TULIPANI, D.C.; BOUDRIAS, M.A.; University of San Diego; University of San Diego: The functional morphology and fluid dynamics of swimming in the pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes. Pleuroncodes planipes, the pelagic red crab, feeds on planktonic organisms in the surface waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean at certain early stages of it life, alternately swimming […]

ORTIZ, S*; HAMMOND, K. A.; CARDULLO, R. A. ; Univ. of California, Riverside; Univ. of California, Riverside; Univ. of California, Riverside: The effects of high altitude on skeletal muscle enzyme capacity in deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus An organism�s developmental environment ultimately determines the physiological framework in which it is able to operate most efficiently. Organisms […]

ONKEN, H; MOFFETT, SB; MOFFETT, DF; Washington State Univ., Pullman; Washington State Univ., Pullman; Washington State Univ., Pullman: The anterior stomach of larval mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti): Voltage-clamping a tubular epithelium. The anterior stomach of larval A. aegypti was isolated and perfused with a push-pull syringe pump via two perfusion pipettes. At the inflow pipette the […]

BOCK, Natika L; WYETH, Russell C; CAIN, Shaun D; Friday Harbor Labs, University of Washington; Friday Harbor Labs, University of Washington; Friday Harbor Labs, University of Washington: The Temporal Structure of Multiple Guidance Cues During Prey-finding Behavior of the Marine Mollusc Tritonia diomedea Motile animals often use multiple sensory cues while navigating through their environment. […]

TSAI, Y-C.; LIN, H-C.; Dep. of Life Science, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan; Dep. of Life Science, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan: The Roles of H+-ATPase and Na+, K+-ATPase in the Gills of Euryhaline Crabs during Salinity Acclimation Crabs widely distribute through aquatic to terrestrial habitats and are excellent materials to study morphological changes and physiological adaptation. […]

PIRTLE, T.J.*; SATTERLIE, R.A.; Abilene Christian University; University of North Carolina at Wilmington: The Relative Contribution of Cellular and Circuit Level Properties to Swim Acceleration in Clione limacina Serotonin induced swim acceleration in Clione limacina involves changes in cellular and circuit level properties. At the cellular level, swim interneurons exhibit several changes in intrinsic properties. […]

DELIGIO, J.T.*; ELLINGTON, W.R.; Florida State Univ., Tallahassee; Florida State Univ., Tallahassee: The Key Enzyme for Creatine Biosynthesis is Expressed in the Gonad of the Tunicate Ciona intestinalis Creatine phosphate (CP) and its precursor creatine (Cr), as mediated by the creatine kinase reaction (CK), play a central role in energy homeostasis for cells that display […]

ROER, R.D.*; TOWLE, D.W.; Univ. of N.C. at Wilmington; MDI Biological Laboratory, Salisbury Cove, ME: Temporal expression of Ca-ATPase in the hypodermis of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, during late pre- and early postmolt. Previous studies provided physiological and histochemical evidence for the presence of Ca-ATPase in the hypodermis that underlies the calcifying regions of […]

RISEN, Amy J.; SURMACZ*, Cynthia A.; Bloomsburg University; Bloomsburg University: Sublethal and Lethal Responses to Acute Exposures of Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (MTBE) in Lumbriculus variegatus The widespread presence of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), a gasoline additive, in groundwater and surface water has raised concerns about its potential ecological impact. Recent toxicity studies concluded that current […]

LIN, Chia-Hao; LEE, Tsung-Han; Dept. of Life Sci., Natl. Chung Hsing Univ.; Dept. of Life Sci., Natl. Chung Hsing Univ.: Sodium or potassium ions activate different kinetics of gill Na, K-ATPase in three seawater- and freshwater-acclimated euryhaline teleosts The effects of [Na+] or [K+] on Na, K-ATPase activity of FW-acclimated and SW-acclimated tilapia, puffer and […]