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As the global demand for seaweed products increases, resource managers, conservation groups, and other stakeholders strive to protect wild seaweed populations and the ecosystem services they provide from the damaging effects of over-harvesting. Ascophyllum nodosum (rockweed) is a slow-growing, intertidal brown alga of the North Atlantic that is commercially harvested for crop biostimulants, soil conditioners, and other product...
Methylation array signals are predictive of chronological age without bisulfite conversionNARA Subscribed
DNA methylation data has been used to make “epigenetic clocks” which attempt to measure chronological and biological aging. These models rely on data derived from bisulfite-based measurements, which exploit a semi-selective deamination and a genomic reference to determine methylation states. We found that non-methylation factors lead to “pseudomethylation” signals that are both confounding of epigenetic clocks and uniquely age...
Remains of megatheres have been known since the 18th -century and were among the first megafaunal vertebrates to be studied. While several examples of preserved integument show a thick coverage of fur for smaller ground sloths living in cold climates such as Mylodon and Nothrotheriops , comparatively very little is known about megathere skin. Assuming a typical placental mammal metabolism, it was previously hypothesized that m...
Swimming performance, but not metabolism, is related to a boldness‐activity syndrome in schoolmaster snapper ( Lutjanus apodus )NARA Subscribed
Commercial overexploitation and climate change can alter the physiology and behavior of marine organisms, although intraspecific phenotypic responses to such changes can vary greatly depending on the environment, species, and severity of the stressor. Under the pace‐of‐life syndrome (POLS) hypothesis, behavior, physiology, and life‐history traits are linked, and thus, affected by selection targeting any aspect of organismal bi...
Predicting the ocean state in a reliable and interoperable way, while ensuring high-quality products, requires forecasting systems that synergistically combine science-based methodologies with advanced technologies for timely, user-oriented solutions. Achieving this objective necessitates the adoption of best practices when implementing ocean forecasting services, resulting in the proper design of system components and the cap...