Sourcing Invaders A Northern Snakehead Story

Meeting Abstract 98-6  Monday, Jan. 6 14:45 – 15:00  Sourcing Invaders: A Northern Snakehead Story RESH, CA*; BENESH, KC; MAHON, AR; Central Michigan University; Central Michigan University; Central Michigan University carlee.resh@gmail.com The introduction and subsequent expansion of the Northern snakehead (Channa argus) in North American waters is one of many problematic biological invasions in the United States. […]

Habitat Preference and Impoundments Influence Population Genetic Patterns of Freshwater Gastropods

Meeting Abstract 98-5  Monday, Jan. 6 14:30 – 14:45  Habitat Preference and Impoundments Influence Population Genetic Patterns of Freshwater Gastropods WHELAN, NV*; WILLIAMS, AS; REDAK, CA; WRIGHT, AA; GARRISON, NL; HALANYCH, KM; JOHNSON, PD; GARNER, JT; US Fish and Wildlife Service and Auburn University; US Fish and Wildlife Service and Auburn University; Auburn University; Tuskegee University; Auburn […]

Environmental tolerance ranges and limits suggest differences in habitat preference and resilience to climate change among jellyfish (Class Scyphozoa) congeners in the Gulf of Mexico

Meeting Abstract 98-1  Monday, Jan. 6 13:30 – 13:45  Environmental tolerance ranges and limits suggest differences in habitat preference and resilience to climate change among jellyfish (Class Scyphozoa) congeners in the Gulf of Mexico FROLOVA, AD*; MIGLIETTA, MP; Texas A&M University at Galveston; Texas A&M University at Galveston frolova.alexandra@outlook.com Jellyfish are important components of marine foodwebs and […]

Developing a cost-effective workflow for high-throughput targeted sequencing of herbarium specimens using Angiosperms353

Meeting Abstract 98-4  Monday, Jan. 6 14:15 – 14:30  Developing a cost-effective workflow for high-throughput targeted sequencing of herbarium specimens using Angiosperms353 HALE, HJ*; POKORNY, L; GARDNER, EM; SLIMP, M; JOHNSON, MG; Texas Tech University; Center for Biotechnology and Genomics, Madrid; Case Western University; Texas Tech University; Texas Tech University haley.hale@ttu.edu The reduced cost of high-throughput targeted […]

A harbinger of good things to come in academicnon-academic partnerships Population genomics and conservation of Erigenia bulbosa (Apiaceae) in Pennsylvania

Meeting Abstract 98-3  Monday, Jan. 6 14:00 – 14:15  A harbinger of good things to come in academic/non-academic partnerships: Population genomics and conservation of Erigenia bulbosa (Apiaceae) in Pennsylvania. MCDONNELL, A.J; MOORE, C.L; SCHUETTE, S. ; MARTINE, C.T*; Chicago Botanic Garden; Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA; Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Pittsburgh, PA; Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA ctm015@bucknell.edu https://www.bucknell.edu/fac-staff/chris-martine Erigenia […]

You suck, We suck, Everyone sucks Homo sapiens display poor suction feeding performance

Meeting Abstract 97-7  Monday, Jan. 6 15:00 – 15:15  You suck, We suck, Everyone sucks: Homo sapiens display poor suction feeding performance HOLZMAN, R*; EYAL, M; MALUL, D; JACOBS, C; Tel Aviv University; Tel Aviv University; Technion; Tel Aviv University holzman@tauex.tau.ac.il Hardy’s Aquatic Ape Theory proposes that humans evolved to become a two-legged hairless creature via a […]

Suction feeding of the African Lungfish, Protopterus annectens; XROMM analysis of jaw mechanics, cranial kinesis, and hyoid mobility in a novel feeding mechanism

Meeting Abstract 97-5  Monday, Jan. 6 14:30 – 14:45  Suction feeding of the African Lungfish, Protopterus annectens; XROMM analysis of jaw mechanics, cranial kinesis, and hyoid mobility in a novel feeding mechanism. GARTNER, SM*; WHITLOW, KR; LAURENCE-CHASEN, JD; GRANATOSKY, MC; ROSS, RC; WESTNEAT, MW; University of Chicago; University of Chicago; University of Chicago; New York Institute of […]

Strike biomechanics in Polypterus bichir described with XROMM implications for actinopterygian feeding evolution

Meeting Abstract 97-4  Monday, Jan. 6 14:15 – 14:30  Strike biomechanics in Polypterus bichir described with XROMM: implications for actinopterygian feeding evolution WHITLOW, KR*; ROSS, CF; WESTNEAT, MW; University of Chicago; University of Chicago; University of Chicago kwhitlow@uchicago.edu Our understanding of the evolution of skull kinesis in fishes requires detailed analysis of feeding in living polypterids, a […]

Convergent means of breaking constraint How alternative means of premaxillary protrusion have allowed fishes to break functional constraints

Meeting Abstract 97-1  Monday, Jan. 6 13:30 – 13:45  Convergent means of breaking constraint: How alternative means of premaxillary protrusion have allowed fishes to break functional constraints HERNANDEZ, LP*; OLSEN, AM; BRAINERD, EL; The George Washington University; Brown University; Brown University phernand@gwu.edu Breaking intrinsic developmental constraints can allow for the origin of morphological novelties that overcome functional […]

Apparent modulation of integration with prey type in bluegill is driven by individual differences in performance and its integration

Meeting Abstract 97-6  Monday, Jan. 6 14:45 – 15:00  Apparent modulation of integration with prey type in bluegill is driven by individual differences in performance and its integration KANE, EA*; HIGHAM, TE; Georgia Southern University ; UC Riverside ekane@georgiasouthern.edu http://thekanelab.com Integration refers to the ability for parts of an organism to work together, often to accomplish a […]

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