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A Digital Twin Ocean: can we improve coastal ocean forecasts using targeted marine autonomy?OA Marine
This study outlines the development and testing of a Digital Twin Ocean (DTO) framework, aimed at improving coastal ocean forecasts through the use of autonomous underwater gliders. A fleet of gliders were deployed in the western English Channel during August-September 2024 to collect measurements of temperature, salinity, chlorophyll and oxygen, aiming to track the movement of the harmful algal bloom Karenia mikimotoi. Measur...
Marine primary production, converting approximately 50 Gt of inorganic carbon into organic carbon per year, is an important component of the global carbon cycle, and a major determinant of past, present and future climate. Large-scale, long-term estimates of marine primary production rely primarily on two types of models: satellite-based models that make extensive use of remote-sensing data, and ecosystem models providing nume...
Despite highly effective prevention strategies, breast and cervical cancer are among the leading causes of cancer morbidity and mortality in medically underserved and racial/ethnic women. This study tested the effect of the Kin Keeper SM (KK) intervention, a family-focused, educational intervention, on improvement of breast and cervical cancer health literacy and screening behavior among African American, Latina, and Arab wome...
Selective Breeding and Production Strategies to Support Snapper Farming in the Warming Waters of New Zealand's South IslandNARA Subscribed
Diversifying aquaculture species is essential for building resilience in the face of climate change, particularly as warming oceans challenge existing production systems. In New Zealand's Marlborough Sounds, rising sea temperatures are making finfish (e.g. salmon) farming increasingly difficult, highlighting the need for climate‐adapted alternatives. This study evaluated the aquaculture performance of growth‐selected F 4 versu...
Open-Coast Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Transplant Catalyzes Rapid Mirroring of Structure and Function of Extant EelgrassesNARA Subscribed
Seagrasses are marine angiosperms that function as ecosystem engineers, forming complex structure that enhance nearshore environments. Globally, seagrass habitats are threatened by intensifying impacts from climate change, which exacerbate non-climatic stressors such as coastal development, invasive species, and overfishing. Advances in the methodological efficacy of active seagrass restoration efforts have sought to mitigate...
Between 1989 and 2007, 28 Distinct Population Segments (DPS) of Pacific salmon ( Oncorhynchus spp.) spawning in rivers in California and the Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington, Idaho) were listed (protected) under the US Endangered Species Act (ESA). In the roughly 25 years since then, considerable efforts have been made to recover these populations, but no DPS has increased sufficiently to be delisted. We evaluated abundan...
A Comprehensive Database of Expert‐Curated Occurrences for the Genus Carex L. (Cyperaceae)NARA Subscribed
Motivation Geographic occurrences are essential for biodiversity studies, but publicly available repositories like GBIF often contain errors and biases, especially for taxonomically complex groups like Carex L. (Cyperaceae). This work provides an expert‐curated global dataset of occurrences compiled from different sources to enhance data accuracy and usability. The final dataset includes 384,067 occurrences of 1790 Carex speci...
In the last 2 decades, UK research institutes have led a wide range of developments in marine data assimilation (MDA), covering areas from operational applications in physics and biogeochemistry to fundamental theory. We highlight the emergence of strong collaboration in the UK MDA community over this period and the increasing unification of its tools. We focus on identifying the MDA stakeholder community and current/future ar...
Context Serrated tussock ( Nassella trichotoma ) is a weed of national significance in Australia which offers little to no nutritional value to livestock, and has the potential to reduce carrying capacity and agricultural return of infested pastures. Aims The aim of this study was to adapt existing Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) for plant segmentation and spraypoint detection in the challenging environments of pastures....
Ictalurid herpesvirus 1 (IcHV1) is the most significant viral agent in U.S. catfish aquaculture. Little is known regarding the genetic stability and antigenic variability of IcHV1. Herein, the genetic and antigenic diversity of IcHV1 field isolates was assessed by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis and serum neutralization assays. RFLP analysis identified two distinct genotypes (IcHV1A and IcHV1B), both d...
The Toxicology Investigators Consortium 2023 Annual ReportNARA Subscribed
Incorporating uncertainty in Indigenous sea Country monitoring with Bayesian statistics: Towards more informed decision-makingNARA Subscribed
Partnerships in marine monitoring combining Traditional Ecological Knowledge and western science are developing globally to improve our understanding of temporal changes in ecological communities that better inform coastal management practices. A fuller communication between scientists and Indigenous partners about the limitations of monitoring results to identify change is essential to the impact of monitoring datasets on dec...
Harassment and killing of porpoises (“phocoenacide”) by fish‐eating Southern Resident killer whales ( Orcinus orca )NARA Subscribed
Endangered Southern Resident killer whales ( Orcinus orca ) are fish‐eaters that preferentially prey on adult Chinook salmon ( Oncorhynchus tshawytscha ). Despite being salmon specialists, individuals from all three killer whale pods (J, K, L) have been observed harassing and killing porpoises (family Phocoenidae) without consuming them. Retrospectively, we identified and analyzed 78 episodes of Southern Resident killer whales...
The Toxicology Investigators Consortium 2022 Annual ReportNARA Subscribed