Meeting Abstract 4.2  Jan. 4  Potential speciation in anchialine environments: the roles of life history and geology SANTOS, S.R.; Auburn University santos@auburn.edu Anchialine habitats, land-locked bodies of mixohaline water that fluctuate with the tides but have no surface connection to the sea, are known from around the world. A wide variety of organisms exploit anchialine environments, with […]

Meeting Abstract 4.6  Jan. 4  Population- and family-level variability in toxicity of copper pyrithione to the barnacle, Balanus amphitrite ROMANO, J.*; HOLM, E.; MCCLELLAN-GREEN, P.; RITTSCHOF, D.; Duke University Marine Laboratory; Carderock Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center; North Carolina State University; Duke University Marine Laboratory jar21@duke.edu Experiments were conducted to assess variation in mortality of the barnacle […]

Meeting Abstract 4.3  Jan. 4  Is visual performance constrained by body size in Drosophila melanogaster? MERRY, J. W.*; RUTOWSKI, R. L.; Arizona State University; Arizona State University jmerry@asu.edu Past research on insect eyes has revealed the presence of a strong, allometric relationship between eye size and body size, both within and among species. This finding has been […]

Meeting Abstract 4.1  Jan. 4  Genetic population structure of the shrimp Atyaephrya desmarestii (Millet, 1831) in dependence of the distance to the sea PALACIOS THEIL, E.*; GONZALEZ-ORTEGON, E.; GARCIA-RASO, E.; SCHUBART, C.D.; CUESTA, J.A.; Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andaluc�a, CSIC, Spain; Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andaluc�a, CSIC, Spain; Universidad de M�laga, Spain; Universit�t Regensburg, Germany; […]

Meeting Abstract 4.4  Jan. 4  Climate change and temporal variation in nesting biology of North American turtles JANZEN, F.J.*; GIBBONS, J.W.; GREENE, J.L.; IVERSON, J.B.; TUCKER, J.K.; Iowa State University; Savannah River Ecology Laboratory; Savannah River Ecology Laboratory; Earlham College; Illinois Natural History Survey fjanzen@iastate.edu Altered phenology of reproductive events has been noted as a particularly key […]

Meeting Abstract 3.8  Jan. 4  What do pitvipers see? Computer visualizations based on anatomy, optics, heat transfer, and neurophysiology BAKKEN, George S.*; COLAYORI, Samantha E.; Indiana State University; Indiana State University gbakken@indstate.edu The facial pit of pitvipers (Viperidae: Crotalinae) appears to function as a pinhole eye, using thermal infrared radiation to form temperature-contrast images on a sensory […]

Meeting Abstract 3.5  Jan. 4  What Happens To Crayfish Antennule Structure And Function During Regeneration? MCCALL, J. M.; MEAD, K. S.*; Univ. of California, San Diego; Denison University meadk@denison.edu Crayfish are capable of regenerating sensory structures such as their antennules. These olfactory appendages allow the organisms to receive stimuli from the environment such as information directing them […]

Meeting Abstract 3.10  Jan. 4  Variation in mantis shrimp visual and chemical signaling under different light conditions CHEROSKE, A.G.*; CRONIN, T.W.; CALDWELL, R.L.; Mesa Community College; Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County; Univ. of California, Berkeley cheroske@mail.mc.maricopa.edu Many organisms perform behavioral displays that involve visual communication (often with color) during courting. While visual cues often are used at […]

Meeting Abstract 3.2  Jan. 4  THE MAGNETIC MAP OF SEA TURTLES: EVIDENCE FOR MULTIPLE MAGNETIC ELEMENTS WANG, JH*; LOHMANN, CMF; LOHMANN, KJ; University of Hawaii, Manoa; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill john.wang@noaa.gov Juvenile sea turtles take up residence in specific coastal feeding sites and return to these sites after displacement. […]

Meeting Abstract 3.9  Jan. 4  Sensory Ecology of Low-Light Vision in Kelp-Forest Rockfish (genus Sebastes). REILLY, Christian; Reed College heron@reed.edu An animal’s ability to behave appropriately in response to the events in its environment depends on the ability of its sensory systems to detect those events. The absolute limits to low-light visual sensitivity are thought to be […]