Meeting Abstract 73.9  Sunday, Jan. 6  Cutaneous water loss and sphingolipids in the stratum corneum of house sparrows from desert and mesic environments MU�OZ-GARCIA, Agust�*; RO, Jennifer; BROWN, Johnie C; WILLIAMS, Joseph B; OSU; OSU; Applied Biosystems; OSU munoz-garcia.1@osu.edu Because cutaneous water loss (CWL) represents over a half of the total water loss in birds, selection pressures […]

Meeting Abstract 72.5  Sunday, Jan. 6  Tidal ventilation and sea turtle O’CONNOR, M. P.*; HONARVAR, S.; SPOTILA, J. R.; Drexel Univ.; Drexel Univ.; Drexel Univ. mike.oconnor@drexel.edu Developing sea turtle embryos experience relative hypoxia and hypercarbia because the sand around their deep nests impedes gas transport. Thus oxygen absorbed and carbon dioxide released by the embryos leads to […]

Meeting Abstract 72.4  Sunday, Jan. 6  Physiological Effects of Road Proximity in Florida Scrub-Jays ( Aphelocoma coerulescens ) MORGAN, G.M.*; SCHOECH, S.J.; Univ. of Memphis gmmorgan@memphis.edu Extended durations of stress can negatively affect the physiology of an organism by influencing the efficacy of several processes, including the stress response, energy allocation and immune function. Stress can also […]

Meeting Abstract 72.6  Sunday, Jan. 6  Linking Amphibian Physiology to Physical Characteristics of its Forestry-Altered Habitat SIEG, A.E.*; O’CONNOR, M.P.; DUNHAM, A.E.; SPOTILA, J.R.; Drexel Univ., Philadelphia; Drexel Univ., Philadelphia; Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Drexel Univ., Philadelphia aes48@drexel.edu Amphibians are declining worldwide at a faster rate than any other vertebrate group and habitat loss is a major […]

Meeting Abstract 72.2  Sunday, Jan. 6  Effects of a Human Pharmaceutical Spironolactone on Secondary Sex Characteristics of Female Mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis RAUT, S.A.**; ANGUS, R.A.; University of Alabama at Birmingham; University of Alabama at Birmingham samiksha@uab.edu Numerous studies, both in the field and laboratory, have demonstrated that a variety of anthropogenic compounds can act as endocrine disruptors. […]

Meeting Abstract 72.1  Sunday, Jan. 6  Determining stress responses to human-related disturbance in small migratory birds using heart rate telemetry BISSON, I.-A.*; BUTLER, L.; HAYDEN, T. J.; ROMERO, L. M. ; WIKELSKI, M. C.; Princeton University; Tufts University; Engineer Research and Development Center; Tufts University; Princeton University ibisson@princeton.edu Understanding how species respond and adapt to human-mediated disturbance […]

Meeting Abstract 72.3  Sunday, Jan. 6  Climate-change trade-offs: benefits from longer growing seasons may be cancelled out by the costs of milder winters ZANI, P.A.; Lafayette College zanip@lafayette.edu An expanding body of literature has demonstrated that global climate change continues to impact adversely many populations, species, and ecosystems. However, life-history theory also predicts possible benefits from longer […]

Meeting Abstract 71.4  Sunday, Jan. 6  The rainbow in the dark: absorptive and fluorescent pigments of deep-sea plankton SWEENEY, AM*; BECK, N; HADDOCK, SHD; Duke Univ., UC Berkeley; Univ. of Penn.; MBARI alison.sweeney@berkeley.edu Many deep-sea organisms contain red, black, or other pigments. While their ability to mask and absorb light has been well documented (e.g., Herring 1972; […]

Meeting Abstract 71.3  Sunday, Jan. 6  Phylogeography of the mite harvestman Aoraki denticulata in the South Island of New Zealand BOYER, Sarah L.*; BAKER, Jessica M.; GIRIBET, Gonzalo; Macalester College; Harvard University; Harvard University boyer@macalester.edu Aoraki denticulata (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, Pettalidae), is a widespread �mite harvestman� endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. Using a 785 […]

Meeting Abstract 71.1  Sunday, Jan. 6  Interactive effects of hypoxia and naphthalene in the brown shrimp, Penaeus aztecus ZOU, E.; Nicholls State University em.zou@nicholls.edu The brown shrimp, Penaeus aztecus, in the northern Gulf of Mexico is faced with dual stresses of hypoxia, which occurs as a result of oxygen depletion from microbial decomposition of organic materials from […]