Meeting Abstract S4-1.3  Jan. 5  Effects of host nutrient supply on the outcome of infectious disease SMITH, VAL H.*; SMITH, MARILYN S.; University of Kansas; University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City vsmith@ku.edu In the context of human disease, nutrition is most commonly discussed primarily in terms of maintaining a proper diet and avoiding nutrient deficiencies. However, […]

Meeting Abstract S4-1.6  Jan. 5  Ecological stoichiometry of host-parasite interactions: effects of elemental food quality on host responses to infectious disease FROST, P.C.*; EBERT, D.; SMITH, V.H.; Trent University, Canada; Universit�t Basel, Switzerland; University of Kansas, USA paulfrost@trentu.ca The life-history of host organisms can be significantly altered by both their nutrition and by infectious disease. For example, […]

Meeting Abstract S4-1.7  Jan. 5  Biological stoichiometry of tumors: a test of the growth rate hypothesis using paired biopsy samples of human tumors ELSER, JJ*; KYLE, M; SMITH, M; NAGY, J; Arizona State University; Arizona State University; University of Kansas Medical School; Scottsdale Community College j.elser@asu.edu The growth rate hypothesis proposes that there is a mechanistic association […]

Meeting Abstract S4-1.4  Jan. 5  A fluctuation-induced mechanism for cycling behavior in disease dynamics NEWMAN, T J*; ANTONOVICS, J; MCKANE, A J; Arizona State University; University of Virginia; University of Manchester timothy.newman@asu.edu We discuss a new mechanism for oscillations in host-pathogen populations based on an amplification of the intrinsic stochasticity of demographic and disease-transmission events. This mechanism […]

Meeting Abstract S3-2.3  Jan. 4  Pelagic Tunicates Pack and Ship the Carbon MADIN, Larry; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution lmadin@whoi.edu The biological carbon cycle in the ocean begins in the surface waters with photosynthetic fixation of carbon dioxide into phytoplankton cells, which are consumed by a variety of grazers. Some respire and recycle the carbon near the surface, […]

Meeting Abstract S3-2.1  Jan. 4  Living in cold. Temperature compensation in pteropod mollusk, Clione antarctica. DYMOWSKA, A.K.*; SEIBEL, B.A.; University of Rhode Island; University of Rhode Island agnieszka@mail.uri.edu In polar animals living at low temperatures, such as those experienced by C.antarctica, locomotory performance is constrained by slower generation of ATP1. Cold adaptation and acclimatization in ectotherms may […]

Meeting Abstract S3-2.2  Jan. 4  Elevated Zooplankton Biomass in Mid-Ocean Eddies GOLDTHWAIT, S.*; STEINBERG, D.; MCGILLICUDDY, D.; Humboldt State University; Virginia Institute of Marine Science; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute sg65@humboldt.edu Physical factors ultimately determine the course of biological events in the ocean because processes such as mixing, advection, turbulence, and diffusion affect the distribution, production, and behavior […]

Meeting Abstract S3-1.1  Jan. 4  Visual Ecology on the high seas JOHNSEN, S; Duke University, Durham, NC sjohnsen@duke.edu Oceanographic research has primarily focused on supra-organismal questions, particularly those involving abundance, distribution and trophic relationships. This approach has been extraordinarily productive and has presently culminated in remote sensing techniques that can map the chlorophyll distribution in the entire […]

Meeting Abstract S3-1.4  Jan. 4  Small-scale biological-physical-chemical cues of plankton. YEN, J; Georgia Institute of Technology jeannette.yen@biology.gatech.edu Plankton operate at low Reynolds numbers, generating water-borne cues that can be attenuated by viscosity and confused with small-scale turbulence. Yet messages are created, transmitted, perceived and recognized. These messages guide essential survival tasks of aquatic micro crustaceans. Cues created […]

Meeting Abstract S3-1.3  Jan. 4  Pelagic Amphipods: Hyperiids, Hypertrophies, and Homoplasies on the High Seas BROWNE, W.E.; Kewalo Marine Lab, University of Hawaii wbrowne@hawaii.edu Homoplasies, the reappearance of similarities between related lineages, are one of the most fascinating and perplexing phenomena in evolution. The amphipods rank as one of the most ecologically successful and speciose extant orders […]