Meeting Abstract 74.4  Wednesday, Jan. 6  The effects of excessive dietary mercury on thyroid-mediated processes and fitness- related traits in wood frog tadpoles WADA, H*; BERGERON, CM; MCNABB, FMA; TODD, BD; HOPKINS, WA; Virginia Tech hwada@uwo.ca Mercury (Hg) is a neurotoxicant known to cause developmental and behavioral abnormalities in vertebrates. Increasing evidence suggests that Hg can also […]

Meeting Abstract 74.1  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Reproductive disruption of fishes by endocrine-active wastewater effluent BOLDEN, A.M.*; VAJDA, A.M.; BARBER, L.B.; SCHOENFUSS, H; NORRIS, D.O.; University of Colorado, Boulder; University of Colorado, Denver; U.S. Geological Survey; St. Cloud St. University; University of Colorado, Boulder alan.vajda@ucdenver.edu We investigated the impact of a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent on fish […]

Meeting Abstract 74.3  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Effects of nutritional stress during early development on sexual maturation and life expectancy in long-lived seabirds YOUNG, R.C.*; HAUSSMANN, M.F.; BARGER, C.P.; KITAYSKY, A.S.; University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK; Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA; University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK; University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK rebecca.young@alumni.iu.edu Nutritional stress during juvenile development is known […]

Meeting Abstract 74.6  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Development of hemic neoplasia and surveys in different populations of Mya arenaria. BOETTGER, S.A.*; TARASKA, N.G; LOCK, N.C.; WALKER, C.W.; West Chester University; West Chester University; West Chester University; The University of New Hampshire aboettger@wcupa.edu Disseminated neoplasia in bivalve mollusks is characterized by mitotic hemocytes with a nuclear to cytoplasmic ratio […]

Meeting Abstract 74.4  Friday, Jan. 7  The effects of declining calcium levels on the gene expression patterns in crustaceans. ALTSHULER, I*; CRISTESCU, ME; University of Windsor; University of Windsor altshuli@uwindsor.ca The rapid calcium decline in the Canadian Shield lakes has prompted research into understanding the effects of low calcium on biota, especially species with high calcium demands […]

Meeting Abstract 74.5  Friday, Jan. 7  The Calanoids of Sulawesi: Exploring Speciation Patterns in Ancient Lakes VAILLANT, JJ*; CRISTESCU, ME; HAFFNER, GD; University of Windsor; University of Windsor; University of Windsor vaillanj@uwindsor.ca Ancient lakes (>1 million years old) have recently become recognized as excellent systems for the study of speciation because of their long-term existence and isolation […]

Meeting Abstract 74.3  Friday, Jan. 7  Habitat transition and ecological speciation with gene flow in Daphnia pulex species complex CONSTANTIN, A.*; CREASE, T.J.; CRISTESCU, M.E.; University of Windsor; University of Guelph; University of Windsor anna.const@gmail.com The relative contribution of geography and ecology to the diversification of freshwater zooplankton is little understood. While allopatric isolation is considered the […]

Meeting Abstract 74.1  Friday, Jan. 7   Genetic and expression changes in lactate dehydrogenase as potential mechanisms for promoting local adaptation in the Daphnia pulex species complex (Cladocera, Anomopoda) DEMIRI, Bora*; CRISTESCU, Melania; CREASE, Teresa; University of Windsor; University of Windsor; University of Guelph demiri@uwindsor.ca Understanding the genetic basis of adaptation is a central task for evolutionary […]

Meeting Abstract 74.2  Friday, Jan. 7  Crustaceans as ecological genomics models: high rate of deletions in asexual Daphnia and implications for the evolution of sex XU, Sen*; OMILIAN, Angela R.; CRISTESCU, Melania; University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario; Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario xu11n@uwindsor.ca The origin and maintenance of sex remains one of the […]

Meeting Abstract 74.2  Friday, Jan. 6  Protective Mechanisms Against Water Stress Evaluated in Insect Cells ANDERSON, J.M.*; HARDER, A.M.; HAND, S.C.; TONER, M.; CHAKRABORTY, N.; MENZE, M.A.; Eastern Illinois University, Dept. Biol. Sci., Charleston, IL; Eastern Illinois University, Dept. Biol. Sci., Charleston, IL; Louisiana State University, Dept. Biol. Sci., Baton Roughe, LA; Center for Engineering in Medicine […]