Meeting Abstract 76.6  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Neuroendocrine bases of spawning migration in chum salmon URANO, Akihisa; Hokkaido Uiversity, Sapporo, Japan aurano@sci.hokudai.ac.jp Chum salmon of Japanese stock spend several years to grow and mature in the summer Bering Sea and the winter Gulf of Alaska, and then home their natal rivers over thousands of kilometers for spawning. Since […]

Meeting Abstract 76.1  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Immune function across latitudinal and urban gradients in a differential migrant O’NEAL, DM*; SWANGER, L; JAWOR, J; FRENCH, SS; KETTERSON, ED; Indiana University; Indiana University; University of Southern Mississippi; Utah State University; Indiana University daoneal@indiana.edu Recent changes in climate have had significant effects on the behavior, physiology and demography of many […]

Meeting Abstract 76.1  Friday, Jan. 7  Salinity dependent gill Na,K-ATPase isoform shifts in a cichlid fish and prolactin dependence of the freshwater enzyme TIPSMARK, CK*; BREVES, JP; HIRANO, T; GRAU, EG; University of Arkansas, Fayetteville; University of Hawaii, Manoa; University of Hawaii, Manoa; University of Hawaii, Manoa tipsmark@uark.edu In euryhaline fishes, shifts between a freshwater (FW) and […]

Meeting Abstract 76.2  Friday, Jan. 7  Hormonal control and developmental changes in the salinity-dependent isoforms of the branchial sodium pump of Atlantic salmon. MCCORMICK, S.D.*; REGISH, A.M.; CHADWICK, J.G.; CHRISTENSEN, A.K.; USGS, Conte Anadromous Fish Research Center mccormick@umext.umass.edu The sodium pump, Na+,K+-ATPase (NKA), in the gills of teleost fish is involved in ion regulation in both freshwater […]

Meeting Abstract 76.3  Friday, Jan. 6  Optical coherence tomography (OCT) reveals that scallop eyes may have bifocal optics SPEISER, DI*; GAGNON, YL; CHHETRI, RK; OLDENBURG, AL; JOHNSEN, S; Univ. of California, Santa Barbara; Duke University; Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Duke University dispeiser@gmail.com Eyes that use a single focusing mechanism […]

Meeting Abstract 76.4  Friday, Jan. 6  Nocturnality limits morphological and functional diversity in the eyes of reef fishes SCHMITZ, Lars*; WAINWRIGHT, Peter C.; Univ. of California, Davis; Univ. of California, Davis lschmitz@ucdavis.edu Ambient light levels are often considered to drive the evolution of eye form and function. Diel activity pattern is the main mechanism controlling the visual […]

Meeting Abstract 76.1  Friday, Jan. 6  Giant clam iridocytes optimize photosynthetic symbiosis SWEENEY, A.M.*; HOLT, A.L.; GAGNON, Y; MORSE, D.E.; Univ. of California, Santa Barbara; Univ. of California, Santa Barbara; Duke University; Univ. of California, Santa Barbara sweeney@lifesci.ucsb.edu Symbioses between metazoans and the brown alga Symbiodinium are a major component of the coral reef ecosystem.  While the […]

Meeting Abstract 76.5  Friday, Jan. 6  Genomic and lighting environments influence color vision in guppies SANDKAM, B.A.*; WATSON, C.T.; JOY, J.B.; BREDEN, F.; Simon Fraser University; Simon Fraser University; Simon Fraser University; Simon Fraser University bsandkam@sfu.ca Guppies are one of the best known examples of sexual selection in that females prefer to mate with more colorful males. […]

Meeting Abstract 76.2  Friday, Jan. 6  A monte-carlo model of photon transport in symbiotic giant clams HOLT, A.L.*; GAGNON, Y; SWEENEY, A.M.; MORSE, D.E.; Univ. California, Santa Barbara; Univ. California, Santa Barbara; Duke University; Univ. California, Santa Barbara amanda.holt@lifesci.ucsb.edu Giant clams of the genus Tridacna have a complex photonic system combining photosynthetic and absorbing brown algae with […]

Meeting Abstract 76.2  Sunday, Jan. 6  The aquatic-terrestrial transition of freshwater turtles from a dynamical systems perspective MAZOUCHOVA, N*; WILSHIN, S; HSIEH, T; Temple University; Royal Veterinary College; Temple University nicole.mazouchova@temple.edu A multitude of complex environments are found on our planet and are inhabited by a variety of animal species exhibiting diverse forms of adaptation. Animals that […]