Meeting Abstract P2.58  Friday, Jan. 4  Unusual jaw morphology facilitates piscivory in the pike killifish, Belonesox belizanus GIBB, A. C.*; PACE, C.; FERRY-GRAHAM, L.; HERNANDEZ, L. P.; Northern Arizona University; Northern Arizona University; Moss Landing Marine Laboratories; George Washington University alice.gibb@nau.edu Piscivory has evolved independently hundreds of times among aquatic-feeding vertebrates. Evolution of this foraging behavior is […]

Meeting Abstract P2.132  Friday, Jan. 4  Ultrastructural Adaptations of Skeletal Muscle of young Japanese Quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) during acclimation CARAGIULO, A.*; OLSON, J.; CZERWINSKI, B.; Villanova University; Villanova University; Villanova University anthony.caragiulo@villanova.edu Skeletal muscle is the primary site of thermogenesis in birds. Heat generated through contraction during both locomotion and shivering is dependent upon ATP produced […]

Meeting Abstract P2.102  Friday, Jan. 4  Ultrasonic Vocalizations Function in Mate Selection in the Big Brown Bat, Eptesicus fuscus GRILLIOT, M.E.*; MENDONCA, M.T.; BURNETT, S.C.; Troy University, Montgomery; Auburn University; Clayton State University mgrilliot@troy.edu Communication signals are important regulators of mating behavior in many animals. Various pre- and post-copulatory mechanisms have been suggested to play a role […]

Meeting Abstract P2.11  Friday, Jan. 4  Tracking Eared Grebe migration using fatty acid signature analysis GAFNEY, J.M.; University of San Diego jgafney-09@sandiego.edu Dietary tracers within animal tissues have been successfully used to link migratory predators with specific feeding locations. Fatty acid signature analysis (FASA) is one such technique for determining trophic relationships within an ecosystem. Identification of […]

Meeting Abstract P2.37  Friday, Jan. 4  To Eat or Not to Eat: Food Intake Regulation in Hibernators FENN, A.M.*; HEALY, J.E.; RICHTER, M.M.; WILKERSON, G.; FLORANT, G.L.; Colorado State University; Colorado State University; Colorado State University; Colorado State University; Colorado State University amfenn@simla.colostate.edu Mammals that hibernate typically do not feed during the winter. For example, the yellow-bellied […]

Meeting Abstract P2.5  Friday, Jan. 4  The role of detritus type in competition and distribution of container-dwelling Aedes MURRELL, E. G.*; DAMAL, K.; JULIANO, S. A.; Illinois State University; Illinois State University; Illinois State University egmurre@ilstu.edu Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus are invasive mosquitoes inhabiting artificial containers as larvae. Field and lab studies show that A. albopictus […]

Meeting Abstract P2.33  Friday, Jan. 4  The importance of the diaphragmaticus muscle to dive time in the American alligator. URIONA, T J; LYON, M L*; FARMER, C G; University of Utah; University of Utah; University of Utah kitty329m@gmail.com We studied the effects of transection of the crocodilian diaphragmaticus on dive times and found that this muscle appears […]

Meeting Abstract P2.54  Friday, Jan. 4  The function of the submentalis muscle during neuromechanical control of feeding movement in Bufo marinus ROBISON, A*; MANDAL, R; PULJAN, D; ANDERSON, C; Brigham Young University – Idaho; Idaho State University; Idaho State University; Idaho State University andecurt@isu.edu In our lab, we are using feeding in amphibians as a model system […]

Meeting Abstract P2.28  Friday, Jan. 4  The effects of the life history of Polistes metricus on the nutritional ecology of the parasitiod wasp Pachysomoides fulvus. JUDD, TM; Southeast Missouri State University tjudd@semo.edu Polistes wasps have an annual colony cycle that goes through the following phases: 1) colony initiation by a single or a few foundresses, 2) worker […]

Meeting Abstract P2.25  Friday, Jan. 4  The effects of spontaneous mutations on lifespan and oxidative stress in the nematodes Caenorhabditis elegans and C. briggsae JOYNER-MATOS, J.L.*; UPADHYAY, A.; LEEUWENBURGH, C.; BAER, C.F.; Univ. of Florida, Gainesville jjmatos@ufl.edu Why individual organisms age is a longstanding unresolved question. Hypotheses for the evolution of aging invoke the effects of deleterious […]