Short Reports 1999

The following is a list of Short Reports from the October 1999 issue (vol. 197) of The Biological Bulletin. These reports were published in conjunction with the MBL's annual General Scientific Meetings.

Introduction and Featured Article

Rome, Lawrence C. Bringing the script to life: the role of muscle in behavior. Pp. 225-226.

Rome, Lawrence C., Andrei A. Klimov, and Iain S. Young. A new approach for measuring real-time calcium pumping and SR function in muscle fibers. Pp. 227-228.

Physiology

Malchow, Robert Paul, David J. Ramsey. Responses of retinal Müller cells to neurotransmitter candidates: a comparative study. Pp. 229-230.

Clay, John R., and Alan M. Kuzirian. Fluorescence localization of K+ channels in the membrane of squid giant axons. Pp. 231-232.

Ruta, Vanessa J., Frederick A. Dodge, and Robert B. Barlow. Evaluation of circadian rhythms in the Limulus eye. Pp. 233-234.

Novales Flamarique, Iñigo, and Ferenc I. Hárosi. Photoreceptor pigments of the blueback herring (Alosa aestevalis, Clupeidae) and the Atlantic silverside (Menidia menidia, Atherinidae). Pp. 235-236.

Hanley, Janice S., Nadav Shashar, Roxanna Smolowitz, William Mebane, and Roger T. Hanlon. Soft-sided tanks improve long-term health of cultured cuttlefish. Pp. 237-238.

Piscine Neurobiology and Behavior

Zottoli, S.J., F.R. Akanki, N.A. Hiza, D.A. Ho-Sang, Jr., M. Motta, X. Tan, K.M. Watts, and E.-A. Seyfarth. Physiological characterization of supramedullary/dorsal neurons of the cunner, Tautogolabrus adspersus. Pp. 239-240.

Fay, R.R., and P.L. Edds-Walton. Sharpening of directional auditory input in the descending octaval nucleus of the toadfish, Opsanus tau. Pp. 240-2441.

Kaatz, Ingrid M., and Phillip S. Lobel. Acoustic behavior and reproduction in five species of Corycoras catfishes (Callichthyidae). Pp. 241-242.

Lobel, Phillip S., and Lisa M. Kerr. Courtship sounds of the Pacific damselfish, Abudefduf sordidus (Pomacentridae). Pp. 242-244.

Oliver, Steven J., and Elise Watson. Threat-sensitive nest defense in domino damselfish (Dascyllus albisella). Pp. 244-246.

Price, Nichole N., and Allen F. Mensinger. Predator-prey interactions of juvenile toadfish, Opsanus tau. Pp. 246-247.

Tang, Kathleen Q., Nichole N. Price, Maureen D. O'Neill, Allen F. Mensinger, and-248.

Chemoreception and Behavior

Mjos, Katrin, Frank Grasso, and Jelle Atema. Antennule use by the American lobster, Homarus americanus, during chemo-orientation in three turbulent odor plumes. Pp. 249-250.

Hanna, John P., Frank W. Grasso, and Jelle Atema. Temporal correlation between sensor pairs in different plume positions: A study of concentration information available to the American lobster, Homarus americanus, during chemotaxis. Pp. 250-251.

Zettler, Erik, and Jelle Atema. Chemoreceptor cells as concentration slope detectors: preliminary evidence from the lobster nose. Pp. 252-253.

Berkey, Cristin, and Jelle Atema. Individual recognition and memory in Homarus americanus male-female interactions. Pp. 253-254.

McLaughlin, Leslie C., Jennifer Walters, Jelle Atema, and Norman Wainwright. Urinary protein concentration in connection with agonistic interactions in Homarus americanus. Pp. 254-255.

King, Alison J., Shelley A. Adamo, and Roger T. Hanlon. Contact with squid eggs increases agonistic behavior in male squid (Loligo pealei). P. 256.

Cell Motility

Bearer, E.L., M.L. Schlief, X.O. Breakefield, D.E. Schuback, T.S. Reese, and J.H. LaVail. Squid axoplasm supports the retrograde axonal transport of herpes simplex virus. Pp. 257-258.

Gould, Robert, Concetta Freund, Frank Palmer, Pamela E. Knapp, Jeff Huang, Hilary Morrison, and Douglas L. Feinstein. Messenger mRNAs for kinesins and a dynein are located in neural processes. Pp. 259-260.

Fukui, Yoshio, Taro Q.P. Uyeda, Chikako Kitayama, and Shinya Inoué. Migration forces in Dictyostelium measured by centrifuge DIC microscopy. Pp. 260-262.

Tran, P.T., P. Maddox, and S. Inoué. Dynamic confocal imaging of interphase and mitotic microtubules in the fission yeast, S. pombe. Pp. 262-263.

Maddox, Paul, Arshad Desai, E. D. Salmon, T.J. Mitchison, Karen Oogema, Tarun Kapoor, Brian Matsumoto, and Shinya Inoué. Dynamic confocal imaging of mitochondria in swimming Tetrahymena and of microtubule poleward flux in Xenopus extract spindles. Pp. 263-265.

Wöllert, Torsten, Ana S. DePina, and George M. Langford. The effects of vanadate on actin-dependent vesicle motility in extracts of clam oocytes. Pp. 265-266.

Cell and Developmental Biology

Billack, Blase, Jeffrey D. Laskin, Michael A. Gallo, and Diane E. Heck. Effects of alpha-bungarotoxin on development of the sea urchin Arbacia punctulata. Pp. 267-268.

Silver, Robert B., and Nicole M. Deming. Leukotriene B4 as calcium agonist for nuclear envelope breakdown: an enzymological survey of endomembranes of mitotic cells. Pp. 268-270.

Weidner, Earl, and Ann Findley. The extracellular survival of an intracellular parasite (Spraguea lophii, Microsporea). Pp. 270-271.

Kaltenbach, Jane C., William J. Kuhns, Tracy L. Simpson, and Max M. Burger. Intense concanavalin A staining and apoptosis of perippheral flagellated cells in larvae of the marine sponge Microciona prolifera: significance in relation to morphogenesis. Pp. 271-273.

Comparative Biochemistry

Harrington, John M., and Peter B. Armstrong. A cuticular secretion of the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus: a potential anti-fouling agent. Pp. 274-275.

Asokan, Rengasamy, and Peter B. Armstrong. Cellular mechanisms of hemolysis by the protein limulin, a sialic-acid-specific lectin from the plasma of the American horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus. Pp. 275-276.

Biswas, Chhanda, and Peter B. Armstrong. Identification of a hemolytic activity in the plasma of the gastropod Busycon canaliculatum. Pp. 276-277.

Kuhns, William J., Max M. Burger, and Eva Turley. Hyaluronic acid: a component of the aggregation factor secreted by the marine sponge, Microciona prolifera. Pp. 277-279.

Popescu, Octavian, Rey Interior, Gradimir Misevic, Max M. Burger, and William J. Kuhns. Biosynthesis of tyrosine O-sulfate by cell proteoglycan from the marine sponge, Microciona prolifera. Pp. 279-281.

Vasse, Aimee, Alice Child, and Norman Wainwright. Prophenoloxidase is not activated by microbial signals in Limulus polyphemus. Pp. 281-282.

Ogunseitan, O.A., S.L. Yang, and E. Scheinbach. The delta-aminolevulinate dehydratase of marine Vibrio alginolyticus is resistant to lead (Pb). Pp. 283-284.

Hoskin, Francis C.G., Diane M. Steeves, and John E. Walker. Substituted cyclodextrin as a model for a squid enzyme that hydrolyzes the nerve gas Soman. Pp. 284-285.

Zigman, Seymour, Nancy S. Rafferty, Keen A. Rafferty, and Nathaniel Lewis. Effects of green tea polyphenols on lens photooxidative stress. Pp. 285-286.

Ecology and Evolution

Mondrup, Thomas. Salinity effects on nutrient dynamics in estuarine sediments investigated by a plug-flux method. Pp. 287-288.

Pease, Katherine M., L. Claessens, C. Hopkinson, E. Rastetter, J. Vallino, and N. Kilham. Ipswich River nutrient dynamics: preliminary assessment of a simple nitrogen-processing model. Pp. 289-290.

Wolfe, Felisa L., Kevin D. Kroeger, and Ivan Valiela. Increased lability of estuarine dissolved organic nitrogen from urbanized watersheds. Pp. 290-292.

Evgenidou, A., A. Konkle, A. D'Ambrosio, A. Corcoran, J. Bowen, E. Brown, D. Corcoran, C. Dearholt, S. Fern, A. Lamb, J. Michalowsky, I. Ruegg, and J. Cebrián. Effects of increased nitrogen loading on the abundance of diatoms and dinoflagellates in estuarine phytoplanktonic communities. Pp. 292-294.

Cubbage, Andrea, David Lawrence, Gabrielle Tomasky, and Ivan Valiela. Relationship of reproductive output in Acartia tonsa, chlorophyll concentration, and land-derived nitrogen loads in estuaries of Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts. Pp. 294-295.

Canfield, Susannah, Luc Claessens, Charles Hopkinson Jr., Edward Rastetter, and Joseph Vallino. Long-term effect of municipal water use on the water budget of the Ipswich River Basin. Pp. 295-297.

Young, Talia, Sharon Komarow, Linda Deegan, and Robert Garritt. Population size and summer home range of the green crab, Carcinus maenus, in salt marsh tidal creeks. Pp. 297-299.

Komarow, Sharon, Talia Young, Linda Deegan, and Robert Garritt. Influence of marsh flooding on the abundance and growth of Fundulus heteroclitus in salt marsh creeks. Pp. 299-300.

Widener, Justin W., and Robert B. Barlow. Decline of a horseshoe crab population on Cape Cod. Pp. 300-302.

Kerr, Lisa M., Phillip S. Lobel, and J. Mark Ingoglia. Evaluation of a reporter gene system biomarker for detecting contamination in tropical marine sediments. Pp. 303-306.