THAMM, K.*; SEAVER, E.C.; University of Hawaii at Manoa; University of Hawaii at Manoa: Involvement of the Notch signaling pathway in the development of Capitella sp. I Arthropods, chordates and annelids are the three segmented phyla in the animal kingdom. It is not yet clear if their common ancestor was segmented or if segmentation developed […]

KNEBEL, Stephanie M.; SAWYER, Sara; KRAJNIAK, Kevin G.; Southern Illinois Univ. Edwardsville: Investigation of serotonergic activity in the gizzard of Lumbricus terrestris: Serotonergic immunohistochemical localization Serotonin is a biogenic amine that modulates smooth muscle contractions of the crop and gizzard of the earthworm, Lumbricus terrestris. Investigations into the nature of the serotonin receptor in the […]

GILCHRIST, S.L.; NEMCHONOK, E.*; New College of Florida; New College of Florida: Interactions between ants Atta cephalotes, Brachymyrmex sp. and Dorymyrmex sp. and hermit crabs Coenobita clypeatus on lithophytic and scrub plants of Bailey’s Cay, Roatan, Honduras Ants and hermit crabs commonly co-occur on small cays in the Caribbean. Until recently, little attention has been […]

RICO-MORA , R.; CARPIZO-ITUARTE, E.; PARES-SIERRA, G.; SALAS-GARZA, A.; ESCOBAR-FERNADEZ, R.; DE-LA-ROSA-VELEZ, R.; FLORES-BARRILLAS, L.; Fac. de Ciencias Marinas. UABC; Inst. de Inv. Ocean. UABC; Inst. de Inv Ocean. UABC; Inst. de Inv. Ocean. UABC; Inst. de Inv. Ocean. UABC; Fac. de Ciencias Marinas. UABC; Inst. de Inv. Ocean. UABC; : Induction to metamorphosis of […]

WELCH, K.C.*; SUAREZ, R.K.; Univ. of California, Santa Barbara; Univ. of California, Santa Barbara: Independent and Combined Effects of Temperature and Altitude on Hover-feeding Metabolic Rate in Migratory Rufous Hummingbirds, Selasphorus rufus Because of their small size and energetically expensive mode of locomotion, hummingbirds display high rates of energy metabolism. Thus, hummingbirds represent an ideal […]

JOHNSON, A.S.*; ELLERS, O.E.; WRIGHT, M.; STRANGES, P.B.; Bowdoin College, Maine; Bowdoin College, Maine; Bowdoin College, Maine; Bowdoin College, Maine: Implications of transport processes and 2/3 power metabolic scaling to Bertalanffy and bimodal growth in sea urchins We measured basal respiratory rate of sea urchins Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis as a function of whole body drip weight. […]

CULP, C.E.*; FALKINHAM III, J.O.; BELDEN, L.K.; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: Identification of the natural bacterial microflora on the skin of Eastern newts and bullfrog tadpoles Amphibian populations in several regions of the world appear to be declining due to infectious […]

GUADANGOLI, J.A.; BRAUN, A.M.; ROBERTS, S.P.; REIBER, C.L.; Touro University, Nevada; Dominican University; University of Nevada, Las Vegas; University of Nevada, Las Vegas: Hypoxia alters hemoglobin subunits in the adult Branchiopod Triops Longicaudatus Hemoglobin is a vital molecule in oxygen transport for many organisms. While ubiquitous among vertebrates, it occurs less frequently in invertebrate phyla. […]

LEE, S.G.; BADER, B.D.; CHANG, E.S.; MYKLES, D.L.; Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; Bodega Marine Lab, Bodega Bay, CA; Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO: High-throughput proteomic approaches for identifying molt-associated proteins in crustacean molting gland Regulation of the molting cycle in decapod crustaceans is mainly controlled by […]

THOMTON, J.D.*; TAMONE, S.L.; ATKINSON, S. ; AK SeaLife Center, U. of AK Fairbanks; U. of AK Southeast; AK SeaLife Center, U. of AK Fairbanks: Hemolymph Ecdysteroid Concentrations in Wild and Captive Alaskan Dungeness Crabs The currently accepted reproductive cycle of Alaskan female Dungeness crabs (Cancer magister) maintains that females molt and mate during summer […]