Meeting Abstract 7-4 Saturday, Jan. 4 08:45 – 09:00 Stress Sensitivity to Temperature in Plateau Side-blotched Lizards (Uta stansburiana uniformis): Implications for Immune Function LIDGARD, AD*; FRENCH, SS; HUDSON, SB; Utah State University; Utah State University; Utah State University audrey_lidgard@yahoo.com Ectothermic organisms, such as reptiles, rely on the external environment for regulating internal temperatures necessary for vital […]
sessions: Session 7
Staying local small-scale environmental history influences the metabolic response of marine invertebrates to increased temperature
Meeting Abstract 7-8 Saturday, Jan. 4 09:45 – 10:00 Staying local: small-scale environmental history influences the metabolic response of marine invertebrates to increased temperature RANGEL, RE*; SORTE, CJB; University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA; University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA racine.rangel@gmail.com As ocean temperatures steadily rise, marine species will be exposed to temperatures that are increasingly over […]
Short-term heat stress attenuates gonadal functions and induces apoptosis and oxidative stress in the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica molecular mechanisms and signaling pathways
Meeting Abstract 7-6 Saturday, Jan. 4 09:15 – 09:30 Short-term heat stress attenuates gonadal functions and induces apoptosis and oxidative stress in the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica: molecular mechanisms and signaling pathways NASH, S/B*; RAHMAN, S/M; University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX; University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX sarah.b.nash96@gmail.com Global climate change is […]
Real-time responses to ecologically-relevant thermal fluctuations during temperature-dependent sex determination in the American alligator
Meeting Abstract 7-2 Saturday, Jan. 4 08:15 – 08:30 Real-time responses to ecologically-relevant thermal fluctuations during temperature-dependent sex determination in the American alligator BOCK, SL*; LOWERS, RH; RAINWATER, TR; HALE, MD; LERI, FM; PARROTT, BB; Univ. of Georgia; Kennedy Space Center; Clemson Univ.; Univ. of Virginia; Univ. of Georgia; Univ. of Georgia samantha.bock@uga.edu An organism’s ability to […]
Nest Microclimate Manipulation Affects Growth, Development, and Heat-shock Protein Production in the Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
Meeting Abstract 7-7 Saturday, Jan. 4 09:30 – 09:45 Nest Microclimate Manipulation Affects Growth, Development, and Heat-shock Protein Production in the Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) SYKES, BE*; BALENGER, SL; University of Mississippi besykes@go.olemiss.edu https://brookesykes.wixsite.com/ecolevol Temperature is important to breeding birds, as the timing and success of reproduction are largely influenced by climatic conditions. Altricial nestlings, which hatch […]
Effects of Elevated Temperature on Muscle Development in Juvenile Epaulette Sharks, Hemiscyllium ocellatum
Meeting Abstract 7-1 Saturday, Jan. 4 08:00 – 08:15 Effects of Elevated Temperature on Muscle Development in Juvenile Epaulette Sharks, Hemiscyllium ocellatum THOMAS, PA*; WHEELER, CR; PEELE, EE; PABST, DA; YOPAK, KE; KINSEY, ST; UNC-Wilmington; University of Massachusetts, Boston; UNC-Wilmington; UNC-Wilmington; UNC-Wilmington; UNC-Wilmington pat3805@uncw.edu Temperature is known to affect embryogenesis and myogenesis in many fish species. Understanding […]
Sex ratio bias in the clonal brittle star Ophiactis savignyi
MCGOVERN, TM: Sex ratio bias in the clonal brittle star Ophiactis savignyi Despite the prevalence of clonal organisms in many communities, few investigators have explicitly related clonal and sexual modes of reproduction. Clonal reproduction is likely to affect sexual reproduction in a variety of ways, including the alteration of operational sex ratios. Sex ratios in […]
Remains of the pilidium in direct developing nemerteans
Maslakova, S. A.*; Martindale, M. Q.; Norenburg, J. L.: Remains of the pilidium in direct developing nemerteans? Nemertean worms display two basic types of development: direct and indirect. A specialized planktonic larva, the pilidium, characterizes the order Heteronemertea. The juvenile worm develops via a unique form of imaginal discs and sheds most of the larval […]
Phenotyic plasticity of feeding structures in species of Littorina
PADILLA, D.K.; DILGER, E.K.; DITTMANN, D.E.: Phenotyic plasticity of feeding structures in species of Littorina Several species of gastropods in the genus Lacuna, Family Littorinidae, have been found to have phenotypically plastic feeding morphologies. Animals fed different diets produce different shaped radular teeth. When fed diatom epiphytes found on eelgrass, snails produce blunt-shaped teeth. When […]
New observations on the asexual reproduction of Aurelia aurita (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) with comments on its daptative significance
VAGELLI, A.A.: New observations on the asexual reproduction of Aurelia aurita (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) with comments on its daptative significance. A new reproductive mechanism has been observed in scyphistomae of Aurelia aurita. It is termed gemmation and it is referred to as an asexual mode of reproduction in which scyphistomae produce small and mostly spherical masses […]
