Meeting Abstract 77.3  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Food falls, feeding attractants, and organization of complex chemical signals ZIMMER, Richard; Univ. of California, Los Angeles z@biology.ucla.edu Organic food falls play critical roles in structuring communities within coastal ocean, estuarine and deep sea environments. The aggregation of carrion feeders over time near enrichment sites can invite higher-order consumers, thus causing […]

Meeting Abstract 77.6  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Elevated autophagic activity during hyperthermic stress in the common anemone, Aiptasia pallida: A novel cellular mechanism during bleaching. HANES, S. D.*; KEMPF, S. C.; Auburn University; Auburn University hanessd@auburn.edu Coral bleaching involves the loss of symbiotic dinoflagellates from host gastrodermal tissues, which occurs as a result of elevated temperature/light stress. Previous […]

Meeting Abstract 77.5  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Effects of resource availability on dung beetle abundance and male horn size in Australian urban forest fragments BARTH, BJ*; FITZGIBBON, S; CARTER, AJ; WILSON, RS; Univ. of Queensland b.barth@uq.edu.au The rate of urbanisation is increasing rapidly, with more than 50% of the world’s population now living in cities. Urbanisation drastically alters […]

Meeting Abstract 77.1  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Chemical Cues Indicate Familiarity And Body Size In Striped Plateau Lizards WEISS, S/L; FRITZSCHE, A/F*; University of Puget Sound, Tacoma WA; University of Puget Sound, Tacoma WA afritzsche@gmail.com Reptilian chemical cues may communicate information about discrete character states such as species, gender, and individual identification, as well as continuously varying characteristics […]

Meeting Abstract 76.2  Wednesday, Jan. 6  When skipping a high quality stopover site makes sense LEYRER, J*; ROBIN, F; DEKINGA, A; BRUGGE, M; SCHRIMPF, A; BOCHER, P; PIERSMA, T; University of Groningen; University of La Rochelle; Royal Netherlands Institution for Sea Rearch, Den Burg; Royal Netherlands Institution for Sea Rearch, Den Burg; Royal Netherlands Institution for Sea […]

Meeting Abstract 76.4  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Variation in constitutive immune function in a long distance migrant shorebird during migratory stopover in Delaware Bay BUEHLER, Deborah M*; TIELEMAN, B. Irene; PIERSMA, Theunis; Royal Ontario Museum; University of Groningen; University of Groningen d.buehler@utoronto.ca Delaware Bay, USA, is used by thousands of shorebirds as a final stopover site before migration […]

Meeting Abstract 76.5  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Nutritional effects on migration and immunity: Mormon crickets in Nevada contrast sharply with a band in Utah SRYGLEY, R.B.**; LORCH, P.D.; USDA-Agricultural Research Service; Kent State University, Ohio robert.srygley@ars.usda.gov Mormon crickets (Anabrus simplex) form large migratory bands that march over rangeland in the western U.S. in search of nutrients. Immune defense […]

Meeting Abstract 76.3  Wednesday, Jan. 6  No seasonal modulation in the acute phase response of a temperate zone bird, the Skylark (Alauda arvensis) HEGEMANN, A*; VERSTEEGH, MA; DE GRAAF, M; TIELEMAN, BI; MATSON, KD; University of Groningen, The Netherlands; University of Groningen, The Netherlands; University of Groningen, The Netherlands; University of Groningen, The Netherlands; University of Groningen, […]

Meeting Abstract 76.6  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Neuroendocrine bases of spawning migration in chum salmon URANO, Akihisa; Hokkaido Uiversity, Sapporo, Japan aurano@sci.hokudai.ac.jp Chum salmon of Japanese stock spend several years to grow and mature in the summer Bering Sea and the winter Gulf of Alaska, and then home their natal rivers over thousands of kilometers for spawning. Since […]

Meeting Abstract 76.1  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Immune function across latitudinal and urban gradients in a differential migrant O’NEAL, DM*; SWANGER, L; JAWOR, J; FRENCH, SS; KETTERSON, ED; Indiana University; Indiana University; University of Southern Mississippi; Utah State University; Indiana University daoneal@indiana.edu Recent changes in climate have had significant effects on the behavior, physiology and demography of many […]