COS 220 - Parasitism And Host-Parasite Interactions 1

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM EDT

  Drivers of host specificity in an aquatic crustacean host
  

  Presenting Author: Patrick J. Wilson – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Coauthor: Carla E. Cáceres – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• 8:15 AM – 8:30 AM EDT

  Does the parasitic load affect cortisol responses in the context of acute stress in the pumpkinseed sunfish Lepomis gibbosus ?
  

  Presenting Author: Alexandra Kack – Université de Montréal

  Coauthor: Brittany Bard – University of Ottawa

  Coauthor: Kathleen Gilmour – University of Ottawa

  Coauthor: Sandra Ann Binning – Université de Montréal
• 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM EDT

  Ectoparasite diversity of two sympatric Atlantic Canadian bat species, Myotis lucifugus and Myotis septentrionalis
  

  Presenting Author: Alexandra H. Sauk – University of Waterloo - Waterloo, ON

  Coauthor: Hugh G. Broders – University of Waterloo - Waterloo, ON
• 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM EDT

  How does infection affect within- and between-individual variation in host behavior?
  

  Presenting Author: David R. Clark, n/a – University of Pittsburgh

  Coauthor: Rachael Kramp, PhD Student – University of Pittsburgh

  Coauthor: Emmalina Calcaterra – University of Pittsburgh

  Coauthor: Jason Walsman – University of Pittsburgh

  Coauthor: Jessica Stephenson, PhD – University of Pittsburgh
• 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM EDT

  Parasites and the ecology of fear: insights from a fly-mite association
  

  Presenting Author: Collin J. Horn – University of Alberta

  Coauthor: Darcy Visscher, phD – King's University

  Coauthor: Lien Luong, phD – University of Alberta