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Using Eye Lens Stable Isotopes to Identify the Rearing Origin of Fall Age‐0 Walleye ( Sander vitreus )NARA Subscribed
Isotope values in fish eye lenses may be useful in differentiating rearing origins. We compared eye lens isotopic values of fall fingerling age‐0 walleye ( Sander vitreus ) reared in a hatchery pond, a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS), and a natural lake. Using 10 fish per rearing source, we delaminated layers from one eye lens per fish to assess temporal changes in carbon (δ 13 C) and nitrogen (δ 15 N) and pulverized th...
The Asia region harbors exceptional chondrichthyan (shark, ray, and chimaera) diversity but faces intense fishing pressure. The Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) process provides a collaborative, evidence-based framework to identify critical habitats and inform spatial management. We assessed ISRAs across the Bay of Bengal, Southeast Asia, and the Northwest Pacific to characterize their extent, ecological significance, and...
Vision is a two‐step process, including phototransduction initiated by a retinal‐bound opsin photopigment, and subsequent photopigment regeneration wherein the inactive state is restored. Because retinal isomerization, or changing of the molecular structural conformation, drives the activation of opsin photopigments, the reverse process is a necessary part of regeneration. In some animal lineages, a second opsin functions as a...
Moose ( Alces alces ) are an iconic symbol of contemporary Rocky Mountain ecosystems, and their growing abundance in Colorado and other portions of the Southern Rockies has inspired debate around their regional prehistory prior to their 20th century translocation. The Early Holocene biogeography of moose in North America is poorly characterised, due in part to their life history and logistical obstacles to their archaeozoologi...
Spatial and spectrotemporal features of noise alter female responses to costly male signals in Cope’s gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis)NARA Subscribed
In anuran choruses, where many males call simultaneously, females must identify attractive conspecific signals amid high levels of background noise. We tested whether spatial separation between signals and noise (spatial release from masking, SRM) and spectrotemporally correlated amplitude fluctuations in noise (comodulation masking release, CMR) influence mate choice behavior and help females maintain preferences for energeti...
Multi‐Decadal Dynamics of Wetland Methane Emissions Revealed by Knowledge‐Guided Machine LearningNARA Subscribed
Measurement of methane fluxes (FCH 4 ) from natural systems, such as wetlands, has lagged far behind carbon dioxide fluxes. Short and fragmented wetland FCH 4 data limit our ability to assess its long‐term dynamics and potential climate feedbacks. Extrapolating short‐term FCH 4 records to recent decades remains challenging for both process‐based models and data‐driven machine learning (ML) approaches. Here, we develop a knowle...
Interpretable deep learning reveals spatiotemporal MRI features of brain aging that align with neurodegenerationNARA Subscribed
Cortical thinning and atrophy are hallmarks of brain aging that have been characterized using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Brain aging involves many neuroanatomic features whose effects on brain structure remain unexplored. To address this challenge, we trained interpretable deep neural networks (DNNs) to estimate brain age (BA) from T 1 -weighted ( T 1 w) MRI. By identifying MRI features unapparent to humans, DNNs can fi...
Distributed optical fibre sensing (DOFS) is a technology that enables continuous, real-time measurements of a range of environmental parameters along the length of a fibre optic cable. In this article, we review the recently emerged applications of DOFS techniques in physical oceanography and offer a perspective on the technology's potential for future growth within the field. The introduction of DOFS to physical oceanography...
Evaluating the evidence for the ecological relevance and adaptive potential of limb-length plasticity in Anolis lizardsNARA Subscribed
Whether phenotypic plasticity facilitates adaptive evolution is a key question in evolutionary ecology. The discovery of limb-length plasticity in two Anolis lizard species led to hypotheses about its role in the Anolis radiation. Yet, whether limb plasticity is realized in nature and has adaptive significance is poorly understood. In this study, we combined a limb-length plasticity experiment, lab-based assays of hatchling be...
Spatial models that identify statistical relationships between environmental conditions and species distributional data are commonly used in fisheries research to evaluate habitat suitability and predict distributional shifts, such as those driven by changing ocean temperature and oxygen levels. However, a lack of environmental data—particularly dissolved oxygen—at the same temporal and spatial resolution as biological data ca...