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Climate change is altering species’ range limits and transforming ecosystems. For example, warming temperatures are leading to the range expansion of tropical, cold-sensitive species at the expense of their cold-tolerant counterparts. In some temperate and subtropical coastal wetlands, warming winters are enabling mangrove forest encroachment into salt marsh, which is a major regime shift that has significant ecological and so...
Spatial and temporal analysis of the risks posed by metal contamination in coastal and marine sediments of BahrainNARA Subscribed
Nine metals including Al, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn were analysed from sediment samples collected from 29 stations since 2007 from Bahraini waters. Within this study, it was investigated whether concentrations of these determinants are at concentrations above internationally established Assessment Criteria (AC). The majority of sites were considered not to pose a toxicological risk in terms of metal contamination. Wher...
Stoichiometric Modeling of Artificial String Chemistries Reveals Constraints on Metabolic Network StructureNARA Subscribed
Uncovering the general principles that govern the structure of metabolic networks is key to understanding the emergence and evolution of living systems. Artificial chemistries can help illuminate this problem by enabling the exploration of chemical reaction universes that are constrained by general mathematical rules. Here, we focus on artificial chemistries in which strings of characters represent simplified molecules, and st...
Genomic variation of an endosymbiotic dinoflagellate ( Symbiodinium ‘fitti’ ) among closely related coral hostsNARA Subscribed
Mutualisms where hosts are coupled metabolically to their symbionts often exhibit high partner fidelity. Most reef‐building coral species form obligate symbioses with a specific species of photosymbionts, dinoflagellates in the family Symbiodiniaceae, despite needing to acquire symbionts early in their development from environmental sources. Three Caribbean acroporids ( Acropora palmata , A. cervicornis and their F 1 hybrid) a...
Mammalian carnivores are considered a key group in maintaining ecological health and can indicate potential ecological integrity in landscapes where they occur. Carnivores also hold high conservation value and their habitat requirements can guide management and conservation plans. The order Carnivora has 84 species from 8 families in the Neotropical region: Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Otariidae; Phocidae; Procyon...
NEOTROPICAL ALIEN MAMMALS: a data set of occurrence and abundance of alien mammals in the NeotropicsNARA Subscribed
Biological invasion is one of the main threats to native biodiversity. For a species to become invasive, it must be voluntarily or involuntarily introduced by humans into a nonnative habitat. Mammals were among first taxa to be introduced worldwide for game, meat, and labor, yet the number of species introduced in the Neotropics remains unknown. In this data set, we make available occurrence and abundance data on mammal specie...
NEOTROPICAL XENARTHRANS: a data set of occurrence of xenarthran species in the NeotropicsNARA Subscribed
Xenarthrans—anteaters, sloths, and armadillos—have essential functions for ecosystem maintenance, such as insect control and nutrient cycling, playing key roles as ecosystem engineers. Because of habitat loss and fragmentation, hunting pressure, and conflicts with domestic dogs, these species have been threatened locally, regionally, or even across their full distribution ranges. The Neotropics harbor 21 species of armadillos,...
Jaguar movement database: a GPS‐based movement dataset of an apex predator in the NeotropicsNARA Subscribed
The field of movement ecology has rapidly grown during the last decade, with important advancements in tracking devices and analytical tools that have provided unprecedented insights into where, when, and why species move across a landscape. Although there has been an increasing emphasis on making animal movement data publicly available, there has also been a conspicuous dearth in the availability of such data on large carnivo...
Extensive transcriptional variation poses a challenge to thermal stress biomarker development for endangered coralsNARA Subscribed
As climate changes, sea surface temperature anomalies that negatively impact coral reef organisms continue to increase in frequency and intensity. Yet, despite widespread coral mortality, genetic diversity remains high even in those coral species listed as threatened. While this is good news in many ways, it presents a challenge for the development of biomarkers that can identify resilient or vulnerable genotypes. Taking advan...
Biomarkers of Acute Stroke Etiology (BASE) Study MethodologyNARA Subscribed
Behaviour of growth hormone transgenic coho salmon O ncorhynchus kisutch in marine mesocosms assessed by acoustic tag telemetryNARA Subscribed
Underwater acoustic tag telemetry was used to assess behavioural differences between juvenile wild‐type ( i.e. non‐transgenic, NT ) and growth hormone ( GH ) transgenic (T) coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch in a contained simulated ocean environment. T O. kisutch were found across days to maintain higher baseline swimming speeds than NT O. kisutch and differences in response to feeding were detected between T and NT genotypes....
How old are you? Genet age estimates in a clonal animalNARA Subscribed
Foundation species such as redwoods, seagrasses and corals are often long‐lived and clonal. Genets may consist of hundreds of members (ramets) and originated hundreds to thousands of years ago. As climate change and other stressors exert selection pressure on species, the demography of populations changes. Yet, because size does not indicate age in clonal organisms, demographic models are missing data necessary to predict the...
New insights into the dynamics between reef corals and their associated dinoflagellate endosymbionts from population genetic studiesNARA Subscribed
The mutualistic symbioses between reef‐building corals and micro‐algae form the basis of coral reef ecosystems, yet recent environmental changes threaten their survival. Diversity in host‐symbiont pairings on the sub‐species level could be an unrecognized source of functional variation in response to stress. The C aribbean elkhorn coral, A cropora palmata , associates predominantly with one symbiont species ( S ymbiodinium ‘ f...
Potential for large‐bodied zooplankton and dreissenids to alter the productivity and autotrophic structure of lakesNARA Subscribed
While limnological studies have emphasized the importance of grazers on algal biomass and primary production in pelagic habitats, few studies have examined their potential role in altering total ecosystem primary production and it's partitioning between pelagic and benthic habitats. We modified an existing ecosystem production model to include biotic feedbacks associated with two groups of large‐bodied grazers of phytoplankton...