SOUTHEASTERN BIOLOGY Volume 63 April, 2016 Number 2 ASB ASB ASB 77 th Annual Meeting March 31 - April 3,2016 ASB ASB Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina Queens University of Charlotte Charlotte Teachers Institute University of North Carolina at Charlotte Meeting Site: Convention Center at the Embassy Suites, Concord, North Carolina ASB ASB ASB See Page 125 and Consult Website http: / / www. sebiologists. org ASB Entrance to the University The Official Publication of The Association of Southeastern Biologists, Inc. http://www.sebiologists.org SOUTHEASTERN BIOLOGY (ISSN 1533-8436) SOUTHEASTERN BIOLOGY (ISSN 1533-8436) is published online quarterly in January, April, July, and October by the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Inc., Department of Biology, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA 22812. Please send address changes to the Treasurer, Edgar Lickey. All contributions, inquiries about missing back numbers and other matters should be addressed to the Journal 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; icaponet@utk.edu . Associate Editor.Sarah Noble, PO 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 37132; (615) 494-7621; amorris.mtsu@gmail.com ; ashley.morris@mtsu.edu . Web Administrator.Chris Fleming, BDY Environmental, LLC, 2607 Westwood Drive, Nashville, TN 37204; (615) 460-9797; cfleming@bdy-inc.com . Book Review Co-Eds.Christopher G. Brown, School of Science and Technology, Georgia Gwinnett College, 1000 University Center Lane, Lawrenceville, GA 30043; (678) 713-1483; cbrown37@ggc.edu . Jennifer Mandel, Dept, of Biological Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152; (901) 678-5130; imandel@memphis.edu . ASB Officers 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 . President-Elect.Position currently vacant. Vice President.Judy Awong-Taylor, School of Science and Technology, Georgia Gwinnett College, 1000 University Center Lane, Lawrenceville, GA 30043; (912) 441-4610; jawongta@ggc.edu . Past President.Zack Murrell, Dept, of Biology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608; 828-262- 2674; murrellze@appstate.edu . Secretary.Sarah Noble, PO 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 . Associate Treasurer.Tracy L. Deem, Department of Biology, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA 22812; (540) 515-3745; tdeem@bridgewater.edu . Membership Officer.Sarah Noble, PO Box 640, Mobile, Alabama 36601; (251) 295-4267; noble.sarahal@gmail.com . Archivist.J. Kenneth Shull, Jr., Department of Biology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608; (828) 264-2027; shulljk@appstate.edu . Associate Archivist.Jennifer Davis, Department of Biology and Physics, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA 30144; idavi361 @kennesaw.edu . Meetings Planner.Shannon Oliphant-Gordon, Experient, (912) 604-4847; Shannon.oliphant- gordon@experientselect.com . Executive Committee Members-at-Large 2016: J. Christopher Havran, Department of Biological Sciences, Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC 27506; (910) 893-1732; fax (910) 893-1887; havran@campbell.edu . Conley K. McMullen, Dept, of Biology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807; (540) 568-3805; Fax (540) 568-3333; mcmullck@imu.edu . 2017: Riccardo Fiorillo, School of Science and Technology, Georgia Gwinnett College, 1000 University Center Lane, Lawrenceville, GA 30043; (678) 464-9918; rfiorill@ggc.edu . Margaret J. Kovach, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN 37403; (423) 425-4397; Fax (423) 425-2285; Margaret-Kovach@utc.edu . 2018: Emily L. Gillespie, Department of Biological Sciences, Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25755-2510; (304) 696-6467; Gillespie@marshall.edu . Heather Dawn Wilkins, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Tennessee, Martin, TN 38238; (731) 881-7188; hwilkins@utm.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 2016 March 31-April 3: Featured Institutions - Davidson College, Davidson, NC; Queens University of Charlotte; The Charlotte Teachers Institute; and The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Meeting site is the Embassy Suites, Charlotte-Concord, NC. A Message from the President 117 The View from Here A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT JOEY SHAW Dear ASB Members and Associates, Please skim the 11 bullet points in bold as they contain new or important information for ASB 2016 in Concord, NC. Much more information is available on the Concord meeting page . We will be posting all relevant information for the 2016 meeting there. Also, if you are not currently following us on Facebook, please do, as we post news and updates frequently during meeting season. We need your help to make ASB successful. Please take a minute now to mark your calendars for the important dates and take another minute to invite friends and colleagues. Now is the time to send friendly invitations, so your friends and colleagues can make plans. Please give a few minutes of your time right now to ASB and send a couple of emails. The more people who attend the meeting, the better the pricing is for all in the future and the more impact our society has in our discipline. Important points from the last email: (1) 2016 meeting days are shifted to a Thursday - Sunday meeting. The Welcome Social will be held on Thursday evening, March 31st. Oral and poster presentations will begin on Friday morning and we will have the Social Event on Friday evening. Oral and poster presentations will also occur on Saturday and our meeting will come to a close on Saturday night at the Awards Banquet. Field trips will occur on Sunday, but we are also working on a few potential field trips for the Thursday (day) before the Mixer kicks off that evening. (2) Absolute deadline for abstract submission on Sunday, February 7, 2016. Abstracts will be accepted from Wednesday December 16th - Sunday, February 7. In years past we have commonly extended the deadline for abstract submission. We will not provide an extension this year . If your abstract is submitted late, it will not be in the printed program and it will be up to the discretion of the Program Committee as to whether or not they can accept it. New information: (3) Abstract submission opens today and runs through Feb 7. Please get your abstracts and those of your students in order. One change from previous years is that we will require students to check a box that states his/her advisor approved the abstract. Please work with us on this as improperly formatted abstracts, or submitting them twice, 118 SE Biology , Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 creates a lot of work on the volunteers who work hard to create the program. Also, please try not to submit multiple times as this too places burden on the program committee. More details about oral and poster presentations are available on the website. (3) New travel fund to defray the expenses of first generation undergraduate college students. The awards are to defray the cost of student registration, student membership, travel and lodging costs associated with the 2016 ASB Meeting. 2016 Application Guidelines . (5) Updated exhibitor prospectus and application form . We need your assistance to continue to grow our exhibit hall. Please forward these links to the vendors that you would like to see or know would like the opportunity to showcase/network with this unique, scholarly, forward- thinking audience. We need to fill the exhibit hall so that it benefits our Association, so please help us to get the word out. (6) Updated award structure to offer more awards. Please see our website for details and rules of application. We are probably most excited about the creation of several new student awards, including student poster and presentation awards in the categories of: Cell and Molecular Biology, Aquatic Biology, Animal Biology, and Microbiology. These eight new student awards are in addition to the longstanding affiliate awards in the fields of botany and ecology that are sponsored by the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society (SABS), Southeastern Section of Ecological Society of America (ESA), and the Southeastern Section of the Botanical Society of America (BSA). In total, this means that at our 2016 meeting we will have 12 student research awards spread across all major biological disciplines. (7) Make hotel reservations now! Hotel information is available on our website . We have negotiated two rates, one for students and one for professionals. Please be very honest here as we have made very close estimations on percentages, the contract holds ASB to guarantees on numbers of rooms, and “cheating” to save yourself a few dollars might really hurt our Association as we could be held to make up differences. There are two separate links: Standard reservation ($142/night for 1 king or two double beds) and Student reservation ($122/night for 1 king or 2 double beds). While these rates are higher than last year, please keep in mind that the Embassy Suites offers two free drinks (beer, wine, soda) per night for each reported guest. Also, included in this price is an excellent, free, cooked-to-order breakfast including fruit, oatmeal, eggs, sausage, bacon, pastries, and an omelet bar (If you haven’t stayed at an Embassy Suites, I encourage you to look at the breakfast menu . Again, this price includes cocktail hour and free breakfast.) (8) No special breakfasts at this year’s meeting because Embassy Suites offers an extensive “free” breakfast. That is, there will not be an SABS Breakfast, Past Presidents Breakfast, or an Exhibitors A Message from the President 119 Breakfast. For us to offer this would mean attendees of these breakfasts would be foregoing their “free” breakfast and paying for an additional breakfast. Participants of these groups will instead meet for coffee and pastries in the meeting, which will follow breakfast on your own in the lobby/breakfast area. (9) Registration will open January 11, 2016 and early registration will close at 5PM on March 14th. Costs for this year’s meeting are now on the ASB website and pasted below. Please note, and remember to remind your students, that it is cheaper to become a member and then register than to register as a non-member. ASB Student Member (early/on site) $136/$186 ASB Student Non-Member (early/on site) $186/$236 ASB Student Non-Member + $20 dues (=$30 savings) $156/$206 ASB Professional Member (early/on site) $265/$330 ASB Professional Non-Member (early/on site) $330/$395 ASB Professional Non-Member + $50 dues (=$15 savings) $315/$380 ASB Emeritus Member $136/$186 ASB Patron (Included with Patron Membership) ASB Exhibitor (Included with Exhibitor Fees) (10) Plenary Speaker this year is Reed Noss. Dr. Noss is a Provost’s Distinguished Research Professor, Pegasus Professor, and Davis- Shine Professor of Conservation Biology at the University of Central Florida and President of the Florida Institute for Conservation Science. More information on Dr. Noss and his research can be found on his laboratory website . (11) Four symposia and two workshops planned for ASB 2016. Symposia 1. Southeastern Symposium on Zebrafish Development and Genetics 2. Ecology and Evolution of Quillworts (Isoetes) in the American South - Quillcon II 3. Connecting university scholars and classroom teachers for innovative STEM education 4. Collaborations, information technologies and educational tools to build a regional research engine: an update on the SERNEC Herbarium effort Workshops 1. Creating a visual key - a case study in visual learning 2. Georeferencing of biological collections data I look forward to seeing you in Concord, but first let’s all enjoy the Holiday. Sincerely, Joey Shaw, President, Association of Southeastern Biologists 120 SE Biology, Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 ASB Candidates for Office - 2016 The Nominations Committee comprised of Zack Murrell, Pat Parr and Ray Williams has developed a slate of candidates for our 2016 election. Offices we need to fill in April include President-Elect, Vice President, Secretary and two Executive Committee Members-at-large. The slate of nominees is below. As you will remember, we voted last April to allow single candidate elections, but we also wanted to allow adequate time for nominations from the floor. Please send any nominations to Zack Murrell before the ASB business meeting so they can be added to the slate. President-Elect Ashley Morris Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, Tennessee Vice President William Ensign Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, Georgia Secretary Judy Awong-Taylor Georgia Gwinnett College Lawrenceville, Georgia Executive Committee Mem be rs-at-Large J. Christopher Havran Campbell University Buies Creek, North Carolina Christopher Gissendanner University of Louisiana at Monroe School of Pharmacy Monroe, Louisiana President-Elect Ashley Morris Dr. Ashley Morris is in her fifth year as a faculty member in the Department of Biology at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. She is currently in review to be promoted and tenured as an Associate Professor. Prior to MTSU, Ashley was a faculty member in Biology at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, for four and a half years. She holds a B.S. in Natural Resources from the University of the South - Sewanee (1997), a M.S. in Botany from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (2001), and a Ph.D. in Botany from the University of Florida (2006). Her research focus is primarily on plant conservation ASB Candidates for Office 121 genetics, phylogeography, and systematics, and on the importance of biological collections in research. She has active research funding from the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Science Foundation, as well as internal funding from the MTSU Foundation. She has mentored or co-mentored more than 30 graduate and undergraduate research students between USA and MTSU. In her nine and a half years as a faculty member, she has taught undergraduate genetics almost every semester. She has invested a significant amount of time into curriculum redesign in this area, which led to an NSF-funded project at USA. She co-wrote the current Genetics lab manual used at MTSU. Other courses she has taught in recent years include Dendrology and Flowering Plants. Ashley attended her first ASB meeting in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1999. At the 2010 meeting in Asheville, she was elected to the Executive Committee as a Member-at-Large. She volunteered to serve as Web Editor, and worked to revitalize the ASB web presence. At the 2014 meeting in Spartanburg, South Carolina, she was elected Vice President. For the past two years, Ashley served as Chair of the Exhibitor Committee. Today, she continues to work closely with our Web Administrator, Chris Fleming, to maintain an online presence through the web and social media. Vice President William Ensign Dr. Ensign is a professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology at Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia. He received his B.A. in Zoology from the George Washington University (before most of the students attending the 2016 meeting were born), an M.S. in Ecology from the University of Tennessee (1988) and a Ph.D. in Fisheries Science from Virginia Tech (1995). His expertise is in aquatic ecology with a particular emphasis on fish diversity, distribution and abundance in freshwater streams and rivers. His research has included investigations of Brook and Rainbow Trout abundance in the southern Appalachians, the impact of stream channel modifications on the federally endangered Roanoke Logperch, recolonization success of stream fish following fish kills, use of underwater observation for monitoring fish populations, documentation of the distribution and abundance of both fish and freshwater mussels in a variety of flowing water systems, the use of fish community structure in bioassessment, investigations of the effects of human barriers to stream fish movement and dispersal, and his current research on urban and non- urban populations of the charismatic Central Stoneroller. He has ongoing contracts with local water authorities to assist with bioassessments in Paulding and Cobb Counties, Georgia. As a result, he samples fishes in 12 to 20 streams each summer and has a squadron of willing and malleable undergraduates 122 SE Biology , Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 trailing behind his every-ready backpack electrofisher. Many of the students have gone beyond the role of field assistant and developed undergraduate research projects based on the summer sampling and most of these have presented their results at ASB meetings. He has twice received the Kennesaw State University College of Science and Mathematics award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activity. He has been a member of ASB since 1999 and has been active in service to the Society since 2007, including serving as an at-large member of the Executive Committee (2012-2015), chair and member of the Student Awards Committee (almost continuously), and as co-organizer of a symposium on research at undergraduate institutions. The proudest moment of his professional life came when he was honored with the ASB Meritorious Teaching Award in 2015. Secretary Judy Awong-Taylor Dr. Judy Awong-Taylor is a Professor of Biology at Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, Georgia. She received her bachelor’s degree in Zoology and Botany from the University of the West Indies, Trinidad, and her master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Florida in the area of Environmental Microbiology. Prior to joining GGC, Dr. Awong was a Professor of Biology and Interim Department Head at Armstrong Atlantic State University and also served as Director of the University System of Georgia’s STEM Initiative. She is also a PULSE Leadership Fellow. During her tenure at AASU, she was actively involved in undergraduate research, student-centered learning, and K-16 collaborative activities. Her current interests center on STEM Education and as a PULSE Leadership Fellow she is actively involved in efforts focused on departmental and institutional change. She is passionate about teaching and is the recipient of AASU’s Kristina Brockmeier Faculty Teaching and Service Award, the H. Dean Propst Teaching Excellence Award, and the University System of Georgia-Board of Regent’s Teaching Excellence Award. She has authored and co-authored several lab manuals, is the recipient of multiple grants, and has presented with her students at numerous professional conferences including ASB. Dr. Awong also served as a Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society advisor for fourteen years and has actively participated in numerous regional TriBeta Meetings. She has been an active member of ASB and TriBeta for over 15 years, has served on the Microbiology Awards Committee as both a member and Chair, and is currently serving as Vice-President of ASB. ASB Candidates for Office 123 Executive Committee Members-at-Large J. Christopher Havran Dr. Havran is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina. Chris received a B.S. in Biology with a focus in Botany from Lebanon Valley College (Annville, PA) in 2002, a M.S. in Biology from The University of Louisiana at Monroe in 2004, and a Ph.D. in Environmental and Plant Biology from Ohio University in 2008. Chris has taught courses in Introductory Biology, Botany, Plant Physiology, Tree and Shrub Identification, and Hawaiian Natural History and Culture. The latter is a program taught for three weeks across Hawaii. Students in his Hawaiian field program have the opportunity to collaborate on original research. His research efforts focus on southeastern floristics and the evolutionary history of endemic Hawaiian flowering plants. Since joining the faculty of Campbell University in 2008 Chris has mentored 14 undergraduate students. His students have presented their research at the ASB annual meeting since 2011 and three of his students have been recognized with the Young Botanist Award from the Botanical Society of America. He has received the Dean’s Excellence in Research Award (2012) and the Walter S. Jones Sr. Alumni Award for Research Excellence (2013) from Campbell University. Chris is the founder and current curator of the Campbell University Herbarium (CAU). Chris has served on the ASB Education Committee for four years. In 2013 he became co-chair of the Committee with Kirk Stowe. He worked with Kirk to organize a symposium entitled: “Educational Opportunities at Biological Field Stations in the Southeastern United States” held at the 2014 annual meeting of the ASB in Spartanburg, SC. In 2015 he served on the ASB’s Executive Committee as a Member at Large for a one-year term. He thoroughly enjoys the annual ASB meetings and has fond memories of presenting his first research presentation at the 2004 meeting of the ASB in Memphis. 124 SE Biology, Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 Christopher Gissendanner Dr. Gissendanner is an Associate Professor in the Pharmacology group at the University of Louisiana at Monroe School of Pharmacy. He earned his B.S. in Biological Sciences from Florida State University (1993) and his M.S. (1999) and Ph.D. (2001) in Cellular Biology from the University of Georgia. He worked four years in the biotechnology industry before joining the ULM Department of Biology in 2004. He moved to the School of Pharmacy in 2011. His research interests are in developmental genetics, specifically the genetic regulation of organogenesis using the C. elegans model system. His research has been supported by multiple state and federal grants. Dr. Gissendanner has also been heavily involved in promoting undergraduate research experiences and has participated in the HHMI SEA-PHAGES program at ULM since 2008. This program uses bacteriophage discovery to introduce freshman biology majors to scientific research. He has been a member of ASB since 2008 and served on the Microbiology and Student Research Award committees and is a former faculty advisor for Beta Beta Beta. Dr. Gissendanner also serves as an associate editor for Eastern Biologist and as a member of the External Advisory Committee for the Arkansas IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence. 03 2016 Meeting Information 125 77 th Annual Meeting Program Association of Southeastern Biologists UNC CHARLOTTE DAVIDSON QIJEENS UNIVERSITY OF CHARLOTTE Charlotte Teachers Institute Collaborative Teacher Education Embassy Suites by Hilton Charlotte Concord Gold Resort & Spa March 31 - April 3, 2016 Celebrating 78 Years of Serving the Southeast! 126 SE Biology, Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 Live Animals Ready To Roll Talk about convenience. At Carolina, we ship our living materials 5 days a week - to make sure they arrive alive on the day you need them. The Carolina Experience CAROLINA* www.carolina.com 2016 Meeting Information 127 Affiliate Organizations Meeting With ASB in 2016 Beta Beta Beta Southeastern District I Dr. Lee Sutton Department of Biology S119 Howell Science Complex East Carolina University Greenville, North Carolina 27858 Phone: 252-328-5745; Fax: 252- 328-4178 Email: suttonle@ecu.edu Beta Beta Beta Southeastern District II Dr. Christi Magrath Dept, of Biological & Environmental Sci. Troy University Troy, AL 36082 Phone: 334-670-3622 Email: cmagrath@troy.edu Botanical Society of America Southeastern Section Dr. Emily Gillespie Department of Biological Sciences Marshall University Huntington, WV 25755 Phone: 304-696-6467 Email: gillespiee@marshall.edu National Association of Biology Teachers Ms. Brenda Royal Academy of Health Sciences Faculty John Overton High School Nashville, Tennessee 37220 Phone: 615-333-5135 Email: brenda.royal@mnps.org Dr. Kim Sadler Department of Biology Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37132 Phone:615-908-8283 Email: kim.sadler@mtsu.edu Ecological Society of America Southeastern Chapter Dr. David Vandermast Department of Biology Elon University Elon, NC 27244 Phone: 336-278-6171 Email: dvandermast@elon.edu Society of Herbarium Curators Andrea Weeks, President Associate Professor and Director Ted R. Bradley Herbarium George Mason University Department of Biology Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: 703-993-3488; Fax: 703- 993-1046 Email: aweeks3@gmu.edu Southern Appalachian Botanical Society Dr. Katherine Mathews Associate Professor Director of WCU Herbarium Department of Biology Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NC 28723 Phone: 828-227-3659 Email: kmathews@email.wcu.edu 03 128 SE Biology, Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 artin icroscdjfg ASB PATRON Serving the Southeast since 1946 21st Century Technology for Classroom Microscopy ™ 207 South Pendleton Street / Easley, SC 29640 / 864-242-3424 sales@martinmicroscope.com 2016 Meeting Information 129 Patrons of ASB BDY Environmental (615-460-9797) Nashville, TN www.bdy-inc.com Breedlove, Dennis & Associates, Inc. (407-677-1882) Winter Park, FL www.bda-inc.com Carolina Biological Supply Company (800-334-5551) Burlington, NC www.carolina.com Dwayne Wise, PhD (662-325-7579) Starkville, MS dawl @ra.msstate.edu Martin Microscope Company (864-242-3424) Easley, SC www.martinmicroscope.com 03 130 SE Biology, Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 Program Committee for 2016 ASB Meetings Co-Chairs Christopher Brown Georgia Gwinnett College Riccardo Fiorillo Georgia Gwinnett College Howard S. Neufeld Appalachian State University The program committee wishes to thank Mark Suggs, ab/'GRAPHICS, for his help in creating the abstract submission form and for formatting the program and list of abstracts. We also thank Chris Fleming for creating the Mobile App that enables you to search the program on your mobile device. Finally, we express our sincere appreciation to Ashley Morris, Middle Tennessee State University, for her excellent maintenance of the ASB webpage. 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As you already know, we are experimenting this year with shifting the days to a Thursday-Sunday meeting, rather than our traditional Wednesday-Saturday. After this meeting, we will send out a questionnaire for you to give us your thoughts on this shift. The shift in days has also allowed us to experiment with having field trips on both sides of our conference (the Thursday before and the Sunday after). We are excited to have four symposia planned (Quillcon II: Ecology and Evolution of Quillworts, Zebrafish development and genetics, Information technologies to build a regional research engine, and CTI: Connecting University Scholars and Classroom Teachers) and three workshops (Georeferencing biological collections, Creating a Visual Key: A Case Study in Visual Learning, ASB Education Committee Lunch/Workshop). Thanks to the great work of Past President Zack Murrell, our awards were restructured and we are offering more awards in different disciplines. Please see our website (www.sebiologists.org) to learn more about the workshops, symposia, field trips, and award restructure. In Concord 2016, Dr. Reed Noss will kick off our meeting with his plenary address on Thursday evening. Our Friday Night Social event will be at Discovery Place among the Body Worlds exhibit. Transportation will be provided to and from the venue where we will have live music and an awesome dinner with the usual beverage selections. Our meeting will conclude on Saturday evening at the Awards Banquet. ASB is a volunteer organization and we need you to volunteer your time to continue ASB’s success. Please take the time to volunteer and carry some of the weight of our Association. You can stop by the ASB booth in the exhibit hall, send an email to a member of the Executive Committee, or click the “Get Involved” button on our home page to ask how you might become involved. 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Exhibitor Pizza Party (Exhibitors Only) Friday, April 1,2016 8 am - 5 pm Exhibits and Posters on Display Saturday, April 2, 2016 8 am - 5 pm "SJ Exhibits and Posters on Display 5 pm ft Exhibitors Move-Out 138 SE Biology, Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 Life Science TEMs from JEt JEOL's i2okV-3ookV Transmission Electron Microscopes are used by top researchers in structural biology, cellular biology, pathology, and neuroscience. We offer the highest resolution phase contrast capabilities, automated 3D tomography, cryomicroscopy, S/TEM an¬ alytical capabilities, elemental mapping, and automated montaging available. See what |EOL has to offer, from the research grade, com¬ pact JEM-i^ooPlus optimized for automated high contrast imaging to our powerful leading edge 30okV TEM with helium stage. Learn more at jeolusa.com/Ufe HOW DO LOOK AT I B*.lcrtofhage Epsilon IS. Wah Chiu. PhD. Baylor College oif Medicine (top image) Marc LaK Moran Eye Center. Uni* of Utah (middle image) Neuron. JOOnm. tomography; Greg Ning. PhD.. Penn Stale University College of Agricultural Sciences (bottom image) KJ i'll REALabl cJEOL Solutions for Innovation www.jeolusa.com salesinfo@jeol.com • 978-535-5900 2016 Meeting Information 139 Symposia (SI) Collaborations, Information Technologies, and Educational Tools to Build a Regional Research Engine: An Update on the SERNEC Herbarium Effort 8:15 AM - 12:00 PM • Friday, April 1 • Kannapolis A Organizer: Zack Murrell, Appalachian State University murrellze@ appstate.edu The SouthEast Regional Network of Expertise and Collections (SERNEC) grew out of annual gatherings of regional curators at the Association of Southeastern Biologists meetings. The SERNEC NSF-supported Research Coordination Network (RCN) provided support from 2005-2011 for training and idea exchange among the curators in the Southeast. Our more recent NSF-supported Thematic Collection Network (TCN), with funding from 2014-2018 for 94 herbaria and six Information technology entities, provides us with a technical infrastructure to capture herbarium images and transfer them to various portals, where they can be transcribed and georeferenced. This effort includes Symbiota, GEOLocate, Notes from Nature, Specify and iPlant as web and software based entities that provide our “data pipeline”. This symposium will highlight our efforts to link the human infrastructure with the technical infrastructure to build a specimen-based research engine that can generate regional scale research capabilities. (S2) Southeastern Symposium on Zebrafish Development and Genetics* 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM • Friday, April 1 • Kannapolis A Organizer: Ted Zerucha, Appalachian State University zeruchat@ appstate.edu In the last 20-25 years, the zebrafish has emerged as a major model system to address questions related to Developmental, Cell, and Molecular Biology. Opportunities for zebrafish researchers to meet regionally have become few and far between, however. This symposium is an opportunity for zebrafish scientists from the southeast to meet, share ideas, and form potential collaborations. The symposium will have opportunities for Pis and advanced graduate students to give oral presentations and will also feature a poster session. *Sponsored by North Carolina Biotechnology Center 140 SE Biology, Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 (S3) Ecology and Evolution of Quillworts (Isoetes) in the American South - Quillcon II 8:30 AM - Noon • Saturday, April 2 • Kannapolis A Organizers: Jay F. Bolin, Catawba College fbolin@catawba.edu . Lytton J. Musselman, Old Dominion University lmusselm@odu.edu The Southeastern United States is a center of quillwort diversity with the number of recorded species doubling in the past decade or so—and new taxa being found each year. So it is appropriate that the Second Quillwort Conference should be held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society at the 2016 meeting 31 March-3 April in Concord, North Carolina. The first conference, dubbed QuillCon I, was held in Douglas, Georgia in 2000 and since that time research has expanded in terms of extensive molecular studies and field collections and also by an increase in the number of researchers, both in the lab and in the field. QuillCon II will consist of invited papers on 1 April with a keynote talk by W Carl Taylor, senior author of the treatment of Isoetes for Flora North America. Other speakers include researchers from the Smithsonian Institution, Italy, Canada, and Southeastern institutions. Ample time is allocated for discussions. Major fieldwork in the American South the past three decades has revealed surprising diversity within this poorly studied genus. New species and hybrids have been described, other taxa have been recently discovered but not named, and numerous other collections are being studied to determine their taxonomic status. Concurrent with fieldwork have been phylogenetic studies suggesting that the genus is more diverse than expected and that resolution of polyphyly is sorely needed. While quillworts appear to have a classic pattern of reticulate evolution, we have little idea what selective factors might drive their evolution. The purpose of the symposium, therefore, is to bring together quillwort researchers to discuss lab and field findings and to collaborate on further research. All day Saturday 2 April will be devoted to presentations and discussions with a field trip on Sunday 3 April to some of the fascinating granite outcrops in the region lead by regional isoetologist Jay Bolin of Catawba College. Warning! There is a likelihood of new species on these rocks. 2016 Meeting Information 141 (S4) Connecting university scholars and classroom teachers for innovative STEM education - CTI Symposium 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM • Saturday, April 2 • Kannapolis B Organizer: Scott Gartlan, University of North Carolina at Charlotte scott.qartlan@uncc.edu . Charlotte Teachers Institute (CTI) is an innovative partnership between CMS (Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools), Davidson College, and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte). CMS teachers (e.g. CTI Fellows) are engaged in intensive content-rich seminars led by faculty (e.g. Seminar Leaders) to learn new information, work collaboratively with other district teachers, and develop original curriculum units for their classrooms. In this symposium, Teacher Fellows will discuss their experiences, present examples from their units, and provide insights regarding classroom implementation. Fellows from a range of disciplines (biology, earth science, and math) from seminars focused on Metamorphosis and the Intersection of Science, Technology, and Culture will present their work. The success of this program is facilitated by the emphasis on Teacher Leadership and engagement in collaborative and creative venues. Workshops (W1) Georeferencing of Biological Collections Data 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM • Thursday, March 31 • Fairway A/B Organizer: Zack Murrell, Appalachian State University murrellze@ appstate.edu . This workshop will provide an overview of georeferencing concepts, best practices and workflows using the GEOLocate platform in relation to the SERNEC herbarium digitization and georeferencing effort. Specific topics covered will include a brief overview of georeferencing, using the GEOLocate platform for single record, batch processing and collaborative georeferencing, Symbiota integration, upcoming developments, and logistics and workflows specific to georeferencing SERNEC data. The GEOLocate software platform is being used by zoologists and botanists and this workshop will be open to anyone interested in biodiversity informatics. 142 SE Biology , Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 (W2) Creating a Visual Key - A Case Study in Visual Learning 8:00 AM - Noon • Saturday, April 2 • Concord J Organizer: Bruce Kirchoff, Univ. of NC at Greensboro kirchoff@uncg.edu . Although illustrations have played an important role in identification keys and guides since the 18th century, their use has varied widely. Some keys lack all illustrations, while others are heavily illustrated. Even within illustrated keys the way in which images are used varies considerably. During this workshop we will review some best practices for image use in keys, and create a completely visual key. By a visual key I mean a key based almost exclusively on images, and that contains a minimal amount of text. These types of keys have been made possible by advances in digital imaging, which has allowed the rapid collection of standardized photographs of plants. Characters in visual keys are visually, not verbally defined. During the workshop participants will learn how to create visual keys, and will create a visual key to a group of taxa. Participants will receive the full set of images from the workshop so that they can recreate the exercise in their class. The exercise is suitable for use, with modification, from introductory biology to graduate level classes in plant taxonomy. This will be a hands-on workshop in which everyone can participate. This event will be capped at 24 attendees. (W3) ASB Education Committee Lunch Workshop Noon - 1:30 PM • Saturday, April 2 Blue Ridge Organizer: ASB Education Committee, Erika Niland - Chair e.scocco@ wingate.edu . The Education Committee luncheon will focus on a collaborative effort between ASB scientists and high school teachers to deliver specific curriculum topics to high school students. Scientists trained in a specific discipline can use video conferencing equipment to speak to the high school student when a particular topic is covered. The luncheon will cover what equipment will be needed and how to use it. We will also cover how to volunteer as a scientist, and how high school teachers can contact those scientists. Anyone interested in this program or to be a part of the Education Committee may attend, c# Advertisement 143 144 SE Biology, Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 Association of Southeastern Biologists 2016 M eet i n g-At-A-G I a n ce Thursday, March 31 st - Sunday, April 3 rd Concord Convention Center at Embassy Suites Hotel Concord, NC Wednesday, March 30 th Time Event Location 8:00 am-5:00 pm Exhibit Hall - Move in and set up Concord EF 8:00 am-5:00 pm Registration Set Up Registration South Rotunda 10:00 am-1 2:00 PM ASB EC VIPs Pre-Convention Mtgs. Blue Ridge 12:00 pm-1:00 pm ASB EC - Exhibit Hall lay out Concord EF Thursday, March 31 st Time Event Location 8:00 am-5:00 am ASB Logistics Room Harrisburg B 8:00 AM - 5 PM Workshop: Georeferencing of biological collections data Fairway A/B 9:00 am-4:00 pm Exhibitor Set-up Concord EF 11:00 am-9:00 pm Registration Open Registration South Rotunda 11:00 am-2:00 pm Exhibitor Pizza Lunch (exhibitors only) Concord EF Noon-1 0:00 pm PowerPoint Preview Check Harrisburg A Noon—5:00 pm Field Trip 1: Redlair Preserve, NC Plant Conservation Program. Depart from Convention Center 1:00 pm-6:00 pm ASB Executive Committee Meeting Concord G 1:00 pm-6:00 pm SABS Executive Council Meeting Concord H 2:00 PM-4:00PM Field Trip 2: Tour of NC Research Campus Consult Trip Information for specific Departure Times and Locations 5:30 pm—7:30 pm Happv Hour-Complimentarv Manager’s Reception Embassy Suites Lobby 7:30 pm-9:00 pm Welcome and Plenary Speaker Welcome: Joan Lorden, Provost University of NC Charlotte Plenary Speaker. Reed F. Noss Provost's Distinguished Research Professor, Davis-Shine Professor of Conservation Biology, and Pegasus Professor University of Central Florida ‘Fire in the Evolutionary Environment of the Coastal Plain’ Concord ABCD 2016 Meeting Information 145 Time Event Location 9:00 pm-10:30 pm Plenary Welcoming Social Reed F. Noss Book Signing Concord EF Ticket required to attend Friday, AprirF Time Event Location 6:00 am-9:00 am Complimentary Cooked-To-Order Breakfast for Hotel Guests Embassy Suite Lobby 7:00 am-7:00 pm Registration Open South Rotunda 7:00 am-5:00 pm PowerPoint Preview Check ASB Logistics Room Harrisburg A Harrisburg B 7:15 am-8:15 am ASB Past President’s Post Breakfast Meeting Patrons/Exhibitors Post Breakfast Meeting Blue ridge Kitty Hawk 7:00 am-5:00 Pm ASB POSTER SESSIONS ASB Posters (#1-157, Sessions 1 & 2) set up 7:00-8:00 AM Presenters of odd-numbered posters (Poster Session 1) must be present 9:45-10:45 am. Presenters of even-numbered posters (Poster Session 2) must be present 2:45-3:45 pm Concord EF 8:00 am-5:00 pm Exhibits Open Concord EF 8:15 am-9:45 am ASB Paper Presentations Ecology: Community 1 Ecology: Physiological Invertebrate Biology Cell and Molecular Biology 1 Systematics 1 Concord A Concord B Concord CD Concord 1 Concord J Symposium: Collaborations, information technologies and educational tools to build a regional research engine: an update on the SERNEC Herbarium effort Kannapolis A 9:45 am-1 0:45 am Break for Poster Session 1 and Coffee • No talks at this time Presenters of odd-numbered posters (1-157) must be present at this time Concord EF 10:45 AM-NOON ASB Paper Presentations Ecology: Community 1 Ecology: Physiological Invertebrate Biology Cell and Molecular Biology 1 Systematics 1 Symposium: Collaborations, information technologies and educational tools to build a regional research engine: an update on the SERNEC Herbarium effort Concord A Concord B Concord CD Concord 1 Concord J Kannapolis A 146 SE Biology, Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 Time Event Location noon-1 :30 pm Lunch (Individuals and Organizations) (Concessions available throughout Hotel) ASB Diversity Committee Lunch (BYOL) SHC SE Chapter Luncheon/Business Meeting (BYOL) Blue Ridge Fairway A 12:00 pm-5:00 pm PPG Field Trip to SeaLife Aquarium (333 members only) Departs from Hotel Lobby 1:30 pm-2:45 pm ASB Paper Presentations Ecology: Communities 2 Ecology: Ecosystems Herpetology Cell and Molecular Biology 2 Systematics 2 Symposium: Southeastern Symposium on Zebrafish Development and Genetics Sponsored by North Carolina Biotechnology Center Concord A Concord B Concord CD Concord 1 Concord J Kannapolis A 2:45 pm-3:45 pm Break for Poster Session 2 and Coffee • No talks at this time Presenters of even-numbered posters (1-157) must be present at this time. Concord EF 3:45 pm-5:00 pm ASB Paper Presentations Ecology: Communities 2 Ecology: Ecosystems Herpetology Cell and Molecular Biology 2 Systematics 2 Symposium: Southeastern Symposium on Zebrafish Development and Genetics Symposium ends at 4:30 PM Concord A Concord B Concord CD Concord 1 Concord J Kannapolis A 5:00 pm Poster Removal Concord EF 5:30 PM— 7:30 PM Happy Hour-Complimentarv Manager’s Reception Embassy Suites Lobby 6:00 PM— 11:00 PM Friday Night ASB Social: Discovery Place, Charlotte, NC Live Music, Food, Drinks Gunther Von Haggens’s ‘Body Worlds and the Cycle of Life Exhibit’! Shuttle service from Convention Center to Discovery Place provided. Departure from Convention Center begins at 6:00 PM Event begins at 6:30 Return transportation at 10:30 PM 2016 Meeting Information 147 Saturday, April 2 nd Time Event Location 6:00 AM-9:00 AM Complimentary Cooked-To-Order Breakfast for Hotel Guests Embassy Suite Lobby 7:00 am-12:00 pm Registration Open Registration South Rotunda 7:00 am—8:15 am SABS/BSA Post-Breakfast Meeting Kannapolis B 7:00 am-5:00 pm PowerPoint Preview Check ASB Logistics Room Harrisburg A Harrisburg B 7:00 am-5:00 pm ASB POSTER SESSIONS ASB Posters (#158-274, Sessions 3 & 4) set up 7:00-8:00 AM Presenters of odd- numbered posters (Poster Session 3) must be present 9:45-10:45 am. Presenters of even-numbered posters (Poster Session 4) must be present 2:45-3:45 pm Concord EF 8:00 AM-NOON Workshop: Creating a Visual Key-A Case Study in Visual Learning. Bruce Kirchoff, Dept, of Biology, UNC Greensboro (registration required-24 max cap) Piedmont 8:00 AM-noon PPP POSTER SESSIONS P p 3 Poster set up 8:00 AM-9:00 AM Presenters must be present 9:30 AM-NOON Concord EF 8:00 am-6:00 pm PPP Officers & Judges Room JHQ Boardroom 9:00 am-9:30 am ppp Joint Business Meeting (all delegates MUST attend) Fairway AB 8:15 am-9:45 am ASB Paper Presentations Ecology: Populations 1 Ecology: Conservation 1 Ecology: Aquatic Biology 1 Microbiology 1 Teaching and Learning 1 Quillcon II Symposium: Ecology and Evolution of Quillworts ( Isoetes ) in the American South - Quillcon II Concord A Concord B Concord CD Concord 1 Concord GH Kannapolis A 9:45 AM-10:45 AM Break for Poster Session 3 and Coffee • No talks at this time ASB presenters of odd- numbered posters (158-274) must be present at this time. Concord EF 148 SE Biology, Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 Time Event Location 10:45 AM-NOON ASB Paper Presentations Ecology: Populations 1 Ecology: Conservation 1 Ecology: Aquatic Biology 1 Microbiology 1 Teaching and Learning 1 Quillcon II Symposium: Ecology and Evolution of Quillworts ( Isoetes ) in the American South - Quillcon II Concord A Concord B Concord CD Concord 1 Concord GH Kannapolis A noon-1 :30 pm Lunch (Individuals and Organizations) (Concessions available throughout Hotel) Education Committee Luncheon Workshop (BYOL) ESA Luncheon and Business Mtg. (BYOL) Quillcon II Symposium: - Isoetes lunch workshop (BYOL) Blue Ridge Kitty Hawk Kannapolis A 1:30 pm-4:00 pm ppp Paper Presentations District 1 — District II — District I/ll combined Carolina A Carolina B Carolina C 1:30 pm-2:45 pm ASB Paper Presentations Ecology: Populations 2 Ecology: Conservation 2 Ecology: Aquatic 2 Floristics Microbiology 2 Teaching and Learning 2 CTI Symposium: Connecting university scholars and classroom teachers for innovative STEM education Symposium ends at 2:45 PM Concord A Concord B Concord CD Concord J Concord 1 Concord GH Kannapolis B 2:45 pm-3:45 pm Break for Poster Session 4 and Coffee • No talks at this time ASB Presenters of even- numbered posters (158-274) must be present at this time. Concord EF 3:45 pm-5:00 pm ASB Paper Presentations Ecology: Populations 2 Ecology: Conservation 2 Ecology: Aquatic 2 Floristics Microbiology 2 Teaching and Learning 2 Concord A Concord B Concord CD Concord J Concord 1 Concord GH 4:00 pm-5:30 pm SABS/BSA Students’ Reception Rocky River Grille Patio 2016 Meeting Information 149 Time Event Location 4:30 pm-5:00 pm p p p District Session Meetings District 1- District II- Carolina A Carolina B 5:00 pm Poster Removal Concord EF 5:00 pm-6:00 pm p P p Joint Session and Awards Fairway A/B 5:00 pm-6:00 pm ASB Business Meeting (All members are invited to attend) Concord GH 5:30 PM-6:30 PM SABS Past-Presidents Happy Hour Embassy Suite Lobby 5:30 pm — 7:30 pm Happy Hour-Complimentary Manager’s Reception Embassy Suites Lobby 7:00 pm-9:30 pm ASB Awards Banquet: Dinner and Presentation of Awards Concord ABCD Sunday, April 3™ Time Event Location 7:30 am-8:30 am ASB Executive Committee Breakfast Embassy Suite Lobby 8:30 AM-NOON ASB Executive Committee Meeting Fairway A 8:00 am-5:00 pm ASB Field Trips 3: Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge. ASB Field Trips 4: Worting on the Rocks: Quillworts of the NC Piedmont. Consult Trip Information for specific Departure Times and Locations 150 SE Biology, Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 Concord Convention Center at Embassy Suites Hotel North Fiirway OunjCQircJ. Terrace 1 H 1 J c L G f l F t Hall r P I i E % l \ D B l A f C Hnn-isburg; CVmwsillrtrf C-eruer EuAhuirc Sflulh. ASB 2016 Internet Access Free internet access is available in the hotel to Embassy Suite guests who register with the Hilton Honors Member Program. Registering for this program is free, easy, and only takes a minute. Once registered, you can use your new Hilton Honors Member Code and room number to access the internet. Please take advantage of this opportunity so you can have free internet access for the duration of our conference. Note: internet access may be weak in the meeting space and if this is the case, relocate to the lobby for stronger signal. 2016 Meeting Information 151 ASB 2016 Event Guide ASB POSTER SESSIONS Concord EF FRIDAY SESSIONS 1 AND 2 Poster numbers 1-157 SATURDAY SESSIONS 3 AND 4 Poster numbers 158-274 7:00 AM Set up posters 8:00 am-5:00 pm Posters are displayed 9:45 AM-10:45 AM Presenters of odd-numbered posters must be present at this time. 2:45 AM-3:45 PM Presenters of even-numbered posters must be present at this time. 5:00 PM Remove posters ASB PAPER PRESENTATIONS FRIDAY 8:15 AM-Noon Ecology: Community 1 Ecology: Physiological Invertebrate Biology Cell and Molecular Biology 1 Systematics 1 Concord A Concord B Concord CD Concord 1 Concord J FRIDAY 1:30 Pm - 5:00 pm Ecology: Communities 2 Ecology: Ecosystems Herpetology Cell and Molecular Biology 2 Systematics 2 Concord A Concord B Concord CD Concord 1 Concord J SATURDAY 8:15 AM-Noon Ecology: Populations 1 Ecology: Conservation 1 Ecology: Aquatic Biology 1 Microbiology 1 Teaching and Learning 1 Concord A Concord B Concord CD Concord 1 Concord GH SATURDAY 1:30 PM-5:00 PM Ecology: Populations 2 Ecology: Conservation 2 Ecology: Aquatic 2 Floristics Microbiology 2 Teaching and Learning 2 Concord A Concord B Concord CD Concord J Concord 1 Concord GH 152 SE Biology, Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 WORKSHOPS & SYMPOSIA THURSDAY Workshop: Georeferencing of biological Fairway A/B 8:00 AM-5 PM collections data FRIDAY Symposium: Collaborations, information 8:15 AM-NOON technologies and educational tools to build a regional research engine: an update on the SERNEC Herbarium effort Kannapolis A 1:30 AM -4:30 PM Symposium: Southeastern Symposium on Zebrafish Development and Genetics Kannapolis A SATURDAY Workshop: Creating a Visual Key-A Case 8:00 AM-NOON Study in Visual Learning. Bruce Kirchoff, Dept, of Biology, UNC Greensboro (registration required-24 max cap) Piedmont 8:20 AM-NOON Quillcon II Symposium: Ecology and Evolution of Quillworts ( Isoetes ) in the American South- Kannapolis A NOON-1:30 PM Quillcon II Blue Ridge 1:30 PM-2:45 PM Workshop: Education Committee Luncheon Kannapolis B CTI Symposium: Connecting university scholars and classroom teachers for innovative STEM education 2016 Meeting Information 153 ppp EVENTS FRIDAY Noon-5:00 PM SATURDAY 8:00 AM-NOON 8:00 am-6:00 pm 9:00 am-9:30 am 1:30 PM-4:00 PM 4:30 PM-5:00 PM 5:00 pm-6:00 pm Field Trip to SeaLife Aquarium ((B (3 (3 members only) POSTER SESSIONS Set up 8:00 AM-9:00 AM Presenters must be present 9:30 AM-NOON Officers & Judges Room Joint Business Meeting (all delegates MUST attend) PAPER PRESENTATIONS District I — District II — District I/ll combined District Session Meetings District I- District II- Joint Session and Awards Departs from Hotel Lobby Concord EF JHQ Boardroom Fairway AB Carolina A Carolina B Carolina C Carolina A Carolina B Fairway A/B ASB 2016 Field Trips THURSDAY March 31 st Redlair Preserve, NC Plant Conservation Program. Leader: Robert Peet (peet@unc.edu, UNC- CH) Noon—5:00 PM Depart from Convention Center THURSDAY March 31 st Tour of NC Research Campus Leader: TBA 2:00—4:00 PM SUNDAY April 3 rd Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge Leader: Bruce A. Sorrie, Research Associate UNC-Chapel Hill herbarium (basorrie@gmail.com) 9:00 AM—4:00 PM Depart from Convention Center SUNDAY April 3rd Wortinq on the Rocks Quillworts of the NC Piedmont Leaders: Jay Bolin (jfbolin@catawba.edu) and Lytton Musselman (lmusselm@odu.edu) 8:30 AM —2:30 PM Depart From Convention Center 154 SE Biology, Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 BRINGING AUTHENTIC INQUIRYTO SCIENCE INSTRUCTION Thought-provoking educational modules and professional development on: • Biotechnology • GIS and GPS • Image Analysis • Neuroscience • Environmental Science • Ocean Science • Environmental Health Science • Volumetric Image Analysis SCIENCE APPROACH (520)322-0118 www.science-approach.com 2016 Meeting Information Plenary Speaker Dr. Reed Noss 155 Provost’s Distinguished Research Professor Pegasus Professor Davis-Shine Professor of Conservation Biology University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL Fire in the Evolutionary Environment of the Coastal Plain Thursday, March 31 • 7:30 PM-9:00 PM • Concord ABCD Reed Noss is Provost’s Distinguished Research Pro¬ fessor, Pegasus Professor, and Davis-Shine Professor of Conservation Biology at the University of Central Florida and President of the Florida Institute for Conservation Science. He has a B.S. in Education from the University of Dayton, an M.S. in Ecology from the University of Tennessee, and a Ph.D. in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Florida. He has served as Editor-in-Chief of Conservation Biology (1993- 1997), President of the Society for Conservation Biology (1999- 2001), and President of the North American Section of the Society (2006-2008). He is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and has served on many boards and advisory panels, including the Board of Governors of the Society for Conservation Biology, the Board of Trustees of the Florida Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, and Florida’s Acquisition and Restoration Council. He recently served as Vice-Chair of a Federal Advisory Committee for the U.S. Climate Change Science Program. Professor Noss has more than 300 publications and is recognized as one of the 500 most highly cited authors in all fields worldwide. He has published seven books, the most recent being Forgotten Grasslands of the South: Natural History and Conservation (2013, Island Press). He is currently writing books on the fire ecology of Florida and the lower Southeastern Coastal Plain (University Press of Florida) and on natural disturbance as a primary factor that structures ecosystems (Island Press). We are delighted to welcome Reed as our Plenary Speaker for ASB 2016.es 156 SE Biology, Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 Transportation and Parking at the Embassy Suites Hotel 5400 John Q. Hammons Drive NW, Concord, NC, 28027, USATEL: +1-704-455-8200 • FAX: +1-704-455-8201 HOTEL PARKING Parking is available on-site for attendees and guests. There is no valet parking. Handicap parking is available on site. Friday Night Social 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM Discovery Place, Charlotte, NC Our Social event this year will be held at the Discovery Place in Charlotte. There will be live music, drinks and an exhibition of Gunther von Haggen’s li Body Worlds and the Cycle of Life.” Because this venue is 15 miles (20 minutes) from the Embassy Suites Conference Center and Hotel and parking is limited at the museum, we are providing transportation in the form of motor coaches. The main group of buses will leave from the Embassy Suites at 6:00 PM. Attendees who stay at the Marriott Courtyard overflow hotel, which is 0.2 miles from the Embassy Suites will also need to leave from the Embassy Suites. There will, however, be opportunities to come to the social late and leave early. For the duration of the event, a mini bus will be on constant rotation with no set schedule —as the mini bus fills it will leave accordingly and come right back. Your safety is our concern so we strongly encourage anyone who might drink alcoholic beverages to use the transportation we are providing. We will not be responsible for impaired drivers who attempt to use their own vehicles.os 2016 Meeting Information 157 Eagle Hill Institute Journals The two official journals of ASB ... The Southeaster Naturalist covers aspects of the biology and ecology of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine organisms and the environments of the southeast United States. Southeastern Naturalist Southeastern Naturalist Southeastern Naturalist www.sebiologists.org/publications... www.eaglehill.us/sena The Eastern Biologist covers laboratory-based biological research including but not limited to biochemistry, biotechnology, cell biology, developmental biology, evolution, genetics and genomics, immunology, microbiology, ncurohiology, parasitology, physiology, and toxicology. www.sebiologists.org/publications... www.eaglehill.us/ebio For ASB members with Caribbean research interests ... www.eaglehill.us/cana Caribbean Naturalist A Brief Description of the Diet and Feeding Behavior of the Jamaican Fruit Bat lA/ti/trut jamuiertun) in Westmoreland Parish. Jiunaica I Caribbean Naturalist Day-Night Patterns in Natural and Artificial Patch Reef Fish Assemblages of The Bahamas Caribbean Naturalist Camera Trapping Wild Cals with I itmlowners in Northern Belize For ASB members with urban research interests ... www.eaglehill.us/urna Urban Naturalist Preformed Scour Holes Associated with Rond Building May Maintain Anuran Diversity in Urbanizing Areas 158 SE Biology , Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 Silent Auction The silent auction was established in 2006 to raise money to help defer travel costs for graduate student members presenting papers or posters at the ASB Annual Meeting. Since 2006, ASB has granted more than $35,000 to qualifying students. Of that, the silent auction has added over $11,000 (36%) to the graduate student travel fund. Donated items include books, handcrafts, memorabilia, nature photography, t-shirts, gift baskets, gift cards, jewelry, wine, fishing tackle, insect nets, and much more. For those that have items to donate to the silent auction, please bring your donation to the Silent Auction Area in the Exhibit Hall before 10:00 am on Friday, April 1, and one of the committee members will be available to receive it. We want to thank you for participating in this worthwhile event. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact one of the Committee Members below. & Patricia Cox and the Fabulous Silent Auction Sisters Kim Marie Tolson Pat Parr Eloise Carter Bonnie Kelley Diane Nelson 2016 Meeting Information 159 Field Trips ppp Field Trip • Trip to Sealife Aquarium 12:00 Noon-5:00 PM • Friday, April 1 Open only to Tri-Beta Members Trip leader: Lee Sutton (SUTTONLE@ecu.edu) Departs: from lobby of Embassy Suites ASB Field Trips Redlair Preserve, North Carolina Plant Conservation Program Leader: Robert Peet (peet@unc.edu, UNC-CH) [Possible assistant leaders: Rob Evans (VA Heritage), Jessica Richmond (PCP), Haywood Rankin] Maximum Participants: 30 Fee: $10 Date: Thursday, March 31 Travel: Car pool. Alternatively, participants coming to ASB from west of Charlotte could meet at the preserve (contact the trip leader). Depart: Depart Concord Convention Center at 12:00. Assemble at Redlair and start hike at 1:00. Depart Redlair at 4:00. Arrive back at Convention Center by 5:00. [Note that if there is an important ASB event that starts prior to 5:30, we could shift all times back 30 minutes.] Information: maps, plant list, etc.: http://redlair.org Description: The Redlair Plant Conservation Preserve is an area of approximately 750 acres and is part of a larger 1200-acre protected area. The primary reason for creation of the preserve is that it contains the largest population of the regionally rare Magnolia macrophylla on the Atlantic slope. In addition, it contains one of the very few healthy populations of the federally endangered Helianthus schweinitzii in a natural habitat. The preserve boarders a four-mile stretch of the free-flowing South Fork of the Catawba River and has complex topography, many different natural communities in excellent condition and over 450 species of vascular plants. Tour of NC Research Campus Date: Thursday, March 31,2-4pm Participant Cap: 15 Fee: $10 Travel: Ample free parking is provided at the research campus and this is just a short drive north of the convention center. Description: Travel 20 minutes from Embassy Suites for an overview of the NC Research Campus, a public-private research center focused on human health, 160 SE Biology , Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 nutrition and agriculture. Tour the facilities, learn about the research programs and find opportunities to collaborate with scientists from UNC Chapel Hill, NC State, UNC Charlotte, Appalachian State, NC A&T, NC Central, UNC Greensboro and Duke University. You can learn more about the NC Research Campus by visiting www.ncresearchcampus.net . Conservation Committee Service Field Trip at Carolina Raptor Center Date: Thursday, March 31,8:30am-2pm Participant Cap: 20 Fee: None Travel: A van will be departing from the Concord Convention Center at 8:30am. Description: The Conservation Committee is hosting a service field trip for ASB 2016 in Concord, NC. Our idea is to work with the Carolina Raptor Center (http://www.carolinaraptorcenter.org/) for a half day and a field trip half day. The field trip attendees would provide volunteer effort to do some basic upkeep around the CRC (fence repair, weeding, removal of invasives, planting natives, etc...), which is critical to their ongoing conservation efforts, as well as be shown the Center behind-the-scenes by CRC staff. Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge Leader: Bruce A. Sorrie, Research Associate UNC-Chapel Hill herbarium (basorrie@gmail.com) : Assistant leader J.D. Bricken, Refuge Manager Maximum Participants: 25 Fee: $10 Date: April 3, 2016 Sunday Travel: Car pool. We will make several stops by vehicle on the refuge, walking out from each. So, the fewer cars we have the better for all. Time: Depart Concord Convention Center at 9:00 am. Assemble at PDNWR headquarters on rte. 52 S of Ansonville, Anson County, at 10:15. After restroom stop, begin driving on refuge at 10:30. Lunch onsite; provide your own food & drink to eat in field. Depart refuge at 2:30; arrive back at Convention Center at 3:45. Information: maps, etc.: http://www.fws.gov/refuge/pee dee/ Description: Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge straddles the Pee Dee River in Anson and Richmond Counties in the lower piedmont of NC. Originally created to protect wintering waterfowl, the refuge has also become noted for its high quality and/or rare plant communities. We will visit the broad floodplain of Brown Creek, a nationally significant example of a bottomland forest. Adjacent to an ancient oxbow, we will search for spring wildflowers on mesic slopes. After lunch, we will spend time in a G1 wet pine flatwoods community that harbors dozens of species of coastal plain origin. It is being restored with periodic controlled burns. 2016 Meeting Information 161 Worting on the Rocks: Quillworts of the North Carolina Piedmont Trip Leaders: Jay Bolin (jfbolin@catawba.edu ) and Lytton Musselman (lmusselm@odu.edu) Participant Cap: 14 Fee: $5 Date: Sunday, April 3 Departure: Sunday April 3, 8:30am from the Concord NC Convention Center return by 2:30pm (van provided). Description: This field trip is affiliated with the Quillcon II Symposium but all field biologists are welcome. We will explore the quillwort and plant diversity of the central piedmont of NC, including granite rock outcrop plant communities, forested wetlands, and the Uwharrie mountains. The field trip concludes with a Lexington-Salisbury style Carolina barbecue lunch on the peak of Morrow Mountain (chicken and pork; please bring $10 cash for the cost of lunch). Uwharrie National Forest Leader: Alan S. Weakley, Director, UNC Herbarium (NCU), NC Botanical Garden, UNC-Chapel Hill ( weaklev@unc.edu) Maximum Participants: 30 Fee: $10 Date: Sunday, April 3, 2016 Travel: Car pool. We will make several stops by vehicle on the Forest, walking out from each. So, the fewer cars we have the better for all. Time: Depart Concord Convention Center at 9:00 am. Lunch onsite; provide your own food & drink to eat in field. Arrive back at Convention Center at 5:30. Description: Uwharrie National Forest contains some of the best remnants of well-managed Piedmont biodiversity between New Jersey and Alabama. The Uwharrie Mountains geologically represent an island arc and African terranes welded onto the North American Plate in continental collisions, and encompass a microcosm of modern Piedmont communities, with areas of rugged and subtle topography, a diversity of rock types varying from mafic to felsic, fire-maintained xeric slopes and ridges, mesic slopes, bogs, depression swamps, river corridors, and an admixture of Coastal Plain, montane, and piedmontane floristic elements. We will aim (in a long and busy day) to see Piedmont longleaf pine savannas, steep-slope shortleaf pine and oak woodlands on contrasting felsic and mafic substrates, “Piedmont prairie” endemics, depression swamps with breeding amphibians, rich slopes with spring ephemerals, and scour glades with rare endemic species. 162 SE Biology, Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 Oral Presentations See the Presentation Abstracts published separately for complete authors listing with affiliations. Friday am, April 1 st Time Ecology: Communities 1 Concord A Ecology: Physiological Concord B Invertebrate Biology Concord CD Cell and Molecular Biology 1 Concord 1 Systematics 1 Concord J SERNEC Herbarium Symposium Kannapolis A 8:15 am [47] Zack E. Murrell • Update on SERNEC: Key to the Cabinets, History, Progress and Challenges 8:30 am [1] Emily Ann Galloway, David B. Vandermast • Setting Ecological Parameters for Defining a Forest of Continuity [10] Zachary B. Griffin et al. • Accumulation of Cobalt in Nyssa sylvatica From the Buck Creek Serpentine Barren (Clay County, NC) [19] Olivia A. Howell etal. * Stable Isotope Analysis Reveals Differences in Trophic Niche of Arachnids in Field and Forest Sites [28] Mary K. Murray et al. • Cytotoxic Effects of Amorpha fruticosa Leaf, Stem, and Root Extractions on PC-12 Adrenal Neural Cells From Male Rattus norvegicus [37] Whitaker M. Hoskins et al. • A Study in Cinnabarina-Scarlet: Novel Collection of Trametes fungus from Tennessee [48] Emily L. Gillespie • The Marshall University Herbarium: A Model for Engaging Student Curators in Small Herbarium Digitization Efforts 8:45 am [2] Dennis D. Tarasi • Biotic and Abiotic Community Changes With Species Invasions [11] Mary Jane Carmichael, William K. Smith • Growing Season Ecophysiology of Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich. (Bald Cypress) Saplings in a Restored Wetland: A Baseline for Restoration Practice [20] Juan P. Aristizabal et al. * Experimental Biology in Vietnam: A Survey of Pollinating Flies and Bees around Flower Resources Using Multiple Trap Methods [29] J. Logan Bowling et al. • Filtering of Transient and Low- Level Mitochondrial Damage Signals by the PINK1 :Parkin Mitophagy Pathway [38] Andrew P. Hart et al. - Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the north-temperate Labrador teas ( Rhododendron Subsection Ledum) reveals a likely East Asian biogeographic origin and North American taxa of hybrid origin [49] Carol Ann McCormick • DWG's, Poor Penmanship, and Posthumous Slaps: Georeferendng Herbarium Specimens With Cryptic Labels 9:00 am [3] Thomas G. Green, Laura E. DeWald • Relationships Between Woody Spedes Functional Traits and Structure With Distance Into Harvested Openings [12] J. Melissa Hernandez- Moreno et al. • Clouds Increase Within-Crown Light Penetration and Homogenize Shoot Temperatures, Evapotran- spiration, and Photosynthesis in Abies fraseri [21] Josiah S. Williams et al. • Female Sexual Function Among Parthenogenesis-Inducing Wo/bacb/a-lnfected Trichogramma Wasps [30] Nelly Grigorian, Christopher D. Barton • A Study of the Role of P53 in the Regulation of MARCKS Expression [39] Lane D. Gibbons, Conley K. McMullen • A Morphometric Analysis Offers Additional Insights on Infraspecific Variation in Eleocharis tenuis (Cyperaceae) [50] Jason H. Best • Digitization Workflow Automation at BRIT ASB Paper Presentations 163 Time Ecology: Communities 1 Concord A Ecology: Physiological Concord B Invertebrate Biology Concord CD Cell and Molecular Biology 1 Concord 1 Systematics 1 Concord J SERNEC Herbarium Symposium Kannapolis A 9:15 am [4] Michael S. Hooker • The Effect of Road on Community Structure by Changing Seed Dispersal Patterns [13] Tyler J. Pyle et al. • Similarity of Pair Behavior Influences Reproductive Success in Wild Breeding Tree Swallows [22] Peter M. Schlueter, Mark A. Schlueter • An Assessment of Apple ( Malus domestica) Pollination by Native Bees [31] Jeff King, Christopher D. Barton • Effect of p53 Status on S100A13 Expression in Response to Oxidative Stress [40] Samantha J. Worthy et al. •Phylogenetic Analysis of Andean Tree Communities Along an Elevational Gradient in Ecuador [51] Brad R. Ruhfel • The “Key to the Cabinets” Opens Many Doors 9:30 am [5] Nicholas P. Flanders et al. • The Role of Generalist Avian Frugivores in Determining the Distribution of the Mistletoe Phoradendron leucarpum [14] Kristen R. Content et al. • Repeatability of Stress Physiology and Nest Defense Behavior in Tree Swallows (' Tachycineta bicolor) [23] Edward B. Mondor • Insects and Death: Forensic Entomology in Georgia [32] Jasmin Mohn, Christopher D. Barton • Investigation Into the Regulation of CST6 by P53 Following Cellular Stress [41] M. Taylor Perkins, Joey Shaw, J. Hill Craddock • Phylogeographic Examination of Castanea Morphotypes in the Eastern United States [52] Andrea Weeks • Data Redaction for Virginia-Collected Herbarium Specimens on Symbiota: Developing a Consensus Among Stakeholders 9:45-10:45 BREAK for Posters, Exhibitors, and Coffee ASB Poster Session 1 (# 1-157, odd numbered posters presented) - Concord EF 10:45 am [6] Christopher J. Payne, Robert K. Peet • Analyzing Long-Term Forest Dynamics in a North Carolina Piedmont Forest Using Permanent-Sample Plots [15] Amanda S. Williard et al. • Effects of Temperature on Metabolism and Osmotic Balance in the Estuarine Diamondback Terrapin [24] Victor R. Townsend, Jr. et al. • Leg Injuries and Wound Healing in the Arboreal Neotropical Harvestman Cynorta marginalis (Opiliones, Cosmetidae) [33] Taeler Dahm, Christopher D. Barton • p53 Mediated Regulation of CCNH in Response to Paclitaxel-lnduced Mitotic Stress [42] Kylie Bucalo et al. • Evaluating the Evolutionary and Genetic Relationships of the Andean Orchids of Northwestern Ecuador [54] Nelson E. Rios, Henry L. Bart • Engaging the Group in Georeferencing Using GEOLocate 11:00 am [7] Jaclyn N. Inkster, Claudia L. Jolls • A Federally Threatened Great Lakes Dune Endemic Thistle Is an Important Floral Resource for Insect Visitors [16] open [25] Lori Tolley-Jordan et al. • A Survey of Freshwater Snails and Their Trematode Parasites in the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, AL [34] Vian Pulous, Christopher D. Barton • Transcriptional Regulation of RGS2 by P53 in Colorectal Cancer Cells [43] Cassandra H. Karlsson et al. ’TaxonomicRe-Evaluation of Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake-Master; Apiaceae) [55] Michael W. Denslow et al. • Notes From Nature and SERNEC: Leveraging a Citizen Science Tool for Large-Scale Digitization of Herbarium Labels 164 SE Biology, Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 Time Ecology: Communities 1 Concord A Ecology: Physiological Concord B Invertebrate Biology Concord CD Cell and Molecular Biology 1 Concord 1 Systematics 1 Concord J SERNEC Herbarium Symposium Kannapolis A 11:15 am [8] Mary Ann McBrayer, Kimberly A. Hays * Effects of Anthropogenic Habitat Disturbance on Small Mammal Community Diversity [17] Craig M. Lind, Terence Farrell • Hormonal Regulation of Maternal Care Behaviors in a Viviparous Pitviper [26] Tatyana Zvonareva et al. • Natural History of the Arboreal Cosmetid Harvestmen Cynorta marginalis (Arachnida, Opiliones) in a Neotropical Forest [35] Kenya M. Joseph • Interactions of siRNA Functionalized Therapeutic RNA Nanopartides with Whole Blood and Isolated Lymphocytes [44] Derick B. Poindexter, Alan S. Weakley • Understanding Carex sect. Acrvcystis: The use of Traditional and Contemporary Systematic Methods to Disentangle a Taxonomically Complex Group [56] Ashley B. Morris, James B. Beck • Expanding the Role of SERNEC: Opportunities to Address Old Taxonomic Problems With New Collaborative Approaches 11:30 AM [9] Melissa D. Caspary • Plant Pollinator Networks of the Coosa Valley Prairies [18] Glenn A. Marvin et al. • Effect of Acute Low Body Temperature on Predatory Behavior and Prey-Capture Efficiency in a Plethodontid Salamander [27] Suzanne E. Allison et al. • Variation in Female Mating Success and Behavior of the Ebony Jewelwing Damselfly, Calopteryx maculata [36] Emily F. Campbell et al. • Cytotoxic Effects of Phytolacca americana Berry, Root, Leaf, and Stem Extractions on PC-12 Adrenal Neural Cells From Male Rattus norvegicus [45] Rebecca Dellinger- Johnston, Bruce K. Kirchoff • Experimental Test of a New Visual Plant Identification Key to the Genus Quercus in the Southeastern US [57] Austin R. Mast • Crowdsourcing 10 Million Transcriptions—Multiple Strategies for Success With Digitization While Increasing STEM Literacy 11:45 AM [46] Adam J. Ramsey, Jennifer R. Mandel • Patterns of Cyto- Nuclear Disequilibrium and the Influence of Heteroplasmy in Wild Carrot, Daucus carota (Apiaceae) [58] Roland P. Roberts • National Sdence Foundation Funding Opportunities for Improved Collections Security and Digitization Lunch (Concessions available throughout Hotel) ASB Paper Presentations 165 Friday pm, April 1 Time Ecology: Communities 2 Concord A Ecology: Ecosystems Concord B Herpetology Concord CD Cell and Molecular Biology 2 Concord 1 Systematics 2 Concord J Zebrafish Symposium Kannapolis A 1:30 pm [59] Matthew J. Heard • Examining How Multiple Types of Disturbance Interact to Influence Native and Exotic Plant Coexistence [69] Margaret A. Small, David B. Vandermast • Environmental and Soil Characteristics of Eton University Forest [76] Steven Gardner et al. • Assessing Differences in Toxicity and Teratogenicity of Three Phthalates, Diethyl phthalate, Di¬ n-propyl phthalate, and Di-n-butyl phthalate, Using Xenopus laevis Embryos [86] Gabrielle A. Hayes et al. • Methylglyoxal Potentiates the Effect of Linezolid Against Staphylococcus aureus [95] Charles L. Kimmel etal. • Guide to the Vascular Flora of William B. Umstead State Park (North Carolina) [105] Tessa Shupe, Lori L McGrew • The Effects of Bupropion on the Working Memory of Anxious Danio Rerio 1:45 pm [60] Laura Horton, A. Darlene Panvini - Abundance of Earthworms Relative to Leaf Litter Mass and Exotic Plant Coverage [70] Katelyn Walters, Heather P. Griscom • Prioritizing Eastern Hemlock Trees for Secondary Imidacloprid Treatment in Shenandoah National Park [77] Annalee M. Tutterow etal. • Landscape-Level Factors Affecting Bog Turtle Populations in North Carolina [87] Andrew C. Bellemer • Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Sensory Neuron Function in Drosophila melanogaster [96] Amanda L. Faucette et al. • Guide to the Vascular Flora of Buxton Woods (Dare County, North Carolina) [106] Ted Zerucha- Characterization of the Meis2 Locus 2:00 pm [61] Ayda Porkar-Rezaeieh, A. Darlene Panvini * Biomass and Diversity of Earthworms is Affected by Presence of Exotic Shrubs [71] James A. Vance et al. • The Use of Google Maps and Street View to Facilitate Analysis in a Wildlife Vehicle Collision Study [78] Kathryn M. Greene et al. • The Effects of Conspecifics on Burrow Selection in Juvenile Spotted Salamanders {Ambystoma maculatum) [88] Chase Mackey, Nick Ragsdale • Circadian Rhythm Dependence of Habituation in C. elegans [97] Thomas S. McFadden, Brad R. Ruhfel • Documenting the Flora of Eastern Kentucky University’s Natural Areas Using the SERNEC Symbiota Portal [107] Mary Kinkel • The Role of Wnt/Beta-Catenin Signaling for Pancreatic Endoderm Development 2:15 pm [62] Katlin Stodard, A. Darlene Panvini • Decomposition of Acer saccharum and Lonicera maackii Leaf Litter in a First Order Stream [72] Adrienne F. Boucher et al. • Effects of the Urban Heat Island on Anurans in Remnant and Stormwater Control Ponds in the Charlotte Metropolitan Region [79] Heather L. Maher, David S. McLeod • Using Geomorphometrics to Understand the Limnonectes kuhlii Complex [89] Dora Geving, Nick Ragsdale • Implications of Parkinson’s Disease in Nematodes Treated With the Insecticide Pemiethrin [98] Raymond O. Flagg, Gerald L. Smith • Clarifying Taxonomic Confusion in Some Mexican Zephyranthes (Amaryllidaceae) [108] Linda M. Niedziela • Oil Dispersant Alters Atpase Activity and Gene Expression in Gills and Skin of Zebrafish (Danio rerio) 2:30 pm [63] Sara Haney, A. Darlene Panvini • The Effects of Exotic Earthworms and Exotic Plants on Soil Invertebrate Abundance and Diversity [73] Anna J. Markey et al. • The Effect of Human-Made Ambient Noise on the Pitch of Bird Vocalizations [80] Thomas K. Moore et al. • From Microscale to Macroscale: Field and GIS analysis of gopher tortoise {Gopherus polyphemus) burrows on Cumberland Island National Seashore [90] Miranda West, Nick Ragsdale • Potential Protective Effects of Nicotine in C. elegans Treated with 6-OHDA [99] Raymond O. Flagg et al. • Sister Relationships Among the US Southeastern Zephyranthes species (Amaryllidaceae) [109] Bonny B. Millimaki etal. • Inhibition of Top2 in Zebrafish Results in Axon Guidance Defects by Modifying Expression of Chemotactic Genes 166 SE Biology , Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 Time Ecology: Communities 2 Concord A Ecology: Ecosystems Concord B Herpetology Concord CD Cell and Molecular Biology 2 Concord 1 Systematics 2 Concord J Zebrafish Symposium Kannapolis A 2:45-3:45 BREAK for Posters, Exhibitors, and Coffee ASB Poster Session 2 (# 1-157, even numbered posters presented) Concord EF 3:45 pm [64] G. Neil Douglas et al. • Prey Remains in Bam Owl ( Tyto alba ) Pellets Collected in 1997 From a Silo Roost in Harrogate, Tennessee [74] Sara A. Gagne et al. • The Effects of Road and Landscape Characteristics on the Likelihood of a Barred Owl (Strix var/a)-Vehide Collision [81] Thomas K. Moore et al. • Population Dynamics of Gopher Tortoises ( Gopherus polyphemus) on Cumberland Island National Seashore on the most Southern Barrier Island of Georgia [91] Zara Latif, Nick Ragsdale •The Utilization of Obese Worms to Investigate the Link between Parkinson’s Disease and Obesity [100] Open [110] Cortney M Bouldin • Quiescence is a Critical Feature of the Multipotent Cells That Form the Zebrafish Body 4:00 pm [65] Chris J. Peterson • Intermediate Disturbance Severity Yields Maximal Structural Complexity: An Alternative Mechanism for the Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis? [75] Alexandra V. Shoffner et al. • The Relative Impacts of Habitat Amount, Habitat Configuration, and Urbanization on Forest Breeding Birds [82] Carlos D. Camp, Jessica A. Wooten • Genetic Interaction between two Cryptic, Parapatric Species of Two-lined Salamander ( Eutycea bislineata complex) along their Zone of Contact [92] Danielle Aument, Nick Ragsdale • Utilization of Alpha- Lipoic Acid as an Antioxidant in the Presence of 6-OHDA [101] Ramhari Thapa et al. • Reconstruction of Phylogenetic Relationship in Antennaria (Asteraceae) Using Data From Hundreds of Loci [111] Cindy Achat-Mendes • Examining zebrafish behaviors to investigate the polydrug effects of nicotine and alcohol 4:15 pm [66] Joe E. Winstead, Michael E. Held • Exceeding 100 Years in Age an Oak-Hickory Forest in East Central Mississippi Challenges Contemporary Basal Area Concepts [234] Jessica L. Allen, James C. Lendemer • The impacts of sea-level rise on coastal biodiversity: A case study in the Mid-Atlantic Coast Plain [83] Scott P. Jones, David R. Chalcraft • Fear, Competition, and Time: The Interaction of Predation, Competition, and Phenology on Treefrog Morphology and Life-History [93] Elizabeth Quamme, Eric E. Johnson • Expression Analysis of Centrins During Spermatogenesis in the Model Moss Physcomitrella patens [102] Charles N. Horn- AReview of the Morphological Distinction Between Two Azalea Species: Rhododendron calendulaceum and R. cumberlandense (Ericaceae) [112] V. McNeil Coffield • Exposure to estrogenic compounds alters the rate of calcium incorporation during early bone development in Danio reiio. 4:30 pm [67] Timothy O. Menzel • Providing a Complete Picture of Competition Between Two Ant Species, Aphaenogaster carolinensis and Nylanderia faisonensis [84] Walter H. Smith et al. • Are Green Salamanders as Rare as We Assume? Adapting Citizen Science to Address Data Deficiency in Aneides aeneus Across the Cumberland Mountains of Virginia [94] Sunada Khadka, Holly B Tong • The Effect of All Trans Retinoic Acid on Collagen Production by Uterine Smooth Muscle Cells [103] Christopher P. Randle et al. • Diversity and Subspecific Taxonomy of Phoradendron leucarpum (Raf.) Reveal & M. C. Johnst. (Leafy Mistletoe) ASB Paper Presentations 167 Time Ecology: Communities 2 Concord A Ecology: Ecosystems Concord B Herpetology Concord CD Cell and Molecular Biology 2 Concord 1 Systematics 2 Concord J Zebrafish Symposium Kannapolis A 4:45 PM [68] Dwayne Estes • A revolutionary new hypothesis to explain biogeographic disjunctions in the unglaciated eastern United States [85] Shem D. Unger, Rod Williams • Filial Cannibalism and Body Condition of the Eastern Hellbender Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis [104] Harvey E. Ballard, Jr. et al. * Reinventing Taxonomy for the Acaulescent Blue Violets {Viola subsect. Boreali- Americanae), or, There are a Lot More Species Out There Than We Thought Saturday am, April 2 Time Ecology: Populations 1 Concord A Ecology: Conservation 1 Concord B Ecology: Aquatic Biology 1 Concord CD Microbiology 1 Concord 1 Teaching and Learning 1 Concord GH Quillcon II Kannapolis A 8:20 am [159] Lytton J. Musselman, Jay Bolin • Greeting and Welcome 8:30 am [113] Lauren E. Whitehurst • Determining the Effects of Herbivory on an Herbaceous Plant, American Bellflower (Campanulastrum americanum L-) [123] Jamie M. Herald • Native Landscaping at Oak Ridge National Laboratory [133] Marina N. Osier, Risa A. Cohen • Combined Effects of a Flame Retardant and Ammonium on Plankton Community Structure in Blackwater Pond Mesocosms [141] Michael A. Schoonover et al. • A Survey of Bacterial Biodiversity and Lipid Content within Raccoon Mountain Caverns [149] Christopher D. Barton • A Model for Interprofessional Collaboration That Promotes Student Learning and Faculty Development in Undergraduate Anatomy and Physiology Courses [160] W. Carl Taylor • Species Evolution and Phylogeny of Isoetes 9:00 am [115] Alexandria N. Albers et al. • Differences in Intra- Versus Inter-Specific Competition May Drive Behavioral Differences in Bluebird Populations [125] Sean K. Binninger, Laura E. DeWald • Herb Abundance and Diversity among Fire Severities in Pine-Oak Forests of Great Smoky Mountains National Park [135] Aaron Q. Hite, Tom A. Blanchard • The Initial Response of a Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assemblage to a Stream Re-Channelization Project in Northwest TN [143] Abigail V. Nails, Jennifer D. Hayden • Cellular Processes in Mycobacterium smegmatis Are Regulated by Lysine Acetylation [151] Christopher D. Barton, A. Darlene Panvini • Promoting Student Well-Being in STEM Through Community and Civic Engagement [161] Lytton J. Musselman et al. • Rhizomorphs, Scales, and Sporelings of Isoetes 168 SE Biology , Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 Time Ecology: Populations 1 Concord A Ecology: Conservation 1 Concord B Ecology: Aquatic Biology 1 Concord CD Microbiology 1 Concord 1 Teaching and Learning 1 Concord GH Quillcon II Kannapolis A 9:00 am [115] Alexandria N. Albers et al. • Differences in Infra- Versus Inter-Specific Competition May Drive Behavioral Differences in Bluebird Populations [125] Sean K. Binninger, Laura E. DeWald • Herb Abundance and Diversity among Fire Severities in Pine-Oak Forests of Great Smoky Mountains National Park [135] Aaron Q. Hite, Tom A. Blanchard • The Initial Response of a Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assemblage to a Stream Re-Channelization Project in Northwest TN [143] Abigail V. Nails, Jennifer D. Hayden • Cellular Processes in Mycobacterium smegmatis Are Regulated by Lysine Acetylation [151] Christopher D. Barton, A. Darlene Panvini * Promoting Student Well-Being in STEM Through Community and Civic Engagement [161] Lytton J. Musselman et al. • Rhizomorphs, Scales, and Sporelings of Isoetes 9:15 am [116] Ray S. Williams, Megan Avakian • Terpenes and Genotype Choice by a Specialist Aphid in the Old-Field Plant Species Solidago altissima [126] Erika M. Dietrick, Claudia L. Jolls • How Does Temperature Affect Germination and the Seed Bank Potential of Thalictrum cooleyR [136] Ted F. West III, Matthew N. Waters • Spatial and Temporal Phytoplankton Dynamics in Response to Environmental and Anthropogenic Stressors in Lake Seminole, GA [144] Phoebe Parrish et al. • The Multifactorial Role of the Phytotoxin Coronatine in Plant Disease in Nicotiana benthamiana [152] John H. Niedzwiecki • Teaching the Value of Sustained Observation: A Multiweek Research Experience in Animal Behavior at the Zoo [162] Jay F. Bolin, Carmony L. Hartwig • Using fLow Cytometry to Aid Species Delimitation in Isoetes 9:30 am [117] Jose Garrido, Ray S. Williams • Terpene Production in Solidago altissima in Response to Aphid Herbivory [127] Erin E. Fegley, Claudia L. Jolls • Modeling Herbivory to Predict Population Viability of a Rare, Monocarpic Perennial (Pitcher’s Thistle) [137] Devin N. Kinney, Amber A. Burgett • Effectsof Roundup and Reduced Hydroperiod on the Behavioral Response of Hyla versicolor Tadpoles to Predator [145] Regina A. Bledsoe et al. • Response of the Soil and Rhizosphere Microbiome to Long-Term Fertilization [153] NicoleT. Welch ‘Pulling Out All of the Stops to Teach the Basics of General Ecology to a Changing Student Population [163] Elizabeth A. Zimmer et al. • DNA Sequences Identify Cryptic Species of Quillworts {Isoetes L.) 9:45-10:45 BREAK for Posters, Exhibitors, and Coffee ASB Poster Session 3 (#158-274, odd numbered posters presented) m Posters (#275-313) Concord EF 10:45 am [118] Ashley M. Hawk, Laura E. DeWald • Comparing Maxent and DOMAIN Habitat Suitability Modeling for a Rare Plant Species [128] Angela Monetta etal. * Bird Diversity in Two Habitats at Georgia Gwinnett College [138] Thomas A. Hess, Lori Tolley-Jordan • Do Fish Elicit Behavioral Responses of Macroinvertebrates in Small Streams of the Bankhead National Forest, Alabama? [146] Tyler Wilson, Patrick A. Vigueira • Synergistic Effect of Amoxapine and (3-Lactam Antibiotics Against MRSA [154] Oluwaseun O. Agboola, Anna C. Hiatt • Improving Student Success in Introductory Biology: The Use of Summative Assessment as an Inclusive Practice 10:40 am [164] Felix Grewe et al. • The Molecular Evolution of the Organellar Genomes of Isoetes: A Phylogenetic Perspective ASB Paper Presentations 169 Time Ecology: Populations 1 Concord A Ecology: Conservation 1 Concord B Ecology: Aquatic Biology 1 Concord CD Microbiology 1 Concord 1 Teaching and Learning 1 Concord GH Quillcon II Kannapolis A 11:00 am [119] Phoebe Cook et al. * No Evidence for Sexual Selection on Color Dimorphism in Megalagrion calliphya Damselflies [129] Kathleen A. K. Gabler, Brian C. McCarthy • Restoration of American Chestnut ( Castanea Dentata): Changing Fuels Will Facilitate Fire [139] Anna S. Sarkisova et al. • The Effect of Urban Fragmentation on Genetic Structure of Redbreast Sunfish [Lepomis auritus) and Green Sunfish (L. cyanellus) Populations [147] Stephanie S. Momeni et al. • Tracking Transmission of Streptococcus mutans using rep- PCR and MLST [155] Anna C. Hiatt *NABT Presents.., A Framework for Improving Science Practice Skills in Undergraduate Introductory Biology [165] Daniel F. Brunton*A New Isoetes Species From Granitic Flat Rocks in Alabama 11:15am [120] Jonathan D. Moore III et al. • Does Selection for Gamete Dispersal and Capture Lead to Lead to Sex Differences in Clump Water Retention? [130] Steven J. Price et al. • Effects of Mountaintop Removal Mining and Valley Filling on the Occupancy and Abundance of Stream Salamanders [140] A. Ashlea McCann, Jennifer L. Greenwood • Effects of Turtle Size and Microhabitat Preference on Patterns of Carapace Algal Growth and Community Structure at Reelfoot Lake [148] Andre L. Lorenz et al. * Linkage Between the Honey Bee Colony and Growth Characteristics of a Bee Fungal Pathogen [156] Jane P. Ellis • NABT Presents Does the Use of Active Learning Strategies in STEM Courses Actually Improve Student Retention and Learning? If So, What Are the Best Practices? 11:20 am [166] Angelo T roia et al. • A Contribution to the Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Genus Isoetes (Isoetaceae) in the Mediterranean Region 11:30 AM [121] Kathleen A. Carroll et al. • Harsh and Unpredictable Ecological Conditions Modulate the Relationship Between Social Structure and Direct Fitness in a Plurally Breeding Small Mammal [131] Jacob W. Malcom et al. • The Endangered Species Act in the Southeast [157] Ellen S. Goldey • NABT Presents... Moving Mountains: Inspiring Department-Wide Reform of Undergraduate STEM Education 11 :40 am [167] Peter W. Schafran et al. • Towards a Phylogeny of Isoetes in the Southeastern United States 11:45 AM [132] Claudia L. Jolls et al. • Analyzing the rewards and risks of biological control [158] Thomas M. Dodson* Critical Thinking and Art in the Big Picture of Biology Lunch (Concessions available throughout Hotel) 170 SE Biology, Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 Saturday pm, April 2 Time Ecology: Populations 2 Concord A Ecology: Conservation 2 Concord B Ecology: Aquatic Biology 2 Concord CD Floristics Concord J Microbiology 2 Concord 1 Teaching and Learning 2 Concord GH CTI STEM Education Symposium Kannapolis B 1:30 pm [168] Madison A. Williams et al. • Variation in Carotenoid Concentrations of House Sparrow ( Passer domesticus) Eggs Across the Laying Sequence [173] Clifton B. Ruehl, Troy Keller • Introduced Island Apple Snails (Pomacea maculata) in Western Georgia [183] Alexandria Jeffers, A. Darlene Panvini • Water Quality and Macroinvertebrate Diversity in Closed-Canopied and Open-Canopied Sections of an Urban Stream in Nashville, TN [191] Jennifer R. Mandel et al. • Using Phylogenomics to Resolve Mega-Families: An Example From Compositae [201] Henry G. Spratt, Jr. et al. • Incidence of Bacterial Contamination in a Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit [209] Jennell M. Talley, Rebekah Ward • Use of Creative Writing to Encourage Students to Address Their Misconceptions in Genetics [219] Jennifer Thompson • From the Merman to the Weatherman: The Evolution of Weather Prediction [220] Connie Wood • Metamorphosis—Triggers of Transformation 1:45 pm [169] Austin W. Brenek, Christopher P. Randle • Assessment of Reproductive Health in Marginal Populations of Buffalonut (Pyrularia pubera), a Dioecious Parasitic Shrub [174] Ben F. Chappell, Kevin G. Smith • Selective Predation of Native Reef Fish by Lionfish ( Pterois volitanslmiles) Along the North Carolina Coast [184] Walter Burn, A. Darlene Panvini • Biodiversity of Macroinvertebrates in A First Order Spring-Fed Stream on the Belle Forest Cave Property, Bellevue Tennessee [192] Katherine G. Mathews, Danielle Richardson • Cross-Species Microsatellite Amplification in the Trillium eredum Complex [202] A. Grace Collier et al. • Potential Bacterial Contamination From Lotions and Creams Used for Soft Tissue Mobilization and Massage in Outpatient Rehabilitation Clinics [210] Victoria A. Burgess et al. • Using Peer Supplemental Instruction in an Introductory Biology Course to Cultivate STEM Competencies [221] Cindy Woolery • Life Cycles of Animals—Constant Change! [222] Janet Raybon • The Rest of the Story: A Study of Death, Decomposition and Metamorphosis 2:00 pm [170] Justin Hendy • Changes in Biogeography of Rare Plant Species Endemic to the Southeastern United States from 2001 to 2015 [175] Patricia D. Parr* Promoting Pollinator Friendly Management on Federal Lands: The Oak Ridge Reservation Example [185] Sandra L. Cooke* A Comparison of Zooplankton Diel Vertical Distribution During Transparent and Turbid Conditions in a Natural Southern Appalachian Montane Lake [193] Alexander Krings et al. • Image Sort Creator: A New Web Service for Developing Visual Learning Exercises for Field Courses [203] Bryan R. Eoff, Nick Ragsdale • Caenorhabditis elegans Response to Hyperglycemic and Hypoxic Conditions Post Infection with Staphylococcus aureus [211] Candace Timpte et al. • Analysis of Reading Speed and Comprehension in Biology Majors [223] RimaSolh* Metamorphosis in Mathematical Models [224] Amy H. Ringwood • [session chair] 2:15 pm [171] Howards. Neufeld* The Paris Climate Talks and the 800 lb (363 Kg) Gorilla in the Room: Population Growth as the Root Cause of Global Climate Change [176] James A. Vance et al. • Species Composition and Temporal Patterns of Road- kills Along Physiographically Distinct Routes in Southwest Virginia [186] Logan Perkins etal. • The Effect of Stream Restoration on Fish Species Richness and Diversity in the Coastal Plains of West Tennessee [194] Abagail C. Burrus, Dane Kuppinger • Exploring the Historical and Modem Collections of the Salem College Herbarium [204] Austin T. Leavell et al. • Microbial Community Dynamics Related to the Function of an Artificial Wetland [212] Mark A. Schlueter, Boyko Gyurov • Teaching Biology and Mathematics During Field Experiences in a Month-Long Study Abroad Program in Vietnam ASB Paper Presentations 171 Time Ecology: Populations 2 Concord A Ecology: Conservation 2 Concord B Ecology: Aquatic Biology 2 Concord CD Floristics Concord J Microbiology 2 Concord 1 Teaching and Learning 2 Concord GH CTI STEM Education Symposium Kannapolis B 2:30 pm [172] Christopher Adams et al. • Variation in Dormancy States for Seeds of Calycanthus floridus L: Does Indefinite Retention in the Fruit Affect Germination Patterns of Seeds? [177] Nicholas Adams Johnny Randall • Informing the Restoration of Piedmont Savanna Using High Quality Rights-of-Way as Reference [187] James T. Ragan, Matthew N. Waters • The Environmental and Ecological Change of Cherry Lake, FL, USA, From the Mid-Holocene to Modern Day: Placing Human Impacts in the Context of Natural History [195] John M. Herr, Jr.* A Comparison of Anatomical Features in Fresh Sections of Coleus blumei Benth. With Sections Fixed in Camoy’s Fixative and Stored in 70% Ethanol and Sections Dehydrated, Paraffin Infiltrated and Embedded with Application of the Tertiary Butyl Alcohol Technique or with the Xylene Technique [205] Dane M. Kuppingeret al. • Assessing the Impact of Coal Ash Exposure on Soil Microbes in the Dan River [213] Valarie A. Burnett • Incorporating Student- Centered Learning Strategies, Including Flipped Classroom Activities and Course-Embedded Research, Into the Classroom Environment 2:45-3:45 BREAK for Posters, Exhibitors, and Coffee ASB Poster Session 4 (# 158-274, even numbered posters presented) Concord EF Time Ecology: Conservation Concord B Ecology: Aquatic Biology Concord CD Floristics Concord J Microbiology Concord 1 Teaching and Learning Concord GH 3:45 pm [178] Michael Kunzetal. • Germination Ecology of the Rare Southeastern Endemic, Amorpha georgiana (Georgia indigobush, Wilber [Fabaceae]) [188] Neil Billington, P. Taylor Ezell* A Comparison of Two Indices of Nitrogen Deficiency in Ponds in Pike County, Southeastern Alabama [196] Catherine E. Garner et al. • A Comparison of Stem Anatomy in Stachys caroliniana and Stachys Hondana Shutlw. and Stem and Leaf Anatomy in S. caroliniana and Four Previously Investigated Stachys species [206] Chasity Lawless et al. • Nitrogen Fixation Dynamics in Pueraria montana [214] Roger A Sauterer • Using Ecosystem Jars to Support Inquiry-Based Student Experiments 4:00 pm [179] JohnL. Randall et al. • Propagation and Reintroduction of the Sandhills Lily, Lilium pyrophilum (Liliaceae) [189] Gary D. Grossman • Long-Term Persistance, Density-Dependence and Effects of Climate Change on Rosyside Dace (Cyprinidae) [197] Charlie Williams • Retracing Andre Michaux's Botanical Explorations in the Carolinas and East Tennessee With a Michaux Family Member [207] Marian E. Hare, Philip Rock • A Comparison of the Cultivatable Bacteria From Wolbachia-Free and Wolbachia- Infected Strains of Drosophila melanogaster [215] Michael K. Moore, Virginia A. Young • A Redesign of Introductory Biology for Majors: Experimental Implementation of the Supplemental Model of instruction 172 SE Biology , Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 Time Ecology: Conservation Concord B Ecology: Aquatic Biology Concord CD Floristics Concord J Microbiology Concord 1 Teaching and Learning Concord GH 4:15 pm [180] Sunny A. Fleming et al. • The Use of Species Distribution Models (SDMs) to Guide Surveys for and to Evaluate the Distribution of the Streamside Salamander (Ambystoma barboun) in the Central Basin ofTennessee [190] Karl H Joplin • Description of the Microbiome of a Model Appalachian Stream [198] Zach Irick, Joey Shaw ■ Preliminary Vascular Plant Flora of the Big Soddy Creek Gorge [208] Jay A. Yoder, Andrew J. Jajack • Preventive Steps for Minimizing Effects of Fungicides (and Pesticides) on Honey Bee Colonies [216] James R. Rayburn • The Use of Student Response Systems to Increase Student Engagement in Human Anatomy and Physiology Courses at Jacksonville State University 4:30 pm [181] Kim Marie Tolson et al. * American Alligator Nest Depredation by Feral Hogs [199] Alan S. Weakley • An Example of What We Still Don’t Know About the Southeastern Flora: What Would Sherlock Think About the Confusticated and Combinatorial Case of the Alder on the Mountain? [217] Melissa M. Fox, ErikaS. Niland • Biology Intensive Orientation Seminar (BIOS) Enhances Student Performance in Introductory Biology Courses 4:45 pm [182] Alvaro Perez et al. • Diversity and Conservation Assessment for Ecuadorian species of Magnolia L (Magnoliaceae) [200] Alan S. Weakley • John and Amos’s Excellent Adventure: What Can We Learn 125 Years Later From Their Account About Taxonomic Exploration and Changes in the North Carolina Landscape? [218] Gary D. Grossman • Innovative Approaches to Fisheries Education ASB Paper Presentations 173 ppp Paper Presentations • Saturday pm, April 2 District 1 District II Time Carolina A Carolina B 1:30 pm [225] Maria Marlin et al. • The Role of Heterotrimeric G-protein signaling in Camelina sativa Growth and Development [230] Lindsay Millward, A. Darline Parvini • Differences in leaf decomposition rates between invasive exotic Lonicera maackii and native Acer saccharum in a temperate deciduous forest 1:45 pm [226] Kristy Williams, Costance Rogers-Lowery • Effects of Ocean Acidification on [231] Rachel Pearson, lauren King • Characterization of neutrophil cell death in Motility of Coral Larvae response to nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae 2:00 pm [227] Kyle Macke • Efficacy of alternative contrast agent in anemonefish culture [232] Jacob Dirkman et al. • Estrogens Effects on the Viability of Astrocyte Cells Exposed to Oxidative Stress 2:15 pm [228] Louis Penrod • Thermally induced shift in biomechanical performance of the [233] Tara Burke, Lori Tolley-Jordan • Does a large trematode parasite, Proterometra invasive lionfish, Pterois volitans epholkus, induce mortality on its freshwater snail host, Elimia modesta ? 2:30 pm [229] Sebastian Martinez • Impacts of urbanization on Anuran species richness 174 SE Biology, Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 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 Materials • Full Color Lab Manual • Safety equipment • Learning Management System Integration • Virtua 1 Learning Activities Offering solutions for: Biology Chemistry Anatomy & Physiology Microbiology Physics Physical Science Environmental Science Custom Kits 888-ESL-KITS info@esciencelabs.com www.esciencelabs.com ASB Poster Presentations 175 Posters-Concord EF Friday, Apr 1 s, (ASB Posters 1-157) TITLE AUTHORS ZEBRAFISH SYMPOSIUM pi Identification of Genes Involved in Vibrio cholera Colonization of the Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Elizabeth A. Villa, Ted Zerucha, Ece Karatan Biology, Appalachian State U, Boone, NC P2 A Simplified Method to Create Transgenic Zebrafish and Drosophila Using Electroporation Autumn Bass, David Guzman, Karen Guzman Biology, Campbell U, Buies Creek, NC P3 The Role of N-Nitroso-N-ethylurea (ENU) in the Induction of Chromosomal Abnormalities in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Megan M. Sibree, Linda M. Niedziela Biology, Elon U, NC P4 17(3-Estradiol Increases the Rate of Calcium Incorporation During Early Development in Danio rerio Jimmy Rager, Cailyn Scanlan, Matt Slitzky, Angela Bauer, V. McNeil Coffield Biology, High Point U, NC P5 Resveratrol Alters the Rate of Calcium Incorporation During Early Bone Development in Danio rerio Matt Slitzky, Cailyn Scanlan, Jimmy Rager, Angela Bauer, V. McNeil Coffield Biology, High Point U, NC P6 Characterization of a /We/s2-Linked Gene in Zebrafish Riley Parr, Tray Neilson, Zach Williams, Caroline Cochrane, Brandon Carpenter, Brantley Graham, Ted Zerucha Biology, Appalachian State U, Boone, NC P7 Characterization of a Highly Conserved Tetrapod Regulatory Element Associated With the Meis2 Gene in Zebrafish Mackenzie Trapp, Hannah Freundlich, Kyle Nelson, Ted Zerucha Biology, Appalachian State U, Boone, NC P8 Characterization of the Meis2 Associated Highly Conserved M2de3 Noncoding Element Laiton Steele, Alicia Ramsaran, Kyle Nelson, Ted Zerucha Biology, Appalachian State U, Boone, NC P9 Characterization of the Me/s2Associated Highly Conserved Vertebrate Noncoding Element m2de1 Megan Tennant, Tyler Ferrara, Cody Barrett, Kyle Nelson, Ted Zerucha Biology, Appalachian State U, Boone, NC P10 Human Gut Motility Disorders: Can Larval Zebrafish Provide a Live Animal Model? Rachel Krizek, Mary Kinkel Biology, Appalachian State U, Boone, NC P11 Onset of Metamorphosis Depends on Body Length, Not Age, for Larval Zebrafish Kitt Franse, Mary Kinkel Biology, Appalachian State U, Boone, NC P12 The effect of topoisomerase II inhibition on expression of axon pathfinding genes in zebrafish Mary E. Skrabut, Amanda D. Williams, Bonny B. Millimaki Biology, Lipscomb U, Nashville, TN 176 SE Biology, Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 P13 Topoisomerase2lnhibition Specifically Effects Axonal Guidance in Zebrafish Sara M. Stevers, Bonny B. Millimaki Biology, Lipscomb U, Nashville, TN Friday, Apr 1 s, (ASB Posters 1-157) P14 Comparison of the Anxiolytic Effects of Nicotine and Ethanol on Novelty-Elicited Responses in Zebrafish ( Danio rerio) Michelle L. Hall, Cindy Achat-Mendes Science & Technology, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville P15 Measuring the Rewarding Effects of Nicotine and Ethanol Polydrug Use in Zebrafish ( Danio rerio) Maria C. Granada, Cindy Achat-Mendes Science & Technology, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville P16 The Effect of Aspartame and Sugar on the Behavior of Adult and Juvenile Zebrafish Lenka N. Malec, Linda M. Niedziela Biology, Elon U, NC P17 The Effect of Top2 Inhibition, With Dexrazoxane, on Zebrafish Neural Development Abigail Poff, Donnie Pickel, Bonny B. Millimaki Biology, Lipscomb U, Nashville, TN DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY and MICROBIOLOGY 1 PI 8 Temporal, Spatial, and Age Distributions of White-Tailed Deer, Odocoileus virginianus , Killed on Bulloch County Roadways Mackenzie P. Payne, Edward B. Mondor Biology, Georgia Southern U, Statesboro PI 9 The Identification of Environmental Microorganisms that Utilize Bifenthrin Jaylin Grant, Michelle Thomas, Jamie Garner Biology, Campbell U, Buies Creek, NC P20 An Examination of Bacteria and Fungi Diversity and Abundance in Different Size Bowling Balls and Shoes Cathy Huynh, Mark A. Schlueter Science & Technology, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville P21 Bacterial Diversity from Soil of Varying Land Management at Furman University Neely M. Wood, Min-Ken Liao Biology, Funnan U, Greenville, SC P22 Application of a Multi-Disciplinary One Health Approach to Understanding Environmental Drivers of the Spatial Distribution of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Jingtian Wang 1 , Thomas Hart 1 , Leigh Robertson^, Jessie Barnett, John E. Quinn 1 , Min-Ken Liao 1 1 Biology, Furman U, Greenville, SC, Earth & Environmental Science, Furman, Greenville, SC P23 Isolation and Genomic Annotation of the Novel Bacillus thuringiensis Bacteriophage, Rex16 Sydney Dishman 1 Suzanne Henderson 1 , Jennifer Easterwood 1 , Kent Rhodes', Michael Wolyniak^, Joanna Katsanos* 1 Queens U of Charlotte, NC; 2 Hampden-Sydney College, VA P24 Synergistic Effects of Antibiotics, Antimicrobial Peptides, and Neutrophil Phagocytosis Upon Acinetobacter Baumannii Rowan E. Pitts Biology, College of Letters and Sciences, Columbus State U, GA P25 Combinatorial Effects of Manuka Honey and Fosfomycin on Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nicole M. Wright, Gabrielle A. Hayes, Patrick A. Vigueira Biology, High Point U, NC P26 Methylglyoxal Sensitizes Bacillus oleroniusto Topical Antibiotics Sarah L. Edmark, Patrick A. Vigueira Biology, High Point U, NC ASB Poster Presentations 177 P27 The Interaction of Antimicrobial Therapeutics with Amoxapine, a Commonly Prescribed Medication Norbeth E. Dzotefe Biology, High Point U, NC P28 Resistance to Beta Lactam Antibiotics: Development of a Rapid, Paper-based Detection Test Allison Shelton, Lisa Ann Blankinship Biology, U North Alabama, Florence Friday, Apr 1 s, (ASB Posters 1-157) P29 Investigating the Function of pufQ in Rhodobacter capsulatus Hannah Mordy, James L. Smart Biology, U of Tennessee at Martin P30 Manipulating the Cellular Genome of a Francisella tularensis- Infected Cell Janay F. Franklin, Sharon Taft- Benz, Shaun Steele, Lauren Radlinski, Tom Kawula Microbiology and Immunology, UNC Chapel Hill P31 Cape Fear River Sediment Reveals Antibiotic-Producing Bacteria Yancey T. McCoury, Elizabeth A. Brady, Weston R. Walker, Jessica S. Jones, Lauren M. Warzecho, Kevin B. Kiser Biology and Marine Biology, UNC Wilmington P32 Bacterial Contamination of Commercially Dispensed Iced Tea: A Preliminary Study Hannah M. White, Lea A. Cenname, C. Brian Odom Biology, Wingate U, NC P33 Antibiotic Resistance Profiles of S. aureus Isolates Collected From the Noses and Throats of Nursing Students Zachary P. Johannesson, Ashton L. Honeycutt, Matthew C. Mason, Caroline L. Jones, Aaron T. Kesinger, Nicholas C. Loekman, Kevin B. Kiser Biology and Marine Biology, UNC Wilmington P34 Evaluating Growth Phases and Virulence Factors Associated with Shigella flexneri 2a Propagation in vitro Stephanie M. Unkles 1 , Kingsley D. Dunkley 1 , Karen Harris-Shultz* 1 Biology, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Tifton, GA; 2 USDA, ARS-USDA, Tifton, GA P35 Evaluation of Sulfate Reducing Bacteria for Salt Tolerance Patrick Thomase, Kelsey Rodgers, Christiane Ingram, Benedict Okeke Biology, Auburn U at Montgomery, AL P36 DNA Hybridization Studies and Phenotypic Characterizations of Carbon Source Usage of the Kistimonas Species Emily A. Linton, Michelle L. Suhan-Thomas Biological Sciences, Campbell U, Buies Creek, NC CELL and MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1 P37 Comparison of Genistein-lnduced Apoptosis in T-Cell Leukemia Jurkat and Nonmalignant Lung Fibroblast MRC-5 Cells Shelby R. Curren 1 , Rosyln Crowder* Biology, Stetson U, DeLand, FL P38 Mapping the Sorting Signals of the Cytoplasmic Domain of Atg27 Maria A. Trujillo, Veronica A. Segarra Biology, High Point U, NC P39 Mitochondrial Identification and Barcoding of Sabal Palms Natalie Telfeja, Arlety Mendez, Alfredo Leon, Steven Ritter Biology, Miami Dade College, FL P40 Ki-67 Expression in Canine and Feline Squamous Cell Carcinomas Russell P. Webb 1 , Moges W. Woldemariam* 1 Biology, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Tifton, GA; 2 Veterinary Pathology, U of Georgia, Tifton, GA 178 SE Biology, Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 P41 An Investigation into the Effects of Genestein on Human Breast Cancer Cells Hannah M. Tardif, Mackenzie Jarvis, Michael Gladhill, Angela Bauer, Kristen Bowey Biology, High Point U, NC P42 The Cytotoxic Effect of Annona muhcata (Soursop) Fruit Pulp Extract on Hep-G2 Cells Ashley D Fox, Scott Weir, Patricia Koplas Biology, Queens U of Charlotte, NC Friday, Apr 1 st (ASB Posters 1-157) P43 Characterization of the Venom Proteome for the Wandering Spider, Ctenus hibemalis (Aranea:Ctenidae) T. Jeffrey Cole 1 , Patrick A. Buszka 1 , James A. Mobley', Robert A. Hataway 1 1 Biological & Environmental Science, Samford U, Birmingham, AL; 2 Surgery, U of Alabama at Birmingham P44 The Metabolic Regulator AMPK Alpha-2 Promotes Breast Cancer Cell Adhesion Properties Gabrielle J. Valles, Elliott T. Draughn, Melissa M. Fox Biology, Wingate U, NC P45 Genetic Screen for G Protein Signaling Components Involved in Nociception in Drosophila melanogaster Identifies Genes in the GAQ Pathway as Important for Nociception Michael Mutchler Biology, Appalachian State U, Boone, NC P46 Effects of Potential Neuroprotective Compounds on PC12 Cells Regan Chewning, Alison Woods, Mary A. Sahawneh Biological & Environmental Science, Samford U, Birmingham, AL P47 A Genetic Screen for Wnt Signaling Factors in Drosophila melanogaster nociception Paul R. Freeman, Andrew C. Bellemer Biology, Appalachian State U, Boone, NC GENETICS P48 Population Genetics of Seep Endemic Xyris tennesseensis Nickolaus Willis, Kala Downey, Carol Baskauf Biology, Austin Peay State U, Clarksville, TN P49 Introgression of a Root-Knot Nematode Resistance Gene from ‘Honey Drip’ into Susceptible Sorghum Lines Lolita L. Munoz', Karen Harris-Shultz', Hongliang Wang J , Richard Davis', Joseph Knoll 1 , Jason Peake 1 College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, U of Georgia, Tifton; 2 Crop Genetics and Breeding Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Tifton, Georgia; 3 Crop Protection and Management Research, USDA-ARS, Tifton, GA P50 Developing Microsatellite Markers to Distinguish Between Varieties of Vetiver {Chrysopogon zizanioides) Christine A. Bowen, Matt C. Estep Biology, Appalachian State U, Boone, NC P51 Modeling the Mixed-Lineage Leukemia (MLL1) Multi-Protein Complex in Saccharomyces cerevisiae David Klein, Marian Baker, Renee J. Chosed Biology, Furman U, Greenville, SC P52 A Genetic-Sexing Study of Raptor Species Native to the South-Eastern United States Harley Williams, Jeffrey Thomas, Jennifer Easterwood Biology, Queens U of Charlotte, NC P53 The Effects of Caffeine and Alcohol on Development in Drosophila melanogaster Jordin Ellingson, Emily Bewick, Robert H. Wainberg Biology, Piedmont College, Demorest, GA P54 Comparison of Ambystoma maculatum and Ambystoma opacum population genetics in the Halley G. Watson, Chuck Smith, Patrick A. Vigueira, Cindy C. Vigueira Uwharrie Mountains of North Carolina Biology, High Point U, NC ASB Poster Presentations 179 P55 Genetic Identification and Phylogeny of Parasitoid Wasps (Family Ichneumonidae) from North Carolina Joshua Baulch, Patrick A. Vigueira, Cindy C. Vigueira Biology, High Point U, NC ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY P56 The Influence of Seasonal Fluctuations in Temperature on Feeding Kinematics of Juvenile Alligator mississippiensis Carl A. Chmielewski, James R. Kerfoot, Jr. Biology, Union U, Jackson, TN Friday, Apr 1 s, (ASB Posters 1-157) P57 How Doth the Little Crocodile: Analyzing the Effects of Environmental Viscosity on Feeding Perfoimance of Alligator mississippiensis Juveniles Emily E. Easter, James R. Kerfoot, Jr. Biology, Union U, Jackson, TN P58 The Effects of Pruning Manipulation and Early-Spring Hoop House Use on Hop Production in Southwest Virginia Justen Dick 1 , Emily Belanger*, Gerald Bresowar* 1 Kelly Ridge Farms, Meadowview, VA; 2 Biology, Emory and Henry College, Emory, VA P59 Impact of Serious Games on Learning and Teaching in Undergraduate Anatomy and Physiology Classes Donald Shaw', Laina L. Roberson*; 1 Biology, U of Tennessee at Martin; 2 Psychology, U of Tennessee at Martin P60 A Long-Term Study of Cortisol as a Biomarker for Chronic and Acute Stressors Eric M. Benfield, Barrett W. Bradham, Ivan P.M. Dingle, Zachary S. Ford, Charles P. Fyfe II, Fernando U. Gonzalez, Danny J. Gustafson, Kristy Y. Johnson Biology, The Citadel, Charleston, SC P61 Effect of CrossFit on Academic Performance and Examination Stress in Preprofessional Undergraduate Students—A Preliminary Analysis Joshua T. Clontz, Erika S. Niland, J. Alison Brown Biology, Wingate U, NC EVOLUTION P62 Preliminary Analysis of Genetic Diversity in Geum radiatum Suggests Inter-Population Diversity Nikolai M. Hay ', Chris Ulrey*, Gary Kauffman* 5 , Zack E. Murrell 1 , Matt C. Estep 1 1 Biology, Appalachian State U, Boone, NC; 2 Blue Ridge Parkway, NPS, Asheville, NC; 3 National Forest Service, Asheville, NC P63 Assessing Viability and Development of Hybrid Offspring From Two Closely Related Insect Species Paige L. Stover, Jennifer A. Hamel Biology, Elon U, NC P64 Examining the Effects of Parasitism on Female Mate Choice and Copulation Duration Dawson W. Nance, Jennifer A. Hamel Biology, Elon U, NC P65 Costs of Between-Species Mating for Secondarily Sympatric and Allopatric Populations Tyler K. Lehmann 1 , Jennifer A. Hamel* 1 Environmental Studies, Elon U, NC; 2 Biology, Elon U, NC P66 Quantification of Male White-Crowned Manakin (Dixiphia pipra) Displays Using Object- Recognition Software Lauren Woods', Casey Murakami', Paul Zwiers', Philip Fulmer* 1 Biology, Francis Marion U, Florence, SC; 2 Physics & Astronomy, Francis Marion U, Florence, SC P67 Whispered Communication: The Structure of a Low-Amplitude Signal Produced by Hatchling Chinese Blue-breasted Quail ( Cotumix chinensis) Edward D. Mills Biology, Wingate U, NC 180 SE Biology, Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 p68 Identifying T ransposable Elements Using a Comparative Approach to Understand Grass Andrew Murray, James Wise, Lindsay Shields, Alyssa Phillips, William Fenner, Matt C. Estep Genome Evolution Biology, Appalachian State U, Boone, NC Sarah Rawlins 1 , Ashley Watford*, Autumn Lupotsky*, Mya Praileau*, Timothy Tedder*, Paul Zwiers*, p 6g Amplification and Sequence Verification of Gene Regions to Be Used in a Phylogeographic Jeff Camper 2 Study of the Pine Barrens Treefrog ( Hyla andersonii) 1 Clemson Pee Dee Research and Education Center, Florence, SC; 2 Biology, Francis Marion U, Florence, SC Friday, Apr 1 s, (ASB Posters 1-157) SYTSTEMATICS, COLLECTIONS & HERBARIA P70 Dentition and radula morphology in an undescribed Ercoiania species (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia: Ascoglossa) Ashley Sibley, Deirdre Gonsalves-Jackson Biology, Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk P71 Spiculation in Doriopsilla pharpa (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Nudibranchia) and Its Sponge Prey Ashley Byers, Deirdre Gonsalves-Jackson Biology, Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk P72 Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Genus Diervilla (Diervillaceae) Hannah Meeler 1 , Katherine G. Mathews* 1 Biology, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC; 2 Biology, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC P73 Comparison and Phylogenetic Classification of Quercus margaretta Populations by DNA Barcode Analysis Heather J. Vidal, Michael H. Schiebout Biology, Union U, Jackson, TN P74 A Morphometric Study of the Cyperus granitophilous-Cyperus squarrosus Complex in Georgia Phillip D, Lowe, Richard Carter Biology, Valdosta State U, GA P75 Identification of Mycorrhizae Associated With the Aquatic Plant Isoetes (Isoeteaceae) Viridiana Mandujano, Karina Noyola-Alonso, Morgan E. Elder, Jay F. Bolin Biology, Catawba College, Salisbury, NC P76 Molecular Identification of Quillworts ( Isoetes) in the Aquarium Trade Morgan E. Elder, Joel D. Schlaudt, Douglas B. Taylor, Jay F. Bolin Biology, Catawba College, Salisbury, NC P77 Genetic Sequencing and Barcoding of Saba/Palms Elizabeth Castiglione, Bryan Gonzalez, Steven Ritter, Alfredo Leon North Campus, Miami Dade College, FL P78 Comparison and Phylogenetic Classification of Quercus margaretta Populations by DNA Barcode Analysis Heather J. Vidal, Michael H. Schiebout Biology, Union U, Jackson, TN P79 The Vascular Flora of the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee Jonathan P. Evans 1 , Callie A. Oldfield 1 , Mary P. Priestley 1 , Yolande M. Gottfried 1 , L. Dwayne Estes* Alfire Sidik 3 , George S. Ramseur 1 1 Biology, Sewanee: The U of the South, TN; 2 Biology, Austin Peay State U, Clarksville, TN; 3 Cellular and Molecular Biology, U of Texas at Austin P80 The Gift of Natural History: The Annie M. Smith Collection at Dalton State College Cristina Pena, Linda Braun, Kimberly A. Hays Natural Science, Dalton State College, GA ASB Poster Presentations 181 P81 Modernizing the MTSU Herbarium to Reflect 21st Century Approaches to Collections Curation Nickolaus A. Gonder, Ashley B. Morris Biology, Middle Tennessee State U, Murfreesboro P82 Advances in Wiregrass Georgia: Infrastructural Improvements to Sustain another Half- Century of Herbarium-Based Research and Teaching at Valdosta State University Richard Carter, Ashlee D. Robinson, Phillip D. Lowe Biology, Valdosta State U, GA HERPETOLOGY 1 P83 Assessment of the Distribution of Snake Fungal Disease in Kentucky Jennifer M. McKenzie', Steven J. Price 1 , Leo J. Fleckenstein', Andrea N. Drayer', Jeffrey M. Lorch" 1 Forestry, U of Kentucky, Lexington; 2 US Geological Survey, National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, Wl Friday, Apr 1 st (ASB Posters 1-157) P84 Developing Length Estimates for Incomplete Rattlesnake Skeletons Through Vertebral Measurements and X-Ray Technology Alanna R. Horton, Meagan A. Thomas, Michael E. Dorcas Biology, Davidson College, NC P85 Factors Affecting Aquatic Activity in Red-Spotted Newts (Notophthalmus viridescens) Brielle L. Bowerman 1 , Emma R. Johnson 1 , Meagan A. Thomas 1 , Kristine L. Grayson", Michael E. Dorcas 1 1 Biology, Davidson College, NC; 2 Biology, U Richmond, VA P86 Evaluating the Potential for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to be Used as a Tool to Study Freshwater Turtle Populations YangYu Zhou 1 , Meagan A. Thomas ', Michael E. Dorcas ' Biology, Davidson College, NC P87 Feeding Frequency Affects Growth Rates and Assimilation Efficiency in Juvenile Burmese Pythons Aren J. Carpenter 1 , Paige A. Farrar 1 , Jason Ortega", John D. Willson", Michael E. Dorcas 1 1 Biology, Davidson College, NC; 2 Biological Sciences, U Arkansas, Fayetteville P88 The Relationship Between Population Structure and Density in Pond Turtles Anna Marie Scoccimaro, Michael E. Dorcas Biology, Davidson College, NC P89 Impacts of Airplane Noise on Winter-Breeding Anuran Populations Alanna R. Horton 1 , Kathryn M. Greene 1 , Meagan A. Thomas 1 , Aaron N. Rice", Michael E. Dorcas 1 1 Biology, Davidson College, NC; 2 Bioacoustics, Cornell U, Ithaca, NY P90 Occupancy Dynamics of Stream Salamanders in Degraded and Reference Headwater Streams Sara B. Freytag', Steven J. Price', Simon J. Bonner", Brenee L. Muncy 1 , Andrea N. Drayer 1 , Christopher D. Barton 1 1 Forestry, U Kentucky, Lexington; 2 Statistical and Actuarial Sciences, U of Western Ontario, London P91 Movement of Hatchery-reared Alligator Snapping Turtles at Two Lentic Sites in Northern Louisiana Cody L. Townsend, John L. Carr Biology and Museum of Natural History, U of Louisiana at Monroe P92 Predicted Impact of Climate Change on the Geographic Range of the Eastern Coral Snake (Micrurus fulvius) Jennifer N. Archis, Amanda J. Chunco Environmental Studies, Elon U, NC P93 Nocturnal Tracking of Genus Hyla with Fluorescent Pigments on Anderson University Wetlands (Anderson, SC). Alexis Moorhouse, Joni M. Criswell Biology, Anderson U, Anderson, SC 182 SE Biology, Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 ENTOMOLOGY/INVERTEBRATES/PARASITOLOGY 1 P94 The Impact of Diet on Pupation Site Choice in the Caterpillar Trichoplusia ni William C. Best, David M. Donnell Biology, The Citadel, Charleston, SC P95 Non-Preference of the Catalpa Sphinx, Ceratomia catalpae (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) to Invertebrate Predators Stephanie Brandys, Leah Orange, Diana Porras, Evan Lampert Biology, U of North Georgia, Oakwood P96 Cailosobruchus maculatus Oviposition Preference Influenced by Chemical Cues on Bean Surfaces Jenna 1. Hojnacki, Rachel C. Fenner, Sarah B. Spiro, Tin B. Tran, Matthew M. Howell, John F. Moeller Biology, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC P97 A Survey of Pollinating Flies and Bees around Yellow and Blue Flower Resources in Vietnam using Multiple Trap Methods. Manuela Gallego Builes, Gina V. Amariles, Alicia M. Flood, Juan P. Aristizabal, Ivan Magana, Kerami D. Moss, Stefano R. Rosillo, Catherine G. Schlueter, Mark A. Schlueter Science & Technology, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville Friday, Apr 1 st (ASB Posters 1-157) P98 Molecular Evidence of Undescribed Ceratonova sp. (Cnidaria: Myxosporea) Infecting Freshwater Polychaete, Manayunkia speciosa, in Western Lake Erie R. Benjamin Snipes 1 , David M. Malakauskas 1 , Ann M. Thompson 1 , Donald W. Schloesser* 1 Biology, Francis Marion U, Florence, SC; 2 US Geological Survey, Great Lakes Science Center, Ann Arbor, Ml P99 Characterization of Wolbachia Endosymbionts From Two Species of Widow Spiders and a Widow Spider Egg Parasitoid Bryant Brumbill, J. Scott Harrison Biology, Georgia Southern U, Statesboro PI 00 Color Change in Larval Antiions in Response to Background Jennifer Zettler, Bil Leidersdorf, Abigail Johnson Biology, Armstrong State U, Savannah, GA P101 Life History of a Facultative Precocious Trematode, Alloglossidium progeneticum, in the White Tubercle Crayfish, Procambarus spiculifer, in the Yellow River, GA Riccardo Fiorillo, Daniel De La Hoz Science & Technology, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville PI 02 Effect of Botanical Components and Essential Oils of 21 Plant Species on the Yellow Fever Mosquito, Aedes aegypti William H. Dees 1 , Caleb M. Ardizzone 1 , Jill Hightower*, Omar E. Christian" 5 , Janet R. Woolman 4 1 Biology & Health Sciences, McNeese State U, Lake Charles, LA; 2 Calcasieu Parish Mosquito & Rodent Control, Lake Charles, LA; 3 Chemistry & Physics, McNeese State U, Lake Charles, LA; 4 Economic Development, McNeese State U, Lake Charles, LA P103 Investigations of Potential Insecticidal Compounds From Monarda fistulosa and Solidago gigantean Caleb M. Ardizzone 1 , Nick DeVito 1 , Jill Hightower*, William H. Dees', Omar E. Christian 0 , Janet R. Woolman 4 1 Biology and Health Sciences, McNeese State U, Lake Charles, LA; 2 Calcasieu Parish Mosquito and Rodent Control, Lake Charles, LA; 3 Chemistry & Physics, McNeese State U, Lake Charles, LA; 4 Economic Development, McNeese State U, Lake Charles, LA PI 04 Seasonal Survey of Adult Mosquitoes in an Urban Park Caleb M. Ardizzone 1 , Dakota L. Johnson 1 , William H. Dees 1 , Jill Hightower* 1 Biology & Health Sciences, McNeese State U, Lake Charles, LA; 2 Calcasieu Parish Mosquito & Rodent Control, Lake Charles, LA ASB Poster Presentations 183 PI 05 Harvestman Size Impacts the Realized Trophic Level in a Rain Forest Food Web Maynard H. Schaus, Victor R. Townsend, Jr. Biology, Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk PI 06 Responses of the Harvestman Cynorta marginalise Olfactory Cues and Conspecifics Maynard H. Schaus, Victor R. Townsend, Jr., Ashley N. Shrives, Cynthia L. Richardson Biology, Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk AQUATIC ECOLOGY 1 PI 07 Cellular Responses of the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica, to PolyDOTs Daniel J. Smith 1 , Nicole H. Levi-Polyachenko^, Amy H. Ringwood 1 1 Biological Sciences, UNC Charlotte; 2 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC PI 08 Spatial Patterns in Herbivory Within Belizean Seagrass Beds as Estimated by Blade Injury, Length and Width Adrianna L. Parson, Joseph M. Dirnberger Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology, Kennesaw State U, GA PI 09 Resolving a Florida Spring Food Web Through Diet Analysis of Fish Genevieve Patrick, Kirsten Work Biology, Stetson U, DeLand, FL P110 Ammonium Retention Analysis at Mill Creek Restoration Site Annalise M. Reagan, Courtney T. Dobash, Elizabeth B. Sudduth Science & Technology, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville Friday, Apr 1 s, (ASB Posters 1-157) Pill Sediment Transport at Mill Creek Restoration Site Courtney T. Dobash, Annalise M. Reagan, Elizabeth B. Sudduth Science & Technology, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville P112 Investigation of the UV Sensitivity and Photoenzymatic Repair Capabilities of Daphnia magna and Daphnia lumholtzi Mary Clare A. McGinn Biology, High Point U, NC P113 Habitat Contamination and Antipredator Behaviors in Longnose Dace ( Rhinichthys cataractae) Haley K. Lloyd, Kimberly J. Bolyard Biology, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA P114 Identifying Daphnia Species by Morphological Traits and DNA Barcoding Cara Vielhauer', Melissa PompihW, Robert U. Fischer^ 1 Biology, Middle Tennessee State U, Murfreesboro; 2 Biology, Middle Tennessee State U, Murfreesboro; 3 College of Basic and Applied Sciences, Middle Tennessee State U, Murfreesboro P115 The Effect of Female Egg Production on Male Mating Behavior in the Copepod Tigriopus californicus Anna Lee Whitaker, Alex Dye, J. Scott Harrison Biology, Georgia Southern U, Statesboro P116 Effects of Light Cycling and Wavelength on the Molecular Components and Circadian Clock Whitney B. Leach 1 , Adam M. Reitzel 1 of Nematostella vectensis Biological Sciences, UNC Charlotte P117 An Historical Analysis of Legacy Agricultural Land Use and its Effects on Present Day Fish Abundance and Diversity in Streams of the South Carolina Piedmont Mark Frederick, Carolyn Day, Dennis C. Haney History and Biology, Furman U, Greenville, SC P118 Survivability of Daphnia magna in Aqueous Hexavalent Chromium Elaine Rossignol, Debra Dooley Natural Sciences, Piedmont College, Demorest, GA 184 SE Biology, Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 P119 Organic Carbon Burial in Subtropical, Shallow Lakes in Florida, USA: Investigating the Impacts of Warming and Humans Benjamin C. Webster, Matthew N. Waters' Biology, Valdosta State U, GA PI 20 An Analysis of the Effectiveness of Underwater Video Analysis as a Survey Technique for Fish Communities in Mountain Streams Lacy J. Clark, Timothy A Kreps Biology, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA POPULATION ECOLOGY 1 P121 Retrospective Study of Birds of Prey Treated at the Southeastern Raptor Center in Auburn, Alabama Cecilia L. Hernandez 1 , Seth Oster", Jennifer L. Newbrey 1 1 Biology, Columbus State U, GA; 2 Southeastern Raptor Center, Auburn U, AL PI 22 Parameter Sensitivity Analysis for Pesticide Impacts on Honeybee Colonies Carmen Kuan', Bob Curry", Gloria DeGrandi-Hoffman J , Kris Garber 1 , Andrew Kanarek 4 , Tom Purucker 5 Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Engineering, Athens, GA; 2 Crystal River Consulting, Tucson, AZ; 3 USDA Agricultural Research Service, Tucson, AZ; 4 EPA, Arlington, VA; 5 EPA, Athens, GA PI 23 Genetic Structure of Feral Pig Populations in Tennessee Rebecca L. Sale, Chloe E. Wilson, Mary K. Sledge, John S. Lewis Biology, Lipscomb U, Nashville, TN PI 24 Tomorrowland: Elevated CO 2 Alters Broad Bean, Vicia Faba L., Growth/Defense Tradeoffs Harley B. Kitching, Edward B. Mondor Biology, Georgia Southern U, Statesboro Friday, Apr 1 s, (ASB Postere 1-157) PI 25 Dendrochronology of Juniperus virginiana on Mississippi Black Belt Prairie William G. Mitchell 1 , John A. Barone', JoVonn G. Hill" 1 Biology, Columbus State U, GA; 2 Mississippi Entomological Museum, Mississippi State U, Starkville PI 26 Comparing Reproductive Success in Allopatric and Sympatric Species of Anasa trists and A. andresii Tyler K. Lehmann', Jennifer A. Hamel" 1 Environmental & Ecological Science, Elon U, NC; 2 Biology, Elon U, NC P127 Effects of Genotype, Environment and Their Interaction on Leaf Terpenes and the Abundance of a Specialist Aphid in Solidago altissima Brian K. Bonville', Ray S. Williams Biology, Appalachian State U, Boone, NC PI 28 Effects of Genotype and Site on Flower Terpenes and the Pollinator Community of the Old- Field Plant Solidago altissima Julie A. Ragsdale, Ray S. Williams Biology, Appalachian State U, Boone, NC P129 Effects of Human Disturbance on Hatching Failure Rates of Eastern Bluebirds ( Sialia sialis) in West-Central Georgia Marie J. Singletary, Jennifer L. Newbrey, Michael G. Newbrey Biology, Columbus State U, GA ECOSYSTEM and LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY P130 Arthropod Phenology as a Component of Birds’ Reproductive Success Tracie E Hayes', Allen H Hurlbert' Biology, UNC Chapel Hill P131 Visualizing Forest Characteristics of Elon University Forest in ArcMap Brittany R. DiRienzo 1 , David B. Vandermast" 1 Environmental & Ecological Science, Elon U, NC; 2 Biology, Elon U, NC ASB Poster Presentations 185 PI 32 Carbon Sequestration and Changes in Aboveground Tree Biomass on Elon University Forest Sarah A. Gilley, David B. Vandermast Environmental & Ecological Science, Elon U, NC P133 Quantifying Private Lands Contributions to Waterfowl Habitat Management Objectives in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley Garrett L. Wilkerson, Kim M. Tolson, J. Dale James 1 Biology, U of Louisiana at Monroe; 2 Biology, U of Louisiana at Monroe; 3 Conservation Planning, Ducks Unlimited, Ridgeland, MS PI 34 Invertebrate Diversity on Urban Green Roofs in Charlotte, NC Danielle K. M. Merritt, Sara A. Gagne Geography & Earth Sciences, UNC Charlotte PI 35 The Effect of Bird Diversity on Human Psychological Wellbeing on the Neighborhoods of Charlotte Metropolitan Area Abel Ayon 1 , Sara A. Gagne P136 Monitoring the Effectiveness of Storm Water Bioretention Areas on the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Campus Lori M. Sherling, Carrie R. Crabtree Science, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Tifton, GA PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY P137 Interactions of the Manganese Hyperaccumulator Phytolacca americana with Soil pH and Phosphate Kara V. DeGroote, Grace L. McCartha, A. Joseph Pollard Biology, Furman U, Greenville, SC P138 Morphological and Ecological Study of the Crane-Fly Orchid ( Tipularia discoloi) Margaret Essepian 1 , Allyson Kane 1 , Nicole Hughes 1 Biology, High Point U, NC Friday, Apr 1 s, (ASB Posters 1-157) PI 39 Testing Potential Allelopathic Mechanisms of Chinese Privet ( Ligustrum sinense) for Herbicidal Purposes Jessica L B Hunnicutt 1 , Kunsiri C. Grubbs 1 Biology, Winthrop U, Rock Hill, SC PI 40 Effects of 1 -Alkyl-3-Methylimidazolium Chloride Ionic Liquids on the Growth of Agricultural and Native Wetland Plants Morgan E. Kennedy, John T. Emery, Abidemi T. Adamson, Jingjing Sun, Jessica L. Ertel, Adedolapo A. Odutola, Heather D. Sutton Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology, Kennesaw State U, GA P141 Seasonal Variation in Immune Function, Energetic Status, and Infection with Snake Fungal Disease in Free-Ranging Pigmy Rattlesnakes {Sistrurus miliarius) in Central Florida McCoy, Ciera, Craig Lind, Terence Farrell Biology, Stetson U, DeLand, FL PI 42 The Influence of Light and Soil Moisture Availability on the Rare Terrestrial Orchid Platanthera integrilabia Sarah Parker, Gregory Raymond, Jennifer Boyd Biology, Geology, and Environmental Science, U of Tennessee at Chattanooga PI 43 Optimization of Chloroplast Isolation from the Sabal Genus Arleeya S. Alexander, Kathlyn Alexis, Steven Ritter, Alfredo Leon Biology, Health & Wellness, Miami Dade College, FL PI 44 Winter Photosynthesis of Chinese Privet ( Ligustrum sinense) Catherine Cooke, David B. Vandermast Biology, Elon U, NC 186 SE Biology, Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 CONSERVATION ECOLOGY 1 PI 45 Community Effects and Genetic Diversity of Post-Fire Paulownia tomentosa Invasions in the Linville Gorge Wilderness Area, Burke County, NC Joseph B. Lovenshimer, Michael D. Madritch Biology, Appalachian State U, Boone, NC PI 46 Exploring Trapping Methodology in Species Richness Estimation of Rodents and Insectivores at Oak Mountain State Park Victoria P. Van de Vuurst 1 , David M. Frings* 1 Biological & Environmental Science, Samford U, Birmingham, AL; 2 Oak Mountain Interpretive Center, Samford U, Binningham, AL PI 47 Effects of drying and storage method on nutritional content of acorn masts for wildlife rehabilitation patients: a pilot study Malia D. Berg 1 , Tamara L. Johnstone-Yellin 1 , Kate Guenther*, David McRuer* 1 Biology, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA; 2 Wldlife Center of Virginia, Walterboro, VA PI 48 A Long-Term Experimental Study Wth American Chestnut Hybrids in a 100-Year-Old Forest Christopher P. Coggin, Matthew Morrissey, Guy Stewart, Heather P. Griscom Wthin the Ridge and Valley province of Virginia Biology, James Madison U, Harrisonburg, VA PI 49 Searching for the Ghost of the Appalachians: The American Chestnut Christopher P. Coggin, Brittany 0. Culp, Abigail R. Goszka, Bruce A. Wiggins, Heather P. Griscom Biology, James Madison U, Harrisonburg, VA PI 50 Where does the elusive American Ginseng grow best? Experimental Field Trials Abigail R. Goszka, Ashley M. Warrington, Emily C. Thyroff, Heather P. Griscom Biology, James Madison U, Harrisonburg, VA PI 51 A Preliminary Investigation of the Ages ofJuniperus virginiana L. in the Cedar Glades and Barrens of Tennessee Thomas C. Byrd, Rebecca A. Cook Biological Sciences, U of Memphis Lambuth Campus, TN PI 52 A Multi-Year Study Examining the Effect of Human Settlements on Carnivore Abundance and Diversity Sarah G. MacDonald, Mark A. Schlueter Science & Technology, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville Friday, Apr 1 5t (ASB Posters 1-157) PI 53 The Distribution, Reproductive Viability and Nutrient Status of an Endemic Population of Large-Flowered Skullcap Mint [Scutellaria Montana L.] in Marshall Forest, Rome, GA Susan Monteleone 1 , Jesse Purser*, Hannah Turner' 3 , Shea Spicher*, Boyd Butler 1 , Chris Elsey 1 , Jonathan Paul 1 1 Natural Science, Shorter U, Rome, GA; 2 Georgia Power, Rome, GA; 3 Medicine, U of Alabama; 4 Occupational Therapy, U of Alabama, Birmingham PI 54 Restoration of Sandhill Ecosystems: The Importance of Soil Fungi on the Growth of a Native Perennial, Liatris tenuifolia Nutt Tabitha A. Petri, Cynthia C Bennington Biology, Stetson U, DeLand, FL PI 55 Hybridization in the Hexastylis heterophylla Species Complex, Wth a Focus on the Conservation of Hexastylis naniflora Joseph T. McKenna, Zack E. Murrell, Matt C. Estep, Nikolai M. Hay Biology, Appalachian State U, Boone, NC PI 56 Hellbender Citizen Science: A Survey Focusing on the Distribution of the Eastern Hellbender ( Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) in Southwest Virginia Ashlee S. Taylor, Walter H. Smith Natural Science, The U of Virginia's College at Wse PI 57 An Evaluation of Visible Implant Elastomer Tags in The Northern Slimy Salamander, Plethodon glutinosus Andrew M. Dawdy 1 , Kate C. Donlon 1 , John B. Jensen*, Thomas C. McElroy 1 1 Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology, Kennesaw State U, GA; 2 Wldlife Resources Division, Georgia Natural Resources, Forsyth ASB Poster Presentations 187 Saturday, Apr2 n(l (ASB Posters #158-274) PULSE PI 58 The Appalachian Arkcode: A Vision & Change Inspired Model for an Authentic Research Lab Series Aimed at Freshman Sarah Marshburn, Zack E. Murrell Biology, Appalachian State U, Boone, NC PI 59 SERP Update: Departmental Transformation at East Tennessee State University Joseph Bidwell, Cerrone Foster, Anna C. Hiatt, Cecilia McIntosh, Rebecca Pyles Biological Sciences, East Tennessee State U, Johnson City PI 60 Moving Mountains: The Impact of the Southeastern Regional PULSE Initiative on Twenty Diverse Institutions Engaged in Department-Wide Undergraduate Biology Reform Ellen S. Goldey 1 , Judy Awong-Taylor*, Mary P. Smith 13 biology, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC; 2 School of Science and Technology, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, GA; 3 NC A&T, Greensboro, NC P161 Evolution of the Biology Major Curriculum at James Madison University: It Starts with the Freshman Kyle Seifert, Tim Bloss, Joanna Moat Biology, James Madison U, Harrisonburg, VA PI 62 Transforming a Department Using Strategic Planning, Assessment Data, and Department Inclusion: A Progress Report at Lander University Lisa McDonald, Mark J. Pilgrim, Emily Prince, TD Maze Biology, Lander U, Greenwood, SC PI 63 Save the Bears: An Update on the Action Plan of Mercer University's Biology Department Katharine V. Northcutt, Virginia A. Young, Linda L. Hensel, Kevin M. Drace Biology, Mercer U, Macon, GA PI 64 A student-centered learning focus: strategies to strengthen the P.U.L.S.E. of the Newberry College Biology Program Valarie A. Burnett, Charles N. Horn Science & Mathematics-Biology, Newberry College, SC Saturday, Apr 2 n(l (ASB Posters #158-274) P165 Integrating Discovery-Based Research Into the Undergraduate Curriculum: A Report of a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Convocation Mary A. Smith Biology, North Carolina A&T State U, Greensboro, NC PI 66 Active Learning Strategies Program Implementation Through Project-Based Learning as Part of a Biotechnology Curriculum Alfredo Leon Miami Dade College, North Campus, Miami, FL PI 67 Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience in an Introductory Biology Course: Assessing the PULSE of our Majors Mabel 0. Royal, Wendy H. Grillo, Amal M. Abu-Shakra, Gail P. Hallowell Dept of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina Central U, Durham, NC P168 Using Course-Embedded Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) to Build and Sustain High Student Engagement in STEM Fields at Georgia Gwinnett College Judy Awong-Taylor', Clay Runck 1 , David Pursell', Tirza Leader*, Allison R. D'Costa 1 , Patrick Smallwood, Thomas Mundie 1 1 Science & Technology, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville; 2 School of Liberal Arts, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, GA 188 SE Biology, Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHING & LEARNING PI 69 Using Service Learning Internships to Build and Sustain High Student Engagement in STEM Fields at Georgia Gwinnett College Clay Runck', Allison R. D'Costa 1 , Bernadette Peiffer^, Judy Awong-Taylor 1 , Melissa Kinard*, Thomas Mundie 1 1 Science & Technology, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville; 2 Education, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville P170 Using Learning Styles to Predict Instructional Preferences Mary E. Lehman Biological and Environmental Sciences, Longwood U, Farmville, VA P171 Engaging Undergraduate Science Students at Risk of Leaving Science William H. Dees 1 , Christopher G. Struchtemeyer 1 , Caroline E. Hennigan 1 , Caleb M. Ardizzone 1 , Janet R. Woolman 2 1 Biology and Health Sciences, McNeese State U, Lake Charles, LA; 2 Economic Development, McNeese State U, Lake Charles, LA P172 Practical Guidelines for Health Education and Training for Emerging Diseases in Overseas Communities William H. Dees 1 , Jonathan R. Davis* 1 Biology and Health Sciences, McNeese State U, Lake Charles, LA; 2 Infectious Disease Consultant, Alexandria, VA P173 The Nightmare Buffet: An Introduction to Epidemiological Practices for General Biology Students Elizabeth S. Bradshaw 1 , Justin M. Bradshaw* 1 USDA-NIFA Food Virology Collaborative (NoroCORE), North Carolina State U, Raleigh; 2 Math, Social, & Natural Sciences, Johnston Community College, Smithfield, NC P174 Maggots 101: A Lesson in Entomology for Law Enforcement Michelle N. Tremblay, Edward B. Mondor Biology, Georgia Southern U, Statesboro Saturday, Apr 2nd (ASB Posters # 158-274) P175 The Development and Implementation of a Natural Science Living and Learning Community Utilizing the Biological Field Station at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Erin Schrenker, Margaret Dempsey, Alexandra Korshun, Ashton Mitchell, Richard Schwartz, Bradley Reynolds, Thomas P. Wilson Innovation in Honors Program do Biology, Geology, and Environmental Science, U of Tennessee at Chattanooga P176 Evidence for Cognitive Bias in Undergraduate Biology Students Elizabeth Harrison', Joel K Abraham*, Virginia M Card" 1 Science & Technology, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville; 2 Biological Science, California State U, Fullerton; 3 Biology, Metropolitan State U, Saint Paul, MN PI 77 Nuts and Bolts of a Curriculum Revision Heather P. Griscom, Patrice M Ludwig, Kyle N Seifert Biology, James Madison U, Harrisonburg, VA PI 78 Synthesis and Efficacy Testing of Novel Anti-biofilm Lead Compounds-Authentic Research in an Undergraduate Classroom David Goode 1 , Christina Bure*, Shawn Canavan*, Linda L. Hensel* 1 Chemistry, Mercer U, Macon, GA; 2 Biology, Mercer U, Macon, GA PI 79 UV-induced DNA Topology Affects Transformation Frequency in E. coli recA~ and recA + strains: Authentic Research in a Junior-level Genetics Course Priyanka Naik 1 , Kaitlyn Mcbride 1 , Linda L. Hensel 1 Biology, Mercer U, Macon, GA ASB Poster Presentations 189 PI 80 Cancellation MICROBIOLOGY 2 P181 Microbial Diversity in Student Athletes: Implications for Human Health Nadine Brockmann, Virginia Merida, Carmony L. Hartwig Biology, Catawba College, Salisbury, NC PI 82 Analysis of the DNA Binding Characteristics of GerE From Geobacillus Stearothenvophilus Rodrigo Catalan-Hurtado, Dinene L. Crater Biology, High Point U, NC PI 83 The Impact Of Viral Load on Mite Parasitism In Harvestmen (Opiliones) Devanshi D. Patel, Robert M. Roach, Michael K. Moore, Virginia A. Young Biology, Mercer U, Macon, GA PI 84 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) Impact Antimicrobial Peptide Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae and Cause Reduced Motility in P. aeruginosa Lyssa Y. Baker, David K. Giles Biological and Environmental Sciences, U of Tennessee at Chattanooga PI 85 Isolation and Characterization of Wild Yeasts from Fruit Samples Mikaela M. Hardy, Kevin M. Pitz Biological Sciences, U of Tennessee at Martin PI 86 Development of a Test to Measure Possible Correlation between Stress and Increased Streptococcus mutans in College Students Kaitlyn G. Jackson, Kevin B. Kiser Biology and Marine Biology, UNC Wilmington PI 87 Isolation, Characterization and Antibiotic Susceptibility of Staphylococcus Species on Surfaces in a University Weightlifting Facility Danielle M. D'Angelo, Camry L. Wagner, Kristen T. Jernigan, Kevin B. Kiser Biology and Marine Biology, UNC Wilmington PI 88 The Effect of 17 a-Ethinyl Estradiol on the Growth of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Zahna Bigham, Monica Mohanty, Wanda T. Schroeder Biology, Wesleyan College, Macon, GA Saturday, Apr 2 nd (ASB Posters #158-274) PI 89 Rainfall Influence on Escherichia coli for the Anderson University Cox Creek Monitoring Site Thomas H. Hogan, Carrie Koenigstein Biology, Anderson U, Anderson, SC PI 90 Development of Continuous Cultures for the Purification and Repurposing of Chitin Jamal H. Hunter, Carrie R. Crabtree Science, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Tifton, GA PI 91 Isolating Fungal and Bacterial Growth on Agar Mediums Joshua Doughty, Jeffrey Thomas Biology, Queens U of Charlotte, NC PI 92 Specificity of bacteriophage when infected into Bacillus thuhngiensis kurstaki and Bacillus thuringienses israelinsis Olivia R. Brown, April Sipprell Biology, Queens U of Charlotte, NC PI 93 Isolation and Characterization of Kudzu Nodule Bacterial Growth in Nitrogen-Free Media Chasity Lawless, Debbie Curtis, Mishal Jamil, Michelle Zedonek, Amelia Abdullah, Robert Haining, Lee Kurtz, Rebekah Ward Science & Technology, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville 190 SE Biology, Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 PI 94 Investigations into putative Kudzu nodule “cheaters” Chasity Lawless, Debbie Curtis, Mishal Jamil, Michelle Zedonek, Amelia Abdullah, Robert Haining, Lee Kurtz, Rebekah Ward Science & Technology, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville P195 Manipulating the cellular genome of a Francisella tularensis-infeded cell Janay Franklin, Sharon Taft-Benz, Shaun Steele, Lauren Radlinski, Tom Kawula Microbiology and Immunology, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC CELL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2 PI 96 RNA-Processing Genes Control Sensory Neuron Function in Drosophila melanogaster Amber D. Dyson, Morgan R. Gaglianese-Woody, Carolyn K. Kawada, Rebeccah K. Stewart, Andrew C. Bellemer Biology, Appalachian State U, Boone, NC PI 97 Role of IL-3 in Immune Responses to Plasmodium berghei in a Murine Model of Malaria Samantha Saylor 1 , Malia D. Berg 1 , Chris S. Lantz^, Tracy L. Deem' 1 Biology, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA; 2 Biology, James Madison U, Harrisonburg, VA PI 98 p65 fl/li /LysMCre Transgenic Mouse Model Shows Altered NF-kB Signaling in Macrophages Shelby Howard, Aditi Talkad, Eesha Oza, Jennifer Bradford Biological Sciences, Augusta U, GA PI 99 Measuring UV Sensitivity in New Zealand Vineyard Yeast Species Emery Longan, Melissa Knutsen, Renee J. Chosed Biology, Furman U, Greenville, SC P200 Identification of a Mammalian Equivalent for the Autophagy-Related Yeast Protein Atg27 Thomas S. Moss, Veronica A. Segarra Biology, High Point U, NC P201 Cell Viability and Gene Regulation Following Exposure to Contents of E-Cigarette Refill Solutions Maxwell Marlowe', Gretchen E Potts^, Margaret Kovach', Ethan Carver' 1 Biological and Environmental Sciences, U of Tennessee at Chattanooga; 2 Chemistry, U of Tennessee at Chattanooga P202 The Effects of Glucose, Saccharine, Aspartame, and Sucralose on Longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans. Emily K. Deas, Robert T. Grammer Biology, Belmont U, Nashville, TN Saturday, Apr 2 M (ASB Posters #158-274) P203 In Vitro Analysis of Transcription Repression by GerE during Spoliation in Bacillus subtilis Maria Valverde, Dinene L. Crater Biology, High Point U, NC P204 Effects of stress on hormonal protection in neuronal-like cells Bridget Smith, Kathleen Hughes, Glenn Stokes, Kevin Burgess Biology, Columbus State U, Columbus, GA P205 Total Synthesis of the Far-red Fluorescent Protein mNeptune2 Kenyon D. Jones, Robert H. Newman Biology, North Carolina A & T State U, Greensboro HERPETOLOGY 2 P206 Substrate Avoidance Behavior in Green Salamanders, Aneides aeneus Paul V. Cupp, Jr. Biological Sciences, Eastern Kentucky U, Richmond ASB Poster Presentations 191 P207 Effect of Predation Risk on the Substrate Choice of Two-Line Salamander, Eurycea cirrigera, Larvae Miranda Gulsby, Riccardo Fiorillo Science & Technology, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville P208 A Test of Ecological Character Displacement between the Larvae of Two Species of Cryptic, Sympatric Species of Two-lined Salamander ( Eurycea wilderae and E. cirrigera) Kristina Coggins, Stephen Owensby, Carlos D. Camp Biology, Piedmont College, Demorest, GA P209 Acute Toxicity of Copper to the Larval Stage of Three Species of Ambystomatid Salamanders Scott M. Weir 1 , Shuangying Yu*, David E. Scotf 5 , Stacey L. Lance J 1 Biology, Queens U of Charlotte, NC; 2 Environmental Science and Chemistry, Queens U of Charlotte, NC; 3 Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, U of Georgia, Aiken, SC P210 Geospatial Analysis of Introduced Python in Florida Rob Hopkins, Jacob Manning Wildlife Conservation Program, U of Rio Grande, OH P211 The Importance of Gas Line Right-of-Ways as Breeding Habitat for the Pine Barrens Treefrog ( Hyla andersonii) at Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge Eran S. Kilpatrick 1 , Nancy Jordan*, Gregory T. Joye J , Will Dillman* 1 Mathematics and Science, U of South Carolina, Salkehatchie, Walterboro; 2 Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge, McBee, SC; 3 Civil and Environmental Engineering, U of South Carolina, Columbia; 4 South Carolina Dept of Natural Resources, Columbia P212 The Spatial Ecology of the Eastern Box Turtle in an Urban and Fragmented Landscape of Southeast Tennessee Mark J. Dillard, Jeremy Hooper, Team Salamander, Thomas P. Wilson Biology, Geology & Environmental Sciences, U of Tennessee at Chattanooga P213 Ultraviolet Predicts Body Size in Adult Eastern Fence Lizards ( Sceloporus undulatus) Cambre L. Goodlett, Barry P. Stephenson Biology, Mercer U, Macon, GA P214 The Effect of Acclimation Temperature on Anaerobic Metabolism in Exercising Yellowbellied Sliders ( Trachemys scripta scripta) Bethany L. Williams', Amanda S. Williard 1 Biology and Marine Biology, U of NC Wilmington P215 The Population Dynamics of the Gopher Tortoises on Cumberland Island, Georgia Alexandria A. Gagne', Thomas K. Moore*, John J. Enz', David E. Unger* 1 Biology & Marine Science, Jacksonville State U, AL; 2 Biology, Maryville College, Maryville, TN P216 Phylogeographic Patterns Among Eastern Newts ( Notophthalmus viridescens) in the Southeastern United States Gavin R. Lawson', Eran S. Kilpatrick* 1 Biology, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA; 2 Biology, USC Salkehatchie, Walterboro Saturday, Apr 2 nfl (ASB Posters #158-274) P217 Testing the Effect of Albinism on Avian Attack Rates in Eastern Garter Snakes (' Thamnophis s. sirtalis). Zeshan S. Velani 1 , Nikolett lhasz*, Barry P. Stephenson 1 1 Biology, Mercer U, Macon, GA; 2 Psychology, Mercer U, Macon, GA ENTOMOLOGY/INVERTEBRATES/PARASITOLOGY 2 P218 The Effect of Background and Illumination on the Visual Cues Used by Foraging Manduca sexta Hawkmoths William L. Kuenzinger, Jonathan M. Travis, Jordan Weesner, Joaquin Goyret Biological Sciences, U of Tennessee at Martin P219 The Effects of the Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid on the Electroretinogram (ERG) of the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitn'pennis Amanda L. Perez, Shihui Liang, Barry K. Rhoades Biology, Wesleyan College, Macon, GA 192 SE Biology, Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 P220 Foraging Behaviors of the Fungus-growing Ant, Cyphomyrmex rimosus Julia de Amorim, Athena Downes, Kelsea Young, John David Riechert, Forrest Collins, Jennifer Zettler, Bil Leidersdorf Biology, Armstrong State U, Savannah, GA P221 Does Color Matter? Function of Color Polymorphism in Gasteracantha cancriformis in Northeast Florida Sean M. Zweygardt, E. Natasha Vanderhoff Biology & Marine Science, Jacksonville State U, AL P222 A Six-Year Survey of Flower Fly (Family Syrphidae) Diversity and Abundance Found in Georgia Apple Orchards (2010-2015) Over Significantly Different Growing Seasons Peter M. Schlueter 1 , Mark A. SchlueteK 1 U of North Georgia, Oakwood; 2 Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville P223 Excess Power Index: A Sexually Dimorphic Trait in Bees Sarnia Ladner, Gabrielle A. Hayes, Kristen Korankyi, Josh Campbell, Cindy C. Vigueira, Patrick A. Vigueira Biology, High Point U, NC P224 Delimiting Cryptic Species of the Anopheles crucians Complex in the Fred Stanback Jr. Ecological Preserve at Catawba College, Salisbury, North Carolina Matthew Jordan-Steele, Joshua York, Elizabeth Brown, Ashley Wagoner, Bruce Harrison, Carmony L. Hartwig Biology, Catawba College, Salisbury, NC P225 Investigation of Cysteine-Rich Peptides in the Parasitoid Wasp Copidosoma floridanum Richard W. Zealy, David M. Donnell Biology, The Citadel, Charleston, SC P226 A Sequence Comparison of Cytochrome Oxidase 1 in Hadenoecus cumberlandicus Populations Found in the Sloans Valley Cave System, Pulaski County, Kentucky Rebecca Holmes, Brandon Miner Molecular Biology/Biochemistry, Wittenberg U, Springfield, OH P227 Using Fluorescence Microscopy to View Real Time Flemocyte Aggregation in Response to Acute Bacterial Exposure in the American Lobster Sara J. Farthing, Darwin D. Jorgensen Biology, Roanoke College, Salem, VA P228 The Role of Tissues and Organs in the Immune Response to Acute Bacterial Infection in the American Lobster: Characterization by Confocal Microscopy Elaina K. Furr, Angela M. Montalvo, Darwin D. Jorgensen Biology, Roanoke College, Salem, VA P229 Survey of Microorganisms Associated With Male and Female Genitalia of Harvestmen Areli Ibarra, Renee M. Wiggs, Victor R. Townsend, Jr. Biology, Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk P230 Lethal Concentration Rates of Eight Potential Entomopathogens Juan Morales, Erika S. Niland Biology, Wingate U, NC Saturday, Apr 2 na (ASB Posters # 158-274) AQUATIC ECOLOGY 2 P231 Pre-Restoration Survey of Fish Diversity in a NW Georgia Lake and Wetland J. Aaron Burnette, Mary Ann McBrayer, G. John Lugthart Natural Sciences, Dalton State College, GA P232 Sedimentation in Headwater Streams in a State Park Danielle Williams 1 , Elizabeth G. Dobbins' 1 Chemistry, NC Agricultural & Technical State U, Greensboro; 2 Biological & Environmental Sciences, Samford U, Birmingham, AL ASB Poster Presentations P233 Cancellation P234 Do Stream Restoration Projects Get Better With Age? P235 Cumulative Impacts of Coal Mining on the Chemistry of the Black Warrior River D ,„ c Sediments Alter the Decomposition of Leaf Litter in Small Man-Made Ponds in Central P236 Virginia p237 Effects of an Industrial Basin Overflow on Trace Element Accumulation in Sediment and Biota of a Coastal Plain Stream P 238 Observations on the Fecundity of Bellamys japonica, a New Invasive Species in the Savannah River Basin p 23g Determining the Molecular Weight of the Alarm Cue in the Crayfish Cambarus acuminatus Using a Behavioral Assay P 24 Q Observations on the Metabolism of Bellamys japonica, a New Invasive Species in the Savannah River Basin p Population Dynamics of Bellamya japonica : An Experimental Investigation of Sources of Mortality P242 The Effects of Temperature on the Exotic Zooplankton [I ]Daphnia [Ijlumholtzi P243 Variation in Parrotfish Species Abundance and Sex Ratios among Multiple Reefs of Calabash Caye, Belize p « 44 Influence of Perched Road Culverts on the Abundance of Blacknose Dace ( Rhinichthys atratulus ) in Blue Ridge Streams in Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee Saturday, Apr 2" P245 Digenetic Trematodes of Eastern Virginia: an Ode to DNA Barcoding P246 Cancellation 193 Elizabeth B Sudduth Science & Technology, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville Tao Li, Elizabeth G. Dobbins Biological & Environmental Science, Samford U, Birmingham, AL Julia Marcellus', Jen Andrews', Kenneth Fortino', Matthew N. Waters^ 1 Biological and Environmental Sciences, Longwood U, Farmville, VA ; 2 Biology, Valdosta State U, GA Paul T. Stankus, Angela H. Lindell, John C. Seaman, J Vaun McArthur, Dean E. Fletcher Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, U Georgia, Athens Josephine B Anthony, Lauren E Turbyfill, Richard L Mahon, Ashley Gaynor, John Hains Biological Sciences, Clemson U, Clemson, SC Andrea Sanchez, Abbie Tomba Biology, U of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA Sarah Fishburne, Jacob Bartell, John Hains Biological Sciences, Clemson U, Clemson, SC John Hutson, Kyle Kilpatrick, Nike Pappas, Jake Laird, John Hains Biological Sciences, Clemson U, Clemson, SC Melissa Pompilius, Robert U. Fischer Biology, Middle Tennessee State U, Murfreesboro Donna K. McCullough, Ellen C. Tomlin, Kimberly T. Wright, Jill G. Schulze, Nancy E. Dalman Biology, U North Georgia, Dahlonega Mark S. Schorr', Dan Huser", Josuha B. Smith^ 1 Biology, Geology & Environmental Sciences, U of Tennessee at Chattanooga ; 2 Limestone Valley Resource Conservation and Development Council, Fort Oglethorpe, GA (ASB Posters #158-274) Teresa Nguyen, Abbie Tomba Biology, U of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA 194 SE Biology, Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 CONSERVATION ECOLOGY 2 P247 A Comparative Study of Disturbed and Undisturbed Forest Patches: Variation in Bird Communities Within a Brachsytegia Woodland Joseph Oyugi Natural Sciences, Gardner-Webb U, Boiling Springs, NC; Zoology-Ornithology Section, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi P248 Anthropogenic Sound Pollution and Northern Cardinal Calls Johanna P. Cotter, E. Natasha Vanderhoff Biology and Marine Science, Jacksonville State U, AL P249 Does Sustainable Pasture Management Increase Soil Carbon? Implications for Climate Change Kelly M Livernoche, Heather P. Griscom Biology, James Madison U, Harrisonburg, VA P250 Effects of Leguminous and Timber Shade Trees on Coffee ( Coffea arabica: Exploring Plantation Diversification Anna E. Nordseth Biology, James Madison U, Leesburg, VA P251 Experimental Trials with American Chestnut Hybrid Seedlings in an Appalachian Cove Forest Megan Budnik, Andrew Sharp, Heather P. Griscom Biology, James Madison U, Harrisonburg, VA P252 Effect of Topography on White-Tailed Deer ( Odocoileus virginianus) Herbivory Across a Plateau Landscape Jonathan P. Evans ', Callie A. Oldfield 1 , Kristen K. Cecala', J. Kevin Hiers^, Christopher Van De Ven J , Meg M. Armistead 1 1 Biology, Sewanee: The U of the South, TN; 2 Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability, Sewanee: The U of the South, TN; 3 Earth and Environmental Systems, Sewanee: The U of the South, TN P253 Comparison of the Application of Two Herbicides as a Management Strategy for Running Buffalo Clover (Trifolium stoloniferum) Lauren Childress, Jennifer Koslow, David Brown Biological Sciences, Eastern Kentucky U, Richmond P254 Ambient Detectable Mercury Within the Habitat of “Uncontaminated” Terrestrial Forest Ecosystems in Rockingham Co., VA Melissa E. Encinias, Gregory M. Mansour, Matthew W. Riordan, Walker S. Webster, Dean Cocking Biology, James Madison U, Harrisonburg, VA P255 Ambient Detectable Mercury Wthin the Invertebrate Biota of “Uncontaminated” Terrestrial Forest Ecosystems in Rockingham Co., VA Gregory M. Mansour, Melissa E. Encinias, Matthew W. Riordan, Walker S. Webster, Dean Cocking Biology, James Madison U, Harrisonburg, VA P256 Assessing Genetic Diversity in Spiraea virginiana Logan Clark 1 , Marietta Shattelroe^, Kristin Barton' 1 , Zack E. Murrell 1 , Jennifer Rhode Ward' 1 , Matt C. Estep 1 1 Biology, Appalachian State U, Boone, NC; 2 Biology, UNC at Asheville COMMUNITY ECOLOGY P257 Flower Power: Does Methyl Jasmonate Induce Extrafloral Nectar? Erin R. Smarr, Edward B. Mondor Biology, Georgia Southern U, Statesboro P258 Evaluating Bird and Plant Communities of a Degraded, Urban Wetland Susan H. Tinch, David W. DesRochers Natural Sciences, Dalton State College, GA ASB Poster Presentations 195 Saturday, Apr 2 nd (ASB Posters #158-274) P259 Investigating Spatial and Diurnal Patterns for the Sand Dune Shrub Croton punctatus in Georgia Esther Medrano, Savannah Chiarello, Heather Joesting Biology, Armstrong State U, Savannah, GA P260 Goldenrod Stem Gall Fly Induction of Terpenes and the Colonization Preference of Solidago Specialist Aphids in the Genus Uroleucon Austin M. Thomas, Michael D. Madritch, Ray S. Williams Biology, Appalachian State U, Boone, NC P261 Influence of Disturbance on Plant Community Structure and Biological Invasion in the Riparian Zone of the Mobile-Tensaw Delta Brian L. McPherson, Clinton S. Major, Joel Borden, Kelly Major Biology, U of South Alabama, Mobile P262 The Relationship of Salamander Size Structure and Bat Activity in the Land Between the Lakes Watershed in Western Kentucky Russell Milam 1 , Adrianne Smith 1 , Nancy Buschhaus 1 , Cy Mott^, Robin Baker/ Howard Whiteman" 5 1 Biological Sciences, U of Tennessee at Martin; 2 Biology, Valdosta State U, GA; 3 Biological Science, Murray State U, KY P263 Does the Spatial Pattern of Tree Recruitment in Temperate Forests Reflect a Species' Successional Status? Alissa J. Brown, Robert K. Peet, Peter S. White Biology, UNC Chapel Hill P264 A Size-Dependent Competitive Hierarchy Drives Perch Selection Among Three Species of Celithemis Dragonflies Parker H. Morrow, Wade B. Worthen Biology, Furman U, Greenville, SC POPULATION ECOLOGY 2 P265 Seed predation changes reproductive investment in Cirsium pitched Minh Chau N. Ho v , Claudia L. Jolls^” 5 1 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Frontiers, U of Michigan, Ann Arbor; 2 U of Michigan Biological Station, Pellston, Ml; 3 Biology, East Carolina U, Greenville, NC P266 Genetic Variability of Three Annual Halophyte Species in an Inland Salt Marsh Through Time Christy T. Carter 1 , Harvey E. Ballard, Jr/, Irwin A. Ungar^ 1 Biology, Wingate U, NC, Environmental & Plant Biology, Ohio U, Athens P267 MacGillivray's Seaside Sparrow Demographics and Incubation Behavior at the Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center Yianni P. Laskaris, Christopher E. Hill Coastal & Marine Systems Science, and Biology, Coastal Carolina U, Conway, SC P268 Acoustic Monitoring of Bat Populations in Florence, SC Aaron S. Robinson, Ebony Brown, Jeff Steinmetz, Travis Knowles Biology, Francis Marion U, Florence, SC P269 Development of Population Genetics Markers for the Rare Parasitic Plant Cuscuta harped Brandy R. Riekert, Guissela Arita-Fajardo, Joel R. McNeal Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology, Kennesaw State U, GA P270 Effects of Female Condition and Human Disturbance on the Allocation of Biliverdin to Eggshells of Eastern Bluebirds ( Sialia sialis) Breeding in West-Central Georgia Caitlin M. Gallagher, Jennifer L. Newbrey Biology, Columbus State U, GA P271 Hypoxic Coma as a Strategy to Survive Inundation Across Ground Hunting Arachnid Taxa Fhallon C. Ware-Gilmore 1 , Robert A. Hataway^ 1 Natural Sciences & Mathematics, U of West Alabama, Livingston; 2 Biological & Environmental Sciences, Samford U, Birmingham, AL 196 SE Biology, Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 P272 Urban Heat Islands Have an Effect on Moth Phenology, But Not Always the Way You’d Expect Peter A. Van Zandt 1 , Grant Gentry', Brittany Harry 0 , Will Hemminger’, Benjamin Hunt 1 , Sarah Martin 8 , Caroline Rowan 11 Biology, Birmingham-Southern College, AL; 2 Biology, Samford U, Birmingham, AL; 3 Entomology, Auburn U, AL; 4 Biology, Elon U, NC; 5 UNC Chapel Hill Saturday, Apr 2" a (ASB Posters #158-274) GENETICS P273 Genetic and Transcriptional Variation in Venom Genes Expressed by an Estuarine Cnidarian Adam M. Reitzel 1 , Vanna Sombatsaphay 1 , Yehu Moran' 1 Biological Sciences, UNC Charlotte; 5 Ecology, Evolution & Behavior, Hebrew U of Jerusalem, Israel P274 Examining the Genetic Relatedness of Rosa setigera Varieties by DNA Barcoding Amanda Long 1 , Taylor Faas 1 , Nancy Morvillo 1 , Malcolm Manners', Brittany J. Gasper 1 1 Biology, Florida Southern College, Lakeland; 2 Citrus Science, Florida Southern College, Lakeland m POSTERS (SATURDAY APRIL 2nd, 9:30 am ■ noon) P275 Suwannee bass [Micropterus notius) population decline in the Ochlockonee River in Georgia Kaitlin Dykes, Gary Burtle Tau Delta Kappa, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College P276 Testing the Propagative Quality of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus in Its Whitefly Vector Cassidy Callaway , Wendy Marchant, Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan Tau Delta Kappa, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College P277 An Investigation into the Allelopathic Effects of the Invasive Alligator Weed, Altemanthera philoxeroides Amy Klass , Christopher Beals Tau Delta Kappa, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College P278 Neurons and Nematodes: the Use of Ginkgo biloba Extract to Rescue Neurologically Derived Defects in Caenorhabditis elegans Maegan Thomas, Ariel Battle, Carrie Thurber, Heather Cathcart Tau Delta Kappa, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College P279 A Needle in the Transcriptomic Haystack: Using RNA-Seq to Identify Differential Expression Ariel Battle, Maegan Thomas, Heather Cathcart, Carrie Thurber in GBE Treated C. elegans Tau Delta Kappa, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College P280 Mammographic Breast Density Disparities Among African-American and European- American Women Dementris Williams, Melissa Davis Tau Delta Kappa, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College P281 Expression of the Polyhydroxybutyrate Depolymerase Gene of Streptomyces sp. 5A in Streptomyces lividans TK24 CJ Booth, Stephen Baron Nu Upsilon, Bridgewater College P282 Purification and Genomic Sequencing of Bacteriophages from Streptomyces sp. 5A Ashley Crossman, Stephen Baron Nu Upsilon, Bridgewater College P283 Evaluation of Habitat Use by Longnose Dace ( Rhinichthys cataractae) in Mercury- Contaminated and Non-Contaminated Rivers Alys Harshbarger, Kimberly Bolyard Nu Upsilon, Bridgewater College Beta Beta Beta Poster Presentations 197 P284 Changes in Tannin Content Found in Vegetation Inside vs. Outside Deer Exclosures of the Allegheny National Forest Amelia Johnston, Tamara Johnstone-Yellin Nu Upsilon, Bridgewater College P285 An Alluring Ascomycete: A Taxonomic Study of Chlorosplenium chlora Maria Marlin, Ed Lickey Nu Upsilon, Bridgewater College P286 Genetic and Biochemical Characterization of Mutants of Yeast That Grow Brown in the Presence of Copper Christopher Resch, Brian Schwartz Mu Omicron, Columbus State U m POSTERS (SATURDAY APRIL 2nd, 9:30 am - noon) P287 Genetic analysis of North American red mulberry populations using SS-PCR and DNA barcoding Tabitha Clevenger Mu Omicron, Columbus State U P288 Effects of acute copper and lead toxicity on the behavior of Pimephales promelas (fathead minnow) John D. Gary, Jeffrey Zuiderveen Mu Omicron, Columbus State U P289 Screening for pathogenic Escherichia coli in the Chattahoochee River, Columbus, GA Micah Staples, Lauren King Mu Omicron, Columbus State U P290 Diversity of Lichens in Temperate Forest and Sandhills Scrub in West-Central Georgia Priyanka Moody Mu Omicron, Columbus State U P291 Epithelial Body Swabbing as a Non-lnvasive Method for DNA Sampling of Salamanders Erin Kirk, George Angyros Eta Jota, Emory & Henry College P292 Prevalence of Antibiotic Resistance in the Gut Flora (Enterobacteriaceae) in a Community of Stabled Horses (Equus caballus ): Implications for Community Acquired Drug Resistance Anna Green, George Angyros Eta Jota, Emory & Henry College P293 Determining Different Alternative Male Phenotypes and Reproductive Structure in Lythrypnus dalli Jacob Hess, Melissa Taverner, Matthews Grober Eta Jota, Emory & Henry College P294 Effects of Vitamin D Receptor Downregulation via Lentivirus Silencing on Human Glioblastoma Cells James Wilmouth Eta Jota, Emory & Henry College P295 The Effect of Increased Creatine Levels on Developmental Processes Kenneth Sterne, Melissa Taverner Eta Jota, Emory & Henry College P296 Examination of the Possible Correlation Between Microbial Communities and the Diversity of Nitrogen Species Maria Byrd, Gerald Bresowar, Laura Hainsworth, Melissa Taverner Eta Jota, Emory & Henry College P297 Computational Modeling of Missense Mutations in the Human Smoothened (SMO) Receptor Implicated in Basal Cell Carcinoma Sarah McDonald, Neal Stanley, Michonova Ekaterina Sigma Gamma, Erskine College P298 Phase-Sensitive Thermal Response of Feeding Kinematics in the invasive Lionfish, Pterois volitans Kristina Treat Sigma Psi, Florida Institute of Technology 198 SE Biology, Vol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 P299 Thermally induced phenotypic variation in the invasive fish, Cichlasoma uropthalmus Molly Wightman, Taylor Jones Sigma Psi, Florida Institute of Technology P300 Ontogeny of ecomorphological divergence in sympatric North American fishes Nathaniel Zbasnik Sigma Psi, Florida Institute of Technology P301 The Effects of Severe Drought on Dispersion Patterns of Local Salamander Populations in Streams near Boiling Springs, NC Wendy A. Harmon, Joseph Oyugi Tau Sigma, Gardner-Webb U. P302 An unbiased approach to discovering peptide inhibitors of Sialic acid binding CD33 receptor Sarah Bailey Beta Upsilon, Georgetown College m POSTERS (SATURDAY APRIL 2nd, 9:30 am ■ noon) P303 Exploring Methods in Art-Driven Science Outreach Casey H Wilson, Casey Garr, Christina Budzinski, Tawannah Allen, Theresa Hegedus, Veronica A. Segarra Phi Zeta, High Point University P304 Mutagenic characterization of a newly-recognized mannose-6-phosphate receptor domain in Atg27 and its role in autophagy Taylor B. Cunningham, Veronica A. Segarra Phi Zeta, High Point University P305 DNA Sequence is the Key to Understanding Meiosis Kayla DeOca Sigma Alpha, Jacksonville U P306 Variations in Juvenile Rat Play Behavior Among Three Rat Strains Vesta Nwankwo, Katharine V. Northcutt Beta Omega, Mercer University P307 Bacterial Response to the Elk River Chemical Spill in West Virginia Elena Brown, Joong-Wook Park Mu Epsilon, Troy U P308 Analysis of Bacterial Community along a Depth Gradient in Marine Tar Balls Madison A. Cooper, Katrina Bokenfohr, Callie Bennett, Joong-Wook Park Mu Epsilon, Troy U P309 Microarchitecture of the Hair Shaft Mona Patel, Abena Adaboh, Cathy Huang, Glenn Cohen Mu Epsilon, Troy U P310 Regulation of BMP-dependent angiogenesis via the SMAD7 and PMEPA1 inhibitors Kathryn Citrin Tau lota, U of NC Chapel Hill P311 Detection of Tetracycline and Penicillin Resistance by PCR Tesha Vickery, Alexis Melton, Lisa Ann Blankinship Beta Zeta, U of North Alabama P312 Antibiotic Resistance Profiles of Bacteria Found on Cell Phones and the Hands of their Owners Breanna A. Littrell, Lisa Ann Blankinship Beta Zeta, U of North Alabama P313 Effect of All Trans Retinoic Acid on Collagen Production by Uterine Smooth Muscle Cells Sunada Khadka, Yuting Bai, Holly Boettger-Tong Sigma Lambda, Wesleyan College Index of Presenters 199 Abades, Sebastian • 121, 122 Abdullah, Amelia • 206, PI93, PI94 Abraham, Joel K. • PI76 Abramovitch, Dorota • 28, 36 Abu-Shakra, Amal M. • PI67 Achat-Mendes, Cindy *111,210, P14, P15, PI80 Adaboh, Abena • P309 Adams, Christopher • 172 Adams, Kadilee • 109 Adamson, Abidemi T. * PI40 Adejumo, Olamide • 172 Agarwal, Piyush • 193 Agboola, Oluwaseun O. • 154 Albers, Alexandria N. • 115 Aleman, Laura • 205 Alexander, Arleeya S. • PI 43 Alexis, Kathlyn • PI43 Allen, Jessica • 234 Allen, Tawannah • P303 Allison, Suzanne E. • 27 Amariles, Gina V. • 20, P97 Anderson, Derek • 141 Andrews, Jen • P236 Angyros, George • P291, P292 Anthony, Josephine B • P238 Archis, Jennifer N. • P92 Ardizzone, Caleb M. • P102, P103, PI 04, P171 Aristizabal, Juan P. • 20, P97 Arita-Fajardo, Guissela • P269 Armistead, Meg M. • P252 Arroyo, Frank • 182 Asemota, Sarah T. • 141 Askey, Jessica • 205 Aument, Danielle • 92 Avakian, Megan *116 Avello, Zechariah * 141 Awong-Taylor, Judy * PI 60, PI 68, PI 69 Ayon, Abel • PI35 Bage, Julie • 202 Bai, Yuting • P313 Bailey, Sarah • P302 Baker, Lyssa Y. • PI84 Baker, Marian • P51 Baker, Robin • P262 Ballard, Jr., Harvey E. • 104, P266 Banks, Catherine • 134 Barnes, Danielle • 114 Barnett, Jessie • P22 Baron, Stephen • P281, P282 Barone, John A. • 40, P125 Index of Presenters Barrett, Cody • P9 Bart, Henry L. • 54 Bartell, Jacob • P240 Barton, Christopher D. • 30, 31,32, 33, 34, 130, 149, 151, P90 Barton, Kristin • P256 Baskauf, Carol • P48 Bass, Autumn • P2 Bates, Jennifer L. • 74 Battle , Ariel • P278, P279 Bauer, Angela • P4, P41, P5 Baulch, Joshua • P55 Bayer, Randall J. • 101 Bayeur, Nicole • 12 Beals, Christopher • P277 Beck, James B. • 56 Belanger, Emily * P58 Bellemer, Andrew C. • 87, PI96, P47 Benfield, Eric M. • P60 Bennett, Callie • P308 Bennington, Cynthia C • PI 54 Berg, Malia D. • PI47, PI 97 Bergstrom, Caroline • 134 Best, Jason H. • 50 Best, William C. • P94 Bewick, Emily • P53 Bidwell, Joseph • PI59 Bierregaard, Richard O. • 74 Bigham, Zahna • PI88 Billington, Neil • 188 Binninger, Sean K. • 125 Blackburn, Melissa N. • 84 Blackwell, Austin • 16 Blanchard, Tom A. • 135, 186 Blankinship, Lisa Ann • P28, P311, P312 Bledsoe, Regina A. • 145 Bloss, Tim • PI 61 Boettger-Tong, Holly • P313 Bokenfohr, Katrina • P308 Bolin, Jay • 159 Bolin, Jay F. • 162, P75, P76 Bollavaram, Keval • 21 Bolyard, Kimberly • P283 Bolyard, Kimberly J. • P113 Bonner, Lisa A. • 134 Bonner, Simon J. • 130, P90 Bonville, Brian K. • PI 27 Booth, CJ • P281 Borden, Joel • P261 Boucher, Adrienne F. • 72 Bouldin, Cortney M. • 110 Bowen, Christine A. • P50 Bowerman, Brielle L. • P85 Bowey, Kristen • P41 Bowling, J. Logan • 29 Boyd, Jennifer • PI42 Bradford, Jennifer • PI98 Bradham, Barrett W. • P60 Bradshaw, Elizabeth S. • PI 73 Bradshaw, Justin M. • PI73 Brady, Elizabeth A. • P31 Brandys, Stephanie • P95 Braun, Linda • P80 Bray, Rebecca D. • 161 Brenek, Austin W. • 169 Bresowar, Gerald • P296, P58 Brockmann, Nadine • PI 81 Brown, Alissa J. • P263 Brown, David • P253 Brown, Ebony • P268 Brown, Elena • P307 Brown, Elizabeth • P224 Brown, J. Alison • P61 Brown, Jonathan M. • 119 Brown, Olivia R. • PI 92 Brumbill, Bryant • P99 Brunton, Daniel F. • 165 Bucalo, Kylie • 42 Budnik, Megan • P251 Budzinski, Christina • P303 Bure, Christina • PI78 Burgess, Kevin • P204 Burgess, Kevin S. • 40, 42 Burgess, Victoria A. • 210 Burgett, Amber A. • 137 Burke, Tara • 233 Burn, Walter • 184 Burnett, Valarie A. • 213, PI 64 Burnette, J. Aaron • P231 Burrus, Abagail C. • 194 Burtle, Gary • P275 Buschhaus, Nancy • P262 Buszka, Patrick A. • P43 Butler, Boyd • PI 53 Byers, Ashley • P71 Byrd, Maria • P296 Byrd, Thomas C. • PI51 Cadena, Cristhian • 103 Callaway , Cassidy • P276 Camp, Carlos D. • 82, P208 Campbell, Emily F. • 36 Campbell, Josh • P223 Camper, Jeff • P69 Canavan, Shawn • PI 78 Card, Virginia M • PI76 200 SE Biology, Nol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 Carmichael, Mary Jane • 11 Carpenter, Aren J. • P87 Carpenter, Brandon • P6 Carr, John L. • P91 Carroll, Kathleen A. •121,122 Carter, Christy T. • P266 Carter, Richard • P74, P82 Carver, Ethan • P201 Caspary, Melissa D. • 9 Castiglione, Elizabeth • P77 Catalan-Hurtado, Rodrigo • PI82 Cathcart, Heather • P278, P279 Cecala, Kristen K. • P252 Cenname, Lea A. • P32 Cevallos-Garzin, Daniela • 182 Chakravarthy, Suma • 144 Chalcraft, David R. • 83 Chappell, Ben F. • 174 Chewning, Regan • P46 Chiarello, Savannah • P259 Childers, Noel K. • 147 Childress, Lauren • P253 Chmielewski, Carl A. • P56 Chosed, Renee J. • PI 99, P51 Choudhury, Swarup Roy • 225 Christian, Omar E. • PI02, PI03 Chunco, Amanda J. • P92 Citrin, Kathryn • P310 Clark, Lacy J. • PI 20 Clark, Logan • P256 Clevenger, Tabitha • P287 Clontz, Joshua T. • P61 Cochrane, Caroline • P6 Cocking, Dean • P254, P255 Coffield, V. McNeil • P4, P5 Coffield, V. McNeil • 112 Coggin, Christopher P. • P148, P149 Coggins, Kristina • P208 Cohen, Glenn • P309 Cohen, Risa A. • 133 Cole, T. Jeffrey • P43 Coley, Harold • 12 Collier, A. Grace • 201, 202 Colligan, Benjamin • 27 Collins, Forrest • P220 Collmer, Alan • 144 Conner, David • P246 Content, Kristen R. • 13, 14 Cook, Phoebe *119 Cook, Rebecca A. • PI 51 Cooke, Catherine • PI44 Cooke, Sandra L. • 185 Cooper, Idelle A. • 27, 119 Cooper, Madison A. • P308 Cotter, Johanna P. • P248 Crabtree, Carrie R. • PI 36, PI 90 Craddock, J. Hill • 41 Crater, Dinene L. • PI 82, P203 Criswell, Joni M. • P93 Crossman, Ashley • P282 Crouse, David A. • 95 Crowder, Rosyln • P37 Cruse-Sanders, Jennifer M. • 40, 42 Culp, Brittany O. • P149 Cunningham, Fred L. • 181 Cunningham, Taylor B. • P304 Cupp, Jr., Paul V. • P206 Curren, Shelby R. • P37 Curry, Bob • PI 22 Curtis, Debbie • 206, PI93, PI 94 Dahm, Taeler • 33 Dalman, Nancy E. • P243 D'Angelo, Danielle M. • PI 87 Davis, Jonathan R. • PI 72 Davis, Kayla ■ 18 Davis, Melissa • P280 Davis, Richard • P49 Dawdy, Andrew M. • PI57 Dawson, Jacob • 18 Day, Carolyn • P117 D'Costa, Allison R.-210, PI68, P169 de Amorim, Julia • P220 De La Hoz, Daniel • PI 01 Deas, Emily K. • P202 Deem, Tracy L. • PI97 Dees, William H. • PI02, PI 03, P104, P171, P172 DeFord-Watts, Laura • 205 DeGrandi-Hoffman, Gloria • PI22 DeGroote, Kara V. • PI 37 deHart, Pieter A. P. • 19 Dellinger-Johnston, Rebecca • 45 Dempsey, Margaret • PI 75 Denslow, Michael W. • 55 DeOca, Kayla • P305 DesRochers, David W. • P258 DeVito, Nick • PI 03 DeWald, Laura E. • 3, 118, 125 Dick, Justen • P58 Diersen, Katherine • 131 Dietrick, Erika M. • 126 Dikow, Rebecca B. • 191 Dillard, Mark J. • P212 Dillman, Will • P211 Dingle, Ivan P.M. • P60 DiRienzo, Brittany R. • PI31 Dirkman, Jacob • 232 Dirnberger, Joseph M. • PI08 Dishman, Sydney • P23 Dobash, Courtney T. • P110, Pill Dobbins, Elizabeth G. • P232, P233, P235 Dodson, Thomas M. • 158 Donlon, Kate C. • PI 57 Donnell, David M. • P225, P94 Dooley, Debra • P118 Doran, Justin M. • 19 Dorcas, Michael E. • 77, 78, P84, P85, P86, P87, P88, P89 Doughty, Joshua • PI 91 Douglas, G. Neil • 64 Downes, Athena • P220 Downey, Kala * P48 Drace, Kevin M. • PI63 Draughn, Elliott T. • P44 Drayer, Andrea N. • 130, P83, P90 Dunkley, Kingsley D. • P34 Dyar, Brianna H. • 36 Dye, Alex* P115 Dykes, Kaitlin • P275 Dyson, Amber D. • PI 96 Dzotefe, Norbeth E. • P27 Easter, Emily E. • P57 Easterwood, Jennifer • P23, P52 Eastin, Matthew D. • 72 Ebensperger, Luis A. • 121, 122 Edmark, Sarah L. • P26 Ekaterina, Michonova • P297 Elder, Morgan E. • P75, P76 Ellingson, Jordin • P53 Ellis, Jane P. • 156 Elsey, Chris • PI 53 Emery, John T. • P140 Encinias, Melissa E. • P254, P255 Enz, John J. *80, 81.P215 Eoff, Bryan R. • 203 Ertel, Jessica L. • PI40 Erwin, Michael • 139 Essepian, Margaret • PI 38 Estep, MattC. • P155, P256, P50, P62, P68 Estes, Dwayne • 68 Estes, L. Dwayne • P79 Evans, Jonathan P. • P252, P79 Ezell, P. Taylor* 188 Faas, Taylor • P274 Farrar, Paige A. • P87 Farrell, Terence • 17, PI41 Farthing, Sara J. • P227 Faucette, Amanda L. • 96 Fegley, Erin E. • 127 Fenner, Rachel C. • P96 Fenner, William • P68 Fernandez, Maribel • 128 Index of Presenters 201 Ferrara, Tyler • P9 Fiorillo, Riccardo • PI 01, P207 Fischer, Robert U. • P114, P242 Fishburne, Sarah • P240 Flagg, Raymond O. • 98, 99 Flanders, Nicholas P. • 5 Fleckenstein, Leo J. • P83 Fleming, Sunny A. • 180 Fletcher, Dean E. • P237 Flood, Alicia M. • 20, P97 Ford, Zachary S. • P60 Fore, Jeffrey • 186 Fortino, Kenneth • P236 Foster, Cerrone • PI 59 Fox, Ashley D • P42 Fox, Melissa M. • 217, P44 Franklin, Janay • PI 95 Franklin, Janay F. • P30 Franse, Kitt • P11 Frederick, Mark • P117 Freeman, Paul R. • P47 Freundlich, Hannah • P7 Freytag, Sara B. • P90 Frings, David M. • PI46 Fulmer, Philip • P66 Funk, Vicki A. • 191 Furr, Elaina K. • P228 Fyfe II, Charles P. • P60 Gabler, Kathleen A. K. • 129 Gaglianese-Woody, Morgan R. • PI 96 Gagne, Sara A. • 72, 74, 75, PI 34, PI 35 Gagne, Alexandria A. • 80, 81, P215 Gallagher. Caitlin M. • P270 Gallego Builes, Manuela • 20, P97 Galloway, Emily Ann • 1 Gao, Culian • 121, 122 Garber, Kris • PI 22 Gardner, Steven • 76 Garner, Catherine E. • 196 Garner, Jamie • PI 9 Garr, Casey • P303 Garrido, Jose *117 Gary, John D. • P288 Gasper, Brittany J. • P274 Gatt, Kyle P. • 104 Gaynor, Ashley • P238 Gentry, Grant • P272 Geving, Dora • 89 Gibbons, Lane D. • 39 Giles, David K. • 141, PI 84 Gillespie, Emily • 38 Gillespie, Emily L. • 48 Gilley, Sarah A. • PI32 Gladhill, Michael • P41 Goldey, Ellen S. • 157, PI 60 Golonka, Annette M. • 16 Gonder, Nickolaus A. • P81 Gonsalves-Jackson, Deirdre • P70, P71 Gonzalez, Bryan • P77 Gonzalez, Fernando U. • P60 Goode, David • PI78 Goodlett, Cambre L. • P213 Goodwillie, Carol • 145 Goszka, Abigail R. • PI49, PI50 Gottfried, Yolande M. • P79 Goyret, Joaquin • P218 Graeter, Gabrielle J. • 77 Graham, Brantley • P6 Grammer, Robert T. • P202 Granada, Maria C. • PI 5 Grant, Jaylin • PI 9 Gray, Janet B. • 178, 179 Grayson, Kristine L. • P85 Green, Anna • P292 Green, Thomas G. • 3 Greene, Kathryn M. • 78, P89 Greenwood, Jennifer L. • 140 Grewe, Felix • 164 Griffin, Zachary B. • 10 Grigorian, Nelly • 30 Grillo, Wendy H. • PI 67 Griscom, Heather P. • 70, PI48, P149, P150, P177, P249, P251 Grober, Matthews • P293 Grossman, Gary D. • 189, 218 Grubbs, Kunsiri C. • PI 39 Guenther, Kate • PI 47 Gulsby, Miranda • P207 Guralnick, Robert • 55 Gustafson, Danny J. • P60 Guzman, David • P2 Guzman, Karen • P2 Gyurov, Boyko • 212 Haining, Robert • 206, PI80, PI93, PI 94 Hains, John • P238, P240, P241 Hainsworth, Laura • P296 Hale, Patricia • P246 Hall, Michelle L. • P14 Hallowed, Gail P. • P167 Hamel, Jennifer A. • P126, P63, P64, P65 Hammonds-Odie, Latanya • 210, 211 Haney, Dennis C. • P117 Haney, Sara • 63 Harden, Leigh Anne • 15 Hardy, Mikaela M. • PI 85 Hare, Marian E. • 207 Harmon, Wendy A. • P301 Harris, Jesse C. • 100 Harris, Morgan R. • 115 Harrison, Bruce • P224 Harrison, Elizabeth • PI 76 Harrison, J. Scott - P115, P99 Harris-Shultz, Karen • P34, P49 Harry, Brittany • P272 Harshbarger, Alys • P283 Hart, Andrew P. • 38 Hart, Thomas • P22 Hartwig, Carmony L. • 162, PI 81, P224 Hataway, Robert A. • P271, P43 Havens, Kayri • 132 Hawk, Ashley M. • 118 Hawkins, Angela K. • 103 Hay, Nikolai M. • P155, P62 Hayden, Jennifer D. • 143 Hayes, Gabrielle A. • 86, P223, P25 Hayes, Loren D. • 121, 122 Hayes, Trade E • PI 30 Hays, Kimberly A. • 8, P80 Heard, Matthew J. • 59 Hegedus, Theresa • P303 Held, Michael E. • 66 Hemminger, Will • P272 Henderson, Suzanne • P23 Hendy, Justin • 170 Henkanaththegedara, Sujan • P246 Hennigan, Caroline E. • P171 Hensel, Linda L. • P163, P178, P179 Hernandez, Cecilia L. • PI 21 Hernandez-Moreno, J. Melissa • 12 Herold, Jamie M. • 123 Herr, Jr., John M. • 195, 196 Hess, Jacob • P293 Hess, Thomas A. • 25,138 Hiatt, Anna C. • 154,155, PI 59 Hiers, J. Kevin • P252 Hightower, Jill • PI 02, PI 03, PI 04 Hill, Christopher E. • P267 Hill, JoVonnG. -P125 Hite, Aaron Q. • 135 Ho, Minh Chau N. • P265 Hoffman, Doug M. • 80, 81 Hoffmann, William • 96 Hogan, Thomas H. • P189 Hohmann, Matthew G. • 178, 179 Hojnacki, Jenna I. • P96 Holmes, Rebecca • P226 Holt, Roger • 25 Honeycutt, Ashton L. • P33 Hooker, Michael S. • 4 202 SE Biology , Nol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 Hooper, Jeremy • P212 Hopkins, Rob • P210 Horn, Charles N. * 102, PI64 Horton, Alanna R. • P84, P89 Horton, Laura • 60 Hoskins, Whitaker M. • 37 Howard, Shelby • PI98 Howell, Matthew M. • P96 Howell, Olivia A. • 19 Hsieh, Edward *119 Huang, Cathy • P309 Hughes, Karen W. • 37 Hughes, Kathleen • 232, P204 Hughes, Nicole • 12, PI 38 Hunnicutt, Jessica L B • PI 39 Hunt, Benjamin • P272 Hunter, Jamal H. • PI 90 Hurd, Lawrence E. • 19 Hurlbert, Allen H • PI 30 Hurst-Kennedy, Jennifer • 210, PI 80 Huser, Dan • P244 Hutson, John • P241 Huynh, Cathy • P20 Ibarra, Areli • P229 lhasz, Nikolett • P217 Ingram, Christiane • P35 Inkster, Jaclyn N. • 7 Irick, Zach • 198 Ivankovic, Diana S. • 28, 36 Jackson, Kaitlyn G. • PI86 Jahan, Moondil • 172 Jajack, Andrew J. • 208 James, J. Dale • PI33 Jamil, Mishal • 206, PI 93, PI 94 Jarvis, Mackenzie • P41 Javazon, Elizabeth • 210 Jeffers, Alexandria • 183 Jensen, John B. • P157 Jernigan, Kristen T. • PI87 Jett, John *114 Joesting, Heather • P259 Johannesson, Zachary P. • P33 Johnny Randall, Nicholas Adams • 177 Johnson, Abigail • PI00 Johnson, Dakota L. • PI 04 Johnson, Emma R. • P85 Johnson, Eric E. • 93 Johnson, Gabriel • 163, 166 Johnson, Kristy Y. • P60 Johnston, Amelia • P284 Johnstone-Yellin, Tamara • P284 Johnstone-Yellin, Tamara L. • P147 Jolls, Claudia L. • 7, 126, 127, 132, P265 Jones, Caroline L. • P33 Jones, Jessica S. • P31 Jones, John Anthony *115 Jones, Kenyon D. • P205 Jones, Scott P. • 83 Jones, Taylor • P299 Joplin, Karl H • 190 Jordan, Nancy • P211 Jordan-Steele, Matthew • P224 Jorgensen, Darwin D. • P227, P228 Joseph, Kenya M. • 35 Joye, Gregory T. • P211 Kanarek, Andrew • PI22 Kane, Allyson • PI 38 Karatan, Ece • PI Karlsson, Cassandra H. • 43 Katsanos, Joanna • P23 Kauffman, Gary • P62 Kawada, Carolyn K. • PI 96 Kawula, Tom • PI 95, P30 Keller, Troy *124,173 Kennedy, Morgan E. • P140 Kerfoot, Jr., James R. • P56, P57 Kesinger, Aaron T. • P33 Keskin, Mustafa • 161 Khadka, Sunada • 94, P313 Kilpatrick, Eran S. • P211, P216 Kilpatrick, Kyle * P241 Kimmel, Charles L. • 95 Kinard, Melissa • PI69 King, Jeff • 31 King, lauren • 231, P289 Kinkel, Mary • 107, P10, P11 Kinney, Devin N. • 137 Kirchoff, Bruce K. • 45, 193 Kirk, Erin • P291 Kiser, Kevin B. • PI86, PI87, P31, P33 Kitching, Harley B. • PI24 Klass , Amy • P277 Klein, David • P51 Knight, Tiffany M. • 132 Knoll, Joseph • P49 Knoop, Volker • 164 Knowles, Travis • P268 Knutsen, Melissa • PI99 Koenigstein, Carrie • PI 89 Kollar, Leslie M. • 120 Koplas, Patricia • P42 Korankyi, Kristen • P223 Korshun, Alexandra • PI 75 Koslow, Jennifer • P253 Kovach, Margaret • P201 Kreps, Timothy A • PI 20 Krings, Alexander • 53, 95, 96, 193 Krizek, Rachel • P10 Kron, Kathleen • 38 Kropp, Robert • 201 Kuan, Carmen • PI22 Kuenzinger, William L. • P218 Kunz, Michael • 178, 179 Kuppinger, Dane • 194 Kuppinger, Dane M. • 205 Kurtz, Alexandra *211 Kurtz, Lee • 206, PI 93, PI 94 Leon, Alfredo • PI43 LaCour, James M. • 181 Ladner, Sarnia • P223 Laird, Jake • P241 Lampert, Evan • P95 Lance, Stacey L. • P209 Lantz, Chris S. • PI 97 Laskaris, Yianni P. • P267 Latif, Zara • 91 Lawless, Chasity • 206, PI93, PI 94 Lawson, Gavin R. • P216 Leach, Whitney B. • P116 Leader, Tirza • PI68 Leavell, Austin T. • 204 Ledford, Taylor • 124 Lehman, Mary E. * P170 Lehmann, Tyler K. • P126, P65 Leidersdorf, Bil-PlOO, P220 Lendemer, James • 234 Leon, Alfredo • PI 66, P39, P77 Levine, David • 201,202 Levi-Polyachenko, Nicole H. • PI07 Lewis, John S. • PI 23 Li, Tao • P235 Li, Ya-Wei * 131 Liang, Shihui • P219 Liao, Min-Ken • P21, P22 Lickey, Ed • P285 Lind, Craig • PI41 Lind, Craig M. • 17 Lindbo, David • 96 Lindell, Angela H. • P237 Linton, Emily A. • P36 Littrell, Breanna A. • P312 Livernoche, Kelly M • P249 Lloyd, Haley K. • P113 Locke, Sarah • 26 Loekman, Nicholas C. • P33 Long, Amanda * P274 Longan, Emery • PI99 Lorch, Jeffrey M. • P83 Lorenz, Andre L. • 148 Lovenshimer, Joseph B. • PI 45 Lowe, Phillip D. • P74, P82 Ludwig, Patrice M • PI 77 Index of Presenters 203 Lugthart, G. John • P231 Lupotsky, Autumn • P69 MacDonald, Sarah G. • PI52 Macke, Kyle • 227 Mackey, Chase • 88 Madritch, Michael D. • PI45, P260 Magana, Ivan • 20, P97 Maher, Heather L. • 79 Mahon, Richard L • P238 Major, Clinton S. • P261 Major, Kelly • P261 Malakauskas, David M. • P98 Malcom, Jacob W. • 131 Malec, Lenka N. • P16 Malloy, Mia • 128 Mandel, Jennifer R. • 46, 101, 191 Mandujano, Viridiana • P75 Manners, Malcolm • P274 Manning, Jacob • P210 Mansour, Gregory M. • P254, P255 Marcellus, Julia • P236 Marchant, Wendy • P276 Markey, Anna J. • 73 Marlin, Maria ■ 225, P285 Marlowe, Maxwell • P201 Marshburn, Sarah • PI 58 Martin, Sarah • P272 Martinez, Sebastian • 229 Marvin, Glenn A. • 18 Mason, Matthew C. • P33 Mast, Austin R. • 55, 57 Mata, Joshua • 27 Matheny, Patrick B. • 37 Mathews, Katherine G. • 192, P72 Maze, TD* PI 62 McAlister, Rachel L. • 10 McArthur, J Vaun • P237 McBrayer, Mary Ann • 8, P231 Mcbride, Kaitlyn • PI 79 McCann, A. Ashlea • 140 McCartha, Grace L. • PI 37 McCarthy, Brian C. • 129 McCormick, Carol Ann • 49 McCoury, Yancey T. • P31 McCullough, Donna K. • P243 McDonald, Lisa • PI62 McDonald, Sarah • P297 McElroy, Thomas C. • PI 57 McFadden, Thomas S. • 97 Mcgee, Katelyn E. • 204 McGinn, Mary Clare A. • P112 McGrew, Lori L • 105 McIntosh, Cecilia • PI 59 McKenna,Joseph T. • PI 55 McKenzie, Jennifer M. • P83 McLeod, David S. • 79 McLetchie, D. Nicholas • 120 McMullen, Conley K. • 39 McNeal, Joel R. • P269 McPherson, Brian L. • P261 McRuer, David • PI47 Medrano, Esther • P259 Meeler, Hannah • P72 Melchert, Sydney • 134 Melton, Alexis • P311 Mendez, Arlety • P39 Menzel, Timothy O. • 67 Merida, Virginia • PI 81 Merritt, Danielle K. M. • PI 34 Milam, Russell • P262 Millimaki, Bonny B. • P12, P13, P17 Millimaki, Bonny B. • 109 Mills, Edward D. • P67 Millward, Lindsay • 230 Miner, Brandon • P226 Mitchell, Ashton • PI 75 Mitchell, Geri L. • 64 Mitchell, William G. • PI25 Moat, Joanna • P161 Mobley, James A. • P43 Moeller, John F. • P96 Mohanty, Monica • PI 88 Mohn, Jasmin • 32 Momeni, Stephanie S. • 147 Mondor, Edward B. • 23, PI 24, P174, P18, P257 Monetta, Angela • 128 Montalvo, Angela M. • P228 Monteleone, Susan • PI 53 Montgomery, Kevin • 172 Moody, Priyanka • P290 Moore III, Jonathan D. • 120 Moore, Michael K. • 215, PI 83 Moore, Thomas K. • 80, 81, P215 Moorhouse, Alexis • P93 Morales, Juan • P230 Moran, Yehu • P273 Mordy, Hannah • P29 Morris, Ashley B. • 56, P81 Morrissey, Matthew • PI48 Morrow, Parker H. • P264 Morvillo, Nancy • P274 Moser, Stephen A. • 147 Moss, Kerami D. • 20, P97 Moss, Thomas S. • P200 Mott, Cy • P262 Munoz, Lolita L. • P49 Muegge, Christopher E. • 204 Muncy, Brenee L. • 130, P90 Mundie, Thomas • P168, P169 Murakami, Casey • P66 Murray, Andrew • P68 Murray, Mary K. • 28 Murrell, Zack E. • 47, PI55, PI58, P256, P62 Musselman, Lytton J. • 5, 159, 161, 167 Musso, Janyne • 210 Mutchler, Michael • P45 Myer, Patrick A. • 134 Nadeau, Stephanie C. • 15 Naik, Priyanka • PI 79 Nails, Abigail V. • 143 Nance, Dawson W. • P64 Natanson, Alanna • 205 Neil, David • 182 Neilson, Tray • P6 Nelson, Blake W. • 148 Nelson, David E. • 29 Nelson, John B. • 196 Nelson, Kyle • P7, P8, P9 Neufeld, Howard S. • 171 Newbrey, Jennifer L. • 168, PI 21, P129, P270 Newbrey, Michael G. • 168, PI29 Newman, Robert H. • P205 Nguyen, Teresa • P245 Niedziela, Linda M. • 108, PI6, P3 Niedzwiecki, John H. • 152 Nilan, Sean M. • 64 Niland, Erika S. *217, P230, P61 Nolan, James M. • 211 Nolin, Andrew • 29 Nordseth, Anna E. • P250 Northcutt, Katharine V. • PI63, P306 Noyola-Alonso, Karina • P75 Nwankwo, Vesta • P306 Obi Johnson, Bettie • 16 Odom, C. Brian • P32 Odutola, Adedolapo A. • PI40 Okeke, Benedict • P35 Oldfield, Callie A. • P252, P79 Orange, Leah • P95 Ortega, Jason • P87 Osier, Marina N. • 133 Oster, Seth • PI 21 Owensby, Stephen • P208 Oyugi, Joseph • P247, P301 Oza, Eesha • PI 98 Perez, Alvaro • 40, 42 Perez, Alvaro • 182 Pandey, Sona • 225 Panvini, A. Darlene • 60, 61,62, 63, 151, 183, 184 Pappas, Nike • P241 204 SE Biology, Nol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 Park, Joong-Wook • P307, P308 Parker, Sarah • PI42 Parr, Patricia D. • 175 Parr, Riley • P6 Parrish, Phoebe • 144 Parson, Adrianna L. • PI 08 Parvini, A. Darline • 230 Patel, Devanshi D. • PI 83 Patel, Mona • P309 Patrick, Genevieve • PI 09 Paul, Jonathan • PI 53 Payne, Christopher J. • 6 Payne, Mackenzie P. • PI 8 Peake,Jason • P49 Pearson, Rachel • 231 Peet, Robert K. • 6, P263 Peiffer, Bernadette • PI 69 Pena, Cristina • P80 Penn, Jill • 128, 211 Penrod, Louis • 228 Peralta, Ariane L. • 145 Perez, Amanda L. • P219 Perkins, Logan • 186 Perkins, M. Taylor • 41 Perry, Connor • P246 Perygin, Donna • 76 Peterson, Chris J. • 65 Petri, Tabitha A. • PI54 Phillips, Alyssa • P68 Pickel, Donnie • PI 7 Pilgrim, Mark J. • P162 Pittman, Shannon E. • 77, 78 Pitts, Rowan E. • P24 Pitz, Kevin M. • PI 85 Poff, Abigail* PI 7 Poindexter, Derick B. • 43, 44 Pollard, A. Joseph *10, P137 Pompilius, Melissa * P114, P242 Porkar-Rezaeieh, Ayda • 61 Porras, Diana • P95 Potts, Gretchen E • P201 Praileau, Mya • P69 Price, Steven J. • 130, P83, P90 Priestley, Mary P. • P79 Prince, Emily • PI 62 Pulous, Vian • 34 Pursell, David • PI68 Purser, Jesse • PI 53 Purucker, Tom • PI 22 Pyle, Tyler J. • 13, 14 Pyles, Rebecca • PI 59 Quamme, Elizabeth • 93 Quinn, John E. • 73, P22 Radlinski, Lauren • PI 95, P30 Ragan, James T. • 187 Rager, Jimmy • P4, P5 Ragsdale, Julie A. • PI 28 Ragsdale, Nick • 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 203 Ramsaran, Alicia • P8 Ramseur, George S. • P79 Ramsey, Adam J. • 46 Randall, John L. • 178, 179 Randle, Christopher P. • 5, 103, 169 Rasmussen, Rebecca *119 Rawlins, Sarah • P69 Raybon, Janet • 222 Rayburn, James R. • 76, 216 Raymond, Gregory • PI42 Reagan, Annalise M. • P110, Pill Reitzel, Adam M. • P116, P273 Resch, Christopher • P286 Reynolds, Alex • 40, 42 Reynolds, Bradley • PI 75 Rhoades, Barry K. • P219 Rhode Ward, Jennifer • P256 Rhodes, Kent • P23 Rice, Aaron N. • P89 Richardson, Cynthia L. • 26, PI 06 Richardson, Danielle • 192 Riechert, John David • P220 Riekert, Brandy R. • P269 Ringwood, Amy H. • 224, PI07 Riordan, Matthew W. • P254, P255 Rios, Nelson E. • 54 Ritter, Steven • PI43, P39, P77 Roach, Robert M. • P183 Roberson, Laina L. • P59 Roberts, Roland P. • 58 Robertson, Leigh * P22 Robinson, Aaron S. • P268 Robinson, Ashlee D. • P82 Rock, Philip • 207 Rodgers, Kelsey • P35 Rogers-Lowery, Costance • 226 Rosillo, Stefano R. • 20, P97 Rossignol, Elaine • P118 Rowan, Caroline • P272 Royal, Mabel O. • PI67 Ruehl, Clifton B. • 124, 173 Ruhfel, Brad R. • 51,97 Runck, Clay • PI 68, P169 Russell, James E. • 21 Sahawneh, Mary A. • P46 Sakaris, Peter C. • 139, 211 Salamander, Team • P212 Sale, Rebecca L. • PI23 Sanchez, Andrea ■ P239 Sarkisova, Anna S. • 139 Sauterer, Roger A • 214 Saylor, Samantha • PI97 Scanlan, Cailyn • P4, P5 Schafran, Peter W. • 161, 163, 167 Schaus, Maynard H. • 24, 26, PI05, PI 06 Schaus, Nathaniel J. • 26 Schiebout, Michael H. • P73, P78 Schlaudt, Joel D. • P76 Schloesser, Donald W. • P98 Schlueter, Catherine G. • 20, P97 Schlueter, Mark A. • 20, 22, 211, 212, PI 52, P20, P222, P97 Schlueter, Peter M. • 22, P222 Schoonover, Michael A. • 141 Schorr, Mark S. • P244 Schrenker, Erin • PI 75 Schroeder, Wanda T. • PI 88 Schulze, Jill G. • P243 Schwartz, Brian • P286 Schwartz, Richard • PI 75 Scoccimaro, Anna Marie • P88 Scott, David E. • P209 Seabrook-Sturgis, Samantha • 164 Seaman, John C. ■ P237 Segarra, Veronica A. • P200, P303, P304, P38 Seifert, Kyle • PI61 Seifert, Kyle N* PI 77 Sharp, Andrew • P251 Shattelroe, Marietta • P256 Shaw, Donald • P59 Shaw, Joey • 100, 198 Shelton, Allison • P28 Sheppard, Sarah B. • 73 Sherling, Lori M. • PI36 Shields, Lindsay • P68 Shin, Juyong • 205 Shoffner, Alexandra V. • 75 Shrives, Ashley N. • 26, PI06 Shupe, Tessa • 105 Sibley, Ashley • P70 Sibree, Megan M. • P3 Sidik, Alfire • P79 Siefferman, Lynn M. • 13, 14, 115 Simmons, Sarah • 109 Singletary, Marie J. • P129 Sipprell, April * PI92 Skrabut, Mary E. • 109, PI2 Sledge, Mary K. • P123 Slemp, Skyla L. • 84 Slitzky, Matt • P4, P5 Small, Margaret A. • 69 Smallwood, Patrick • PI68 Smarr, Erin R. • P257 Smart, James L. • P29 Index of Presenters 205 Smith, Adrianne • P262 Smith, Bridget • P204 Smith, Chuck • P54 Smith, Daniel J. • PI07 Smith, Gabrielle L. • 71, 176 Smith, Gerald L. • 98, 99 Smith, Josuha B. • P244 Smith, Kevin G. • 144, 174 Smith, Mary A. • PI 65 Smith, Mary P. • PI 60 Smith, Walter H. • 71, 84, 176, PI56 Smith, William K. • 11 Snipes, R. 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Natasha • P221, P248 Vandermast, David B. • 1,69, PI31, P132, P144 Velani, Zeshan S. • P217 Vickery, Tesha • P311 Vidal, Heather J. • P73, P78 Vielhauer, Cara • P114 Vigueira, Cindy C. • P223, P54, P55 Vigueira, Patrick A. • 86, 146, P223, P25, P26, P54, P55 Villa, Elizabeth A. • PI Vinson, Jessica E. • 64 Vitt, Pati • 132 von Konrat, Matt • 164 Wagner, Camry L. • PI 87 Wagoner, Ashley • P224 Wainberg, Robert H. • P53 Walker, Weston R. • P31 Wall, Wade A. • 178, 179 Walters, Eric L. • 5 Walters, Katelyn • 70 Wang, Hongliang • P49 Wang, Jingtian • P22 Ward, Rebekah • 206, 209, PI 93, PI 94 Ware-Gilmore, Fhallon C. • P271 Warrington, Ashley M. • PI50 Warzecho, Lauren M. • P31 Waters, Matthew N. • 136, 187, P119, P236 Watford, Ashley • P69 Watson, Halley G. • P54 Wayland, Jack • 84 Weakley, Alan S. • 43, 44, 199, 200 Webb, Russell P. • P40 Webster, Benjamin C. • P119 Webster, Walker S. • P254, P255 Weeks, Andrea • 52 Weesner, Jordan • P218 Weinbrenner, Donna R. • 28, 36 Weir, Scott • P42 Weir, Scott M. • P209 Welch, Nicole T. • 153 Wentworth, Thomas R. • 95 West III, Ted F. • 136 West, Miranda • 90 Whiddon, Jennifer • 147 Whisenant, William • 128 Whitaker, Anna Lee • P115 White, Hannah M. • P32 White, Peter S. • P263 Whitehurst, Lauren E. • 113 Whiteman, Howard • P262 Wiggins, Bruce A. • PI 49 206 SE Biology, Nol. 63, No. 2, April, 2016 Wiggs, Renee M. • P229 Wightman, Molly • P299 Wilkerson, Garrett L. • PI 33 Williams, Amanda D. • 109, PI 2 Williams, Bethany L. • P214 Williams, Charlie • 197 Williams, Danielle • P232, P233 Williams, Dementris • P280 Williams, Harley • P52 Williams, Josiah S. • 21 Williams, Kristy • 226 Williams, Madison A. • 168 Williams, Ray S. • 116, 117, P127, P128, P260 Williams, Rod • 85 Williams, Zach • P6 Williard, Amanda S. • 15, P214 Willis, Nickolaus • P48 Willson, John D. • P87 Wilmouth, James • P294 Wilson, Andrew M. • 75 Wilson, Casey H • P303 Wilson, Chloe E. • P123 Wilson, James • P246 Wilson, Thomas P. • P175, P212 Wilson, Tyler • 146 Winstead, Joe E. • 66 Wise, James • P68 Withers, David • 180 Woldemariam, Moges W. • P40 Wolfram, Nigel • 16 Wolyniak, Michael • P23 Wommack, Andrew • 86 Wood, Connie * 220 Wood, Neely M. • P21 Woods, Alison • P46 Woods, Lauren • P66 Woolery, Cindy • 221 Woolman, Janet R. • PI 02, PI 03, P171 Wooten, Jessica A. • 25, 82 Work, Kirsten • PI 09 Worthen, Wade B. • P264 Worthy, Samantha J. • 40 Wright, Kimberly T. • P243 Wright, Nicole M. • 86, P25 Yoder, Jay A. • 148, 208 York, Joshua • P224 Young, Kelsea • P220 Young, Virginia A. • 215, P163, P183 Yu, Shuangying • P209 Yuh, Renee • 232 Zaradich, Mary • 186 Zbasnik, Nathaniel • P300 Zealy, Richard W. • P225 Zedonek, Michelle • 206, PI 93, PI 94 Zerucha, Ted • 106, PI, P6, P7, P8, P9 Zettler, Jennifer • PI 00, P220 Zhou, YangYu • P86 Zimmer, Elizabeth A. • 163, 167 Zuiderveen, Jeffrey • P288 Zumwalde, Bethany A. • 104 Zvonareva, Tatyana • 24, 26 Zweygardt, Sean M. • P221 Zwiers, Paul • P66, P69 2017 Meeting Information 207 Thank You for Attending the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists See You Next Year! 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