Short Reports 1997

The following is a list of Short Reports from the October 1997 issue (Vol. 193) of The Biological Bulletin. These reports were published in conjunction with the MBL's annual General Scientific Meetings.

Featured Article

Barlow, Robert B. Introduction: The lateral eyes of two species of horseshoe crabs are similar, but not quite the same. P. 199.

Saito, Takehito, Takasi Yamamoto, Maureen K. Powers, and Robert B. Barlow. Circadian rhythms in the lateral eye of the Japanese horseshoe crab. Pp. 200-201.

Vision

Layne, John E., Martina Wicklein, Frederick A. Dodge, and Robert B. Barlow. Prediction of maximum allowable retinal slip speed in the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator. Pp. 202-203.

Stewart, Karen M., Darrell M. Porcello, Maireade E. McSweeney, Takehiko Saito, Christopher L. Passaglia, Frederick A. Dodge, and Robert B. Barlow. Histamine: putative transmitter for lateral inhibition in Limulus eye. Pp. 203-205.

Passaglia, Christopher L., Maireade E. McSweeney, Karen M. Stewart, Edward Kim, Edward J. Mole, Maureen K. Powers, and Robert B. Barlow. Visual performance of horseshoe crabs: role of underwater lighting. Pp. 205-207.

Shashar, Nadav, and Roger T. Hanlon. Squids (Loligo pealei and Euprymna scolopes) can exhibit polarized light patterns produced by their skin. Pp. 207-208.

Novales Flamarique, Iñigo, and Ferenc I. Hárosi. Photoreceptor morphology and visual pigment content in the retina of the common white sucker (Catostomus commersoni). Pp. 209-210.

Animal Behavior

Dale, Jonathan. Chemosensory search behavior in the starfish Asterias forbesi. Pp. 210-212.

Hanlon, Roger T., Michael R. Maxwell, and Nadav Shashar. Behavioral dynamics that would lead to multiple paternity within egg capsules of the squid Loligo pealei. Pp. 212-214.

Beglane, Paul F., Frank W. Grasso, Jennifer A. Basil, and Jelle Atema. Far field chemo-orientation in the American lobster, Homarus americanus: effects of unilateral ablation and lesioning of the lateral antennule. Pp. 214-215.

Grasso, Frank W., Jonathan H. Dale, Thomas R. Consi, David C. Mountain, and Jelle Atema. Effectiveness of continuous bilateral sampling for robot chemotaxis in a turbulent odor plum: implications for lobster chemo-orientation. Pp. 215-216.

Voss, Dan, and Rainer Voigt. Can the female American lobster predict the dominant male? Pp. 216-217.

Cell Motility

Tran, Phong T., E.D. Salmon, and Shinya Inoué. UV cutting of MAPs-bound microtubules. Pp. 218-219.

Katoh, Kaoru, George Langford, Katherine Hammar, Peter J.S. Smith, and Rudolf Oldenbourg. Actin bundles in neuronal growth cone observed with the Pol-Scope. Pp. 219-220.

Steffen W., G.M. Langford, D.G. Weiss, and S.A. Kuznetsov. Inhibition of microtubule-dependent, minus-end directed transport of axoplasmic organelles by an antibody specific for the intermediate chain of dynein. Pp. 221-222.

Molyneaux, B.J., and G.M. Langford. Characterization of antibodies to the head and tail domains of squid brain myosin V. Pp. 222-223.

Fukui, Yoshio, Eugenio L. de Hostos, and Shinya Inoué. Dynamics of GFP-coronin and eupodia in live Dictyostelium observed with real-time confocal optics. Pp. 224-225.

Inoué, Shinya, Phong Tran, and Mario H. Burgos. Photodynamic effect of 488-nm light on Eosin-B-stained Spisula sperm. Pp. 225-226.

Tran, Phong T., Ana DePina, Shinya Inoué, Rudolf Oldenbourg, Sheldon J. Segal, and Mario H. Burgos. Effect of gossypol on Spisula sperm observed with real-time confocal microscopy, polarized light microscopy, and video microscopy. Pp. 227-228.

Burgos, Mario H., Susumu Ito, Sheldon J. Segal, and Phong T. Tran. Effect of gossypol on the ultrastructure of Spisula sperm. Pp. 228-229.

Porterfield, D. Marshall. Orientation of motile unicellular algae to oxygen: oxytaxis in Euglena. Pp. 229-230.

Malchow, Robert Paul, Stephen C. Land, Leena S. Patel, and Peter J.S. Smith. Consumption of oxygen by isolated skate retinal photoreceptors. Pp. 231-232.

Developmental, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Schneider, P., R. Smolowitz, C. Smith, J. Degiorgis, and M. McCafferty. Comparison of three techniques for evaluating seasonal gametogenesis in Spisula solidissima. Pp. 233-234.

Silva, Celso P., Vanessa Silva, Karpura Kommineni, and David Keefe. Effect of in vitro culture of mammalian embryos on the architecture of the zona pellucida. Pp. 235-236.

Silver, Robert B., Daniel E. Strongin, Layne R. Hurwitz, and Anthony P. Reeves. Identification of phospholipase A2 and phospholipase C activities in calcium regulatory endomembranes of sand dollar cells. Pp. 236-237.

Silver, Robert B., and Anthony P. Reeves. Statustical image analysis of spatial and temporal patterns in the pre-nuclear envelope breakdown calcium signal. Pp. 238-239.

Kuhns, William J. Michael Ho, Max M. Burger, and Roxanna Smolowitz. Apoptosis and tissue regression in the marine sponge Microciona prolifera. Pp. 239-241.

Hudock, Kristin M., Ashi Hafeez, and Jane C. Kaltenbach. Cell localization of lectin binding in Microciona prolifera sponge. Pp. 241-242.

Kuhns, William J., Michael Ho, Max M. Burger, and Eva Turley. Binding of hyaluronic acid to cellular receptors of the marine sponge Microciona prolifera. Pp. 243-244.

Martindale, Mark Q., and Jonathan J. Henry. Experimental analysis of tentacle formation in the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi. Pp. 245-247.

Duncan, Rachel, Maura A. Faggart, and Neal W. Cornell. Phylogenetic analysis of the 5-aminolevulinate synthase gene. Pp. 247-248.

Qiao, Zhou, Gregory Hinkle, Mitchell L. Sogin, and Vincent E. Dionne. Phylogenetic analysis of olfactory receptor genes from mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus). Pp. 248-250.

Hinkle, Gregory, Hilary G. Morrison, and Mitchell L. Sogin. Genes coding for reverse transcriptase, DNA-directed RNA polymerase, and chitin synthase from the microsporidian Spraguea lophii. Pp. 250-251.

Biophysics

Syme, Douglas A., Martin A. Connaughton, and Lawrence C. Rome. Apparatus for measuring steady-state ATP utilization rates of single muscle fibers. Pp. 251-253.

Zigman, Seymour. Do tea polyphenols protect dogfish lens (Mustelus canis) catalase against UV damage? Pp. 253-254.

Horwitz, Joseph, and Seymour Zigman. Do alpha-crystallins protect catalase against UV damage? Pp. 254-255.

Epstein, Herman T. Pulsatile movement of Hermissenda. Pp. 255-257.

Neurobiology

Macmillan, David L. Development of the motor system in the limbs of larval lobsters (Homarus americanus ). Pp. 257-258.

Gray, John R. Neurons associated with a novel motor pattern expressed during metamorphosis of the hawkmoth, Manduca sexta. Pp. 259-260.

Antic, Srdjan, Guy Major, Wei R. Chen, Joe Wuskel, Leslie Loew, and Dejan Zecevic. Fast voltage-sensitive dye recording of membrane potential changes at multiple sites on an individual nerve cell in the rat cortical slice. Pp. 261

Hoskin, Francis C.G., and John E. Walker. Comparison of a nerve gas detoxifying enzyme from squid and from Pseudomonas diminuta. Pp. 262-263.

Kuzirian, Alan M., Herman T. Epstein, and Nancy S. Rafferty. Aspects of lead toxicity and habituation in Hermissenda learning. Pp. 263-264.

Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry

Ament, Seth, Robert Bullis, Roger Hanlon, and Allen Mensinger. Righting response and escape response in Opsanus tau are temperature dependent. Pp. 265-266.

Lovett, Donald L., Patrick D. Clifford, and David W. Borst. Physiological stress elevates hemolymph levels of methyl farnesoate in the green crab Carcinus maenas. Pp. 266-267.

Ogan, Jeff, Amy Shaub, Donald L. Lovett, and David W. Borst. Relationship of methyl transferase activity and methyl farnesoate levels in the spider crab, Libinia emarginata. Pp. 267-268.

Wenuganen, Supaya, Robert Bullis, Roxanna Smolowitz, and Elena Barbieri. Identification of toadfish-pathogenic bacteria based on a comparative molecular approach. Pp. 269-270.

Smolowitz, R., and R. Bullis. Bacterial pericarditis: a new disease of toadfish. Pp. 270-271.

Shapiro, Leigh, Robert A. Bullis, Roxanna M. Smolowitz, and Sally Slavinsky. Differential leucocyte counts in the toadfish, Opsanus tau: insignificant variation with seasonal temperature. P. 272.

Quigley, James P., Geralyn Corcoran, and Peter B. Armstrong. A hemolytic activity secreted by the endotoxin-challenged horseshoe crab: a novel immune system operating at the surface of the carapace. P. 273.

Barry, Kevin J., and Norman R. Wainwright. Biosynthetic induction of a secondary metabolite by a marine bacterium under nutritional stress: potential role of the incomplete oxidation of an organic acid. Pp. 274-275.

Ecology and Population Biology

Barbieri, Elena, Kevin Barry, Alice Child, and Norman Wainwright. Antimicrobial activity in the microbial community of the accessory nidamental gland and egg cases of Loligo pealei (Cephalopoda: Lologinidae). Pp. 275-276.

Cohen, Anne L., Phillip S. Lobel, and Gabrielle L. Tomasky. Coral bleaching on Johnston Atoll, Central Pacific Ocean. Pp. 276-279.

Kerr, L.M., K.L. Lang, and P.S. Lobel. PCB contamination relative to age for a Pacific damselfish, Abudefduf sordidus (Pomacentridae). Pp. 279-281.

Lobel, Phillip S. Comparative settlement age of damselfish larvae (Plectroglyphidodon imparipennis, Pomacentridae) from Hawaii and Johnston Atoll. Pp. 281-283.

Chiaravalle, Katina, Jeff Hughes, Robert Javonillo, and Linda Deegan. Tidal river riffle habitats support high diversity and abundance of gammaridean amphipods. Pp. 283-285.

Duffy, Elisabeth J., Brian P. Kinlan, and Ivan Valiela. Influence of grazing and nitrogen loading on benthic microalgal biomass in estuaries of Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts. Pp. 285-286.

Kinlan, Brian, Elisabeth Duffy, Just Cebrián, Jennifer Hauxwell, and Ivan Valiela. Control of periphyton on Zostera marina by the eastern mudsnail, Ilyanassa obsoleta (Say), in a shallow temperate estuary. Pp. 286-287.

Javonillo, Robert, Linda Deegan, Katina Chiaravalle, and Jeffrey Hughes. The importance of access to salt-marsh surface to short-term growth of Fundulus heteroclitus in a New England salt marsh. Pp. 288-289.

Whitman, Alison, Joanna Tober, and Ivan Valiela. Growth rates and abundance of Fundulus heteroclitus in estuaries subject to different land-derived nitrogen loads in Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts. Pp. 289-290.

Morlock, Summer, David Taylor, Anne Giblin, Chuck Hopkinson, and Jane Tucker. Effect of salinity on the fate of inorganic nitrogen in sediments of the Parker River Estuary, Massachusetts. Pp. 290-292.

Lee, Rosalynn Y., Samantha B. Joye, Brian J. Roberts, and Ivan Valiela. Release of N2 and N2 O from salt-marsh sediments subject to different land-derived nitrogen loads. Pp. 292-293.

Heberlig, Laura, Ivan Valiela, Brian J. Roberts, and Lori A. Soucy. Field verification of predictions of the Waquoit Bay nitrogen loading model. Pp. 294-295.

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