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Dna Detectives: Outreach Activity Teaching Students To Identify Fish Eggs Using Dna Barcoding, Makenzie Kerr, Mya Breitbart Jan 2021

Dna Detectives: Outreach Activity Teaching Students To Identify Fish Eggs Using Dna Barcoding, Makenzie Kerr, Mya Breitbart

Marine Science Faculty Publications

Fish are an important resource worldwide and their management requires a combination of strategies, including the protection of spawning areas. However, the identification of fish early life stages, especially fish eggs, is challenging due to the lack of distinguishing morphological features. Here we present an outreach activity, named “DNA Detectives”, that allows students to discover the method of DNA barcoding, a technique used by scientists to determine which species of fish are spawning in a given location. Students will learn about fish reproduction strategies, methods used by scientists for collecting fish eggs, and how to identify these eggs using their …

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The Discovery Of New Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Communities In The Southern Ocean And Implications For Biogeography, Alex D. Rogers, Paul A. Tyler, Douglas P. Connelly, Jon T. Copley, Rachael James, Robert D. Larter, Katrin Linse, Rachel A. Mills, Alfredo Naveira Garabato, Richard D. Pancost, David A. Pearce, Nicholas V. Polunin, Christopher R. German, Timothy Shank, Philipp H. Boersch-Supan, Belinda J. Alker, Alfred Aquilina, Sarah A. Bennett, Andrew Clarke, Robert J. Dinley, Alastair G. C. Graham, Darryl R. Green, Jeffrey A. Hawkes, Laura Hepburn, Ana Hilario, Veerle A. Huvenne, Leigh Marsh, Eva Ramirez-Llodra, William D. Reid, Christopher N. Roterman, Christopher J. Sweeting, Sven Thatje, Katrin Zwirglmaier Jan 2021

The Discovery Of New Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Communities In The Southern Ocean And Implications For Biogeography, Alex D. Rogers, Paul A. Tyler, Douglas P. Connelly, Jon T. Copley, Rachael James, Robert D. Larter, Katrin Linse, Rachel A. Mills, Alfredo Naveira Garabato, Richard D. Pancost, David A. Pearce, Nicholas V. Polunin, Christopher R. German, Timothy Shank, Philipp H. Boersch-Supan, Belinda J. Alker, Alfred Aquilina, Sarah A. Bennett, Andrew Clarke, Robert J. Dinley, Alastair G. C. Graham, Darryl R. Green, Jeffrey A. Hawkes, Laura Hepburn, Ana Hilario, Veerle A. Huvenne, Leigh Marsh, Eva Ramirez-Llodra, William D. Reid, Christopher N. Roterman, Christopher J. Sweeting, Sven Thatje, Katrin Zwirglmaier

Marine Science Faculty Publications

Since the first discovery of deep-sea hydrothermal vents along the Galápagos Rift in 1977, numerous vent sites and endemic faunal assemblages have been found along mid-ocean ridges and back-arc basins at low to mid latitudes. These discoveries have suggested the existence of separate biogeographic provinces in the Atlantic and the North West Pacific, the existence of a province including the South West Pacific and Indian Ocean, and a separation of the North East Pacific, North East Pacific Rise, and South East Pacific Rise. The Southern Ocean is known to be a region of high deep-sea species diversity and centre of …

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Using Multiple Ecological Models To Inform Environmental Decision-Making, Kristy A. Lewis, Kenneth A. Rose, Mutsert, Kim De Mutsert, Shaye Sable, Cameron Ainsworth, Damian C. Brady, Howard Townsend Jan 2021

Using Multiple Ecological Models To Inform Environmental Decision-Making, Kristy A. Lewis, Kenneth A. Rose, Mutsert, Kim De Mutsert, Shaye Sable, Cameron Ainsworth, Damian C. Brady, Howard Townsend

Marine Science Faculty Publications

Coastal ecosystems are experiencing degradation from compound impacts of climate change and multiple anthropogenic disturbances. These pressures often act synergistically and complicate designing effective conservation measures; consequently, large-scale coastal restoration actions become a wicked problem. The purpose of this study was to use two different food web models in a coordinated manner to inform resource managers in their assessment of the ecological effects of a large-scale marsh restoration project. A team was formed that included the model developers and outside scientists, who were asked to use available model results of the calibrated simulations of an Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) model …

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Preparedness, Planning, And Advances In Operational Response, David G. Westerholm, Cameron H. Ainsworth, Christopher H. Barker, Peter G. Brewer, John W. Farrington, Dubravko Justic, Vassiliki H. Kourafalou, Steven A. Murawsk, Helena M. Solo-Gabriele Jan 2021

Preparedness, Planning, And Advances In Operational Response, David G. Westerholm, Cameron H. Ainsworth, Christopher H. Barker, Peter G. Brewer, John W. Farrington, Dubravko Justic, Vassiliki H. Kourafalou, Steven A. Murawsk, Helena M. Solo-Gabriele

Marine Science Faculty Publications

During the last 50 years, the numbers and sizes of oil spills have been significantly reduced through prevention. But spills still occur, and it is critical to prepare for these events through planning and exercises. Operational decisions are designed to expedite cleanup and minimize overall impacts, yet they often involve complex trade-offs between a multitude of competing interests. It is imperative to apply the best technology and science when events occur. However, while planning and response tactics have evolved over time, determining what may be most at risk is often confounded by sparse background data, modeling limitations, scalability, or research …

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Impacts Of Petroleum, Petroleum Components, And Dispersants On Organisms And Populations, Steven A. Murawski, Martin Grosell, Cynthia Smith, Tracey Sutton, Kenneth M. Halanych, Richard F. Shaw, Charles A. Wilson Jan 2021

Impacts Of Petroleum, Petroleum Components, And Dispersants On Organisms And Populations, Steven A. Murawski, Martin Grosell, Cynthia Smith, Tracey Sutton, Kenneth M. Halanych, Richard F. Shaw, Charles A. Wilson

Marine Science Faculty Publications

Following the Deepwater Horizon blowout, oil, degraded oil, oil mixed with dispersants, and management responses to the spill affected a variety of Gulf of Mexico organisms. This review provides examples of various documented impacts, common patterns, and trends across organisms and/or their environments, and discusses future implications as well as directions for future research. Organism effects are generally characterized as lethal and sublethal. Sublethal can be short term, long term, or permanent and multigenerational. We present individual examples of effects on behavioral response, olfaction, vision, cardiac function, and gene shift, based on research done in laboratories, mesocosm settings, and the …

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Nasa's Surface Biology And Geology Designated Observable: A Perspective On Surface Imaging Algorithms, Kerry Cawse-Nicholson, Philip A. Townsend, David Schimel, Ali M. Assiri, Pamela L. Blake, Maria Fabrizia Buongiorno, Petya Campbell, Nimrod Carmon, Kimberly A. Casey, Rosa Elvira Correa-Pabón, Kyla M. Dahlin, Hamid Dashti, Philip E. Dennison, Heidi Dierssen, Adam Erickson, Joshua B. Fisher, Robert Frouin, Charles K. Gatebe, Hamed Gholizadeh, Michelle Gierach, Nancy F. Glenn, James A. Goodman, Daniel M. Griffith, Liane Guild, Christopher R. Hakkenberg, Eric J. Hochberg, Thomas R.H. Holmes, Chuanmin Hu, Glynn Hulley, Karl F. Huemmrich, Raphael M. Kudela, Raymond F. Kokaly, Christine M. Lee, Roberta Martin, Charles E. Miller, Wesley J. Moses, Frank E. Muller-Karger, Joseph D. Ortiz, Daniel B. Otis, Nima Pahlevan, Thomas H. Painter, Ryan Pavlick, Ben Poulter, Yi Qi, Vincent J. Realmuto, Dar Roberts, Michael E. Schaepman, Fabian D. Schneider, Florian M. Schwandner, Shawn P. Serbin, Alexey N. Shiklomanov, E. Natasha Stavros, David R. Thompson, Juan L. Torres-Perez, Kevin R. Turpie, Maria Tzortziou, Susan Ustin, Qian Yu, Yusri Yusup, Qingyuan Zhang Jan 2021

Nasa's Surface Biology And Geology Designated Observable: A Perspective On Surface Imaging Algorithms, Kerry Cawse-Nicholson, Philip A. Townsend, David Schimel, Ali M. Assiri, Pamela L. Blake, Maria Fabrizia Buongiorno, Petya Campbell, Nimrod Carmon, Kimberly A. Casey, Rosa Elvira Correa-Pabón, Kyla M. Dahlin, Hamid Dashti, Philip E. Dennison, Heidi Dierssen, Adam Erickson, Joshua B. Fisher, Robert Frouin, Charles K. Gatebe, Hamed Gholizadeh, Michelle Gierach, Nancy F. Glenn, James A. Goodman, Daniel M. Griffith, Liane Guild, Christopher R. Hakkenberg, Eric J. Hochberg, Thomas R.H. Holmes, Chuanmin Hu, Glynn Hulley, Karl F. Huemmrich, Raphael M. Kudela, Raymond F. Kokaly, Christine M. Lee, Roberta Martin, Charles E. Miller, Wesley J. Moses, Frank E. Muller-Karger, Joseph D. Ortiz, Daniel B. Otis, Nima Pahlevan, Thomas H. Painter, Ryan Pavlick, Ben Poulter, Yi Qi, Vincent J. Realmuto, Dar Roberts, Michael E. Schaepman, Fabian D. Schneider, Florian M. Schwandner, Shawn P. Serbin, Alexey N. Shiklomanov, E. Natasha Stavros, David R. Thompson, Juan L. Torres-Perez, Kevin R. Turpie, Maria Tzortziou, Susan Ustin, Qian Yu, Yusri Yusup, Qingyuan Zhang

Marine Science Faculty Publications

The 2017–2027 National Academies' Decadal Survey, Thriving on Our Changing Planet, recommended Surface Biology and Geology (SBG) as a “Designated Targeted Observable” (DO). The SBG DO is based on the need for capabilities to acquire global, high spatial resolution, visible to shortwave infrared (VSWIR; 380–2500 nm; ~30 m pixel resolution) hyperspectral (imaging spectroscopy) and multispectral midwave and thermal infrared (MWIR: 3–5 μm; TIR: 8–12 μm; ~60 m pixel resolution) measurements with sub-monthly temporal revisits over terrestrial, freshwater, and coastal marine habitats. To address the various mission design needs, an SBG Algorithms Working Group of multidisciplinary researchers has been formed to …

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Isotopic Fingerprinting Of Biogeochemical Processes And Iron Sources In The Iron-Limited Surface Southern Ocean, M. Sieber, T. M. Conway, G. F. De Souza, C. S. Hassler, M. J. Ellwood, D. Vance Jan 2021

Isotopic Fingerprinting Of Biogeochemical Processes And Iron Sources In The Iron-Limited Surface Southern Ocean, M. Sieber, T. M. Conway, G. F. De Souza, C. S. Hassler, M. J. Ellwood, D. Vance

Marine Science Faculty Publications

Iron (Fe) is an essential micronutrient that limits primary productivity throughout the surface of the Southern Ocean. Here, we present the first high-resolution depth profiles for dissolved Fe and Fe isotope ratios (δ56">δ56 Fe) from all major zones of the Southern Ocean, collected during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition in austral summer 2017. Open-ocean surface waters are characterized by remarkably high δ56">δ56 Fe values (up to +1.6‰) and very low Fe concentrations (<0.05 nmol kg−1). We attribute the elevated δ56">δ56 Fe values above the ferricline to the effect of continuous shallow cycling processes (uptake, recycling, and binding …

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Bioactive Trace Metals And Their Isotopes As Paleoproductivity Proxies: An Assessment Using Geotraces-Era Data, T. J. Horner, S. H. Little, T. M. Conway, J. R. Farmer, J. E. Hertzberg, D. J. Janssen, A. J. M. Lough, J. L. Mckay, A. Tessin, S. J. G. Galer, S. L. Jaccard, F. Lacan, A. Paytan, K. Wuttig, Geotraces–Pages Biological Productivity Working Group Members Jan 2021

Bioactive Trace Metals And Their Isotopes As Paleoproductivity Proxies: An Assessment Using Geotraces-Era Data, T. J. Horner, S. H. Little, T. M. Conway, J. R. Farmer, J. E. Hertzberg, D. J. Janssen, A. J. M. Lough, J. L. Mckay, A. Tessin, S. J. G. Galer, S. L. Jaccard, F. Lacan, A. Paytan, K. Wuttig, Geotraces–Pages Biological Productivity Working Group Members

Marine Science Faculty Publications

Phytoplankton productivity and export sequester climatically significant quantities of atmospheric carbon dioxide as particulate organic carbon through a suite of processes termed the biological pump. Constraining how the biological pump operated in the past is important for understanding past atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and Earth's climate history. However, reconstructing the history of the biological pump requires proxies. Due to their intimate association with biological processes, several bioactive trace metals and their isotopes are potential proxies for past phytoplankton productivity, including iron, zinc, copper, cadmium, molybdenum, barium, nickel, chromium, and silver. Here, we review the oceanic distributions, driving processes, and depositional …

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Sea Surface Current Mapping With Hf Radar – A Primer, Clifford R. Merz, Yonggang Liu, Robert H. Weisberg Jan 2021

Sea Surface Current Mapping With Hf Radar – A Primer, Clifford R. Merz, Yonggang Liu, Robert H. Weisberg

Marine Science Faculty Publications

Shore-based oceanographic High Frequency (HF) radars are frequently used to remotely sense and map coastal sea surface currents. This chapter begins with a review of the development and utilization of HF radar sea-echo interactions and their relationship in the determination of the radial component of the sea surface current and vector coverage map, followed by a brief discussion of recent ongoing HF radar observations on the West Florida Shelf (WFS). Reported are HF radar performance and its complicated relationships with environmental factors.

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Normative Dimensions Of Consensual Application Of Black Box Artificial Intelligence In Administrative Adjudication Of Benefits Claims, Frank Pasquale Jan 2021

Normative Dimensions Of Consensual Application Of Black Box Artificial Intelligence In Administrative Adjudication Of Benefits Claims, Frank Pasquale

Faculty Scholarship

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Progress On Research Regarding Ecology And Biodiversity Of Coastal Fisheries And Nektonic Species And Their Habitats Within Coastal Landscapes, Mark S. Peterson, Michael J. Andres Jan 2021

Progress On Research Regarding Ecology And Biodiversity Of Coastal Fisheries And Nektonic Species And Their Habitats Within Coastal Landscapes, Mark S. Peterson, Michael J. Andres

Faculty Publications

This paper aims to highlight the new research and significant advances in our understanding of links between coastal habitat quality/quantity/diversity and the diversity of fisheries species and other mobile aquatic species (hereafter nekton) that use them within coastal landscapes. This topic is quite diverse owing to the myriad of habitat types found in coastal marine waters and the va-riety of life history strategies fisheries species and nekton use in these environments. Thus, we focus our mini-review on five selective but relevant topics, habitat templates, essential fish habitat, habitat mosaics/habitat connectivity, transitory/ephemeral habitat, and the emerging/maturing approaches to the study of …

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Empowering Women For The United Nations Decade Of Ocean Science For Sustainable Development, World Maritime University Jan 2021

Empowering Women For The United Nations Decade Of Ocean Science For Sustainable Development, World Maritime University

Reports

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No Ape Left Behind: Orangutan Conservation Education Project, Danna Boshak Jan 2021

No Ape Left Behind: Orangutan Conservation Education Project, Danna Boshak

All Graduate Projects

Orangutans are critically endangered and if action is not taken, their extinction is imminent. Zoological institutions worldwide serve as an educational means to engage the broader public in conservation awareness and action behaviors. The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) created the Saving Animals From Extinction (SAFE) initiative to provide zoos with a platform to expand conservation efforts beyond their institutions. In collaboration with the Orangutan SAFE (OSAFE) education committee, the No Ape Left Behind: Orangutan Conservation Education Project develops educational activity resources that provide information about orangutan behavior and ecology as well as action items that individuals can take …

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Estuarine Oiling Increases A Long-Term Decline In Mussel Growth*, R. Eugene Turner, Jennifer S. Spicer Jan 2021

Estuarine Oiling Increases A Long-Term Decline In Mussel Growth*, R. Eugene Turner, Jennifer S. Spicer

Faculty Publications

The ribbed mussel, Geukensia granosissima, cycles nutrients, contributes to soil stability, and can be a major component of predator-prey communities in salt marshes. Mussels were exposed to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and salt marshes remain contaminated eight years later. We hypothesized that the oiled mussels had reduced annual growth, altered population size frequency, and perhaps changed valve morphometrics. We sampled 10 marshes near Port Sulphur, LA, to measure the morphometrics of 133 mussels and their age-specific growth rate, and also the marsh oil content and percent vegetative cover. The relationships between valve weight, …

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Climate Change Implications For Tidal Marshes And Food Web Linkages To Estuarine And Coastal Nekton, D D. Colombano, S. Y. Litvin, S. L. Ziegler, S. B. Alford, D. D. Colombano, M. A. Barbeau, J. Cebrian, R. M. Connolly, C. A. Currin, L. A. Deegan, J. S. Lesser, C. W. Martin, A. E. Mcdonald, C. Mcluckie, B. H. Morrison, J. W. Pahl, L. W. Risse, J. A. Smith, L. W. Staver, R. Eugene Turner, N. J. Waltham Jan 2021

Climate Change Implications For Tidal Marshes And Food Web Linkages To Estuarine And Coastal Nekton, D D. Colombano, S. Y. Litvin, S. L. Ziegler, S. B. Alford, D. D. Colombano, M. A. Barbeau, J. Cebrian, R. M. Connolly, C. A. Currin, L. A. Deegan, J. S. Lesser, C. W. Martin, A. E. Mcdonald, C. Mcluckie, B. H. Morrison, J. W. Pahl, L. W. Risse, J. A. Smith, L. W. Staver, R. Eugene Turner, N. J. Waltham

Faculty Publications

Climate change is altering naturally fluctuating environmental conditions in coastal and estuarine ecosystems across the globe. Departures from long-term averages and ranges of environmental variables are increasingly being observed as directional changes [e.g., rising sea levels, sea surface temperatures (SST)] and less predictable periodic cycles (e.g., Atlantic or Pacific decadal oscillations) and extremes (e.g., coastal flooding, marine heatwaves). Quantifying the short- and long-term impacts of climate change on tidal marsh seascape structure and function for nekton is a critical step toward fisheries conservation and management. The multiple stressor framework provides a promising approach for advancing integrative, cross-disciplinary research on tidal …

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Early Diagenesis In The Hypoxic And Acidified Zone Of The Northern Gulf Of Mexico: Is Organic Matter Recycling In Sediments Disconnected From The Water Column?, C. Rabouille, B. Lansard, S.M. Owings, N.N. Rabalais, B. Bombled, E. Metzger, J. Richirt, E.M. Eitel, A.D. Boever, J.S. Beckler, M. Taillefert Jan 2021

Early Diagenesis In The Hypoxic And Acidified Zone Of The Northern Gulf Of Mexico: Is Organic Matter Recycling In Sediments Disconnected From The Water Column?, C. Rabouille, B. Lansard, S.M. Owings, N.N. Rabalais, B. Bombled, E. Metzger, J. Richirt, E.M. Eitel, A.D. Boever, J.S. Beckler, M. Taillefert

Faculty Publications

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Craft A Cold One, Lennon Sullivan, Noah Christy Jan 2021

Craft A Cold One, Lennon Sullivan, Noah Christy

Undergraduate Honors Theses

A demo for a four to five episode mini series on how to brew your own beer at home, with affordable materials. This would help translate very complicated craft brewing techniques into an easy-to-understand guide.

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Using Audio Recording Devices And Multiseason Occupancy Modelling To Evaluate Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga Columbiana) Occurrence In Whitebark Pine Habitats Of Washington's Cascade Mountains, Lauren Taracka Jan 2021

Using Audio Recording Devices And Multiseason Occupancy Modelling To Evaluate Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga Columbiana) Occurrence In Whitebark Pine Habitats Of Washington's Cascade Mountains, Lauren Taracka

Undergraduate Honors Theses

The Clark’s nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana) and whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis), both native to the harsh subalpine habitats of Washington’s Cascade Mountains, are being negatively impacted by white pine blister rust (Cronartium ribicola), the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae), and climate change. As temperatures continue to warm, while many species at lower elevations can move upward in elevation to suit their temperature needs, subalpine species do not have that option. Whitebark pine is a keystone tree species - numerous animals consume its high fat, high energy seeds; it’s a nurse tree, providing shelter …

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The Creation Of Personal Happiness, Jayme Zesiger Jan 2021

The Creation Of Personal Happiness, Jayme Zesiger

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Happiness is something human beings strive to acquire but how to obtain this elusive feeling remains a longstanding and intriguing inquiry. One reason for this is that there is no one specific definition of happiness and no standard measurement for it. This project focuses on defining what is believed to affect happiness from an individual’s personal perspective and aims to shed light on the current research and understanding of how to define happiness and what common variables lead to happiness. To this aim, a structured literature review was conducted which led to the development of a mixed methods survey designed …

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What Do You Meme? An Analysis Of How College Students At Central Washington University Use Memes, Skyler Smith Jan 2021

What Do You Meme? An Analysis Of How College Students At Central Washington University Use Memes, Skyler Smith

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Memes have become a key part of modern living on the Internet. However, it is still unclear who is creating, sharing and interacting with memes. This study examines meme use in college students at Central Washington University while also examining the definition of a meme within the population. Data were collected via questionnaire and interviews resulting in 14 responses and 18 total interviews conducted with 6 participants. Analysis suggests that college students use memes as an important component of private conversations and to reiterate their public identities. On the other hand, meme making is not as prevalent as other types …

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Elevating Dissolved Oxygen - Reflections On Developing And Using Long - Term Data, Nancy N. Rabalais Jan 2021

Elevating Dissolved Oxygen - Reflections On Developing And Using Long - Term Data, Nancy N. Rabalais

Faculty Publications

This prospectus took me about as long to generate as my 36 - year record of working on the issue of northern Gulf of Mexico (nGOM) oxygen deficiency, or so I felt. There was so much to cover, but I focused on the issue of hypoxia on the Louisiana continental shelf from the early 1980s to present and my participation in the research and outreach. Not that I was ignoring other aspects of my academic research career (e.g., stone crab populations and their differences in physiology and larval development along the nGOM coast; settlement of crab megalopae, especially blue crabs, …

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Biogeographical Trends In Phytoplankton Community Size Structure Using Adaptive Sentinel 3-Olci Chlorophyll A And Spectral Empirical Orthogonal Functions In The Estuarine-Shelf Waters Of The Northern Gulf Of Mexico, Bingqing Liu, Eurico J. D'Sa, Kanchan Maiti, Victor H. Rivera-Monroy, Zuo Xue Jan 2021

Biogeographical Trends In Phytoplankton Community Size Structure Using Adaptive Sentinel 3-Olci Chlorophyll A And Spectral Empirical Orthogonal Functions In The Estuarine-Shelf Waters Of The Northern Gulf Of Mexico, Bingqing Liu, Eurico J. D'Sa, Kanchan Maiti, Victor H. Rivera-Monroy, Zuo Xue

Faculty Publications

The active hydrodynamics and complex circulation patterns in the northern Gulf of Mexico (nGoM) provide a dynamic scenario to investigate mesoscale responses of the size structure of phytoplankton communities to environmental variability. In this study, a large in-situ dataset acquired in inland, estuarine and coastal waters of the nGoM and U.S. East Coast were utilized to achieve a regional parameterization of the red-NIR ratio-based chlorophyll a (Chl a) algorithm for the high-spatial and spectral resolution Sentinel 3-OLCI ocean color sensor. Using an adaptive scheme, the algorithm was used in combination with other standard Chl a algorithms such as the Neural …

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Born Believers?, Mark Siderits Jan 2021

Born Believers?, Mark Siderits

Faculty Publications - Philosophy

A Response to Karsten Struhl’s “What Kind of an Illusion is the Illusion of Self”.

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Envisioning The Ftc As A Facilitator Of Blockchain Technology Adoption In The Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Testing Industry, Noah Spector Jan 2021

Envisioning The Ftc As A Facilitator Of Blockchain Technology Adoption In The Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Testing Industry, Noah Spector

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law

Seemingly overnight, the kingpins of the direct-to-consumer genetic testing (DTC-GT) industry shifted their focus from exploring their customers’ DNA to commodifying it. Companies like Ancestry or 23andMe that were once exclusively known as mere sources of “infotainment” now regularly sell consenting customers’ genetic data to pharmaceutical researchers or use it to develop drugs of their own. To gain these customers’ consent, both firms employ a series of long, complex clickwrap contracts that largely fail to apprise their readers of the potential risks of sharing their genetic data. Nor do these agreements provide any form of compensation to those consumers whose …

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Bs Biotechnology, 2021-22, Arkansas State University - Jonesboro Jan 2021

Bs Biotechnology, 2021-22, Arkansas State University - Jonesboro

Bachelor of Science and Education

No abstract provided.

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Bs Data Science & Data Analytics, Ds 2021-22, Arkansas State University - Jonesboro Jan 2021

Bs Data Science & Data Analytics, Ds 2021-22, Arkansas State University - Jonesboro

Bachelor of Science and Education

Data Science Emphasis

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Remote Sensing, Kentin Codispot, Gracie Durham, Reese Guo, Trevor Hopkins, Vanessa Pinney Jan 2021

Remote Sensing, Kentin Codispot, Gracie Durham, Reese Guo, Trevor Hopkins, Vanessa Pinney

ENGS 89/90 Reports

Significance: The Organic movement seeks to protect and encourage fertile soil maintenance, as healthy soils sequester CO2, improve human health, and ensure farmland will remain usable in the future. Unfortunately, the original intent of organic certification has been lost due to increased industrialization of organic farms, which focus on generating profit over soil health. The goal of our sponsor, Real Organic Project (ROP), is to help protect the integrity of organic farming by creating an add-on label to USDA Certified Organic which would improve transparency and encourage communication between the farmers, consumers, and scientists. Our project aims to augment ROP’s …

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Copyright And The Creative Process, Mark Bartholomew Jan 2021

Copyright And The Creative Process, Mark Bartholomew

Journal Articles

Copyright is typically described as a mechanism for encouraging the production of creative works. On this view, copyright protection should be granted to genuinely creative works but denied to non-creative ones. Yet that is not how the law works. Instead, almost anything—from test answer sheets to instruction manuals to replicas of items in the public domain—is deemed creative and therefore eligible for copyright protection. This is the consequence of a century of copyright doctrine assuming that artistic creativity is incapable of measurement, unaffected by personal motivation, and incomprehensible to novices and experts alike. Recent neuroscientific research contradicts these assumptions. It …

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No Child Should Feel Left Behind: The Illegality Of Orphanage Voluntourism Under Article 19 Of The United Nations Convention Of The Rights Of A Child, Lily Baron Jan 2021

No Child Should Feel Left Behind: The Illegality Of Orphanage Voluntourism Under Article 19 Of The United Nations Convention Of The Rights Of A Child, Lily Baron

American University International Law Review

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Ensuring Access To Accurate Information And Combatting Misinformation, Diane Orentlicher Jan 2021

Ensuring Access To Accurate Information And Combatting Misinformation, Diane Orentlicher

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.

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