MCCULLOUGH, E*; FOSTER, R; HANNAFORD, S; University of Puget Sound; University of Puget Sound; University of Puget Sound: Temporal and Spatial Memory in Foraging Bumblebees Optimal foraging bees should remember the location and time of day that resources are most profitable from past foraging bouts, and use these memories on subsequent foraging trips. Flowers are […]

LEASE, HM; Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque: Temporal Patterns in a Chihuahuan Desert Grassland: an Investigation using a Higher-order Insect Predator Several species of robber flies (Family Asilidae) were sampled from Chihuahuan Desert grasslands and shrublands at the Sevilleta LTER site, in central New Mexico, to investigate their isotopic carbon signature. Asilids are opportunistic ambush […]

ESTES*, J.*; WIBBELS, T.; WYNEKEN, J.; EHRHART, L.; TUCKER, T.; CARTHY, R.; BRESETT, M.; JOHNSON, C.; University of Alabama at Birmingham; University of Alabama at Birmingham; Florida Atlantic University; University of Central Florida; Mote Marine Lab; Sarasota, FL; University of Florida; Quantum Resources; St. Lucie, FL; Marinelife Center; Juno Beach, FL: Temperature Comparison of Caretta […]

DELA CALZADA, D.D.*; GOSLINER, Dr. T.M.; California Academy of Science; California Academy of Science: Systematic Phylogeny of the Nudibranch Genus Godiva (Macnae, 1954) The systematics and phylogeny of the genus Godiva (Macnae, 1954) are re-examined and revised. Several preserved specimens were examined and comparisons were made with the original descriptions. The reproductive and radular morphology […]

MCCARTHY, Robert C.; Florida Atlantic University: Supralaryngeal vocal tract morphology in the rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta): A geometric morphometric analysis of growth, development and integration Determining the size and shape of the non-human primate supralaryngeal vocal tract (SVT) is a necessary first step for reconstructing SVT shape, and inferring speech abilities, in fossil humans. To […]

KIDD, Michael R.*; KOCHER, Thomas D.; University of New Hampshire; University of New Hampshire: Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of a Community of Translocated Cichlids around Thumbi West Island in Lake Malawi The economic and ecological consequences of invasive species has prompted the need to identify intrinsic and extrinsic factors that affect the dispersal of nonindigenous […]

FERO, K.C.*; MOORE, P.A.; Bowling Green State University; Bowling Green State University: Social status induces variability in shelter use and forging behavior in crayfish Dominance hierarchies afford individuals varying access to resources such as food, shelter, and mates; thus, social status imposes direct consequences on individual fitness. During hierarchy formation in crayfish, the resulting dominant […]

MORTON, Martin L.*; PEREYRA, Maria E.; University of Tulsa; University of Tulsa: Sexual differences in habitat useage by Yosemite Toads While surveying habitat occupied by Yosemite toads (Bufo canorus) at Tioga Pass in the Sierra Nevada of California during their post-breeding period, we discovered sexual differences in distribution of adults. Wet meadow bottoms, near breeding […]

JAYASUNDARA, N.*; SPANINGS-PIERROT, C.; TOWLE, D.W.; MDI Bio. Lab., Salsbury Cove, ME; Universite Montpellier, France; MDI Bio. Lab., Salsbury Cove, ME: Salinity-induced changes in isoform-specific Na++K+-ATPase gene expression in the European shore crab Pachygrapsus marmoratus The grapsid crab P. marmoratus is strongly euryhaline, regulating hemolymph osmolality by absorbing NaCl across the gills from low salinity […]

SERRANO, L.A.**; HENRY, R.P.; Auburn Univ.; Auburn Univ.: Salinity-induced changes in Carbonic Anhydrase activity and mRNA expression in the blue crab Callinectes sapidus Two isoforms of the enzyme carbonic anhydrase (CA) were cloned from the gills of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Specific primers were designed to study the induction during low salinity acclimation of […]