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Background&Aims Monitoring belowground soil–plant interactions in the field remains challenging and limits our ability to inform and improve agricultural management. Our primary objective was to develop two‑dimensional (2D) maps of soil and root properties using a minimally destructive, paired soil-root co‑sampling strategy in a long‑term, small‑plot experiment. Our secondary objective was to test two hypotheses: H1) soil and...
Modeling of gene regulatory networks: an annotated glossaryNARA Subscribed
Diversity and functional group composition drive biogeographic patterns in marine biogenic structural complexityNARA Subscribed
Biogenic structural complexity is a key driver of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, yet its ecological and environmental determinants remain poorly understood across broad biogeographic scales. Here, we conducted standardized 90‐day field experiments at 16 coastal sites, spanning a 41‐degree latitudinal gradient, using naturally assembled marine fouling communities on settlement panels. We measured rugosity as our metric...
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...
Success of restoration strategies in preventing extirpation of 2 critically endangered coral speciesNARA Subscribed
An unprecedented marine heatwave in 2023 caused widespread coral bleaching and mortality throughout the Caribbean. In the Florida Keys (USA), 2 foundation species, elkhorn coral ( Acropora palmata ) and staghorn coral ( Acropora cervicornis ), were severely affected. These species have been the primary focus of reef restoration in Florida for decades. Substantial losses of these species occurred in outplanted populations, in o...
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) disproportionately affects women and carriers of the apolipoprotein E ε4 allele (APOE4), yet little is known about how sex and APOE interact to influence white matter (WM) integrity during disease progression. We integrated diffusion MRI and matched blood transcriptomic data to investigate these interactions and their underlying biological mechanisms. WM microstructure was quantified using diffusion te...
orcAI : A Machine Learning Tool to Detect and Classify Acoustic Signals of Killer Whales in Audio RecordingsNARA Subscribed
Acoustic monitoring is an essential tool for investigating animal communication and behavior when visual contact is limited, but the scalability of bioacoustic projects is often limited by time‐intensive manual auditing of focal signals. To address this bottleneck, we introduce orcAI—a novel deep learning framework for the automated detection and classification of a broad acoustic repertoire of killer whales ( Orcinus orca ),...
Patterns of Genetic Diversity Within Three California Quail Species Are Best Explained by Climate and Landscape ChangesNARA Subscribed
Many North American game animals experienced severe population declines during the 19th century due to market hunting. However, estimates of the timing and magnitude of these declines often rely on anecdotal evidence, which makes it difficult to understand the lasting impacts of hunting pressures versus climate or landscape changes on the genetic diversity of contemporary populations. Historical reports suggest the California...
Evidence for a Decrease in Vocalizations During Bubble Burst Production in Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphins ( Tursiops truncatus )NARA Subscribed
In Atlantic bottlenose dolphins, prior work has suggested that whistle vocalizations often have been observed to co‐occur with one bubble type, the bubble stream. However, vocal correlates have not been identified for another type of bubble, the bubble burst. While watching research session recordings, we serendipitously observed an absence of dolphin vocalization during bubble bursts. We formally investigated this in two stud...
Separating Historical Catches Among Pygmy Blue Whale Populations Using Recent Song DetectionsNARA Subscribed
In the Southern Hemisphere and northern Indian Ocean, there are at least five populations of pygmy blue whales, Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda , residing in the Northwest Indian Ocean (NWIO, Oman), central Indian Ocean (CIO, Sri Lanka), Southwest Indian Ocean (SWIO, Madagascar to Subantarctic), Southeast Indian Ocean (SEIO, Australia to Indonesia), and Southwest Pacific Ocean (SWPO, New Zealand). Each population produces a d...