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Full-Text Articles in Biodiversity
First Occurrence Of The Invasive Hydrozoan Gonionemus Vertens A. Agassiz, 1862 (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) In New Jersey, Usa, John J. Gaynor, Paul A.X. Bologna, Dena J. Restaino, Christie Barry
First Occurrence Of The Invasive Hydrozoan Gonionemus Vertens A. Agassiz, 1862 (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) In New Jersey, Usa, John J. Gaynor, Paul A.X. Bologna, Dena J. Restaino, Christie Barry
Department of Biology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Gonionemus vertens A. Agassiz, 1862 is a small hydrozoan native to the Pacific Ocean. It has become established in the northern and southern Atlantic Ocean as well as the Mediterranean Sea. We report on the first occurrence of this species in estuaries in New Jersey, USA,and confirm species identification through molecular sequence analysis. Given the large number of individuals collected, we contend that this is a successful invasion into this region with established polyps. The remaining question is the vector and source of these newly established populations.
Expansion Of And Reclassification Within The Family Lachnospiraceae, Kelly N. Haas
Expansion Of And Reclassification Within The Family Lachnospiraceae, Kelly N. Haas
Doctoral Dissertations
Many of the taxa in the family Lachnospiraceae are currently misclassified as Clostridium spp. Here attempt to rectify many of these issues, beginning with an in-depth genomic and physiologic analysis of Clostridium methoxybenzovorans, culminating in the assertion that is a heterotype of Clostridium indolis, followed by reclassification of the broader group in which this organism resides. We propose two novel genera, Lacriformis and Enterocloster, to reclassify this clade, this includes reclassification of Clostridium sphenoides, Clostridium indolis, Clostridium saccharolyticum, Clostridium celerecrescens, Clostridium xylanolyticum, Clostridium algidixylanolyticum, Clostridium aerotolerans, Clostridium amygdalinum, and …
Diet Assessment Of The Atlantic Sea Nettle Chrysaora Quinquecirrha In Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, Using Next-Generation Sequencing, Robert W. Meredith, John J. Gaynor, Paul Ax Bologna
Diet Assessment Of The Atlantic Sea Nettle Chrysaora Quinquecirrha In Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, Using Next-Generation Sequencing, Robert W. Meredith, John J. Gaynor, Paul Ax Bologna
Department of Biology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) methodologies have proven useful in deciphering the food items of generalist predators, but have yet to be applied to gelatinous animal gut and tentacle content. NGS can potentially supplement traditional methods of visual identification. Chrysaora quinquecirrha (Atlantic sea nettle) has progressively become more abundant in Mid-Atlantic United States’ estuaries including Barnegat Bay (New Jersey), potentially having detrimental effects on both marine organisms and human enterprises. Full characterization of this predator’s diet is essential for a comprehensive understanding of its impact on the food web and its management. Here, we tested the efficacy of NGS for prey item …
Comparative Population Genomics And Speciation Of Snakes Across The North American Deserts, Edward A. Myers
Comparative Population Genomics And Speciation Of Snakes Across The North American Deserts, Edward A. Myers
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Understanding the process of speciation is of central interest to evolutionary biologists. Speciation can be studied using a phylogeographic approach, by identifying regions that promote lineage divergence, addressing whether speciation has occurred with gene flow, and when extended to multiple taxa, addressing if the same patterns of speciation are shared across codistributed groups with different ecologies. Here I examine the comparative phylogeographic histories and population genomics of thirteen snake taxa that are widely distributed and co-occur across the arid southwest of North America. I first quantify the degree to which these species groups have a shared history of population divergence …
Tropical Trees As Islands: Diversity Accumulation Of Armored Scale Insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) On Trees As A Function Of Forest Age, Hannah Shapiro
Tropical Trees As Islands: Diversity Accumulation Of Armored Scale Insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) On Trees As A Function Of Forest Age, Hannah Shapiro
Undergraduate Honors Theses
Armored scale insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) are some of the most invasive insects in the world. These cryptic plant parasites are most often encountered in managed agricultural ecosystems, but very little is known about their distribution, abundance, and diversity in tropical rainforest canopies, where they are likely to have their highest diversity. Because these ubiquitous insects are extreme generalists with undirected dispersal, their diversity (alpha and beta) accumulation can conceivably be modeled according to tenets derived from island biogeography theory. For example, one expectation is that older established trees should boast a higher species diversity and abundance than younger ones. Other …
Comparative Population Genomics Of Latitudinal Variation In Drosophila Simulans And Drosophila Melanogaster, Heather E. Machado, Alan O. Bergland, Katherine R. O'Brien, Emily L. Behrman, Paul S. Schmidt, Dmitri A. Petrov
Comparative Population Genomics Of Latitudinal Variation In Drosophila Simulans And Drosophila Melanogaster, Heather E. Machado, Alan O. Bergland, Katherine R. O'Brien, Emily L. Behrman, Paul S. Schmidt, Dmitri A. Petrov
School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications
Examples of clinal variation in phenotypes and genotypes across latitudinal transects have served as important models for understanding how spatially varying selection and demographic forces shape variation within species. Here, we examine the selective and demographic contributions to latitudinal variation through the largest comparative genomic study to date of Drosophila simulans and Drosophila melanogaster, with genomic sequence data from 382 individual fruit flies, collected across a spatial transect of 19 degrees latitude and at multiple time points over 2 years. Consistent with phenotypic studies, we find less clinal variation in D. simulans than D. melanogaster, particularly for the autosomes. Moreover, …