Meeting Abstract P2.195  Saturday, Jan. 5  Successful Sage-grouse Show Greater Laterality in Social Behaviors KRAKAUER, A.H.*; BLUNDELL, M.; SCANLAN, T.; WECHSLER, M.; MCCLOSKEY, E.; YU, J.; PATRICELLI, G.L.; Univ. of California, Davis; Univ. of California, Davis; Univ. of California, Davis; Univ. of California, Davis; Univ. of California, Davis; Univ. of California, Davis; Univ. of California, Davis ahkrakauer@ucdavis.edu […]

Meeting Abstract P2.9  Saturday, Jan. 5  Sub-lethal impacts of ocean acidification and elevated temperature on two molluscs from the western Antarctic Peninsula SCHRAM, J.B.*; SCHOENROCK, K.M.; MCCLINTOCK, J.B.; AMSLER, C.D.; AMSLER, M.O.; ANGUS, R.A.; Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham; Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham; Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham; Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham; Univ. of Alabama […]

Meeting Abstract P2.160  Saturday, Jan. 5  Stride Frequency and Body Size in Running Ghost Crabs WHITTEMORE, SB*; MORRIS, K; MEDLER, S; SUNY Fredonia; University at Buffalo; SUNY Fredonia scott.medler@fredonia.edu Body size has a major impact on the skeletal muscles that power locomotion. Smaller animals operate with higher frequencies of limb and body movements, and the muscles driving […]

Meeting Abstract P2.59  Saturday, Jan. 5  Stepwise Flight Reduction Evolved Along Ecological Gradient ZENG, Y*; TANG, J; SINGHAL, S; GONZALES, C; RAHIM, F; NAING, G; AZIZ, A; DUDLEY, R; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia; Univ. of […]

Meeting Abstract P2.215  Saturday, Jan. 5  Statistical Biogeography of the Marmosets and Tamarins BUCKNER, JC*; LYNCH ALFARO, JW; RYLANDS, AB; ALFARO, ME; Univ. of California, Los Angeles; Univ. of California, Los Angeles; Conservation International; Univ. of California, Los Angeles jcharrayb@ucla.edu The Callitrichidae are a family of Platyrrhine monkeys with greater than 50 taxa with distributions in Central […]

Meeting Abstract P2.103  Saturday, Jan. 5  Signatures of natural selection across the mitochondrial genome in Tachycineta swallows. STAGER, M.*; CHEVIRON, Z. A.; Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign stager2@illinois.edu Over the last century, latitudinal variation in avian life-history traits has formed the foundation for general theories of life-history evolution. This variation can be summarized as a slow-fast continuum […]

Meeting Abstract P2.129  Saturday, Jan. 5  Shape Changes in the Hyoid Arch of Four Shark Species NOWINOWSKI, I *; BALABAN, J; WILGA, C; University of Rhode Island inowinowski@my.uri.edu Hyoid depression aids in oropharyngeal expansion and is crucial for suction generation in sharks. The hyoid elements that guide this movement are the paired ceratohyals (CH) and the single, […]

Meeting Abstract P2.60A  Saturday, Jan. 5  Sexual dimorphism and species divergence following UV opsin duplication in Heliconius butterflies MCCULLOCH, KJ*; BRISCOE, AD; University of California, Irvine; University of California, Irvine mccullok@uci.edu Butterflies are known to have some of the most spectrally diverse photoreceptor types in the animal kingdom. The genus Heliconius is of particular interest because it […]

Meeting Abstract P2.151  Saturday, Jan. 5  Seawater flow into the digestive system of actinotroch larvae (Phoronida) JAECKLE, W.B.*; Ill. Wesleyan Univ, Bloomington wjaeckle@iwu.edu Collection of particle foods by actinotroch larvae involves the cilia of the larval tentacles, the muscular elevation of the preoral lobe, and the ciliature of the vestibular epithelium. Particles, ingested by larvae, are likely […]

Meeting Abstract P2.4  Saturday, Jan. 5  Seasonal variation in abundance and reproductive activity in the calcareous sponge, Leucetta losangelensis (deLaubenfels). SHOWS, A.; JENSEN, D.A*; SHUSTER, S.M.; Northern Arizona University dj274@nau.edu Leucetta losangelensis is a calcareous sponge known to inhabit intertidal zones in the northern Gulf of California. Like most sponges, the basic biology of this species is […]