Meeting Abstract 74-6  Saturday, Jan. 6 09:15 – 09:30  Unraveling skein deployment in hagfish slime: Insights from transcriptomics and in vitro assays BERNARDS, M.A.; SCHORNO, S; MCKENZIE, E; WINEGARD, TW; OKE, I; PLACHETZKI, D; FUDGE, DS*; Univ. of Guelph; Univ. of Guelph; Univ. of Guelph; Univ. of Guelph; Univ. of Guelph; Univ. of New Hampshire; Chapman Univ. […]

Meeting Abstract 74-7  Saturday, Jan. 6 09:30 – 09:45  Self-similar mechanics of hagfish slime CHAUDHARY, G*; FUDGE, DS; EWOLDT, RH; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL; Chapman University, Orange, CA gchaudh2@illinois.edu Hagfish make a unique material with remarkable properties. When provoked or attacked, the animal releases a small volume of biopolymer/biofilament material that unfolds, assembles,and expands in […]

Meeting Abstract 74-3  Saturday, Jan. 6 08:30 – 08:45  Octopus Sucker Adhesion and Suction Performance Under Various Environmental Conditions BAGHERI, H*; GENDT, AB; CUMMINGS, SD; SUBRAMANIAN, S; BERMAN, SM; PEET, MM; AUKES, DM; HE, X; FISHER, RE; MARVI, H; Arizona State University; Arizona State University; Arizona State University; BASIS Chandler, Arizona; Arizona State University; Arizona State University; […]

Meeting Abstract 74-1  Saturday, Jan. 6 08:00 – 08:15  Mussel Byssus Attachment in a Patchy Ocean: pH and Dissolved Oxygen at the Substrate-Adhesive Interface Diverges from Oceanic Conditions in Mussel Aggregations GEORGE, MN*; CARRINGTON, E; Univ. of Washington, Seattle; Univ. of Washington, Seattle mngeorge@uw.edu In the intertidal zone, where waves impart lift and drag forces on stationary […]

Meeting Abstract 74-2  Saturday, Jan. 6 08:15 – 08:30  Macroalgal spore dysfunction: Ocean acidification delays and weakens adhesion GUENTHER, RJ*; MIKLASZ, K; CARRINGTON, EC; MARTONE, PT; University of Washington; University of Washington; University of Washington; University of British Columbia guenther.becca@gmail.com Early life stages of marine organisms are predicted to be vulnerable to ocean acidification. For many macroalgae, […]

Meeting Abstract 74-5  Saturday, Jan. 6 09:00 – 09:15  How Lectins Make Slug Mucus Into a Potent Glue; RNA-Seq Suggests a Central Role for Lectin Variation and Oligomerization SMITH, AM*; PAPALEO, C; REID, CW; BLISS, JM; Ithaca College, NY; Ithaca College, NY; Bryant University, Smithfield, RI; Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Warren Alpert Medical School […]

Meeting Abstract 74-4  Saturday, Jan. 6 08:45 – 09:00  Adhesive Performance of the Pelvic Sucker in a Waterfall-Climbing Gobiid, Sicyopterus japonicus MAIE, T*; GIUSTINIANI, B; CHRISTY, R; Lynchburg College; Lynchburg College; Lynchburg College maie.t@lynchburg.edu Sicyopterus japonicus are a species of waterfall-climbing goby fish indigenous to Japan. While developing into adults from a post-larval stage, the fish migrates […]

Meeting Abstract 74-5  Sunday, Jan. 6 08:45 – 09:00  The pros & cons of small size: Size-dependent flight metabolic rates and thermal performance among stingless bees DUELL, ME*; HARRISON, JF; University of Western Ontario; Arizona State University duellmeghane@gmail.com Flight can be extremely energetically expensive for many invertebrate ectotherms. Little data on very small flying insects exists to […]

Meeting Abstract 74-1  Sunday, Jan. 6 08:00 – 08:15  The metabolic basis of life histories in fishes WONG, S*; BIGMAN, JS; DULVY, NK; Simon Fraser University serenaw@sfu.ca All life acquires energy through metabolic processes, and then that energy is allocated to survival, growth, and reproduction. Thus, metabolic rate is thought to be closely related to life-history traits […]

Meeting Abstract 74-6  Sunday, Jan. 6 09:00 – 09:15  Response to novel thermal and hypoxic challenges from populations across a hummingbird’s elevational range SPENCE, AR*; TINGLEY, MW; University of Connecticut; University of Connecticut austin.spence@uconn.edu Species ranges are shifting to track thermal or precipitation regimes in response to global climate change. For species with large distributions that contain […]