Efforts have been underway over 40 years to reduce nutrient pollution of the Chesapeake Bay, USA, in one of the world’s most sustained and studied campaigns to abate coastal eutrophication. Nitrogen and phosphorus loads have been reduced predominantly from advanced wastewater treatment and diminished atmospheric deposition of nitrogen. Reductions from nonpoint sources, including agricultural activities and stormwater, continue...

There is a growing appreciation of the role that fungi play in ecosystems, and thus their importance in conservation efforts. However, they remain under-represented and very few species have had their conservation status assessed at a global level. In this study we looked at a well-known group of fungi, the chanterelles of Cantharellus and Craterellus and evaluated the extinction risk of this group using the IUCN Red List meth...

Trait‐based approaches are key to understanding eco‐evolutionary processes but rarely account for animal behaviour despite its central role in ecosystem dynamics. We propose integrating behaviour into trait‐based ecology through movement traits—standardised and comparable measures of animal movement derived from biologging data, such as daily displacements or range sizes. Accounting for animal behaviour will advance trait‐base...

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,...

The Beartooth Mountains of Montana and Wyoming, USA, record more than 4.0 billion years of Earth history. This area has inspired a century of geological research and contributed to the evolution of geological thought. This spectacular Alpine landscape supports diverse geoeducational and geotourism opportunities. Geologic features of the Beartooth Mountains include: (a) physiographic occurrence as a basement-cored, Laramide-sty...

Monitoring of recreational fisheries faces ongoing challenges due to irregular data collection and sampling gaps. We used a robust statistical approach combining cross‐sectional panel modeling with generalized linear models to analyze discontinuous time series data. We modeled recreational boating patterns across four distinct Western Australian locations using camera monitoring data (2011–2014), and integrated weather conditi...

Background and Aims Biophysicochemical soil properties in the rhizosheath are pivotal for crop yields and drive organic carbon cycling in agricultural soils. Yet, it remains uncertain how moderate soil drought may alter and interfere with rhizosheath properties in diverse soil types, and whether specific rhizosheath traits benefit crop yields under different water availability in heterogeneous field environments. Methods Maize...

Summary Purpose A series of NDM-producing Escherichia coli ST167 clinical isolates exhibiting resistance to cefiderocol (FDC), with no previous exposure to this antibiotic, were analyzed in this study. Methods The antimicrobial susceptibility testing and phenotypic detection of resistance patterns (Rapid Cefiderocol NP test and MIC determination) were performed for all tested isolates. Their entire genomes were sequenced by us...

Phosphorus (P) is known as a major limiting factor of crop yields at the global scale. Previous estimates of the global P limitation are either based on statistical approaches or on complex global gridded crop models. Both failed to distinguish between P and the other limiting factors. Global gridded crop models, despite their complexities, omitted key mechanisms such as soil P dynamics or plant adjustments to P limitation (e....