Meeting Abstract 43-3 Tuesday, Jan. 5 08:30 Adaptive differentiation in morphology after colonization of novel environments CLIFTON, IT*; CHAMBERLAIN, JD; GIFFORD, ME; University of Central Arkansas; University of Arkansas at Little Rock; University of Central Arkansas iclifton1@cub.uca.edu http://itclifton.com When a species colonizes a new environment there are likely to be phenotypic changes associated with the colonization. These […]
sessions: Session 43
Sea-level cycles generate glacial age refugia on subtropical coasts
Meeting Abstract 43-3 Friday, Jan. 6 08:30 – 08:45 Sea-level cycles generate glacial age refugia on subtropical coasts JACOBS, D/K*; DOLBY, G/A; HECHINGER, R; LORDA, J; ELLINGSON , R; FINDLEY, L; UCLA; UCLA; Scripps Inst.; UCSB; UCLA; CIAD, Guaymas djacobs@ucla.edu http://jacobslab.weebly.com Bathymetry-based models of shoreline habitat suggest that there were no settings where substantial tidal estuaries could […]
Recruitment patterns of deep-sea wood-boring bivalves (Xylophagidae, Mollusca) inferred from SNP data
Meeting Abstract 43-5 Friday, Jan. 6 09:00 – 09:15 Recruitment patterns of deep-sea wood-boring bivalves (Xylophagidae, Mollusca) inferred from SNP data. LI, Y*; BERNARDINO, A.F.; HALANYCH, K.M.; Auburn University; Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; Auburn University yzl0084@auburn.edu Wood falls occur widely in the deep-sea. They support specialized communities for limited periods of time and contribute fundamentally to […]
Phylogeography of Nymphon australe (Pycnogonida, Nymphonidae) Populations in the Southern Ocean
Meeting Abstract 43-7 Friday, Jan. 6 09:30 – 09:45 Phylogeography of Nymphon australe (Pycnogonida, Nymphonidae) Populations in the Southern Ocean COLLINS, EE*; HALANYCH, KM; MAHON, AR; Central Michigan University; Auburn University; Central Michigan University eecollin1@gmail.com http://eecollins.wix.com/research Pycnogonids (sea spiders) are widely distributed globally and are a speciose, basal class of chelicerates within Arthropoda. They are especially abundant […]
Life on a Sinking Ship Morphological Diversification Through Island Ontogeny
Meeting Abstract 43-4 Friday, Jan. 6 08:45 – 09:00 Life on a Sinking Ship: Morphological Diversification Through Island Ontogeny KRAEMER, AC*; PARENT, CE; KRAEMER, Andrew; University of Idaho, Moscow; University of Idaho, Moscow andrew.c.kraemer@gmail.com https://andrewckraemer.wordpress.com/ The General Dynamic Model (GDM) of oceanic island biogeography extends the predictions of MacArthur and Wilson’s dynamic equilibrium model of island biogeography […]
India as a Biotic Ferry Systematics and Biogeography of the Harvestman Family Assamiidae
Meeting Abstract 43-2 Friday, Jan. 6 08:15 – 08:30 India as a “Biotic Ferry”: Systematics and Biogeography of the Harvestman Family Assamiidae OBERSKI, J.T.*; BOYER, S.L.; SHARMA, P.P.; Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison; Macalester College; Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison jilloberski@outlook.com The movement of the Indian Subcontinent is a key issue in determining Gondwanan biogeographic patterns. Its position between […]
Crossing the divide Impact of an open ocean barrier on brittle star (Astrotoma agassizii) phylogeography
Meeting Abstract 43-6 Friday, Jan. 6 09:15 – 09:30 Crossing the divide: Impact of an open ocean barrier on brittle star (Astrotoma agassizii) phylogeography. GALASKA, M.P.*; MAHON, A.R.; SANTOS, S.R; HALANYCH, K.M.; Auburn University; Central Michigan University; Auburn University; Auburn University mpg0009@auburn.edu Astrotoma agassizii is a brittle star known to occur in both the Southern Ocean and […]
Barrier Displacement on a Neutral Landscape Towards a Theory of Continental Biogeography
Meeting Abstract 43-1 Friday, Jan. 6 08:00 – 08:15 Barrier Displacement on a Neutral Landscape: Towards a Theory of Continental Biogeography ALBERT, J.S.*; SCHOOLMASTER, D.R.; TAGLIACOLLO, V.A.; DUKE-SYLVESTER, S.M.; University of Louisiana at Lafayette; US Geological Survey; Universidade Federal do Tocantins; University of Louisiana at Lafayette jalbert@louisiana.edu Five broad regularities of biogeography and biodiversity are observed in […]
Mosquito Takeoff Strategies from Horizontal Surfaces
Meeting Abstract 43-1 Friday, Jan. 5 08:00 – 08:15 Mosquito Takeoff Strategies from Horizontal Surfaces CLAYTON, GV*; KAHN, H; SMITH, NM; DICKERSON, AK; University of Central Florida; University of Central Florida; University of Central Florida; University of Central Florida dickerson@ucf.edu On roughened surfaces, such as those equivalent to the roughness of skin, male and female Aedes aegypti […]
May the wind not always be at your back Bumblebees prefer to fly upwind
Meeting Abstract 43-5 Friday, Jan. 5 09:00 – 09:15 May the wind not always be at your back: Bumblebees prefer to fly upwind GAGLIARDI, S F*; COMBES, S A; GAGLIARDI, SUSAN; University of California-Davis gagliardi@ucdavis.edu Bumblebees forage in windy, unpredictable environments where they must make decisions about how to reach certain resources. Wind conditions likely affect their […]
