Meeting Abstract 78.8 Friday, Jan. 6 Do changes in parasite prevalence facilitate range expansion of Kenyan house sparrows (Passer domesticus)? COON, CAC*; MARTIN, LB; University of South Florida; University of South Florida ccoon@mail.usf.edu The enemy release hypothesis (ERH) posits that invaders are less affected by parasites and predators in their new range, either due to life history […]
year: 2012
Broad patterns in the diversity of eukaryotic microbes
Meeting Abstract 78.5 Friday, Jan. 6 Broad patterns in the diversity of eukaryotic microbes WEGENER PARFREY, Laura*; KNIGHT, Rob; University of Colorado; University of Colorado, Howard Hughes Medical Institute lwparfrey@gmail.com Microbial organisms make up the majority of organismal diversity on our planet and play a major role in biogeochemical cycling. Here we use high-throughput sequencing technology to […]
Variation in habitat structure impacts responses to biotic and abiotic factors in an intertidal snail
Meeting Abstract 77.2 Friday, Jan. 6 Variation in habitat structure impacts responses to biotic and abiotic factors in an intertidal snail GOSNELL, J.S.*; DIPRIMA, J.B.; GAINES, S.D.; Univ. of California, Santa Barbara; Univ. of California, Santa Barbara; Univ. of California, Santa Barbara gosnell@lifesci.ucsb.edu Habitat structure often varies within and among communities and may influence the distribution of […]
Use of Stable Isotope Approaches to Study Spatial Variation in Diet Rattlesnakes as a case study
Meeting Abstract 77.6 Friday, Jan. 6 Use of Stable Isotope Approaches to Study Spatial Variation in Diet: Rattlesnakes as a case study. PILGRIM, Melissa A.*; FARRELL, Terence M.; University of South Carolina Upstate; Stetson University mpilgrim@uscupstate.edu We tested the validity of the stable isotope approach for determining differences in pigmy rattlesnake (Sistrurus miliarius) diet composition among three […]
Lingcod and rockfish impacts on benthic community structure
Meeting Abstract 77.5 Friday, Jan. 6 Lingcod and rockfish impacts on benthic community structure TURNER, KR*; SEBENS, KP; Univ. of Washington; Univ. of Washington krturner@uw.edu Management decisions affect not just the species targeted by management, but also unharvested species related to those target species through ecological networks. Removal of top predators from subtidal communities releases prey species […]
Decadal-scale changes of shallow subtidal benthos in an Irish marine reserve
Meeting Abstract 77.1 Friday, Jan. 6 Decadal-scale changes of shallow subtidal benthos in an Irish marine reserve TROWBRIDGE, C.D.*; LITTLE, C.; PILLING, G.M.; STIRLING, P.; MILES, A.; Univ. of Oregon; Univ. of Bristol; Secretariat of the Pacific Community; Univ. of Bristol cdt@uoregon.edu Long-term annual monitoring of rocky intertidal and shallow subtidal shores of an Irish sea lough […]
A consumer one-two punch facilitation and functional diversity prevent reversals in community state
Meeting Abstract 77.4 Friday, Jan. 6 A consumer one-two punch: facilitation and functional diversity prevent reversals in community state ELAHI, R.*; SEBENS, K.P.; Friday Harbor Labs, University of Washington; Friday Harbor Labs, University of Washington elahi@uw.edu Declines in global biodiversity have prompted ecologists to question the relative importance of diversity and identity in the context of species […]
A comparison of microbial community structure and function in tidal freshwater wetlands of the Chesapeake Bay watershed in Virginia
Meeting Abstract 77.3 Friday, Jan. 6 A comparison of microbial community structure and function in tidal freshwater wetlands of the Chesapeake Bay watershed in Virginia GILLESPIE, JL*; FRANKLIN, RB; Virginia Commonwealth University; Virginia Commonwealth University gillespiejl@mymail.vcu.edu Wetlands provide billions of dollars in ecosystem services to the United States each year. In an era of great concern for […]
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) reveals that scallop eyes may have bifocal optics
Meeting Abstract 76.3 Friday, Jan. 6 Optical coherence tomography (OCT) reveals that scallop eyes may have bifocal optics SPEISER, DI*; GAGNON, YL; CHHETRI, RK; OLDENBURG, AL; JOHNSEN, S; Univ. of California, Santa Barbara; Duke University; Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Duke University dispeiser@gmail.com Eyes that use a single focusing mechanism […]
Nocturnality limits morphological and functional diversity in the eyes of reef fishes
Meeting Abstract 76.4 Friday, Jan. 6 Nocturnality limits morphological and functional diversity in the eyes of reef fishes SCHMITZ, Lars*; WAINWRIGHT, Peter C.; Univ. of California, Davis; Univ. of California, Davis lschmitz@ucdavis.edu Ambient light levels are often considered to drive the evolution of eye form and function. Diel activity pattern is the main mechanism controlling the visual […]
