HOLM, E.R.; ORIHUELA, B.; RITTSCHOF, D.; Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division; Duke University Marine Laboratory; Duke University Marine Laboratory: Genetic variation in adhesive tenacity and adhesive plaque characteristics in the barnacle Balanus amphitrite Silicone fouling-release coatings represent a reputedly non-toxic alternative to current toxic antifouling coatings, for controlling hull fouling. In contrast to antifouling […]

MARTONE, P.T.; Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University: Adapting to wave forces: tissue strengthening in an intertidal, articulated coralline alga The decalcified joints (genicula) in the articulated coralline alga Calliarthron cheilosporioides are composed of a tissue that is much stronger than tissues from fleshy macroalgae. This tissue strength may contribute to the ability of articulated fronds […]

VINCENT, S/E; MOON, B/R; HERREL, A; Tulane Unversity; University of Louisiana at Lafayette; University of Antwerp Universiteitsplein 1 : The functional meaning of “prey size” in snakes: influence of prey dimensions on feeding function and performance in water snakes (Nerodia fasciata) The evolutionary success of macrostomatan (enlarged-gape) snakes has been attributed to their ability to […]

SCHWENK, K.; GIGNAC, P.M.*; University of Connecticut; Florida State University: The anatomical basis of cranial kinesis in lizards A number of studies have focused on the form and function of intracranial movements in lizards (cranial kinesis), but rarely has the anatomy and potential movement of individual joints been evaluated. Frazetta (1983) suggested that cranial kinesis […]

HUSKEY, S.H.*; WAINWRIGHT, P.C.; TURINGAN, R.G.; Western Kentucky University; University of California, Davis; Florida Institute of Technology: Scaling snook suction: effects of body size on feeding performance Size can enable or constrain the ability of an animal to function and exploit its environment, and many vertebrates go through a significant change in body size during […]

GIBB, A.C.; BLANTON, J.M.; Northern Arizona University; Amherst College: Is there a free lunch? Elastic recoil and herbivory in Poecilia sphenops Many species of teleost fish, including members of the Scaridae, Kyphosidae and Blennidae, have evolved a second lower jaw joint. This joint is located between the dentary and the angular-articular complex and termed the […]

ROSSELL, John M.; VINCENT, Shawn E.; HERREL, Anthony; IRSCHICK, Duncan J.; Tulane University; Tulane University; University of Antwerp; Tulane University: Do juvenile snakes compensate for their small size when feeding? Ontogeny of feeding performance in the water snake, Nerodia fasciata When juvenile and adult animals occur syntopically, juveniles are believed to be at a distinct […]

METZGER, K.A. *; HERREL, A.; Stony Brook University; University of Antwerp: 3-D analysis of inertial transport in tegus: modulation of jaw and craniocervical kinematics Inertial transport is a presumably stereotypic form of prey transport that is utilized to move food items from the jaw tips into and through the oral cavity. It has been contrasted […]

TYTELL, E.D.; Harvard University: Three-dimensional white muscle fiber orientations in zebrafish: An automatic technique for measuring fiber angles in fishes The three-dimensional orientations of white muscle fibers in zebrafish, Brachydanio rerio, were measured using an automatic image analysis technique, based on confocal and two-photon microscopy. Previous anatomical studies have shown that white muscle fibers in […]

FLAMMANG, B.E.*; AZIZI, E.; Moss Landing Marine Laboratories; University of Massachusetts, Amherst: The radial muscle: A new chapter in shark tails The swimming kinematics and hydrodynamics of heterocercal tails in elasmobranchs have been the focus of a number of recent studies. However, the locomotor functions of the internal morphological structures of the heterocercal tail remain […]