Meeting Abstract 70.1  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Mechanisms of takeoff and landing flight BERG, Angela M*; BIEWENER, Andrew A; Harvard Univ; Harvard Univ aberg@oeb.harvard.edu Takeoff and landing are essential elements of flight for birds. During takeoff, birds accelerate forward to attain cruising speed; during landing, birds decelerate to zero velocity. These accelerations are the result of the interaction […]

Meeting Abstract 70.3  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Flying and parachuting in the smallest insects MILLER, L. A.*; HEDRICK, T.; SANTHANAKRISHNAN, A.; ROBINSON, A.; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; California Institute of Technology lam9@email.unc.edu A vast body of research has described the complexity of flight in […]

Meeting Abstract 70.5  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Detailed 3D Wing Kinematics during Low Speed Maneuvering in the Pigeon Columba livia. ROS, I.G.*; BIEWENER, A.A.; Harvard U.; Harvard U. ivo.ros@gmail.com High power and precise control are two critical aspects of low speed maneuvering flight. Insight into the control of flight maneuvers requires understanding the mechanics and aerodynamics involved, which […]

Meeting Abstract 70.4  Wednesday, Jan. 6  3D Skeletal Kinematics During Hovering in Hummingbirds TOBALSKE, B.W.*; ROS, I.G.; HEDRICK, T.L.; WARRICK, D.R.; BIEWENER, A.A.; Univ. of Montana; Harvard Univ.; Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Oregon State Univ.; Harvard Univ. bret.tobalske@mso.umt.edu The ability to sustain hovering in hummingbirds is attributed in part to their highly-derived wing morphology and […]

Meeting Abstract 69.5  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Reproductive biology of a bopyrid isopod, Probopyrus pandalicola, and its hyperparasite, Cabirops sp., parasitic on the river shrimp, Macrobrachium ohione CONNER, S.L.*; BAUER, R.T.; Univ. of Louisiana at Lafayette; Univ. of Louisiana at Lafayette sel6883@louisiana.edu Macrobrachium ohione is a freshwater caridean shrimp that migrates to brackish-water estuaries to release its larvae, […]

Meeting Abstract 69.6  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Reproductive biology and population ecology of the sea grass shrimp Ambidexter symmetricus. RASCH, J.A.*; BAUER, R.T.; Univ. of Louisiana, Lafayette; Univ. of Louisiana, Lafayette jennrasch@gmail.com Ambidexter symmetricus is a caridean shrimp which dwells in sea grass meadows in tropical and subtropical waters. We collected samples at night from St. Joseph’s Bay […]

Meeting Abstract 69.4  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Localization of labile zinc in hemocyte lysosomes of the pond snail, Lymnaea stagnalis DIAMANT, A.G.*; RIDGWAY, R.L.; Seattle Pacific University; Seattle Pacific University adiamant@spu.edu Hemocytes of Lymnaea stagnalis maintain normal cellular function when exposed to much higher (up to 10-4 M) than ambient (10-12 M to 10-9 M) concentrations of ZnCl2. […]

Meeting Abstract 69.2  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Feeling the Squeeze: the Energetic Cost of Tunnel Locomotion HORNER, Angela M*; HANNA, Jandy B; BIKNEVICIUS, Audrone R; Ohio University; West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine; Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine ah312505@ohio.edu Many mammals enter tunnels and burrows to escape predators, forage for food or for access to a thermoneutral […]

Meeting Abstract 69.3  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Effects of nighttime temperature on reproduction of side-blotched lizards (Uta stansburiana) ZANI, Peter A.; Gonzaga University zani@gonzaga.edu The life-historical responses of organisms are often temperature dependent, particularly in ectotherms, which respond to a favorable growing season by investing in growth and reproduction. Environmental variation in temperature (e.g., along latitudinal clines or […]

Meeting Abstract 69.1  Wednesday, Jan. 6  A role for the cost of flight in the Polistes dominulus invasion WEINER, Susan A*; NOBLE, Katherine; FLYNN, Galen; WOODS, William A; STARKS, Philip T.; Tufts University; Smith College; University of New Hampshire; Tufts University; Tufts University susan.weiner@tufts.edu Polistes dominulus is an invasive paper wasp from the Mediterranean that has rapidly […]