Thursday, August 9, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Willow Glen III, San Jose Marriott
COS 134 - Phenotypic plasticity: Animals and protists
1:30 PMCOS 134-1Escape from UV and predation threats in zooplankton: A cocktail of behavioral and phenotypic traits
Lars-Anders Hansson, Inst. of Ecology, Samuel Hylander, Inst. of Ecology
1:50 PMCOS 134-2Dynamics and adaptive significance of inducible defenses and offenses in phenotypically plastic ciliates
Aabir Banerji, Rutgers University, Peter J. Morin, Rutgers University
2:10 PMCOS 134-3Fitness implications of phenotypic plasticity in reef-building corals
Mia O. Hoogenboom, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Sean R Connolly, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Kenneth R. N. Anthony, ACR Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, University of Queensland
2:30 PMCOS 134-4Shape-shifting while the sun shines: Dispersal strategy and phenotypic plasticity in a North American dragonfly
John H. Matthews, University of Texas, Thomas Juenger, University of Texas, Camille Parmesan, University of Texas, Morgan Kelly, University of California, Davis
2:50 PMCOS 134-5Parallel reaction norms and fitness costs of phenotypic plasticity in a freshwater snail
Thomas Lakowitz, Lund University, Per Nyström, Lund University, Christer Brönmark, Lund University
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 134-6Habitat partitioning and phenotypic plasticity in the intertidal bivalve Brachidontes exustus cryptic species complex
Kyle F. Bennett, Rutgers University, Andrew J. Reed, Rutgers University, Richard A. Lutz, Rutgers University
3:40 PMCOS 134-7Playing the ecological stock market: The link between life history diversity and population growth in sockeye salmon
Correigh M. Greene, NW Fisheries Science Center, Jason E. Hall, NW Fisheries Science Center, Kimberly Guilbault, NW Fisheries Science Center
4:00 PMCOS 134-8Reproductive variation in wide-ranging anurans: Clutch size variation across genetically similar populations
Jennifer A. Sheridan, University of California, San Diego
4:20 PMCOS 134-9Consequences of environmentally induced variation in age and size at metamorphosis in Pacific treefrogs (Pseudacris regilla)
Michael F. Benard, University of Michigan

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