Short Reports 1998

The following is a list of Short Reports from the October 1998 issue (vol. 195) of The Biological Bulletin. These reports were published in conjunction with the MBL's annual General Scientific Meetings.

Featured Articles

Atema, Jelle. .Introduction. Tracking turbulence: processing the bimodal signals that define an odor plume. P. 179.

Weaver, Matthew, and Jelle Atema. Hydrodynamic coupling of lobster antennule motion to oscillatory water flow. Pp. 180-182.

Guenther, Carla M., and Jelle Atema. Distribution of setae on the Homarus americanus lateral antennule flagellum. Pp. 182-183.

Sensory Biology

Mead, Kristina S. The biomechanics of odorant access to aesthetascs in the grass shrimp, Palaemonetes vulgaris. Pp. 184-185.

Quinn, Elizabeth, Kristen Paradise, and Jelle Atema. Juvenile Limulus polyphemus generate two water currents that contact one proven and one putative chemoreceptor organ. Pp. 185-187.

Shashar, Nadav, Ferenc I. Hárosi, Anastazia T. Banaszak, and Roger T. Hanlon. UV radiation blocking compounds in the eye of the cuttlefish Sepia officinalis. Pp. 187-188.

Ruta, Vanessa J., Frederick A. Dodge, and Robert B. Barlow. Efferent modulation of physiological properties of the Limulus lateral eye. Pp. 189-190.

Edds-Walton, P.L., and R.R. Fay. Directional auditory responses in the descending octaval nucleus of the toadfish (Opsanus tau). Pp. 191-192.

Behavior and Neurobiology

King, Jane Roche, and Hans Straka. Effects of vestibular nerve lesions on orientation turning in the leopard frog, Rana pipiens. Pp. 193-194.

Mensinger, Allen F., and Max Deffenbaugh. Prototype rechargeable tag for acoustical neural telemetry. Pp. 194-195.

Billack, Blase, Jeffrey D. Laskin, Prudence T. Heck, Walter Troll, Michael A. Gallo, and Diane E. Heck. Alterations in cholinergic signaling modulate contraction of isolated sea urchin tube feet: potential role of nitric oxide. Pp. 196-197.

Hoskin, Francis C.G., and John E. Walker. A closer look at the natural substrate for a nerve-gas hydrolyzing enzyme in squid nerve. Pp. 197-198.

Kuzirian, Alan M., Herman T. Epstein, Thomas J. Nelson, and Nancy S. Rafferty. Lead, learning, and calexcitin in Hermissenda. Pp. 198-201.

Tamse, Catherine T., Katherine Hammar, D. Marshall Porterfield, and Peter J.S. Smith. Transmembrane calcium flux in Pb2+-exposed Aplysia neurons. Pp. 201-202.

Malchow, Robert Paul, Michael P. Verzi, and Peter J.S. Smith. Extracellular pH gradients measured from isolated retinal cells. Pp. 203-204.

Andersen, Kristen A., and Robert Paul Malchow. Fluorometric analysis of intracellular sodium concentrations in isolated retinal horizontal cells. Pp. 204-205.

Jessen-Eller, Kathryn, Marjorie Steele, Carol Reinisch, and Nicholas Spitzer. Blockade of ryanodine receptors stimulates neurite outgrowth in embryos of Spisula solidissima. Pp. 206-207.

Cell and Developmental Biology

Porterfield, D.M., J.R. Trimarchi, D.L. Keefe, and P.J.S. Smith. Characterization of oxygen and calcium fluxes from early mouse embryos and oocytes. Pp. 208-209.

Silver, Robert B., Leslie A. King, and Alyssa F. Wise. Calcium regulatory endomembranes of the prophase mitotic apparatus of sand dollar cells contain enzyme activities that produce leukotriene B4 but not 1,4,5-inositol triphosphate. Pp. 209-210.

Lee, Kyeng G., Nishal Mohan, Zoya Koroleva, Li-Fang Huang, and William D. Cohen. Fluorescence localization of cytoskeletal proteins in fibrin-trapped cells. Pp. 211-212.

Goda, Makoto, Shinya Inoué, and Robert Knudson. Oocyte maturation in Chaetopterus pergamentaceous observed with centrifuge polarizing microscope. Pp. 212-214.

Miyake, Katsuya, and Paul L. McNeil. A little shell to live in: evidence that the fertilization envelope can prevent mechanically induced damage of the developing sea urchin embryo, Pp. 214-215.

Kuhns, William J., Xavier Fernandez-Busquets, Max M. Burger, Michael Ho, and Eva Turley. Hyaluronic acid-receptor binding demonstrated by synthetic adhesive proteoglycan peptide constructs and by cell receptors on the marine sponge Microciona prolifera. Pp. 216-218.

Kubke, M.F., E. Gilland, and R. Baker. Lipophilic dye labeling distinguishes segregated central components of the eighth cranial nerve in embryonic chicken. Pp. 218-220.

Straka, Hans, Edwin Gilland, and Robert Baker. Rhombomeric organization of brainstem motor neurons in larval frogs. Pp. 220-222.

Animal Husbandry and Disease

Hanley, Janice S., Nadav Shashar, Roxanna Smolowitz, Robert A. Bullis, William N. Mebane, Howaida R. Gabr, and Roger T. Hanlon. Modified laboratory culture techniques for the European cuttlefish Sepia officinalis. Pp. 223-225.

Maxwell, Michael R., William K. Macy, Shobu Odate, and Roger T. Hanlon. Evidence for multiple spawning by squids (Loligo pealei) in captivity. Pp. 225-226.

Weidner, Earl, and Teresa King. In vivo and in vitro growth of nerve parasite from Lophius americanus. Pp. 227-228.

O'Neill, Maureen D., Heather M. Wesp, Allen F. Mensinger, and Roger T. Hanlon. Initial baseline blood chemistry of the oyster toadfish, Opsanus tau. Pp. 228-229.

Smolowitz, Roxanna, Elizabeth Wadman, and H.M. Chikarmane. Pseudomonas putida infections of the oyster toadfish (Opsanus tau). Pp. 229-231.

Ecology

Schmitt, Catherine, Nathaniel Weston, and Charles Hopkinson. Preliminary evaluation of sedimentation rates and species distribution in Plum Island Estuary, Massachusetts. Pp. 232-233.

Griffin, Martin P.A., Marci L. Cole, Kevin D. Kroeger, and Just Cebrian. Dependence of herbivory on autotrophic nitrogen content and on net primary production across ecosystems. Pp. 233-234.

Rogers, Jennifer, Jennifer Harris, and Ivan Valiela. Interaction of nitrogen supply, sea level rise, and elevation on species form and composition of salt marsh plants. Pp. 235-237.

Sweeney, Jennifer, Linda Deegan, and Robert Garritt. Population size and site fidelity of Fundulus heteroclitus in a macrotidal saltmarsh creek. Pp. 238-239.

Kirkpatrick, John, Ken Foreman, and Ivan Valiela. Dissolved inorganic nitrogen flux and mineralization in Waquoit Bay sediments as measured by core incubations. Pp. 240-241.

Graham, Suzanne, Jessica Davis, Linda Deegan, Just Cebrian, Jeff Hughes, and Jennifer Hauxwell. Effect of eelgrass (Zostera marina) density on the feeding efficiency of mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus). Pp. 241-243.

Legra, Jessica C., Roselle E. Safran, and Ivan Valiela. Lead concentration as an indicator of contamination history in estuarine sediments. Pp. 243-244.

Safran, Roselle E., Jessica C. Legra, and Ivan Valiela. Effects of nitrogen loading on eelgrass seed coat abundance, C to N ratios, and delta15N in sediments of Waquoit Bay. Pp. 245-246.

Costello, John H., and Rebecca Coverdale. Planktonic feeding and evolutionary significance of the lobate body plan within the Ctenophora. Pp. 247-248.