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Bivalve Comparison Study At Clayton Beach From 1912 To Recent, Stephanie Yong
Bivalve Comparison Study At Clayton Beach From 1912 To Recent, Stephanie Yong
Scholars Week
The purpose of the bivalve comparison study is to examine changes in the bivalve populations at Clayton Beach between 1912 and the present. Sea floor material off the coast of Clayton Beach was collected to create a railroad bed for the Bellingham and Skagit Interurban Railway in 1912 by a dredge ship. The dredged material contains well-preserved shells that represent an unbiased bulk sample of the benthic molluscan fauna in Samish Bay prior to 1912. Clayton Beach provides a unique opportunity to examine species diversity, population numbers, and size frequency of the whole bivalve fauna from a particular point in …
Microclimate Variation And Epiphyte Distribution In Acer Macrophylum, Jeremy Wood
Microclimate Variation And Epiphyte Distribution In Acer Macrophylum, Jeremy Wood
Summer Research
Habitat heterogeneity plays a key role in supporting biodiversity in both animals and plant life. More diverse environments provide more exploitable niches across gradients in temperature, humidity, light availability, and countless other variables at the landscape and regional scales. In specimens of Acer macrophylum in the Hoh Rainforest, we found significant variation in temperature and relative humidity across particular crown zones, and certain epiphyte species were found to distribute according to such microclimate variation.
Dentine Oxygn Isotopes (Δ18o) As A Proxy For Odontocete Distributions And Movements., Cory J.D. Matthews, Fred J. Longstaffe, Steven H. Fergispm
Dentine Oxygn Isotopes (Δ18o) As A Proxy For Odontocete Distributions And Movements., Cory J.D. Matthews, Fred J. Longstaffe, Steven H. Fergispm
Earth Sciences Publications
Spatial variation in marine oxygen isotope ratios ( δ18O) resulting from differential evaporation rates and precipitation inputs is potentially useful for characterizing marine mammal distributions and tracking movements across δ18O gradients. Dentine hydroxyapatite contains carbonate and phosphate that precipitate in oxygen isotopic equilibrium with body water, which in odontocetes closely tracks the isotopic composition of ambient water. To test whether dentine oxygen isotope composition reliably records that of ambient water and can therefore serve as a proxy for odontocete distribution and movement patterns, we measured δ18O values of dentine structural carbonate (δ18 …
Ecology Of Coyotes (Canis Latrans) In The Greater Detroit Area Of Southeastern Michigan, William B. Dodge
Ecology Of Coyotes (Canis Latrans) In The Greater Detroit Area Of Southeastern Michigan, William B. Dodge
Wayne State University Dissertations
Coyote distribution and habitat use, diet and foraging behavior and space use patterns were investigated in the greater Detroit area of southeastern Michigan. We found evidence of coyotes on 24 of 30 (80%) suburban and 7 of 11 (64%) urban plots. Overall fifty-eight percent of coyote evidence was found within edge habitats, with den sites and tracks the only types of evidence found strictly in interior habitats. Land cover around evidence points included more wooded land cover than expected in suburban areas, suggesting the importance of tree cover for coyote occupancy, and more open space and wooded land cover than …
Association Of The Female Of Perdita (Xeromacrotera) Cephalotes (Cresson), And A Replacement Name For Perdita Bohartorum Parker (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae), Zach Portman, Terry L. Griswold, James P. Pitts
Association Of The Female Of Perdita (Xeromacrotera) Cephalotes (Cresson), And A Replacement Name For Perdita Bohartorum Parker (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae), Zach Portman, Terry L. Griswold, James P. Pitts
Biology Faculty Publications
The monotypic Perdita subgenus Xeromacrotera Timberlake is currently known only from the male sex. Here, the female of Perdita (Xeromacrotera) cephalotes (Cresson, 1878) is associated, resulting in two new junior synonyms of P. (X.) cephalotes: Perdita (Procockerellia) excellens Timberlake, 1958, new synonym and Perdita (Cockerellia) autumnalis Timberlake, 1977, new synonym. The true number of maxillary palpi are reported, and updated subgeneric and species diagnoses are provided. In addition, Perdita boharti Portman & Griswold, new name, is designated as a replacement name for the primary junior homonym P. bohartorum Parker, 1983 …