Meeting Abstract 112-3  Sunday, Jan. 7 08:30 – 08:45  Growth of the Ediacara Macrofossil Dickinsonia costata: Highly Regulated and Complex Development in one of Earth’s Earliest Animals EVANS, SE*; DROSER, MD; GEHLING, JG; University of California, Riverside; University of California, Riverside; South Australia Museum sevan004@ucr.edu Early animal evolution is recorded in the soft body fossils of the […]

Meeting Abstract 112-5  Sunday, Jan. 7 09:00 – 09:15  Exceptional preservation of glycine-rich proteins and ultrastructure in Cretaceous bivalves MYERS, CE*; BERGMANN, KD; SUN, C-Y; TAMRE, E; MARCUS, MA; BOEKELHEIDE, N; KNOLL, AH; GILBERT, PUPA; University of New Mexico; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Harvard University; Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Colby College; […]

Meeting Abstract 111-6  Sunday, Jan. 7 09:15 – 09:30  Searching for the mechanism: enzymatic interrogations of outer membrane vesicles involved in the metamorphosis of Hydroides elegans (Polychaeta) FRECKELTON, ML*; NEDVED, BT; HADFIELD, MG; University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa marnief@hawaii.edu Bacterial biofilms are required for the induction of […]

Meeting Abstract 111-5  Sunday, Jan. 7 09:00 – 09:15  Regeneration Identifies Developmental Flexibility in the Pilidium Larva MOSS, ND*; MASLAKOVA, SA; Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, University of Oregon nicole.moss@ucdenver.edu Injury for long-lived planktonic larvae is likely, and therefore tissue reorganization and regeneration are expected. Like many other invertebrate larvae, the nemertean pilidium develops over several weeks […]

Meeting Abstract 111-2  Sunday, Jan. 7 08:30 – 08:45  Metamorphosing larvae of Hydroides elegans (Polychaeta): the first 30 minutes on the bottom HADFIELD, MG*; FRECKELTON, ML; NEDVED, BT; University of Hawaii at Manoa; University of Hawaii at Manoa; University of Hawaii at Manoa hadfield@hawaii.edu http://www.kewalo.hawaii.edu/index.php/2013-08-02-03-42-22/faculty/michael-g-hadfield The serpulid polychaete Hydroides elegans is an excellent model organism for studies […]

Meeting Abstract 111-1  Sunday, Jan. 7 08:15 – 08:30  Cellular and Molecular Characterization of Head Regeneration in Lumbriculus variegatus. O’BRYANT, SM; MARTINEZ-ACOSTA, VG*; Univ. of the Incarnate Word; Univ. of the Incarnate Word vgmartin@uiwtx.edu Lumbriculus variegatus is a freshwater annelid that has robust regenerative capabilities. Previous work in our lab has demonstrated that proper head regeneration is […]

Meeting Abstract 111-3  Sunday, Jan. 7 08:45 – 09:00  Bacterial induction of metamorphosis of Hydroides elegans (Polychaeta): A new twist in the tailocin tale NEDVED, BT*; FRECKELTON, ML; HADFIELD, MG; Kewalo Marine Laboratory, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; Kewalo Marine Laboratory, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; Kewalo Marine Laboratory, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa nedved@hawaii.edu Phage-tail bacteriocins […]

Meeting Abstract 110-1  Sunday, Jan. 7 08:00 – 08:15  The release of zinc oxide sunscreens into marine environments and their effects on developing Strongylocentrotus purpuratus embryos CUNNINGHAM, BE*; BREITENBACH, KK; ADAMS, NL; California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo bcunni02@calpoly.edu Increased releases of zinc oxide […]

Meeting Abstract 110-5  Sunday, Jan. 7 09:00 – 09:15  Site-specific Evaluation of Body Shape Response to Contamination in a Model Fish Species, Gambusia affinis BERGAMINI, RR*; GREENHALGH-ADAM, CD ; PROPPER, CR; Northern Arizona University; Northern Arizona University; Northern Arizona University Rex.Bergamini@nau.edu Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are globally ubiquitous in aquatic systems. Chronic exposure to EDCs can disrupt […]

Meeting Abstract 110-2  Sunday, Jan. 7 08:15 – 08:30  Ground Water or Surface Flow: Which Polluted Water Causes More Detrimental Effects in Crustaceans Placed in Stream Mesocosms? STEELE, AN*; BELANGER, RM; MOORE, PA; Bowling Green State University; University of Detroit Mercy; Bowling Green State University ansteel@bgsu.edu Herbicides are introduced to aquatic systems through variable modes of entry: […]