Meeting Abstract 5.3 Monday, Jan. 4 Cross-linking in slug glue: gelled plaster of Paris? SMITH, A. M.**; MENGES, M.; Ithaca College; Ithaca College asmith@ithaca.edu The defensive glue of the slug Arion subfuscus sets rapidly into a sticky, elastic mass. There appear to be several cross-linking mechanisms, but the initial gelation may occur through complex coacervation involving sulfate […]
sessions: Session 5
Chloroplast retention and satiation in the photosynthetic sea slug Elysia clarki
Meeting Abstract 5.2 Monday, Jan. 4 Chloroplast retention and satiation in the photosynthetic sea slug Elysia clarki MIDDLEBROOKS, Michael L.*; BELL, Susan S.; PIERCE, Sidney K.; Univ. of S. Florida; Univ. of S. Florida; Univ. of S. Florida mlmiddle@mail.usf.edu Several species of Sacoglossan sea slugs can photosynthesize using sequestered algal chloroplasts. The duration that the chloroplasts retain […]
Ant raft
Meeting Abstract 5.1 Monday, Jan. 4 Ant raft HU, DL*; MLOT, N; Georgia Tech; Georgia Tech hu@me.gatech.edu To survive floods, fire ants link their arms together to assemble a raft with their own bodies. Because ants are nearly as dense as water, this cooperative behavior requires that a portion of the ant colony must sacrifice itself by […]
Thyroid Endocrine Alterations in Wild Fish –San Francisco Bay Region Studies
Meeting Abstract 5.1 Tuesday, Jan. 4 Thyroid Endocrine Alterations in Wild Fish –San Francisco Bay Region Studies KELLEY, Kevin M*; HAMILTON, Andrew W; WAGGONER, Claire M; REYES, Jesus A; California State University, Long Beach (CSULB); Institute for Integrative Research on Materials, Environment and Society (www.IIRMES.org); CSULB (www.csulb.edu/depts/endo); Pacific Coast Environmental Conservancy (www.PCEConservancy.org) kmkelley@csulb.edu Disruptions in the vertebrate […]
Proximity to a high traffic road Does traffic noise explain increased nestling stress
Meeting Abstract 5.6 Tuesday, Jan. 4 Proximity to a high traffic road: Does traffic noise explain increased nestling stress? CRINO, O.L.*; JOHNSON, E.E.; BREUNER, C.W.; University of Montana ondicrino@gmail.com Roads have been correlated with increased stress responses across several species of birds and during multiple life-history stages. Nestling Mountain White-crowned Sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha) reared close to […]
Physiological and behavioral responses of European starlings to a rapid, mild change in temperature
Meeting Abstract 5.5 Tuesday, Jan. 4 Physiological and behavioral responses of European starlings to a rapid, mild change in temperature. DE BRUIJN, R*; BOEKE, E; ROMERO, L.M.; Tufts University, Medford; Tufts University, Medford; Tufts University, Medford robert.debruijn@tufts.edu Free-ranging animals continuously adjust to changes in their environment. The stress response, typified by increases in heart rate and corticosterone, […]
Linking habitat and intraspecific variation in the stress physiology of a coral reef fish, Stegastes partitus
Meeting Abstract 5.4 Tuesday, Jan. 4 Linking habitat and intraspecific variation in the stress physiology of a coral reef fish, Stegastes partitus SCHRANDT, M.N.*; LEMA, S.C.; Univ. of North Carolina Wilmington; Univ. of North Carolina Wilmington mschrandt@disl.org Geographic variation in behavior related to spatial variation in environmental conditions has been observed in many species, but the physiological […]
Hepatic Protein Expression and Endocrine Disruption in Contaminant-exposed English Sole in the Southern California Bight
Meeting Abstract 5.2 Tuesday, Jan. 4 Hepatic Protein Expression and Endocrine Disruption in Contaminant-exposed English Sole in the Southern California Bight WAGGONER, Claire M.*; REYES, Jesus A.; ARMSTRONG, Jeffrey L.; KELLEY, Kevin M.; California State University, Long Beach; Pacific Coast Environmental Conservancy; Ocean Monitoring Division, Orange County Sanitation District; California State University, Long Beach Claire.Waggoner@gmail.com In urban-impacted […]
Disrupted Stress Endocrine Axis in Wild Fish from Polluted California Marine Environments Characterization Studies
Meeting Abstract 5.3 Tuesday, Jan. 4 Disrupted Stress Endocrine Axis in Wild Fish from Polluted California Marine Environments. Characterization Studies CAUSEY, Dwight R*; REYES, Jesus A; WAGGONER, Claire M; HAMILTON, Andrew W; ARMSTRONG, Jeffrey L; KELLEY, Kevin M; California State University, Long Beach (CSULB); Pacific Coast Environmental Conservancy; CSULB; CSULB; Orange County Sanitation District; CSULB dcausey@csulb.edu Over […]
When settlement doesn’t settle it the pitfalls of still-water larval assays
Meeting Abstract 5.2 Wednesday, Jan. 4 When settlement doesn’t settle it: the pitfalls of still-water larval assays LOH, T.-L.*; PAWLIK, J.R.; University of North Carolina Wilmington; University of North Carolina Wilmington tl7275@uncw.edu For many marine sessile invertebrates, the swimming larva is the sole motile phase in the organism’s life cycle. Much research has been focused on the […]
