Meeting Abstract 110-3 Monday, Jan. 7 08:30 – 08:45 Testing for fitness costs of parasitism in wild lizards (Anolis sagrei ) with sustained-release formulations of the anti-parasite drug Ivermectin WITTMAN, TN*; COX, RM; University of Virginia tw9jj@virginia.edu Parasites interact with nearly all free-living organisms and can impose substantial fitness costs on their hosts. Accordingly, parasitism is predicted […]
year: 2019
How the sluggish cope with chronic hypoxia the pointed story of the bearded fireworm, Hermodice carunculata (Annelida Amphinomidae)
Meeting Abstract 110-8 Monday, Jan. 7 09:30 – 09:45 How the sluggish cope with chronic hypoxia: the pointed story of the bearded fireworm, Hermodice carunculata (Annelida: Amphinomidae) GRIMES, CJ*; SCHULZE, A; Texas A&M University at Galveston; Texas A&M University at Galveston cg1478@tamu.edu The bearded fireworm, Hermodice carunculata (Annelida: Amphinomidae), is a widespread mobile corallivore throughout the Atlantic […]
Evolutionary Change in the Oyster, Crassostrea virginica, Following a Low Salinity Event
Meeting Abstract 110-1 Monday, Jan. 7 08:00 – 08:15 Evolutionary Change in the Oyster, Crassostrea virginica, Following a Low Salinity Event GRIFFITHS, JS*; JOHNSON, KM; KELLY, MW; Louisiana State University jgrif61@lsu.edu The eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, is known for its tolerance of a wide range of salinities, but evidence suggests that some populations may be adapted to […]
Diet Switching in mammalian herbivores differential tolerances of two woodrat species and their hybrids to toxic diets
Meeting Abstract 110-7 Monday, Jan. 7 09:15 – 09:30 Diet Switching in mammalian herbivores: differential tolerances of two woodrat species and their hybrids to toxic diets ORR, TJ*; YAMADA, KY; SHAPRIO, M; DEARING, MD; University of Utah; Auburn University; University of Utah; University of Utah teri.orr@utah.edu Herbivores confront the possibility of being poisoned by their food, which […]
Effects of flea infestation on offspring quality in a desert rodent evidence for parasite-mediated transgenerational phenotypic plasticity
Meeting Abstract 110-2 Monday, Jan. 7 08:15 – 08:30 Effects of flea infestation on offspring quality in a desert rodent: evidence for parasite-mediated transgenerational phenotypic plasticity WARBURTON, EM*; KHOKHLOVA, IS; VAN DER MESCHT, L; DOWNS, CJ; DLUGOSZ, EM; KRASNOV, BR; Ben Gurion University; Ben Gurion University; Ben Gurion University; Hamilton College; University of Tennessee; Ben Gurion University […]
Did pathogens facilitate the rise of endothermy
Meeting Abstract 110-4 Monday, Jan. 7 08:45 – 09:00 Did pathogens facilitate the rise of endothermy? LOGAN, ML; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute mike.logan1983@gmail.com http://www.evolutioninthetropics.com The evolutionary success of endothermy is an enduring enigma. The energetic cost of maintaining a constant, high internal body temperature is so severe that endotherms must consume as much as thirty times the […]
Regionally Specific Temporal Summation Improves Motion Vision in Small Fruit Flies
Meeting Abstract 109-1 Monday, Jan. 7 08:00 – 08:15 Regionally Specific Temporal Summation Improves Motion Vision in Small Fruit Flies CURREA, JP*; THEOBALD, JC; Florida International University jcurr001@fiu.edu For holometabelous insects, low larval feeding results in small but otherwise normal adults. In fruit flies, this results in conspecifics with small eyes that sacrifice contrast sensitivity optically but […]
Sex on the brain Effects of reproduction on brain and behavior in Trinidadian guppies
Meeting Abstract 109-4 Monday, Jan. 7 08:45 – 09:00 Sex on the brain: Effects of reproduction on brain and behavior in Trinidadian guppies STEIN, LR*; SINNER, M; IFFERT, RQ; HOKE, K; Colorado State University; Colorado State University; Colorado State University; Colorado State University lrstein@colostate.edu http://laurastein.weebly.com The experience of reproducing is one of the most important life history […]
Optogenetic dissection of cholinergic and dopaminergic efferent neuron function in the lateral line system of zebrafish suggests a linear microcircuit model
Meeting Abstract 109-7 Monday, Jan. 7 09:30 – 09:45 Optogenetic dissection of cholinergic and dopaminergic efferent neuron function in the lateral line system of zebrafish suggests a linear microcircuit model SKANDALIS, DA*; LUNSFORD, ET; LIAO, JC; Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, University of Florida; Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, University of Florida; Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, […]
Peripheral androgen action modulates foot flagging, but not vocalizations, in the multimodal display of the frog, Staurois parvus
Meeting Abstract 109-3 Monday, Jan. 7 08:30 – 08:45 Peripheral androgen action modulates foot flagging, but not vocalizations, in the multimodal display of the frog, Staurois parvus MANGIAMELE, LA*; SMITH, SM; LECURE, KM; FUXJAGER, MJ; PREININGER, D; Smith College; Smith College; Smith College; Wake Forest University; Vienna Zoo lmangiamele@smith.edu Multimodal communication often requires coordination of multiple signaling […]
