Meeting Abstract 107.6 Sunday, Jan. 6 Survival of the weakest: Decreased frond mechanical strength increases survival in a wave-swept kept via self-pruning DEMES, KW*; PRUITT, JN; HARLEY, CDG; CARRINGTON, E; University of British Columbia; University of Pittsburgh; University of British Columbia; University of Washington, Friday Harbor Labs demes@zoology.ubc.ca Organisms’ ability to withstand the physical forces of their […]
year: 2013
Piscivorous fish in a fishless environment dietary and phenotypic differentiation of bigmouth sleepers in Bahamas blue holes
Meeting Abstract 107.4 Sunday, Jan. 6 Piscivorous fish in a fishless environment: dietary and phenotypic differentiation of bigmouth sleepers in Bahamas blue holes MARTIN, RA*; LANGERHANS, RB; NIMBioS; North Carolina State Univ. ryanandrewmartin@gmail.com Ecology’s role in driving predictable differentiation between populations is a central topic in evolutionary ecology. Based on a priori knowledge of theory and natural […]
Limits and opportunities of diversification in barking frogs of the Craugastor augusti complex
Meeting Abstract 107.3 Sunday, Jan. 6 Limits and opportunities of diversification in barking frogs of the Craugastor augusti complex STREICHER, J.W.*; MEIK, J.M.; SMITH, E.N.; FUJITA, M.K.; Univ. of Texas, Arlington; Univ. of Texas, Arlington; Univ. of Texas, Arlington; Univ. of Texas, Arlington streicher@uta.edu Craugastor augusti is among the most widely distributed direct-developing frogs in North America, […]
Ecomorphology in Modern and Fossil Birds
Meeting Abstract 107.5 Sunday, Jan. 6 Ecomorphology in Modern and Fossil Birds MITCHELL, J.S.; The University of Chicago mitchelljs@uchicago.edu The origin of the staggering ecological diversity of modern birds remains unresolved. A major limitation to studying the evolution of avian ecology has been the difficulty of determining the timing and overall rate of key ecological divergences in […]
Assembly and Anthropogenic Alterations in Kelp Forest Ecosystems Historical Perspectives from Deep Time
Meeting Abstract 107.1 Sunday, Jan. 6 Assembly and Anthropogenic Alterations in Kelp Forest Ecosystems: Historical Perspectives from Deep Time LINDBERG, D.R.*; ERLANDSON, J.M.; GRAHAM, M.; BYRNES, J.; Univ. of California, Berkeley; University of Oregon; Moss Landing Marine Laboratories; University of Massachusetts, Boston drl@berkeley.edu We examine the assembly and anthropogenic alterations in 20 kelp forest ecosystems – comprised […]
A phylogenomic approach to the evolution of the coral reef fish fauna
Meeting Abstract 107.2 Sunday, Jan. 6 A phylogenomic approach to the evolution of the coral reef fish fauna VENZON, M.*; ALFARO, M.E.; Univ. of California, Los Angeles; Univ. of California, Los Angeles mvenzon@ucla.edu Coral reefs, while only making up a mere 1% of the oceans’ area, are home to over a third of all the marine fish […]
The molecular evolution of chiton ‘shell’ eyes
Meeting Abstract 106.1 Sunday, Jan. 6 The molecular evolution of chiton ‘shell’ eyes SPEISER, DI*; OAKLEY, TH; Univ. of California, Santa Barbara; Univ. of California, Santa Barbara dispeiser@gmail.com Understanding the evolution of complex traits has been a major goal of biologists for generations. When studying the origin of a particular complex trait, it is useful to first […]
The genomic basis of variation in cichlid spectral sensitivity
Meeting Abstract 106.3 Sunday, Jan. 6 The genomic basis of variation in cichlid spectral sensitivity O’BRIEN, CS*; O’QUINN, KE; SCHLUTE, JE; CARLETON, KL; University of Maryland; University of Maryland; University of Maryland; University of Maryland csob2@umd.edu Studies of color vision evolution have primarily focused on coding differences among photoreceptor opsins, though variation in expression levels of opsin […]
Phylogeny and biogeography of the shell-eyed chitons
Meeting Abstract 106.5 Sunday, Jan. 6 Phylogeny and biogeography of the shell-eyed chitons EERNISSE, D.J.*; BROOKER, L.R.; Cal State Fullerton; Univ. Sunshine Coast, Qld. deernisse@fullerton.edu Over their half a billion-year history, chitons have had numerous aesthete sensory organs in their shells, with shadow detection as one of their proposed functions. Much more recently, a clade of chitons […]
Dispersed sensory neurons express opsin in the skin of Octopus bimaculoides
Meeting Abstract 106.6 Sunday, Jan. 6 Dispersed sensory neurons express opsin in the skin of Octopus bimaculoides RAMIREZ, D*; OAKLEY, TH; Univ. of California, Santa Barbara ramirez@lifesci.ucsb.edu Although we have known for some time that animals can detect light with dispersed, dermal photoreceptor cells and can guide behavior, in most cases we do not know which molecules […]