WOLCOTT, DL*; WOLCOTT, TG; HINES, AH; MEDICI, DA; NC State Univ.; NC State Univ.; Smithsonian Env. Res. Ctr.; Gulf & S. Atl. Fisheries Foundation: Migration of female blue crabs from mating areas to spawning grounds. To elucidate how adult female blue crabs migrate from oligo- and mesohaline areas in which they mature and mate, to […]

WARNE, R*; LIGHTFOOT, D; WOLF, BO; University of New Mexico; Museum of Southwestern Biology and University of New Mexico; University of New Mexico: Lizard life history strategies and population dynamics under a regime of pulsed resources How organisms of varied life history strategies integrate ephemeral pulses of resources to optimize reproductive effort at seasonal and […]

ALDREDGE, R.A.*; BOWMAN, R.; BOUGHTON, R.K.; SCHOECH, S.J.; BRIDGE, E.; Archbold Biol. Stn., FL; Archbold Biol. Stn., FL; Univ. of Memphis, TN; Univ. of Memphis, TN; Univ. of Memphis, TN: Increased ambient temperatures in an urban landscape affect hatching success of the threatened Florida scrub-jay Aphelocoma coerulescens Ambient temperature has important physiological consequences on the […]

HUYGHE, K.*; VANHOOYDONCK, B.; HERREL, A.; VAN DAMME, R.; Univ. of Antwerp, Belgium; Univ. of Antwerp, Belgium; Univ. of Antwerp, Belgium; Univ. of Antwerp, Belgium: Ecological and behavioural correlates of colour polymorphism in a lacertid lizard, Podarcis melisellensis The co-existence of different colour morphs within a single population occurs in many animal and plant species. […]

SOTKA, E.E.; College of Charleston: The evolution of herbivore offense in the sea: tropical versus temperate herbivores in feeding tolerance for chemically-rich seaweeds The past 25 years of research on seaweed-herbivore interactions have witnessed remarkable advances in our understanding of seaweed defenses, the chemical and morphological mechanisms that seaweeds use to protect themselves from being […]

LEHMAN, E.M.; Indiana University, Bloomington: Tetrodotoxin as a maternally-endowed defense against egg predation in the rough-skinned newt, Taricha granulosa Antipredator defenses include behaviors to evade capture, physical structures to deter predation, and noxious or toxic chemicals aimed at predators. While adults are often well protected, early life history stages (e.g., eggs) often are more vulnerable. […]

PETERS, K.J.*; AMSLER, C.D.; MCCLINTOCK, J.B.; BAKER, B.J.; Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham; Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham; Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham; Univ. of South Florida: Palatability and chemical defenses of Antarctic Peninsula sponges One of the major benthic taxa in terms of biomass along the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula is Demospongiae. […]

HUANG, Y.M.*; MCCLINTOCK, J.B.; AMSLER, C.D.; PETERS, K.J.; BAKER, B.J.; Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham; Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham; Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham; Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham; Univ. of South Florida: Feeding rates of common Antarctic gammarid amphipods on ecologically important sympatric macroalgae Single species feeding trials employing both fresh algal tissues and alginate food pellets […]

HUTCHINSON, Deborah A.*; SCHROEDER, Frank C.; SAVITZKY, Alan H.; MORI, Akira; MEINWALD, Jerrold; BURGHARDT, Gordon M.; Old Dominion Univ.; Cornell Univ.; Old Dominion Univ.; Kyoto Univ.; Cornell Univ.; Univ. of Tennessee: Dietary Toxin Sequestration in Two Populations of a Toad-Eating Snake, Rhabdophis tigrinus Rhabdophis tigrinus (Colubridae: Natricinae) is a bufophagous (toad-eating) snake from Asia that […]

DERBY, C.D.*; KICKLIGHTER, C.E.; SHABANI, S.; JOHNSON, P.M.; KO, K.-C.; KAMIO, M.; YANG, H.; SCHMIDT, M.; Georgia State University: Chemical defenses of sea hares: novel and adaptive strategies for escape and defense via inking Defensive secretions are usually complex mixtures of chemicals that can be distasteful, harmful, or toxic. We have investigated inking by sea […]