Meeting Abstract P1-128 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 Ability to elevate testosterone varies with breeding stage in a competitive female songbird GEORGE, EM*; ROSVALL, KA; Indiana University, Bloomington; Indiana University, Bloomington georgee@indiana.edu Prior social competition is thought to physiologically prime animals for future confrontations. Research on this phenomenon in vertebrates has largely focused on males and […]
year: 2017
A study on the chordwise defomation and its influence on the aerodynamic performance of a hovering honeybee coupled-wing
Meeting Abstract P1-226.5 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 A study on the chordwise defomation and its influence on the aerodynamic performance of a hovering honeybee coupled-wing MA, Y*; REN, HL; NING, JG; ZHANG, PF; Beijing Institute of Technology; Beijing Institute of Technology; Beijing Institute of Technology; Beijing Institute of Technology mayun_ibrahim@163.com Insect wings, for example a […]
A kinematic study of how mallards land on water
Meeting Abstract P1-261 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 A kinematic study of how mallards land on water WHITEHEAD, JG*; SOCHA, JJ; Virginia Tech; Virginia Tech whijo23@vt.edu Multiple studies have examined how birds land on a perch, but birds can land on a number of different substrates and may employ different kinematic strategies based on substrate. One […]
A comparison of form and function grooming appendage setal morphology and grooming behaviors of the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) and stone crab (Menippe mercenary) (Crustacea Decapoda Brachyura)
Meeting Abstract P1-195 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 A comparison of form and function: grooming appendage setal morphology and grooming behaviors of the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) and stone crab (Menippe mercenary) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). PASCUAL, S*; WORTHAM, J/L; University of Tampa; University of Tampa stephanie.pascual@spartans.ut.edu Grooming behaviors have been documented in many crustaceans, with a […]
A comparative analysis of the circadian rhythms of specialist and generalist bees visiting Convolvulaceae flowers
Meeting Abstract P1-81 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 A comparative analysis of the circadian rhythms of specialist and generalist bees visiting Convolvulaceae flowers JOHNSON, M*; LOUBRIEL GRAJALES, D; NIEDZIALEK, O; PEREZ TORRES, M; MELENDEZ, A; ALEMÁN RÍOS , J; MOSIER, A; ABRAMSON, C; GIRAY, T; BARTHELL, J; GONZALEZ, VH; AGOSTO RIVERA, J; Dickinson College; University […]
A Picture Worth 1000 Words What Does a Snapshot of a Physiological Trait Tell Us About Individual Variation
Meeting Abstract P1-141 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 A Picture Worth 1000 Words: What Does a Snapshot of a Physiological Trait Tell Us About Individual Variation? SCHOENEMANN, KL*; MONTREUIL-SPENCER, C; BONIER, F; Queen’s University; Queen’s University; Queen’s University k.schoenemann@queensu.ca Many physiological traits are plastic: to maintain allostasis, an organism alters its central nervous, immune, and endocrine […]
A Computational Model of a Swimming Lamprey Driven by a Central Pattern Generator with Proprioceptive Feedback
Meeting Abstract P1-253 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 A Computational Model of a Swimming Lamprey Driven by a Central Pattern Generator with Proprioceptive Feedback HAMLET, CL*; TYTELL, ED; FAUCI, LJ; HOFFMAN, KA; Bucknell University; Tufts University; Tulane University; Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County ch051@bucknell.edu The swimming of a relatively simple vertebrate, the lamprey, can shed light […]
3D printed models reveal morphological features that cue mantis shrimp strike locations
Meeting Abstract P1-216 Thursday, Jan. 5 15:30 – 17:30 3D printed models reveal morphological features that cue mantis shrimp strike locations KISARE, SA*; CRANE, RL; PATEK, SN; Duke Univ.; Stanford Univ.; Duke Univ. sak36@duke.edu Strategic application of force is often necessary to break open hard-shelled prey and access the food inside. Smashing mantis shrimp (Stomatopoda) break open […]
Follow the Yellow Brick Road An Odyssey from Myoplasm to Marine Biology to Genomics
Meeting Abstract PLEN-1 Wednesday, Jan. 4 19:30 – 20:30 Follow the Yellow Brick Road: An Odyssey from Myoplasm to Marine Biology to Genomics SWALLA, B.J.; University of Washington at Seattle bjswalla@u.washington.edu https://faculty.washington.edu/bjswalla/ Follow the Yellow Brick Road, from an undergraduate at the University of Iowa with a keen interest in eggs to the Director of a Marine […]
Only Converse A Journalist Sizes Up the Problem of Science Communication
Meeting Abstract MOORE-1 Sunday, Jan. 8 15:45 – 16:45 Only Converse? A Journalist Sizes Up the Problem of Science Communication REID, Rosalind; Council for the Advancement of Science Writing rosreid@gmail.com http://casw.org/users/rosalind-reid The rise of active learning in science education has an analog in the world of science communication. The notion of a passive audience has been destroyed […]
