SOUTHEASTERN BIOLOGY ASB ASB ASB ASB ASB 75™ Annual Meeting April 2-5, 2014 Converse College Spartanburg Community College Spartanburg Methodist College University of South Carolina Upstate Wofford College Spartanburg, South Carolina See Page 136 and Consult Website http://www.sebiologists.org ASB ASB ASB ASB Roger Milliken Science Center and Rayner Greenhouse at Wofford College. The Biology Department is housed in the Roger Milliken Science Center. The Official Publication of The Association of Southeastern Biologists, Inc. http : / /www. sebiologists .org SOUTHEASTERN BIOLOGY (ISSN 1533-8436) SOUTHEASTERN BIOLOGY (ISSN 1 533-8436) is published online quarterly in January, April, July, and October by the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Inc., P.O. Box 276, Elon, NC 27244-0276. Please send address changes to the SOUTHEASTERN BIOLOGY business manager, Tim Atkinson, Assoc, of SEB, P.O. Box 276, Elon, NC 27244-0276. All contributions, inquiries about missing back numbers and other matters should be addressed to the Journal Editor. News items should be sent to the News Editor. Send books to be reviewed to the Book Review Editor. Journal Editor James D. Caponetti, Division of Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-0830; (865) 974-6841 ; Fax (865) 974-4057; jcaponet@utk.edu. Associate Editor Sarah Noble, P.O. Box 640, Mobile, Alabama, 36601; (251) 295-4267; noble.sarahal@gmail.com . Web Editor Ashley B. Morris, Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 37 1 32 ; (6 1 5) 494-762 1 ; ashley.morris@mtsu.edu . News Editor Riccardo Fiorillo, School of Science and Technology, Georgia Gwinnett College, 1000 University Center Lane, Lawrenceville, GA 30043; (678) 464-9918; rfiorill@qgc.edu . Book Review Co-Eds Christopher G. Brown, Dept, of Biology, Shorter College, Rome, GA 30161; (706) 233-7265; cbrown@shorter.edu . Jennifer Mandel, Dept, of Biological Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152; (901) 678-5130; imandel@memphis.edu . ASB Officers President Zack Murrell, Dept, of Biology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608; 828-262-2674; murrellze@appstate.edu . President-Elect Position currently vacant. Vice President Joey Shaw, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN 37403; (423) 425-4341; Fax (423) 425-2285; Joev-Shaw@utc.edu. Past President Donald H. Roush, Dept, of Biology, University of North Alabama, Florence, AL 35632; (256) 765-4435; Fax (256) 765-4430; dhroush@una.edu . Secretary Sarah Noble, P.O. Box 640, Mobile, Alabama, 36601 ; (251 ) 295-4267; noble.sarahal@gmail.com . Treasurer Edgar B. Lickey, Department of Biology, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA 22812; (540) 828-5426; elickey@bridgewater.edu . Membership Officer Sarah Noble, P.O. Box 640, Mobile, Alabama, 36601; (251)295-4267; noble.sarahal@gmail.com . Database Manager Sarah Noble, P.O. Box 640, Mobile, Alabama, 36601; (251)295-4267; noble.sarahal@gmail.com . Archivist John Herr, Dept, of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208; (803) 777-8110; Fax (803) 777-4002; herrjr@mailbox.sc.edu . Executive Committee Members-at-Large 2014: Irene Kokkala, Department of Biology, University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, GA 30597; 706-864-1862; Fax 706-867-2703; ikokkala@northgeorgia.edu . Riccardo Fiorillo, School of Science and Technology, Georgia Gwinnett College, 1000 University Center Lane, Lawrenceville, GA 30043; (678) 464-9918; rfiorill@ggc.edu . 2015: JudyAwong-Taylor, School of Science and Technology, Georgia Gwinnett College, 1000 University Center Lane, Lawrenceville, GA 30043; (912) 441-4610; jawongta@ggc.edu . William Ensign, Dept, of Biology and Physics, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA 301 44; (770) 499-3505; bensign@kennesaw.edu . 2016: Edgar B. Lickey, Department of Biology, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA 22812; (540) 828-5426; elickey@bridgewater.edu . Conley K. McMullen, Dept, of Biology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807; (540) 568-3805; Fax (540) 568-3333; mcmullck@imu.edu . Purpose The purpose of this association shall be to promote the advancement of biology as a science by encouraging research, the imparting of knowledge, the application of knowledge to the solution of biological problems, and the preservation of biological resources. The ASB has representation in Section G Committee of the AAAS. Varying types of membership are available to individuals and institutions. See inside back cover. Time and Place of Future Meetings 2014 April 2-5: Hosted by Converse College, Spartanburg Community College, Spartanburg Methodist College, University of South Carolina Upstate, and Wofford College, all four in Spartanburg, SC. Meeting site is the Convention Center at the Spartanburg Marriott. 2015 April 1-4: Hosted by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Meeting site is the Convention Center at the Marriott. A Message from the President 125 THE VIEW FROM HERE A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT ZACK MURRELL Mindfulness is a concept that has become popular in some portions of our culture. As we age, we all become acutely aware of the need to be mindful of our health and, if we fail to do so, we often pay a high price. I’ve recently been reminded of the need to be mindful in both personal and professional aspects of my own life. Some of the lessons I’ve learned regarding mindfulness may be applicable to the health and well-being of the Association of Southeastern Biologists. So what can we learn about mindfulness that can be applied to our organization? First, we need to be mindful of our past, our present and our future. Second, we need to be mindful of our goals. Finally, we need to be mindful of the resources we have available to accomplish these goals. This past year has been a challenging one for ASB. Due to resignations from both the Treasurer, Tim Atkinson, and the Meetings Coordinator, Scott Jewell, in January 2014, we were faced with the prospect of conducting our 2014 meeting in Spartanburg without the institutional memory and support from these two people. With these resignations, it became clear to the current Executive Committee that the institutional memory of conducting our annual meeting had been partially lost to the last few generations of the Executive Committee (EC). It also became clear that we were not as mindful about our organization as we should have been or thought we were. Upon review, the EC is firmly resolved that the past method of paying a meetings coordinator to do the hard work of conducting a meeting and relying on a single volunteer treasurer to maintain the financial well-being of the organization is relying too much on use of the “easy button”. While we were telling ourselves we could rely on this “easy” solution, we are now mindful that the present and future strength of our organization and accomplishment of our goals lies in the continued and increased use of our volunteer members. As various committee members and other volunteers worked tirelessly to bring the 2014 meeting to fruition, it became self-evident that the “easy button” method of the recent past with respect to various aspects of ASB operations was not being as mindful as we should of either our present or future well-being. In spite of the th e s e challenges created by past reliance on the “easy button”, we managed to have a very successful meeting in Spartanburg, in terms of numbers of participants (750), satisfaction for the attendees, and, ultimately, the financial well-being of the organization. This was largely due to the tremendous efforts of the ASB Executive Committee who met via teleconference at least once a week for hours at a time to organize the meeting; many past officers of ASB, including Pat Cox, Mike Baranski and Andy Ash, who made themselves available for teleconferences, advice, institutional memory, and as points of contact for meeting tasks; committee members and other volunteers who stepped up and independently took care of their jobs at hand; the excellent staff of the Spartanburg Marriott and the very effective efforts of the five featured institutions 126 SE Biology , Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 (Converse College, University of South Carolina-Upstate, Spartanburg Community College, Spartanburg Methodist College, and Wofford College). I’m extremely proud and grateful for all of these volunteers who took part in making the 2014 Spartanburg meeting a great success. It was through this extensive network of volunteers that we began to see the “old ASB” return, where we rely on our own strength in our membership to provide much of the effort and “know-how” to keep our organization strong, healthy and growing. Now that we have successfully met this immediate challenge to our organization, how do we move forward to enhance our strengths and shore up our weaknesses? In other words, how do we promote mindfulness and volunteerism? To accomplish this task, I believe it is imperative that we understand the decisions and actions that led up to our current state of affairs. First and foremost, we need to acknowledge that two past presidents, Mike Baranski and Andy Ash, pointed out some potential problems several years ago. They were essentially telling the ASB leadership that we needed to be more mindful of our organization’s operations, our relationships with our affiliates and our dwindling membership base. Many of us tried to explain away the situation as being tied to a weak economy and institutional budget cuts that have impacted travel to meetings; however, it is now clear that these gentlemen were right. The model that we were operating under was expensive, wasteful, and our dependence on paid or incentivized workers rather than ASB member volunteers led our membership to feel less connected to our organization. I have offered my personal apology to both Mike and Andy for the criticism they both received while trying to advocate for the best interests of ASB. We owe both of these brave men a debt of gratitude. We are well into our transition phase toward a healthy and robust Association. Preparations are underway for the April 2015 meeting at the Marriott and Convention Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Both our President-elect, Joey Shaw, and one of our new members-at-large, Peggy Kovach, are at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, the featured institution for the 2015 meeting, and they are already working to provide a super venue for the event. Our Interim Treasurer, Ed Lickey, has been working to piece together a detailed financial history of the last several years and we will have a detailed report of the Association’s incomes, a«4 expenditures, and financial health by the end of the year. Ed has been working diligently to thoroughly review our financial records. The EC, with Ed's leadership, intends to obtain an external audit-and then apply to the Internal Revenue Service to seek retroactive tax exempt status. With our new, enthusiastic leadership team, we believe we can reduce expenditures and pass these savings on to our members in the form of reduced registration costs for the meetings. However, for two reasons we plan to do this in increments over the next few years. First, we want to be prudent and not cut too much too quickly and second, if we are accurate in the amount of money we believe we can save, we hope to make significant reductions in costs for upcoming meetings while simultaneously restoring the enrichment fund to an appropriate level to maintain the health and well-being of our organization. Being mindful of our future, we have changed the Presidency to a two-year term to facilitate institutional memory and ensure that ASB benefits from the investment of the learning curve these volunteers commit to in the first year of A Message from the President 127 their tenure. We added an Associate Treasurer position to provide better record keeping and timely response to queries from the membership regarding dues and fees. The Associate Treasurer will not only back up the Treasurer, but the overlap in tenures of the Treasurer and Associate Treasurer will ensure that there are always at least two EC members with access to, and detailed knowledge about, our finances. We are working to develop a more detailed and thorough overall strategy for financial oversight that will include more transparent budgeting and better auditing efforts. Now that we have regained our institutional memory of how to conduct a meeting, we are beginning to address the organizational structure of ASB so that we are more efficient and effective in all aspects of our mission. To this end, over the last couple of years we have put other policies and procedures in place to ensure better institutional memory and more efficient transfers of position. We are pairing the EC Members at large into teams with delegated tasks for each meeting on a three year horizon, we have put into place an Assistant and an Associate Archivist to assist in maintaining continuity of our institution’s memory and we are working to restructure our committees to reflect up-to-date needs. These changes reflect the mindfulness of the current leadership that is dedicated to making ASB strong now and even stronger into the future. It is the courage, perseverance, mindfulness, and volunteerism of members like Mike Baranski and Andy Ash, the tremendous efforts of the many other volunteers, and the dedication of the ASB members who are teachers, researchers, students and conservationists that demonstrate the importance of volunteers to our organization. In fact, I believe that our ov e r -reliance on our Treasurer and Meetings Coordinator over the past several years has had a negative impact on our organization by downplaying the importance of volunteers to the organization. In a 2006 report by Andy Ash, Ken Shull and James Hull to the ASB leadership, they were very prescient in describing how ASB’s transition to a meeting coordinator could have a negative impact on the organization. Eight years later, it is now time to reassess where we are and where we are going as an organization. We know we need to meet at sites with enough housing to support 800-1000 attendees, so we will continue to meet at conference centers. We have learned that many tasks that provide support of our exhibitors, patrons, affiliates, and members need the constant attention of the ASB leadership and we are redoubling our efforts to make sure our structure reflects this emphasis. Over the next year we intend to formalize our restructuring efforts to provide the support to the many dedicated ASB members and affiliates, so they can, in turn, have an opportunity to strengthen and expand ASB’s efforts. The success of the 2014 Spartanburg meeting is owed to the volunteerism of the many who stepped up and did yeoman’s work for our organization. As ASB can only exist through the volunteer efforts of the membership, it is imperative that the level of volunteerism seen through the last year is maintained into the future. It is from the President’s office that I ask you, ASB members, to contact EC members and find ways to volunteer for our organization. There is a lot of work to do and we need every member to try to donate time and effort. As you all know, ASB is an organization focused on science and science education. We need to be mindful of the value of ASB to science and science education regionally, nationally and globally. The leadership of ASB is committed to helping you, as an integral part of this organization, to have a real impact on our 128 SE Biology, Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 organization and, in turn, on our society and our world. By being an active volunteer member and being ever mindful of our past, present and future, the health, well-being and goals of our Association will be assured. Thank you for your support, encouragement and efforts that further ASB’s mission and make us one of the strongest and most effective regional professional associations in America. Dr. Zack Murrell Candidates for Office 129 ASB Candidates for Office— 2014 The Nominating Committee composed of Donald H. Roush (Chair), Joey T. Shaw, and Ray S. Williams has selected the following slate of nominees for the ASB offices to be filled in 2014. Voting will take place at the annual business meeting which begins on Friday morning, April 4, 2014. Additional nominations will be accepted from the floor before voting is conducted. Please plan to attend and vote. Elections can sometimes be close. Therefore, your vote could make a difference on who gets elected to office. President-Elect Joey T. Shaw Vice President Dennis C. Haney Ashley B. Morris Executive Committee Members-at-Large Riccardo Fiorillo Margaret J. Kovach Kirk A. Stowe Ray S. Williams University of Tennessee Chattanooga, Tennessee Furman University Greenville, South Carolina Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, Tennessee Georgia Gwinnett College Lawrenceville, Georgia University of Tennessee Chattanooga, Tennessee Beacon College Leesburg, Florida Appalachian State University Boone, North Carolina 130 SE Biology, Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 Dr. Joey T. Shaw Dr. Dennis C. Haney Dr. Ashley B. Morris Candidates for Office 131 Dr. Riccardo Fiorillo Dr. Margaret J. Kovach Dr. Kirk A. Stowe Dr. Ray S. Williams 132 SE Biology, Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 President-Elect Joey T. Shaw - Dr. Shaw is a University Foundation Associate Professor in the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He was recognized by his College as an Outstanding Researcher in 2010 and by the Board of Governors as the UT Alumni Outstanding Teacher for 2011. Joey received a B.S. in Biology from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (1998). He continued his education at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where he received a M.S. in Botany (2001) under the direction of Dr. B.E. Wofford and a Ph.D. in Botany in 2005 under the direction of Dr. Randy Small. Since beginning his professorship at UTC in 2005, he has graduated ten graduate students and mentored numerous undergraduate students through independent botanical studies - both in the lab and in the field. Students in his lab group have worked on botanical projects from floras to monitoring species of conservation concern to molecular based phylogenetic and phylogeographic studies. Joey teaches Plant Morphology, Plant Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution. Joey not only teaches biology and botany in the classroom, but he has served as a volunteer trip leader for 15 years at the Annual Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. He has served Southeastern Naturalist as an editor and SABS as a Member-at-Large. Joey has served ASB and as Member-At-Large and during that time he worked on the field trip committee, the publication committee, and the student travel award committee. He is currently serving ASB as Vice President and in this capacity he is on numerous committees. He is a Life Member of ASB and he has attended every meeting since his first one in 1999. Joey continues the tradition of his mentors by bringing students with him to the ASB annual meeting. Vice President Dennis C. Haney - Dr. Dennis Haney is Professor and Chair of the Biology Department at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. He received a B.A. in Biology at the University of California, San Diego, a M.S. in Zoology from Oregon State University, and a Ph.D. in Zoology at the University of Florida (1996). Dr. Haney’s research is in the area of environmental and comparative physiology. More specifically he is interested in the physiological responses of animals, especially fish, to environmental stressors. Since 1999 Dr. Haney has been involved in an interdisciplinary watershed research program at Furman University, the River Basins Research Initiative ( RBRI ), collaborating with colleagues in the Biology, Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Chemistry departments. His research within the RBRI has focused on studying the interactions between land use, water chemistry, and geomorphology and how these factors affect the distribution and physiology of local stream fish. He is a strong advocate of undergraduate research, helping to mentor well over 100 undergraduate students over the past 10 years as part of the RBRI. Dr. Haney’s students have given numerous presentations at national and regional scientific conferences, many at the ASB annual meetings, and have been co-authors on a number of publications. Dr. Haney teaches courses in Animal Physiology, Human Physiology, Marine Biology, Freshwater Ecology, Biostatistics, and has led field Candidates for Office 133 courses in Florida, the Bahamas, Belize, Ecuador, and the Galapagos Islands. Dr. Haney has been a member of ASB since 1995, has served on and chaired the Poster Awards Committee, the Student Research Awards Committee, the Education committee, has been a member of the Executive Committee of ASB, and served for two years as the ASB web editor. Ashley B. Morris - Dr. Morris is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology and the Center for Molecular Biosciences at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. She grew up in Alabama, and she holds a B.S. in Natural Resources (1997, University of the South-Sewanee), a M.S. in Botany (2001, University of Tennessee), and a Ph.D. in Botany (University of Florida). She has held faculty positions at the University of South Alabama (Department of Biology, 2007-2011) and Middle Tennessee State University (2011 -present). She currently teaches undergraduate Genetics and a dual-listed undergraduate / graduate course in Dendrology. In May 2013, she became Curator of the MTSU herbarium, which houses approximately 25,000 specimens. She has been active in national biological collection digitization efforts, including collaborating with iDigBio to present a joint symposium and workshop at ASB 2013. Her research interests focus largely on plant conservation genetics, phylogeography, and molecular systematics. She has been a member of ASB since 1999, and she was elected to the Executive Committee as a Member-at-Large from 2010-2013, and was appointed to the position of ASB Web Editor during that time. Ashley has spent significant time redesigning the website and maintaining our online presence through Facebook and Twitter. Additionally, she won the 2011 ASB Senior Research Award and the 201 1 North Carolina Botanical Garden Award for two different presentations. Executive Committee Members-at-Large Ricky Fiorillo - Dr. Fiorillo is an Associate Professor in the School of Science and Technology at Georgia Gwinnett College. He has a B.S. degree in Biology, and a M.S. in Ecological Parasitology from Southeastern Louisiana University and a Ph.D. with an emphasis in Ecology and Evolution from Mississippi State University. Ricky’s teaching and research background is broad and organismal- based. He has taught Animal Diversity, Parasitology, Ichthyology, Ecology, Freshwater Biology, Evolutionary Biology and an Introductory Biology sequence. Currently at GGC he teaches Parasitology, Zoology and the Freshman Biology course. Ricky truly enjoys being in the classroom and involving undergraduates in field research and believes strongly that "to be a biologist," one must "c/o biology." His research interests are primarily in Ecological Parasitology, especially the ecology of worm parasites of aquatic organisms (to quote his students: "Dr. Fio loooves worms!!!"), but he is also interested in the natural history/ecology of fish, amphibians and reptiles. Ricky has been attending ASB since he was an M.S. student — way too long ago! — and enjoys bringing his students to the meeting in the hope that they too will be positively affected and inspired by ASB as much as he was as a student. Ricky has served on the ASB Student Research Award and Education Committees and, currently, he is a member of the Program Committee, the News Editor for Southeastern Biology 134 SE Biology , Vol. 61 , No. 2, April, 2014 and an Interim Member of the ASB Executive Committee. Dr. Fio is crazy about soccer (the real football!!) and in his spare time (i.e. never) he enjoys cooking, playing guitar and board games. Margaret J. Kovach - Dr. Kovach is a University Foundation Professor in the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Margaret received a B.S. in Microbiology (1987) from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology (1995) from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO. She conducted postdoctoral research at Brown University and the SIU School of Medicine before joining the faculty at UTC in 2002. At UTC, Margaret is co-director of the STEM Education program and enjoys teaching Introductory Genetics, Molecular Genetics, Virology and Research Methods. Her research focus is primarily in the field of mammalian genomics. Specifically, Margaret is investigating typical and atypical mechanisms of gene regulation involved in the molecular pathogenesis of cancer and hereditary deafness. She received the College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Research Award (2004) and Outstanding Advisor Award (2007) from UTC and was recognized by the Board of Governors as the UT Alumni Outstanding Teacher for 2010. She is a life member of ASB, Beta Beta Beta and the Sigma Xi Research Society. A strong advocate of undergraduate research, her students have been presenting their research at the ASB annual meeting since 2006. Kirk A. Stowe - Dr. Stowe is an Assistant Professor of Biology in the Department of Interdisciplinary at Beacon College in Leesburg, FL. Kirk received a B.S. in Biology with a concentration in Ecology and Evolution from the University of California at Irvine (1989). He graduated with an honors thesis under the direction of T. Bradley. He continued his education at the University of Missouri, St. Louis where he received a M.S. in Biology (1992) and a Ph.D. in Evolutionary Ecology (1997) under the direction of R.J. Marquis. Since the start of his professional career he has strived to work with undergraduates. He has mentored 13 undergraduates, both in the lab and in the field, which have led to three publications, and several presentations. Students that have worked with him have studied physiological/evolutionary ecology, chemical/evolutionary genetics, as well as molecular ecology. Kirk teaches Introductory Biology, Evolution, Entomology, Field Botany, Ecology, Insects and Mythology, Botanical Research and Illustration, Plants and People, and Economic Botany. Kirk not only teaches in the classroom, but he serves as a volunteer at Trout Lake Nature Preserve teaching Entomology. He is also active in Educational Research and has published several paper in this area. He has been a reviewer of four books and an editor of The International Journal of Modern Botany. Kirk is currently the faculty advisor of the national honors society on his campus. He has served ASB as an education committee member for 5 years and as a chair or co-chair of that same committee for 2 years. He is currently serving as the co-chair of the education committee. Kirk is committed to the success of ASB and has attended every meeting since moving to the Southeast in 2007. Ray S. Williams - Dr. Williams joined the faculty in the Department of Biology at Appalachian State University (ASU) in 1997 and currently holds the position of Candidates for Office 135 full Professor. His research examines the interactions between plants and insects, with a particular focus on the role intraspecific genetic variation in a foundation plant species plays in structuring insect communities. His laboratory has a particular focus on chemical mechanisms directing insect responses to host plants. At ASU Ray teaches courses in Entomology, Plant-Insect Interactions, General Biology (introductory course for majors and general education course in climate change), and a graduate course in writing and oral presentation. Dr. Williams has been a member of ASB since the 1980s as a Masters of Science student at ASU. He and his students have presented over 20 oral and/or poster presentations at ASB. In the past he served as the Chair of the student Posters Award and Senior Research Award Committees and proctored oral sessions at meetings. He is currently a member of the Nominating Committee, os 136 SE Biology, Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 75th Annual Meeting Program Association of Southeastern Biologists Hosted by Converse College Spartanburg Community College Spartanburg Methodist College University of South Carolina - Upstate and Wofford College Spartanburg Marriott • Spartanburg, SC April 2-5, 2014 Celebrating 75 Years of Serving the Southeast! 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Neufeld Appalachian State University Members: Riccardo Fiorillo Georgia Gwinnett College Christopher Brown Georgia Gwinnett College The program committee wishes to thank Mark Suggs, Appalachian State University Learning Technology Services, for his help in creating the abstract submission form and for assistance with the formatting of this document. We also thank Chris Fleming for creating the Mobile App that enables members to search the program on mobile devices. Finally, we express our sincere appreciation to Ashley Morris, Middle Tennessee State University, for her excellent maintenance of the ASB webpage. 142 SE Biology, Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 Welcome from the Association of Southeastern Biologists Dear ASB Community, Welcome to the 75 th annual meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists (ASB) at the Spartanburg Marriott in Spartanburg, South Carolina. ASB is dedicated to supporting science and science education in the southeastern region of the country. We will have 422 posters and presentations and three symposia at this meeting, along with two field trips and a bioblitz, providing our community with a grand opportunity to learn, exchange ideas, and form collaborations. We are excited to have five Featured Institutions supporting our meeting this year, and I hope you will get a chance to learn more about Converse College, Spartanburg Community College, Spartanburg Methodist College, University of South Carolina Upstate and Wofford College at their booths in the Exhibit Hall and also on their local campuses. Our Exhibitors and Patrons also have booths and I encourage you to visit with them and learn about their products and services. The Association of Southeastern Biologists is a volunteer organization. The ASB Officers, Executive Committee, Committee Chairs, Committee Members, Editorial Boards and our members all work to make our meetings, our journals (Southeastern Naturalist and Eastern Biologist) and our information packed bulletin (Southeastern Biology) successful. Please take the time to visit the ASB booth in the Heritage Ballroom, learn more about your organization, and consider volunteering. We hope you will enjoy the meeting, our Band and Barbecue Bash on Thursday evening and our Awards Banquet Friday evening. The ASB meeting is a great time to renew acquaintances and friendship, form new friendships and discover new opportunities. I hope you enjoy your meeting and thanks for helping make our Association successful. Sincerely, Zack Murrell President, Association of Southeastern Biologists Advertisement 143 the compleat naturalist . nature-inspired gifts for all ages . books and equipment for outdoor learning 2 Brook Street • Asheville NC 28803 828-274-5430 . 800-678-5430 www.compleatnaturalist.com 144 SE Biology, Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 Exhibitors at 2014 ASB Meetings ASB Wishes to Thank the 2014 Exhibitors for Their Continuous Support! 2014 Exhibitors AST Environmental -Patron Associated Microscope-Patron Association of Southeastern Biologists Beta Beta Beta Breedlove, Dennis & Associates-Patron Biopac Systems, Inc. Carolina Biological Supply Company -Patron Conviron eScience Labs Martin Microscop e-Patron Morton Publishing Company Southeastern Naturalist & Eagle Hill Foundation -Patron Southern Appalachian Botanical Society Spartanburg Convention & Visitors Bureau/Spartanburg Marriott The Compleat Naturalist University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Vashaw Scientific Dwayne Wise, PhD -Patron 2014 Meeting Information 145 Registration Hours • ASB Wednesday, April 2, 2014 11 am - 9 pm Thursday, April 3, 2014 7 am - 7 pm Friday, April 4, 2014 7 am - noon Enrichment Fund Challenge Make a donation to the enrichment fund of $1 or more at the Registration Desk and receive a special Enrichment Fund ribbon to wear on your badge! A $25 or more donation will enter you in the $100 cash drawing to be given away at the Friday Night Awards Banquet! Exhibit Hall Hours Wednesday, April 2 9 AM - 4 PM Noon - 2 PM Exhibitor Move-In Exhibitor Pizza Party- Exhibitors Only Thursday, April 3 8 AM - 5 PM Exhibits Open Friday, April 4 9 AM - 2 PM Exhibits Open 2 PM - 4 PM Exhibitor Move-Out 146 SE Biology, Vol. 61 , No. 2, April, 2014 CON VI RON Bonding Pvtn*r*hlp* I CrMting Solutions For more information, please visit us on our website at www.conviron.com Conviron is the world leader in the design, manufacture, and installation of controlled environment systems. With installations in over 80 countries, and a network of offices, distributors and service partners - our clients range from start-up companies to many of the largest and most prestigious corporate and academic research facilities in the world. We invite you to contact us to discuss your controlled environment requirements. 2014 Meeting Information 147 Symposia Natural Disturbances and Historic Range of Variation: Type, Frequency, Severity, and Post-disturbance Structure in Central Hardwood Forests 8:30 am - 5:00 pm • Thursday, April 3 • Azalea A Hosts: Katie Greenberg and Beverly Collins US Forest Service and Western Carolina University Expert scientists presenting state-of-the-art knowledge on different types of natural disturbances, and historic range of variation in frequency, severity, extent, and the gradient of forest structural conditions they created. Educational Opportunities at Biological Field Stations of the Southeastern United States 8:00 am - Noon • Friday, April 4 • Daniel Morgan A/B Hosts: Chris Havran and Kirk Stowe ASB Educational Committee The Education Committee of the Association of Southeastern Biologists (ASB) symposium will highlight the educational opportunities at biological field stations in the Southeastern United States. Representatives from seven stations located in the Southeastern United States will introduce their stations and highlight educational opportunities at those stations. The field stations involved encompass a variety of ecosystems from forest, riparian, to marine and serve as important sites for conservation, research and education. The symposium will end with a question and answer session with all representatives involved. 148 SE Biology, Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 Workshops Science Labs 10:30 am - 11:30 am • Thursday, April 3 • Blackstock Room eScience Labs LLC provides complete and comprehensive hands-on science kits to support online and traditional courses in need of a laboratory solution. These are the same experiments you would find in a traditional academic lab, but designed and scaled to be performed by students anytime, anywhere. Written by PhD level educators and scientists, our labs compliment any teaching style or curriculum. Please come and join us for demonstrations of our science kits and to answer your questions about labs. www.esciencelabs.com Partnership for Undergraduate Life Sciences Education (PULSE) 8:30 am - Noon • Friday, April 3 • Azalea A Led by Judy Awong-Taylor, Georgia Gwinnett University It is important to develop a shared vision of excellence if a department’s members are to work together toward reform. In this session, participants will work to identify where their department is currently situated on a continuum of best practices in undergraduate life sciences education. Participants will consider the level to which their students are regularly engaged in authentic scientific inquiry, and if students are building the metacognitive skills and core scientific competencies necessary for their future success. They will also reflect on their department’s use of effective pedagogies, assessment practices, and collaboration/cooperation with administrators in their pursuit of excellence. This workshop is intended as an introduction to the PULSE project in general, and an overview of upcoming PULSE initiatives for the southeast that seek to develop the regional networks and individual leadership capacities that enable the type of departmental reform called for in Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education: A Call to Action. This workshop will be offered in two parts, both emphasizing different topics based on participant feedback. 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Samhat President of Wofford College Plenary Speaker Dr. Henry M. Wilbur BFD Runk Professor of Biology and Professor of Environmental Science University of Virginia Switching Sex in an Uncertain Environment Old Main Building Wofford University 9:00 PM - 10:30 PM Plenary Welcoming Social (must have ticket to attend) Old Main Building Wofford University 2014 Meeting Information 151 Meeting-At-A-Glance Thursday, April 3 Time Event Location 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM Registration Open Communal Break Area 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM PowerPoint and Preview Check Musgrove Mill 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Exhibits Open Heritage Ballroom 7:00 am - 8:30 AM ASB Past President’s Breakfast Sparks Private Dining B Poster Sessions 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM ASB Poster Sessions 1 & 2 Setup • 1-136 Heritage Ballroom 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM ASB Poster Sessions 1 & 2 Heritage Ballroom 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM Presenters of odd-numbered posters must be present at this time 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM Presenters of even-numbered posters must be present at this time 5:00 PM Poster Removal Heritage Ballroom Presentations 8:30-11:30 AM Symposium Disturbance and Historic Range of Variation Azalea A 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM See Presentations Schedule for Details, p. 166 ASB Paper Presentations Community & Population Ecology Entomology / Invertebrate Biology Freshwater Ecology & Aquatic Biology Floristics and Systematics Scholarship of Teaching Wadsworth Croft Daniel Morgan A&B Azalea B Dogwood 9:45 am - 10:45 AM Break- No oral presentations at this time - Please visit Posters and Exhibits 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM eScience Laboratory Workshop Blackstock Room 10:45 AM - Noon ASB Paper Presentations 152 SE Biology, Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 Time Event Location See Presentations Schedule for Details, p. 166 See above for topics and rooms Noon - 1:30 PM Lunches (Individuals and Organizations) Box Lunch (pre-order only with ticket) Buffet Lunch (order in line) SWS South Atlantic Chapter Luncheon SHC SE Chapter Luncheon and Business Meeting Registration Desk Sparks Dining Room Sparks Private Dining A Sparks Private Dining B 1 :30 PM - 5:00 PM Symposium Disturbance and Historic Range of Variation Azalea A 1 :30 PM - 2:45 PM See Presentations Schedule for Details, p. 170 ASB Paper Presentations Community & Population Ecology Entomology / Invertebrate Biology Freshwater Ecology & Aquatic Biology Floristics and Systematics Scholarship of Teaching Wadsworth Croft Daniel Morgan A&B Azalea B Dogwood 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM Break- No oral presentations at this time Please visit Posters and Exhibits 3:45 PM - 5 PM See Schedule for Details, p. 170 ASB Paper Presentations See above for topics and rooms 5:15 PM - 6:15 PM ASB Business Meeting NOTE NEW TIME FOR THIS MEETING! Azalea B 6:30 PM - 8 PM Thursday Night Social - Buffet Dinner Back Lawn of Marriott Hotel 8 PM - 11 PM Thursday Night After-Dinner Social Back Lawn of Marriott Hotel 2014 Meeting Information 153 Meeting-At-A-Glance Friday, April 4 Time Event Location 7:00 AM - Noon Registration Open Communal Break Area 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM PowerPoint and Preview Check Musgrove Mill 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM SABS/BSA Breakfast Sparks Private Dining Room B 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM ASB Patrons and Exhibitors Breakfast Sparks Private Dining Room A PPP 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM (3 (3 p Officers & Judges Room Cowpens 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM (3 (3 (3 Joint Business Meeting Cedar Spring 9:30 AM - Noon p p p Poster Presentations Heritage Ballroom 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM p P p Paper Presentations 1 II III Wisteria Cedar Spring King Mtn. 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM p p p Joint Meetings Cedar Spring/King Mtn. 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM p p p Joint Session and Awards Wadsworth/Croft ASB Poster Sessions 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM ASB Poster Sessions 3 Setup (137- 203) Heritage Ballroom 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM ASB Poster Sessions 3 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM Presenters of all posters must be present at this time 4:00 PM Poster Removal 154 SE Biology, Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 ASB Presentation Sessions 8:30 AM - Noon Symposium PULSE Transforming Undergraduate Life Sciences Azalea A 8:00 AM - Noon Symposium Educational Opportunities at Biological Field Stations of the Southeastern United States Daniel Morgan A&B 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM See Presen- tations Schedule for Details ASB Paper Presentations Physiological & Population Ecology Conservation Biology Floristics & Systematics Genetics / Cell / Molecular Biology Microbiology Wadsworth Croft Azalea B Dogwood Wisteria 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM Break - No oral presentations at this time Please visit Posters and Exhibits 10:45 AM - Noon See Schedule ASB Paper Presentations See above for topics and rooms Noon- 12:30 PM ASB Business Meeting Azalea B 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (Individuals and Organizations) Box Lunch (pre-order only with ticket) Buffet Lunch (order in line) Education Committee Luncheon ESA Luncheon and Business Mtg. Registration Desk Sparks Dining Room Sparks A Private Dining Room Sparks B Private Dining Room 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM See Presentati ons Schedule for Details ASB Paper Presentations Ecosystems Conservation Biology Ichthyology & Herpetology Floristics & Systematics Genetics / Cell / Molecular Biology Wadsworth Croft Daniel Morgan A/B Azalea B Dogwood 3:00 pm - 3:30 PM Break- No oral presentations at this time Please visit Posters and Exhibits 2014 Meeting Information 155 3:30 PM - ASB Paper Presentations 5 PM See Presentati ons Schedule for Details See above for topics and rooms 4:00 pm - SABS/BSA Botany Students Sparks Private Dining 5:30 PM Reception Room B 7:00 PM - Awards Banquet 9:30 PM Dinner and Presentation of Awards Heritage Ballroom Saturday, April 5 Time Event Location 7:30 AM - ASB Executive Committee Sparks B Private 8:30 AM Breakfast Dining Room 8:30 Am - ASB Executive Committee Sparks B Private Noon Meeting Dining Room 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM ASB Field Trips Leave from Marriott Hotel 156 SE Biology, Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 Spartanburg Marriott Meeting Rooms First Floor RENAISSANCE PARK 3.34 ACRES OF PARK & EXHIBIT SPACE 2014 Meeting Information 157 Spartanburg Marriott Meeting Rooms Second Floor Restaurants in the Area A A 4$ jt, ❖ 0° County of Spartanburg Voter Registration , ,■> & Elections JLr 4?^ Spartanburg Amtrakf' Marriott Converse College <3X A” Central United V, Methodist Church^- SUBWAY® Restaurants sweet onion chicken tit teriv aku chipotle

Papa's Breakfast Nook , Converse Deli & Coffee Bar tl> Back Porch Tiki Hut Oasis - ^ Skillet Restaurant tropical smoothies the pancakes ■ brunch \ (W> Sugar 'n Spice Lime Leaf $ Drive In Restaurant kT**!?!® Elegant Thai dining onion nrigs roa u (II' twilhadive.se menu Renat0 . s lta , jan <9 <9 Restaurant Old-world ambiance ^ Southern influenci _ Boots' & Sonny's * Drive-In o ^ \ O. II Samuels Restaurant American dining with a wine emphasis Wendy's A 158 SE Biology, Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 eScience Labs LLC. provides complete and comprehensive hands-on science kits to support online and traditional courses in need of a laboratory solution. These are the same experiments you would find in a traditional academic lab, but designed and scaled to be performed by students anytime, anywhere Written by PhD level educators and scientists, our labs compliment any teaching style or curriculum eScience Labs kits include: • Hands-on Materia s • Full Color Lab Manua • Safety equipment • Learning Management System Integration • Virtua 1 Learning Activities Offering solutions for: B ology Chemistry Anatomy & Physiology Microbiology Physics Physical Science Environmental Science Custom Kits 888-ESL-KITS info@esciencelabs.com www.esciencelabs.com 2014 Meeting Information 159 Transportation and Parking at the Spartanburg Marriott Hotel HOTEL PARKING INFORMATION Parking is available on-site. Additional parking is available in the St. John Street Parking Garage behind the hotel. HANDICAP PARKING Handicapped parking is available on-site SHUTTLE BUS SCHEDULE There will be two shuttle buses to transport people from the Marriott to Wofford on Wednesday evening for the opening welcome and plenary session. Check at the registration desk for times of departure and return. W W. — w -4 S' t i h /i 7 *> Conviron is the world leader in the design, manufacture, and installation of controlled environment systems. With installations in over 80 countries, and a network of offices, distributors and service partners - our clients range from start-up companies to many of the largest and most prestigious corporate and academic research facilities in the world. We invite you to contact us to discuss your controlled environment requirements. For more information, please visit I our website at www.conviron. 160 SE Biology, Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 Plenary Speaker Dr. Henry M. Wilbur BFD Runk Professor of Biology Professor of Environmental Sciences University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Switching Sex in an Uncertain Environment Wednesday, April 2 • 7:30 pm Old Main Building, Wofford College Henry Wilbur spent his formative years in Waynesboro active in Boy Scouts and Nature Camp. He majored in zoology at Duke and then received his PhD in Zoology at The University of Michigan. He returned to the Duke Zoology Department for 17 years before moving to the University of Virginia to be Director of the Mountain Lake Biological Station. He has served as president of The American Society of Naturalists and has been an editor for The American Naturalist, Ecology, and Evolution. His research has included fieldwork on Leach's Petrel, Painted Turtles, various amphibians, temporary pond communities, forest dynamics and life history evolution. His plenary talk will focus on sex switching in maple trees. 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This fund was established in 2006 to help defer travel cost for Graduate Student members presenting papers or posters during the ASB Annual Meeting. Since the fund was created, many students have benefited from these travel grants. In order to surpass the amount we raised in Charleston and Athens, we need Your Help again this year in Spartanburg, SC, the site of the Annual ASB Meeting, April 2-5, 2014. The donated items can be books, to handcrafts, to memorabilia, to nature photography, to t-shirts or anything else you think appropriate. Some examples of the recent bestselling items are gift baskets, gift cards, nature books, jewelry, wine or any adult beverage and unique gifts. • If you have an item you would like to donate to the Silent Auction, please contact Patricia Cox at pbcox@tva.gov so we can add your item to our list. • If you are unable to attend, please mail (via US Postal Service) your item to Patricia B. Cox before Friday March 28 th at: Patricia B. Cox 3601 Garden Dr. Knoxville, TN 37918 • If you are attending the meeting, please bring your item to the Silent Auction Area in the Exhibit Hall before 10:00 AM on Thursday April 11 and one of the committee members will be available to receive it. We want to thank you in advance for participating in this worthwhile event. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact one of the Committee Members below: Patricia Cox -- pbcox@tva.gov Kim Marie Tolson -- tolson@ulm.edu Pat Parr -- parrpd@ornl.gov Eloise Carter -- ecarter@learnlink.emory.edu Bonnie Kelley -- bonnie.kellev@uncp.edu Diane Nelson -- ianddnelson@yahoo.com 2014 Meeting Information 163 Silent Auction Yes, I would like to contribute to the Silent Auction to help with student travel to the Annual Meeting. (100% of all proceeds to benefit student travel). Examples of Previous Submitted Items Dissection Set Corporate Gift Certificates Frog Model Dinner for Two Two Nights Hotel Accommodations Books Charts Wine Gift Basket Educational Charts Microscope Books Description of item(s) to be donated: Please check appropriate option: Please contact me at the convention to pick up donation. I will mail donation to Patricia B. Cox, 3601 Garden Drive, Knoxville, TN 37918; 865-632-3609; pbcox@tva.gov . Signature Date phone Title e-mail Return Silent Auction form Patricia B. Cox, 3601 Garden Drive, Knoxville, TN 37918; 865-632-3609; pbcox@tva.gov . 164 SE Biology, Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 Field Trips Welcome to the 2014 ASB Meeting Field Trip Page. As biologists in the Upstate of South Carolina we are so very fortunate to have a diverse set of habitats to explore; we would love to introduce you to a few of our favorite places. As science education is central to ASB’s mission, we chose sites where science is integrated with service learning and educational outreach activities in our area. We hope you are able to join us! 10:00 am on Saturday, April 5 • Leaving from Marriott Lobby 1 . Join Beth Button for a Stream Ecology Program at Watershed Ecology Center camp Mary Elizabeth UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE Family-Friendly Option! Beth Button of the USC Upstate Watershed Ecology Center will lead a Stream Ecology Program at Camp Mary Elizabeth. The program will center on capturing stream benthic macro-invertebrates for identification. After identifying the stream residents, we will discuss what they tell us about the water quality of their home. All ages are welcome, but come dressed to wade in the stream and get a little wet! http://www.uscupstate.edu/academics/arts sciences/watershed Who: Limited to 25 people Where: Camp Mary Elizabeth; 330 Scout Drive; Spartanburg, SC 29301 When: Saturday, April 5, 10:00 am to Noon 2. Join Dr. Patrick McMillan for a Tour of the South Carolina Botanical Garden Dr. Patrick Me Millan, Director of the South Carolina Botanical Garden (www.clemson.edu/public/ sebg) and host of the Emmy Award-winning ETV nature show Expeditions with Patrick McMillan 2014 Meeting Information 165 (www.clemson.edu/public/expeditions), will lead a tour of the Heritage Nature Garden at the South Carolina Botanical Garden. Wear your comfortable hiking boots! Who: Limited to 20 people Where: 102 Garden Trail; Clemson, SC 29634 When: Saturday, April 5, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm 3. Explore Spartanburg SPACES Bioblitz style Dr. Mike Dorcas (Davidson College, www.bio.davidson.edu/dorcas), and Dr. Melissa Pilgrim (USC Upstate, srel.uga.edu/facstaffpages/ pilgrim.html), and Dr. Stephen Richter (Eastern Kentucky University, people.eku.edu/richters/meca) will lead Bioblitz surveys focused on building species list of herpetofauna discovered on recently acquired Spartanburg Area Conservancy (SPACE) properties (spartanburgconser-vation.org). Please come dressed for field work and bring a change of clothes, as we will likely get wet and muddy). Who: No limit; number of teams will be dependent on number of people who register Where: Starting locations will be sent to registered participants. Saturday, April 5, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm When: 166 SE Biology , Vol. 61, No. 2, April 2014 Oral Presentations Thursday am, April 3 Time Community & Population Ecology Wadsworth Moderator: R. Lucardi Entomology / Invertebrate Biology Croft Moderator: W. Dees Freshwater Ecology & Aquatic Biology Daniel Morgan A/B Moderator: J. Strickland USFS Disturbance Symposium Azalea A Moderators: K. Greenberg and B. Collins Floristics & Systematics Azalea B Moderator: E. Gillespie Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Dogwood Moderator: B. Odum 8:30 AM 1 • Dennis D. Tarasi, Robert K. Peet Do Invasive Plant Species Impact Community-Level Species Richness or Composition Patterns in Temperate Forests? 11 »Andrea L. Rodriguez, Victor R. Townsend, Jr. Leg Morphology of Cosmetid Harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores) 21 • Justin C. Strickland, Ana P. Pinheiro, Kristen K. Cecala, Micahel E. Dorcas Physiological Constraints to Respond to Climate Change: Insights From the Effects of Temperature on Standard Metabolic Rate in Larval Salamanders 31 • Cathryn H. Greenberg, Beverly Collins, W. Henry McNab, Douglas Miller Introduction: Natural Disturbances Shaping the Structure and Composition of Central Hardwood Forests 38 • Titian Ghandforoush, Kathleen A. Kron Phylogenetic Reconstruction of Relationships in the Paleotropical Vaccinieae (Ericaceae) Based on DNA Sequence Data 48 • Darlene Panvini Different Approaches to Service-Learning in Majors and Non-Majors Biology Courses 8:45 AM 2 • S. Douglas Kaylor, M. Joseph Hughes, Jennifer A. Franklin Recovery Trends and Predictions of High Elevation Forest Change in the Southern Appalachian Mountains 12 • Zachary J. Loughman Life History of the New River Crayfish in Anthony Creek, West Virginia 22 • John J. Hains, Jessica Logan, Brittany Broome, Sarah Fishburne, Lauren Frees, Rebecca Helstern, Joshua Howard, Garrett Woollen The Ecology of a New Invasion by Bellamys japonica In the Savannah River Basin 32 • Justin L. Hart Gap-Scale Disturbances in Eastern Oak Forests Wth Implications for Management 39* Andy G. Gardner, Kelly A. Shepherd, Dianella G. Howarth, Rachel S. Jabaily The Australian Plant Family Goodeniaceae as a New Model System for Floral Symmetry Evolution 49 • Christopher E. Barton Identifying and Addressing Nursing Students' Perceptions of Anatomy & Physiology Courses 9:00 AM 3 • Jonathon K. Loyd, Steven Murphree A Comparative Study of Wildlife Diversity in an 13 • Suellen F. Pometto, Peter H. Adler, Charles E. Beard 23 • Sarah Fishburne, Jessica Logan, Brittany Broome, Lauren Frees, 33 • Steven Oak, Martin A. Spetich Oak Decline in Central 40 • Joshua L. Steele, Richard Carter Floristic Inventory of the 50 * Marlee B. Marsh, Allan Nail Improving Lab Report Paper Sessions Thursday am, April 3 167 Time Community & Population Ecology Wadsworth Moderator: R. Lucardi Entomology / Invertebrate Biology Croft Moderator: W. Dees Freshwater Ecology & Aquatic Biology Daniel Morgan A/B Moderator: J. Strickland USFS Disturbance Symposium Azalea A Moderators: K. Greenberg and B. Collins Floristics & Systematics Azalea B Moderator: E. Gillespie Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Dogwood Moderator: B. Odum Old-Growth and Adjacent Secondary Growth Forest in Davidson County, Tennessee Reassembly of the Butterfly Proboscis, With Restored Functionality Rebecca Helstern, Joshua Howard, Garrett Woollen, John Hains Metabolism of Bellamya japonica : Experimental Design and Limitations Hardwood Forests: Frequency, Spatial Extent, and Changes to Forest Composition and Structure Lake Louise Field Station, Lowndes County, Georgia Writing and Student Confidence Using Scaffolding Assignments and a Classroom Partner Program 9:15 AM 4 • Gabrielle King, Wayne Rossiter Assessment of the Roles of Endothermy and Ecothermy in Food Chain Length 14 *Marc A. Milne, Marcelo Schwarz Size Matters: Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea ) Pitcher Size Influences the Presence or Absence of Aedes albopictus Larvae 24 • Amy R. Wethington Distributional Differences in the Freshwater Puimonate Snails Physa acuta And Physa gyrina : Competitive Exclusion or Habitat Choice? Continuation of Talk 33 41 • Wesley M. Knapp A Reexamination of Juncus validus Var. Fascinatus , a Texas Endemic, and Notes on Closely Related Species 51 «Chris Murdock, LaJoyce Debro Inquiry-Based Alternatives to Traditional Introductory Biology Laboratories 9:30 AM 5 • Katrina D. R. Moeller, H. Dawn Wilkins Effect of Census Method and Season on the Number and Types of Vocalizations Uttered by Barred Owls in the Area Surrounding Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee 15 • Amy M. Gutting, Jennifer A. Zettler, Lawrence W. Zettler, Larry W. Richardson Mealybugs: An Old Threat Poses a New Risk to Native Epiphytic Orchids in South Florida 25 • Daniel Hoffman, Troy Mutchler, William Ensign Quantifying Potential Differences in Trophic Relationships Across Freshwater Streams of Varying Urbanization 34 • John Nowak, William Carothers, Kier Klepzig Southern Pine Beetles: Frequency, Spatial Extent, and Changes to Forest Structure Across the Southeastern Upland Hardwood Forest Region 42 * Richard Stalter, Eric E. Lamont The Vascular Flora of Plum Island, Long Island Sound, New York 52 • Cody L. Starnes, C. Brian Odom No More Early Morning Virgin Hunts: Eliminating Male Offspring in Classroom Teaching Stocks of Drosophila Melanogaster, Using a Readily Available Male-Lethal Strain 9:45 AM BREAK 9:45-10:45 ASB Poster Session 1 (1-136 Odd# Posters) BREAK 9:45-10:45 ASB Poster Session 1 (1-136 Odd# Posters) BREAK 9:45-10:45 ASB Poster Session 1 (1-136 Odd# Posters) 35 • Chris J. Peterson, Christopher M. Godfrey Meteorological and Ecological Perspectives on the Patterns and Consequences of Wnd Disturbance to Central BREAK 9:45-10:45 ASB Poster Session 1 (1-136 Odd# Posters) BREAK 9:45-10:45 ASB Poster Session 1 (1-136 Odd# Posters) 168 SE Biology , Vol. 61 , No. 2, April, 2014 Time Community & Population Ecology Wadsworth Moderator: R. Lucardi Entomology / Invertebrate Biology Croft Moderator: W. Dees Freshwater Ecology & Aquatic Biology Daniel Morgan A/B Moderator: J. Strickland USFS Disturbance Symposium Azalea A Moderators: K. Greenberg and B. Collins Floristics & Systematics Azalea B Moderator: E. Gillespie Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Dogwood Moderator: B. Odum Hardwood Forests 10:30 AM 36 • Henri Grissino-Mayer, Charles Lafon Fire Regimes of the Southern Appalachian Central Hardwood Forests: Effects of Climatic and Human Influences 10:45 AM 6 • Rachael Maulorico, John McCall Fish Communities in an Alabama Salt Marsh With Consideration of the Impact of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Disaster 16* Brian Scholtens, Joe Culin, John Snyder, Tom P. Smith The Moths of Congaree National Park 26 ‘Joseph M. Dirnberger, Julia Love Seasonal Shifts to Planktonic Prey by the Eastern Mosquitofish, Gambusia holbrooki 43 • C. Theo Witsell, Brent T. Baker Arkansas’s Newest Herbarium: The Herbarium of the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission (ANHC) 53 • Jennifer T. Thomas Student Engagement in Upper-Level Biology Courses: The Role of the Professor 11:00 AM 7 • Tara L. Keyser, Peter M. Brown Climate-Growth Relationships for Yellow-Poplar Across a Structural and Site Quality Gradient in the Southern Appalachian Mountains 17 • Peter A. Van Zandt, Benjamin Hunt, Sarah Martin, Grant Gentry Are Warm Bugs Early Bugs? The Impact of Binningham’s Urban Heat Island on Moth Phenology 27* Vanessa Y. Rubio, Kirsten A. Work The Effects of Nutrient Cycling by the Exotic Catfish, Pterygoplichthys Disjunctivus, on Algal Growth in a Central Florida Spring 37 • Charles Lafon Ice Storms in Central Hardwood Forests: The Disturbance Regime and Vegetation Influences 44 • Brad R. Ruhfel, Heidi Braunreiter, William Ciocca, Claudia P. Bove, C. Thomas Philbrick Resolving the Evolutionary History of the Riverweeds (Podostemaceae) 54 • Gary D. Grossman The Use of Music Videos as Teaching Aids for a Course in Natural History 11:15 AM 8 • Lora Sigmon-Chatham, Alexander Krings, Zeb L. Robinson, Thomas Harris, Gary Blank, William Hoffmann Historic Forest Structure and Composition of the Xeric Hardpan Forest Community of the Picture Creek Diabase 18* Tom J. Fink, Alina Sucdbcck How Lepidopteran Larval Spiracles are Really Made: The Lamellae 28 ‘Tommy B. Blanchard, Jeffrey Fore Preliminary Assessment of the Ecological Effects of Natural Channel Design Stream Restoration Projects in West Tennessee 45 • C. Theo Witsell, Michael H. MacRoberts, Barbara R. MacRoberts, Brent T. Baker The Vascular Flora of Blackland Prairie and Woodland Remnants in the West Gulf Coastal Plain of 55 • Jennell M. Talley, Jennifer Hurst-Kennedy, Rebekah Ward Using Caenorhabditis elegans to Teach Principles of Mendelian Inheritance in an Undergraduate Genetics Paper Sessions Thursday am, April 3 169 Time Community & Population Ecology Wadsworth Moderator: R. Lucardi Entomology / Invertebrate Biology Croft Moderator: W. Dees Freshwater Ecology & Aquatic Biology Daniel Morgan A/B Moderator: J. Strickland USFS Disturbance Symposium Azalea A Moderators: K. Greenberg and B. Collins Floristics & Systematics Azalea B Moderator: E. Gillespie Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Dogwood Moderator: B. Odum Barrens; Insights From Dendrochronology Arkansas, USA Course 11:30 AM 9 • Rima D. Lucardi, Lisa E. Wallace, Gary N. Ervin Introduction History and Hybrdization Modulate Propagule Pressure in a Successful Exotic Grass Invasion: Cogongrass ( Imperata cylindrica) in the Southeast 19 • David M. Donnell Caste-Bias in Odorant- Binding Protein Genes of the PolyembryonicWasp Copidosoma floridanum 29 • Nicole M. Sadecky, Luke K. Sadecky, Zachary J. Loughman Development of a Captive Rearing Protocol for Cambarus Crayfish: A Pilot Study With New River Crayfish LUNCH 11:30-1:00 46 • R. Austin Prater, Joey Shaw The Vascular Flora of the Lula Lake Land Trust on Lookout Mountain in Walker County, Georgia 56 • C. Brian Odom Two are Better Than One: Realigning an Undergraduate Biology Curriculum to Create a Two Semester General Genetics Sequence 11:45 AM 10* Luke H. Turner, Wade B. Worthen Community Structure of Dragonfly Assemblages and Effects on Parasitism Rate: A Test of the “Dilution Effect” 20 • Stephanie R. Balser, Jennifer A. Zettler, Bil Leidersdorf Preference of Insect Frass in Fungus Gardening Cyphomyimex Ants 30 • Michael J. Lucero, Raquel A. Fagundo, Nicole M. Sadecky, Zachary J. Loughman Determination of Causal Mechanisms in Cambarus Crayfish Assemblage Structure in Central Virginia LUNCH 11:30-1:00 47 • Dwayne Estes, Aaron Floden, Theo Witsell, Joey Shaw, Brian Keener Untangling the Viny Viornas: Taxonomic Studies in the Genus Clematis (Ranunculaceae) 57 • Pearl R. Fernandes Teaching an Online Lecture and Laboratory Course in Biology: Strategies That Work 12:00 -1:30 PM LUNCH Noon-1 :30 PM LUNCH Noon-2:00 PM LUNCH Noon-1 :30 PM LUNCH Noon-1 :30 PM LUNCH Noon-2:00 PM 170 SE Biology , Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 Thursday pm, April 3 Time Community & Population Ecology Wadsworth Moderator: C. Ruehl Entomology / Invertebrate Biology Croft Moderator: W. Dees Freshwater Ecology & Aquatic Biology Daniel Morgan A/B Moderator: J. Strickland USFS Disturbance Symposium Azalea A Moderators: K. Greenberg and B. Collins Floristics & Systematics Azalea B Moderator: L. J. Musselman Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Dogwood Moderator: J. T. Thomas 1:00 PM 84 • Richard M. Wooten, Anne C. Witt, Chelcy F. Miniat, Tristram C. Hales, Jennifer L. Aldred Frequency and Magnitude of Selected Historical Landslide Events in the Southern Appalachian Highlands of North Carolina and Virginia: Their Relationships to Rainfall, Geologic and Geomorphic Settings, Ecohydrclogical Controls, and Their Resulting Effects on Forest Structure 1:30 PM 58 • Lauren C. McCarthy, David R. Chalcraft How Do Differences in Zooplankton Hatching Phenology and the Presence of Predators Affect Population and Ecosystem Level Properties of Aquatic Food Webs? 74 • Raquel A. Fagundo, Zachary J. Loughman Feeding Ecology of the New River Crayfish in Anthony Creek, West Virginia 85 • David S. Leigh Paleoenvironmental Range of Variation in Roods, Fires, and Biomes in the Upper Little Tennessee River Valley, Blue Ridge Mountains 92 • Mason Brock, Dwayne Estes Flora and Vegetation of Riverscour Communities of Tennessee Caney Fork River 1:45 PM 59 • Mehul Desai, Angela Burrow, James Russell Ecological Significance of 75 • Kelly Anderson, Dwayne Estes Riverscour Communities on 93 • Charles N. Horn Challenges in Properly Identifying Species of Paper Sessions Thursday pm, April 3 171 Community & Population Ecology Wadsworth Moderator: C. Ruehl Sex Ratio Distortion on Parasitoid and Butterfly Populations 60 • Michael J. Cherry, Robert J. Warren, L. Mike Conner Trait-Mediated Indirect Interactions Between Coyotes ( Canis latrans) and White-Tailed Deer [Odocoileus virginianus) Entomology / Invertebrate Biology Croft Moderator: W. Dees 68 • Blake W. Nelson, Andrew J. Jajack, Andrew E. Rosselot, Jay A. Yoder apacity of Cave Crickets to Carry Various Amounts of Fungi Depending on the Extent of Cave-Dependence: Observations Before Reports of Bat White-Nose Syndrome in the Cumberland Plateau 61 • Meredith Campbell, 69 • MaLisa Spring, Katy Lawrence E. Hurd, Pieter A. Lustofin, Dave McShaffrey P. deHart, Joseph M. Taylor Bee Diversity and Pollen Exploring the Trophic Niche Collection in Washington of an Apex Predator: What County, Ohio Praying Mantids Really Eat Freshwater Ecology & Aquatic Biology Daniel Morgan A/B Moderator: J. Strickland the Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River System: Floristics, Vegetation, and Biogeography 76 • Jordan R. Gann, Lori L. McGrew Effects of Glyphosate Exposure on Anxiety-Like Behavior in Danio rerio USFS Disturbance Symposium Azalea A Moderators: K. Greenberg and B. Collins 86 • Peter A. Wilfahrt, Julie P. Tuttle, PeterS. White Assessing the Disparities and Similarities in Functional Diversity of Tree Communities Following Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbance 77 • Spencer S. Bell, Zachary J. Loughman Comparative Life History of the Allegheny Crayfish Across West Virginia Floristics & Systematics Azalea B Moderator: L. J. Musselman Rhododendron (Ericaceae) in South Carolina 94 • Jamie D. Smith, Conley K. McMullen The Relationship Between Riparian Zone Width and Floristic Quality Along Streams in Shenandoah County, Virginia Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Dogwood Moderator: J. T. Thomas 102 • Jeffrey Thomas Queens Is Going to the Birds: Data Analysis in Courses Using Community Partners 95 • Michael T. Lee, Alan S. 103 • Patricia A. Koplas, Weakley Jeffrey Thomas Classification of the Raptor CSI: Queens Distribution Patterns of Plant University of Charlotte Taxa Occurring in the Unglaciated Southeastern United States 172 SE Biology , Vol. 61 , No. 2, April, 2014 Time Community & Population Ecology Wadsworth Moderator: C. Ruehl Entomology / Invertebrate Biology Croft Moderator: W. Dees Freshwater Ecology & Aquatic Biology Daniel Morgan A/B Moderator: J. Strickland USFS Disturbance Symposium Azalea A Moderators: K. Greenberg and B. Collins Floristics & Systematics Azalea B Moderator: L. J. Musselman Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Dogwood Moderator: J. T. Thomas PM 2:45-3:45 ASB Poster Session 2 (1-136 Even # Posters) 2:45-3:45 ASB Poster Session 2 (1-136 Even # Posters) 2:45-3:45 ASB Poster Session 2 (1-136 Even # Posters) Cathryn H. Greenberg, Susan C. Loeb, Gordon S. Warbuton Disturbance-Adapted Animals: Habitat Requirements and Historic Distribution Across Central Hardwood Forests 2:45-3:45 ASB Poster Session 2 (1-136 Even # Posters) 2:45-3:45 ASB Poster Session 2 (1-136 Even # Posters) 3:15 PM 89 • Scott E. Schlarbaum, Faith T. Campbell, Stacy L. Clark Changes in Forest Structure by Exotic Pests: Challenges in Policy, Biology, and Forest- Related infrastructure 3:45 PM 63 • Clifton B. Ruehl, David R. Chalcraft, Heather Vance-Chalcraft A Test of Ratio-Dependent Predation 71 • Brittany D. Harry, Flor Acevedo, Michelle Peiffer, Shan Jin, Ketia Shumaker, Dawn S. Luthe, Gary Felton Corn Eaiworm Saliva Induces Herbivore Defense Gene Expression in Corn 79 • Kristen T. Carlisle, James R. Rayburn Developing a Cryopreservation Protocol for Embryos of Xenopus laevis , the South African Clawed Frog 90 * Virginia Dale, Dan Hayes, M. Joseph Hughes Potential Effects of Climate Change on Natural Disturbances in the Southeastern Upland Hardwood Forest Region 97 • Alexander Krings, Bruce K. Kirchoff, Piyush Agarwal A New, Open-Access, Visual Learning Tool to Promote Active Learning: Overview and Experiences With Its Application in Teaching Rare Plant Identification 105 • Jimmy Davis, Darlene Panvini Linking Communication and Biology 4:00 PM 64 • Amber Kincaid, James E. Russell Population Genetic Analysis of Trichogramma kaykai Using Molecular Markers 72 •William Dees, Janie Theriot, Kathryn Leonards, Joel Byrne, Caleb Ardizzone, Adam Richard, Tatiana Estrada, Omar Christian, 80 • W. Walker Stinnette, Jordan M. Ellington, Peter Van den Hurk, Dennis C. Haney Relationships Between Land Cover, Water Chemistry, 98 • Judy Redden, Dwayne Estes Austin Peay Goes Digital: Developing an Online Herbarium for the Interior Plateaus Ecoregion 106* Valarie A. Burnett Building Scientific Literature Research and Presentation Skills in a College Setting Paper Sessions Thursday pm, April 3 173 Time Community & Population Ecology Wadsworth Moderator: C. Ruehl Entomology / Invertebrate Biology Croft Moderator: W. Dees Freshwater Ecology & Aquatic Biology Daniel Morgan A/B Moderator: J. Strickland USFS Disturbance Symposium Azalea A Moderators: K. Greenberg and B. Collins Floristics & Systematics Azalea B Moderator: L. J. Musselman Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Dogwood Moderator: J. T. Thomas Cecilia Richmond The Effect of Plant Parts From Eight Plant Families on the Yellow Fever Mosquito, Aedes aegypti Biomarkers, and Fish Diversity in the Piedmont Region of South Carolina, USA 4:15 PM 65 • Nigel Wolfram, Annette M. Golonka, Bettie Obi Johnson, Austin Blackwell The Sweet Smell of Carolina Jessamine: Evaluating the Floral Scent Profile of Gelsemium sempervirens 73 • Daniel K. Hasegawa, Charles E. Beard, Konstantin G. Kornev, Peter H. Adler Behavior Influences Permeability of the Butterfly Proboscis 81 • Jordan M. Ellington, W. Walker Stinnette, Dennis C. Haney The Effect of Agricultural, Pastured, and Forested Land Covers on Freshwater Stream Fish in the Piedmont of South Carolina 91 • Eric K. Zenner Managing Central Hardwood Forests Within the Historic Range of Variation in Natural Disturbances 99 • Devin M. Rodgers, Dwayne Estes Vascular Flora and Vegetation of the Cumberland Riverscour Ecological System in Daddy’s Creek Gorge, Cumberland County, Tennessee 107 • Erika A. Scocco, Amee Odom, Greta Wood Integrating Google Sites Into the Old Paper Report Assignment 4:30 PM 66 • Claudia L. Jolls, Carol Goodwillie The Tragedy of the Uncommon: the Reproductive and Population Ecology of Rare Herbs of Forested Eastern North America 82 • Gary Pandolfi, Michael M. Gangloff Do Changes in Stream Physiochemistry and Landsuse Explain Appalachian Elktoe (Alasmidonta raveliana Declines in Western North Carolina? 100*Lytton John Musselman, Rebecca Bray, Peter W. Schafran, W. Carl Taylor Misconceptions About Quillworts ( Isoetes , Isoetaceae, Lycophyta) 4:45 PM 67 • Carol Petricevic Differences Among Populations of an Invasive Plant, Alliana petiolata , In Germination and Growth in a Common Garden 83 • Michael Perkins, Michael M. Gangloff, Nathan Hjohnson Phylogeny of the Critically Endangered North American Spinymussels 101 -Alan S. Weakley, Michael T. Lee Floraquest- A New Mobile App for the Southeastern United States Flora 174 SE Biology, Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 Time Community & Population Ecology Wadsworth Moderator: C. Ruehl Entomology / Invertebrate Biology Croft Moderator: W. Dees Freshwater Ecology & Aquatic Biology Daniel Morgan A/B Moderator: J. Strickland USFS Disturbance Symposium Azalea A Moderators: K. Greenberg and B. Collins Floristics & Systematics Azalea B Moderator: L. J. Musselman Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Dogwood Moderator: J. T. Thomas 5:15- 6:15 PM ASB BUSINESS MEETING - AZALEA B 6:30- 11:00 PM THURSDAY NIGHT SOCIAL - Dinner Buffett, Live Music, and Libations! Back Lawn of Marriott Hotel (Ticket Required) Paper Sessions Friday am, April 4 175 Friday am, April 4 Time Physiological & Population Ecology Wadsworth Moderator: P. deHart Conservation Biology Croft Moderator: M. Caspary Field Station Symposium Daniel Morgan A&B Moderator: C. Havran and K. Stowe PULSE Azalea A Moderator: J. Awong-Taylor Floristics & Systematics Azalea B Moderator: K. Burgess Genetics / Cell / Molecular Biology Dogwood Moderator: B. Thornton Microbiology Wisteria Moderator: H. Spratt 8:00 AM 128 • J. Christopher Havran, Kirk A. Stowe Educational Opportunities at Biological Field Stations of the Southeastern United States 8:15 AM 129 • Stephen C. Richter Educational and Research Opportunities in Appalachia and Across Kentucky Via a Network of Field Stations 8:30 AM 108 *Z. Carter Berry The Importance of Fog as a Water Source in Southern Appalachian Cloud Forests 118 *Tori M. Brenner, Josh Smith, John Quinn Using Optimal Foraging Theory to Assess the Conservation Value of Managed Ecosystems 137 • PULSE- Partnership for Undergraduate Life Sciences Education Workshop 8:30-10:00 139 'Clayton M. Costa, Roland P. Roberts Molecular Phytogeny of the Goldenasters, Subtribe Chrysopsidinae (Asteraceae, Astereae), Based on Nuclear Ribosomal and Chloroplast Sequence Data 149 • Brianna L. Taylor, Naomi Jackson, Benjamin J. Thornton The Effects of Ascorbic Acid on Drosophila melanogaster Susceptibility to Permethrin and Suppression of Cytochrome P450 Activity 159 'Brians. Burnes Sources of Escherichia coli In the West Fork of the Salmon River, Idaho 8:40 AM 130 • Karen L. Kandl Highlands Biological Station: Nine Decades of Research and Education in a Biodiversity Hotspot 8:45 AM 109 • Kaitlyn Schaaf, Rita Malia Fincher, Alex Gilman Costs of Chemical 119 ‘Thomas A. Maigret, John J. Cox, Dylan R. Schneider, Christopher D. Barton, 140 • Timothy A. Hammer, Robert W. Davis, Kevin R. Thiele A Molecular Framework 150» Jemirian Pitts A Mathematical Model for Glucose-Oxygen Kinectics and Cell- 160 • Brian S. Burnes Sources of Escherichia coli In Lake Martin, Alabama 176 SE Biology , Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 Time Physiological & Population Ecology Wadsworth Moderator: P. deHart Conservation Biology Croft Moderator: M. Caspary Field Station Symposium Daniel Morgan A&B Moderator: C. Havran and K. Stowe PULSE Azalea A Moderator: J. Awong-Taylor Floristics & Systematics Azalea B Moderator: K. Burgess Genetics / Cell / Molecular Biology Dogwood Moderator: B. Thornton Microbiology Wisteria Moderator: H. Spratt Defense and Ant Symbiosis in Two Rain Forest Understory Shrubs in the Genus Piper Steven J. Price, Jeffrey L. Larkin Effects of Timber Harvest Within Streamside Management Zones on Salamander Populations in Ephemeral Streams of Southeastern Kentucky Phylogeny for Ptilotus R.Br. (Amaranthaceae) Mediated Response in Prostate Cancer Cells of Type II Diabetes 9:00 AM 110* A. Joseph Pollard Facultative Hyperaccumulation of Heavy Metals and Metalloids in Plants 120 • Meaghan L. Fabrycki, David Vandermast Patterns of Tree Mortality and Replacement on Elon University Forest 141 • Kunsiri Chaw Grubbs, Hugo Volkaert A Possible Hybrid Origin for Edible Lansium domesticum 151 ’Linda A. Major, Roger A. Sauterer Histone Binding to Mitochondria in Plants 161 ’Andrew J. Jajack, Andrew E. Rosselot, Blake W. Nelson, Jay A. Yoder Pathogenic Consequences to Honey Bee Colonies From Reducing the Abundance of Beneficial Fungi by Fungicide Spraying 9:05 AM 131 ’Theron M. Terhune Plugging-in to Research in the Red Hills: Research and Education at Tall Timbers Research Station 9:15 AM 111 ’Rachel L McAlister, Duane A. Kolterman, A. Joseph Pollard Intraspecific Variation in Nickel Hyperaccumulation in Populations of Psychotria qrandis From Serpentine 121 • Rob Hopkins Biodiversity Conservation in Wales, U.K.: DNA Barcoding Applications and Implications Continuation of Talk 131 Continuation of PULSE workshop 142 ’Bruce A. Sorrie, Robert K. Peet Floristics of East Gulf Coastal Plain Pitcher Plant Bogs 152 ’Roger A. Sauterer, Linda A. Major Plant Cell Nuclear, Mitochondrial and Chloroplast Isolation: Procedures and Pitfalls 162’Haiwen Zhang Selection for T riclosan Resistance Causes Antibiotic Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa but Not Escherichia coli Paper Sessions Friday am, April 4 Time Physiological & Population Ecology Wadsworth Moderator: P. deHart Conservation Biology Croft Moderator: M. Caspary Field Station Symposium Daniel Morgan A&B Moderator: C. Havran and K. Stowe PULSE Azalea A Moderator: J. Awong-Taylor and Non-Serpentine Soils of Puerto Rico 9:30 AM 112* Andrew E. Rosselot, Blake Nelson, Andrew J. Jajack, Jay A. Yoder Common Treatments Applied to Honey Bee Colonies and Their Implications for Rise of Lethal Chalkbrood Disease 122 -Geoff Call Plant Conservation Under the Endangered Species Act: Proposals to List Three Plants as Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat 9:45 AM 10:00 AM BREAK 9:45-10:45 ASB Poster Session 3 (Posters 137-204) BREAK 9:45-10:45 ASB Poster Session 3 (Posters 137-204) 132- Robin C. Buchannon The University of Mississippi Field Station and Center for Water and Wetlands Resources: Educational Research Opportunities PULSE BREAK 10:00-10:30 10:25 AM 133- Hilary M. Swain, Fred E. Lohrer, Dustin 10:30 D. Angell Archbold Biological 138 -(PULSE) Partnership for 177 Floristics Genetics / Cell / Microbiology & Systematics Molecular Biology Wisteria Azalea B Dogwood Moderator: K. Moderator: B. Moderator: H. Burgess Thornton Spratt 143 »David L Cutherell Restoring the Northern Longleaf Pine Ecosystem: South Quay Sandhills Natural Area Preserve 153- Daniel W. 163 • Mai H. Tran, Konzman, Joong-Wook Park Linda Niedziela Tarballs on Freshwater The Effect of Shoreline as Reservoirs Pentylenetetrazol- Induced Seizure and the Anti-Epileptic Drug Phenytoin on Learning in Danio rerio for Pathogens BREAK 9:45-10:30 ASB Poster Session 3 (Posters 137-204) BREAK BREAK 9:45-10:45 9:45-10:45 ASB Poster Session ASB Poster Session 3 3 (Posters 137-204) (Posters 137-204) 144 • Richard A. Matthews, Lytton J. 178 SE Biology , Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 Time Physiological & Population Ecology Wadsworth Moderator: P. deHart Conservation Biology Croft Moderator: M. Caspary Field Station Symposium Daniel Morgan A&B Moderator: C. Havran and K. Stowe PULSE Azalea A Moderator: J. Awong-Taylor Floristics & Systematics Azalea B Moderator: K. Burgess Genetics / Cell / Molecular Biology Dogwood Moderator: B. Thornton Microbiology Wisteria Moderator: H. Spratt AM Station: Sustaining the Confluence of Research, Conservation, and Education in Florida Undergraduate Life Sciences Education Workshop 10:30-Noon Musselman, W.C. Taylor, Peter W. Schafran Isoetes snowii, a New Diploid Quillwort From the Southeastern United States 10:45 AM 113 ‘Hayden Summers, Kel Arlinghaus, Timothy Griffith Will Geographic Range Shifts Impact Rates of Photosynthesis? a Study of Extended Day Lengths on Leaf Photosynthesis of a Commercial Corn Variety 123 ‘Jesse M.Wood, John E. Quinn IV A Multi-Scale Analysis of the Effects of Local- and Landscape-Level Habitat Variables on Avian Cavity-Nesting Species Occupancy 145 ‘John M. Herr, Jr., James T. Morris The Anatomy of the Rhizome of Spaitina alterniflora : Fossil and Extant Specimens 154 ‘Colleen K. Mikelson, Manuel Bernal Mejia, Margaret Kovach A Feasibility Study of Utilizing a Biocompatible Nanofiber Matrix for Bone Regeneration 164 • Amanda N. Hyre, Philip Rock Wolbachia Infection in a Local Strain of the Common Fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster 10:50 AM 134 ‘Matthew E. Kimball, Dennis M. Allen Research and Education at the Univ. of South Carolina’s Baruch Marine Field Laboratory. Opportunities for Undergraduate Field- Based Experiences 11:00 AM 114* Alyssa L. Teat, Howard S. Neufeld Physiological Responses of Miscanthus giganteus Under a Short Term Drought Scenario 124 ‘Crystal A. Chambers A Survey of Potential Threats and Population Dynamics of the Evergreen Quillwort (1 Isoeteshyemalis ) Continuation of Talk 134 Continuation of PULSE Workshop 146 • Ashley B. Morris It Takes a Village: Building a Network of Primarily Undergradute Institutions to Address Large-Scale Phylogeographic Problems 155 ‘Molly R. Shankles, Robert Grammer Integrating Chemotaxis and Thermotaxis in Caenoihabditis elegans 165 • Annette M. Golonka, Bettie Obi Johnson, Jonathan Freeman, Daniel W. Hinson Impact of Nectarivorous Yeasts on Silene caroliniana's Scent 11:15 AM 115 ‘Benjamin R. Montgomery, Brittany 125- Kendell R. Bennett, Laura E. 135 ‘Tom B. Blanchard, Jennifer 147 ‘Kevin S. Burgess, John A. 156 ‘Cristina M. Caldwell, Michele 166 • Henry G. Spratt, Jr., Martin M. Brown, Paper Sessions Friday am, April 4 179 Time Physiological & Population Ecology Wadsworth Moderator: P. deHart Conservation Biology Croft Moderator: M. Caspary Field Station Symposium Daniel Morgan A&B Moderator: C. Havran and K. Stowe PULSE Azalea A Moderator: J. Awong-Taylor Floristics & Systematics Azalea B Moderator: K. Burgess Genetics / Cell / Molecular Biology Dogwood Moderator: B. Thornton Microbiology Wisteria Moderator: H. Spratt P. Twitty, Donathan S. Dendy Petals Promote Delayed Self Pollination in Linum rigidum DeWald Genetic Variation in Mountain and Coastal Fox Squirrel Populations Greenwood, Dawn Wilkins, Lisa Krueger The Changing Role of Reelfoot Lake Environmental Field Station in Providing Educational and Research Opportunities Barone, Robert B. Futrell DNA Barcoding a Complex Prairie Flora Using the rbcL-matK Gene Regions Elmore, Julie Ballenger, Kevin S. Burgess Examining the Genetic Structure in a Hybrid Zone of Rare Georgia Pitcher Plants ( Sarracenia Spp.) Erin Liner, William C. Hayes Development of Sporulating Bacterial Cultures for Incorporation Into Pervious Concrete Before Curing 11:30 AM 116* Pieter A. P. deHart, Dana J. Morin Eating Off the Land: Exploring Regional Variations in Coyote Diets 126 • Emma Sheffield, Rita Malia Fincher, R. Scott Duncan Initiation of Prescribed Burning May Initially Delay Mountain Longleaf Pine Regeneration Along the Mississippi River Floodplain of Northwest Tennessee 148 • Peter W. Schafran, W. Carl Taylor, Rebecca Bray, Jay F. Bolin, Lytton J. Musselman Systematics of the Genus Isoetes (Isoetaceae, Lycophyta) in the Southeastern United States 157 ‘Matthew A. Heard, Robert Grammer Innate Versus Learned Response to Bacillus thuringiensis and Isoamyl Alcohol as Modeled by Olfactory Chemotaxis Response in Caenorhabditis e/egans 167 • Crystal N. LeBlanc, Jennifer T. Thomas The Evaluation of Type 1 Interferon Levels in HPV- Positive Cervical Cancer Cell Lines 11:45 AM 117 ‘Joseph C. White, William K. Smith Effects of Surface Flow Regime on Water Source Utilization in Liquidambarstyraciflua 127 • Ashley D. Montgomery, Laura E. DeWald Predicting Suitable Habitat of Federally Threatened Species Isotria Medeoloides (Pursh) in the Southern Appalachian Region 136 • Field Station Symposium Discussion (11:40 AM) 158 ‘Alex Panuccio, Renee J. Chosed Modeling the Mixed- Lineage Leukemia (MLL1) Multi-Protein Complex in Budding Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae 168 • Grace L. Chafin, James W. Brown, Melanie J. Lee-Brown Mutagenesis of the FMN Riboswitch of Photorhabdus Luminescens and an Analysis of Mutagenic Effects on Its Pathogenicity on 180 SE Biology , Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 Time Physiological & Population Ecology Wadsworth Moderator: P. deHart Conservation Biology Croft Moderator: M. Caspary Field Station Symposium Daniel Morgan A&B Moderator: C. Havran and K. Stowe PULSE Azalea A Moderator: J. Awong-Taylor Floristics & Systematics Azalea B Moderator: K. Burgess Genetics / Cell / Molecular Biology Dogwood Moderator: B. Thornton Microbiology Wisteria Moderator: H. Spratt Using Maxent Model Caenorhabditis Elegans Noon- 12:30 PM ASB Business Meeting- AZALEA B LUNCH 12 : 30 - 1:30 LUNCH 12 : 30 - 2:00 LUNCH 12 : 30 - 1:30 Paper Sessions Friday pm, April 4 181 Friday pm, April 4 Time Ecosystem / Landscape Ecology Wadsworth Moderator: J. Thomas Conservation Biology Croft Moderator: J. Storm Herpetology & Ichthyology Daniel Morgan A&B Moderator: S. Bartol Floristics & Systematics Azalea B Moderator: E. Gillespie Genetics / Cell / Molecular Biology Dogwood Moderator: J. Talley 1:30 PM 169 • Jake H. Billmyer, Frank S. Gilliam Effects of Nitrogen Deposition on Rubus Spp. (Raspberry) Within a Central Appalachian Hardwood Forest 181 • A. Renee Fortner, Claudia L. Jolls, Carol Goodwillie Limited Seed Set and Germination Cues of the Federally Endangered Perennial Thalictrum cooleyi 192 • Justin D. Latoni, Erin L. Quinlan Estimating Urban Amphibian Diversity Using Modified Funnel- Traps 210 • Jennifer Myer, Lori L. McGrew The Effect of Chronic Exposure to Different Concentrations of Lexapro on Long-Term Memory in Adult Zebrafish (Danio rerio) 1:45 PM 170 • Christopher J. Payne, Robert K. Peet Long-Term Forest Growth in a North Carolina Piedmont Forest: Examination of Recent Growth Trends Using Individual Tree Growth and Mortality Data 182 • Rebecca K. McKee, Kristen K. Cecala, Michael E. Dorcas The Effect of Bycatch Reduction Device Presence and Orientation on Diamondback Terrapin Capture and Behavior 193 • Elliott P. Gibbs, Adrian K. 0. Hayes, Melissa A. Pilgrim Development of an Automated Computer Recognizer That Isolates Hyla dnerea Breeding Calls From Sound Files 211 ‘Allison McCoy, LoriL. McGrew The Effects of Chronic Exposure of Celexa (Citalopram Hydrobromide) on Behavior and Memory of Danio rerio 2:00 PM 171 • Elizabeth Martin, Beverly Collins Paleoecological History of a High Elevation Valley in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina 183 • Joanna E. Hawley Howard, Rob F. Baldwin, Amber L. Pitt, Elizabeth D. Baldwin The Utility of State Parks as a Conservation Tool for Isolated and Ephemeral Wetlands: A Case Study From the Southern Blue Ridge 194 • Carlos D. Camp, Jessica A. Wooten, Zachary 1. Felix A Contradiction in Genes: Phylogeography of the Black Mountain Salamander (Desmognatfius welten Barbour 1950) 202 • Richard Carter Digitization of the Valdosta State University Herbarium 212 • Fakhry M. Daowd, Robert Grammer Investigating the Attraction of Caenorhabditis elegans to Bacillus thuringiensis Through Volatile Organic Compounds 2:15 PM 172 • Emily C. Adams, Frank P. Day Blue Carbon in Coastal Freshwater Marshes on the Barrier Islands of Virginia: Aboveground Carbon Pools 184 • Ryan C. Ernstes, John E. Quinn Shift in Songbird Vocalizations Suggest Possible Threats of Acoustic Masking for Human Health 195 * Erin L. Quinlan, Tatiana A. Giraldo Bioacoustic Monitoring of Amphibian Diversity and Behavior in an Urban Environment 203 * Michael O. Holt, Richard Carter The Valdosta State University Virtual Herbarium 213 * KelviNeisha L. Williams, Timothy Odom, Teodora Best, Nicole Zembower, Ketia Shumaker, John Carlson Comparative Analysis of Ozone Effects and Genomic Expression of 182 SE Biology, Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 Time Ecosystem / Landscape Ecology Wadsworth Moderator: J. Thomas Conservation Biology Croft Moderator: J. Storm Herpetology & Ichthyology Daniel Morgan A&B Moderator: S. Bartol Floristics & Systematics Azalea B Moderator: E. Gillespie Genetics / Cell / Molecular Biology Dogwood Moderator: J. Talley Two Hardwood Trees 2:30 PM 173 • Howard S. Neufeld, Alyssa Teat Ozone Trends in Great Smoky Mountains National Park Over the Past Two Decades: Evidence That the Clean Air Act Works 185 'John E. Quinn Protecting Species in Unexpected Places: An Opportunity for Conservation in Managed Ecosystems 196 • Timothy E. Baldwin, Yong Wang, Callie J. Schweitzer The Influence of Forest Management Practices on Amphibian Accessibility, Larval Performance, and Adult Choice Within the Cumberland Plateau in Grundy County, Tennessee 204 • Phillip D. Lowe, Richard Carter Two Birds With One Stone: Using Excel and Mail Merge to Create Herbarium Specimen Labels in Word and Populate a Specify Database 214 » Sasha Gogoli, Renee J. Chosed Modeling the MLL (Mixed-Lineage Leukemia) Complex in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae 2:45 PM 174* Matthew S. Herron, Joydeep Bhattacharjee Evaluating Multiple Restoration Strategies in a 30 Year Old Bottomland Hardwood Forest Restoration Site 186 'Samantha L. Poarch, Joseph M. Morrissey, Theodore V. Khleborod, Jonathan J. Storm Small Mammal Community Structure Within Urban Greenways 197 • Thomas P. Wilson, Paul- Erik Bakland, Nyssa Hunt, Simone Madsen, Preston Prigmore, Robert Altonen, Sarah Bohr, Brittany Bird, Tabitha M. Wilson In the Shadows of a Brownfield: Nest Site Selection by Marbled Salamanders ( Ambystoma opacum) in an Isolated Wetland in Southeastern Tennessee 205 'Anna K. Monfils, Gil Nelson Recruiting and Retaining Small Natural History Collections in the National Digitization Initiative 215 • Jacob Hanna, Renee J. Chosed Ruthenium Complex KP1019 and Its Effects on Saccharomyces cerevisiae 3:00 PM BREAK 3:30 PM 175 • Eric F. Duncan, Paula C. Jackson Comparison of Diurnal Water Use in the Native Riparian Tree Species, American Sycamore, Platanus occidental is (L.), and Black Willow, Salix nigra (Marshall), and the Potential Implications for Riparian Restoration Efforts and Ecology 187 • Melissa D. Caspary, James Rickard Population Dynamics of the Rare Relict Trillium (Trillium reliquum) 198 • Adrian K. O. Hayes, Elliott P. Gibbs, Melissa A. Pilgrim Interspecific Variation in Nocturnal Calling Activity of Anurans Influenced Call Survey Estimates of Species Occurrence in the Piedmont Region of South Carolina 206 • Peter Schafran, Joe Keenan, Marcus Jones, Jay Bolin, Lytton Musselman Germination and Development of Hazel Dodder Cuscuta coryli (Convolvulaceae) 216 • Rebekah L. Robinson, Claudia Y. Alvarado, Mario Johnson, Scott C. Mateer, Ron E. Garner, Traci L. Ness Construction of a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in the Human TLR4 Gene 3:45 176‘ScottA.Abla, Laura E. 188 • Avery A. Olearczyk 199 • Alyssa A. Hoekstra, Vincent 207 • Krystal T. Payne, Emily L. 217 • D’angeleau Newsome, Nick Paper Sessions Friday pm, April 4 183 Time Ecosystem / Landscape Ecology Wadsworth Moderator: J. Thomas Conservation Biology Croft Moderator: J. Storm Herpetology & Ichthyology Daniel Morgan A&B Moderator: S. Bartol Floristics & Systematics Azalea B Moderator: E. Gillespie Genetics / Cell / Molecular Biology Dogwood Moderator: J. Talley PM DeWald Multi-Severity Fire Effects in Xeric Oak-Pine Communities Following Small Fires in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fire's Impact on Den Creation for Petaurus australis In Eucalyptus grandis Trees A. Cobb Thermal Ecology of the Timber Rattlesnake ( Crotalus horridus) in Middle Tennessee Gillespie Using Herbarium Informatics to Revise County Based Distributions of the Ericaceae (Heather) Family Throughout West Virginia Ragsdale Investigating the Role of Hif-1 in Resisting Infection by Staphylococcus aureus in Caenorhabditis elegans 4:00 PM 177 • Nathan M. Sedghi, Frank P. Day Blue Carbon in Coastal Freshwater Marshes on the Barrier Islands of Virginia: Belowground Carbon Pools 189 • Shannon E. Pittman, Ranjan Muthukrishnan, Natalie M. West, Adam S. Davis, Nicholas R. Jordan, James D. Forester Mitigating the Invasive Spread of an Exotic Biofuel Crop, Miscanthus * giganteus 200 • Soraya M. Bartol, Ian K. Bartol, Ashley L. Lavender Assessment of Sea Turtle Hearing: Pros and Cons of Electrophysiological and Behavioral Techniques 208 • Herrick H. K. Brown, Kate F. Boyd, Henry M. Fulmer A Bicentennial Observation of Henry William Ravenel 1814-2014 218 ‘Taylor Brown, Nick Ragsdale Measurement of Adenine Nucleotides in Caenorhabditis elegans With and Without Staphylococcus aureus Infection 4:15 PM 178 * Elizabeth D. Evans, Safaa H. Al-Hamdani, Benjamin Blair Physiological Responses of Roselle ( Hibiscus sabdariffa) to Drought Stress and Determination of Antioxidant and Nutrient Content 190 • Ryan Walsh, Thomas Hancock, Patrick Amico The Effects of Beach Nourishment on Surfzone Fisheses and Macroinvertebrates of Bald Head Island, NC (USA) 201 • Matthew K. Gaylord, Glenn R. Parsons Functional Morphology of the Hammerhead Shark Cephalofoil: An Assessment of the Hydrodynamic Lift Hypothesis Using Computational Fluid Dynamics 209 • Herrick H. K. Brown Henry William Ravenel: Exchanges, Expeditions, Extirpation and Extinction 219 • Justin Hughes, Nick Ragsdale Potentially Protective Effect of Caffeine in Caenorhabditis elegans Treated With 6-Hydroxydopamine 4:30 PM 179 • Austen C. Stoelting, Safaa H. Al-Hamdani, Mustafa Morsy Selected Physiological Responses of Tomato Plant to Drought and High Temperature as Influenced by Symbiotic Interaction With Cmulana Virus and Curvularia protuberata Fungus 191 ‘Matthew J. Heard, Katherine F. Smith, Kelsey J. Ripp, Melanie Berger, Jane Chen, Justin Dittmeier, Maggie Goter, Stephen T. McGarvey, Elizabeth Ryan Threats From Disease Increase as Species Move Closer to Extinction 220 • Simone M. Dixon, Victoria L Turgeon Relative Gene Expression of Protease- Activated Receptor-1 (PAR-1) Mrna in Rat Schwann Cells Following Receptor Activation 4:45 PM 180 • Thomas E. Hancock, William K. Smith 221 • Maria Martino, Nick Ragsdale 184 SE Biology, Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 Time Ecosystem / Landscape Ecology Wadsworth Moderator: J. Thomas Conservation Biology Croft Moderator: J. Storm Herpetology & Ichthyology Daniel Morgan A&B Moderator: S. Bartol Floristics & Systematics Azalea B Moderator: E. Gillespie Genetics / Cell / Molecular Biology Dogwood Moderator: J. Talley Barrier Island Dune Vegetation in the Southeastern United States: Future Survival at the Land-Sea Interface Role of Beta Oxidation in the Immunological Response to Staphylococcus aureus in Caenoihabditis elegans 7:00- 9:30 PM ASB AWARDS BANQUET Heritage Ballroom (Ticket Required) Poster Sessions 185 Posters • Heritage Ballroom # Poster Title Authors PI Non-Specialized Herbivory in Megacopta cribraria Adults and Its Possible Implications Riley Z. Tunnell 1 , David A. Johnson 2 1 Judson College, Marion, AL ; 2 Samford University, Birmingham, AL P2 Resource Partitioning Between Phenotypes of Peromyscus in Ohio Stephen J. Zumdick, Richard S. Phillips, Alec VanDyke Wittenberg University Dept of Biology P3 Preliminary Investigation of Camphor Seed Dispersal: The Role of American Robins E. Natasha Vanderhoff, Jennifer Brehm Dept of Biology & Marine Science, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville FL P4 Bat Community and Habitat Response to Prescribed Fire and Canopy Reduction in Tennessee Hardwood Forests Maxwell R. Cox, Emma V. Willcox Dept of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN P5 Effects of Forest Succession on Land Snails of South Carolina Elizabeth C. Ray, Matthew J. Heard Dept of Biology, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC P6 Changes in Community Structure of Two Exotic Invasive Bivalves in Lake Erie Sarah Rawlins, Ann M. Stoeckmann Dept of Biology, Francis Marion University, Florence, SC P7 Evaluation of Individual Identification Methods for Spotted Salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) Benjamin E. Hardie, F. Whitner Chase, Maximilian M. Kern, Leigh Anne Harden, Shannon E. Pittman, Michael E. Dorcas Dept of Biology, Davidson College, Davidson, NC P8 Natural History of Eastern Box Turtles (Terrapene Carolina Carolina) in North Carolina: A Study Based on Citizen Science Grayam R. Sailor-Tynes, Maximilian M. Kern, Michael E. Dorcas Dept of Biology, Davidson College, Davidson, NC 186 SE Biology, Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 # Poster Title Authors P9 Diet of Rafinesque's Big-Eared Bat (Corynorhinus rafinesquii ) in West-Central Louisiana Beau B. Gregory 1 , John 0. Whitaker, Jr. 2 , Gregory D. Hartman 3 1 Louisiana Natural Heritage Program, Louisiana Dept of Wildlife and Fisheries, Lake Charles, LA ; 2 Dept of Biology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN ; 3 Dept of Biology, Gordon State College, Bamesville, GA P10 Bioacoustic Monitoring of American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Activity Patterns on the Campus of Francis Marion University Morgan Soulantikas, Jeff Steinmetz, Paul Zwiers, Travis Knowles Biology Dept, Francis Marion University, Florence, SC P11 Abundance of Carnivorous Mammals in Urban Greenways and Rural Forests Joseph M. Morrissey, Samantha L. Poarch, Jonathan J. Storm Division of Natural Sciences and Engineering ; 2 University of South Carolina Upstate ; 3 Spartanburg, SC P12 Storage Effects on Pine Rockland Grass Seed Viability and Germination Lauren K. Childress, Lisa M. Krueger Biological Sciences, University of Tennessee at Martin, Martin, TN P13 Invasive Epigeic Earthworms Implicated in the Decline of the Endangered Sisyrinchium dichotomum (Iridaceae) Abigail E. Gwinn, Douglas A. Rayner Dept of Biology, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC P14 Revegetation of an Urban Riparian Zone: Species Richness and Population Dynamics Maitlyn E. Mullen, Jessica L. Fleming, Lawrence J. Davenport, Kristin A. Bakkegard, Elizabeth G. Dobbins Dept of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Samford University, Birmingham, AL P15 The Potential Pollinators of Schweinitz Sunflower (Helianthus schweinitzii ), Asteraceae Zachary Masters 1 , Kunsiri Chaw Grubbs 2 1 Biology Dept, Winthrop University Rock Hill, SC ; 2 Biology Dept, Winthrop University Rock Hill, SC P16 The First Tests of Blight-Resistance in Backcross Hybrid American Chestnuts (Castanea dentata) in Georgia: An Assessment of Leaf, Stem, and Bud Traits Samuel Watkins, Theron Kantelis, N. Royce Dingley, Patrick Felch, Martin L. Cipollini Dept of Biology, Berry College, Mount Berry, GA. Poster Sessions 187 Posters • Heritage Ballroom # Poster Title Authors P17 Bat Activity Increases With Increased Barometric Michael J. Bender, Gregory D. Hartman Pressure and Temperature During Autumn in Georgia Dept of Biology, Gordon State College, Barnesville, GA P18 A Record of Ecological/Anthropological Change From Kelsey B. Ortiz 1 , Joshua W. Campbell 1 , Matthew N. Waters 2 , Frederick Bat Guano Deposits in Fern Cave, Jackson County- Rich 3 Alabama 1 High Point University ; 2 Valdosta State University ; 3 Georgia Southern University PI 9 Landscape Heterogeneity of Airborne Hg (Mixed Brian Schwenk, Dean Cocking Dissolved, Particulate and Vaporous) and a Sampling of Dept of Biology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA Total Hg Concentration in Macro-Invertebrates Within Rockingham Co., VA P20 Short Term Effects From a Late Season Freeze on Walt Thompson 1 , Jennie Haskell 1 , Doug Aubrey 2 White Oak (Quercus alba L.) Acorn Production in the 1 USDA Forest Service-Savannah River, New Ellenton, SC ; 2 Georgia Southern Southeastern Coastal Plain University, Statesboro, GA P21 Botanical Inventory, Synthesis, and Habitat Modeling of Marvin E. Brown Winyah Bay and the Lower Waccamaw Watershed, School of the Earth, Ocean, and Environment. University of South Carolina, Georgetown County, SC Columbia SC P22 Contributions of Macroscopic Charcoal to the Carbon Amanda M. Keasberry 1 , Arvind Bhuta 2 , Justin L. Hart 1 Stock in a Southeastern Longleaf Pine Ecosystem 1 Dept of Geography, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL ; 2 Geography Dept, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA P23 Influence of Gap-Phase Disturbance on Development Thomas A. Weber 1 , Justin L. Hart 1 , Callie J. Schweitzer 2 , Daniel C. Dey 2 and Succession in a Southern Appalachian Quercus- 1 University of Alabama ; 2 USDA Forest Service Pinus Forest P24 Understanding the Role of Climate Factors in the Kody Fox, Rob Hopkins Establishment of Introduced Fish Populations Dept of Biology, University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, OH 188 SE Biology, Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 # Poster Title Authors P25 Effects of Regional Cloud Patterns on Microclimate and David K. Cook, Jasmine N. Jordan, Alyssa A. Heisler, Charlene N. Miller, Shoot-Level Photosynthetic Gas Exchange in Picea Junior Neal, Nicole M. Hughes engelmannii and Abies lasiocarpa At Treeline, Medicine Dept of Biology, High Point University, High Point, NC Bow Mountains, Wyoming, USA P26 How Lepidopteran Larval Spiracles are Really Made: Alina Suedbeck, Tom J. Fink The Lamellae Biology Dept, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC P27 Seasonal Surveillance of Adult Mosquitoes in a William H. Dees 1 , Caleb M. Ardizzone 1 , Jill Hightower 2 , Taylor P. Wood 1 , Renovated Residential Park Alan M. J. Shudes 1 , Terry L. Sylvester 1 1 Dept of Biology and Health Sciences, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA ; 2 Calcasieu Parish Mosquito and Rodent Control Dept, Lake Charles, LA P28 Pollinating and Beneficial Insects Within Four Taylor E. Patzwahl 1 , Joshua W. Campbell 1 , James Martin 2 T reatments of Switchgrass and Pine 1 High Point University ; 2 Mississippi State University P29 Genetic Variation Corroborates Subspecific Delimitation Rachel Pollard 1 , T rip Lamb 1 , Jason E. Bond 2 in the Namib Fog-Basking Beetle, Onymacris 1 Dept of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC ; 2 Dept of Biological unguicularis (Tenebrionidae, Coleoptera) Sciences, Auburn University, AL P30 Patterns of Development in Florida Opisthobranchs Deirdre Gonsalves-Jackson, Andrea L. Rodriguez (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia: Gastropoda) Virginia Wesleyan College P31 The Effect of Extracts and Freshly-Cut Parts From William H. Dees 1 , Adam D. Richard 1 , Jesse P. Dupre 1 , Sawyer M. Louisiana Native Plants on Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes McMicken 2 , Caleb M. Ardizzone 1 , Omar E. Christian 2 , Cecilia W. Richmond 3 , Jill Hightower 4 , Janet R. Woolman 3 1 Dept of Biology and Health Sciences , 2 Dept of Chemistry and Physics , 3 Louisiana Environmental Research Center: McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA ; 4 Calcasieu Parish Mosquito and Rodent Control Dept, Lake Charles, LA Poster Sessions 189 Posters • Heritage Ballroom # Poster Title Authors William H. Dees 1 , Jesse P. Dupre 1 , Adam D. Richard 1 , Sawyer M. McMicken 2 , Caleb M. Ardizzone 1 , Omar E. Christian 2 , Cecilia W. Richmond 3 , Jill Hightower 4 , Janet R. Woolman 3 1 Dept of Biology and Health Sciences, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA; ^ Dept of Chemistry and Physics, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA ; 3 Louisiana Environmental Research Center, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA ; 4 Calcasieu Parish Mosquito and Rodent Control Dept, Lake Charles, LA P33 Phonoresponses of Female Moths With Two-Celled Orlando Benavides, Raquel Casado, Rosario Rodriguez, Gretert Montano, Ears to Different Acoustic Signals Emitted by Sympatric Frank Coro Insect Species School of Science, Miami Dade , Miami FL P34 The Relationship Between Achilles Tendon Dimensions, Michelle R. Kelley, Jennifer A. Hancock Gait Transition Speed and Sprint Speed in Humans Dept of Biology and Environmental Science, Marietta College, Marietta, OH P35 The Relationship Between Achilles Tendon Dimensions Breea N. Buckley, Jennifer A. Hancock and Vertical Jumping in Humans Dept of Biology and Environmental Science, Marietta College, Marietta, OH P36 Getting Into Shape: Morphometric Analysis of Floral John F. Menz 1 , Andrew G. Gardner 1 , Kelly A. Shepherd 2 , Spencer Willis, Symmetry Variation in Goodeniaceae Rachel S. Jabaily 1 1 Dept of Biology, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN ; 2 Western Australian Herbarium- Dept of Parks and Wildlife, Kensington, Western Australia, Australia P37 Facultative Parthenogenesis in North American Pitviper Charles F. Smith, Catherine Eason Snakes in the Wild Dept of Biology, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC P32 The Effect of Louisiana Native Plant Extracts on Ovipositing Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes P38 Spectral Characteristics of Hatchling Chinese Blue- Edward D. Mills Breasted Quail (Coturnix chinensis) Vocalizations Dept of Biology ; 2 Wingate University ; 3 Wingate ; 4 NC P39 The Vascular Flora of William B. Umstead State Park Charles L. Kimmel 1 , Alexander Krings 1 , Jon Stucky 1 , David Crouse 2 1 Plant and Microbial Biology , 2 Soil Science: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 190 SE Biology, Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 # Poster Title Authors P40 Populational Investigation of Spider-Lilies Distributed in the Atlantic Coastal Plain Amanda Garrison, Gerald L. Smith Biology Dept, High Point University, High Point, NC P41 A Floristic Survey of Smith Creek Restoration Area, Rockingham County, Virginia Allison N. Welborn, Conley K. McMullen Dept of Biology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA P42 The Vascular Flora of the Eno River Diabase Sill Plant Preserve (Durham County, North Carolina) Casie L. Reed, Alexander Krings, David L. Lindbo, Jon M. Stucky North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC P43 Documenting the Diversity of the Fall-Line Sandhill Flora Using Plant DNA Barcodes Scott D. Silvis 1 , Kevin Burgess 1 , Julie Ballenger 1 , Michele Elmore 2 1 Dept of Biology, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA ; 2 The Nature Conservancy, Ft. Benning, GA P44 Guide to the Vascular Flora of Buxton Woods (Dare County, North Carolina) Amanda Faucette 1 , Alexander Krings 1 , David L. Lindbo 2 , Jon M. Stucky 1 1 Plant and Microbial Biology, NC State University, Raleigh, NC ; 2 Soil Science, NC State University, Raleigh, NC P45 Interisland Biogeography of the Endemic Hawaiian Genus Nototrichium (Amaranthaceae) Amanda M. Thornton 1 , Ross A. McCauley 2 , J. Christopher Havran 1 1 Dept of Biological Sciences, Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC ; 2 Dept of Biology, Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO P46 Digitization of Specimens in the Louisiana State University Herbarium: Progress and Potential of on-Line Databases Jennifers. Kluse, Lowell E. Urbatsch, Yalma L. Vargas-Rodriguez Dept of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA P47 Biomonitoring of Freshwater Invertebrates in Lake Hollingsworth Molly Klinepeter, Rachel Schomaker, Gabriel Herrick, Celina Bellanceau Dept of Biology, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL P48 Diatom Biodiversity of North Branch Pawpaw Creek, a Stream Near Reelfoot Lake, Northwest Tennessee Michael W. Beasley, Jennifer L. Greenwood Dept of Biological Sciences, University of Tennessee at Martin, Martin, TN P49 Palatable Species of Amphibians are More Heavily Impacted by Visual and Chemical Cues of Predatory Fish Jonathan Brink, Eddie Barnett, Nicholas Stacy, Alex Collier, Brett Larson Armstrong Atlantic State University Poster Sessions 191 Posters • Heritage Ballroom # Poster Title Authors P50 Exploring the Impacts of Urbanization on Stream Food Webs: Does Urbanization Affect Periphyton Abundance and Composition? Katharine Horning 1 , Troy Mutchler 2 , William Ensign 3 1 Kennesaw State University ; 2 Kennesaw State University ; 3 Kennesaw State University P51 Univariate and Multivariate Assessment of Habitat Preferences of Stream Fishes Casey Quade, Beth Drobinski, William Ensign Dept of Biology and Physics, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA P52 Bioaccumulation of Total Mercury in Wilson Snipe (Gallinago delicata) From Alabama Lindsay J. Brooks 1 , Joshua W. Campbell 1 , Julie W. Murphy 2 1 High Point University ; 2 Coastal Carolina University P53 The Effects of Water Quality, Habitat and Land Use on the Biodiversity of Stream Macroinvertebrates in South Georgia Somuayiro N. Nwokike, Rebecca L. Tucker, Benjamin C. Webster, Matthew N. Waters, Gretchen K. Bielmyer Dept of Biology, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA P54 The Abundance and Decomposition of Coarse Particulate Organic Matter in Man-Made Ponds in Central Virginia Leanna R. Tacik, Annie Choi, Andreas N. Gregoriou, Carly Martin, Kaitlyn D. Peters, Kenneth Fortino Biological and Environmental Sciences, Longwood University, Farmville, VA P55 Experimentation Reveals How Brook Trout Adapt Body Coloration to Match Substrate Conditions and Social Hierarchies Charles R. Watt, Corey A. Swanson, Dillon A. Miller, Alaina C. Esposito, Christine L. May Dept of Biology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA P56 Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination in the Biota of Four Rivers With Varying Degrees of Human Impact Pratikkumar P. Patel, Christina G. Duckworth, Erika L. Schumacher, Gretchen K. Bielmyer, Mattew N. Waters Biology Dept, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA P57 Effect of Total Suspended Solids on the Foraging Capacity of the Stream Snail, Pleurocera canaliculata Autumn B. Forschler-Turner 1 , Terry D. Richardson 1 Dept of Biology, University of North Alabama, Florence, AL P58 An Analysis of Differentially Expressed Genes in the Context of Cochlear Malfunction in Charcot-Marie Tooth Syndrome Manuel B. Bernal Mejia, Tonya C. Carver, Margaret Kovach Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN 192 SE Biology, Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 # Poster Title Authors P59 Identification of Conotoxin Genes From the Cone Snail Timothy Tedder, Timothy E. Shannon Conus pennaceus Dept of Biology, Francis Marion University, Florence, South Carolina P60 Effect of Grape Seed Extract in Fruit Fly Drosophila Breanna Willeford, Sierra Willeford, Duncan Perry, Tianyi Wu, Fang Ju Lin Huntington's Disease Model Dept of Biology, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC P61 Effects of Crude Extracts Taken From Phytolacca Gregory S, Barrett, Diana B. Ivankovic, Donna R. Weinbrenner americana on Differentiated PCI 2 Cells P62 Rosehip Extracts Prevent Glioblastoma Cell Proliferation Ombeni M. Idassi 1 , Patrice Cagle 1 , Ipek Goktepe 3 , Patrick Martin 1 , Radiah by Regulating Retinoblastoma Phosphorylation Minor 2 1 Biology, 2 Animal Sciences, 3 Family & Consumer Sciences: North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC P63 Haplotype Diversity Analysis of Black Crappie, Pomoxis Jamal Shuja 1 , Shirley A. Vas 1 , Vanessa Yanes 1 , Michael Erwin nigromaculatus (Family Centrarchidae), Inhabiting Two 1 School of Science and Technology Georgia Gwinnett College Floridian Lakes P64 lllumina Sequencing of Fungi Associated With Bryan T. Zorn 1 , Cara M. Santelli 2 , Sarah K. Carmichael 3 , Chuck P. Pepe- Manganese Oxide Deposits in Karst Systems Ranney 4 , Leah-Anne Roble 5 , Mary-Jane Carmichael 6 , Suzanna L. Brauer 1 1 Biology Dept, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC; 2 Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; 3 Geology Dept, Appalachian State University; 4 Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; 5 Geology Dept, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; 6 Biology Dept, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC P65 Investigation of the Molecular Basis of Split Hand-Foot C. Ronnie Funk 1 , Melanie May 2 , Anna Blenda 1 , Charles E. Schwartz 2 Malformation in a Family by Whole Exome Sequencing 1 Dept of Biology, Erskine College, Due West, SC; 2 Center for Molecular (WES) Studies, Greenwood Genetic Center, Greenwood, SC P66 Further Characterization of Mab 2C1 1 (Eosinophilic Sarah Brown, Marlee B. Marsh Granular Cell) in Intestinal Tissue of Fish From Saluda Columbia College Shoals Park, Columbia, South Carolina Poster Sessions 193 Posters • Heritage Ballroom # Poster Title Authors P67 Immunohistologic Examination of Host-Parasite Martha Molina-Sanchez, Marlee B. Marsh Relationships in Gill Tissue of T eleosts From Saluda Columbia College Shoals Park, Columbia, South Carolina P68 Spatial Delineation of Monoclonal Genotypes in the Whitney Smith, B. Carolina Gallango-Bruns, Troy Mutchler, Thomas Seagrasses Thalassia testudinum and Halodule wrightii McElroy In the Gulf of Mexicos Florida and Alabama Coastlines Kennesaw State University P69 Scat Composition of Coyotes in Carolina Sandhills Amy Herbert, Kristen Oliver, Jennifer S. Borgo National Wildlife Refuge, South Carolina Coker College, Hartsville, SC P70 The Effects of Mountaintop Removal Mining and Valley Brenee' L. Muncy, Christopher D. Barton, Steven J. Price Fills on Stream Salamander Communities Dept of Forestry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY P71 The Short Term Effects of Laurel Wilt on Native and Joel M. Gramling, Zachary J. Brownlee Non-Native Coastal Plant Species Dept of Biology, The Citadel, Charleston, SC P72 An Investigation of Possible Mechanisms Behind the Trent D. Smith, Timothy 0. Menzel Behavioral Responses of Aphaenogaster carolinensis to Dept of Natural Science, Piedmont College, Demorest, Georgia Other Ant Species P73 Genetic and Non-Genetic Factors Influence Megan E. Gibbons 1 , Karen M. Warkentin 2 , Jennifer Stynoski 3 Development and Behavior of Red-Eyed T reefrogs 1 Birmingham-Southern College ; 2 Boston University ; 3 Organization for T ropical Studies P74 Preliminary Genetic Evidence of Hybridization in a Nick W. Spalsbury, Jim Welch, Richard Phillips Sympatric Population of Southern and Northern Cricket Wittenberg University Frogs P75 Bacterial Growth Inhibition of the Uropygial Glands Kristen Oliver 1 , Jennifer S. Borgo 1 , Rebecca Heiss 2 Secretions of Passerines in South Carolina 1 Coker College, Hartsville, SC ; 2 South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics, Hartsville, SC 194 SE Biology, Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 # Poster Title Authors P76 A Study on the Seed Germination Ecology and Seedling John F. Darling, Alanna M. Wentworth, Lauren A. Ballou, Sophia Survivorship of the Endangered Cream Gentian Almammary, Christopher A. Adams Gentiana flavida Dept of Biology, Berea College, Berea, KY P77 New County Records of Bats From West-Central Gregory D. Hartman, Michael J. Bender Georgia Dept of Biology, Gordon State College, Bamesville, GA P78 In Vitro Seed Germination and Development of Peter Schafran 1 , Joseph Keenan 1 , Marcus Jones 2 , Lytton Musselman 1 Calopogon pallidus (Orchidaceae) From Virginia 1 Dept of Biological Sciences , 2 Kaplan Orchid Conservatory: Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA P79 Effects of Open Pollination, Selfing, Inbreeding, and Kristin Emery, Jennifer Rhode Ward, H. David Clarke Outbreeding Treatments on Seed Set and Viability in Biology Dept, The University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC Spiraea virgin iana Britton (Virginia Spiraea), an Endangered Rose P80 Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Colonization in the Black Joshua F. Hashemi, Paula C. Jackson Willow (Salix nigra) and American Sycamore (Platanus Dept of Biology and Physics, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA occidentalis) P81 Effects of Climate Patterns on White-Tailed Deer Matthew Dye, Tamara Johnstone-Yellin, Timothy Kreps, Tim Stamps, John (Odocoileus virginianus) Antlers on Quantico Marine Rohm Corp Base Bridgewater College ; 2 Bridgewater College ; 3 Bridgewater College ; 4 Quantico NREA ; 5 Quantico NREA P82 Effects of Agricultural Practice on Mammal Diversity Susie C. Masecar, Amanda J. Chunco Environmental Studies, Elon University, Elon, NC P83 Potential Use of Shrimp Biofloc Solids as an Alternative Heather M. Joesting 1 , Patrick D. Biber 2 Fertilizer in Coastal Salt Marsh Plant Nursery Production 1 Dept of Biology, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, GA ; 2 Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, MS Poster Sessions 195 Posters • Heritage Ballroom # Poster Title Authors P84 Factors Affecting Detection Probability of Spotted Salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) Kristen S. Gillespy, Emily S. Rademacher, Maximilian M. Kern, Leigh Anne Harden, Shannon E. Pittman, Michael E. Dorcas Dept of Biology, Davidson College, Davidson, NC P85 How Do Light Availability and Soil Characteristics Affect Growth and Reproduction of Platanthera integrilabia (White Fringeless Orchid)? Gregory Raymond, Jennifer Boyd University of Tennessee at Chattanooga P86 The Role of Soil and Landscape Factors in Chinese Privet (Ligustru sinense) Invasion in the Appalachian Piedmont T. Shearman 1 , P. Ma 1 , J. Nankaya 1 , H. Valdetero 1 , S. Hart 1 , H. Yun 1 , D. Hagan 1 , E. Mikhailova 1 , W. Bridges 2 1 School of Agricultural, Forest, and Environmental Sciences , 2 Mathematical Sciences: Clemson University, SC P87 Invasive Plant Species Distribution and Abundance in Tennessee Army National Guard Volunteer Training Sites; From Ground Surveys to Geographic Information System Layers Leslie Russo, Callie Montgomery, Danny Hoover, Jared Odell, Gregory Raymond, Jennifer Boyd University of Tennessee at Chattanooga P88 Disturbance Gives Rise to Biodiversity Along the River Margins of the Mobile-Tensaw Delta Brian L. McPherson University of South Alabama Dept of Biology P89 Under the Radar and on the Move: Ficaria verna A Threat to the Southeast's Riparian Areas Jane K. Marlow 1 , John B. Nelson 2 1 SC Native Plant Society and www.NameThatPlant.net ; 2 A. C. Moore Herbarium, Dept of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC P90 Potential Impact of Emerald Ash Borer on Forest Composition in Alabama Charles A. T. Jackson, Justin L. Hart Dept of Geography, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL P91 Pre-European Settlement Forest Composition and Structure of the Alabama Fall Line Hills Lauren E. Cox, Justin L. Hart, Michael K. Steinberg Dept of Geography, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL # Poster Title P92 Intermediate-Scale Wind Disturbance Affecting the Development and Succession of Southern Appalachian Quercus Stands P93 Leaf Anatomy of Planchonella sandwicensis on the Islands of Hawai'i P94 Pollinator and Beneficial Insect Abundance and Diversity in Four Different Biofuel Treatments P95 Small-Scale Habitat Preferences of Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and Responses to Vegetative Regrowth After Kudzu Removal P96 Interspecific Variation in Ovipositor Morphology Among Cosmetid Harvestmen (Arachnida, Laniatores, Gonyleptoidea) P97 The Distribution of Dragonfly Larvae in a South Carolina Stream: Relationships With Sediment Type, Body Size, and the Presence of Other Larvae P98 A Preliminary Analysis of Quantifying Endemic Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin in Kudzu Patch Soils Where Megacopta cribraria Populations Reside P99 Corn Earworm Saliva Induces Herbivore Defense Gene Expression in Corn PI 00 Hydrocarbons Involved in Chemosensory Systems of the Parasitoid Wasp, Dasymutilla occidentalis Authors Stephen D. White 1 , Justin L. Hart 1 , Callie J. Schweitzer 2 , Daniel C. Dey 3 1 Dept of Geography, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL ; 2 Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Normal, AL ; 3 Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Columbia, MO Rachel L. Craven, Paradise I. Flowers, J. Christopher Havran Dept of Biological Sciences, Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC Haley Hegedus 1 , Joshua W. Campbell 1 , James Martin 2 1 High Point University ; 2 Mississippi State University Lucas D. Hetherington, Haley E. Clevenger, Wade B. Worthen Biology Dept, Furman University, Greenville, SC. Eric A. Walker, Victor R. Townsend, Jr. Dept of Biology, Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk, VA H. Joseph Horacek, Wade B. Worthen Biology Dept, Furman University, Greenville, SC. Monica Henry 1 , Laci Gunthorpe 1 , Kadie Britt 1 , Zachary Slifer 1 , Erika A. Scocco 1 , Wayne A. Gardner 2 1 Dept of Biology, Wingate University, Wingate, NC ; 2 Dept of Entomology, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA Brittany D. Harry 1 , Flor Acevedo 2 , Michelle Peiffer 2 , Shan Jin 2 , Ketia Shumaker 1 , Dawn S. Luthe 2 , Gary Felton 2 1 University of West Alabama ; 2 Pennsylvania State University Deep Sangani, Bradley Vaughn, John Moeller, Caleb Arrington Biological and Chemical Sciences, Wofford College, SC Poster Sessions 197 Posters • Heritage Ballroom # Poster Title Authors PI 01 The Relationship Between Achilles Tendon Dimensions and Ankle Joint Range of Motion in Humans Lexie K. Puterbaugh, Jennifer A. Hancock Dept of Biology and Environmental Science, Marietta College, Marietta, OH PI 02 A Comparison of the Width of the Achilles Tendon in Athletes and Non-Athletes Andrew J. Fitzgerald, Jennifer A. Hancock Dept of Biology and Environmental Science, Marietta College, Marietta, OH PI 03 Genetic Variability and Gender Specialization in Passiflora incamata Vanessa Y. Rubio, Cynthia C. Bennington Dept of Biology, Stetson University, DeLand, FL PI 04 Genetic Structure and Phylogeography of Great Basin Populations of the Stonefly Hesperoperla pacifica Using Novel Nuclear Loci John R. Massey 1 , Miranda Camp 1 , Allyson M. Fenwick 1 , Andrew L. Sheldon 2 , Alicia S. Schultheis 1 1 Dept of Biology, Stetson University, DeLand, FL; 2 Professor Emeritus, University of Montana PI 05 Phylogenetic Studies Reveal the Evolutionary History of the Structure of 5S Ribosomal RNA Fengjie Sun 1 , Gustavo Caetano-Anolles 2 1 School of Science and Technology, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, GA; 2 Dept of Crop Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL PI 06 Phylogenetic Investigation of Selected Habranthus Species, Native Southeastern U.S. Zephyranthes Species and Selected Mexican Zephyranthes Species Alex Hart, Gerald L. Smith Biology Dept, High Point University, High Point, NC PI 07 A Bryofloristic Investigation of the Limestone Hills Region of South Alabama and Mississippi Holly Bell, Sarah Marie Noble Dept of Natural Sciences, University of Mobile, Mobile, AL PI 08 The Vascular Flora of Bullock County, Alabama Bailee Dykes, Alvin Diamond, Michael Woods Dept of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Troy University, Troy, AL PI 09 Dispersal Modes and Areas of Origin of Invasive Species in an Old Growth Urban Forest Alexander D. DeGenova, Andrew G. Gardner, Rachel S. Jabaily Dept of Biology, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN 198 SE Biology, Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 # Poster Title Authors P1 1 0 Coefficient of Conservatism Rankings for the Flora of Georgia: Wetland Indicator Species Wendy B. Zomlefer 1 , Linda G. Chafin 2 , J. Richard Carter 3 , David E. Giannasi 1 , Cristin Walters 1 1 Dept of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA ; 2 State Botanical Garden of Georgia, University of Georgia, Athens, GA ; 3 Dept of Biology, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA P1 1 1 Incipient Speciation in Hydatica Necker Laary Cushman 1 , Patrick McMillan 1 , Kathy Mathews 2 1 Dept of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC; 2 Dept of Biology, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC P1 1 2 Phylogeographic Analysis of the American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) Penny A. Carroll , Ashley B. Morris Dept of Biology and Program of Molecular Biosciences, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN P1 13 Digitization of the Valdosta State University Herbarium: Undergraduate Student Perspectives Jessica M. Bartek, Amy M. Vardeman, Richard Carter Biology Dept, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA P1 1 4 Distinguishing Adiantopsis alata from A. radiata Through Isolation and Amplification of Genomic DNA Thomas G. Ludwig, Melanie A. Link-Perez Dept of Biology, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, GA P1 1 5 Effects of Surface Runoff From a Landfill Containing Coal Ash on Water Chemistry in Adjacent Surface Water in Perry County, Alabama Timothy J. Cole, Elizabeth G. Dobbins Dept of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Samford University, Birmingham, AL. P1 1 6 Growth Rate of Tipulidae on Ligustrum sinense and Liriodendron tulipifera Donna Saylor, William Ensign Dept of Biology and Physics, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA P1 17 Urbanization and Gut Length in Campostoma oligolepis Michael Schooling, William Ensign Dept of Biology and Physics, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA P1 1 8 Habitat Distribution and Ecology of Dragonfly and Damselfly Naiads Rachel Schomaker, Molly Klinepeter, Celina Bellanceau, Gabriel Herrick Biology Dept, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FI Poster Sessions 199 Posters • Heritage Ballroom # Poster Title Authors P1 19 Influence of Sex and Migration Behavior on Reproductive Cost of Spotted Salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) Cyrus H. Bahram, Justin C. Strickland, Leigh Anne Harden, Shannon E. Pittman, Maximilian M. Kern, Michael E. Dorcas Dept of Biology, Davidson College, Davidson, NC PI 20 Epiphytic Algal Community Structure in Response to Watershed Land Use and Environmental Stressors in Four South Georgia Streams Codie Picariello, Elizabeth Tuttle, Matthew N. Waters, Gretchen K. Bielmyer Dept of Biology, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA PI 21 Efficacy of Rock Vanes at Reducing Local Erosion in an Urban Stream in Jefferson County, AL Elizabeth G. Dobbins, Kristin A. Bakkegard Dept of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Samford University, Birmingham, AL. PI 22 The Impacts of Watershed Land Use and Environmental Factors on Sediment Transport and Light Attenuation in Four Streams in South Georgia Cliff H. Crummey, James T. Ragan, Matthew N. Waters, Gretchen K. Bielmyer Biology Dept, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA PI 23 Extracellular Enzyme Activity of Plant Litter-Associated Microorganisms Depends on Dissolved Inorganic Nutrient Availability Christian R. Barrett, Timothy Burns, Vladislav Gulis Dept of Biology, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC PI 24 The Impact of Urbanization on Water Quality in Four Rivers With Varying Degrees of Anthropogenic Disturbance Charlie R. Wiggins, Aundrea N. Duncan, Amber N. Blocker, Gretchen K. Bielmyer, Matthew N. Waters Biology Dept, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA PI 25 Influence of Small Dams on Leaf Decomposition and Invertebrate Communities in Western North Carolina Streams Elyse Russing, L. M. Siefferman, M. D. Madritch, Michael Gangloff Dept of Biology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC PI 26 Characterizing the Effects of Electronic Cigarettes: The Development of a Vaping Study Catherine W. Bennett, Karen K. Bernd Dept of Biology, Davidson College, Davidson, NC 200 SE Biology, Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 # Poster Title Authors PI 27 Relative Gene Expression of Mortality Factor 4-Like 2 Rattus norvegicus Schwann Cells Following Activation of Protease Activated Receptor-1 Amber Brown Biology, Furman University, Greenville, SC. PI 28 Anticarcinogenic Properties of Extracts Derived From the Clusia rosea Tree Tested on Rat Derived Pheochromocytoma (PCI 2), ASPC-1 Pancreatic Cancer Cell Line and AGS Gastric Adenocarcinoma Cell Line Zachary C. Perdun, Katey M. Robinson, Diana Ivankovic, Donna Weinbrenner Dept of Biology, Anderson University, Anderson, SC PI 29 Protein Expression Analysis of the AMPK Pathway in Human Melanoma: Identifying the Pros and Cons of Metformin Therapy Rebecca J. Allen, Melissa M. Fox Wingate University PI 30 The Effects of Ascorbic Acid on Drosophila me/anogaster Susceptibility to Permethrin and Suppression of Cytochrome P450 Activity Brianna L. Taylor, Naomi Jackson, Benjamin J. Thornton Biology and Allied Health, Southern Adventist University, Collegedale, TN PI 31 DNA Barcoding as an Educational T ool: An Ongoing Research Project at Gordon State College Lucas Newman, Paul A. Scott, Sarah Rosario, Amanda L. Duffus, Mustapha Durojaiye, Cathy Lee Biology Dept, School of Arts and Sciences, Gordon State College, Barnesville, GA PI 32 Why Did You Die? A Post-Mortem Analysis of Avian Tissues Donna A. Goodenow, Patricia A. Koplas, Jeffrey Thomas Biology Dept, Queens University, Charlotte, NC PI 33 Longterm Chemotaxic Ability of Caenorhabditis elegans Following Treatment With 6-Hydroxydopamine Zara Latif, Dora Geving, Nick Ragsdale Belmont University PI 34 Using Mab M24-2 (A Fish Lysozyme) to Examine the Host-Parasite Relationships in Livers of Fish From Saluda Shoals Park, Columbia, SC Shannon Theobald, Marlee B. Marsh Columbia College PI 35 A Study of Breast Cancer and Bone Density Poster Sessions 201 Posters • Heritage Ballroom # Poster Title Authors PI 36 A Rational Design for Smallpox Post-Exposure Therapy in Case of Bioterrorism P137 Long-Term Nest Site Fidelity in Some Male Green Paul V. Cupp, Jr. Salamanders, Aneides aeneus Dept of Biological Sciences, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY P138 Short-Term Impacts of PIT Tag Implantation in Captive Carrie S. Schmaus, Margaret E. Ruppel, Adam C. Brown, Richard S. King Snakes, Lampropeltis mexicanus Phillips Dept of Biology, Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH PI 39 How Long Do Trade-Offs of Predator-Induced Scott P. Jones, David R. Chalcraft Phenotypic Plasticity Incurred as Larvae Impact Adults? Dept of Biology and Center for Biodiversity, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC PI 40 Preliminary Results From a Herpetofauna Survey at Marvin E. Brown 1 , David R. Cann\ Jessica L. Deer 2 , Eran S. Kilpatrick 3 Santee National Wildlife Refuge 1 University of South Carolina Columbia, Dept of Biological Sciences; 2 University of South Carolina Aiken, Dept of Biology and Geology; 3 University of South Carolina Salkehatchie, Division of Mathematics and Science Mahmud Hasan, Omar Bagasra South Carolina Center for Biotechnology at Claflin University PI 41 Using Morphometries to Distinguish Between Two Slimy Austin H. Patton 1 , Kristin A. Bakkegard 2 Salamander Species in Central Alabama (Plethodon 1 Dept of Biology, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC; 2 Dept of Biological and glutinosus , Plethodon mississippi ) Environmental Sciences, Samford University, Birmingham, AL P142 Confirmation of Python-Associated Declines in Mammal Kristen Gillespy 1 , Brielle Bowerman 1 , John D. Wilson 2 , Michael Dorcas 1 Populations in South Florida Using Automated Game 1 Dept of Biological Sciences, Davidson College, Davidson, NC; 2 Dept of Cameras Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR PI 43 Sampling Amphibians and Reptiles in Southeastern George W. Szarka III 1 , Thomas P. Wilson Tennessee: Lessons Learned and Implications for 1 Environmental Science, University of Tn Chattanooga, Chattanooga TN Conservation and Management 202 SE Biology, Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 # Poster Title Authors PI 44 Sewer Line Salamanders: Sewer Pipeline Impacts on Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) Breeding Activity Taniya S. Mathew 1 , Samantha L. Poarch 1 , Callie C. Wolfe 2 , Kirsten A. Work 2 , Briget C. Doyle 1 , Melissa A. Pilgrim 1 1 Biology, University of South Carolina Upstate, Spartanburg, SC ; 2 Biology, Stetson University, DeLand, FL PI 45 Thermal Characteristics of Shelter Rocks Used by Gravid Female Timber Rattlesnakes Crotalus horridus In the Appalachian Mountains of Northern Georgia Bryan D. Hudson, Carlos D. Camp Dept of Natural Sciences, Piedmont College, Demorest, GA PI 46 Assessment Behavior in Neonate Copperhead Snakes Is Correlated With Familiarity and Not Kinship Maria B. Davenport, John F. Moeller, Charles F. Smith Dept of Biology, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC PI 47 Reproductive Investment in Female Copperheads (Agkistrodon contortrix) at the Extreme of Their Northern Range: Do Large Females Produce Large Progeny? Neil Choyce, Charles F. Smith Dept of Biology, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC P148 The Effect of Prey Type on Foraging Behavior in Pigmy Rattlesnakes (Sistrurus miliarius) Callie C. Wolfe 1 , Tyler J. Fisk 1 , Sarah A. Smiley 2 , Terence M. Farrell 1 1 Biology Dept, Stetson University, DeLand, FL ; 2 Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH P149 Interactions Between Species in an Anthropogenically Altered Ridge-Top Wetland Ecosystem Chelsea S. Kross, Stephen C. Richter Dept of Biological Sciences, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY PI 50 Novel Application of Passive Integrated T ransponder (PIT) Telemetry in Natricine Snakes Christian R, Oldham, Leo Fleckenstein, Steven J. Price Dept of Forestry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY PI 51 A Comparison of Whole Body Mercury Concentrations of Mummichogs (Fundulus heteroclitus) and Atlantic Silversides ( Menidia menidia) Daniel P. Ferons 1 , Jane L. Guentzel 1 , Andrew Heyes 2 1 Dept of Marine Science, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC ; 2 Center for Environmental Science, University of Maryland, Solomons, MD PI 52 Spermatid Morphological Changes During Spermiogenesis Within the Southern Bunchgrass Lizard, Sceloporus aeneus Lauren G. Arona, Kevin M. Gribbins Biology Dept, Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio Poster Sessions 203 Posters • Heritage Ballroom # Poster Title Authors PI 53 Effect of UVB Radiation and Different Temperatures on Eric Tennant, Lori Henry, Heather J. Kalb Growth in 500 Day Old Malayan Box Turtles ( Cuora Dept of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, West Liberty University, West amboinensis) Liberty, WV PI 54 The Effect of Exercise on the Hydration Status of Rachel L. Davis, Richard M. Austin American T oads (Anaxyrus americanus) Dept of Biology, Piedmont College, Demorest, GA PI 55 A Demographic Analysis of Student Carriers of Ashley M. Bondurant Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus In a Biology Dept, High Point University, High Point, NC College Community PI 56 Antimicrobial Properties of Common Mullein Katherine A. Rigby, Victoria J. Frost (Verbascum thapsus) on Selected Bacteria Strains Dept of Biology, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC PI 57 Disinfecting Properties of Vegetable Juices Against Alec L. Perry, Dinene L. Crater MRSA and Staphylococcus aureus Dept of Biology PI 58 Essential Oils and Their Components Inhibit the Growth Olivia V. Fletcher, Dinene L. Crater of MRSA PI 59 Identification and Comparison of Antibiotic Resistance Lisa Ann Blankinship Patterns of Bacteria Isolated From the General Dept of Biology, University of North Alabama, Florence, AL Population, Freshman University Students, and Medical Care Facilities PI 60 Is Your Dirt Dirty? Proving Septic Tank Systems Have Alesha D. McNeese, Brian Burnes Less Nitrate and Nitrite Contamination Than Sewer Line Dept of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of West Alabama, Systems Livingston PI 61 The Analysis of 'Green' Cleaners to Inhibit Growth of Chase A. Manuel, Dinene L. Crater MRSA Dept of Biology, High Point University, High Point, NC 204 SE Biology, Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 # Poster Title Authors PI 62 The Effectiveness of Monotherapy Versus Combination Therapy on Antibiotic Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolated From Sputum Samples Rosmely Hernandez, Lisa Ann Blankinship Dept of Biology, University of North Alabama, Florence, AL PI 63 Bacterial Count of Discount Ground Beef Rebecca A. Carroll, Brian S. Burnes Dept of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of West Alabama, Livingston, AL PI 64 Beyond the 5 Second Rule: Is the Myth of Blowing on Food to Remove Bacterial Contamination Accurate? Samantha P. McDougal, Brian S. Burnes Dept of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of West Alabama, Livingston, AL PI 65 Comparison of Several Cleaning Regimes Effects on Bacterial Population Density, Composition, Antibiotic Resistance in a Community Setting Daniel R. Merrill, Karen Bernd Davidson College Biology Dept PI 66 Do Geese Contribute to the Amount of E. coli Found in Treated Sewage From the Cahaba Waste Water Treatment Plant? Avery B. Smith, Brian S. Burnes Dept of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of West Alabama, Livingston, AL. PI 67 Exposure to Candida Species in a College Environment Tamara C. Smoot, Brian S. Burnes Dept of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of West Alabama, Livingston, AL PI 68 Transfer of S. aureus And MRSA From Gym Equipment to Hands Essence Parrish, Brian Burnes Dept of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of West Alabama, Livingston, AL PI 69 Hydrogen Peroxide Production by Clinical Isolates of Enterococcus faecalis Joshua L. Postoak, Linda K. Husmann Dept of Biological Sciences, University of Tennessee at Martin, Martin, TN. Poster Sessions 205 Posters • Heritage Ballroom # Poster Title Authors P170 Isolation and Characterization of Fluoroquinolone Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria From Hog Fecal Samples Eunbyeol Goh 1 , Chelsea B. Sumner 1 , Erin N. Byrd 2 , Erik Hill 2 , Sharon E. Mason 1 , Michelle S. Thomas 1 1 Dept of Biological Science, 2 Dept of Public Health: Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC P171 Metagenomic Analysis From Equus caballus Fecal Samples Brian K. Handlon, Michelle S. Thomas Dept of Biological Sciences, Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC P172 Plasmid Content and Identification of Environmental Bacterial Isolates From Northern Georgia Zainab Veerani, Brandi Baggett, Brian Seeblack, Julia E. S. Shearer School of Science & Technology, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, GA P173 Scavenging of Fatty Acids Confers Phenotypic Advantages to Pseudomonas aeruginosa William C. Bible, Michael S. Glennon, David K. Giles Dept of Biological and Environmental Sciences, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN PI 74 Isolation and Identification of Bacteria Surviving in the Presence of the Long-Term Antimicrobial Protect 'N Shield Lauren M. Dehnart 1 , Devanshi Patel 1 , Kevin M. Andres 2 , Virginia A. Young 1 1 Dept of Biology, Mercer University, Macon, GA; 2 University Athletics, Ottawa University, Ottawa, KS PI 75 Determination of GC Content for BGP-2 Using a Real Time Thermocycler Stephen E. Hayes, Michelle S. Thomas Dept of Biological Sciences, Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC P176 Dilution Effect Explains Prevalence of Infection in a Model Trematode-Snail System Nicole L. Adams, Wayne Rossiter Dept of Biology, Waynesburg University, Waynesburg, PA P177 Diel Patterns of Parasite Larvae Production and Host Mortality in a Snail-Trematode System Alexandra T. Griffith, Wayne Rossiter Dept of Biology, Waynesburg University, Waynesburg, PA P178 Seasonal Dynamics of Trematode Parasites of Three Elimia Species (Gastropoda: Pleuroceridae) in the Etowah River Basin in Northwest Georgia Brandon Denney, Riccardo Fiorillo School of Science and Technology, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, GA 206 SE Biology, Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 # Poster Title Authors PI 79 Survey of the Trematode Parasites of Two Pulmonate Snails, Micromenetus dilatatus and Physa gyrina , From a Retention Pond in Gwinnett County, Georgia Suzanne Scott, Riccardo Fiorillo School of Science and Technology, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, GA PI 80 Carbon Dioxide Uptake of Various Brassica oleraceae Cultivars Elliot J. Boerman, Melba Horton Biology, University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, GA PI 81 Effect of Varying Light Exposure on House Mice (Mus musculus) Food Consumption Megan F. Brinkerhoff, Melba Horton University of North Georgia PI 82 Petals Abscise Earlier Under Hot, Dry Conditions for Linum rigidum , a Dry Prairie Species Miranda N. Dey, Caleb W. Phillips, Benjamin R. Montgomery Division of Natural Sciences and Engineering, University of South Carolina Upstate, Spartanburg, South Carolina PI 83 Timeliness of Stomatal Apparatus in Tradescantia zebrina Matthew M. Haines 1 , Melba Horton 2 1 Unversity of North Georgia PI 84 Two Species of Native Florida Butterfly Have Varying Response to Egg Deposition on Native and Non-Native Pipevine Aristolochia Spp. Zoe Kempton 1 , Amanda Long 1 , Katie McDermott 1 , Valentina 1. Ochoa Mendoza 1 , Gabriel 1. Herrick 1 , Celina M. Bellanceau 1 , Neal Halstead 2 , An- Phong Le 1 1 Biology, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL ; 2 Dept of Integrative Biology, University of South Florida PI 85 Stressed Fraser Fir T rees Prioritize Photosynthetic Capacity Over Other Functions Seth D. Worley 1 , S. Douglas Kaylor 1 , M. Joseph Hughes 2 1 Dept of Forestry , 2 Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology: University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN PI 86 Can We Visually Inspect the Needles of Fraser Fir to Estimate an Indicator of Shoot Health? A. Calan McKinney 1 , M. Joseph Hughes 1 , S. Douglas Kaylor 2 1 Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology , 2 Dept of Forestry: University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN PI 87 Early Growth of Thellungiella Salsuginea (Ecotype Yukon) in Response to Excess Iron Susan Jones-Held 1 , Michael Held 2 1 Dept of Plant Biology and Biology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ ; 2 Dept of Biology, Saint Peter's University, Jersey City, NJ Poster Sessions 207 Posters • Heritage Ballroom # Poster Title Authors PI 88 Long-Term Study of Cortisol as a Biomarker for Chronic Charles P. Fyfe II, Eric M. Benfield, Kristy Y. Johnson and Acute Stressors Dept of Biology, The Citadel, Charleston, SC PI 89 Measuring Changes in Blood Vessel Diameter in the Julia Oakley, Claudia M. Williams T ail of the Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC PI 90 Isotopic Investigation of Mycoheterotrophy in the Taylor E. Spillman 1 , Finn B. Fiirstenwerth 1 , Duncan D. Cameron 2 , Jay F. Southern Blue Thread ( Burmannia capitata) Bolin 1 1 Dept of Biology, Catawba College, Salisbury, NC ; 2 Dept of Animal and Plant Sciences, Sheffield, UK PI 91 Lateral Hypothalamic Glutamate Receptors Mediate William Wright, Maria B. Davenport, Stacey Hettes Predation of Crickets by Sprague-Dawley Rats Dept of Biology, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC P192 Thermogenic Effects of Anthocyanin Pigments in W. Scott Fravel 1 , Nicole M. Hughes 1 , William K. Smith 2 Evergreen Leaves 1 High Point University ; 2 Wake Forest University PI 93 Factors Influencing Seed Germination for Linum rigidum Brittany P. Twitty, Benjamin R. Montgomery (Yellow Stiff Flax) Division of Natural Sciences and Engineering, University of South Carolina Upstate, Spartanburg, South Carolina PI 94 An Examination of Less Toxic Substitutes for Ethidium Hannah M. White, Amanda Gains, C. Brian Odom Bromide Comparing Migration Shifts, Resolution, and Dept of Biology, Wingate University, Wingate, NC Quantitation of Agarose Gel Stained DNA Fragments P195 An Examination of Policies Intended to Address the Kunsiri Chaw Grubbs 1 , Samuel J. Grubbs 2 Lack of Female Science Faculty 1 Dept of Biology, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC ; 2 Public Policy Program, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC PI 96 Harmful Effects of Insecticide on Larval Development in Tracy L. Deem 1 , Crystal Scott Croshaw 2 Callosobruchus maculatus ? An Inquiry-Based Lab for 1 Dept of Biology, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA ; 2 College of Integrated Immunology, Biochemistry, or Developmental Biology Science and Technology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA Classes 208 SE Biology, Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 # Poster Title Authors P197 Improving Spatial Thinking: A Student-Driven Approach Halley Alberts, Rob Hopkins to Teaching Spatial Statistics Dept of Biology, University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, OH P198 Mother Nature Pharmacy: A Biological Separations and Jordan L. Hartman, Amy L. Rangel, C. Brian Odom Bioassay Exercise for the Non-Major Undergraduate Dept of Biology, Wingate University, Wingate, NC Laboratory P199 The Reelfoot Lake Environmental Field Station: An Jennifer Greenwood, Lisa Krueger, Dawn Wilkins, Tom Blanchard Emerging Research Facility With New Summer Field Dept of Biological Sciences, University of Tennessee at Martin, Martin, TN Course Program P200 Lessons Learned Using Transformational Leadership Bradley R. Reynolds, Thomas P. Wilson and Reflective Journaling: A Case for Hands-on Dept of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Tennessee at Herpetology Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN P201 Adding Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to a Junior- Suzanna L. Brauer Level Undergraduate Microbiology Course Increased Dept of Biology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC Student Grades, but Not Student Ratings of the Course P202 Light Microscopy Measurements of Muscle Sarcomere John A, Mecham Lengths in Fresh Tissue Dept of Biological Sciences, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC P203 Lessons Learned From Three Years of the Holly Boettger-Tong 1 , Vivia L. Fowler 2 , Gareth Jones 3 , Brooke Bennett- Math/Science Student Preparation and Retention Day 4 (SPARC) Collaborative 1 Dept of Biology , 2 Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs , 3 Director of Student Success , 4 Dept of Psychology: Wesleyan College, Macon GA Index of Presenters 209 Abla, Scott A. • 176 Acevedo, Flor* 71, P99 Adams, Christopher A. • P76 Adams, Emily C. • 172 Adams, Nicole L. • PI 76 Adler, Peter H. • 13, 73 Agarwal, Piyush • 97 Alberts, Halley • PI 97 Aldred, Jennifer L. • 84 Al-Hamdani, Safaa H. • 178, 179 Allen, Dennis M. * 134 Allen, Rebecca J. • PI 29 Almammary, Sophia • P76 Altonen, Robert • 197 Alvarado, Claudia Y. • 216 Amico, Patrick • 190 Anderson, Kelly • 75 Andres, Kevin M. • PI 74 Angell, Dustin D. • 133 Ardizzone, Caleb M. • 72, P27, P31 , P32 Arlinghaus, Kel • 113 Arona, Lauren G. * PI 52 Arrington, Caleb • PI 00 Aubrey, Doug • P20 Austin, Richard M. • P154 Bagasra, Omar • PI 36 Baggett, Brandi • PI 72 Bahram, Cyrus H. * P1 19 Baker, Brent T. • 43, 45 Bakkegard, Kristin A. • P121 , P14, P141 Bakland, Paul-Erik • 197 Baldwin, Elizabeth D. • 183 Baldwin, Rob F. • 183 Baldwin, Timothy E. • 196 Ballenger, Julie • 156, P43 Ballou, Lauren A. • P76 Balser, Stephanie R. • 20 Barnett, Eddie • P49 Barone, John A. • 147 Barrett, Christian R. • PI 23 Barrett, Gregory S. • P61 Bartek, Jessica M. • P1 13 Bartol, Ian K. * 200 Bartol, Soraya M. • 200 Index of Presenters Barton, Christopher D. • 119, P70 Barton, Christopher E. • 49 Beard, Charles E. • 13, 73 Beasley, Michael W. • P48 Bell, Holly »P1 07 Bell, Spencer S. • 77 Bellanceau, Celina • P1 1 8, PI 84, P47 Benavides, Orlando • P33 Bender, Michael J. • PI 7, P77 Benfield, Eric M. • PI 88 Bennett, Catherine, W. • P126 Bennett, Kendell R. • 125 Bennett-Day, Brooke • P203 Bennington, Cynthia C. • PI 03 Berger, Melanie • 191 Bernal Mejia, Manuel B. • 154, P58 Bernd, Karen K. • PI 26, P165 Berry, Z. Carter • 108 Best, Teodora • 213 Bethala, Sirisha • 78 Bhattacharjee, Joydeep • 174 Bhuta, Arvind • P22 Biber, Patrick D. • P83 Bible, William C. • PI 73 Bielmyer, Gretchen K. • P120, P122, P124, P53, P56 Billington, Neil • 78 Billmyer, Jake H. • 169 Bird, Brittany • 197 Blackwell, Austin • 65 Blair, Benjamin • 178 Blanchard, Tom B. • 28, 135, PI 99 Blank, Gary • 8 Blankinship, Lisa Ann • P159, PI 62 Blenda, Anna • P65 Blocker, Amber N. • PI 24 Boerman, Elliot J. • PI 80 Boettger-Tong, Holly • P203 Bohr, Sarah * 197 Bolin, Jay • 206 Bolin, Jay F. • 148, P190 Bond, Jason E. • P29 Bondurant, Ashley M. • PI 55 Borgo, Jennifer S. • P69, P75 Bove, Claudia P. • 44 Bowerman, Brielle • PI 42 Boyd, Jennifer * P85, P87 Boyd, Kate F. * 208 Brauer, Suzanna L. • P201, P64 Braunreiter, Heidi • 44 Bray, Rebecca • 100, 148 Brehm, Jennifer • P3 Brenner, Tori M. • 118 Bridges, W. • P86 Brink, Jonathan • P49 Brinkerhoff, Megan F. • P181 Britt, Kadie • P98 Brock, Mason • 92 Brooks, Lindsay J. • P52 Broome, Brittany • 22, 23 Brown, Adam C. • PI 38 Brown, Amber • PI 27 Brown, Herrick H. K. • 208, 209 Brown, James W. * 168 Brown, Martin M. • 166 Brown, Marvin E. • P140, P21 Brown, Peter M. • 7 Brown, Sarah * P66 Brown, Taylor • 218 Brownlee, Zachary J. • P71 Buchannon, Robin C. • 132 Buckley, Breea N. • P35 Burgess, Kevin S. • 147, 156, P43 Burnes, Brian S. • 159, 160, PI 60, P163, P164, P166, P167, P168 Burnett, Valarie A. • 106 Burns, Timothy • PI 23 Burrow, Angela K. • 59, 70 Byrd, Erin N. • PI 70 210 SE Biology, Vol. 61 , No. 2, April, 2014 Byrne, Joel • 72 Caetano-Anolles, Gustavo • PI 05 Cagle, Patrice • P62 Caldwell, Cristina M. • 156 Call, Geoff • 122 Cameron, Duncan D. • PI 90 Camp, Carlos D. • 194, P145 Camp, Miranda • PI 04 Campbell, Faith T. • 89 Campbell, Joshua W. • P18, P28, P52, P94 Campbell, Meredith • 61 Cann, David R. • P140 Carlisle, Kristen T. • 79 Carlson, John • 213 Carmichael, Mary-Jane • P64 Carmichael, Sarah, K. • P64 Carothers, William • 34 Carroll, Penny A. • P1 12 Carroll, Rebecca A. • PI 63 Carter, Richard • 40, 202, 203,204, P1 10, P1 13 Carver, Tonya C. • P58 Casado, Raquel • P33 Caspary, Melissa D. • 187 Cecala, Kristen K. • 21, 182 Chafin, Grace L. • 168 Chafin, Linda G. • P110 Chalcraft, David R. • 58, 63, PI 39 Chambers, Crystal A. • 124 Chase, F. Whitner • P7 Chen, Jane • 191 Cherry, Michael J. • 60 Childress, Lauren K. • PI 2 Choi, Annie • P54 Chosed, Renee J. • 158, 214,215 Choyce, Neil • PI 47 Christian, Omar E. • 72, P31 , P32 Chunco, Amanda J. • P82 Ciocca, William • 44 Cipollini, Martin L. • PI 6 Clark, Stacy L. • 89 Clarke, H. David • P79 Clevenger, Haley E. • P95 Cobb, Vincent A. * 199 Cocking, Dean • PI 9 Cole, Timothy J. • P1 15 Collier, Alex • P49 Collins, Beverly • 31, 171 Conner, L. Mike • 60 Cook, David K. • P25 Coro, Frank • P33 Costa, Clayton M. • 139 Cox, John J. • 119 Cox, Lauren E. • P91 Cox, Maxwell R. • P4 Crater, Dinene L. • PI 57, P158, P161 Craven, Rachel L. • P93 Crouse, David • P39 Crummey, Cliff H. • PI 22 Culin, Joe • 16 Cupp, Jr., Paul V. «P137 Cushman, Laary • Pill Cutherell, David L. • 143 Dale, Virginia • 90 Daowd, Fakhry M. • 212 Darling, John F. • P76 Davenport, Lawrence J. • P14 Davenport, Maria B. • P146, P191 Davis, Adam S. • 189 Davis, Jimmy • 105 Davis, Rachel L. • PI 54 Davis, Robert W. • 140 Day, Frank P. • 172, 177 Debro, LaJoyce • 51 Deem, Tracy L. • PI 96 Deer, Jessica L. • PI 40 Dees, William H. • 72, P27, P31 , P32 DeGenova, Alexander D. • PI 09 deHart, Pieter A. P. • 61, 116 Dehnart, Lauren M. • PI 74 Dendy, Donathan S. • 115 Denney, Brandon • PI 78 Desai, Mehul • 59, 70 DeWald, Laura E. ■ 125, 127, 176 Dey, Daniel C. • P23, P92 Dey, Miranda N. • PI 82 Diamond, Alvin • P108 Dingley, N. Royce • PI 6 Dirnberger, Joseph M. • 26 Dittmeier, Justin • 191 Dixon, Simone M. • 220 Dobbins, Elizabeth G. • P1 15, P121 , P14 Donnell, David M. • 19 Dorcas, Michael E. • 21, 182, P1 19, P142, P7, P8, P84 Doyle, Briget C. • PI 44 Drobinski, Beth • P51 Duckworth, Christina G. • P56 Duffus, Amanda L. • PI 31 Duncan, Aundrea N. • PI 24 Duncan, Eric F. • 175 Duncan, R. Scott • 126 Dupre, Jesse P. • P31, P32 Durojaiye, Mustapha • PI 31 Dye, Matthew ■ P81 Dykes, Bailee • PI 08 Eason, Catherine • P37 Easterwood, Jennifer C. • 104 Ellington, Jordan M. • 80, 81 Elmore, Michele • 156, P43 Emery, Kristin • P79 Ensign, William *25, P1 16, P1 17, P50, P51 Ernstes, Ryan C. • 184 Ervin, Gary N. • 9 Erwin, Michael • P63 Esposito, Alaina C. • P55 Estes, Dwayne • 47, 75, 98, 99 Estes, Dwayne • 92 Estrada, Tatiana * 72 Evans, Elizabeth D. • 178 Furstenwerth, Finn B. • PI 90 Fabrycki, Meaghan L. • 120 Fagundo, Raquel A. • 30, 74 Farrell, Terence M. • PI 48 Faucette, Amanda * P44 Felch, Patrick • PI 6 Felix, Zachary I. • 194 Felton, Gary • 71 , P99 Fenwick, Allyson M. • PI 04 Fernandes, Pearl R. • 57 Ferons, Daniel P. • PI 51 Fincher, Rita Malia • 109, 126 Fink, Tom J.- 18, P26 Fiorillo, Riccardo • PI 78, PI 79 Fishburne, Sarah • 22, 23 Fisk, Tyler J. • P148 Fitzgerald, Andrew J. • PI 02 Fleckenstein, Leo • PI 50 Index of Presenters 211 Fleming, Jessica L. • P14 Fletcher, Olivia V. • PI 58 Floden, Aaron • 47 Flowers, Paradise I. • P93 Fore, Jeffrey • 28 Forester, James D. • 189 Forschler-Turner, Autumn B. • P57 Fortino, Kenneth • P54 Fortner, A. Renee • 181 Fowler, Vivia L. • P203 Fox, Kody • P24 Fox, Melissa M. • P129 Franklin, Jennifer A. • 2 Fravel, W. Scott* PI 92 Freeman, Jonathan • 165 Frees, Lauren • 22, 23 Frost, Victoria J. • PI 56 Fulmer, Henry M. • 208 Funk, C. Ronnie • P65 Futrell, Robert B. ■ 147 Fyfe II, Charles P. • PI 88 Gains, Amanda • PI 94 Gallango-Bruns, B. Carolina • P68 Gangloff, Michael M. • 82, 83, PI 25 Gann, Jordan R. • 76 Gardner, Andrew G. • 39, PI 09, P36 Gardner, Wayne A. • P98 Garner, Ron E. • 216 Garrison, Amanda • P40 Gaston, Janet • 78 Gaylord, Matthew K. • 201 Gentry, Grant • 17 Geving, Dora • PI 33 Ghandforoush, Titian • 38 Giannasi, David E. • P1 10 Gibbons, Megan E. • P73 Gibbs, Elliott P. • 193, 198 Giles, David K. • PI 73 Gillespie, Emily L. • 96, 207 Gillespy, Kristen S. • PI 42, P84 Gilliam, Frank S. • 169 Gilman, Alex • 109 Giraldo, Tatiana A. • 195 Glennon, Michael S. • PI 73 Godfrey, Christopher M. • 35 Gogoli, Sasha • 214 Goh, Eunbyeol • PI 70 Goktepe, Ipek • P62 Golonka, Annette M. • 65, 165 Gonsalves-Jackson, Deirdre • P30 Goodenow, Donna A. • PI 32 Goodwillie, Carol • 66, 181 Goter, Maggie • 191 Gramling, Joel M. • P71 Grammer, Robert * 155, 157, 212 Greenberg, Cathryn H. • 31, 88 Greenwood, Jennifer • 135, P199, P48 Gregoriou, Andreas N. • P54 Gregory, Beau B. • P9 Gribbins, Kevin M. • PI 52 Griffith, Alexandra T. • PI 77 Griffith, Timothy *113 Grissino-Mayer, Henri • 36 Grossman, Gary D. • 54 Grubbs, Kunsiri Chaw • 141, P15, P195 Grubbs, Samuel J. • PI 95 Guentzel, Jane L. ■ PI 51 Gulis, Vladislav • PI 23 Gunthorpe, Laci • P98 Gutting, Amy M. • 15 Gwinn, Abigail E. • PI 3 Hagan, D. • P86 Haines, Matthew M. • PI 83 Hains, John J. • 22, 23 Hales, Tristram C. • 84 Halstead, Neal *P184 Hammer, Timothy A. • 140 Hancock, Jennifer A. • P101, P102, P34, P35 Hancock, Thomas E. • 180, 190 Handlon, Brian K. • PI 71 Haney, Dennis C. • 80, 81 Hanna, Jacob • 215 Harden, Leigh Anne • P1 1 9, P7, P84 Hardie, Benjamin E. • P7 Harris, Thomas • 8 Harry, Brittany D. • 71, P99 Hart, Alex* PI 06 Hart, Justin L. • 32, P22, P23, P90, P91 , P92 Hart, S. • P86 Hartman, Gregory D. • PI 7, P77, P9 Hartman, Jordan L. • PI 98 Hasan, Mahmud * PI 36 Hasegawa, Daniel K. • 73 Hashemi, Joshua F. • P80 Haskell, Jennie • P20 Havran, J. Christopher • 128, P45, P93 Hawley Howard, Joanna E. • 183 Hayes, Adrian K. O. • 193, 198 Hayes, Dan • 90 Hayes, Stephen E. • PI 75 Hayes, William C. • 166 Heard, Matthew A. • 157 Heard, Matthew J. • 191, P5 Hegedus, Haley • P94 Heisler, Alyssa A. • P25 Heiss, Rebecca • P75 Held, Michael • P187 Helstern, Rebecca • 22, 23 Henry, Lori • PI 53 Henry, Monica • P98 Herbert, Amy • P69 Hernandez, Rosmely • PI 62 Herr, Jr., John M. • 145 Herrick, Gabriel • P1 1 8, PI 84, P47 Herron, Matthew S. • 174 Hetherington, Lucas D. • P95 Hettes, Stacey • PI 91 Heyes, Andrew • PI 51 Hightower, Jill • P27, P31, P32 Hill, Erik* PI 70 Hinson, Daniel W. • 165 Hjohnson, Nathan » 83 Hoekstra, Alyssa A. • 199 Hoffman, Daniel • 25 Hoffmann, William • 8 Holt, Michael O. • 203 Hoover, Danny • P87 Hopkins, Rob *121, PI 97, P24 Horacek, H. Joseph • P97 Horn, Charles N. ■ 93 Horning, Katharine • P50 Horton, Melba • PI 80, PI 81 , P183 Howard, Joshua • 22, 23 Howarth, Dianella G. • 39 212 SE Biology , Vol. 61 , No. 2, April, 2014 Hudson, Bryan D. • PI 45 Hughes, Justin • 219 Hughes, M. Joseph • 2, 90, PI 85, P186 Hughes, Nicole M. • PI 92, P25 Hunt, Benjamin • 17 Hunt, Nyssa • 197 Hurd, Lawrence E. • 61 Hurst-Kennedy, Jennifer • 55 Husmann, Linda K. • P169 Hyre, Amanda N. • 164 Idassi, Ombeni M. * P62 Ivankovic, Diana B. • PI 28, P61 Jabaily, Rachel S. • 39, PI 09, P36 Jackson, Charles A. T. • P90 Jackson, Naomi • 149, PI 30 Jackson, Paula C. • 175, P80 Jajack, Andrew J. • 68, 112, 161 Jin, Shan • 71, P99 Joesting, Heather M. • P83 Johnson, David A. • PI Johnson, Kristy Y. • PI 88 Johnson, Mario • 216 Johnstone-Yellin, Tamara • P81 Jolls, Claudia L. • 66, 181 Jones, Gareth • P203 Jones, Marcus • 206, P78 Jones, Scott P. • PI 39 Jones-Held, Susan • PI 87 Jordan, Jasmine N. • P25 Jordan, Nicholas R. • 189 Kalb, Heather J. *P153 Kandl, Karen L. • 130 Kantelis, Theron • PI 6 Kaylor, S. Douglas • 2, PI 85, P186 Keasberry, Amanda M. • P22 Keenan, Joseph • 206, P78 Keener, Brian • 47 Kelley, Michelle R. • P34 Kempton, Zoe * PI 84 Kern, Maximilian M. • P1 19, P7, P8, P84 Keyser, Tara L. • 7 Khleborod, Theodore V. • 186 Kilpatrick, Eran S. • PI 40 Kimball, Matthew E. • 134 Kimmel, Charles L. • P39 Kincaid, Amber • 64 King, Gabrielle • 4 Kirchoff, Bruce K. • 97 Klepzig, Kier • 34 Klinepeter, Molly • P1 18, P47 Kluse, Jennifer S. • P46 Knapp, Wesley M. • 41 Knowles, Travis • P10 Kolterman, Duane A. * 1 1 1 Konzman, Daniel W. • 153 Koplas, Patricia A. • 103, PI 32 Kornev, Konstantin G. • 73 Kovach, Margaret • 154, P58 Kreps, Timothy • P81 Krings, Alexander • 8, 97, P39, P42, P44 Kron, Kathleen A. • 38, 96 Kross, Chelsea S. • PI 49 Krueger, Lisa M. • 135, PI 2, PI 99 Lafon, Charles • 36, 37 Lamb, Trip • P29 Lamont, Eric E. • 42 Larkin, Jeffrey L. • 119 Larson, Brett • P49 Latif, Zara • PI 33 Latoni, Justin D. * 192 Lavender, Ashley L. • 200 Le, An-Phong • PI 84 LeBlanc, Crystal N. • 167 Lee, Cathy • PI 31 Lee, Michael T. • 95, 101 Lee-Brown, Melanie J. • 168 Leidersdorf, Bil • 20 Leigh, David S. * 85 Leonards, Kathryn • 72 Lin, Fang Ju • P60 Lindbo, David L. • P42, P44 Liner, Erin • 166 Link-Perez, Melanie A. • P1 14 Loeb, Susan C. • 88 Logan, Jessica • 22, 23 Lohrer, Fred E. * 133 Long, Amanda • PI 84 Loughman, Zachary J. • 12, 29, 30, 74, 77 Love, Julia • 26 Lowe, Phillip D. • 204 Loyd, Jonathon K. • 3 Lucardi, Rima D. • 9 Lucero, Michael J. • 30 Ludwig, Thomas G, • P1 14 Lustofin, Katy • 69 Luthe, Dawn S. • 71, P99 Ma, P. • P86 MacRoberts, Barbara R. • 45 MacRoberts, Michael H. • 45 Madritch, M. D. • PI 25 Madsen, Simone • 197 Maigret, Thomas A, • 1 1 9 Major, Linda A. • 151, 152 Manuel, Chase A. • PI 61 Marlow, Jane K. • P89 Marsh, Marlee B. • 50, PI 34, P66, P67 Martin, Carly • P54 Martin, Elizabeth • 171 Martin, James • P94 Martin, Patrick • P62 Martin, Sarah • 17 Martino, Maria • 221 Masecar, Susie C. • P82 Mason, Sharon E. • PI 70 Massey, John R. • PI 04 Masters, Zachary • PI 5 Mateer, Scott C. • 216 Mathew, Taniya S. • P144 Mathews, Kathy * Pill Matthews, Richard A. • 144 Maulorico, Rachael • 6 May, Christine L. • P55 May, Melanie • P65 McAlister, Rachel L • 1 1 1 McCall, John • 6 McCarthy, Lauren C. • 58 McCauley, Ross A. • P45 McCoy, Allison • 211 McDermott, Katie • PI 84 McDougal, Samantha P. • PI 64 McElroy, Thomas • P68 McGarvey, Stephen T. • 191 McGrew, Lori L. * 76, 210, 211 McKee, Rebecca K. • 182 McKinney, A. Calan • PI 86 McMicken, Sawyer M. • P31 , P32 Index of Presenters 213 McMillan, Patrick • Pill McMullen, Conley K. • 94, P41 McNab, W. Henry • 31 McNair, Daniel M. • 62 McNeese, Alesha D. • PI 60 McPherson, Brian L. • P88 McShaffrey, Dave • 69 Mecham, John A. • P202 Menz, John F. • P36 Menzel, Timothy O. • P72 Merrill, Daniel R • P165 Mikelson, Colleen K. • 154 Mikhailova, E. • P86 Miller, Charlene N. • P25 Miller, Dillon A. • P55 Miller, Douglas • 31 Mills, Edward D. • P38 Milne, Marc A. • 14 Miniat, Chelcy F. • 84 Minor, Radiah • P62 Moeller, John F. • PI 00, P146 Moeller, Katrina D. R. • 5 Molina-Sanchez, Martha • P67 Monfils, Anna K. • 205 Montano, Gretert • P33 Montgomery, Ashley D. • 127 Montgomery, Benjamin R. • 115, P182, P193 Montgomery, Callie • P87 Morin, Dana J. • 116 Morris, Ashley B. • 146, P1 12 Morris, James T. • 145 Morrissey, Joseph M. • 186, P11 Morsy, Mustafa • 179 Mullen, Maitlyn E. • P14 Muncy, Brenee' L. • P70 Murdock, Chris • 51 Murphree , Steven • 3 Murphy, Julie W. • P52 Musselman, Lytton J. • 100, 144,148,206, P78 Mutchler, Troy • 25, P50, P68 Muthukrishnan, Ranjan • 189 Myer, Jennifer • 210 Nail, Allan • 50 Nankaya, J. • P86 Neal, Junior • P25 Nelson, Blake W. • 68, 112, 161 Nelson, Gil • 205 Nelson, John B. • P89 Ness, Traci L. • 216 Neufeld, Howard S. • 114, 173 Newman, Lucas • PI 31 Newsome, D'angeleau • 217 Niedziela, Linda • 153 Noble, Sarah Marie • PI 07 Nowak, John • 34 Nwokike, Somuayiro N. • P53 Oak, Steven • 33 Oakley, Julia • PI 89 Obi Johnson, Bettie • 65, 165 Ochoa Mendoza, Valentina I. • PI 84 Odell, Jared • P87 Odom, Amee • 107 Odom, C. Brian • 56, PI 94, PI 98 Odom, Timothy ■ 213 Oldham, Christian R. • PI 50 Olearczyk, Avery A. • 188 Oliver, Kristen • P69, P75 Ortiz, Kelsey B. • PI 8 Pandolfi, Gary • 82 Panuccio, Alex • 158 Panvini, Darlene • 48, 105 Park, Joong-Wook • 163 Parrish, Essence • PI 68 Parsons, Glenn R. • 201 Patel, Devanshi • PI 74 Patel, Pratikkumar P. • P56 Patton, Austin H. • PI 41 Patzwahl, Taylor E. • P28 Payne, Christopher J. • 170 Payne, Krystal T. • 207 Peet, Robert K. • 1, 142, 170 Peiffer, Michelle • 71 , P99 Pepe-Ranney, Chuck P. • P64 Perdun, Zachary C. • PI 28 Perkins, Michael • 83 Perry, Alec L. • PI 57 Perry, Duncan • P60 Peters, Kaitlyn D. • P54 Peterson, Chris J. • 35 Petricevic, Carol • 67 Philbrick, C. Thomas • 44 Phillips, Caleb W. *P182 Phillips, Richard S. • PI 38, P2, P74 Picariello, Codie • P120 Pilgrim, Melissa A. • 193, 198, PI 44 Pinheiro, Ana P. • 21 Pitt, Amber L. * 183 Pittman, Shannon E. • 189, P1 19, P7, P84 Pitts, Jemirian • 150 Poarch, Samantha L. • 186, P11, P144 Pollard, A. Joseph -110, 111 Pollard, Rachel • P29 Pometto, Suellen F. • 13 Postoak, Joshua L. • PI 69 Prater, R. Austin • 46 Price, Steven J. • 119, PI 50, P70 Prigmore, Preston • 197 Puterbaugh, Lexie K. • PI 01 Quade, Casey • P51 Quinlan, Erin L. • 192, 195 Quinn IV, John E. • 118, 123, 184, 185 Rademacher, Emily S. • P84 Ragan, James T. • P122 Ragsdale, Nick • 217, 218, 219, 221, PI 33 Rangel, Amy L. * PI 98 Rawlins, Sarah • P6 Ray, Elizabeth C. • P5 Rayburn, James R. • 79 Raymond, Gregory • P85, P87 Rayner, Douglas A. • PI 3 Redden, Judy • 98 Reed, Casie L. • P42 Reynolds, Bradley R. • P200 Rhode Ward, Jennifer • P79 Rich, Frederick • PI 8 Richard, Adam D. • 72, P31, P32 Richardson, Larry W. • 15 Richardson, Terry D. • P57 Richmond. Cecilia W. • 72, P31 , P32 Richter, Stephen C. • 129, P149 Rickard, James • 187 214 SE Biology , Vol. 61 , No. 2, April, 2014 Rigby, Katherine A. • PI 56 Ripp, Kelsey J. • 191 Roberts, Roland P. • 139 Robinson, Katey M. • PI 28 Robinson, Rebekah L. • 216 Robinson, Zeb L. • 8 Roble, Leah-Anne • P64 Rock, Philip • 164 Rodgers, Devin M. • 99 Rodriguez, Andrea L. • 1 1 , P30 Rodriguez, Rosario • P33 Rohm, John • P81 Rosario, Sarah • PI 31 Rosselot, Andrew E. • 68, 112, 161 Rossiter, Wayne • 4, PI 76, PI 77 Rubio, Vanessa Y. * 27, PI 03 Ruehl, Clifton B. • 63 Ruhfel, Brad R. • 44 Ruppel, Margaret E. • PI 38 Russell, James E. • 59, 64, 70 Russing, Elyse • PI 25 Russo. Leslie • P87 Ryan. Elizabeth • 191 Sadecky, Luke K. • 29 Sadecky, Nicole M. • 29, 30 Sailor-Tynes, Grayam R. • P8 Sangani, Deep • PI 00 Santelli, Cara, M. • P64 Sauterer, Roger A. *151, 152 Saylor, Donna • P1 16 Schaaf, Kaitlyn • 109 Schafran, Peter W. * 100, 144, 148,206, P78 Schlarbaum, Scott E. • 89 Schmaus, Carrie S. • PI 38 Schneider, Dylan R. • 119 Scholtens, Brian • 16 Schomaker, Rachel • P1 1 8, P47 Schooling, Michael • P1 17 Schultheis, Alicia S. • PI 04 Schumacher, Erika L. • P56 Schwartz, Charles E. • P65 Schwarz, Marcelo • 14 Schweitzer, Callie J. • 196, P23, P92 Schwenk, Brian • PI 9 Scocco, Erika A. • 107, P98 Scott Croshaw, Crystal • PI 96 Scott, Paul A. • PI 31 Scott, Suzanne • PI 79 Sedghi, Nathan M. • 177 Seeblack, Brian • PI 72 Shankles, Molly R. • 155 Shannon, Timothy E. • P59 Shaw, Joey • 46, 47 Shearer, Julia E. S. • PI 72 Shearman, T. * P86 Sheffield, Emma • 126 Sheldon, Andrew L. • PI 04 Shepherd, Kelly A. • 39, P36 Shudes, Alan M. J. • P27 Shuja, Jamal • P63 Shumaker, Ketia • 71, 213, P99 Siefferman, L. M. • PI 25 Sigmon-Chatham, Lora • 8 Silvis, Scott D. • P43 Slifer, Zachary • P98 Smiley, Sarah A. • P148 Smith, Avery B. • PI 66 Smith, Charles F. • PI 46, P147, P37 Smith, Gerald L. • PI 06, P40 Smith, Jamie D. • 94 Smith, Josh *118 Smith, Katherine F. • 191 Smith, Tom P. • 16 Smith, Trent D. • P72 Smith, Whitney • P68 Smith, William K. • 117, 180, PI 92 Smoot, Tamara C. • PI 67 Snyder, John • 16 Sorrie, Bruce A. • 142 Soulantikas, Morgan • P10 Spalsbury, Nick W. • P74 Spetich, Martin A. • 33 Spillman, Taylor E. • PI 90 Spratt, Jr., Henry G. • 166 Spring, MaLisa • 69 Stacy, Nicholas • P49 Stalter, Richard • 42 Stamps, Tim • P81 Starnes, Cody L. • 52 Steele, Joshua L. • 40 Steinberg, Michael K. • P91 Steinmetz, Jeff* P10 Stinnette, W. Walker • 80, 81 Stoeckmann, Ann M. • P6 Stoelting, Austen C. • 179 Storm, Jonathan J. • 186, P11 Stowe, Kirk A. • 128 Strickland, Justin C. • 21, P1 19 Stucky, Jon M. • P39, P42, P44 Stynoski, Jennifer • P73 Suedbeck, Alina • 18, P26 Summers, Hayden *113 Sumner, Chelsea B. • PI 70 Sun, Fengjie ■ PI 05 Swain, Hilary M. • 133 Swanson, Corey A. • P55 Sylvester, Terry L. • P27 Szarka III, George W. • P143 Tacik, Leanna R. • P54 Talley, Jennell M. • 55 Tarasi, Dennis D. • 1 Taylor, Brianna L. * 149, PI 30 Taylor, Joseph M. • 61 Taylor, W. Carl • 100, 144, 148 Teat, Alyssa L. • 114, 173 Tedder, Timothy • P59 Tennant, Eric • PI 53 Terhune, Theron M. • 131 Theobald, Shannon • PI 34 Theriot, Janie • 72 Thiele, Kevin R. • 140 Thomas, Jeffrey • 102, 103, 104, PI 32 Thomas, Jennifer T. • 53, 167 Thomas, Michelle S. • P170, P171 , P175 Thompson, Walt • P20 Thornton, Amanda M. • P45 Thornton, Benjamin J. • 149, PI 30 Townsend, Jr., Victor R. • 11, P96 Tran, Mai H. • 163 Tucker, Rebecca L. • P53 Tunnell, Riley Z. • PI Turgeon, Victoria L. • 220 Turner, Luke H. • 10 Tuttle, Elizabeth • PI 20 Tuttle, Julie P. • 86, 87 Twitty, Brittany P. • 115, PI 93 Index of Presenters 215 Urbatsch, Lowell E. • P46 Valdetero, H. • P86 Van den Hurk, Peter • 80 Van Zandt, Peter A. • 17 Vance-Chalcraft, Heather • 63 Vanderhoff, E. Natasha • P3 Vandermast, David • 120 VanDyke, Alec • P2 Vardeman, Amy M. • P1 13 Vargas-Rodriguez, Yalma L. • P46 Vas, Shirley A. • P63 Vaughn, Bradley • PI 00 Veerani, Zainab • PI 72 Volkaert, Hugo • 141 Walker, Eric A. • P96 Wallace, Lisa E. • 9 Walsh, Ryan • 190 Walters, Cristin • P1 10 Wang, Yong • 196 Warbuton, Gordon S. • 88 Ward, Rebekah • 55 Warkentin, Karen M. • P73 Warren, Robert J. • 60 Waters, Matthew N. • PI 20, P122, P124, P18, P53, P56 Watkins, Samuel • PI 6 Watt, Charles R. • P55 Weakley, Alan S. • 95, 101 Weber, Thomas A. • P23 Webster, Benjamin C. • P53 Weeks, Kendrick • 88 Weinbrenner, Donna R. • PI 28, P61 Welborn, Allison N. • P41 Welch, Jim • P74 Wentworth, Alanna M. • P76 West, Natalie M. • 189 Wethington, Amy R. • 24 Whitaker, Jr., John O. • P9 White, Hannah M. • PI 94 White, Joseph C. • 117 White, Peter S. • 86, 87 White, Stephen D. • P92 Wiggins, Charlie R. • PI 24 Wilfahrt, Peter A. • 86 Wilkins, Dawn • 5, 135, PI 99 Willcox, Emma V. • P4 Willeford, Breanna • P60 Willeford, Sierra • P60 Williams, Claudia M. • PI 89 Williams, KelviNeisha L. • 213 Willis, Spencer • P36 Wilson, John D. • P142 Wilson, Tabitha M. • 197 Wilson, Thomas P. • 197, P143, P200 Witsell, C. Theo • 43, 45, 47 Witt, Anne C. • 84 Wolfe, Callie C. • PI 44, P148 Wolfram, Nigel • 65 Wood, Greta • 107 Wood, Jesse M. • 123 Wood, Taylor P. • P27 Woods, Michael • PI 08 Woollen, Garrett • 22, 23 Woolman, Janet R. • P31 , P32 Wooten, Jessica A. • 194 Wooten, Richard M. • 84 Work, Kirsten A. • 27, PI 44 Worley, Seth D.-P185 Worthen, Wade B. • 10, P95, P97 Wright, William • PI 91 Wu, Tianyi • P60 Yanes, Vanessa • P63 Yoder, Jay A. • 68, 112, 161 Young, Virginia A. * PI 74 Yun, H. - P86 Zembower, Nicole • 213 Zenner, Eric K. • 91 Zettler, Jennifer A. • 15, 20 Zettler, Lawrence W. • 15 Zhang, Haiwen • 162 Zomlefer, Wendy B. • P1 10 Zorn, Bryan T. • P64 Zumdick, Stephen J. • P2 Zwiers, Paul • P10 216 SE Biology, Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 Thank You for Attending The 2014 Annual Meeting of The Association of Southeastern Biologists See You Next Year! April 1-4 • Chattanooga, TN Safe Travels Home! Special Reminders 217 Special Reminders from the Journal Editor ASB BANQUET ATTENDANCE Please keep in mind that recipients of ASB awards must be present at the annual ASB banquet to receive the award. Therefore, all applicants for ASB awards must attend the banquet to insure the presence of the winners. MEMBERSHIP AND REGISTRATION UPDATE All applicants for ASB research awards must be ASB members in good standing, and be duly registered for the annual meeting. If necessary, check with the Treasurer for verification before you apply. Please make sure your membership status is up-to-date amply before the deadline for abstract submission and for annual meeting registration. Please be aware that mailing a check or money order for membership renewal to the treasurer and then trying to register online or by mail for the annual meeting on the same day does not work. Moreover, trying to pay for membership renewal online in tandem with registering for the annual meeting online does not work well either. EXTRA ABSTRACT SUBMISSION Besides sending abstracts of papers and posters to the Program Committee by January 31, 2014, anyone wishing to be considered for an award must send an abstract to the respective award committee chairperson in order to be considered. An abstract must be sent to the chairperson by January 31, 2014. Preliminary Presentation Instructions Oral presentations are allotted 15 minutes and must be in PowerPoint format on a USB memory drive. Posters should fit in a 46” x 46” space and will be displayed for an entire day (Thursday or Friday). Presenters should be prepared to stand with their posters for a designated one-hour period. 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Online supplementary files (data tables, audio/video files, etc.) possible! Notes section presenting brief, significant field observations. * Concise descriptions of new and notable books. 4 ASB members in good standing who choose to publish in SENA now receive a $10 per page reduction in page charges if they are the lead and corresponding authors. For more information about the journal or submissions, visit us at: www.eaglehill.us/sena Southeastern Naturalist Information 221 Southeastern Naturalist Volume 12, 2013 No. 4 RESEARCH ARTICLES Chytrid Diversity of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama 666 William J. Davis, Peter M. Letcher, and Martha J. Powell Demographic Comparisons Between Reservoir-dwelling and Stream-dwelling Populations of a 684 Threatened Turtle (Siemotherus depresstis Tinkle and Webb) Sherry R. Melancon, Robert A. Angus, and Ken R. Marion Feeding Behavior of Captive-Reared Juvenile Alligator Snapping Turtles {Macrochetys temminckii) 692 Mitchell B. East, Brian M. Fillmore, and Day B. Ligon All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory Survey of Select Soil and Plant Ecological Parameters Associated 703 with Rhododendron Decline in the Great Smoky Mountains and Surrounding Areas Richard Baird, Alicia Woo d-Jones, Jac Varco, Clarence Watson, William Starrett, Glenn Taylor, and Kristine Johnson Current Distribution, Relative Abundance, and Landscape-Level Habitat Associations of the 723 Cerulean Warbler ( Setophaga cerulea) along the Lower Roanoke River in North Carolina John P. Carpenter and Jean Richter Explorations and Bird Collections of Willis W. Worthington in Florida 738 DavidW. Johnston Activity Patterns of Allegheny Woodrats in Tennessee 748 Elizabeth A. Stovall and Steven E. Hayslette Time-activity Budgets of Waterfowl Wintering on Livestock Ponds in Northeast Texas 757 Corey D. Mason, R. Montague Whiting, Jr., and Warren C. Conway A Checklist to the Common Cyprinid and Centrarchid Fishes of the Bull and Upatoi Creeks 769 Watershed of Georgia with a Brief Glimpse of Correlative Urban Influences and Land Use Samantha L. Martin and William I. Lutterschmidt Life History of Camposloma oligolepis (Larges cal e Stoneroller) in Urban and Rural Streams 781 Eric J. South and William E. Ensign Coefficient of Conservatism Rankings for the Flora of Georgia: Wetland Indicator Species 790 Wendy B. Zomlefer, Linda G. Chafin,J. Richard Carter, and David E. Giannasi Baited Lines: An Active Nondestructive Collection Method for Burrowing Crayfish 809 Zachary J. Loughman, David A. Foltz II, and Stuart A. Welsh Conservation Assessment of the Yazoo Darter ( Etheostoma raneyi ) 816 Ken A. Sterling, Melvin L. Warren, Jr., and L. Gayle Henderson Characterization of Tidally Influenced Wood Stork Foraging Habitats in Georgia 843 A. Lawrence Bryan, Jr., and Rena R. Borkhataria The Status of Plethodon ainsworthi Lazell: Extinct, Extant, or Nonexistent? 851 John G. Himes and David C. Beckett NOTES Predation on a Northern Long-eared Myotis by a Gray Rat Snake N6 Brian D. Carver and Anabel E. Lereculeur Record Total Lengths of the American Alligator in Florida N9 Arnold M. Brunell, J. Patrick Delaney, Richard G. Spratt, Dwayne A. Carbonneau, and Jason E. Waller Chimney Swifts ( Chaetura pelagica ) Nest in Tree Cavities in Arkansas N18 Richard E. Hines 1 , Troy J. Bader 2 , and Gary R. Graves Observations of Predation and Anti-predator Behavior of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds during N21 Migratory Stopover Theodore J. Zenzal, Jr., Alexander C. Fish, Todd M. Jones, EmilieA. Ospina, and Frank R. Moore A Paddlefish Entrained by the 2011 Mississippi River Flood: Rescue, Recapture, and Inferred N26 Swim Speed Jan Jeffrey Hoover, Steven G. George, and K. Jack Killgore Massive Distal F oreiimb Fibro myxoma in aFree-ranging American Alligator {Alligator mississippiensis) N31 Ruth M. Elsey, Javier G. Nevarez, Jeff Boundy, and Rudy W. Bauer Fu st Occurrences of Lithasia armigera and Lithasia verrucosa (Gastropoda: Pleuroceridae) in N35 the Mississippi River Jeremy S. Tiemann, William R. Posey, Kevin S. Cummings, Kelly J. Irwin, and Biyan Turner NOTEWORTHY BOOKS B7 Publication Date: December 31, 2013 Mnktl «n Recyctetl Paper 222 SE Biology, Vol. 61, No. 2, April, 2014 Another fine journal from the publishers of Southeastern Naturalist Caribbean Naturalist Caribbean Naturalist Associations between Lepanthes rupestris Orchids Bryophyte Presence in the Luq Experimental Forest, Puerto F Juan G. Garcia Cancel, Elvia J. Melendez-Ack Paola Olaya-Arenas, Amelia Merced, Nadia P. and Raymond L. Tremblay 1 Caribbean Naturalist Avoidance of Canopy Ga by a Common Land Snai Caracolus caracolla (L.) Montane Forest in Puerto F Christopher P. 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