Meeting Abstract 8.8  Sunday, Jan. 4  Instant Fish: Environmentally Triggered Hatching in Beach Spawning California Grunion MARTIN, K.L.**; MCCLURE, M.; BLANK, T.; VANDERGON, T.; RUMBLE, J.; SLEDGE, J.; Pepperdine Univ.; Pepperdine Univ.; Univ. of North Texas; Pepperdine Univ.; Pepperdine Univ.; Pepperdine Univ. kmartin@pepperdine.edu A coastal marine silverside, the California Grunion Leuresthes tenuis emerges from water to spawn […]

Meeting Abstract 8.1  Sunday, Jan. 4  Implications of habitat selection and dispersal for the responses of small ectotherms to climate change SEARS, Michael W.; Southern Illinois University msears@zoology.siu.edu During the next several decades, animals will need to adapt to rising global temperatures. Though many correlational models predict that animals will track climates over geographical space, such results […]

Meeting Abstract 8.2  Sunday, Jan. 4  Implications of egg-brooding induced hypoxia on the development and quality of offspring in Children’s pythons (Antaresia childreni) STAHLSCHMIDT, ZR*; DENARDO, DF; Arizona State Univ. – Tempe; Arizona State Univ. – Tempe zs@asu.edu Python egg-brooding typifies parental care in that it consists of multiple behaviors that provide for multiple developmental needs. For […]

Meeting Abstract 8.4  Sunday, Jan. 4  Flow and Fertilization in Sea Urchins: A Combined Flume and Field Approach YUND, P.O.*; KREGTING, L.J.; BASS, A.L.; AVENI-DEFORGE, K.; TILBURG, C.J.; THOMAS, F.I.M.; Univ. New England; Univ. New England; Univ. Hawaii; Univ. New England; Univ. Hawaii; Univ. New England; Univ. Hawaii pyund@une.edu Past work on the ecology of fertilization in […]

Meeting Abstract 8.6  Sunday, Jan. 4  Filter feeders and plankton increase particle encounter rates through flow regime control HUMPHRIES, S; University of Sheffield, UK s.humphries@sheffield.ac.uk Collisions between particles or between particles and other objects are fundamental to many processes that we take for granted. They drive the functioning of aquatic ecosystems, the onset of rain and snow […]

Meeting Abstract 8.5  Sunday, Jan. 4  Effects of benthic community topography on water flow, dispersal of chemical cues, and hydrodynamic stresses on settling larvae KOEHL, MAR*; CRIMALDI, JP; DOMBROSKI, DE; HADFIELD, MG; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Univ. of Colorado; Univ. of Colorado; Univ. of Hawaii cnidaria@socrates.berkeley.edu Many bottom-dwelling marine animals disperse to new habitats via microscopic planktonic […]

Meeting Abstract 7.4  Sunday, Jan. 4  Individual and population level effects of a pathogenic chytrid fungus on the terrestrial salamander Batrachoseps attenuatus. WEINSTEIN, S.B.; Univ. of California, Berkeley Batrachoseps@gmail.com The pathogenic amphibian chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, infects populations of the fully terrestrial California Slender Salamander, Batrachoseps attenuatus. Histological analysis of museum specimens shows that this pathogen has […]

Meeting Abstract 7.2  Sunday, Jan. 4  Factors that Influence the Strength of Indirect Interactions Mediated by Phenotypic Plasticity MINER, BG*; MULLER, E; PORTER, S; MORGAN, SG; Western Washinton University; Univ. of California, Davis; Univ. of California, Davis; Univ. of California, Davis benjamin.miner@wwu.edu For several decades ecologists have been interested in comparing the relative importance of direct and […]

Meeting Abstract 7.5  Sunday, Jan. 4  Epidemic disease homogenizes amphibian communities SMITH, Kevin G.*; LIPS, Karen R.; CHASE, Jonathan M.; Washington Univ. in St. Louis; Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale; Washington Univ. in St. Louis kgs@wustl.edu The modern biodiversity crisis is characterized by an unprecedented loss of species, owing to threats such as habitat loss, global change, and […]

Meeting Abstract 7.3  Sunday, Jan. 4  Effects of Karenia brevis Harmful Algal Blooms on Nearshore Fish Communities in Southwest Florida GANNON, D.P.*; BERENS, E.J.; CAMILLERI, S.A.; GANNON, J.G.; BRUEGGEN, M.K.; BARLEYCORN, A.B.; PALUBOK, V.I.; KIRKPATRICK, G.J.; WELLS, R.S.; Bowdoin College; Mote Marine Laboratory; Mote Marine Laboratory; Mote Marine Laboratory; University of Missouri-Columbia; Chicago Zoological Society; Mote Marine […]