Meeting Abstract 57.5  Sunday, Jan. 5 14:30  Why not lie? Costly signals enforce honesty in an experimental signaling game POLNASZEK, T.J.*; STEPHENS, D.W.; Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities polna005@umn.edu Communication depends on reliable signals, so the concept of honesty is important in discussions of communication. Theory provides several mechanisms which can stabilize […]

Meeting Abstract 57.2  Sunday, Jan. 5 13:45  The environmental and genetic effect on two sexually selected traits in a cactus bug SASSON, DA*; MILLER, CW; University of Florida; University of Florida dsasson@ufl.edu An organism’s genetic make-up and natal environment can play a large role in its morphological, physiological, and behavioral development. However, work examining the role of […]

Meeting Abstract 57.3  Sunday, Jan. 5 14:00  Sexual experience enhances mating behavior and success of male Drosophila melanogaster SALEEM, S*; CARNEY, G.E.; Texas A&M University ssaleem@bio.tamu.edu Competition for mates is a wide-spread phenomenon affecting individual reproductive success. The ability of animals to adjust their behaviors in response to changing social environment is important and well documented. Drosophila […]

Meeting Abstract 57.1  Sunday, Jan. 5 13:30  Nestling maltreatment predicts adult stress response and personality in a free-living seabird GRACE, J.K.*; ANDERSON, D.J.; Wake Forest University gracjk7@wfu.edu Non-breeding Nazca booby adults exhibit an unusual and intense social attraction to non-familial conspecific nestlings. Non-parental Adult Visitors (NAVs) seek out and approach unguarded nestlings during daylight hours and display […]

Meeting Abstract 57.6  Sunday, Jan. 5 14:45  Interactions between innate color preferences, individual experience and social information in bumblebee foraging decisions JONES, PL*; RYAN, MJ; CHITTKA, L; University of Texas at Austin; University of Texas; Queen Mary University of London patricia.jones@utexas.edu Social information influences foraging behavior in many taxa, and the costs and benefits of social learning […]

Meeting Abstract 57.4  Sunday, Jan. 5 14:15  Female courtship solicitation is associated with reproductive success in Bluebanded Gobies PRADHAN, DS*; WILLIS, MC; SOLOMON-LANE, TK; CRUTCHER, JB; THONKULPITAK, K; GROBER, MS; Georgia State Univ., Atlanta; Georgia State Univ., Atlanta; Georgia State Univ., Atlanta; Rhodes College, Memphis; Georgia State Univ., Atlanta, GA; Georgia State Univ., Atlanta, GA dpradhan1@student.gsu.edu Courtship […]

Meeting Abstract 57.7  Sunday, Jan. 5 15:00  A moving background disrupts station holding in Anna’s hummingbirds GOLLER, B*; ALTSHULER, DL; Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC goller@zoology.ubc.ca The movement of visual features across the retina, termed optic flow, is an important source of information for control of locomotor behavior in animals. For example, during forward flight the […]

Meeting Abstract 57.3  Monday, Jan. 5 14:00  The “sound” of the seafloor: porewater pressure sensors as tools for studying infaunal activity VOLKENBORN, N.; Stony Brook University nils.volkenborn@stonybrook.edu http://somas.stonybrook.edu/people/nvolkenborn.html In 2005 Wethey and Woodin published the paper “Infaunal Hydraulics Generate Porewater Pressure Signals” in which they demonstrated that the sphere of influence of infaunal organisms may extend far […]

Meeting Abstract 57.5  Monday, Jan. 5 14:30  Teaching about teaching: Sally Woodin’s legacy in biology education BERKE, SK*; RICHMOND, CE; Siena College; Rowan University skberke@gmail.com While Sally Woodin is best known for her many contributions to marine benthic ecology, her students and colleagues know her as both a scientist and as a committed, passionate teacher. Sally has […]

Meeting Abstract 57.2  Monday, Jan. 5 13:45  Organismal perspectives on moving through and over sediment MERZ, RA*; CRANE, RL; LEE, HR; CORCORAN, JP; SUI, J; Swarthmore College; Duke University; Swarthmore College; Swarthmore College; Swarthmore College rmerz1@swarthmore.edu http://www.swarthmore.edu/profile/rachel-merz-leave-2014-2015 Soft sediment dwellers gain protection and nutrition from the particulate world in which they live but are limited by their […]