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Shoreline Characterization In The Northern Indian River Lagoon, Melinda Donnelly, Michelle Shaffer, Suzanne Connor, Linda Walters

CEELAB Research Data

The purpose of this project was to evaluate current conditions of estuarine shorelines in the northern section of the Indian River Lagoon system, including Mosquito Lagoon, north Indian River, and Banana River. From January 2016 through June 2018, we evaluated structural and functional characteristics of 374 miles of shoreline, from Ponce Inlet in Volusia County to Sebastian Inlet in Brevard County (11,000+ data points). Hard-armoring accounted for approximately 50% of total shoreline, evenly divided between shoreline with bulkheads (25%) and hardened slopes (25%). Forty-five percent of shoreline without hard-armoring had anthropogenic alterations (i.e. mosquito impoundments, railroads and roadways ...

26 - Diversity And Abundance Of Invasive Aedes Albopictus, Other Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae), And Arthropods In North Georgia., Mason Carlisle, Madison Embrick

Georgia Undergraduate Research Conference (GURC)

Diversity and Abundance of Invasive Aedes albopictus, Other Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae), and Arthropods in North Georgia.

Carlisle M., Embrick M., Lampert E., Sangweme D.

With the increase in invasive species and the increasing numbers of the invasive Culicidae family member Aedes albopictus and the numerous deadly diseases Aedes albopictus can vector, it becomes increasingly important to survey and keep records of local populations and diversity of mosquitoes. We surveyed local culicid populations dissecting the female mosquitoes looking for nematodes to search for Wolbachia, and preserving all the bycatch and using the bycatch as an insight into the population and diversity ...

Tech And Anxiety: How Can Technology Be Used As A Tool In Teaching Quantitative Biology And Impact Teaching Anxieties?, Miranda Chen

Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology: Education and Research

No abstract provided.

The Future Of Biodiversity Assessment: Using Environmental Dna And Next-Generation Sequencing To Characterize Biological Communities In The Central Highlands Of Arizona, Courtney Turner-Rathbone

Undergraduate Research Symposium - Prescott

Historically ecological surveys require significant man hours in the field, utilizing methods which can stress species being observed. In using environmental DNA (eDNA) gathered from air, soil, and water, traditional methods may be supplemented or reduced in order to more efficiently utilize funding and reduce or eliminate stress on surveyed species. Water was collected in replicates using aseptic technique from two different sites, 60 miles apart, along the Verde River. Samples were vacuum filtered within 24 hours through 0.45 μm cellulose nitrate (CN) filters to collect eDNA. DNA extraction from the filters was performed. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR ...

A Climatological Dataset Of Nutrient, Chlorophyll, And Particulate Matter Distributions On The Ross Sea Continental Shelf Derived From Cruise-Based Measurements Spanning 1967 To 2016, Walker O. Smith Jr., Daniel E. Kaufman

Data

This dataset includes data used in the publication Smith and Kaufman (2018), Progress in Oceanography, which examines the temporal and spatial distributions of nutrients and particulate matter in the Ross Sea continental Shelf using cruise-based observations, and compares the resulting annual productivity estimates with previously reported satellite-based estimates. Specifically, these data represent distributions of nutrients, chlorophyll, particulate organic carbon, particulate organic nitrogen, and biogenic silica that were compiled from 42 cruises (from 1967 - 2016) to the Ross Sea continental shelf to generate a comprehensive climatological dataset for November, December, January, and February. This climatology provides a novel look at broad ...

Bee Attractiveness Data, Bernadette Maria Mach, Daniel A. Potter

Entomology Research Data

This is one of the two datasets for this article:

Mach, B. M., & Potter, D. A. Quantifying bee assemblages and attractiveness of flowering woody landscape plants for urban pollinator conservation. (Submitted to PLOS ONE)

Bee Assemblages Data, Bernadette Maria Mach, Daniel A. Potter

Entomology Research Data

This is one of the two datasets for this article:

Mach, B. M., & Potter, D. A. Quantifying bee assemblages and attractiveness of flowering woody landscape plants for urban pollinator conservation. (Submitted to PLOS ONE)

Simulation Code For Intraspecific Variability May Not Compensate For Increasing Climatic Volatility, George P. Malanson

Research Data

The role of intraspecific variability is being examined to improve predictions of responses to climate change or invasions and in research on diversity. Simultaneously, the probability and implications of increased high-frequency climate variability have been raised. An agent based model simulated two species on an environmental gradient representing an alpine treeline; a trend in its volatility was added. The species have different levels of variability, and each individual has further unique heterogeneity. Environmental volatility and individual heterogeneity were based on tree ring data from Pinus albicaulis. Simulations show that increasing volatility leads to population declines, including extinctions, and to sharper ...

Polygenic Scores For Metabolic Traits And Related Drug Prescriptions In The Michigan Genomics Initiative, Samuel K. Handelman, Xiaomeng Du, Yanhua H. Chen, Elizabeth K. Speliotes

Biology and Medicine Through Mathematics Conference

No abstract provided.

Modeling The Evolutionary History Of A Tumor, Julia Chifman

Biology and Medicine Through Mathematics Conference

No abstract provided.

Disruption Of Synchronous Behavior In Pancreatic Islets Via Hub Cells, Janita Patwardhan

Biology and Medicine Through Mathematics Conference

No abstract provided.

Discerning Drivers Of Cancer: Computational Approaches To Somatic Exome Sequencing Data, Runjun Kumar

Arts & Sciences Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Paired tumor-normal sequencing of thousands of patient’s exomes has revealed millions of somatic mutations, but functional characterization and clinical decision making are stymied because biologically neutral ‘passenger’ mutations greatly outnumber pathogenic ‘driver’ mutations. Since most mutations will return negative results if tested, conventional resource-intensive experiments are reserved for mutations which are observed in multiple patients or rarer mutations found in well-established cancer genes. Most mutations are therefore never tested, diminishing the potential to discover new mechanisms of cancer development and treatment opportunities. Computational methods that reliably prioritize mutations for testing would greatly increase the translation of sequencing results to ...

Data Files Column Key: Effects Of Amur Honeysuckle (Lonicera Maackii) On Headwater Streams, Julia I. Chapman, Eric B. Borth, Ryan W. Mcewan

Data files

Document provides a description for each column heading used in the data files contained in the collection "Effects of Amur Honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) on Headwater Streams."

File is in comma-separated values (.csv) format; to view the file in Excel (.xlsx), see the supplemental file.

Ichthyology Field Notebooks Spreadsheet, Karisa Boyer

Ichthyology Collection

No abstract provided.

1999 Lilley Cornett Woods Overstory Data, Ryan W. Mcewan, Julia I. Chapman, Robert N. Muller

Ryan McEwan

Data collected in 1999 on the overstory in the Big Everidge Hollow portion of the Lilley Cornett Woods Appalachian Ecological Research Station in southeastern Kentucky. Data key is provided in a supplemental file.

Accompanying photo by Ryan W. McEwan.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26890/lcw.5pn95oc6d7

Lonicera Maackii Leaf Leachate Toxicity: Physicochemical Data, Eric B. Borth, Kevin W. Custer, Julia I. Chapman, Ryan W. Mcewan

Data files

Lymnaea stagnalis and Hyalella azteca

Prototype Data, M. E. Maloney, Eric B. Borth, Julia I. Chapman, Ryan W. Mcewan

Data files

No abstract provided.

Heuchera Alba Twitter Identification, Christopher T. Martine

Other Faculty Research and Publications

The casual posting of a misidentified photograph led to a tweet exchange among Chris Martine, Bucknell University; Ryan Folk, Florida Museum of Natural History; and Scott Schuette, Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program in June 2017. The scientists used their private accounts to conduct a discussion about the specific species identified. This exchange opened the possibility of a previously unknown range of a rare species, which Martine explored further and documented in the scientific publication PhytoKeys.

Related records included in this repository are "The hidden Heuchera: How science Twitter uncovered a globally imperiled species in Pennsylvania, USA" and "Rappelling Scientists Find Rare ...

Sapling, Erin C. Rowekamp, Eric B. Borth, Julia I. Chapman, Ryan W. Mcewan

Data files

No abstract provided.

Lonicera Maackii Berry Leachate Toxicity: Length, Kevin W. Custer, Eric B. Borth, Julia I. Chapman, Ryan W. Mcewan

Data files

In-stream (in situ) and in-lab microcosm trials using Hyalella azteca, Anthopotamus verticis, and Allocapnia spp.

Chemical Analysis Data, Charlotte A. Shade, Kevin W. Custer, Julia I. Chapman, Ryan W. Mcewan

Data files

Hardness, Alkalinity, Orthophosphate, Soluble reactive phosphorus, Total suspended solids, Dissolved organic carbon, Total Kjeldahl nitrogen, Nitrate:Nitrite ratio

Site Characteristics, Kevin W. Custer, Eric B. Borth, Julia I. Chapman, Ryan W. Mcewan

Data files

Stream order, HHEI, Watershed size, Forest Cover, Maximum pool depth

Lonicera Maackii Flower Leachate Toxicity: Survival And Mass, Kevin W. Custer, Julia I. Chapman, Ryan W. Mcewan

Data files

In-stream (in situ) and in-lab microcosm trials using Hyalella Azteca and Anthopotamus verticis

Lonicera Maackii Leaf Feeding Tests: Physicochemical Data, Kevin W. Custer, Julia I. Chapman, Ryan W. Mcewan

Data files

Lymnaea stagnalis, Hyalella Azteca, and Allocapnia spp.

Herbaceous Vegetation: April, Julia I. Chapman, M. E. Maloney, Erin C. Rowekamp, Mitchell J. Kukla, Sean D. Mahoney, Eric B. Borth, Ryan W. Mcewan

Data files

April

Twig And Fruit Litter Basket, Erin C. Rowekamp, Taylor M. Buskey, Julia I. Chapman, Ryan W. Mcewan

Data files

No abstract provided.

Leaf Litter Basket, Erin C. Rowekamp, Taylor M. Buskey, Julia I. Chapman, Ryan W. Mcewan

Data files

No abstract provided.

Herbaceous Vegetation: August, Julia I. Chapman, M. E. Maloney, Erin C. Rowekamp, Mitchell J. Kukla, Sean D. Mahoney, Eric B. Borth, Ryan W. Mcewan

Data files

August

Biofilm Ash Free Dry Mass And Chlorophyll A, Kevin W. Custer, Sean D. Mahoney, Mitchell J. Kukla, Corey Kuminecz, Joseph Murphy, Julia I. Chapman, Ryan W. Mcewan

Data files

No abstract provided.

Abscisic Acid Seed Coating Delay Data, William Richardson

ScholarsArchive Data

This data is from a study which determined the effect different application rates of abscisic acid have on the total germinability and germination time of seeds. Germination count data, calculated germination indices, and field germination predictions are all included within the data set.