Meeting Abstract 79.3  Friday, Jan. 7  Hawaiian Reef Fish Cocktail Parties: Look Who is Talking ! TRICAS, T.C.*; BOYLE, K.S.; Hawaii Inst of Marine Biology and Univ. Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu; Hawaii Inst of Marine Biology and Univ. Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu tricas@hawaii.edu Regular surveys of coral reef fish populations are important for effective management and conservation, […]

Meeting Abstract 79.6  Friday, Jan. 6  The effect of tail autotomy on locomotor stability in the green anole lizard HSIEH, S. Tonia*; FISHER, Rebecca E.; KUSUMI, Kenro; Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, AZ; Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ sthsieh@temple.edu Having a tail in the animal kingdom is […]

Meeting Abstract 79.1  Friday, Jan. 6  Slip Perturbation Recovery in the Frilled Dragon, a Dynamically Stable Bipedal Runner MARA, K.R.*; HSIEH, S.T.; Temple University; Temple University kylemara@temple.edu In nature animals often encounter unsteady or unpredictable surfaces and must traverse them while maintaining dynamic stability. Yet, most previous locomotor studies have focused on steady state, non-perturbed, locomotion. As […]

Meeting Abstract 79.5  Friday, Jan. 6  Scales Assist Scaling in Lizards: Keeled, Subcaudal Scale Arrays Engage Substrate during Rapid Vertical Climbing JUSUFI, A.*; LIBBY, T.; FULL, R.J.; Univ. of California, Berkeley ardianj@berkeley.edu To explore substrate interactions between locomotor appendages such as feet and tails, we video recorded lizards Iguana iguana, Acanthosaurus crucigera and Gonocephalus grandis as they […]

Meeting Abstract 79.4  Friday, Jan. 6  Robust Climbing in Cockroaches Results from Fault Tolerant Design Using Leg Spines JAYARAM, K*; MERRITT, C; FULL, R.J.; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Univ. of California, Berkeley kaushikj@berkeley.edu Previously, we found that cockroaches, Blaberus discoidalis, maintain performance on flat and rough terrain even with the loss of tarsi […]

Meeting Abstract 79.2  Friday, Jan. 6  How do animals with limited distal limb musculature use sensory feedback during locomotion? LIEDTKE, A.M.*; MOORE, S.; WITTE, T.; SPENCE, A.J.; The Royal Veterinary College, UoL; The Royal Veterinary College, UoL; The Royal Veterinary College, UoL; The Royal Veterinary College, UoL aliedtke@rvc.ac.uk Sense organs in the muscles, joints and cutaneous tissue […]

Meeting Abstract 79.3  Friday, Jan. 6  Dynamic stability during quadrupedal arboreal locomotion: Body segment contributions to angular momentum LAMMERS, A. R.*; ZURCHER, U.; School of Health Sciences, Cleveland State University; Department of Physics, Cleveland State University a.Lammers13@csuohio.edu Traveling on narrow tree branches and twigs presents a challenge to maintaining balance and avoiding falls. To remain stable while […]

Meeting Abstract 79.1  Sunday, Jan. 6  Widespread distribution of the palatal organ across Cypriniformes suggests multiple roles in feeding HERNANDEZ, LP; George Washington Univ, Washington DC phernand@gwu.edu The cypriniform palatal organ has long been thought to play a role in selectively feeding on the benthos. Composed of a dorsal mass of muscle fibers that spans the entire […]

Meeting Abstract 79.2  Sunday, Jan. 6  Using sonomicrometry to compare pharyngeal jaw kinematics in cypriniform fishes RADE, CM*; SANFORD, CP; HERNANDEZ, LP; George Washington Univ; Hofstra Univ; George Washington Univ cristinarade@gmail.com While much of the documented functional diversity in fish feeding systems involves the mechanics of suction feeding and prey capture, the pharyngeal jaw apparatus (PJA) is […]

Meeting Abstract 79.6  Sunday, Jan. 6  The role of muscle force versus work in trophic specialization of cyprinid fishes GIDMARK, N*; TARRANT, J; KONOW, N; BRAINERD, E; Brown University njg@brown.edu Vertebrates feed on a wide variety of foods that vary in material properties, so biomechanical traits of their feeding systems should vary with diet. Cyprinidae is a […]