In July 2022, a harmful algal bloom of Heterosigma akashiwo originated in a man-made lagoon and expanded to more than 4,500 km² of open-water habitat in the San Francisco Estuary, triggering a widespread mass mortality event involving bony fishes, sharks, rays, crustaceans, mollusks, polychaetes, and jellyfish. Notably, the event affected the southernmost spawning populations of White Sturgeon ( Acipenser transmontanus ) and f...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the safety and efficacy of Rest-ZZZ, a natural sleep supplement, in healthy adults without a diagnosed sleep disorder. This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over study consisted of three 7-day supplementation periods with either Rest-ZZZ, Diphenhydramine (DPH), or Placebo, with a 7-day washout. Twenty-seven participants were randomized to one of three intervention...

Understanding life-history diversity in a population is imperative to developing effective fisheries management and conservation practices, particularly in degraded environments with high environmental variability. Here, we examined variation in habitat use and migration patterns of White Sturgeon ( Acipenser transmontanus ), a long-lived migratory fish that is native to the San Francisco Estuary, CA, United States. Annual inc...

Leucaena leucocephala (leucaena) is an important agroforestry tree of tropics and subtropics due to its protein rich foliages, ability to grow on poor soils, and high level of tolerance to various stresses including drought and diseases. We hypothesized that leucaena have a unique set of genes which confer tolerance to various abiotic and biotic stresses and these genes are either absent or not expressed in other legumes that...