-ZAMAN, A; BOURY-ESNAULT, N; LEYS, Sally; University of Alberta; University of Alberta; Université Aix-Marseille, France sleys@ualberta.ca Gastrulation, the formation of multiple germ layers resulting in an epidermis, a middle layer, and a feeding gastrodermis, is disputed to take place in […]
First in situ measurements of fertilization success and the influence of population density in the giant sea scallop
Meeting Abstract 33-4 Monday, Jan. 4 14:15 First in situ measurements of fertilization success and the influence of population density in the giant sea scallop BAYER, S.R.*; WAHLE, R.A.; BRADY, D.C.; JUMARS, P.A.; University of Maine; University of Maine; University of Maine; University of Maine skylarrb@gmail.com http://www.umaine.edu/marine/people/profile/skylar_bayer Fishing down sedentary broadcast spawners challenges their reproductive success by […]
CRISPRCas9-mediated excision of the brachyury gene disrupts endoderm development in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis
Meeting Abstract 33-6 Monday, Jan. 4 14:45 CRISPR/Cas9-mediated excision of the brachyury gene disrupts endoderm development in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis. SERVETNICK, MD*; STEINWORTH , B; BABONIS, L; SIMMONS, D; MARTINDALE , MQ; Univ of Washington Bothell; Whitney Laboratory for Marine Biosciences, Univ of Florida; Whitney Laboratory for Marine Biosciences, Univ of Florida; Whitney Laboratory for […]
Sequencing Dead Ducks – The Labrador Duck is Sister to Stellar’s Eider and the Subfossil Chendytes lawi roots the dabbling duck clade
Meeting Abstract 33-4 Thursday, Jan. 5 14:15 – 14:30 Sequencing Dead Ducks – The Labrador Duck is Sister to Stellar’s Eider and the Subfossil Chendytes lawi roots the dabbling duck clade BUCKNER, JC*; ELLINGSON, R; GOLD, DA; JACOBS, DK; Univ. of California, Los Angeles; Univ. of California, Los Angeles; Univ. of California, Los Angeles; Univ. of California, […]
