WEBB, J.F.; HERMAN, J.L.; KETTEN, D.R.; Villanova University; Villanova University; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: Ear and Otolith Morphology in a Prominent Group of Coral Reef Fishes with a Putative Specialization for Enhanced Sound Reception Specialized ear morphology is correlated with enhanced hearing in fishes with otophysic connections (ear-swim bladder linkages). Butterflyfishes of the genus Chaetodon […]

KOLB, EM; RHODES, JS; JANOWSKY, A; GARLAND, T; Univ. of Calif., Riverside; Oregon Health and Sciences Univ. ; Oregon Health and Sciences Univ. ; Univ. of Calif., Riverside: Dopamine Receptor and Transporter Density in the Caudate and Prefrontal Cortex of Mice Selectively Bred for High Wheel Running Animals that exhibit high locomotor activity must have […]

MENSINGER, A.F.*; PALMER, L.M.; University of Minnesota Duluth and Marine Biological Laboratory; University of Minnesota Duluth and Marine Biological Laboratory: Detection of free swimming prey via the lateral line in the toadfish, Opsanus tau Inductive neural telemetry was used to record from microwire electrodes chronically implanted into the anterior lateral line nerve of the toadfish, […]

WOLF, Mary C; DALY, Kevin C; MOORE, Paul A; Bowling Green State University; West Virginia University; Bowling Green State University : Central nervous system processing of odor stimuli: the effect of stimulus duration on information coding Two major issues facing sensory ecologists are how olfactory information is coded in the nervous system and how that […]

CASKEY, J.L.; BAUER, R.T.; Univ. of Louisiana, Lafayette; Univ. of Louisiana, Lafayette: Behavioral Tests of a Contact Pheromone in Male Recognition of Receptive Females in the Shrimp Palaemonetes Pugio Palaemonetes pugio is a small estuarine shrimp found along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Males recognize (suddenly attempt to grasp and to mate) newly molted (postmolt) […]

HEYLAND, Andreas; BODNAROVA, M; MOROZ, LL; Whitney Laboratory, Center for Excellence in Genomic Sciences, University of Florida, St. Augustine, FL; Whitney Laboratory, Center for Excellence in Genomic Sciences, University of Florida, St. Augustine, FL; Whitney Laboratory, Center for Excellence in Genomic Sciences, University of Florida, St. Augustine, FL: Thyroid hormone like metabolism and function in […]

REITZEL, Adam M; FINNERTY, John R.; Boston University; Boston University: Local population dynamics of a widely introduced salt marsh anemone, Nematostella vectensis Nematostella vectensis is a euryhaline, burrowing anemone primarily inhabiting tidally-restricted salt marsh pools throughout North America, as well as the parts of England. Recent population genetic data coupled with a discontinuous range support […]

BRODIE, R J; University of South Carolina: Life on the wedge: survival of low salinity conditions in larvae of the fiddler crab Uca minax Newly hatched larvae of the fiddler crab, Uca minax, ride nocturnal ebb currents away from low salinity adult habitats towards high salinity coastal marine environments where they complete development. We investigated […]

KIRKENDALE, Lisa; University of Florida: Evolution of photosymbiosis in the cardiid subfamily Fraginae In the marine clam family Cardiidae, two closely related subfamilies (Tridacninae and Fraginae) exhibit divergent morphological responses to a similar selective pressure- light capture for photosymbiosis. All giant clams maximize light capture via a similar suite of morphological characters, including mantle hypertrophy, […]

GOFFREDI, S.K.; ROUSE, G.W.; VRIJENHOEK, R.C.; Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute; Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide ; Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute: Bone-devouring worms: Ecological and reproductive novelty We recently described a new genus of annelid, Osedax, discovered living on the carcass of a gray whale at ~3000 m depth off of California. […]