Meeting Abstract 39.6  Saturday, Jan. 5  Comparing Aerodynamic Efficiency in Birds and Bats Suggests Better Flight Performance in Birds MUIJRES, FT*; JOHANSSON, LC; BOWLIN, MS; WINTER, Y; HEDENSTRöM, A; Univ. of Washington, Seattle; Lund Univ., Sweden; Univ. of Michigan-Dearborn; Humboldt Univ, Berlin, Germany; Lund Univ., Sweden fmuijres@uw.edu Has the independent evolution of powered flight in birds and […]

Meeting Abstract 39.3  Saturday, Jan. 5  Clap and Fling in Tiny Insect Flight: Role of the Porous Flow Introduced by Bristled Wings SANTHANAKRISHNAN, A.*; MILLER, L.A.; LOWE, A.; ROBINSON, A.; HEDRICK, T.L.; Georgia Institute of Technology; Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; California Institute of Technology; Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel […]

Meeting Abstract 38.1  Saturday, Jan. 5  Water Quality of Kāne’ohe Bay Using Indicator Species Tripneustes Gratilla THOMAS, W H*; FUNG, J K; THOMAS, F; University of Hawai’i- Windward Community College hoaka.thomas@me.com Over the years the populations of the sea urchin Tripneustes gratilla have decreased drastically in Kāne’ohe Bay, Hawaii. The loss of this opportunistic grazer from its […]

Meeting Abstract 38.5  Saturday, Jan. 5  The Contributions of Sensory Morphology and Prey Detection Behavior to Trophic Niche Differentiation in Two Sand-Feeding Lake Malawi Cichlids SCHWALBE, M.A.B.*; WEBB, J.F.; University of Rhode Island; University of Rhode Island mbergstrom@my.uri.edu The adaptive radiations of African cichlids resulted in a diversity of feeding morphologies and strategies, but the role of […]

Meeting Abstract 38.3  Saturday, Jan. 5  Sensory switching in sharks: the role of multimodal stimuli in prey tracking and capture GARDINER, JM*; ATEMA, J; HUETER, RE; MOTTA, PJ; Mote Marine Laboratory; Boston University; Mote Marine Laboratory; University of South Florida jayne@mote.org Hunting involves a sequence of steps with increasing sensory information as the distance between predator and […]

Meeting Abstract 38.2  Saturday, Jan. 5  Sensory signals and predator search performance at the low prey density limit HEIN, A. M.*; MCKINLEY, S. A.; University of Florida; University of Florida amhein@ufl.edu Organisms of all types collect sensory measurements from their environments. In some cases, these measurements contain information about the locations of resources such as prey. We […]

Meeting Abstract 38.4  Saturday, Jan. 5  Coexpression of Spectrally Distinct Opsins: A Novel Mechanism of Photoreceptor Tuning? DALTON, B. E. *; CRONIN, T. W.; CARLETON, K. L.; University of Maryland, Baltimore County briand7@gmail.com Detection of predators is a critical task that many animals accomplish visually. Because predators often appear as dark objects, their detection can be facilitated […]

Meeting Abstract 37.3  Saturday, Jan. 5  Why do giant squid have giant eyes? JOHNSEN, S.*; NILSSON, D.-E.; WARRANT, E.J.; Duke Univ.; Lund Univ.; Lund Univ. sjohnsen@duke.edu Giant and colossal deep-sea squid (Architeuthis and Mesonychoteuthis) have the largest eyes in the animal kingdom, but there is no explanation for why they would need eyes that are nearly three […]

Meeting Abstract 37.4  Saturday, Jan. 5  The costs and benefits of losing an arm: autotomy in the octopus Abdopus aculeatus ALUPAY, J/S*; CALDWELL, R/L; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Univ. of California, Berkeley jsalupay@berkeley.edu Animals have evolved a diversity of defense mechanisms including cryptic and startling displays and flight responses to escape their predators. Arguably one of the […]

Meeting Abstract 37.5  Saturday, Jan. 5  Pressure across the head of a freely-swimming rainbow trout (Onchorynchus mykiss) in uniform flow LIAO, J.C.*; CHAMBERS, L. M.; AKANYETI, O.; The Whitney Lab for Marine Bioscience, University of Florida Gainesville; Robotics Laboratory, University of Bristol, UK; The Whitney Lab for Marine Bioscience, University of Florida Gainesville jliao@whitney.ufl.edu The mathematician Sir […]