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<div><center> <big>''' <br />
== Saturday, March 19, 2011 == <br />
==== Biology/Physics Building Room 130, 9:00am to ~ 4:00pm ====<br />
'''</big> </center> <br><br />
<br><br />
The '''EEB Graduate Student Symposium''' is an all day event where graduate students present their research to other graduate students and faculty. Any EEB graduate student can present: BSMS, masters, PhD, old and new students. New graduate students usually present research ideas or preliminary data, while those more ‘seasoned’ students present their most recent results, often in preparation for upcoming spring and summer meetings. <br />
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==New Schedule==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" <br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="80" align="center"|Time<br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="120"|Speaker<br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="450"|Title<br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 8:30-9:00 || || Coffee & Tea (drinks only) <br />
|- <br />
| 9:00-9:15 || Dr. Lee Allen Aggison, Jr. Interim Vice Provost for Graduate Education & Dean of the Graduate School || Welcome address <br />
|- <br />
| 9:15-9:30 || Frank Smith || TBA <br />
|- <br />
| 9:30-9:45 || Beth Wade|| Gene flow and species boundaries of 3 cicada species in NZ (Cicadidae: Kikihia)<br />
|- <br />
| 9:45-10:00 || Bill Ryerson || The development and application of an inexpensive particle image velocimetry (PIV) system in animal biomechanics<br />
|- <br />
| 10:00-10:15 ||Maria Pickering || Examining the cestode taxon ''Trilocularia'' in 2 host shark species and across 3 disparate localities<br />
|- <br />
| 10:15-10:30 || Chris Owen || TBA <br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 10:30-11:00 || || '''Morning Break - Drinks and Fruit'''<br />
|- <br />
| 11:00-11:15 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Jonathan_Velotta Jon Velotta] || Functional consequences of land-locking in alewives<br />
|- <br />
| 11:15-11:30 || Alejandro Rico || Hummingbirds´"pausing behavior" <br />
|- <br />
| 11:30-11:45 || Sarah Redmond || Exploring the impact of ocean acidification and warming on the microscopic survival stages of the kelp, ''Saccharina latissima'' (Linnaeus)<br />
|- <br />
| 11:45-12:00 || Geert Goemans || Field work in the Neotropics<br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 12:00-1:30 || || Lunch - Sandwiches and Salad<br />
|- <br />
| 1:30-2:00 || Dr. Karen Ober Assistant Professor of Biology at College of the Holy Cross || Keynote Address: Beetle evolution research at a small liberal arts college<br />
|- <br />
| 2:00-2:15 ||Adam M. Wilson || Conservation Photography in the Lower Rio Grande Valley<br />
|- <br />
| 2:15-2:30 ||Jose Pereira || Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) On Georges Bank: Testing Models of Habitat Use<br />
|- <br />
| 2:30-2:45 || [[Karolina Fucikova]] || ''Bracteacoccus'' and its relatives: a case of cryptic genera.<br />
|- <br />
| 2:45-3:00 || Alyssa Borowske || A Tale of Two Sparrows<br />
|- <br />
| 3:00-3:15 || Manette Sandor || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 3:15-3:30 ||Alexander DeFrancesco || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 3:30-3:45 ||Johana Goyes-Vallejos || TBA <br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;" | 3:45-4:00 || || '''Speed Talks'''<br />
|- <br />
| 3:45-3:50 ||Lily Lewis || Preliminary thoughts on the phylogeography of a dung moss<br />
|- <br />
| 3:50-3:55 ||Chris Field || A Motion Chart of bird population trends.<br />
|- <br />
| 3:55-4:00 || || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/2011_Graduate_Student_Biological_Photo_Contest Biological Image Contest - 2011]<br />
|- <br />
|}<br />
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==Abstracts==<br />
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<span id="NAME">''' Name'''</span><br />
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Abstract<br />
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<span id="NAME">''' Jose J. Pereira'''</span><br />
<br> Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) On Georges Bank: Testing Models of Habitat Use <br>A better understanding of habitat requirements is mandated by federal fisheries law. One way to approach this issue is to examine factors that influence distribution. We are investigating how distribution changes with abundance, which is of particular interest in exploited populations that undergo large changes in abundance. Three theories have been proposed for the relationship between marine fish abundance and distribution: the Constant Density Model (CDM), the Proportional Density Model (PDM), and MacCall’s Basin Model (MBM) which incorporates the Ideal Free Distribution model of Fretwell and Lucas. The CDM predicts that the population’s range expands and contracts with changes in global abundance while local density does not vary. Habitat quality varies and the best habitats, conferring the highest fitness, remain occupied at lowest abundance. The PDM predicts that range remains constant and that local density varies with changes in abundance. Local density is highest in habitats that confer the highest fitness. The MBM predicts that there is density-dependent habitat use, such that both local density and species range vary with changes in abundance. Fitness should be the same across habitats because of these density-dependent processes. We are testing these theories using geospatial modeling and National Marine Fisheries Service trawl survey data. We test for changes in range by mapping non-zero catches at high and low population levels. We test for fitness changes across habitats by assessing spatial autocorrelation in fitness metrics (weight-at-length, weight-at-age). Results from analysis of yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) show evidence of spatial autocorrelation for both males and females except during spring spawning season when populations are low. Data from both the spring and fall survey shows that the area occupied by the species increases with increasing population size. While there are other predictions made by these models which we have not yet tested, these results support the constant density model.<br />
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<span id="NAME">''' Karolina Fucikova'''</span><br />
<br>''Bracteacoccus'' and its relatives: a case of cryptic genera <br><br />
''Bracteacoccus'', one of the most common soil algae, is taxonomically interwoven with several other genera. In particular, its relationship with the morphologically similar ''Dictyococcus, Muriella'' and ''Pseudomuriella'' is quite tangled because these share a similar overall morphology with ''Bracteacoccus''. This has raised questions about the validity of these genera and the proper taxonomic disposition for their species. Phylogenetic relationships for a number of these taxa can be addressed using molecular sequence data obtained from live type strains. Using analyses of the 18S and rbcL genes, we determined that monophyly of ''Bracteacoccus'' can be achieved only by excluding four unrelated lineages that historically have been included under this name. Firstly, B. engadinensis belongs in the genus ''Pseudomuriella'', along with ''Dictyococcus schumacherensis''. Secondly, ''B. cinnabarinus'' and ''B. minutus'' group with ''Muriella zofingiensis'', a species with its own obscure taxonomic history. These three species are distinct from the true ''Muriella'' lineage (Trebouxiophyceae) and we propose to assign them to the resurrected genus ''Chromochloris'' (Chlorophyceae). Lastly, ''Dictyococcus'' was shown to be an unrelated lineage that can be reliably distinguished from ''Bracteacoccus'' based on chloroplast morphology. Our results indicate that ''Pseudomuriella, Chromochloris'' and ''Bracteacoccus'' are morphologically cryptic genera, representing closely related yet divergent lineages. <br />
----<br />
[[Category:Graduate Research Symposium]]<br />
[[Category:Graduate Student Resources]]<br />
__NOTOC__</div>JosePereirahttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Graduate_Student_Research_Symposium_2011&diff=17751Graduate Student Research Symposium 20112011-03-14T14:14:15Z<p>JosePereira: </p>
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<div><center> <big>''' <br />
== Saturday, March 19, 2011 == <br />
==== Biology/Physics Building Room 130, 9:00am to ~ 4:00pm ====<br />
'''</big> </center> <br><br />
<br><br />
The '''EEB Graduate Student Symposium''' is an all day event where graduate students present their research to other graduate students and faculty. Any EEB graduate student can present: BSMS, masters, PhD, old and new students. New graduate students usually present research ideas or preliminary data, while those more ‘seasoned’ students present their most recent results, often in preparation for upcoming spring and summer meetings. <br />
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<center>[[Image:picheader1.gif]]</center><br />
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==New Schedule==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" <br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="80" align="center"|Time<br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="120"|Speaker<br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="450"|Title<br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 8:30-9:00 || || Coffee & Tea (drinks only) <br />
|- <br />
| 9:00-9:15 || Dr. Lee Allen Aggison, Jr. Interim Vice Provost for Graduate Education & Dean of the Graduate School || Welcome address <br />
|- <br />
| 9:15-9:30 || Frank Smith || TBA <br />
|- <br />
| 9:30-9:45 || Beth Wade|| Gene flow and species boundaries of 3 cicada species in NZ (Cicadidae: Kikihia)<br />
|- <br />
| 9:45-10:00 || Bill Ryerson || The development and application of an inexpensive particle image velocimetry (PIV) system in animal biomechanics<br />
|- <br />
| 10:00-10:15 ||Maria Pickering || Examining the cestode taxon ''Trilocularia'' in 2 host shark species and across 3 disparate localities<br />
|- <br />
| 10:15-10:30 || Chris Owen || TBA <br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 10:30-11:00 || || '''Morning Break - Drinks and Fruit'''<br />
|- <br />
| 11:00-11:15 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Jonathan_Velotta Jon Velotta] || Functional consequences of land-locking in alewives<br />
|- <br />
| 11:15-11:30 || Alejandro Rico || Hummingbirds´"pausing behavior" <br />
|- <br />
| 11:30-11:45 || Sarah Redmond || Exploring the impact of ocean acidification and warming on the microscopic survival stages of the kelp, ''Saccharina latissima'' (Linnaeus)<br />
|- <br />
| 11:45-12:00 || Geert Goemans || Field work in the Neotropics<br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 12:00-1:30 || || Lunch - Sandwiches and Salad<br />
|- <br />
| 1:30-2:00 || Dr. Karen Ober Assistant Professor of Biology at College of the Holy Cross || Keynote Address<br />
|- <br />
| 2:00-2:15 ||Adam M. Wilson || Conservation Photography in the Lower Rio Grande Valley<br />
|- <br />
| 2:15-2:30 ||Jose Pereira || Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) On Georges Bank: Testing Models of Habitat Use<br />
|- <br />
| 2:30-2:45 || [[Karolina Fucikova]] || ''Bracteacoccus'' and its relatives: a case of cryptic genera.<br />
|- <br />
| 2:45-3:00 || Alyssa Borowske || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 3:00-3:15 || Manette Sandor || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 3:15-3:30 ||Alexander DeFrancesco || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 3:30-3:45 ||Johana Goyes-Vallejos || TBA <br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;" | 3:45-4:00 || || '''Speed Talks'''<br />
|- <br />
| 3:45-3:50 ||Lily Lewis || Preliminary thoughts on the phylogeography of a dung moss<br />
|- <br />
| 3:50-3:55 ||Chris Field || A Motion Chart of bird population trends.<br />
|- <br />
| 3:55-4:00 || || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/2011_Graduate_Student_Biological_Photo_Contest Biological Image Contest - 2011]<br />
|- <br />
|}<br />
<center>[[Image:picheader1.gif]]</center><br />
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__NOEDITSECTION__<br />
==Abstracts==<br />
<span id="NAME">''' Jose J. Pereira'''</span><br />
<br> Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) On Georges Bank: Testing Models of Habitat Use <br><br />
<br />
<span id="NAME">''' Karolina Fucikova'''</span><br />
<br>''Bracteacoccus'' and its relatives: a case of cryptic genera <br><br />
''Bracteacoccus'', one of the most common soil algae, is taxonomically interwoven with several other genera. In particular, its relationship with the morphologically similar ''Dictyococcus, Muriella'' and ''Pseudomuriella'' is quite tangled because these share a similar overall morphology with ''Bracteacoccus''. This has raised questions about the validity of these genera and the proper taxonomic disposition for their species. Phylogenetic relationships for a number of these taxa can be addressed using molecular sequence data obtained from live type strains. Using analyses of the 18S and rbcL genes, we determined that monophyly of ''Bracteacoccus'' can be achieved only by excluding four unrelated lineages that historically have been included under this name. Firstly, B. engadinensis belongs in the genus ''Pseudomuriella'', along with ''Dictyococcus schumacherensis''. Secondly, ''B. cinnabarinus'' and ''B. minutus'' group with ''Muriella zofingiensis'', a species with its own obscure taxonomic history. These three species are distinct from the true ''Muriella'' lineage (Trebouxiophyceae) and we propose to assign them to the resurrected genus ''Chromochloris'' (Chlorophyceae). Lastly, ''Dictyococcus'' was shown to be an unrelated lineage that can be reliably distinguished from ''Bracteacoccus'' based on chloroplast morphology. Our results indicate that ''Pseudomuriella, Chromochloris'' and ''Bracteacoccus'' are morphologically cryptic genera, representing closely related yet divergent lineages. <br />
----<br />
[[Category:Graduate Research Symposium]]<br />
[[Category:Graduate Student Resources]]<br />
__NOTOC__</div>JosePereirahttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Graduate_Student_Research_Symposium_2011&diff=17750Graduate Student Research Symposium 20112011-03-14T14:13:59Z<p>JosePereira: </p>
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<div><center> <big>''' <br />
== Saturday, March 19, 2011 == <br />
==== Biology/Physics Building Room 130, 9:00am to ~ 4:00pm ====<br />
'''</big> </center> <br><br />
<br><br />
The '''EEB Graduate Student Symposium''' is an all day event where graduate students present their research to other graduate students and faculty. Any EEB graduate student can present: BSMS, masters, PhD, old and new students. New graduate students usually present research ideas or preliminary data, while those more ‘seasoned’ students present their most recent results, often in preparation for upcoming spring and summer meetings. <br />
<br><br />
<center>[[Image:picheader1.gif]]</center><br />
__NOEDITSECTION__<br />
==New Schedule==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" <br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="80" align="center"|Time<br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="120"|Speaker<br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="450"|Title<br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 8:30-9:00 || || Coffee & Tea (drinks only) <br />
|- <br />
| 9:00-9:15 || Dr. Lee Allen Aggison, Jr. Interim Vice Provost for Graduate Education & Dean of the Graduate School || Welcome address <br />
|- <br />
| 9:15-9:30 || Frank Smith || TBA <br />
|- <br />
| 9:30-9:45 || Beth Wade|| Gene flow and species boundaries of 3 cicada species in NZ (Cicadidae: Kikihia)<br />
|- <br />
| 9:45-10:00 || Bill Ryerson || The development and application of an inexpensive particle image velocimetry (PIV) system in animal biomechanics<br />
|- <br />
| 10:00-10:15 ||Maria Pickering || Examining the cestode taxon ''Trilocularia'' in 2 host shark species and across 3 disparate localities<br />
|- <br />
| 10:15-10:30 || Chris Owen || TBA <br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 10:30-11:00 || || '''Morning Break - Drinks and Fruit'''<br />
|- <br />
| 11:00-11:15 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Jonathan_Velotta Jon Velotta] || Functional consequences of land-locking in alewives<br />
|- <br />
| 11:15-11:30 || Alejandro Rico || Hummingbirds´"pausing behavior" <br />
|- <br />
| 11:30-11:45 || Sarah Redmond || Exploring the impact of ocean acidification and warming on the microscopic survival stages of the kelp, ''Saccharina latissima'' (Linnaeus)<br />
|- <br />
| 11:45-12:00 || Geert Goemans || Field work in the Neotropics<br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 12:00-1:30 || || Lunch - Sandwiches and Salad<br />
|- <br />
| 1:30-2:00 || Dr. Karen Ober Assistant Professor of Biology at College of the Holy Cross || Keynote Address<br />
|- <br />
| 2:00-2:15 ||Adam M. Wilson || Conservation Photography in the Lower Rio Grande Valley<br />
|- <br />
| 2:15-2:30 ||Jose Pereira || Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) On Georges Bank: Testing Models of Habitat Use<br />
|- <br />
| 2:30-2:45 || [[Karolina Fucikova]] || ''Bracteacoccus'' and its relatives: a case of cryptic genera.<br />
|- <br />
| 2:45-3:00 || Alyssa Borowske || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 3:00-3:15 || Manette Sandor || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 3:15-3:30 ||Alexander DeFrancesco || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 3:30-3:45 ||Johana Goyes-Vallejos || TBA <br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;" | 3:45-4:00 || || '''Speed Talks'''<br />
|- <br />
| 3:45-3:50 ||Lily Lewis || Preliminary thoughts on the phylogeography of a dung moss<br />
|- <br />
| 3:50-3:55 ||Chris Field || A Motion Chart of bird population trends.<br />
|- <br />
| 3:55-4:00 || || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/2011_Graduate_Student_Biological_Photo_Contest Biological Image Contest - 2011]<br />
|- <br />
|}<br />
<center>[[Image:picheader1.gif]]</center><br />
<br />
__NOEDITSECTION__<br />
==Abstracts==<br />
<span id="NAME">''' Jose J. Pereira'''</span><br />
<br> Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) On Georges Bank: Testing Models of Habitat Use <br><br />
better understanding of habitat requirements is mandated by federal fisheries law. One way to approach this issue is to examine factors that influence distribution. We are investigating how distribution changes with abundance, which is of particular interest in exploited populations that undergo large changes in abundance. Three theories have been proposed for the relationship between marine fish abundance and distribution: the Constant Density Model (CDM), the Proportional Density Model (PDM), and MacCall’s Basin Model (MBM) which incorporates the Ideal Free Distribution model of Fretwell and Lucas. The CDM predicts that the population’s range expands and contracts with changes in global abundance while local density does not vary. Habitat quality varies and the best habitats, conferring the highest fitness, remain occupied at lowest abundance. The PDM predicts that range remains constant and that local density varies with changes in abundance. Local density is highest in habitats that confer the highest fitness. The MBM predicts that there is density-dependent habitat use, such that both local density and species range vary with changes in abundance. Fitness should be the same across habitats because of these density-dependent processes.<br />
We are testing these theories using geospatial modeling and National Marine Fisheries Service trawl survey data. We test for changes in range by mapping non-zero catches at high and low population levels. We test for fitness changes across habitats by assessing spatial autocorrelation in fitness metrics (weight-at-length, weight-at-age). Results from analysis of yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) show evidence of spatial autocorrelation for both males and females except during spring spawning season when populations are low. Data from both the spring and fall survey shows that the area occupied by the species increases with increasing population size. While there are other predictions made by these models which we have not yet tested, these results support the constant density model.<br />
<br />
<span id="NAME">''' Karolina Fucikova'''</span><br />
<br>''Bracteacoccus'' and its relatives: a case of cryptic genera <br><br />
''Bracteacoccus'', one of the most common soil algae, is taxonomically interwoven with several other genera. In particular, its relationship with the morphologically similar ''Dictyococcus, Muriella'' and ''Pseudomuriella'' is quite tangled because these share a similar overall morphology with ''Bracteacoccus''. This has raised questions about the validity of these genera and the proper taxonomic disposition for their species. Phylogenetic relationships for a number of these taxa can be addressed using molecular sequence data obtained from live type strains. Using analyses of the 18S and rbcL genes, we determined that monophyly of ''Bracteacoccus'' can be achieved only by excluding four unrelated lineages that historically have been included under this name. Firstly, B. engadinensis belongs in the genus ''Pseudomuriella'', along with ''Dictyococcus schumacherensis''. Secondly, ''B. cinnabarinus'' and ''B. minutus'' group with ''Muriella zofingiensis'', a species with its own obscure taxonomic history. These three species are distinct from the true ''Muriella'' lineage (Trebouxiophyceae) and we propose to assign them to the resurrected genus ''Chromochloris'' (Chlorophyceae). Lastly, ''Dictyococcus'' was shown to be an unrelated lineage that can be reliably distinguished from ''Bracteacoccus'' based on chloroplast morphology. Our results indicate that ''Pseudomuriella, Chromochloris'' and ''Bracteacoccus'' are morphologically cryptic genera, representing closely related yet divergent lineages. <br />
----<br />
[[Category:Graduate Research Symposium]]<br />
[[Category:Graduate Student Resources]]<br />
__NOTOC__</div>JosePereirahttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Graduate_Student_Research_Symposium_2011&diff=17749Graduate Student Research Symposium 20112011-03-14T14:13:14Z<p>JosePereira: </p>
<hr />
<div><center> <big>''' <br />
== Saturday, March 19, 2011 == <br />
==== Biology/Physics Building Room 130, 9:00am to ~ 4:00pm ====<br />
'''</big> </center> <br><br />
<br><br />
The '''EEB Graduate Student Symposium''' is an all day event where graduate students present their research to other graduate students and faculty. Any EEB graduate student can present: BSMS, masters, PhD, old and new students. New graduate students usually present research ideas or preliminary data, while those more ‘seasoned’ students present their most recent results, often in preparation for upcoming spring and summer meetings. <br />
<br><br />
<center>[[Image:picheader1.gif]]</center><br />
__NOEDITSECTION__<br />
==New Schedule==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" <br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="80" align="center"|Time<br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="120"|Speaker<br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="450"|Title<br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 8:30-9:00 || || Coffee & Tea (drinks only) <br />
|- <br />
| 9:00-9:15 || Dr. Lee Allen Aggison, Jr. Interim Vice Provost for Graduate Education & Dean of the Graduate School || Welcome address <br />
|- <br />
| 9:15-9:30 || Frank Smith || TBA <br />
|- <br />
| 9:30-9:45 || Beth Wade|| Gene flow and species boundaries of 3 cicada species in NZ (Cicadidae: Kikihia)<br />
|- <br />
| 9:45-10:00 || Bill Ryerson || The development and application of an inexpensive particle image velocimetry (PIV) system in animal biomechanics<br />
|- <br />
| 10:00-10:15 ||Maria Pickering || Examining the cestode taxon ''Trilocularia'' in 2 host shark species and across 3 disparate localities<br />
|- <br />
| 10:15-10:30 || Chris Owen || TBA <br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 10:30-11:00 || || '''Morning Break - Drinks and Fruit'''<br />
|- <br />
| 11:00-11:15 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Jonathan_Velotta Jon Velotta] || Functional consequences of land-locking in alewives<br />
|- <br />
| 11:15-11:30 || Alejandro Rico || Hummingbirds´"pausing behavior" <br />
|- <br />
| 11:30-11:45 || Sarah Redmond || Exploring the impact of ocean acidification and warming on the microscopic survival stages of the kelp, ''Saccharina latissima'' (Linnaeus)<br />
|- <br />
| 11:45-12:00 || Geert Goemans || Field work in the Neotropics<br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 12:00-1:30 || || Lunch - Sandwiches and Salad<br />
|- <br />
| 1:30-2:00 || Dr. Karen Ober Assistant Professor of Biology at College of the Holy Cross || Keynote Address<br />
|- <br />
| 2:00-2:15 ||Adam M. Wilson || Conservation Photography in the Lower Rio Grande Valley<br />
|- <br />
| 2:15-2:30 ||Jose Pereira || Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) On Georges Bank: Testing Models of Habitat Use<br />
|- <br />
| 2:30-2:45 || [[Karolina Fucikova]] || ''Bracteacoccus'' and its relatives: a case of cryptic genera.<br />
|- <br />
| 2:45-3:00 || Alyssa Borowske || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 3:00-3:15 || Manette Sandor || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 3:15-3:30 ||Alexander DeFrancesco || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 3:30-3:45 ||Johana Goyes-Vallejos || TBA <br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;" | 3:45-4:00 || || '''Speed Talks'''<br />
|- <br />
| 3:45-3:50 ||Lily Lewis || Preliminary thoughts on the phylogeography of a dung moss<br />
|- <br />
| 3:50-3:55 ||Chris Field || A Motion Chart of bird population trends.<br />
|- <br />
| 3:55-4:00 || || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/2011_Graduate_Student_Biological_Photo_Contest Biological Image Contest - 2011]<br />
|- <br />
|}<br />
<center>[[Image:picheader1.gif]]</center><br />
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__NOEDITSECTION__<br />
==Abstracts==<br />
<span id="NAME">''' Jose J. Pereira'''</span><br />
<br> Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) On Georges Bank: Testing Models of Habitat Use <br><br />
A better understanding of habitat requirements is mandated by federal fisheries law. One way to approach this issue is to examine factors that influence distribution. We are investigating how distribution changes with abundance, which is of particular interest in exploited populations that undergo large changes in abundance. Three theories have been proposed for the relationship between marine fish abundance and distribution: the Constant Density Model (CDM), the Proportional Density Model (PDM), and MacCall’s Basin Model (MBM) which incorporates the Ideal Free Distribution model of Fretwell and Lucas. The CDM predicts that the population’s range expands and contracts with changes in global abundance while local density does not vary. Habitat quality varies and the best habitats, conferring the highest fitness, remain occupied at lowest abundance. The PDM predicts that range remains constant and that local density varies with changes in abundance. Local density is highest in habitats that confer the highest fitness. The MBM predicts that there is density-dependent habitat use, such that both local density and species range vary with changes in abundance. Fitness should be the same across habitats because of these density-dependent processes.<br />
We are testing these theories using geospatial modeling and National Marine Fisheries Service trawl survey data. We test for changes in range by mapping non-zero catches at high and low population levels. We test for fitness changes across habitats by assessing spatial autocorrelation in fitness metrics (weight-at-length, weight-at-age). Results from analysis of yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) show evidence of spatial autocorrelation for both males and females except during spring spawning season when populations are low. Data from both the spring and fall survey shows that the area occupied by the species increases with increasing population size. While there are other predictions made by these models which we have not yet tested, these results support the constant density model.<br><br />
<br />
<span id="NAME">''' Karolina Fucikova'''</span><br />
<br>''Bracteacoccus'' and its relatives: a case of cryptic genera <br><br />
''Bracteacoccus'', one of the most common soil algae, is taxonomically interwoven with several other genera. In particular, its relationship with the morphologically similar ''Dictyococcus, Muriella'' and ''Pseudomuriella'' is quite tangled because these share a similar overall morphology with ''Bracteacoccus''. This has raised questions about the validity of these genera and the proper taxonomic disposition for their species. Phylogenetic relationships for a number of these taxa can be addressed using molecular sequence data obtained from live type strains. Using analyses of the 18S and rbcL genes, we determined that monophyly of ''Bracteacoccus'' can be achieved only by excluding four unrelated lineages that historically have been included under this name. Firstly, B. engadinensis belongs in the genus ''Pseudomuriella'', along with ''Dictyococcus schumacherensis''. Secondly, ''B. cinnabarinus'' and ''B. minutus'' group with ''Muriella zofingiensis'', a species with its own obscure taxonomic history. These three species are distinct from the true ''Muriella'' lineage (Trebouxiophyceae) and we propose to assign them to the resurrected genus ''Chromochloris'' (Chlorophyceae). Lastly, ''Dictyococcus'' was shown to be an unrelated lineage that can be reliably distinguished from ''Bracteacoccus'' based on chloroplast morphology. Our results indicate that ''Pseudomuriella, Chromochloris'' and ''Bracteacoccus'' are morphologically cryptic genera, representing closely related yet divergent lineages. <br />
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[[Category:Graduate Research Symposium]]<br />
[[Category:Graduate Student Resources]]<br />
__NOTOC__</div>JosePereirahttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Graduate_Student_Research_Symposium_2011&diff=17748Graduate Student Research Symposium 20112011-03-14T14:12:16Z<p>JosePereira: </p>
<hr />
<div><center> <big>''' <br />
== Saturday, March 19, 2011 == <br />
==== Biology/Physics Building Room 130, 9:00am to ~ 4:00pm ====<br />
'''</big> </center> <br><br />
<br><br />
The '''EEB Graduate Student Symposium''' is an all day event where graduate students present their research to other graduate students and faculty. Any EEB graduate student can present: BSMS, masters, PhD, old and new students. New graduate students usually present research ideas or preliminary data, while those more ‘seasoned’ students present their most recent results, often in preparation for upcoming spring and summer meetings. <br />
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<center>[[Image:picheader1.gif]]</center><br />
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==New Schedule==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" <br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="80" align="center"|Time<br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="120"|Speaker<br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="450"|Title<br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 8:30-9:00 || || Coffee & Tea (drinks only) <br />
|- <br />
| 9:00-9:15 || Dr. Lee Allen Aggison, Jr. Interim Vice Provost for Graduate Education & Dean of the Graduate School || Welcome address <br />
|- <br />
| 9:15-9:30 || Frank Smith || TBA <br />
|- <br />
| 9:30-9:45 || Beth Wade|| Gene flow and species boundaries of 3 cicada species in NZ (Cicadidae: Kikihia)<br />
|- <br />
| 9:45-10:00 || Bill Ryerson || The development and application of an inexpensive particle image velocimetry (PIV) system in animal biomechanics<br />
|- <br />
| 10:00-10:15 ||Maria Pickering || Examining the cestode taxon ''Trilocularia'' in 2 host shark species and across 3 disparate localities<br />
|- <br />
| 10:15-10:30 || Chris Owen || TBA <br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 10:30-11:00 || || '''Morning Break - Drinks and Fruit'''<br />
|- <br />
| 11:00-11:15 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Jonathan_Velotta Jon Velotta] || Functional consequences of land-locking in alewives<br />
|- <br />
| 11:15-11:30 || Alejandro Rico || Hummingbirds´"pausing behavior" <br />
|- <br />
| 11:30-11:45 || Sarah Redmond || Exploring the impact of ocean acidification and warming on the microscopic survival stages of the kelp, ''Saccharina latissima'' (Linnaeus)<br />
|- <br />
| 11:45-12:00 || Geert Goemans || Field work in the Neotropics<br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 12:00-1:30 || || Lunch - Sandwiches and Salad<br />
|- <br />
| 1:30-2:00 || Dr. Karen Ober Assistant Professor of Biology at College of the Holy Cross || Keynote Address<br />
|- <br />
| 2:00-2:15 ||Adam M. Wilson || Conservation Photography in the Lower Rio Grande Valley<br />
|- <br />
| 2:15-2:30 ||Jose Pereira || Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) On Georges Bank: Testing Models of Habitat Use<br />
|- <br />
| 2:30-2:45 || [[Karolina Fucikova]] || ''Bracteacoccus'' and its relatives: a case of cryptic genera.<br />
|- <br />
| 2:45-3:00 || Alyssa Borowske || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 3:00-3:15 || Manette Sandor || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 3:15-3:30 ||Alexander DeFrancesco || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 3:30-3:45 ||Johana Goyes-Vallejos || TBA <br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;" | 3:45-4:00 || || '''Speed Talks'''<br />
|- <br />
| 3:45-3:50 ||Lily Lewis || Preliminary thoughts on the phylogeography of a dung moss<br />
|- <br />
| 3:50-3:55 ||Chris Field || A Motion Chart of bird population trends.<br />
|- <br />
| 3:55-4:00 || || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/2011_Graduate_Student_Biological_Photo_Contest Biological Image Contest - 2011]<br />
|- <br />
|}<br />
<center>[[Image:picheader1.gif]]</center><br />
<br />
__NOEDITSECTION__<br />
==Abstracts==<br />
<span id="NAME">''' Jose J. Pereira'''</span><br />
<br> Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) On Georges Bank: Testing Models of Habitat Use <br><br />
<br>A better understanding of habitat requirements is mandated by federal fisheries law. One way to approach this issue is to examine factors that influence distribution. We are investigating how distribution changes with abundance, which is of particular interest in exploited populations that undergo large changes in abundance. Three theories have been proposed for the relationship between marine fish abundance and distribution: the Constant Density Model (CDM), the Proportional Density Model (PDM), and MacCall’s Basin Model (MBM) which incorporates the Ideal Free Distribution model of Fretwell and Lucas. The CDM predicts that the population’s range expands and contracts with changes in global abundance while local density does not vary. Habitat quality varies and the best habitats, conferring the highest fitness, remain occupied at lowest abundance. The PDM predicts that range remains constant and that local density varies with changes in abundance. Local density is highest in habitats that confer the highest fitness. The MBM predicts that there is density-dependent habitat use, such that both local density and species range vary with changes in abundance. Fitness should be the same across habitats because of these density-dependent processes.<br />
We are testing these theories using geospatial modeling and National Marine Fisheries Service trawl survey data. We test for changes in range by mapping non-zero catches at high and low population levels. We test for fitness changes across habitats by assessing spatial autocorrelation in fitness metrics (weight-at-length, weight-at-age). Results from analysis of yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) show evidence of spatial autocorrelation for both males and females except during spring spawning season when populations are low. Data from both the spring and fall survey shows that the area occupied by the species increases with increasing population size. While there are other predictions made by these models which we have not yet tested, these results support the constant density model.<br />
<br />
<span id="NAME">''' Karolina Fucikova'''</span><br />
<br>''Bracteacoccus'' and its relatives: a case of cryptic genera <br><br />
''Bracteacoccus'', one of the most common soil algae, is taxonomically interwoven with several other genera. In particular, its relationship with the morphologically similar ''Dictyococcus, Muriella'' and ''Pseudomuriella'' is quite tangled because these share a similar overall morphology with ''Bracteacoccus''. This has raised questions about the validity of these genera and the proper taxonomic disposition for their species. Phylogenetic relationships for a number of these taxa can be addressed using molecular sequence data obtained from live type strains. Using analyses of the 18S and rbcL genes, we determined that monophyly of ''Bracteacoccus'' can be achieved only by excluding four unrelated lineages that historically have been included under this name. Firstly, B. engadinensis belongs in the genus ''Pseudomuriella'', along with ''Dictyococcus schumacherensis''. Secondly, ''B. cinnabarinus'' and ''B. minutus'' group with ''Muriella zofingiensis'', a species with its own obscure taxonomic history. These three species are distinct from the true ''Muriella'' lineage (Trebouxiophyceae) and we propose to assign them to the resurrected genus ''Chromochloris'' (Chlorophyceae). Lastly, ''Dictyococcus'' was shown to be an unrelated lineage that can be reliably distinguished from ''Bracteacoccus'' based on chloroplast morphology. Our results indicate that ''Pseudomuriella, Chromochloris'' and ''Bracteacoccus'' are morphologically cryptic genera, representing closely related yet divergent lineages. <br />
----<br />
[[Category:Graduate Research Symposium]]<br />
[[Category:Graduate Student Resources]]<br />
__NOTOC__</div>JosePereirahttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=User_talk:JosePereira&diff=17744User talk:JosePereira2011-03-14T14:02:48Z<p>JosePereira: New page: A better understanding of habitat requirements is mandated by federal fisheries law. One way to approach this issue is to examine factors that influence distribution. We are investigatin...</p>
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<div>A better understanding of habitat requirements is mandated by federal fisheries law. One way to approach this issue is to examine factors that influence distribution. We are investigating how distribution changes with abundance, which is of particular interest in exploited populations that undergo large changes in abundance. Three theories have been proposed for the relationship between marine fish abundance and distribution: the Constant Density Model (CDM), the Proportional Density Model (PDM), and MacCall’s Basin Model (MBM) which incorporates the Ideal Free Distribution model of Fretwell and Lucas. The CDM predicts that the population’s range expands and contracts with changes in global abundance while local density does not vary. Habitat quality varies and the best habitats, conferring the highest fitness, remain occupied at lowest abundance. The PDM predicts that range remains constant and that local density varies with changes in abundance. Local density is highest in habitats that confer the highest fitness. The MBM predicts that there is density-dependent habitat use, such that both local density and species range vary with changes in abundance. Fitness should be the same across habitats because of these density-dependent processes.<br />
We are testing these theories using geospatial modeling and National Marine Fisheries Service trawl survey data. We test for changes in range by mapping non-zero catches at high and low population levels. We test for fitness changes across habitats by assessing spatial autocorrelation in fitness metrics (weight-at-length, weight-at-age). Results from analysis of yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) show evidence of spatial autocorrelation for both males and females except during spring spawning season when populations are low. Data from both the spring and fall survey shows that the area occupied by the species increases with increasing population size. While there are other predictions made by these models which we have not yet tested, these results support the constant density model.</div>JosePereirahttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Graduate_Student_Research_Symposium_2011&diff=17743Graduate Student Research Symposium 20112011-03-14T13:58:42Z<p>JosePereira: A better understanding of habitat requirements is mandated by federal fisheries law. One way to approach this issue is to examine factors that influence distribution. We are investigating how distri</p>
<hr />
<div><center> <big>''' <br />
== Saturday, March 19, 2011 == <br />
==== Biology/Physics Building Room 130, 9:00am to ~ 4:00pm ====<br />
'''</big> </center> <br><br />
<br><br />
The '''EEB Graduate Student Symposium''' is an all day event where graduate students present their research to other graduate students and faculty. Any EEB graduate student can present: BSMS, masters, PhD, old and new students. New graduate students usually present research ideas or preliminary data, while those more ‘seasoned’ students present their most recent results, often in preparation for upcoming spring and summer meetings. <br />
<br><br />
<center>[[Image:picheader1.gif]]</center><br />
__NOEDITSECTION__<br />
==New Schedule==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" <br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="80" align="center"|Time<br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="120"|Speaker<br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="450"|Title<br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 8:30-9:00 || || Coffee & Tea (drinks only) <br />
|- <br />
| 9:00-9:15 || Dr. Lee Allen Aggison, Jr. Interim Vice Provost for Graduate Education & Dean of the Graduate School || Welcome address <br />
|- <br />
| 9:15-9:30 || Frank Smith || TBA <br />
|- <br />
| 9:30-9:45 || Beth Wade|| Gene flow and species boundaries of 3 cicada species in NZ (Cicadidae: Kikihia)<br />
|- <br />
| 9:45-10:00 || Bill Ryerson || The development and application of an inexpensive particle image velocimetry (PIV) system in animal biomechanics<br />
|- <br />
| 10:00-10:15 ||Maria Pickering || Examining the cestode taxon ''Trilocularia'' in 2 host shark species and across 3 disparate localities<br />
|- <br />
| 10:15-10:30 || Chris Owen || TBA <br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 10:30-11:00 || || '''Morning Break - Drinks and Fruit'''<br />
|- <br />
| 11:00-11:15 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Jonathan_Velotta Jon Velotta] || Functional consequences of land-locking in alewives<br />
|- <br />
| 11:15-11:30 || Alejandro Rico || Hummingbirds´"pausing behavior" <br />
|- <br />
| 11:30-11:45 || Sarah Redmond || Exploring the impact of ocean acidification and warming on the microscopic survival stages of the kelp, ''Saccharina latissima'' (Linnaeus)<br />
|- <br />
| 11:45-12:00 || Geert Goemans || Field work in the Neotropics<br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 12:00-1:30 || || Lunch - Sandwiches and Salad<br />
|- <br />
| 1:30-2:00 || Dr. Karen Ober Assistant Professor of Biology at College of the Holy Cross || Keynote Address<br />
|- <br />
| 2:00-2:15 ||Adam M. Wilson || Conservation Photography in the Lower Rio Grande Valley<br />
|- <br />
| 2:15-2:30 ||Jose Pereira || Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) On Georges Bank: Testing Models of Habitat Use<br />
|- <br />
| 2:30-2:45 || [[Karolina Fucikova]] || ''Bracteacoccus'' and its relatives: a case of cryptic genera.<br />
|- <br />
| 2:45-3:00 || Alyssa Borowske || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 3:00-3:15 || Manette Sandor || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 3:15-3:30 ||Alexander DeFrancesco || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 3:30-3:45 ||Johana Goyes-Vallejos || TBA <br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;" | 3:45-4:00 || || '''Speed Talks'''<br />
|- <br />
| 3:45-3:50 ||Lily Lewis || Preliminary thoughts on the phylogeography of a dung moss<br />
|- <br />
| 3:50-3:55 ||Chris Field || A Motion Chart of bird population trends.<br />
|- <br />
| 3:55-4:00 || || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/2011_Graduate_Student_Biological_Photo_Contest Biological Image Contest - 2011]<br />
|- <br />
|}<br />
<center>[[Image:picheader1.gif]]</center><br />
<br />
__NOEDITSECTION__<br />
==Abstracts==<br />
<span id="NAME">''' Jose J. Pereira'''</span><br />
<br> Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) On Georges Bank: Testing Models of Habitat Use<br />
<br><br />
<br><br />
<span id="NAME">''' Karolina Fucikova'''</span><br />
<br>''Bracteacoccus'' and its relatives: a case of cryptic genera <br><br />
''Bracteacoccus'', one of the most common soil algae, is taxonomically interwoven with several other genera. In particular, its relationship with the morphologically similar ''Dictyococcus, Muriella'' and ''Pseudomuriella'' is quite tangled because these share a similar overall morphology with ''Bracteacoccus''. This has raised questions about the validity of these genera and the proper taxonomic disposition for their species. Phylogenetic relationships for a number of these taxa can be addressed using molecular sequence data obtained from live type strains. Using analyses of the 18S and rbcL genes, we determined that monophyly of ''Bracteacoccus'' can be achieved only by excluding four unrelated lineages that historically have been included under this name. Firstly, B. engadinensis belongs in the genus ''Pseudomuriella'', along with ''Dictyococcus schumacherensis''. Secondly, ''B. cinnabarinus'' and ''B. minutus'' group with ''Muriella zofingiensis'', a species with its own obscure taxonomic history. These three species are distinct from the true ''Muriella'' lineage (Trebouxiophyceae) and we propose to assign them to the resurrected genus ''Chromochloris'' (Chlorophyceae). Lastly, ''Dictyococcus'' was shown to be an unrelated lineage that can be reliably distinguished from ''Bracteacoccus'' based on chloroplast morphology. Our results indicate that ''Pseudomuriella, Chromochloris'' and ''Bracteacoccus'' are morphologically cryptic genera, representing closely related yet divergent lineages. <br />
----<br />
[[Category:Graduate Research Symposium]]<br />
[[Category:Graduate Student Resources]]<br />
__NOTOC__</div>JosePereirahttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Graduate_Student_Research_Symposium_2011&diff=17742Graduate Student Research Symposium 20112011-03-14T13:54:57Z<p>JosePereira: </p>
<hr />
<div><center> <big>''' <br />
== Saturday, March 19, 2011 == <br />
==== Biology/Physics Building Room 130, 9:00am to ~ 4:00pm ====<br />
'''</big> </center> <br><br />
<br><br />
The '''EEB Graduate Student Symposium''' is an all day event where graduate students present their research to other graduate students and faculty. Any EEB graduate student can present: BSMS, masters, PhD, old and new students. New graduate students usually present research ideas or preliminary data, while those more ‘seasoned’ students present their most recent results, often in preparation for upcoming spring and summer meetings. <br />
<br><br />
<center>[[Image:picheader1.gif]]</center><br />
__NOEDITSECTION__<br />
==New Schedule==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" <br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="80" align="center"|Time<br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="120"|Speaker<br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="450"|Title<br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 8:30-9:00 || || Coffee & Tea (drinks only) <br />
|- <br />
| 9:00-9:15 || Dr. Lee Allen Aggison, Jr. Interim Vice Provost for Graduate Education & Dean of the Graduate School || Welcome address <br />
|- <br />
| 9:15-9:30 || Frank Smith || TBA <br />
|- <br />
| 9:30-9:45 || Beth Wade|| Gene flow and species boundaries of 3 cicada species in NZ (Cicadidae: Kikihia)<br />
|- <br />
| 9:45-10:00 || Bill Ryerson || The development and application of an inexpensive particle image velocimetry (PIV) system in animal biomechanics<br />
|- <br />
| 10:00-10:15 ||Maria Pickering || Examining the cestode taxon ''Trilocularia'' in 2 host shark species and across 3 disparate localities<br />
|- <br />
| 10:15-10:30 || Chris Owen || TBA <br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 10:30-11:00 || || '''Morning Break - Drinks and Fruit'''<br />
|- <br />
| 11:00-11:15 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Jonathan_Velotta Jon Velotta] || Functional consequences of land-locking in alewives<br />
|- <br />
| 11:15-11:30 || Alejandro Rico || Hummingbirds´"pausing behavior" <br />
|- <br />
| 11:30-11:45 || Sarah Redmond || Exploring the impact of ocean acidification and warming on the microscopic survival stages of the kelp, ''Saccharina latissima'' (Linnaeus)<br />
|- <br />
| 11:45-12:00 || Geert Goemans || Field work in the Neotropics<br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 12:00-1:30 || || Lunch - Sandwiches and Salad<br />
|- <br />
| 1:30-2:00 || Dr. Karen Ober Assistant Professor of Biology at College of the Holy Cross || Keynote Address<br />
|- <br />
| 2:00-2:15 ||Adam M. Wilson || Conservation Photography in the Lower Rio Grande Valley<br />
|- <br />
| 2:15-2:30 ||Jose Pereira || Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) On Georges Bank: Testing Models of Habitat Use<br />
|- <br />
| 2:30-2:45 || [[Karolina Fucikova]] || ''Bracteacoccus'' and its relatives: a case of cryptic genera.<br />
|- <br />
| 2:45-3:00 || Alyssa Borowske || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 3:00-3:15 || Manette Sandor || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 3:15-3:30 ||Alexander DeFrancesco || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 3:30-3:45 ||Johana Goyes-Vallejos || TBA <br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;" | 3:45-4:00 || || '''Speed Talks'''<br />
|- <br />
| 3:45-3:50 ||Lily Lewis || Preliminary thoughts on the phylogeography of a dung moss<br />
|- <br />
| 3:50-3:55 ||Chris Field || A Motion Chart of bird population trends.<br />
|- <br />
| 3:55-4:00 || || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/2011_Graduate_Student_Biological_Photo_Contest Biological Image Contest - 2011]<br />
|- <br />
|}<br />
<center>[[Image:picheader1.gif]]</center><br />
<br />
__NOEDITSECTION__<br />
==Abstracts==<br />
<span id="NAME">''' Jose J. Pereira'''</span><br />
<br> Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) On Georges Bank: Testing Models of Habitat Use<br />
<br>A better understanding of habitat requirements is mandated by federal fisheries law. One way to approach this issue is to examine factors that influence distribution. We are investigating how distribution changes with abundance, which is of particular interest in exploited populations that undergo large changes in abundance. Three theories have been proposed for the relationship between marine fish abundance and distribution: the Constant Density Model (CDM), the Proportional Density Model (PDM), and MacCall’s Basin Model (MBM) which incorporates the Ideal Free Distribution model of Fretwell and Lucas. The CDM predicts that the population’s range expands and contracts with changes in global abundance while local density does not vary. Habitat quality varies and the best habitats, conferring the highest fitness, remain occupied at lowest abundance. The PDM predicts that range remains constant and that local density varies with changes in abundance. Local density is highest in habitats that confer the highest fitness. The MBM predicts that there is density-dependent habitat use, such that both local density and species range vary with changes in abundance. Fitness should be the same across habitats because of these density-dependent processes.<br />
We are testing these theories using geospatial modeling and National Marine Fisheries Service trawl survey data. We test for changes in range by mapping non-zero catches at high and low population levels. We test for fitness changes across habitats by assessing spatial autocorrelation in fitness metrics (weight-at-length, weight-at-age). Results from analysis of yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) show evidence of spatial autocorrelation for both males and females except during spring spawning season when populations are low. Data from both the spring and fall survey shows that the area occupied by the species increases with increasing population size. While there are other predictions made by these models which we have not yet tested, these results support the constant density model.<br />
<br><br />
<span id="NAME">''' Karolina Fucikova'''</span><br />
<br>''Bracteacoccus'' and its relatives: a case of cryptic genera <br><br />
''Bracteacoccus'', one of the most common soil algae, is taxonomically interwoven with several other genera. In particular, its relationship with the morphologically similar ''Dictyococcus, Muriella'' and ''Pseudomuriella'' is quite tangled because these share a similar overall morphology with ''Bracteacoccus''. This has raised questions about the validity of these genera and the proper taxonomic disposition for their species. Phylogenetic relationships for a number of these taxa can be addressed using molecular sequence data obtained from live type strains. Using analyses of the 18S and rbcL genes, we determined that monophyly of ''Bracteacoccus'' can be achieved only by excluding four unrelated lineages that historically have been included under this name. Firstly, B. engadinensis belongs in the genus ''Pseudomuriella'', along with ''Dictyococcus schumacherensis''. Secondly, ''B. cinnabarinus'' and ''B. minutus'' group with ''Muriella zofingiensis'', a species with its own obscure taxonomic history. These three species are distinct from the true ''Muriella'' lineage (Trebouxiophyceae) and we propose to assign them to the resurrected genus ''Chromochloris'' (Chlorophyceae). Lastly, ''Dictyococcus'' was shown to be an unrelated lineage that can be reliably distinguished from ''Bracteacoccus'' based on chloroplast morphology. Our results indicate that ''Pseudomuriella, Chromochloris'' and ''Bracteacoccus'' are morphologically cryptic genera, representing closely related yet divergent lineages. <br />
----<br />
[[Category:Graduate Research Symposium]]<br />
[[Category:Graduate Student Resources]]<br />
__NOTOC__</div>JosePereirahttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Graduate_Student_Research_Symposium_2011&diff=17740Graduate Student Research Symposium 20112011-03-14T13:50:23Z<p>JosePereira: </p>
<hr />
<div><center> <big>''' <br />
== Saturday, March 19, 2011 == <br />
==== Biology/Physics Building Room 130, 9:00am to ~ 4:00pm ====<br />
'''</big> </center> <br><br />
<br><br />
The '''EEB Graduate Student Symposium''' is an all day event where graduate students present their research to other graduate students and faculty. Any EEB graduate student can present: BSMS, masters, PhD, old and new students. New graduate students usually present research ideas or preliminary data, while those more ‘seasoned’ students present their most recent results, often in preparation for upcoming spring and summer meetings. <br />
<br><br />
<center>[[Image:picheader1.gif]]</center><br />
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==New Schedule==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" <br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="80" align="center"|Time<br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="120"|Speaker<br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="450"|Title<br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 8:30-9:00 || || Coffee & Tea (drinks only) <br />
|- <br />
| 9:00-9:15 || Dr. Lee Allen Aggison, Jr. Interim Vice Provost for Graduate Education & Dean of the Graduate School || Welcome address <br />
|- <br />
| 9:15-9:30 || Frank Smith || TBA <br />
|- <br />
| 9:30-9:45 || Beth Wade|| Gene flow and species boundaries of 3 cicada species in NZ (Cicadidae: Kikihia)<br />
|- <br />
| 9:45-10:00 || Bill Ryerson || The development and application of an inexpensive particle image velocimetry (PIV) system in animal biomechanics<br />
|- <br />
| 10:00-10:15 ||Maria Pickering || Examining the cestode taxon ''Trilocularia'' in 2 host shark species and across 3 disparate localities<br />
|- <br />
| 10:15-10:30 || Chris Owen || TBA <br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 10:30-11:00 || || '''Morning Break - Drinks and Fruit'''<br />
|- <br />
| 11:00-11:15 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Jonathan_Velotta Jon Velotta] || Functional consequences of land-locking in alewives<br />
|- <br />
| 11:15-11:30 || Alejandro Rico || Hummingbirds´"pausing behavior" <br />
|- <br />
| 11:30-11:45 || Sarah Redmond || Exploring the impact of ocean acidification and warming on the microscopic survival stages of the kelp, ''Saccharina latissima'' (Linnaeus)<br />
|- <br />
| 11:45-12:00 || Geert Goemans || Field work in the Neotropics<br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 12:00-1:30 || || Lunch - Sandwiches and Salad<br />
|- <br />
| 1:30-2:00 || Dr. Karen Ober Assistant Professor of Biology at College of the Holy Cross || Keynote Address<br />
|- <br />
| 2:00-2:15 ||Adam M. Wilson || Conservation Photography in the Lower Rio Grande Valley<br />
|- <br />
| 2:15-2:30 ||Jose Pereira || Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) On Georges Bank: Testing Models of Habitat Use<br />
|- <br />
| 2:30-2:45 || [[Karolina Fucikova]] || ''Bracteacoccus'' and its relatives: a case of cryptic genera.<br />
|- <br />
| 2:45-3:00 || Alyssa Borowske || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 3:00-3:15 || Manette Sandor || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 3:15-3:30 ||Alexander DeFrancesco || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 3:30-3:45 ||Johana Goyes-Vallejos || TBA <br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;" | 3:45-4:00 || || '''Speed Talks'''<br />
|- <br />
| 3:45-3:50 ||Lily Lewis || Preliminary thoughts on the phylogeography of a dung moss<br />
|- <br />
| 3:50-3:55 ||Chris Field || A Motion Chart of bird population trends.<br />
|- <br />
| 3:55-4:00 || || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/2011_Graduate_Student_Biological_Photo_Contest Biological Image Contest - 2011]<br />
|- <br />
|}<br />
<center>[[Image:picheader1.gif]]</center><br />
<br />
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==Abstracts==<br />
<span id="NAME">''' Jose J. Pereira'''</span><br />
<br> Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) On Georges Bank: Testing Models of Habitat Use<br />
<br>A better understanding of habitat requirements is mandated by federal fisheries law. One way to approach this issue is to examine factors that influence distribution. We are investigating how distribution changes with abundance, which is of particular interest in exploited populations that undergo large changes in abundance. Three theories have been proposed for the relationship between marine fish abundance and distribution: the Constant Density Model (CDM), the Proportional Density Model (PDM), and MacCall’s Basin Model (MBM) which incorporates the Ideal Free Distribution model of Fretwell and Lucas. The CDM predicts that the population’s range expands and contracts with changes in global abundance while local density does not vary. Habitat quality varies and the best habitats, conferring the highest fitness, remain occupied at lowest abundance. The PDM predicts that range remains constant and that local density varies with changes in abundance. Local density is highest in habitats that confer the highest fitness. The MBM predicts that there is density-dependent habitat use, such that both local density and species range vary with changes in abundance. Fitness should be the same across habitats because of these density-dependent processes.<br />
We are testing these theories using geospatial modeling and National Marine Fisheries Service trawl survey data. We test for changes in range by mapping non-zero catches at high and low population levels. We test for fitness changes across habitats by assessing spatial autocorrelation in fitness metrics (weight-at-length, weight-at-age). Results from analysis of yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) show evidence of spatial autocorrelation for both males and females except during spring spawning season when populations are low. Data from both the spring and fall survey shows that the area occupied by the species increases with increasing population size. While there are other predictions made by these models which we have not yet tested, these results support the constant density model. <br><br />
<span id="NAME">''' Karolina Fucikova'''</span><br />
<br>''Bracteacoccus'' and its relatives: a case of cryptic genera <br><br />
''Bracteacoccus'', one of the most common soil algae, is taxonomically interwoven with several other genera. In particular, its relationship with the morphologically similar ''Dictyococcus, Muriella'' and ''Pseudomuriella'' is quite tangled because these share a similar overall morphology with ''Bracteacoccus''. This has raised questions about the validity of these genera and the proper taxonomic disposition for their species. Phylogenetic relationships for a number of these taxa can be addressed using molecular sequence data obtained from live type strains. Using analyses of the 18S and rbcL genes, we determined that monophyly of ''Bracteacoccus'' can be achieved only by excluding four unrelated lineages that historically have been included under this name. Firstly, B. engadinensis belongs in the genus ''Pseudomuriella'', along with ''Dictyococcus schumacherensis''. Secondly, ''B. cinnabarinus'' and ''B. minutus'' group with ''Muriella zofingiensis'', a species with its own obscure taxonomic history. These three species are distinct from the true ''Muriella'' lineage (Trebouxiophyceae) and we propose to assign them to the resurrected genus ''Chromochloris'' (Chlorophyceae). Lastly, ''Dictyococcus'' was shown to be an unrelated lineage that can be reliably distinguished from ''Bracteacoccus'' based on chloroplast morphology. Our results indicate that ''Pseudomuriella, Chromochloris'' and ''Bracteacoccus'' are morphologically cryptic genera, representing closely related yet divergent lineages. <br />
----<br />
[[Category:Graduate Research Symposium]]<br />
[[Category:Graduate Student Resources]]<br />
__NOTOC__</div>JosePereirahttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Graduate_Student_Research_Symposium_2011&diff=17739Graduate Student Research Symposium 20112011-03-14T13:48:41Z<p>JosePereira: </p>
<hr />
<div><center> <big>''' <br />
== Saturday, March 19, 2011 == <br />
==== Biology/Physics Building Room 130, 9:00am to ~ 4:00pm ====<br />
'''</big> </center> <br><br />
<br><br />
The '''EEB Graduate Student Symposium''' is an all day event where graduate students present their research to other graduate students and faculty. Any EEB graduate student can present: BSMS, masters, PhD, old and new students. New graduate students usually present research ideas or preliminary data, while those more ‘seasoned’ students present their most recent results, often in preparation for upcoming spring and summer meetings. <br />
<br><br />
<center>[[Image:picheader1.gif]]</center><br />
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==New Schedule==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" <br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="80" align="center"|Time<br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="120"|Speaker<br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="450"|Title<br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 8:30-9:00 || || Coffee & Tea (drinks only) <br />
|- <br />
| 9:00-9:15 || Dr. Lee Allen Aggison, Jr. Interim Vice Provost for Graduate Education & Dean of the Graduate School || Welcome address <br />
|- <br />
| 9:15-9:30 || Frank Smith || TBA <br />
|- <br />
| 9:30-9:45 || Beth Wade|| Gene flow and species boundaries of 3 cicada species in NZ (Cicadidae: Kikihia)<br />
|- <br />
| 9:45-10:00 || Bill Ryerson || The development and application of an inexpensive particle image velocimetry (PIV) system in animal biomechanics<br />
|- <br />
| 10:00-10:15 ||Maria Pickering || Examining the cestode taxon ''Trilocularia'' in 2 host shark species and across 3 disparate localities<br />
|- <br />
| 10:15-10:30 || Chris Owen || TBA <br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 10:30-11:00 || || '''Morning Break - Drinks and Fruit'''<br />
|- <br />
| 11:00-11:15 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Jonathan_Velotta Jon Velotta] || Functional consequences of land-locking in alewives<br />
|- <br />
| 11:15-11:30 || Alejandro Rico || Hummingbirds´"pausing behavior" <br />
|- <br />
| 11:30-11:45 || Sarah Redmond || Exploring the impact of ocean acidification and warming on the microscopic survival stages of the kelp, ''Saccharina latissima'' (Linnaeus)<br />
|- <br />
| 11:45-12:00 || Geert Goemans || Field work in the Neotropics<br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 12:00-1:30 || || Lunch - Sandwiches and Salad<br />
|- <br />
| 1:30-2:00 || Dr. Karen Ober Assistant Professor of Biology at College of the Holy Cross || Keynote Address<br />
|- <br />
| 2:00-2:15 ||Adam M. Wilson || Conservation Photography in the Lower Rio Grande Valley<br />
|- <br />
| 2:15-2:30 ||Jose Pereira || Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) On Georges Bank: Testing Models of Habitat Use<br />
|- <br />
| 2:30-2:45 || [[Karolina Fucikova]] || ''Bracteacoccus'' and its relatives: a case of cryptic genera.<br />
|- <br />
| 2:45-3:00 || Alyssa Borowske || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 3:00-3:15 || Manette Sandor || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 3:15-3:30 ||Alexander DeFrancesco || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 3:30-3:45 ||Johana Goyes-Vallejos || TBA <br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;" | 3:45-4:00 || || '''Speed Talks'''<br />
|- <br />
| 3:45-3:50 ||Lily Lewis || Preliminary thoughts on the phylogeography of a dung moss<br />
|- <br />
| 3:50-3:55 ||Chris Field || A Motion Chart of bird population trends.<br />
|- <br />
| 3:55-4:00 || || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/2011_Graduate_Student_Biological_Photo_Contest Biological Image Contest - 2011]<br />
|- <br />
|}<br />
<center>[[Image:picheader1.gif]]</center><br />
<br />
__NOEDITSECTION__<br />
==Abstracts==<br />
<span id="NAME">''' Jose J. Pereira'''</span><br />
<br> Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) On Georges Bank: Testing Models of Habitat Use <br><br />
<br />
<br />
<br><br />
<span id="NAME">''' Karolina Fucikova'''</span><br />
<br>''Bracteacoccus'' and its relatives: a case of cryptic genera <br><br />
''Bracteacoccus'', one of the most common soil algae, is taxonomically interwoven with several other genera. In particular, its relationship with the morphologically similar ''Dictyococcus, Muriella'' and ''Pseudomuriella'' is quite tangled because these share a similar overall morphology with ''Bracteacoccus''. This has raised questions about the validity of these genera and the proper taxonomic disposition for their species. Phylogenetic relationships for a number of these taxa can be addressed using molecular sequence data obtained from live type strains. Using analyses of the 18S and rbcL genes, we determined that monophyly of ''Bracteacoccus'' can be achieved only by excluding four unrelated lineages that historically have been included under this name. Firstly, B. engadinensis belongs in the genus ''Pseudomuriella'', along with ''Dictyococcus schumacherensis''. Secondly, ''B. cinnabarinus'' and ''B. minutus'' group with ''Muriella zofingiensis'', a species with its own obscure taxonomic history. These three species are distinct from the true ''Muriella'' lineage (Trebouxiophyceae) and we propose to assign them to the resurrected genus ''Chromochloris'' (Chlorophyceae). Lastly, ''Dictyococcus'' was shown to be an unrelated lineage that can be reliably distinguished from ''Bracteacoccus'' based on chloroplast morphology. Our results indicate that ''Pseudomuriella, Chromochloris'' and ''Bracteacoccus'' are morphologically cryptic genera, representing closely related yet divergent lineages. <br />
----<br />
[[Category:Graduate Research Symposium]]<br />
[[Category:Graduate Student Resources]]<br />
__NOTOC__</div>JosePereirahttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Graduate_Student_Research_Symposium_2011&diff=17738Graduate Student Research Symposium 20112011-03-14T13:43:40Z<p>JosePereira: </p>
<hr />
<div><center> <big>''' <br />
== Saturday, March 19, 2011 == <br />
==== Biology/Physics Building Room 130, 9:00am to ~ 4:00pm ====<br />
'''</big> </center> <br><br />
<br><br />
The '''EEB Graduate Student Symposium''' is an all day event where graduate students present their research to other graduate students and faculty. Any EEB graduate student can present: BSMS, masters, PhD, old and new students. New graduate students usually present research ideas or preliminary data, while those more ‘seasoned’ students present their most recent results, often in preparation for upcoming spring and summer meetings. <br />
<br><br />
<center>[[Image:picheader1.gif]]</center><br />
__NOEDITSECTION__<br />
==New Schedule==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" <br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="80" align="center"|Time<br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="120"|Speaker<br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="450"|Title<br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 8:30-9:00 || || Coffee & Tea (drinks only) <br />
|- <br />
| 9:00-9:15 || Dr. Lee Allen Aggison, Jr. Interim Vice Provost for Graduate Education & Dean of the Graduate School || Welcome address <br />
|- <br />
| 9:15-9:30 || Frank Smith || TBA <br />
|- <br />
| 9:30-9:45 || Beth Wade|| Gene flow and species boundaries of 3 cicada species in NZ (Cicadidae: Kikihia)<br />
|- <br />
| 9:45-10:00 || Bill Ryerson || The development and application of an inexpensive particle image velocimetry (PIV) system in animal biomechanics<br />
|- <br />
| 10:00-10:15 ||Maria Pickering || Examining the cestode taxon ''Trilocularia'' in 2 host shark species and across 3 disparate localities<br />
|- <br />
| 10:15-10:30 || Chris Owen || TBA <br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 10:30-11:00 || || '''Morning Break - Drinks and Fruit'''<br />
|- <br />
| 11:00-11:15 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Jonathan_Velotta Jon Velotta] || Functional consequences of land-locking in alewives<br />
|- <br />
| 11:15-11:30 || Alejandro Rico || Hummingbirds´"pausing behavior" <br />
|- <br />
| 11:30-11:45 || Sarah Redmond || Exploring the impact of ocean acidification and warming on the microscopic survival stages of the kelp, ''Saccharina latissima'' (Linnaeus)<br />
|- <br />
| 11:45-12:00 || Geert Goemans || Field work in the Neotropics<br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 12:00-1:30 || || Lunch - Sandwiches and Salad<br />
|- <br />
| 1:30-2:00 || Dr. Karen Ober Assistant Professor of Biology at College of the Holy Cross || Keynote Address<br />
|- <br />
| 2:00-2:15 ||Adam M. Wilson || Conservation Photography in the Lower Rio Grande Valley<br />
|- <br />
| 2:15-2:30 ||Jose Pereira || Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) On Georges Bank: Testing Models of Habitat Use<br />
|- <br />
| 2:30-2:45 || [[Karolina Fucikova]] || ''Bracteacoccus'' and its relatives: a case of cryptic genera.<br />
|- <br />
| 2:45-3:00 || Alyssa Borowske || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 3:00-3:15 || Manette Sandor || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 3:15-3:30 ||Alexander DeFrancesco || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 3:30-3:45 ||Johana Goyes-Vallejos || TBA <br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;" | 3:45-4:00 || || '''Speed Talks'''<br />
|- <br />
| 3:45-3:50 ||Lily Lewis || Preliminary thoughts on the phylogeography of a dung moss<br />
|- <br />
| 3:50-3:55 ||Chris Field || A Motion Chart of bird population trends.<br />
|- <br />
| 3:55-4:00 || || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/2011_Graduate_Student_Biological_Photo_Contest Biological Image Contest - 2011]<br />
|- <br />
|}<br />
<center>[[Image:picheader1.gif]]</center><br />
<br />
__NOEDITSECTION__<br />
==Abstracts==<br />
<span id="NAME">''' Jose J. Pereira'''</span><br />
<br> Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) On Georges Bank: Testing Models of Habitat Use <br><br />
A better understanding of habitat requirements is mandated by federal fisheries law. One way to approach this issue is to examine factors that influence distribution. We are investigating how distribution changes with abundance, which is of particular interest in exploited populations that undergo large changes in abundance. Three theories have been proposed for the relationship between marine fish abundance and distribution: the Constant Density Model (CDM), the Proportional Density Model (PDM), and MacCall’s Basin Model (MBM) which incorporates the Ideal Free Distribution model of Fretwell and Lucas. The CDM predicts that the population’s range expands and contracts with changes in global abundance while local density does not vary. Habitat quality varies and the best habitats, conferring the highest fitness, remain occupied at lowest abundance. The PDM predicts that range remains constant and that local density varies with changes in abundance. Local density is highest in habitats that confer the highest fitness. The MBM predicts that there is density-dependent habitat use, such that both local density and species range vary with changes in abundance. Fitness should be the same across habitats because of these density-dependent processes.<br />
We are testing these theories using geospatial modeling and National Marine Fisheries Service trawl survey data. We test for changes in range by mapping non-zero catches at high and low population levels. We test for fitness changes across habitats by assessing spatial autocorrelation in fitness metrics (weight-at-length, weight-at-age). Results from analysis of yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) show evidence of spatial autocorrelation for both males and females except during spring spawning season when populations are low. Data from both the spring and fall survey shows that the area occupied by the species increases with increasing population size. While there are other predictions made by these models which we have not yet tested, these results support the constant density model.<br />
<br />
<br><br />
<span id="NAME">''' Karolina Fucikova'''</span><br />
<br>''Bracteacoccus'' and its relatives: a case of cryptic genera <br><br />
''Bracteacoccus'', one of the most common soil algae, is taxonomically interwoven with several other genera. In particular, its relationship with the morphologically similar ''Dictyococcus, Muriella'' and ''Pseudomuriella'' is quite tangled because these share a similar overall morphology with ''Bracteacoccus''. This has raised questions about the validity of these genera and the proper taxonomic disposition for their species. Phylogenetic relationships for a number of these taxa can be addressed using molecular sequence data obtained from live type strains. Using analyses of the 18S and rbcL genes, we determined that monophyly of ''Bracteacoccus'' can be achieved only by excluding four unrelated lineages that historically have been included under this name. Firstly, B. engadinensis belongs in the genus ''Pseudomuriella'', along with ''Dictyococcus schumacherensis''. Secondly, ''B. cinnabarinus'' and ''B. minutus'' group with ''Muriella zofingiensis'', a species with its own obscure taxonomic history. These three species are distinct from the true ''Muriella'' lineage (Trebouxiophyceae) and we propose to assign them to the resurrected genus ''Chromochloris'' (Chlorophyceae). Lastly, ''Dictyococcus'' was shown to be an unrelated lineage that can be reliably distinguished from ''Bracteacoccus'' based on chloroplast morphology. Our results indicate that ''Pseudomuriella, Chromochloris'' and ''Bracteacoccus'' are morphologically cryptic genera, representing closely related yet divergent lineages. <br />
----<br />
[[Category:Graduate Research Symposium]]<br />
[[Category:Graduate Student Resources]]<br />
__NOTOC__</div>JosePereirahttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Graduate_Student_Research_Symposium_2011&diff=17730Graduate Student Research Symposium 20112011-03-12T16:03:48Z<p>JosePereira: </p>
<hr />
<div><center> <big>''' <br />
== Saturday, March 19, 2011 == <br />
==== Biology/Physics Building Room 130, 9:00am to ~ 4:00pm ====<br />
'''</big> </center> <br><br />
<br><br />
The '''EEB Graduate Student Symposium''' is an all day event where graduate students present their research to other graduate students and faculty. Any EEB graduate student can present: BSMS, masters, PhD, old and new students. New graduate students usually present research ideas or preliminary data, while those more ‘seasoned’ students present their most recent results, often in preparation for upcoming spring and summer meetings. <br />
<br><br />
<center>[[Image:picheader1.gif]]</center><br />
__NOEDITSECTION__<br />
==New Schedule==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" <br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="80" align="center"|Time<br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="120"|Speaker<br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="450"|Title<br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 8:30-9:00 || || Coffee & Tea (drinks only) <br />
|- <br />
| 9:00-9:15 || Dr. Lee Allen Aggison, Jr. Interim Vice Provost for Graduate Education & Dean of the Graduate School || Welcome address <br />
|- <br />
| 9:15-9:30 || Frank Smith || TBA <br />
|- <br />
| 9:30-9:45 || Beth Wade|| Gene flow and species boundaries of 3 cicada species in NZ (Cicadidae: Kikihia)<br />
|- <br />
| 9:45-10:00 || Bill Ryerson || The development and application of an inexpensive particle image velocimetry (PIV) system in animal biomechanics<br />
|- <br />
| 10:00-10:15 ||Maria Pickering || Examining the cestode taxon ''Trilocularia'' in 2 host shark species and across 3 disparate localities<br />
|- <br />
| 10:15-10:30 || Chris Owen || TBA <br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 10:30-11:00 || || '''Morning Break - Drinks and Fruit'''<br />
|- <br />
| 11:00-11:15 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Jonathan_Velotta Jon Velotta] || Functional consequences of land-locking in alewives<br />
|- <br />
| 11:15-11:30 || Alejandro Rico || Hummingbirds´"pausing behavior" <br />
|- <br />
| 11:30-11:45 || Sarah Redmond || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 11:45-12:00 || Geert Goemans || Field work in the Neotropics<br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 12:00-1:30 || || Lunch - Sandwiches and Salad<br />
|- <br />
| 1:30-2:00 || Dr. Karen Ober Assistant Professor of Biology at College of the Holy Cross || Keynote Address<br />
|- <br />
| 2:00-2:15 ||Kathryn Theiss || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 2:15-2:30 ||Jose Pereira || Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) On Georges Bank: Testing Models of Habitat Use<br />
|- <br />
| 2:30-2:45 || [[Karolina Fucikova]] || ''Bracteacoccus'' and its relatives: a case of cryptic genera.<br />
|- <br />
| 2:45-3:00 || Alyssa Borowske || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 3:00-3:15 || Manette Sandor || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 3:15-3:30 ||Alexander DeFrancesco || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 3:30-3:45 ||Johana Goyes-Vallejos || TBA <br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;" | 3:45-4:00 || || '''Speed Talks'''<br />
|- <br />
| 3:45-3:50 ||Lily Lewis || Preliminary thoughts on the phylogeography of a dung moss<br />
|- <br />
| 3:50-3:55 ||Chris Field || A Motion Chart of bird population trends.<br />
|- <br />
| 3:55-4:00 || || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/2011_Graduate_Student_Biological_Photo_Contest Biological Image Contest - 2011]<br />
|- <br />
|}<br />
<center>[[Image:picheader1.gif]]</center><br />
<br />
__NOEDITSECTION__<br />
==Abstracts==<br />
<span id="NAME">''' Name Here'''</span><br />
<br> Title Here <br><br />
Abstract Here<br />
<br><br />
<span id="NAME">''' Karolina Fucikova'''</span><br />
<br>''Bracteacoccus'' and its relatives: a case of cryptic genera <br><br />
''Bracteacoccus'', one of the most common soil algae, is taxonomically interwoven with several other genera. In particular, its relationship with the morphologically similar ''Dictyococcus, Muriella'' and ''Pseudomuriella'' is quite tangled because these share a similar overall morphology with ''Bracteacoccus''. This has raised questions about the validity of these genera and the proper taxonomic disposition for their species. Phylogenetic relationships for a number of these taxa can be addressed using molecular sequence data obtained from live type strains. Using analyses of the 18S and rbcL genes, we determined that monophyly of ''Bracteacoccus'' can be achieved only by excluding four unrelated lineages that historically have been included under this name. Firstly, B. engadinensis belongs in the genus ''Pseudomuriella'', along with ''Dictyococcus schumacherensis''. Secondly, ''B. cinnabarinus'' and ''B. minutus'' group with ''Muriella zofingiensis'', a species with its own obscure taxonomic history. These three species are distinct from the true ''Muriella'' lineage (Trebouxiophyceae) and we propose to assign them to the resurrected genus ''Chromochloris'' (Chlorophyceae). Lastly, ''Dictyococcus'' was shown to be an unrelated lineage that can be reliably distinguished from ''Bracteacoccus'' based on chloroplast morphology. Our results indicate that ''Pseudomuriella, Chromochloris'' and ''Bracteacoccus'' are morphologically cryptic genera, representing closely related yet divergent lineages. <br />
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[[Category:Graduate Student Resources]]<br />
__NOTOC__</div>JosePereirahttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Graduate_Student_Research_Symposium_2011&diff=17616Graduate Student Research Symposium 20112011-03-01T18:22:49Z<p>JosePereira: </p>
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<div><center> <big>''' <br />
== Saturday, March 19, 2011 == <br />
==== Biology/Physics Building Room 130, 9:00am to ~ 4:00pm ====<br />
'''</big> </center> <br><br />
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The '''EEB Graduate Student Symposium''' is an all day event where graduate students present their research to other graduate students and faculty. Any EEB graduate student can present: BSMS, masters, PhD, old and new students. New graduate students usually present research ideas or preliminary data, while those more ‘seasoned’ students present their most recent results, often in preparation for upcoming spring and summer meetings. <br />
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!style="background:#efefef;"| 8:30-9:00 || || Coffee & Tea (drinks only) <br />
|- <br />
| 9:00-9:15 || Dr. Lee Allen Aggison, Jr. Interim Vice Provost for Graduate Education & Dean of the Graduate School || Welcome address <br />
|- <br />
| 9:15-9:30 || ||<br />
|- <br />
| 9:30-9:45 || Beth Wade|| Gene flow and species boundaries of 3 cicada species in NZ (Cicadidae: Kikihia)<br />
|- <br />
| 9:45-10:00 || Bill Ryerson || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 10:00-10:15 ||Maria Pickering || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 10:15-10:30 || Chris Owen || TBA <br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 10:30-11:00 || || '''Morning Break - Drinks and Fruit'''<br />
|- <br />
| 11:00-11:15 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Jonathan_Velotta Jon Velotta] || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 11:15-11:30 || Alejandro Rico || Hummingbirds´"pausing behavior" <br />
|- <br />
| 11:30-11:45 || || <br />
|- <br />
| 11:45-12:00 || Geert Goemans || Field work in the Neotropics<br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 12:00-1:30 || || Lunch - Sandwiches and Salad<br />
|- <br />
| 1:30-2:00 || Dr. Karen Ober Assistant Professor of Biology at College of the Holy Cross || Keynote Address<br />
|- <br />
| 2:00-2:15 ||Kathryn Theiss || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 2:15-2:30 ||Jose Pereira || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 2:30-2:45 || || <br />
|- <br />
| 2:45-3:00 || || <br />
|- <br />
| 3:00-3:15 || || <br />
|- <br />
| 3:15-3:30 || || <br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;" | 3:30-3:45 || || '''Speed Talks'''<br />
|- <br />
| 3:30-3:35 ||Lily Lewis || Preliminary thoughts on the phylogeography of a dung moss<br />
|- <br />
| 3:35-3:40 || || <br />
|- <br />
| 3:40-3:45 || || Biological Image Contest - 2011<br />
|- <br />
|}<br />
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[[Category:Graduate Research Symposium]]<br />
[[Category:Graduate Student Resources]]<br />
__NOTOC__</div>JosePereirahttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Graduate_Student_Research_Symposium_2011&diff=17615Graduate Student Research Symposium 20112011-03-01T18:21:35Z<p>JosePereira: </p>
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<div><center> <big>''' <br />
== Saturday, March 19, 2011 == <br />
==== Biology/Physics Building Room 130, 9:00am to ~ 4:00pm ====<br />
'''</big> </center> <br><br />
<br><br />
The '''EEB Graduate Student Symposium''' is an all day event where graduate students present their research to other graduate students and faculty. Any EEB graduate student can present: BSMS, masters, PhD, old and new students. New graduate students usually present research ideas or preliminary data, while those more ‘seasoned’ students present their most recent results, often in preparation for upcoming spring and summer meetings. <br />
<br><br />
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==New Schedule==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" <br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="80" align="center"|Time<br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="120"|Speaker<br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="450"|Title<br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 8:30-9:00 || || Coffee & Tea (drinks only) <br />
|- <br />
| 9:00-9:15 || Dr. Lee Allen Aggison, Jr. Interim Vice Provost for Graduate Education & Dean of the Graduate School || Welcome address <br />
|- <br />
| 9:15-9:30 || ||<br />
|- <br />
| 9:30-9:45 || Beth Wade|| Gene flow and species boundaries of 3 cicada species in NZ (Cicadidae: Kikihia)<br />
|- <br />
| 9:45-10:00 || Bill Ryerson || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 10:00-10:15 ||Maria Pickering || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 10:15-10:30 || Chris Owen || TBA <br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 10:30-11:00 || || '''Morning Break - Drinks and Fruit'''<br />
|- <br />
| 11:00-11:15 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Jonathan_Velotta Jon Velotta] || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 11:15-11:30 || Alejandro Rico || Hummingbirds´"pausing behavior" <br />
|- <br />
| 11:30-11:45 || Jose Pereira || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 11:45-12:00 || Geert Goemans || Field work in the Neotropics<br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 12:00-1:30 || || Lunch - Sandwiches and Salad<br />
|- <br />
| 1:30-2:00 || Dr. Karen Ober Assistant Professor of Biology at College of the Holy Cross || Keynote Address<br />
|- <br />
| 2:00-2:15 ||Kathryn Theiss || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 2:15-2:30 || || <br />
|- <br />
| 2:30-2:45 || || <br />
|- <br />
| 2:45-3:00 || || <br />
|- <br />
| 3:00-3:15 || || <br />
|- <br />
| 3:15-3:30 || || <br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;" | 3:30-3:45 || || '''Speed Talks'''<br />
|- <br />
| 3:30-3:35 ||Lily Lewis || Preliminary thoughts on the phylogeography of a dung moss<br />
|- <br />
| 3:35-3:40 || || <br />
|- <br />
| 3:40-3:45 || || Biological Image Contest - 2011<br />
|- <br />
|}<br />
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==Abstracts==<br />
<span id="NAME">''' Name Here'''</span><br />
<br> Title Here <br><br />
Abstract Here<br />
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[[Category:Graduate Research Symposium]]<br />
[[Category:Graduate Student Resources]]<br />
__NOTOC__</div>JosePereirahttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Graduate_Student_Research_Symposium_2011&diff=17613Graduate Student Research Symposium 20112011-03-01T14:13:38Z<p>JosePereira: </p>
<hr />
<div><center> <big>''' <br />
== Saturday, March 19, 2011 == <br />
==== Biology/Physics Building Room 130, 9:00am to ~ 4:00pm ====<br />
'''</big> </center> <br><br />
<br><br />
The '''EEB Graduate Student Symposium''' is an all day event where graduate students present their research to other graduate students and faculty. Any EEB graduate student can present: BSMS, masters, PhD, old and new students. New graduate students usually present research ideas or preliminary data, while those more ‘seasoned’ students present their most recent results, often in preparation for upcoming spring and summer meetings. <br />
<br><br />
<center>[[Image:picheader1.gif]]</center><br />
__NOEDITSECTION__<br />
==New Schedule==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" <br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="80" align="center"|Time<br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="120"|Speaker<br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="450"|Title<br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 8:30-9:00 || || Coffee & Tea (drinks only) <br />
|- <br />
| 9:00-9:15 || Dr. Lee Allen Aggison, Jr. Interim Vice Provost for Graduate Education & Dean of the Graduate School || Welcome address <br />
|- <br />
| 9:15-9:30 ||Jose Pereira || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 9:30-9:45 || Beth Wade|| Gene flow and species boundaries of 3 cicada species in NZ (Cicadidae: Kikihia)<br />
|- <br />
| 9:45-10:00 || Bill Ryerson || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 10:00-10:15 ||Maria Pickering || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 10:15-10:30 || Chris Owen || TBA <br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 10:30-11:00 || || '''Morning Break - Drinks and Fruit'''<br />
|- <br />
| 11:00-11:15 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Jonathan_Velotta Jon Velotta] || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 11:15-11:30 || Alejandro Rico || Hummingbirds´"pausing behavior" <br />
|- <br />
| 11:30-11:45 || || <br />
|- <br />
| 11:45-12:00 || Geert Goemans || Field work in the Neotropics<br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 12:00-1:30 || || Lunch - Sandwiches and Salad<br />
|- <br />
| 1:30-2:00 || Dr. Karen Ober Assistant Professor of Biology at College of the Holy Cross || Keynote Address<br />
|- <br />
| 2:00-2:15 ||Kathryn Theiss || TBA<br />
|- <br />
| 2:15-2:30 || || <br />
|- <br />
| 2:30-2:45 || || <br />
|- <br />
| 2:45-3:00 || || <br />
|- <br />
| 3:00-3:15 || || <br />
|- <br />
| 3:15-3:30 || || <br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;" | 3:30-3:45 || || '''Speed Talks'''<br />
|- <br />
| 3:30-3:35 ||Lily Lewis || Preliminary thoughts on the phylogeography of a dung moss<br />
|- <br />
| 3:35-3:40 || || <br />
|- <br />
| 3:40-3:45 || || Biological Image Contest - 2011<br />
|- <br />
|}<br />
<center>[[Image:picheader1.gif]]</center><br />
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==Abstracts==<br />
<span id="NAME">''' Name Here'''</span><br />
<br> Title Here <br><br />
Abstract Here<br />
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[[Category:Graduate Research Symposium]]<br />
[[Category:Graduate Student Resources]]<br />
__NOTOC__</div>JosePereira