Meeting Abstract 127-6  Monday, Jan. 7 11:15 – 11:30  Bouncing off the (non-existent) walls: Using the vortex rebound phenomenon to outswim your peers GEMMELL, B. J. *; COLIN, S. P.; COSTELLO, J. H. ; SUTHERLAND, K. R. ; University of South Florida; Roger Williams University ; Providence College ; University of Oregon ; University of South Florida […]

Meeting Abstract 127-2  Monday, Jan. 7 10:15 – 10:30  Aggregation and Benthic Locomotion in Upside-down Jellyfish: Impacts on Feeding and Defense DURIEUX, DM*; DU CLOS, KT ; GEMMELL, BJ; University of South Florida; University of South Florida; University of South Florida daviddurieux@mail.usf.edu While most jellyfish are planktonic organisms as adults, actively swimming through the water column, the […]

Meeting Abstract 126-5  Monday, Jan. 7 11:15 – 11:30  The influence of demographic history on heterogeneous patterns of genomic divergence in an incipient Heliconius species COLE, JM*; VAN BELLEGHEM, SM; COUNTERMAN, BA; Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS; University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS jmc675@msstate.edu Identifying the forces responsible for driving genomic divergence between […]

Meeting Abstract 126-4  Monday, Jan. 7 11:00 – 11:15  Plasticity, hybridization and speciation on the Dogface butterfly wing COUNTERMAN, BA*; FENNER, JL; Mississippi State University bcounterman@biology.msstate.edu When two species successfully hybridize, there is potential for the hybrids to be isolated from the parental species, ecologically and/or reproductively, and to establish themselves as a new, hybrid species. Here, […]

Meeting Abstract 126-3  Monday, Jan. 7 10:45 – 11:00  Systematics and Species Delimitation of the Clownfish-Hosting Sea Anemones: Are There Really Only 10 Host Species? TITUS, BM*; MEYER, C; BERUMEN, ML; BARTHOLOMEW, A; REIMER, JD; YANAGI, K; RODRIGUEZ, E; American Museum of Natural History; National Museum of Natural History; King Abdullah Univ. of Science and Technology; American […]

Meeting Abstract 126-1  Monday, Jan. 7 10:15 – 10:30  Holobiont species delimitation in the sponge genus Ircinia KELLY, JB; Stony Brook University joseph.b.kelly@stonybrook.edu Microbiomes are quickly gaining recognition as ubiquitous and integral components of multicellular organisms whose imprints are found in the biology of their hosts. In the sponge genus Ircinia, evolutionary responses to host-microbial symbioses abound […]

Meeting Abstract 126-2  Monday, Jan. 7 10:30 – 10:45  Coincident shifts in symbiotic communities underlie convergent host evolution PANKEY, MS*; MACARTNEY, KJ; GASTANALDI, M; GOCHFELD, DJ; SLATTERY, M; PLACHETZKI, DC; LESSER, MP; University of New Hampshire; University of New Hampshire; Escuela Superior de Ciencias Marinas; University of Mississippi; University of Mississippi; University of New Hampshire; University of […]

Meeting Abstract 126-6  Monday, Jan. 7 11:30 – 11:45  Asymmetric Hybrid Sterility and Bracovirus Differentiation Among Host-foodplant Sources of the Parasitic Wasp, Cotesia congregata BREDLAU, JP*; KESTER, KM; GUNDERSEN-RINDAL, DE; KUHAR, D; Virginia Commonwealth University; Virginia Commonwealth University; USDA-ARS; USDA-ARS bredlauj@vcu.edu Parasitic wasps are highly diverse and play a major role in suppression of herbivorous pest populations. […]

Meeting Abstract 125-5  Monday, Jan. 7 11:30 – 11:45  The influence of temperature on nutrient supply and demand: host plant quality is temperature dependent CLISSOLD, FJ*; WOODMAN, JD; WILSON, K; SIMPSON, SJ; The University of Sydney; Department of Agriculture and Water Resources; Lancaster University; The University of Sydney fiona.clissold@sydney.edu.au https://fclissold.wordpress.com/ Population dynamics of herbivorous insects are strongly […]

Meeting Abstract 125-3  Monday, Jan. 7 11:00 – 11:15  Evaporative cooling stress links body mass to the collapse of desert bird communities RIDDELL, EA*; IKNAYAN, K; WOLF, BO; SINERVO, B; BEISSINGER, SR; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Univ. of New Mexico; Univ. of California, Santa Cruz; Univ. of California, Berkeley riddell.eric@gmail.com Climate change threatens […]