BERNATIS, J.L.*; MCGAW, I.J.; University of Florida; University of Nevada Las Vegas: Behavioral Modifications of the Dungeness Crab During Feeding and Digestion in Hypoxia The Dungeness crab, Cancer magister, inhabits areas that are frequently subjected to hypoxic episodes. This species has physiological mechanisms that allow it to cope with acute periods of hypoxia, nevertheless, these […]

GRAVINESE, P.M.*; TANKERSLEY, R.A.; Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne; Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne: Behavioral Basis of Depth Regulation in Larvae of the Florida Stone Crab Menippe mercenaria: Responses to Hydrostatic Pressure Behavioral responses of many crustacean larvae to changes in hydrostatic pressure have been hypothesized to form the basis of a negative feedback system […]

CARROLL, Lindsay M.*; JANZEN, Fredric J.; Iowa State University; Iowa State University: Behavior and structure of a riverine population of imperiled Blanding’s Turtles, Emydoidea blandingii Effective conservation strategies require a thorough understanding of population structure and habitat use. Incorporation of detailed information about habitat use, corridors, and age-specific and sex-specific movement of individuals into management […]

SICARD, Nadine*; CORTHALS, Angelique; FEINSTEIN, Julie ; BOLNET, Carolle ; DESALLE, Rob ; Medgar Evers College ; American Museum of Natural History; American Museum of Natural History; Medgar Evers College ; American Museum of Natural History: Barcoding Whiptail Lizards (Cnemidophorus and Apidoscelis spp.) at the Ambrose Monell Cryo Collection. DNA Barcoding is a technique that […]

SEP�LVEDA, R.D.; Universidad Austral de Chile: Analyzing allometry in an intertidal gastropod using geometric morphometrics Traditional morphometrics have assumed that gastropod shells grow at isometric fashion. Geometric morphometrics is specifically aimed to characterize changes in shape independent of size. The aim of this study was to determine the variation in shape in the intertidal snail […]

FADAEL, Rudgie *; T�MKIN, Ilya ; DESALLE, Rob; BOLNET, Carolle; Medgar Evers College ; American Museum of Natural History; American Museum of Natural History; Medgar Evers College : Analysis of Shape Variation in Several Populations of Bivalves Genus Pinctada The main purpose of the project was to test if phenotypically similar populations of bivalves from […]

CONNELLY,, P.W.*; TURNER,, R.L.; Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne: Analysis of High Intertidal Algal Communities: Comparisons between Living and Non-Living Substrata Living and non-living substrata differ in their chemical cues and the microhabitats that they present to settling organisms. These differences allow for variations in physical and biological conditions experienced at the surfaces of both […]

CORBIN, C.E.*; MILES, D.B.; ERNST, N.; Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania; Ohio University, Athens; Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania: Age of evolutionary origin or ecological diversity: which better explains the morphological disparity of New World flycatcher clades? Evolution of sister groups within a monophyletic clade is due to a combination of common and unique evolutionary processes. In […]

ZOU, E.*; STUEBEN, B.; Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA: Acute exposure to naphthalene reduces oxyregulating capacity of the brown shrimp, Penaeus aztecus, subjected to progressive hypoxia The brown shrimp, Penaeus aztecus, in the northern Gulf of Mexico is faced with dual stresses of environmental hypoxia, which occurs as a result of nutrients input from the […]

KHODABANDEH, Saber*; SHAHRIYARI, Mohsen; Univ. of Tarbiat Modarres; Univ. of Tarbiat Modarres: Accumulation and the toxic effects of Mercury on survival and gill structure of Mugil auratus Mugil auratus (1-3 gr) were exposed to different concentration (30, 70, 140 and 600 ppb) of mercury for 4 days. After exposure, Mugil gills were removed and analyzed […]