Meeting Abstract P2.55  Tuesday, Jan. 5  Recruitment Sensitivity to Contaminated Substrata in Larvae of Coral Species: Montipora capitata and Porites hawaiiensis ANSON, JA; University of Hawaii jorg@hawaii.edu The continued decline in coral populations is a concern in coral reef ecosystems throughout the Pacific region. As anthropogenic stressors increase globally, understanding the population dynamics and larval ecology of […]

Meeting Abstract P2.157  Tuesday, Jan. 5  Radio controlled stimulation of abdominal flexion in Manduca sexta affects the flight path. ALDWORTH, Z.; LOCKEY, J.*; OTTEN, D.; LANG, J.; VOLDMAN, J.; DANIEL, T.; Univ. Washington, Seattle; Univ. Washington, Seattle; Mass. Inst. Technology, Boston; Mass. Inst. Technology, Boston; Mass. Inst. Technology, Boston; Univ. Washington, Seattle danielt@uw.edu Control of flight in […]

Meeting Abstract P2.77  Tuesday, Jan. 5  Python model of pathological cardiac hypertrophy REAVES PIERCE, Holland*; RIQUELME, Cecilia A.; LEINWAND, Leslie A; SECOR, Stephen M.; University of Alabama; University of Colorado; University of Colorado; University of Alabama hipierce@crimson.ua.edu Cardiac hypertrophy is a physiologic/morphologic response to volume (‘physiological hypertrophy’) or pressure (‘pathological hypertrophy’) overload. Burmese pythons experience with feeding […]

Meeting Abstract P2.173  Tuesday, Jan. 5  Prey Capture Using Whole Body Fluid Dynamics in Batoids WILGA, C/D*; MAIA, A/RMD; NAUWELAERTS, S; LAUDER, G/V; University of Rhode Island; University Rhode Island; Michigan State University; Harvard University cwilga@uri.edu Traditionally, suction feeding is described as rapid expansion of the buccal cavity. However, when feeding on the substrate, suction can be […]

Meeting Abstract P2.11  Tuesday, Jan. 5  Presence of Octopamine in Hemolymph and Tissues of Crassostrea viginica and its Possible Role as a Cardio-Regulatory Hormone PRYCE, K.*; SAMUEL, D.; MYRTHIL, M.; CATAPANE, E.J.; CARROLL, M.A.; Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn catapane@mec.cuny.edu Octopamine (OA), a biogenic amine first identified in octopus, has been well studied in arthropods and a few […]

Meeting Abstract P2.126  Tuesday, Jan. 5  Prenatal Social Stress Affects Siberian Hamster (Phodopus sungorus) Offspring Social Behavior and Physiology ANDRIEUX, S.J.*; CHESTER, E.M.; DEMAS, G.E.; SUNY College at Old Westbury; Indiana University ; Indiana University sybandrew@yahoo.com The in utero environment can exert profound influences on both mother and offspring, resulting in modified adult offspring physiology and behavior. […]

Meeting Abstract P2.149  Tuesday, Jan. 5  Preliminary analyses of blood serum to assess bone maintenance in wild woodchucks (Marmota monax) before and after hibernation DOHERTY, Alison R. H.*; ROBL, Nick J.; VINYARD, Christopher J.; Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine; Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine; Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine ahdoherty@gmail.com Long periods of inactivity […]

Meeting Abstract P2.138  Tuesday, Jan. 5  Predation risk and encounter rates with conspecific males influence female mate choice in hybridizing swordtail fishes WILLIS, P.M.*; RYAN, M.J.; ROSENTHAL, G.G; Univ. of Texas at Austin; Univ. of Texas at Austin; Texas A&M Univ. pmwillis@mail.utexas.edu Direct costs and benefits (i.e., those that affect the chooser’s survival or fecundity) have prominent […]

Meeting Abstract P2.20  Tuesday, Jan. 5  Potential resistance of Antarctic ascidians to sympatric bacterial epibiosis KOPLOVITZ, G*; MCCLINTOCK, J.B.; AMSLER, C.D.; BAKER, B.J.; University of Alabama at Birmingham; University of Alabama at Birmingham; University of Alabama at Birmingham; University of South Florida gilkop@uab.edu Both biotic and abiotic surfaces in benthic marine environments are subject to fouling by […]

Meeting Abstract P2.135  Tuesday, Jan. 5  Population differences in reproductive biology of free-living Cassin’s Sparrows, Aimophilla cassinii. HURLEY, LL*; DEVICHE, P; Arizona State Univ. llhurley@asu.edu Seasonally breeding birds use various proximate cues to regulate their reproductive cycle. In relatively stable seasonal environments, the primary cue used often is day length. In less predictable environments such as Southwest […]