ZHENG, J.*; LEE, C.-Y.; WATSON, R.D.; University of Alabama at Birmingham; National Changhua Univ. of Education, Taiwan, ROC; University of Alabama at Birmingham: Molecular Cloning of a Putative Receptor Guanylyl Cyclase From Y-Organs of the Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus Crustacean molt-inhibiting hormone (MIH), a polypeptide produced by neurosecretory cells in eyestalk ganglia, suppresses the synthesis […]

DURIE, C. J.*; WILGA, C. D.; University of Rhode Island; University of Rhode Island: Modulation of prey-capture in ram, suction, and biting centrarchid species Many investigations into patterns of conservation attempt to determine whether the evolution of new behaviors are initiated by alteration in the patterns generated by the central nervous system or by changes […]

VAILLANCOURT, E; PRUD’HOMME, S; HAMAN, F; GUGLIELMO, CG*; WEBER, J-M; Univ. of Ottawa; Univ. of Ottawa; Univ. of Ottawa; Univ. of Montana; Univ. of Ottawa: Metabolic fuel selection during cold exposure and running in a long-distance migrant shorebird Philomachus pugnax The extent to which the intensity of energy expenditure affects fuel selection in long-distance migrant […]

GOODWIN, KA; ROSTAL, DC; Georgia Southern University; Georgia Southern University: Maternal Investment in Offspring of Gopherus agassizii: The Consequences of Infection by Mycoplasma agassizii Upper respiratory tract disease (caused by Mycoplasma agassizii) has been indicated in wide-scale population declines of the Mojave Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii). Current USFWS policies advocate the euthanasia or removal of […]

RAFFERTY, Katherine L.; University of Washington: Mandibular Strain Patterns in the Isognatic versus Anisognathic Jaw Strains in the mandible are caused by muscle contraction and occlusal force. The conditions of isognathy versus anisognathy are expected to produce different patterns of mandibular strain during mastication. Pigs and goats were compared to investigate the impact of these […]

MARTIN, K.L. ; JOHNSON, P.B.; ROBBINS, E.A.; HERNANDEZ, J.A.; SPEER, T.M.; POMMERENING, R.C.; CARPENTER, K.A.; FLANNERY, J.A.; Pepperdine Univ. ; Pepperdine Univ.; Pepperdine Univ.; Pepperdine Univ.; Pepperdine Univ.; Pepperdine Univ.; Pepperdine Univ.; Pepperdine Univ.: Long Walks on Moonlit Beaches: Monitoring Grunion Runs in California Grunion runs are part of the cultural heritage of southern Californians. […]

PARKER, E.*; KYNARD, B.; Conte Anadromous Fish Research Center, Turners Falls, MA and Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst: Latitudinal Differences in Ontogenetic Behavior Between Two Populations of Shortnose Sturgeon: A Laboratory Study Shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) are diadromous sturgeons found in rivers along the east coast of North America from New Brunswick to Georgia. They are […]

AJEMIAN, Matthew J.; SANFORD, Christopher P;; Hofstra University; Hofstra University: Kinematics of prey capture in the chain catshark Scyliorhinus retifer Modulation of prey capture has been observed in several aquatic vertebrates and may represent a fitness advantage when resources are scarce and varied. However, the presence of modulation in feeding among the elasmobranchs (sharks, skates, […]

PANAITOF, S.C.; SCOTT, M.P.; Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham; Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham: Juvenile hormone and parental responsiveness in single male burying beetles, Nicrophorus orbicollis Burying beetles, Nicrophorus orbicollis, have facultative biparental care. They bury and prepare small vertebrate carcasses that provide food for their young; both remain to feed and guard the young. […]

BROWN, KR; WALTERS, LJ; GLARDON, CG; BLACK, MW; SACKS, PE; BEACH, KS; STAM, WT; OLSEN, JL; Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando; Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando; Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando; Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando; Winter Springs High School, Winter Springs; Univ. of Tampa, Tampa; Univ. of Groningen, The Netherlands; Univ. of Groningen, The […]