Coexpression of opsins in each cone class spectrally tunes regions of the retina to distinct parts of the visual field

Meeting Abstract 40-4  Tuesday, Jan. 5 08:45  Coexpression of opsins in each cone class spectrally tunes regions of the retina to distinct parts of the visual field DALTON, B E*; CARLETON, K L; University of Maryland, College Park; University of Maryland, College Park bdalton@umd.edu http://cichlid.umd.edu/cichlidlabs/kc/lab/Dalton.html Different parts of the visual field are viewed by distinct regions of […]

Urban Fish can their physiology tell us about the future of fishes faced with climate change

Meeting Abstract 40-7  Friday, Jan. 6 09:30 – 09:45  Urban Fish: can their physiology tell us about the future of fishes faced with climate change? NELSON, JA*; RIEGER, KJ; NELSON, jay; Towson Univ.; Towson Univ. jnelson@towson.edu Urbanization has altered the biotic integrity of urban streams. Impervious surface cover in cities decreases the fraction of precipitation that enters […]

Temperate and Coral Reef Fishes Show Negligible Physiological and Behavioral Responses to Elevated COsub2sub

Meeting Abstract 40-5  Friday, Jan. 6 09:00 – 09:15  Temperate and Coral Reef Fishes Show Negligible Physiological and Behavioral Responses to Elevated CO2 SUNDIN, J*; CLARK, TD; AMCOFF, M; MATEOS-GONZáLEZ, F; RABY, GD; BINNING, SA; ROCHE, DG; SPEERS-ROESCH, B; JUTFELT, F; Uppsala Univ., Uppsala; Univ. of Tasmania & CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Hobart; Univ. of Texas, Austin; […]

Spatial Competition Between the Native Colombian Freshwater Crab, Neostrengeria macropa, and the Invasive Red-Clawed Crayfish, Procambarus clarkii

Meeting Abstract 40-1  Friday, Jan. 6 08:00 – 08:15  Spatial Competition Between the Native Colombian Freshwater Crab, Neostrengeria macropa, and the Invasive Red-Clawed Crayfish, Procambarus clarkii. HUDSON, DM*; CARDONA, LF; CORTES MUNAR, JS; PHILLIPS, G; SMITH, Q; ROCHA, MH; Atlanta Metropolitan State College; Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional […]

Impacts of elevated COsub2sub exposure to early life stages of two estuarine species with differing life histories

Meeting Abstract 40-4  Friday, Jan. 6 08:45 – 09:00  Impacts of elevated CO2 exposure to early life stages of two estuarine species with differing life histories LONTHAIR, JK*; HWANG, PP; ESBAUGH, AJ; University of Texas Marine Science Institute; Academia Sinica; University of Texas Marine Science Institute jlonthair@utexas.edu It is theorized that ocean acidification (OA) will have significantly […]

Fitness consequences of pH adaptation in an experimentally evolved beneficial symbiosis

Meeting Abstract 40-3  Friday, Jan. 6 08:30 – 08:45  Fitness consequences of pH adaptation in an experimentally evolved beneficial symbiosis NOURABADI, N*; NISHIGUCHI, M.K.; New Mexico State University; New Mexico State University nish@nmsu.edu http://biology-web.nmsu.edu/~nish/ Experimental evolution has been widely used as an effective laboratory technique for examining bacterial adaptation to a variety of conditions, and whether bacteria […]

Factorial manipulation of COsub2sub and temperature on algal-herbivore pair demonstrates that changes in herbivore population size will drive species interaction not per capita effects

Meeting Abstract 40-2  Friday, Jan. 6 08:15 – 08:30  Factorial manipulation of CO2 and temperature on algal-herbivore pair demonstrates that changes in herbivore population size will drive species interaction not per capita effects. ANDERSON, KM*; HELDT, KA; MUNGIA, P; RUSSELL, B; HARLEY, CDG; CONNELL, SD; University of British Columbia; University of Adelaide; University of Adelaide; Hong Kong […]

Prolific origination of eyes in Cnidaria with co-option of non-visual opsins

Meeting Abstract 40-6  Friday, Jan. 5 09:30 – 09:45  Prolific origination of eyes in Cnidaria with co-option of non-visual opsins PICCIANI, N*; KERLIN, JR; SIERRA, NW; RAMIREZ, DM; SWAFFORD, AJ; CANNON, JT; JONDELIUS, U; PLACHETZKI, DC; DALY, M; OAKLEY, TH; University of California, Santa Barbara; University of California, Santa Barbara; University of California, Santa Barbara; University of […]

Octopus skin ‘sight’ may have evolved through the co-option of a deeply homologous dispersed light sense in mollusc mantle

Meeting Abstract 40-2  Friday, Jan. 5 08:30 – 08:45  Octopus skin ‘sight’ may have evolved through the co-option of a deeply homologous dispersed light sense in mollusc mantle RAMIREZ, MD*; CANNON, JT; OAKLEY, TH; Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst; Univ. of California, Santa Barbara; Univ. of California, Santa Barbara mdramirez@umass.edu At macroevolutionary timescales, do novel behaviors evolve through […]

Isolation by Pleistocene glaciers resulted in divergence of skeletal limb morphology of North American pine martens, Martes americana and M caurina

Meeting Abstract 40-5  Friday, Jan. 5 09:15 – 09:30  Isolation by Pleistocene glaciers resulted in divergence of skeletal limb morphology of North American pine martens, Martes americana and M. caurina LYNCH, LM; Oklahoma State University CHS leigha.king@okstate.edu Several North American mammals underwent allopatric speciation during the Wisconsin glaciation (11.7 kya). The retreat of these glaciers resulted in […]

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