Meeting Abstract P3.56 Friday, Jan. 6 Sea Urchin Foraging: Impacts in Coral Recruits WALTERS, L*; TURNER, T; PAUL, V; KUFFNER, I; Univ. of Central Florida; Univ. of the Virgin Islands; Smithsonian, Ft. Pierce; USGS linda.walters@ucf.edu The die-off of the long-spined black sea urchin Diadema antillarum in Caribbean waters in the 1980s coincided with a dramatic increase in […]
year: 2012
Scaling of Manduca sexta midgut tissue and amino acid transporter expression
Meeting Abstract P3.92 Friday, Jan. 6 Scaling of Manduca sexta midgut tissue and amino acid transporter expression YEOH, Aaron/J; VELA-MENDOZA, Allison/V; GILLEN, Chris/M*; Kenyon College; Kenyon College; Kenyon College gillenc@kenyon.edu We assessed mass and gene expression in 3rd through 5th instar Manduca sexta midgut. Wet mass of gut tissue increased in comparison to total body mass with […]
Response to adult conspecific odor is modulated by salinity in metamorphosing megalopae of the fiddler crab Uca minax
Meeting Abstract P3.55 Friday, Jan. 6 Response to adult conspecific odor is modulated by salinity in metamorphosing megalopae of the fiddler crab Uca minax KAINI, P*; SHRESTHA, S; ROBERTS, B; ZHU, N; BRODIE, R; Mount Holyoke College; Mount Holyoke College; Mount Holyoke College; Mount Holyoke College; Mount Holyoke College rbrodie@mtholyoke.edu The complex lifecycle of decapod crustaceans involves […]
Quantitative genetic analysis of acquisition of metamorphic competence in Hydroides elegans, and consequences for larval dispersal
Meeting Abstract P3.53 Friday, Jan. 6 Quantitative genetic analysis of acquisition of metamorphic competence in Hydroides elegans, and consequences for larval dispersal HOLM, E.R.*; ANIL, A.C.; HADFIELD, M.G.; Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division; National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, INDIA; Kewalo Marine Laboratory, University of Hawaii eric.holm@navy.mil Dispersal of planktonic larvae of sessile marine invertebrates is the […]
Pumping Activity and Nitrogen Cycling in the Giant Barrel Sponge, Xestospongia muta
Meeting Abstract P3.63 Friday, Jan. 6 Pumping Activity and Nitrogen Cycling in the Giant Barrel Sponge, Xestospongia muta FIORE, Cara L*; LABRIE, Micheline; LESSER, Michael P; University of New Hampshire clfiore@gmail.com The giant barrel sponge, Xestospongia muta, is one of the most prominent coral reef sponges in the Caribbean and its large size and high abundance provides […]
Proteomic responses of Mytilus congeners to hypo-saline stress
Meeting Abstract P3.45 Friday, Jan. 6 Proteomic responses of Mytilus congeners to hypo-saline stress ZUZOW, M/Z*; SERAFINI, L; HITT, L; VALENZUELA, J; TOMANEK, L; California Polytechnic State Univ., San Luis Obispo; California Polytechnic State Univ., San Luis Obispo; California Polytechnic State Univ., San Luis Obispo; California Polytechnic State Univ., San Luis Obispo; California Polytechnic State Univ., San […]
Proteomic response of tidal-rhythm entrained Mytilus californianus to acute aerial heat stress
Meeting Abstract P3.50 Friday, Jan. 6 Proteomic response of tidal-rhythm entrained Mytilus californianus to acute aerial heat stress HERNANDEZ, D*; SCHUMAN, M; TOMANEK, L; California Polytechnic State University; California Polytechnic State University; California Polytechnic State University dherna07@calpoly.edu The rocky intertidal mussel species Mytilus californianus is native to the Pacific coast of North America. It is frequently exposed […]
Production in a desert lizard as a consequence of prey availability and annual variation in climate
Meeting Abstract P3.40 Friday, Jan. 6 Production in a desert lizard as a consequence of prey availability and annual variation in climate ANDERSON, R A*; MCBRAYER, L D; FABRY, C J; DUGGER, P J; Western Washington Univ.; Georgia Southern Univ.; Western Washington Univ.; Western Washington Univ. Roger.Anderson@wwu.edu In water-limited systems such as desert scrub, among year variation […]
Predicting impacts of global climate change on the Northwest Atlantic Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) population Locomotor responses of hatchlings to differing incubation temperatures
Meeting Abstract P3.6 Friday, Jan. 6 Predicting impacts of global climate change on the Northwest Atlantic Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) population: Locomotor responses of hatchlings to differing incubation temperatures FISHER, L.*; OWENS, D.; GODFREY, M.; College of Charleston; College of Charleston; North Carolina Division of Environment and Natural Resources lrfisher22@gmail.com Sea turtles have a temperature-based sex […]
Pre-stressed compliant fibers within the wing membrane of Glossophaga soricina, Pallas’ long tongued bat
Meeting Abstract P3.176 Friday, Jan. 6 Pre-stressed compliant fibers within the wing membrane of Glossophaga soricina, Pallas’ long tongued bat CHENEY, J. A.*; BEARNOT, A.; BREUER, K. S.; SWARTZ, S. M.; Brown University; Brown University; Brown University; Brown University Jorn_Cheney@Brown.edu The wing membrane of bats is composed of a double-layer of skin, with macroscopic bundles of elastin […]
