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MAR 6, 2015

WHAT’S HAPPENING AT STRI?FIELD COURSES

Princeton University - Semester in the field Contact person: Lolly O’Brien Feb 3 - Apr 30

MarineGEO Workshop Contact person: Rachel Collin Mar 1 - Mar 13

Yale University – Introduction to Tropical Field Ecology Contact person: Liza Comita Mar 7 - Mar 22

Texas A&M – GEOS Course Contact person: Aaron O’Dea Mar 13 - Mar 21

Harvard University Contact person: Gonzalo Giribert Mar 14 - Mar 22

SEMINARS

An exposed coral reef in Panama. Exposures during La Niña events, such as this one in 2010, kill the corals en masse. Frequent La Niña -like events helped drive a long-term collapse of reef ecosystems across the Pacific, which began around 4000 years ago and lasted 2500 years.

Photo: Lauren Toth. Arrecife de coral expuesto, Panamá. Exposiciones como esta del 2010 durante el fenómeno de La Niña mató a los corales en masa. Eventos frecuentes parecidos a La Niña ayudaron a impulsar un colapso a largo plazo de los ecosistemas de arrecifes en el Pacífico, que inició cerca de unos 4,000 años y duró 2,500 años.

BEHAVIOR DISCUSSION GROUP MEETING Tues., Mar. 10, 2pmIan Traniello University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignTupper Large Meeting RoomConnecting neural activity and brain-gene expression.

TUPPER SEMINARTues., Mar. 10,, 4pmNathan I. Morehouse University of PittsburghTupper AuditoriumColors, choices and conflict: Evolutionary insights from the reproductive biology of butterflies

BAMBI SEMINARThu., Mar. 12, 7:15 pm Nathan I. Morehouse University of PittsburghBarro Colorado IslandIn the Eyes of a Tiger: Color Vision and Color Signaling in Jumping Spiders

REEF SHUTDOWNFull story: www.stri.si.eduissuu.com/strinewspanama

Mystery Moth IdentifiedThe brown patches of mangroves observed by local resi-dents on islands around Dolphin Bay in Panama’s Bocas Del Toro Province were caused by feeding caterpillars (see STRINews story, Feb.13). Based on field observa-tions, photos, two dead caterpillars and the moth that emerged from a pupa this week, STRI staff scientist, An-nette Aiello (top right) identified the culprit as Automeris tridens Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 (Saturniidae: Hemileu-cinae). “Take a look at the caterpillar in the center of the photo you guys sent me on 30 January (top left). You can see white spots on a dark field between the prolegs. Automeris io caterpillars don’t have that, but those of A. tridens and A. jucunda do.” This species is also common in neighboring Costa Rica.

Identificada la polilla misteriosaEl oscurecimiento de los manglares en las islas alrededor de Dolphin Bay en Bocas Del Toro de Panamá, obser- vado por los residentes locales, fue causado por orugas que se alimentaban de las hojas (leer historia en el STRINews del 13 de febrero). Gracias a las observaciones de campo, unas fotos, dos orugas muertas y una polilla que esta semana emergió de su pupa, la científica del Smithsonian, Annette Aiello (arriba, der.) identificó al culpable como Automeris tridens Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 (Saturniidae: Hemileucinae). “De un vistazo a la oruga en el centro de la foto que me enviaron el 30 de enero (arriba, izq.). Puede ver manchas blancas sobre un campo oscuro entre las patas falsas. Las orugas de Automeris io no tienen eso, pero las de. A. tridens y de A. jucunda sí. “Esta especie también es común en la vecina Costa Rica.

ARRIVALS DEPARTURES

Yves Basset To Bangkok, Thailand To visit Khao Chong Insect laboratory

Jacob Slusser and Saskia Santamaria To Pedasi, Los Santos Visit ELTI’s Azuero research/training sites and provide Leadership Program follow-up

Ben Turner To Cairns and Canberra, Australia, and to Christchurch, New ZealandTo present a seminar at James Cook University and to visit a collaborator at CSIRO Canberra then to New Zealand for a writing workshop at Lincoln University.

Helene Muller To Cambridge and Silwood Park, UK To attend the workshop “Bridging the gap between theoretical community ecology and conservation” at Imperial College London

Raúl Ríos To Isla Colón, Bocas Del Toro For the mangrove census

Stanley Heckadon To Miami Florida To participate in the Nicaragua Canal Workshop

David Roubik To San José, Costa Rica To represent Smithsonian at the Board Meeting of Organization for Tropical Studies, to visit InBio and the University of Costa Rica

Carlos Jaramillo To Santa Clara, Cuba For field work

Amanda RugenskiArizona State UniversityEcological Stoichiometry in Neotropical Stream Food Webs: Consequences of Changing Biodiversity on Ecosystem FunctionGamboa and Tupper

Paola Rachello-DolmenTexas A&M UniversityTropical Marine Historical EcologyNaos Marine Lab, Bocas del Toro and Tupper

Ethan Grossman, Ragain Baker, Paola Rachello-Dolmen, Amelie Berger, Katie Fuchs, Hailey Grote, Sarah Thomas, Lindsay Lyda, Frances Elizabeth Ramey and Sarah HamptonTexas A&M UniversityField Course - Texas A&M Environmental GeosciencesNaos Marine Lab, Fortuna, Bocas del Toro and Tupper

Cardoso-Martínez, F., de, la Rosa, D., A. R., Darias, J., D’Croz, L., Cerella, C., Diederich, M. and Cueto, M. 2015. Oximoaspergillimide, a Fungal Derivative from a Marine Isolate of Aspergillus sp. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, doi:10.1002/ejoc.201403668

Hammer, T. J. and Van Bael, S. A. 2015. An endophyte-rich diet increases ant predation on a specialist herbivorous insect. Ecological Entomology, doi:10.1111/een.12186

Kerr, K. A., Cornejo, A., Guichard, F., Crespi A., Augusto C. and Collin, R. 2015. Planktonic predation risk: effects of diel state, season and prey life history stage. Journal of Plankton Research, doi:10.1093/plankt/fbv006

Miller, M. J., Angehr, G. R., Ridgely, R. S., Lopez C., Oscar G., Arauz, J., Campos C., E. and Buitrago-Rosas, D. 2015. Annotated checklist of the birds (Aves) of Cerro Hoya National Park, Azuero Peninsula, Panama. Check List, 11(2): 1585doi:10.15560/11.2.1585

Xia, S., Chen, J., Schaefer, D. and Detto, M. 2015. Scale-dependent soil macronutrient heterogeneity reveals effects of litterfall in tropical rainforest. Plant Soil, doi:10.1007/s11104-015-2402-z

Breedy, O. and Cortes, J. 2014. Gorgonias (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) de las aguas someras del Pacifico Norte de Costa Rica. Revista De Biología Tropical, 62: 43-62.

Puniamoorthy, N. 2014. Behavioural barriers to reproduction may evolve faster than sexual morphology among populations of a dung fly (Sepsidae). Animal Behaviour, 98: 139-148.

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