Meeting Abstract 96.4  Saturday, Jan. 7  Glucocorticoids, workload and fitness: the role of environmental context, plasticity and repeatability LOVE, Oliver/P*; BOURGEON, Sophie; MADLIGER, Christine; SEMENIUK, Christina/AD; WILLIAMS, Tony/D; University of Windsor; Norwegian Institute for Nature Research ; University of Windsor; University of Calgary; Simon Fraser University olove@uwindsor.ca There is growing debate as to whether (and if so […]

Meeting Abstract 96.5  Saturday, Jan. 7  An Investigation of the CORT-Fitness Hypothesis: the Importance of Age and Environmental Quality MADLIGER, C.L.*; LOVE, O.P.; University of Windsor, Ontario; University of Windsor, Ontario madlige@uwindsor.ca Across taxa, measures of baseline stress hormones (eg. corticosterone) are increasingly being utilized as conservation tools for the assessment of individual and/or population condition. To […]

Meeting Abstract 96.5  Sunday, Jan. 6  Using energetics of sea urchin development to examine the temperature-size rule WHITEHILL, E.A.G.*; MORAN, A.L.; Clemson Univ.; Clemson Univ. whitehi@clemson.edu Temperature is one of the most important environmental parameters that organisms experience. Physiological processes such as metabolism are strongly affected by temperature, and temperature-driven changes in metabolic processes can affect how […]

Meeting Abstract 96.1  Sunday, Jan. 6  Shake, Settle and Hold: Turbulent shear stimulates settlement in sea urchin larvae HODIN, J.*; FERNER, M.C.*; GAYLORD, B.; Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford Univ., Pacific Grove, CA USA; Romberg Tiburon Center, San Francisco State Univ., CA USA; Bodega Marine Laboratory, Univ. of California at Davis USA seastar@stanford.edu, mferner@sfsu.edu For nearshore invertebrates with […]

Meeting Abstract 96.3  Sunday, Jan. 6  Regulation of metamorphosis in Hydroides elegans: not what we thought NEDVED, B.T.*; WILLSEY, E.D.; COURY, R.; HADFIELD, M.G.; Kewalo Marine Laboratory, Uni. of Hawaii; University of Toronto; Kewalo Marine Laboratory, Uni. of Hawaii; Kewalo Marine Laboratory, Uni. of Hawaii nedved@hawaii.edu Larvae of the serpulid polychaete Hydroides elegans require contact of their […]

Meeting Abstract 96.4  Sunday, Jan. 6  Plasticity of egg mass architecture: effects of spatial oxygen gradients on the density and distribution of embryos PODOLSKY, R.D.; College of Charleston podolskyr@cofc.edu The grouping of encapsulated embryos in dense clutches can impose several physical challenges on early development. For example, oxygen delivery to embryos can be limited by diffusion, creating […]

Meeting Abstract 96.6  Sunday, Jan. 6  Identifying genomic regions responsible for offspring dimorphism in Streblospio benedicti ZAKAS, C*; ROCKMAN, M.V.; New York University; New York University christinazakas@gmail.com Major transitions between development modes are a nearly ubiquitous feature in the evolutionary history of most animal phyla, with profound micro- and macroevolutionary consequences. However, the genetic changes that govern […]

Meeting Abstract 96.2  Sunday, Jan. 6  Adverse effects of elevated CO2 concentrations on squid (Doryteuthis pealeii) development and early life KAPLAN, M.B.*; MOONEY, T.A.; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution mkaplan@whoi.edu Increasing quantities of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) are being absorbed into the ocean, altering seawater chemistry and impacting diverse marine life in many ways. […]

Meeting Abstract 96.1  Monday, Jan. 6 13:30  Signals of natural selection and local adaption in the genome of the reef-building coral Acropora millepora CAPPER, RL*; MATZ, MV; University of Texas at Austin; University of Texas at Austin roxana.capper@gmail.com Population genomics seeks to correlate the genetic repertoire of a species with the local environmental gradients encountered along the […]

Meeting Abstract 96.4  Monday, Jan. 6 14:15  Recent evolutionary history of a Lost World frog radiation SALERNO, PE*; SEñARIS, JC; ROJAS-RUNJAIC, F.J.M.; CANNATELLA, D.C.; U.T. Austin; IVIC, Caracas; La Salle Nat. Hist. Museum, Caracas; U.T. Austin patriciasalerno@gmail.com The Lost World of South America comprises hundreds of flattop mountains with walls up to 1000m high and hundreds of […]