Meeting Abstract 58.3  Sunday, Jan. 5 14:00  Sensory and Motor Responses to Deflection of Single Neuromasts in the Lateral Line System in Larval Zebrafish LIAO, J.C.*; AKANYETI, O; BALLO, A; HAEHNEL, M; LEVI, R; The Whitney Lab for Marine Bioscience/U. Florida jliao@whitney.ufl.edu Larval zebrafish ( Danio rerio ) are able to use their lateral line system to […]

Meeting Abstract 58.1  Sunday, Jan. 5 13:30  Multisensory Control of Locomotion in Weakly Electric Fish SUTTON, E.E.*; STAMPER, S.A.; DEMIR, A.; MITCHELL, T.R.; FORTUNE, E.S.; COWAN, N.J.; Johns Hopkins Univ.; Johns Hopkins Univ.; Johns Hopkins Univ.; Campbell Univ.; New Jersey Institute of Technology; Johns Hopkins Univ. esutton5@jhu.edu While crucial to understanding neural control, few studies investigate multisensory […]

Meeting Abstract 58.2  Sunday, Jan. 5 13:45  How zebrafish larvae sense and evade fish predators MCHENRY, M.J.*; NAIR, A.M.; STEWART, W.J.; CHANGSING, K.; SOTO, A.; U.C. Irvine; U.C. Irvine; U.C. Irvine; U.C. Irvine; U.C. Irvine mmchenry@uci.edu Prey fish use the visual and lateral line systems to evade predators, but it is unclear how this sensory information is […]

Meeting Abstract 58.4  Sunday, Jan. 5 14:15  Characterization of nonlinear mechanisms in the optomotor system of the tobacco hawkmoth MüLLER, T.*; WINDSOR, S.P.; TAYLOR, G.K.; University of Oxford, UK; University of Bristol, UK; University of Oxford, UK tonya.muller@zoo.ox.ac.uk Flying insects are known to use optic flow information to stabilize their flight; however the functional properties of the […]

Meeting Abstract 57.5  Sunday, Jan. 5 14:30  Why not lie? Costly signals enforce honesty in an experimental signaling game POLNASZEK, T.J.*; STEPHENS, D.W.; Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities polna005@umn.edu Communication depends on reliable signals, so the concept of honesty is important in discussions of communication. Theory provides several mechanisms which can stabilize […]

Meeting Abstract 57.2  Sunday, Jan. 5 13:45  The environmental and genetic effect on two sexually selected traits in a cactus bug SASSON, DA*; MILLER, CW; University of Florida; University of Florida dsasson@ufl.edu An organism’s genetic make-up and natal environment can play a large role in its morphological, physiological, and behavioral development. However, work examining the role of […]

Meeting Abstract 57.3  Sunday, Jan. 5 14:00  Sexual experience enhances mating behavior and success of male Drosophila melanogaster SALEEM, S*; CARNEY, G.E.; Texas A&M University ssaleem@bio.tamu.edu Competition for mates is a wide-spread phenomenon affecting individual reproductive success. The ability of animals to adjust their behaviors in response to changing social environment is important and well documented. Drosophila […]

Meeting Abstract 57.1  Sunday, Jan. 5 13:30  Nestling maltreatment predicts adult stress response and personality in a free-living seabird GRACE, J.K.*; ANDERSON, D.J.; Wake Forest University gracjk7@wfu.edu Non-breeding Nazca booby adults exhibit an unusual and intense social attraction to non-familial conspecific nestlings. Non-parental Adult Visitors (NAVs) seek out and approach unguarded nestlings during daylight hours and display […]

Meeting Abstract 57.6  Sunday, Jan. 5 14:45  Interactions between innate color preferences, individual experience and social information in bumblebee foraging decisions JONES, PL*; RYAN, MJ; CHITTKA, L; University of Texas at Austin; University of Texas; Queen Mary University of London patricia.jones@utexas.edu Social information influences foraging behavior in many taxa, and the costs and benefits of social learning […]

Meeting Abstract 57.4  Sunday, Jan. 5 14:15  Female courtship solicitation is associated with reproductive success in Bluebanded Gobies PRADHAN, DS*; WILLIS, MC; SOLOMON-LANE, TK; CRUTCHER, JB; THONKULPITAK, K; GROBER, MS; Georgia State Univ., Atlanta; Georgia State Univ., Atlanta; Georgia State Univ., Atlanta; Rhodes College, Memphis; Georgia State Univ., Atlanta, GA; Georgia State Univ., Atlanta, GA dpradhan1@student.gsu.edu Courtship […]