Short Reports 2000

The following is a list of Short Reports from the October 2000 issue (vol. 199) of The Biological Bulletin. These reports were published in conjunction with the MBL's annual General Scientific Meetings.

Featured Report

The Editors. Introduction to the featured report. On mapping odor quality. P. 161.

Wachowiak, Matt, Michal Zochowski, Lawrence B. Cohen, and Chun X. Falk. The spatial representation of odors by olfactory receptor neuron input to the olfactory bulb is concentration invariant. Pp. 162-163.

Neurobiology

Landowne, David. Heavy water (D2O) alters the sodium channel gating current in squid giant axons. Pp. 164-165.

White, Thomas H., Harris Ripps, Miduturu Srinivas, and Roberto Bruzzone. Voltage gating properties of channels formed by a skate retinal connexin. Pp. 165-168.

Molina, Anthony J.A., Peter J.S. Smith, and Robert Paul Malchow. Hydrogen ion fluxes from isolated retinal horizontal cells: modulation by glutamate. Pp. 168-170.

Wang, Jing W. Odor-induced oscillatory activity in Drosophila CNS. Pp. 170-171.

Hitt, James M., Frederick A. Dodge, Ehud Kaplan, and Robert B. Barlow. Circadian rhythms in the receptive fields of the Limulus lateral eye. Pp.171-173.

Fay, Richard R., and Peggy L. Edds-Walton. Frequency response of auditory brainstem units in toadfish (Opsanus tau). Pp. 173-174.

Yamaguchi, Ayako, Leonard K. Kaczmarek, and Darcy B. Kelley. Intrinsic membrane properties of laryngeal motoneurons that control sexually differentiated vocal behavior in African clawed frogs, Xenopus laevis. Pp. 175-176.

Atherton, Jillian L., Matthew A. Krutky, James M. Hitt, Frederick A. Dodge, and Robert B. Barlow. Optic nerve responses of Limulus in its natural habitat at night. Pp. 176-178.

Krutky, Matthew A., Jillian L. Atherton, Spence Smith, Frederick A. Dodge, and Robert B. Barlow. Do the properties of underwater lighting influence the visually guided behavior of Limulus? Pp. 178-180.

Hale, Melina E. Startle responses of fish without Mauthner neurons: escape behavior of the lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus). Pp. 180-182.

Epstein, David A., Herman T. Epstein, Frank M. Child, and Alan M. Kuzirian. Memory consolidation in Hermissenda crassicornis. Pp. 182-183.

Abenavoli, A., L. Forti, and A. Malgaroli. Mechanisms of spontaneous miniature activity at CA3-CA1 synapses: evidence for a divergence from a random Poisson process. Pp. 184-186.

Physiology and Biochemistry

Novales Flamarique, Inigo, Kristiina Ovaska, and Theodore M. Davis. UV-B induced damage to the skin and ocular system of amphibians. Pp. 187-188.

Harrington, John M., and Peter B. Armstrong. Initial characterization of a potential anti-fouling system in the American horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus. Pp. 189-190.

Asokan, Rengasamy, Margaret T. Armstrong, and Peter B. Armstrong. Association of alpha-2-macroglobulin with the coagulin clot in the American horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus: a potential role in stabilization from proteolysis. Pp. 190-192.

Kuhns, William J., Max M. Burger, Mohan Sarker, Xavier Fernandez-Busquets, and Tracy Simpson. Enzymatic biosynthesis of N-linked glycan by the marine sponge Microciona prolifera. Pp. 192-194.

Armstrong, Peter B., and Rengasamy Asokan. A Ca+2-independent cytolytic system from the blood of the marine snail Busycon canaliculum. Pp. 194-195.

Heck, Diane E., Lydia Louis, Michael A. Gallo, and Jeffrey D. Laskin. Modulation of the development of plutei by nitric oxide in the sea urchin Arbacia punctulata. Pp. 195-197.

Jung, Sung-Kwon, Katherine Hammar, and Peter J.S. Smith. Development of self-referencing oxygen microsensor and its application to single pancreatic HIT cells: effects of adenylate cyclase activator forskolin on oxygen consumption. Pp. 197-198.

Hanselmann, Rhea, Roxanna Smolowitz, and Daniel G. Gibson. Identification of proliferating cells in hard clams. Pp. 199-200.

Brothers, Christine, Ernest Marks III, and Roxanna Smolowitz. Conditions affecting the growth and zoosporulation of the protistan parasite QPX in culture. Pp. 200-201.

Cell Biology

Sandberg, Leslie, Phillip Stafford, and George M. Langford. Effects of myosin-II antibody on actin-dependent vesicle transport in extracts of clam oocytes. Pp. 202-203.

Stafford, Phillip, Jeremiah Brown, and George M. Langford. Interaction of actin- and microtubule-based motors in squid axoplasm probed with antibodies to myosin V and kinesin. Pp. 203-205.

Tran, P.T., V. Doye, F. Chang, and S. Inoué. Microtubule-dependent nuclear positioning and nuclear-dependent septum positioning in the fission yeast, Schizosacchromyces pombe. Pp. 205-206.

Crawford, Karen. The role of microtubules during blastodisc formation of the squid, Loligo pealei. Pp. 207-208.

Weidner, Earl. Cytoplasmic proteins on the surface of discharged microsporidian sporoplasms. Pp. 208-209.

MacKenzie, Roger, David Newman, Max M. Burger, Rene Roy, and William J. Kuhns. Adhesion of a viral envelope protein to a non-self-binding domain of the aggregation factor in the marine sponge Microciona prolifera. Pp. 209-211.

Goda, Makoto, Mario H. Burgos, and Shinya Inoué. Fertilization-induced changes in the fine structure of stratified Arbacia eggs. I. Observations on live cells with the centrifuge polarizing microscope. Pp. 212-213.

Burgos, Mario H., Makoto Goda, and Shinya Inoué. Fertilization-induced changes in the fine structure of stratified Arbacia eggs. II. Observations with electron microscopy. Pp. 213-214.

Gould, Robert M., Concetta M. Freund, John Engler, and Hilary G. Morrison. Optimization of homogenization conditions used to isolate mRNAs in processes of myelinating oligodendrocytes. Pp. 215-217.

Ecology, Biogeochemistry, and Population Biology

Kirkby, Ryan, Luc Claessens, Charles Hopkinson Jr., Edward Rastetter, and Joseph Vallino. Modeling the effects of land-use change on nitrogen biogeochemistry in the Ipswich watershed, Massachusetts. Pp. 218-219.

Perring, Anne, Michael Williams, Charles Hopkinson Jr., Edward Rastetter, and Joseph Vallino. Solute dynamics in storm flow of the Ipswich River Basin: effects of land use. Pp. 219-221.

Westgate, Elizabeth J., Kevin D. Kroeger, Wendy J. Pabich, and Ivan Valiela. Fate of anthropogenic nitrogen in a nearshore Cape Cod aquifer. Pp. 221-223.

Denault, Michelle, Erica Stieve, and Ivan Valiela. Effects of nitrogen load and irradiance on photosynthetic pigment concentrations in Cladophora vagabunda and Gracilaria tikvahiae in estuaries of Waquoit Bay. Pp. 223-225.

Greenbaum, Adena, and Anne Giblin. Differences in properties of salt marsh sediment between hayed and reference sites. Pp. 225-226.

Chikarmane, Hemant M., Alan M. Kuzirian, Robbin Kozlowski, Mark Kuzirian, and Tony Lee. Population genetic structure of the goosefish, Lophius americanus. Pp. 227-228.