CASTANARO, J.C.; LASKER, H.R.; University at Buffalo; University at Buffalo: Colony Growth Responses of the Carribean Octocoral Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae to Harvesting Colonies of the Caribbean gorgonian, Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae were subjected to partial mortality at two sites in the Bahamas to study the effects of disturbances such as harvesting, grazing and storm damage on colony growth. […]

DINKELACKER, SA; COSTANZO, JP; LEE, RE; Miami University; Miami University; Miami University: Cold Hardiness and Desiccation Resistance in Hatchling Emydoidea blandingii Parameters of cold hardiness and desiccation resistance of hatchling Blanding�s turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) were examined to suggest potential overwintering sites. Terrestrially overwintering hatchlings either tolerate freezing or avoid ice nucleation behaviorally or physiologically by […]

FERRELL, DAVID/L; Florida State University: Clonal diversity and agonistic capabilities of the aggregating anemone Anthopleura elegantissima in Barkley Sound, British Columbia The sea anemone Anthopleura elegantissima, a common inhabitant of northeastern Pacific intertidal environments, proliferates via longitudinal binary fission, thereby generating clonal aggregations. Conspecific encounters result in agonistic interactions in which specialized defensive tentacles, or […]

LEWIS, C.L.*; COFFROTH, M.A.; University at Buffalo, NY; University at Buffalo, NY: Changing horses in mid stream: Secondary xoozanthellae uptake by the Caribbean octocoral Briareum asbestinum following an experimentally induced bleaching event Coral bleaching events are typically characterized by the breakdown of the coral-algal symbiosis and the loss/expulsion of the algal symbionts (ie, zooxanthellae). After […]

BERNIER, N.J.*; CRAIG, P.M.; Univ. of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada: Central mechanisms regulating food intake in hypoxic rainbow trout: evidence for a role of CRF-related peptides Hypoxia inhibits growth in a variety of fish species primarily via a reduction in food intake. While the appetite-suppressing effects of hypoxia are well recognized, the mechanisms mediating this […]

KHANDOKER, A. H.*; DIZALOWSKI, E.; BURGGREN, W. W.; TAZAWA, H.; Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan; University of North Texas, USA; University of North Texas, USA; Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan: Cardiac rhythms of late pre-pipped and pipped chick embryos in altered oxygen environments During the final stages of embryonic development in chickens, diffusive gas exchange […]

PASSAMANECK, Y. J.; HALANYCH, K. M.; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: Bryozoan affinities accessed using Hox genes and ribosomal RNA genes The phylogentic position of the Bryozoa represents an ongoing question in the study of metazoan evolution. Various interpretations of morphological and developmental features have posited a close relationship to either protostomes […]

VATNICK, I.; MORRIS, R.W.*; Widener University; Widener University: Biology for Non-Majors -Who Knew? I Liked Biology A quick Google search on biology courses for non-majors reveals a multitude of approaches, topics and institutional attitudes. In spite of this diversity, we assert that most students, required to take it, hate it. We devised a course that […]

INOUE, J. G.; MIYA, M.; TSUKAMOTO, K.; NISHIDA, M.; Ocean Res. Inst., Univ. of Tokyo; Nat. Hist. Mus. Inst., Chiba; Ocean Res. Inst., Univ. of Tokyo; Ocean Res. Inst., Univ. of Tokyo: Basal Actinopterygian Relationships: A Mitogenomic Perspective on the Phylogeny of the �Ancient Fish� The basal actinopterygians comprise four major lineages (polypteriforms, acipenseriforms, lepisosteids, […]

MILLER, T.J.; FINKLER, M.S.; Indiana University Kokomo: Bacterial clearance from snapping turtle eggs during early embryonic development. Little is known about the interactions that occur between embryonic reptiles and microflora in the embryonic environment. In this study, we examined changes in total bacteria counts in snapping turtle egg contents (yolk and albumen combined) during the […]