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Full-Text Articles in Biology
A Dystrophin Exon‐52 Deleted Miniature Pig Model Of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy And Evaluation Of Exon Skipping, Yusuke Echigoya, Nhu Trieu, William Duddy, Hong M. Moulton, Haifang Yin, Terence A. Partridge, Eric P. Hoffman, Joe N. Kornegay, Frank A. Rohret, Christopher S. Rogers, Toshifumi Yokota
A Dystrophin Exon‐52 Deleted Miniature Pig Model Of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy And Evaluation Of Exon Skipping, Yusuke Echigoya, Nhu Trieu, William Duddy, Hong M. Moulton, Haifang Yin, Terence A. Partridge, Eric P. Hoffman, Joe N. Kornegay, Frank A. Rohret, Christopher S. Rogers, Toshifumi Yokota
Genomics and Precision Medicine Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Ecoacoustic Monitoring Of Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser Fulvescens) Spawning And Its Relation To Anthropogenic Noise, Dennis M. Higgs, Riley K. Beach
Ecoacoustic Monitoring Of Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser Fulvescens) Spawning And Its Relation To Anthropogenic Noise, Dennis M. Higgs, Riley K. Beach
Integrative Biology Publications
Lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) are endangered in the Laurentian Great Lakes with increasing binational efforts to establish spawning grounds to aid restoration. While SCUBA surveys can document spawning activity, these are labour-intensive and may disrupt spawning. We used passive acoustic monitoring to quantify spawning sounds of lake sturgeon as a first step to developing remote sensing of sturgeon spawning grounds. Acipenser sp. are known to make a variety of sounds including, “thunders” (aka drums), which have been documented in A. fulvescens during spawning. We quantified drums from a known spawning bed. We recorded 5 different potential sturgeon sounds but only …
Spatio-Temporal Variability In White Shark (Carcharodon Carcharias) Movement Ecology During Residency And Migration Phases In The Western North Atlantic, Bryan R. Franks, John P. Tyminski, Nigel E. Hussey, Camrin D. Braun, Alisa L. Newton, Simon R. Thorrold, George C. Fischer, Brett Mcbride, Robert E. Hueter
Spatio-Temporal Variability In White Shark (Carcharodon Carcharias) Movement Ecology During Residency And Migration Phases In The Western North Atlantic, Bryan R. Franks, John P. Tyminski, Nigel E. Hussey, Camrin D. Braun, Alisa L. Newton, Simon R. Thorrold, George C. Fischer, Brett Mcbride, Robert E. Hueter
Integrative Biology Publications
Understanding how mobile, marine predators use three-dimensional space over time is central to inform management and conservation actions. Combining tracking technologies can yield powerful datasets over multiple spatio-temporal scales to provide critical information for these purposes. For the white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), detailed movement and migration information over ontogeny, including inter- and intra-annual variation in timing of movement phases, is largely unknown in the western North Atlantic (WNA), a relatively understudied area for this species. To address this need, we tracked 48 large juvenile to adult white sharks between 2012 and 2020, using a combination of satellite-linked and acoustic telemetry. …
Cetacean Acousticwelfare In Wild And Managed-Care Settings: Gaps And Opportunities, Paige E. Stevens, Heather Hill, Jason N. Bruck
Cetacean Acousticwelfare In Wild And Managed-Care Settings: Gaps And Opportunities, Paige E. Stevens, Heather Hill, Jason N. Bruck
Faculty Publications
Cetaceans are potentially at risk of poor welfare due to the animals’ natural reliance on sound and the persistent nature of anthropogenic noise, especially in the wild. Industrial, commercial, and recreational human activity has expanded across the seas, resulting in a propagation of sound with varying frequency characteristics. In many countries, current regulations are based on the potential to induce hearing loss; however, a more nuanced approach is needed when shaping regulations, due to other non-hearing loss effects including activation of the stress response, acoustic masking, frequency shifts, alterations in behavior, and decreased foraging. Cetaceans in managedcare settings share the …
Predator Abundance Drives The Association Between Exploratory Personality And Foraging Habitat Risk In A Wild Marine Meso-Predator, Félicie Dhellemmes, Matthew J. Smukall, Tristan L. Guttridge, Jens Krause, Nigel E. Hussey
Predator Abundance Drives The Association Between Exploratory Personality And Foraging Habitat Risk In A Wild Marine Meso-Predator, Félicie Dhellemmes, Matthew J. Smukall, Tristan L. Guttridge, Jens Krause, Nigel E. Hussey
Integrative Biology Publications
In recent years, the incorporation of lower levels of organization to the understanding of population ecology, has led to an increase in interest for animal personality and individual foraging specialization. Despite these topics investigating comparable phenomena, that is, individual consistency in behaviour and in food resource use respectively, they have rarely been investigated together. Food resource use is thought to be at the interface between personality and life history. More explorative individuals in a population, for example, are thought to increase encounter rates with food resources and consequently have faster growth than less explorative conspecifics. Such hypotheses have so far …
Reply To: Shark Mortality Cannot Be Assessed By Fishery Overlap Alone, Nuno Queiroz, Nicolas E. Humphries, Ana Couto, Marisa Vedor, Ivo Da Costa, Ana M.M. Sequeira, Gonzalo Mucientes, António M. Santos, Francisco J. Abascal, Debra L. Abercrombie, Katya Abrantes, David Acuña-Marrero, André S. Afonso, Pedro Afonso, Darrell Anders, Gonzalo Araujo, Randall Arauz, Pascal Bach, Adam Barnett, Diego Bernal
Reply To: Shark Mortality Cannot Be Assessed By Fishery Overlap Alone, Nuno Queiroz, Nicolas E. Humphries, Ana Couto, Marisa Vedor, Ivo Da Costa, Ana M.M. Sequeira, Gonzalo Mucientes, António M. Santos, Francisco J. Abascal, Debra L. Abercrombie, Katya Abrantes, David Acuña-Marrero, André S. Afonso, Pedro Afonso, Darrell Anders, Gonzalo Araujo, Randall Arauz, Pascal Bach, Adam Barnett, Diego Bernal
Integrative Biology Publications
No abstract provided.
Reply To: Caution Over The Use Of Ecological Big Data For Conservation, Nuno Queiroz, Nicolas E. Humphries, Ana Couto, Marisa Vedor, Ivo Da Costa, Ana M.M. Sequeira, Gonzalo Mucientes, António M. Santos, Francisco J. Abascal, Debra L. Abercrombie, Katya Abrantes, David Acuña-Marrero, André S. Afonso, Pedro Afonso, Darrell Anders, Gonzalo Araujo, Randall Arauz, Pascal Bach, Adam Barnett, Diego Bernal
Reply To: Caution Over The Use Of Ecological Big Data For Conservation, Nuno Queiroz, Nicolas E. Humphries, Ana Couto, Marisa Vedor, Ivo Da Costa, Ana M.M. Sequeira, Gonzalo Mucientes, António M. Santos, Francisco J. Abascal, Debra L. Abercrombie, Katya Abrantes, David Acuña-Marrero, André S. Afonso, Pedro Afonso, Darrell Anders, Gonzalo Araujo, Randall Arauz, Pascal Bach, Adam Barnett, Diego Bernal
Integrative Biology Publications
No abstract provided.
Water Column Structure Defines Vertical Habitat Of Twelve Pelagic Predators In The South Atlantic, Daniel J. Madigan, Andrew J. Richardson, Aaron B. Carlisle, Sam B. Weber, Judith Brown, Nigel E. Hussey
Water Column Structure Defines Vertical Habitat Of Twelve Pelagic Predators In The South Atlantic, Daniel J. Madigan, Andrew J. Richardson, Aaron B. Carlisle, Sam B. Weber, Judith Brown, Nigel E. Hussey
Integrative Biology Publications
Quantifying vertical distributions of pelagic predators elucidates pelagic ecosystem structure and informs fisheries management. In the tropical South Atlantic Ocean, the recently designated large-scale marine protected area around Ascension Island hosts diverse pelagic predators for which basin-specific vertical habitat information is minimal or absent. We used pop-up satellite archival tags to analyse vertical habitat use in 12 species (bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus, blue marlin Makaira nigricans, blue shark Prionace glauca, dolphinfish Coryphaena hippurus, Galapagos shark Carcharhinus galapagensis, oceanic whitetip Carcharhinus longimanus, sailfish Istiophorus albicans, silky shark Carcharhinus falciformis, swordfish Xiphias gladius, tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier, wahoo Acanthocybium solandri, and yellowfin …
Ancillary Data From Animal-Borne Cameras As An Ecological Survey Tool For Marine Communities, T. K. Chapple, D. Tickler, R. C. Roche, D. T.I. Bayley, A. C. Gleiss, P. E. Kanive, O. J.D. Jewell, S. J. Jorgensen, R. Schallert, A. B. Carlisle, J. Sannassy Pilly, S. Andrzejaczek, M. Wikelski, N. E. Hussey, B. A. Block
Ancillary Data From Animal-Borne Cameras As An Ecological Survey Tool For Marine Communities, T. K. Chapple, D. Tickler, R. C. Roche, D. T.I. Bayley, A. C. Gleiss, P. E. Kanive, O. J.D. Jewell, S. J. Jorgensen, R. Schallert, A. B. Carlisle, J. Sannassy Pilly, S. Andrzejaczek, M. Wikelski, N. E. Hussey, B. A. Block
Integrative Biology Publications
Underwater visual surveys represent an essential component of coastal marine research and play a crucial role in supporting the management of marine systems. However, logistical and financial considerations can limit the availability of survey data in some systems. While biologging camera tag devices are being attached to an increasing diversity of marine animals to collect behavioral information about the focal species, the ancillary imagery collected can also be used in analytical techniques developed for diver-based surveys. We illustrate this approach by extracting ancillary data from shark-borne camera tag deployments focused on the behavior of a White shark (Carcharodon carcharias) off …
Underwater Sound Levels In The Canadian Arctic, 2014–2019, William D. Halliday, David Barclay, Amanda N. Barkley, Emmanuelle Cook, Jackie Dawson, R. Casey Hilliard, Nigel E. Hussey, Joshua M. Jones, Francis Juanes, Marianne Marcoux, Andrea Niemi, Shannon Nudds, Matthew K. Pine, Clark Richards, Kevin Scharffenberg, Kristin Westdal, Stephen J. Insley
Underwater Sound Levels In The Canadian Arctic, 2014–2019, William D. Halliday, David Barclay, Amanda N. Barkley, Emmanuelle Cook, Jackie Dawson, R. Casey Hilliard, Nigel E. Hussey, Joshua M. Jones, Francis Juanes, Marianne Marcoux, Andrea Niemi, Shannon Nudds, Matthew K. Pine, Clark Richards, Kevin Scharffenberg, Kristin Westdal, Stephen J. Insley
Integrative Biology Publications
The Arctic has been a refuge from anthropogenic underwater noise; however, climate change has caused summer sea ice to diminish, allowing for unprecedented access and the potential for increased underwater noise. Baseline underwater sound levels must be quantified to monitor future changes and manage underwater noise in the Arctic. We analyzed 39 passive acoustic datasets collected throughout the Canadian Arctic from 2014 to 2019 using statistical models to examine spatial and temporal trends in daily mean sound pressure levels (SPL) and quantify environmental and anthropogenic drivers of SPL. SPL (50–1000 Hz) ranged from 70 to 127 dB re 1 μPa …
An Illicit Artisanal Fishery For North Pacific White Sharks Indicates Frequent Occurrence And High Mortality In The Gulf Of California, Daniel J. Madigan, Natalie S. Arnoldi, Nigel E. Hussey, Aaron B. Carlisle
An Illicit Artisanal Fishery For North Pacific White Sharks Indicates Frequent Occurrence And High Mortality In The Gulf Of California, Daniel J. Madigan, Natalie S. Arnoldi, Nigel E. Hussey, Aaron B. Carlisle
Integrative Biology Publications
Large sharks shape ecosystems across their geographic ranges and have become a top research and conservation priority. Eastern North Pacific (ENP) white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) aggregations off the United States and Mexico are well described, but their population status is currently uncertain. Population assessments of ENP white sharks are complicated by migrations across international boundaries, vulnerability at aggregation sites, and undetermined mortality levels. While protective legislation exists both in the United States and Mexico, ongoing incidental and unreported catch may undermine assessments and management. Here, access to a clandestine artisanal fishery provides evidence for white shark abundance and mortality in …
Temperature Regulation Of Plant Hormone Signaling During Stress And Development, Christian Castroverde, Damaris Dina
Temperature Regulation Of Plant Hormone Signaling During Stress And Development, Christian Castroverde, Damaris Dina
Biology Faculty Publications
Global climate change has broad-ranging impacts on the natural environment and human civilization. Increasing average temperatures along with more frequent heat waves collectively have negative effects on cultivated crops in agricultural sectors and wild species in natural ecosystems. These aberrantly hot temperatures, together with cold stress, represent major abiotic stresses to plants. Molecular and physiological responses to high and low temperatures are intricately linked to the regulation of important plant hormones. In this review, we shall highlight our current understanding of how changing temperatures regulate plant hormone pathways during immunity, stress responses and development. This article will present an overview …
Isotopic Tracers Suggest Limited Trans-Oceanic Movements And Regional Residency In North Pacific Blue Sharks (Prionace Glauca), Daniel J. Madigan, Oliver N. Shipley, Aaron B. Carlisle, Heidi Dewar, Owyn E. Snodgrass, Nigel E. Hussey
Isotopic Tracers Suggest Limited Trans-Oceanic Movements And Regional Residency In North Pacific Blue Sharks (Prionace Glauca), Daniel J. Madigan, Oliver N. Shipley, Aaron B. Carlisle, Heidi Dewar, Owyn E. Snodgrass, Nigel E. Hussey
Integrative Biology Publications
Blue sharks (Prionace glauca) are globally distributed, large-bodied pelagic sharks that make extensive migrations throughout their range. In the North Pacific, mark-recapture studies have shown trans-Pacific migrations, but knowledge gaps in migration frequency hinder understanding of regional connectivity and assessments of regional demography for stock assessments. Here, we use oceanographic gradients of stable isotope ratios (i.e., regional isoscapes) to determine exchange rates of blue sharks between the East and West North Pacific Ocean (EPO and WPO). We generated regional δ13C and δ15N distributions for blue sharks from published values in the North Pacific (n = 180; both sexes, juveniles and …
Function Of Spiny Dorsal Fin Erector Muscles In The Bluegill, Lepomis Macrochirus, Zakiyat Djabakatie
Function Of Spiny Dorsal Fin Erector Muscles In The Bluegill, Lepomis Macrochirus, Zakiyat Djabakatie
Honors Projects
Local motor control directly contributes to stability, which can be compromised by injury or multiple neuromuscular disorders. In addition, lack of sensory perception as experienced by decreased limb sensation can further deteriorate one‚Äôs quality of life. The goal of this study is to use bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) fins as model systems to study and gain insights on local motor control and sensory perception to improve stability and locomotion in humans, especially in a rehabilitative state. We hypothesize that 1) when exposed to turbulence (T), bluegill will use the spiny dorsal fin to recover stability and muscle intensity and duration will …
Field Testing An "Acoustic Lighthouse": Combined Acoustic And Visual Cues Provide A Multimodal Solution That Reduces Avian Collision Risk With Tall Human-Made Structures, Timothy James Boycott, J. P. Swaddle, Sally Mullis, Brandon E. Jackson
Field Testing An "Acoustic Lighthouse": Combined Acoustic And Visual Cues Provide A Multimodal Solution That Reduces Avian Collision Risk With Tall Human-Made Structures, Timothy James Boycott, J. P. Swaddle, Sally Mullis, Brandon E. Jackson
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Billions of birds fatally collide with human-made structures each year. These mortalities have consequences for population viability and conservation of endangered species. This source of human-wildlife conflict also places constraints on various industries. Furthermore, with continued increases in urbanization, the incidence of collisions continues to increase. Efforts to reduce collisions have largely focused on making structures more visible to birds through visual stimuli but have shown limited success. We investigated the efficacy of a multimodal combination of acoustic signals with visual cues to reduce avian collisions with tall structures in open airspace. Previous work has demonstrated that a combination of …
Corticospinal Excitability During A Perspective Taking Task As Measured By Tms-Induced Motor Evoked Potentials, Elizabeth Murray, Janet Brenya, Katherine Chavarria, Karen J. Kelly, Anjel Fierst, Nathira Ahmad, Caroline Anton, Layla Shaffer, Kairavi Kapila, Logan Driever, Kayla Weaver, Caroline Dial, Maya Crawford, Iso Hartman, Tommy Infantino, Fiona Butler, Abigail Straus, Shakeera L. Walker, Brianna Balugas, Matthew Pardillo, Briana Goncalves, Julian Keenan
Corticospinal Excitability During A Perspective Taking Task As Measured By Tms-Induced Motor Evoked Potentials, Elizabeth Murray, Janet Brenya, Katherine Chavarria, Karen J. Kelly, Anjel Fierst, Nathira Ahmad, Caroline Anton, Layla Shaffer, Kairavi Kapila, Logan Driever, Kayla Weaver, Caroline Dial, Maya Crawford, Iso Hartman, Tommy Infantino, Fiona Butler, Abigail Straus, Shakeera L. Walker, Brianna Balugas, Matthew Pardillo, Briana Goncalves, Julian Keenan
Department of Biology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Only by understanding the ability to take a third-person perspective can we begin to elucidate the neural processes responsible for one’s inimitable conscious experience. The current study examined differences in hemispheric laterality during a first-person perspective (1PP) and third-person perspective (3PP) taking task, using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). Participants were asked to take either the 1PP or 3PP when identifying the number of spheres in a virtual scene. During this task, single-pulse TMS was delivered to the motor cortex of both the left and right hemispheres of 10 healthy volunteers. Measures of TMS-induced motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) of the contralateral abductor …
Negative Resistance And Resilience: Biotic Mechanisms Underpin Delayed Biological Recovery In Stream Restoration, Isabelle C. Barrett, Angus R. Mcintosh, Catherine M. Febria, Helen J. Warburton
Negative Resistance And Resilience: Biotic Mechanisms Underpin Delayed Biological Recovery In Stream Restoration, Isabelle C. Barrett, Angus R. Mcintosh, Catherine M. Febria, Helen J. Warburton
Integrative Biology Publications
Traditionally, resistance and resilience are associated with good ecological health, often underpinning restoration goals. However, degraded ecosystems can also be highly resistant and resilient, making restoration difficult: degraded communities often become dominated by hyper-tolerant species, preventing recolonization and resulting in low biodiversity and poor ecosystem function. Using streams as a model, we undertook a mesocosm experiment to test if degraded community presence hindered biological recovery. We established 12 mesocosms, simulating physically healthy streams. Degraded invertebrate communities were established in half, mimicking the post-restoration scenario of physical recovery without biological recovery. We then introduced a healthy colonist community to all mesocosms, …
Functional Regionalization In The Fly Eye As An Adaptation To Habitat Structure, Carlos A. Ruiz
Functional Regionalization In The Fly Eye As An Adaptation To Habitat Structure, Carlos A. Ruiz
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
With over 150,000 described species, flies constitute one of the most species-rich groups of animals on earth, and have managed to colonize almost every corner of it. Part of their success comes from their amazing flying skills, which are strongly tied to their visual capabilities. To navigate fast and accurately through their habitats, they must be able to process the inordinate amounts of visual information necessary to sort obstacles, avoid predators and remain on course. Surprisingly, despite their tiny brains, flies have no problem in processing all that information to generate correcting maneuvers in just about 30 ms. To this …
Assessment Of The Ecological Health Of Afrotropical Rivers Using Fish Assemblages: A Case Study Of Selected Rivers In The Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya, Alfred O. Achieng, Frank O. Masese, Tracey J. Coffey, Phillip O. Raburu, Simon W. Agembe, Catherine M. Febria, Boaz Kaunda-Arara
Assessment Of The Ecological Health Of Afrotropical Rivers Using Fish Assemblages: A Case Study Of Selected Rivers In The Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya, Alfred O. Achieng, Frank O. Masese, Tracey J. Coffey, Phillip O. Raburu, Simon W. Agembe, Catherine M. Febria, Boaz Kaunda-Arara
Integrative Biology Publications
Streams and rivers are globally threatened ecosystems because of increasing levels of exploitation, habitat degradation and other anthropogenic pressures. In the Lake Victoria Basin (LVB) in East Africa, these threats are mostly caused by unsustainable land use; however, the monitoring of ecological integrity of river systems has been hampered by a lack of locally developed indices. This study assessed the health of four rivers (Nzoia, Nyando, Sondu–Miriu and Mara) on the Kenyan side of the LVB using physicochemical water quality parameters and a fish-based index of biotic integrity (IBI). Fish tolerance ranking was derived from principal component analysis of water …
The Consumption Of Shark Meat In The Amazon Region And Its Implications For Human Health And The Marine Ecosystem, J. Souza-Araujo, O. G. Souza-Junior, A. Guimarães-Costa, N. E. Hussey, M. O. Lima, T. Giarrizzo
The Consumption Of Shark Meat In The Amazon Region And Its Implications For Human Health And The Marine Ecosystem, J. Souza-Araujo, O. G. Souza-Junior, A. Guimarães-Costa, N. E. Hussey, M. O. Lima, T. Giarrizzo
Integrative Biology Publications
Here, we evaluated the levels of As, Hg, Pb, and Cd in shark meat sold along the Amazon Coast of Brazil and used nitrogen stable isotope values to determine trophic position and to assess element biomagnification. From market samples, a total of 13 species were identified via molecular analysis, including those listed as endangered and vulnerable by the IUCN Red List. Arsenic was present in significantly higher concentrations than all other elements, followed by Hg, with the highest mean concentrations recorded in M. higmani (As: 19.46 ± 8.79 μg/g ww) and C. acronotus (Hg: 1.12 ± 0.68 μg/g ww). Lead …
Global Economic Costs Of Aquatic Invasive Alien Species, Ross N. Cuthbert, Zarah Pattison, Nigel G. Taylor, Laura Verbrugge, Christophe Diagne, Danish A. Ahmed, Boris Leroy, Elena Angulo, Elizabeta Briski, César Capinha, Jane A. Catford, Tatenda Dalu, Franz Essl, Rodolphe E. Gozlan, Phillip J. Haubrock, Melina Kourantidou, Andrew M. Kramer, David Renault, Ryan J. Wasserman, Franck Courchamp
Global Economic Costs Of Aquatic Invasive Alien Species, Ross N. Cuthbert, Zarah Pattison, Nigel G. Taylor, Laura Verbrugge, Christophe Diagne, Danish A. Ahmed, Boris Leroy, Elena Angulo, Elizabeta Briski, César Capinha, Jane A. Catford, Tatenda Dalu, Franz Essl, Rodolphe E. Gozlan, Phillip J. Haubrock, Melina Kourantidou, Andrew M. Kramer, David Renault, Ryan J. Wasserman, Franck Courchamp
Integrative Biology Faculty and Staff Publications
Much research effort has been invested in understanding ecological impacts of invasive alien species (IAS) across ecosystems and taxonomic groups, but empirical studies about economic effects lack synthesis. Using a comprehensive global database, we determine patterns and trends in economic costs of aquatic IAS by examining: (i) the distribution of these costs across taxa, geographic regions and cost types; (ii) the temporal dynamics of global costs; and (iii) knowledge gaps, especially compared to terrestrial IAS. Based on the costs recorded from the existing literature, the global cost of aquatic IAS conservatively summed to US$345 …
Characterizing Patterns Of Genomic Variation In The Threatened Utah Prairie Dog: Implications For Conservation And Management, Rachael M. Giglio, Tonie E. Rocke, Jorge E. Osorio, Emily Latch
Characterizing Patterns Of Genomic Variation In The Threatened Utah Prairie Dog: Implications For Conservation And Management, Rachael M. Giglio, Tonie E. Rocke, Jorge E. Osorio, Emily Latch
Biological Sciences Faculty Articles
Utah prairie dogs (Cynomys parvidens) are federally threatened due to eradication campaigns, habitat destruction, and outbreaks of plague. Today, Utah prairie dogs exist in small, isolated populations, making them less demographically stable and more susceptible to erosion of genetic variation by genetic drift. We characterized patterns of genetic structure at neutral and putatively adaptive loci in order to evaluate the relative effects of genetic drift and local adaptation on population divergence. We sampled individuals across the Utah prairie dog species range and generated 2,955 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) using double digest restriction site associated DNA sequencing (ddRAD). Genetic …
Monitoring Lake Sinclair, Margaret Blackledge
Monitoring Lake Sinclair, Margaret Blackledge
Graduate Research Showcase
Algae, a polyphyletic group of aquatic primary producers, play a great part in earth’s biosphere. They produce half of the world’s oxygen and are major contributors to aquatic biodiversity. When conditions are favorable to a species, algae will bloom. Some algal species will produce algal toxins during a bloom as a potential mechanism to concentrate carbon. Due to the integral part they play in aquatic food webs, nutrient cycling and the potential for harmful algal blooms, algal communities are monitored to determine the health and safety of aquatic environments. Lake Sinclair in middle Georgia is a good model where in …
The Genomic Processes Of Biological Invasions: From Invasive Species To Cancer Metastases And Back Again, Fargam Neinavaie, Arig Ibrahim-Hashim, Andrew M. Kramer, Joel S. Brown, Christina L. Richards
The Genomic Processes Of Biological Invasions: From Invasive Species To Cancer Metastases And Back Again, Fargam Neinavaie, Arig Ibrahim-Hashim, Andrew M. Kramer, Joel S. Brown, Christina L. Richards
Integrative Biology Faculty and Staff Publications
The concept of invasion is useful across a broad range of contexts, spanning from the fine scale landscape of cancer tumors up to the broader landscape of ecosystems. Invasion biology provides extraordinary opportunities for studying the mechanistic basis of contemporary evolution at the molecular level. Although the field of invasion genetics was established in ecology and evolution more than 50 years ago, there is still a limited understanding of how genomic level processes translate into invasive phenotypes across different taxa in response to complex environmental conditions. This is largely because the study of most invasive species is limited by information …
Deep Learning For Supervised Classification Of Temporal Data In Ecology, César Capinha, Ana Ceia-Hasse, Andrew M. Kramer, Christiaan Meijer
Deep Learning For Supervised Classification Of Temporal Data In Ecology, César Capinha, Ana Ceia-Hasse, Andrew M. Kramer, Christiaan Meijer
Integrative Biology Faculty and Staff Publications
Temporal data is ubiquitous in ecology and ecologists often face the challenge of accurately differentiating these data into predefined classes, such as biological entities or ecological states. The usual approach consists of transforming the time series into user-defined features and then using these features as predictors in conventional statistical or machine learning models. Here we suggest the use of deep learning models as an alternative to this approach. Recent deep learning techniques can perform the classification directly from the time series, eliminating subjective and resource-consuming data transformation steps, and potentially improving classification results. We describe some of the deep learning …
Deep Learning For Supervised Classification Of Temporal Data In Ecology, César Capinha, Ana Ceia-Hasse, Andrew M. Kramer, Christiaan Meijer
Deep Learning For Supervised Classification Of Temporal Data In Ecology, César Capinha, Ana Ceia-Hasse, Andrew M. Kramer, Christiaan Meijer
Integrative Biology Faculty and Staff Publications
Temporal data is ubiquitous in ecology and ecologists often face the challenge of accurately differentiating these data into predefined classes, such as biological entities or ecological states. The usual approach consists of transforming the time series into user-defined features and then using these features as predictors in conventional statistical or machine learning models. Here we suggest the use of deep learning models as an alternative to this approach. Recent deep learning techniques can perform the classification directly from the time series, eliminating subjective and resource-consuming data transformation steps, and potentially improving classification results. We describe some of the deep learning …
Spatial Spread Of White-Nose Syndrome In North America, 2006-2018, Andrew M. Kramer, Alex Mercier, Sean Maher, Yaw Kumi-Ansu, Sarah Bowden
Spatial Spread Of White-Nose Syndrome In North America, 2006-2018, Andrew M. Kramer, Alex Mercier, Sean Maher, Yaw Kumi-Ansu, Sarah Bowden
Integrative Biology Faculty and Staff Publications
White-nose syndrome has caused massive mortality in multiple bat species and spread across much of North America, making it one of the most destructive wildlife diseases on record. This has also resulted in it being one of the most well-documented wildlife disease outbreaks, making it possible to look for changes in the pattern of spatial spread over time. We fit a series of spatial interaction models to the United States county-level observations of the pathogenic fungus, Pseudogymnoascus destructans, that causes white-nose syndrome. Models included the distance between caves, cave abundance, measures of winter length and winter onset, and species …
Deep Learning For Supervised Classification Of Temporal Data In Ecology, César Capinha, Ana Ceia-Hasse, Andrew M. Kramer, Christiaan Meijer
Deep Learning For Supervised Classification Of Temporal Data In Ecology, César Capinha, Ana Ceia-Hasse, Andrew M. Kramer, Christiaan Meijer
Integrative Biology Faculty and Staff Publications
Temporal data is ubiquitous in ecology and ecologists often face the challenge of accurately differentiating these data into predefined classes, such as biological entities or ecological states. The usual approach consists of transforming the time series into user-defined features and then using these features as predictors in conventional statistical or machine learning models. Here we suggest the use of deep learning models as an alternative to this approach. Recent deep learning techniques can perform the classification directly from the time series, eliminating subjective and resource-consuming data transformation steps, and potentially improving classification results. We describe some of the deep learning …
Lepidopteran Granivory Reduces Seed Counts In A Rare Species Of Riparian Scour Prairies, Cheyenne Moore, Angela J. Mcdonnell, Scott Schuette, Christopher T. Martine
Lepidopteran Granivory Reduces Seed Counts In A Rare Species Of Riparian Scour Prairies, Cheyenne Moore, Angela J. Mcdonnell, Scott Schuette, Christopher T. Martine
Faculty Journal Articles
In Pennsylvania Baptisia australis var. australis is found along only four waterways: the Allegheny River, Youghiogheny River, Clarion River, and Red Bank Creek. Because of its limited distribution and small number of extant populations, the species is considered state-threatened in Pennsylvania. In addition, the riparian prairie habitat that Pennsylvania Baptisia australis var. australis is restricted to is also in decline and considered vulnerable. Because of these conservation concerns, insights into the natural history of the taxon in the state is valuable and will inform conservation efforts. Field surveys and fruit collections along the Allegheny River and herbarium collections were used …
Investigation Into The Genetic Provenance Of Three Rare Plants With East-West Disjunction Patterns In Pennsylvania., Scott Schuette, Christopher T. Martine
Investigation Into The Genetic Provenance Of Three Rare Plants With East-West Disjunction Patterns In Pennsylvania., Scott Schuette, Christopher T. Martine
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Rare plant conservation relies on an understanding of the natural history, biology and ecology, and real and potential threats to their populations to inform state regulations that serve to protect the species from extirpation. This work often involves extensive field surveys over several years to determine population sizes and whether those populations are seeing reductions in number of individuals necessary to maintain the genetic diversity within and between those populations. Species and populations with high genetic diversity are better equipped to withstand sudden changes to their habitats that derive from land use changes and changing climate. There are a variety …