Meeting Abstract 38-4 Tuesday, Jan. 5 09:00 Ernst Mayr, causal understanding, and systematics: an example using sabelliform polychaetes FITZHUGH, K; Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County kfitzhug@nhm.org Ernst Mayr (1961, Science 131: 1501–1506) suggested that understanding features of organisms involves the study of proximate and ultimate causes. Proximate causes occur during the life of the organism […]
sessions: Session 38
Earthworms are polychaetes, too phylogenomic analyses of relationships within Crassiclitellata
Meeting Abstract 38-3 Tuesday, Jan. 5 08:45 Earthworms are polychaetes, too: phylogenomic analyses of relationships within Crassiclitellata ANDERSON, F.E.*; WILLIAMS, B.W.; HORN, K.M.; ERSEUS, C.; JAMES, S.W.; Southern Illinois University; North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences; Southern Illinois University; University of Gothenburg; University of Iowa feander@siu.edu In many terrestrial ecosystems, earthworms (Crassiclitellata) constitute the main component of […]
Diversity and Molecular Characterization of the Bearded Fireworm Venom
Meeting Abstract 38-6 Tuesday, Jan. 5 09:30 Diversity and Molecular Characterization of the Bearded Fireworm Venom VERDES, A.*; GORSON, J.; MEHR, S.; GRUBER, D.; HOLFORD, M.; Graduate Center, City University of New York; Graduate Center, City University of New York; SUNY College, Old Westbury, New York; Baruch College, City University of New York; Hunter College, City Unviersity […]
Tradeoffs in a Great Barrier Reef coral, Acropora millepora can corals adapt to simultaneous stressors
Meeting Abstract 38-4 Friday, Jan. 6 08:45 – 09:00 Tradeoffs in a Great Barrier Reef coral, Acropora millepora: can corals adapt to simultaneous stressors? WRIGHT, RM*; KENKEL, CD; BAY, LK; MATZ, MV; University of Texas, Austin; Australian Institute of Marine Science rachelwright8@gmail.com http://rmwright.weebly.com Corals are currently threatened by a combination of co-occurring stressors brought about by climate […]
Potential responses to climate change are improved by physiological acclimation of water loss
Meeting Abstract 38-7 Friday, Jan. 6 09:30 – 09:45 Potential responses to climate change are improved by physiological acclimation of water loss RIDDELL, EA*; CARLO, MA; APANOVITCH, EK; SEARS, MW; Clemson University; Clemson University; Clemson University; Clemson University eriddel@clemson.edu Climate change threatens to increase extinction rates due to rapidly warming global temperatures. Species distribution models (SDMs) are […]
Natural Selection on Thermal Preference and Performance over a Rapid Timescale
Meeting Abstract 38-2 Friday, Jan. 6 08:15 – 08:30 Natural Selection on Thermal Preference and Performance over a Rapid Timescale GILBERT, AL*; MILES, DB; Ohio University anthony.gilbert09@gmail.com Climate change is radically transforming the thermal quality of global habitats. Changes in ambient temperature due to anthropogenic climate change portend to alter species activity patterns, raise field-active body temperatures, […]
Intraspecific Variation in the Response of the Coral, Balanophyllia elegans, to Future Ocean Acidification
Meeting Abstract 38-6 Friday, Jan. 6 09:15 – 09:30 Intraspecific Variation in the Response of the Coral, Balanophyllia elegans, to Future Ocean Acidification GRIFFITHS, JS*; KELLY, MW; HELLBERG, ME; Louisiana State University joanna.griffiths4@gmail.com Predicting the response of marine species to future ocean acidification (OA) is key to anticipating future ecological impacts of ocean change. However, forecasting ecosystem […]
Impacts of ocean acidification on growth and inducible defenses in a marine bryozoan
Meeting Abstract 38-5 Friday, Jan. 6 09:00 – 09:15 Impacts of ocean acidification on growth and inducible defenses in a marine bryozoan SEROY, SK*; GRÜNBAUM, D; University of Washington; University of Washington sseroy@uw.edu Calcifying organisms in marine systems are experiencing environmental changes due to ocean acidification (OA), an increased oceanic uptake of atmospheric CO2. Previous studies have […]
Epigenetic inheritance and predisposition to sex in temperature-dependent sex determination
Meeting Abstract 38-8 Friday, Jan. 6 09:45 – 10:00 Epigenetic inheritance and predisposition to sex in temperature-dependent sex determination FLORES, DV*; JANZEN, FJ; Iowa State University; Iowa State University dvflores@iastate.edu Vertebrates with temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD), a sex determining mechanism which relies on incubation temperature to determine the sex of developing embryos, are especially threatened by the […]
Both pre- and postcopulatory selection shape the evolution of sperm morphology across Anolis lizards
Meeting Abstract 38-3 Friday, Jan. 6 08:30 – 08:45 Both pre- and postcopulatory selection shape the evolution of sperm morphology across Anolis lizards KAHRL, A.F.*; JOHNSON, M.A.; COX, R.M.; University of Virginia; Trinity University; University of Virginia afk7df@virginia.edu Sexually selected traits exhibit remarkable diversity within and among species, much of which can be explained by selection before […]
