Meeting Abstract P3.119  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Changes in protein expression in gill tissue of the ribbed marsh mussel Geukensia demissa in response to aerial exposure FIELDS, P.A.*; GAO, L.; WOLFGANG, A.; Franklin and Marshall College; Franklin and Marshall College; Pequea Valley High School peter.fields@fandm.edu The ribbed mussel Geukensia demissa inhabits salt marshes along the eastern coast of […]

Meeting Abstract P3.10  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Changes in Genetic Variation of Energy Metabolism and Life History Traits between Sexual and Asexual Phases of a Clonal Organism. ARTACHO, P.*; FIGUEROA, C.C.; SIMON, J.-C.; CORTES, P.; NESPOLO, R.F.; Univ Austral de Chile, Valdivia; Univ Austral de Chile, Valdivia; INRA, UMR 1099 BiO3P, Le Rheu, France; Univ Austral de Chile, […]

Meeting Abstract P3.132  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Cardiovascular adaptations of Inuit sled dogs in response to seasonal changes in work load, temperature and feeding GERTH, Nadine; STARCK, J. Matthias*; Univesity of Munich (LMU); University of Munich (LMU) starck@uni-muenchen.de Using ultrasonography and external heart rate monitors we have measured morphological and functional parameters of the heart of Inuit sled […]

Meeting Abstract P3.84  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Capitalizing on Income: Using Stable Isotopes to Understand Reproductive Allocation in the Flesh Fly, Sarcophaga crassipalpis JORDAN, D. C. *; WESSELS, F. J.; HAHN, D. A.; University of Florida; University of Florida; University of Florida dianis@ufl.edu Resources used for reproduction can come from a variety of sources, however, these sources are […]

Meeting Abstract P3.56  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Cadmium exposure affects metabolic responses to acute temperature rise in eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica BAGWE, R.*; SOKOLOVA, I.M.; University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC; University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC rbagwe@uncc.edu Cadmium (Cd) and elevated temperatures are common stressors in estuarine environments affecting intertidal mollusks such as […]

Meeting Abstract P3.55  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Cadmium affects nitric oxide metabolism during normoxia and intermittent anoxia in eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica SOKOLOVA, I.M.*; IVANINA, A.; EILERS, S.; KUROCHKIN , I.; SOKOLOV, E.P.; University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC; University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC; University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC; University […]

Meeting Abstract P3.103  Wednesday, Jan. 6  CNS processing of auditory signals differs in light and darkness in the praying mantis, Parasphendale agrionina SIMPSON, M. C.; YAGER, D. D.*; Univ. of Maryland, College Park; Univ. of Maryland, College Park ddyager@umd.edu Most praying mantises detect ultrasound using a single ear in the ventral midline of the metathorax. This provides […]

Meeting Abstract P3.23  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Bushy-tailed Woodrats: Making hay the rodent way MORTON, M. L.*; PEREYRA, M. E.; Univ. of Tulsa marty-morton@utulsa.edu Haying is the cutting, curing, and storing of herbaceous vegetation, and among small mammals this behavior is generally attributed only to pikas (Ochotona spp., Lagomorpha). We found, however, that a rodent, the Bushy-tailed Woodrat […]

Meeting Abstract P3.62  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Broad physiological tolerances of the invasive clam, Nuttallia obscurata WITTES, J.S.*; DONOVAN, D.A.; Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania; Western Washington University jwittes@gmail.com Nuttallia obscurata has spread rapidly through Puget Sound and the Strait of Georgia since it was introduced from Asia to the Eastern Pacific Ocean in the late 1980s. This species has […]

Meeting Abstract P3.136  Wednesday, Jan. 6  Bone mineralization in European eel (Anguilla anguilla) during maturation from the yellow eel stage to the silver eel stage IDE, C*; BADIOLA AZPEITIA, T; PALSTRA, A; VAN DEN THILLART, G; ADRIAENS, D; Ghent University, Gent; Ghent University, Gent; Departament de Fisiologia, Universitat de Barcelona; Leiden University, Leiden; Ghent University, Gent celine.ide@ugent.be […]