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Managing the Unmanageable: Understanding the Competing Effects of Salinity and Nutrient Loading on Estuarine Water QualityNARA Subscribed
Changing climatic conditions that can alter physical characteristics of surface waters may limit the effectiveness of conventional approaches to nutrient management. This study evaluated the competing effects of nutrient loads and changing salinity on chlorophyll-a dynamics in Tampa Bay (Florida, USA). This estuary has demonstrated long-term recovery of water quality primarily through wastewater infrastructure improvements, wh...
Efficacy of an Inactivated Bacterin Vaccine Against Emerging Streptococcus dysgalactiae in Channel Catfish ( Ictalurus punctatus )NARA Subscribed
Lancefield Group C Streptococcus dysgalactiae recently emerged as a catfish pathogen in the US. Reports from hatcheries suggest S. dysgalactiae causes substantial broodfish loss. We aimed to develop a challenge model and evaluate vaccine efficacy against S. dysgalactiae in juvenile channel catfish ( Ictalurus punctatus ). Three S. dysgalactiae (14–1, 14–24 and 14–25) isolates were tested for virulence. Intracoelomic (IC) injec...
Pacific white shrimp ( Litopenaeus vannamei ) are among the most important aquaculture species but are highly susceptible to Vibrio infections. Novel disease management strategies are necessary. Previous studies have reported that peracetic acid (PAA) is an effective disinfectant, but its application in shrimp aquaculture remains underexplored. This study aimed to determine the median lethal concentration (LC 50 ) of PAA at tw...
Dental topography is a powerful tool for investigating the relationship between diet and tooth shape in mammals. Here, we test whether dental topographic metrics (DTMs) can accurately predict diet in marsupials based on 81 lower molars from 43 extant species in 12 families (six of the seven extant orders), and compare them to DTMs of primates with similar diets. DTMs tested included Dirichlet normal energy (DNE) and variants (...
Mussels enhance digestive enzyme activity in preparation for stressful fluctuating environmentsNARA Subscribed
Elevated heat and low phytoplankton abundance are physiologically and ecologically challenging marine organisms of the northeast Pacific, including the mussel Mytilus californianus . During low tide, mussels are exposed to warm air and undergo anaerobic metabolism. Tidal variation coincides with daily fluctuations in food availability requiring flexible response systems (e.g., changes in digestive enzyme activity) to maintain...
Beyond strength: dietary nitrate augments self-selected functional mobility after resistance training in middle-aged adultsNARA Subscribed
This study aimed to assess whether dietary nitrate supplementation with resistance training (RT) augments gait performance and functional mobility in inactive middle-aged and older adults. We hypothesized that combining nitrate-rich beetroot juice (BRJ) with RT would yield improvements in gait and functional mobility compared to RT with nitrate-depleted beetroot juice placebo (PLA) supplementation. In this 12-week, randomized,...