Meeting Abstract 94.3  Thursday, Jan. 7  Hummingbird choices at artificial flowers made to resemble bird- versus bee-pollinated flowers HALEY, W.A.*; WILSON, P.S.; California State University, Northridge; California State University, Northridge wynhaley@yahoo.com Certain floral characteristics are associated with specific pollinators. For example, hummingbird-pollinated flowers are usually red, lack a landing platform, lack color patterns on the perianth, and […]

Meeting Abstract 94.2  Thursday, Jan. 7  Behavioral and molecular differentiation within a possible cryptic species complex, the canyon treefrog, Hyla arenicolor KLYMUS, Katy *; HUMFELD, Sarah ; MARSHALL, Vince ; CANNATELLA, David ; GERHARDT, H. Carl; University of Missouri, Columbia kektgb@mail.mizzou.edu Cryptic species, morphologically indistinguishable taxa, are commonly identified based on molecular data and/or non-visual mating signals. […]

Meeting Abstract 94.5  Thursday, Jan. 7  Baikalian sponges as a model for the study of endemic speciation LAVROV, D.V.*; BURLAKOVA, O.O.; ITSKOVICH, V.B.; WEINBERG, E.V.; BELIKOV, S.I.; Iowa State Unviersity; Limnological Institute, Irkutsk, Russia; Limnological Institute, Irkutsk, Russia; Limnological Institute, Irkutsk, Russia dlavrov@iastate.edu Speciation – the emergence of discrete entities (species) in the course of continuous biological […]

Meeting Abstract 93.4  Thursday, Jan. 7  Non-consumptive effects in a marine food chain with both native and invasive species. GRASON, Emily*; MINER, Benjamin/G; Western Washington University; Western Washington University grasone@students.wwu.edu Top-down effects by predators are important in structuring marine ecosystems, and predators control prey densities and distributions via consumptive and non-consumptive effects. However, in food chains with […]

Meeting Abstract 93.2  Thursday, Jan. 7  Krill Schooling: Defining the Structure of Antarctic Krill Schools and Swarms MURPHY, D. W.*; WEBSTER, D. R.; KAWAGUCHI, S.; KING, R.; OSBORN, J.; YEN, J.; Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta; Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta; Australian Antarctic Division, Kingston, Tasmania; Australian Antarctic Division, Kingston, Tasmania; University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania; Georgia […]

Meeting Abstract 93.6  Thursday, Jan. 7  How to Produce a Chemical Defense: Sea Hares Manufacture Antipredatory Chemicals from Diet-Derived Red Algal Photosynthetic Pigments KAMIO, Michiya; NUSNBAUM, Matthew; AGGIO, Juan; GRIMES, Tiphani; DERBY, Charles*; Georgia State University cderby@gsu.edu In defense against predators, sea hares use an ink secretion composed of purple ink and white opaline. This colored secretion […]

Meeting Abstract 93.1  Thursday, Jan. 7  Genetic analysis of variation in schooling behavior among threespine stickleback populations WARK*, A.R.*; GREENWOOD, A.K.; PEICHEL, C.L.; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle and University of Washington, Seattle; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle and University of Washington, Seattle awark@fhcrc.org Threespine sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) adapted […]

Meeting Abstract 93.3  Thursday, Jan. 7  Fish lateral system is required for accurate control of shoaling behaviour FAUCHER,, K.*; PARMENTIER,, E.; BECCO,, C.; VANDEWALLE,, N.; VANDEWALLE,, P.; Univ. of Liège, Belgium kfaucher@ulg.ac.be In teleost fishes, the lateral system is assumed to contribute, among other roles, to maintaining schooling behaviour. Sight is also assumed to play a role […]

Meeting Abstract 93.5  Thursday, Jan. 7  Chemical Communication, Keystone Molecules, and Forces Structuring Natural Communities FERRIER, G.A.*; ZIMMER, C.A.; ZIMMER, R.K.; Univ. of California, Los Angeles; Univ. of California, Los Angeles; Univ. of California, Los Angeles gferrier@ucla.edu Sensory systems provide critical filters that enable organisms to detect and recognize valuable resources. Trophic cascades, structuring populations and communities, […]

Meeting Abstract 92.1  Thursday, Jan. 7  Tuning a nose to forage: Evidence for olfactory learning in a procellariiform chick CUNNINGHAM, Gregory B*; NEVITT, Gabrielle A; St. John Fisher College; University of California, Davis gcunningham@sjfc.edu Burrow nesting procellariiform seabirds use olfactory cues for both foraging and nest recognition. As chicks, burrow nesters develop in the dark, but are […]