Meeting Abstract P2.41  Saturday, Jan. 5  The Life Less Aquatic: Water loss resistance in mudskippers and its role in emergent behavior DABRUZZI, TF*; RIBERO, L; POLGAR, G; BENNETT, WA; University of West Florida; University of Malaya; University of Malaya; University of West Florida tfd2@students.uwf.edu Mudskippers are amphibious fishes common to tropical western Pacific mangrove habitats. In areas […]

Meeting Abstract P2.10  Saturday, Jan. 5  The Effects of Elevated Temperature on Locomotory Activity, Plasma Corticosterone, and White Blood Cells in the Semi-Terrestrial Salamander Desmognathus ochrophaeus FONNER, C.W.*; WOODLEY, S.K.; Duquesne University, Pittsburgh; Duquesne University, Pittsburgh fonnerc@duq.edu Animals are continually challenged by abiotic and biotic factors in their natural environments. One factor of growing concern is global […]

Meeting Abstract P2.169  Saturday, Jan. 5  The Effects of APKQYVRFamide on the Isolated Intestine of the Earthworm Lumbricus terrestris. MCCULLOUGH, K.A.*; KRAJNIAK, K.G.; Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Southern Illinois University Edwardsville kmccull@siue.edu The digestive tract of the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris responds to a variety of neurotransmitters including FMRFamide and its related peptides (FaRPs). Recently we identified the […]

Meeting Abstract P2.167  Saturday, Jan. 5  The Effects of APKQYVRFamide and other FMRFamide Related Peptides on the Isolated Crop-Gizzard of the Earthworm Lumbricus terrestris. CORNWELL, F.J.*; BRAUER, C.L.; KRAJNIAK, K.G.; Southern Illinois Univ. Edwardsville; Southern Illinois Univ. Edwardsville; Southern Illinois Univ. Edwardsville fcornwe@siue.edu The digestive tract of the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris responds to a variety of neurotransmitters […]

Meeting Abstract P2.19  Saturday, Jan. 5  Tests on the organization of lipids in the avian stratum corneum CHAMPAGNE, AM*; ALLEN, HC; WILLIAMS, JB; Ohio State University; Ohio State University; Ohio State University champagne.7@osu.edu Cutaneous water loss (CWL) accounts for over half of all evaporative water loss in birds. The barrier to water loss through the skin is […]

Meeting Abstract P2.136  Saturday, Jan. 5  Temporal secretion of ecdysteroids over the premolt period in two life histories of Tanner crab Chionoecetes bairdi KELLER, EK*; TAMONE, SL; RAY, L; University of Alaska Southeast; University of Alaska Southeast; University of Alaska Southeast ekkeller@uas.alaska.edu Chionoecetes bairdi (Tanner crab) and C. opilio (snow crab) are commercially important crabs that inhabit […]

Meeting Abstract P2.221  Saturday, Jan. 5  Symbiotic Microbial Communities Associated with Haplosclerid Sponges: Stability Across Space and Time ZAPPE, ME*; THACKER, RW; Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham mzappe@uab.edu Marine sponges can host a diverse set of symbiotic microbes, many of which may provide nutrients or critical physiological functions to the sponge in exchange for shelter and some […]

Meeting Abstract P2.222  Saturday, Jan. 5  Symbiodinium changes under coral disease events in Montastraea faveolata CORTES GARCIA, M.E.*; CLOSEK, C.J.; MEDINA, M.; University of California, Merced; University of California, Merced; University of California, Merced mcortesgarcia@ucmerced.edu Caribbean coral reefs have experienced an increase in the number of diseases and disease outbreaks within the last 10 years. One disease, Yellow Band […]

Meeting Abstract P2.223  Saturday, Jan. 5  Symbiodinium mucilage and ultrastructural variation MAZZILLO MAYS, M.*; KEMPF, S. C.; Auburn University; Auburn University mazzimj@auburn.edu Symbiodinium are unicellular dinoflagellates that reside intracellularly in a variety of invertebrate hosts, including cnidarians. In this symbiosis, the endosymbiotic algae are enclosed in a symbiosome membrane (host and symbiont-derived) and donate photosynthetically fixed carbon […]

Meeting Abstract P2.156  Saturday, Jan. 5  Switch and bait: use of artificial egg masses to investigate predation on embryos VON DASSOW, Y.J.*; RITTSCHOF, D.; Duke University; Duke University yasmin.vondassow@duke.edu Many marine invertebrates package their embryos into benthically-deposited egg structures, some of which take the form of gelatinous masses with embryos embedded inside. If the gelatinous matrix is […]