Meeting Abstract 79.1  Friday, Jan. 7  The distribution of Acanthamoeba spp. in marine and estuarine sediments from the coast of France MUNSON, D.A.; Washington College, Chestertown, MD dmunson2@washcoll.edu A previous study (Munson et al., Oceanis, 37, 2007) illustrated the impact of pollution on the incidence of Acanthamoeba in North Sea coastal sediments. Acanthamoeba is a ubiquitous soil […]

Meeting Abstract 79.4  Friday, Jan. 7  Reproductive Strategy, Larval Behavior and Recruitment among Caribbean Octocorals LASKER, H.R.; University at Buffalo hlasker@buffalo.edu Caribbean octocorals have reproductive strategies which include broadcast spawning, surface brooding and brooding. In the genus Pseudopterogorgia differences in the timing of development, release and behavior of propagules combine to generate different patterns of dispersal and […]

Meeting Abstract 79.3  Friday, Jan. 7  Hawaiian Reef Fish Cocktail Parties: Look Who is Talking ! TRICAS, T.C.*; BOYLE, K.S.; Hawaii Inst of Marine Biology and Univ. Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu; Hawaii Inst of Marine Biology and Univ. Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu tricas@hawaii.edu Regular surveys of coral reef fish populations are important for effective management and conservation, […]

Meeting Abstract 78.6  Friday, Jan. 7  The Effects of Climate Change on Physiology: Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) Larval Response to Environmental Change TIMMINS-SCHIFFMAN, E.B.*; DORFMEIER, E.M.; ROBERTS, S.B.; University of Washington; University of Washington; University of Washington emmats@uw.edu As global climate change continues, its effects are realized at every level within ecosystems. Ecosystem response to climate change […]

Meeting Abstract 78.3  Friday, Jan. 7  Renegade clams: Marine bivalves follow neither Bergmann’s Rule nor its converse BERKE, S K*; JABLONSKI, D; KRUG, A Z; TOMASOVYCH, A; VALENTINE, J W; Univ. of Chicago; Univ. of Chicago; Univ. of Chicago; Univ. of Chicago; Univ of California, Berkeley skberke@gmail.com Bergmann’s Rule describes the tendency for taxa to get larger […]

Meeting Abstract 78.2  Friday, Jan. 7  Phylogenetic Analysis of Bicoastal Parasite Diversity in Three Brooding Bivalves LAKE, D.T.*; LEE, K.A.; RUIZ, G.M.; COHEN, C.S.; San Francisco State University; Univ. of California, Davis; Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; San Francisco State University david10lake@gmail.com Although much attention has been given to biological invasions of free-living species, relatively few empirical studies […]

Meeting Abstract 78.5  Friday, Jan. 7  Genetic isolation of Sceloporus woodi due to mature forests and major roadways TUCKER, D.B.*; HARRISON, J.S.; MCBRAYER, L.D.; Georgia Southern Univ.; Georgia Southern Univ.; Georgia Southern Univ. derekbrazil2002@yahoo.com The Florida sand pine scrub habitat is one of the most endangered ecosystems in the southeastern United States due to residential development, agriculture, […]

Meeting Abstract 78.1  Friday, Jan. 7  Decline in nudibranch gastropods following a climate-related range shift of a large predatory aeolid in the northeast Pacific Ocean GODDARD, J.H.R; GOSLINER, T.M.; PEARSE, J.S.*; Univ. of California, Santa Barbara; California Academy of Sciences; Univ. of California, Santa Cruz pearsester@gmail.com In 1977, Phidiana hiltoni (O’Donoghue, 1927) began spreading northward from Monterey, […]

Meeting Abstract 78.4  Friday, Jan. 7  CSI Freshwater Mussels: Using DNA Barcoding to Identify Microscopic Animals BOYER, Sarah L.*; HOWE, Alexander A.; JUERGENS, Nathan W.; HOVE, Mark C.; Macalester College; Macalester College; Macalester College; Macalester College, University of Minnesota boyer@macalester.edu Mussels in the family Unionidae have a unique life cycle in which they are obliged to parasite […]

Meeting Abstract 77.3  Friday, Jan. 7  Role of cytochrome P450s in juniper versus creosote consumption in woodrats SKOPEC, M.M.*; MALENKE, J.R.; HALPERT, J.R.; DEARING, M.D.; Weber State University; University of Utah; University of California, San Diego; University of Utah micheleskopec@weber.edu Cytochrome P450s are a diverse array of enzymes thought to be important in the biotransformation of plant […]