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Motivation The database initiated by the Mountain Invasion Research Network (MIREN) is one of the few globally implemented standardized vegetation surveys in mountains. The focus is on collecting plant species occurrences at 5‐year intervals along and adjacent to mountain roads spanning elevational gradients, with the goal of providing critical information about the ongoing spread of non‐native plants and the potential impacts...
Rotifers play key roles in aquatic ecosystems, yet significant uncertainty remains about their diversity and evolution, and further evidence is needed to determine how reliably their responses to global change and human impacts can inform conservation. To identify major knowledge gaps hindering progress, we carried out a Delphi process both online and during the 17 th International Rotifer Symposium, involving more than 40 exp...
Quantification and visualization of 3D facial aging in individuals of European ancestryNARA Subscribed
Facial features undergo continuous transformations across the lifespan. This study quantified and visualized the effects of aging on facial morphology in individuals of European ancestry. Three-dimensional facial photographs of 4,038 individuals (1,455 males and 2,583 females), aged 5 to 85 years and of European descent, were analyzed. Morphological changes in the face were modeled using kernel linear regression, with a focus...
Global Analysis of Shallow Underwater Fish Observation Research: 70 Years of Progress, Persistent Geographic Biases and a Path ForwardNARA Subscribed
Marine ecosystems are increasingly threatened by overfishing, pollution, coastal development and climate change, underscoring the need for long‐term, representative information on key fish populations and habitats to inform management and policy. Underwater fish observation (UFObs) techniques, such as Underwater Visual Census (UVC), stereo‐Baited Remote Underwater Video (stereo‐BRUV) and Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), play...
This study provides an overview of tropical cyclone (TC) hazard risk, population exposure, societal vulnerability, and community resilience for conterminous United States (CONUS) counties. TC hazard and disaster indices developed in this work combine measures of hazard risk (TC HR ), exposure (TC EXP ), vulnerability (TC VUL ), resilience (TC RES ), and disaster risk (TC DR ) to determine the counties that are most likely to e...
Assessment of the fish tumors or other deformities beneficial use impairment and associated risks at two Lake Michigan Areas of ConcernNARA Subscribed
The U.S. Great Lakes Areas of Concern (AOCs) have been designated due to significant environmental degradation, with multiple Beneficial Use Impairments (BUIs) requiring remediation before delisting. The “fish tumors or other deformities” BUI remains at the Sheboygan River and the Lower Green Bay and Fox River AOCs, necessitating evaluation in white sucker ( Catostomus commersonii ), a sentinel species. This study documented t...
The Toxicology Investigators Consortium 2024 Annual ReportNARA Subscribed
Exponentially increasing microplastic accumulation in an urban estuary: insights from the Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island seafloorNARA Subscribed
Narragansett Bay, RI, has experienced decades of anthropogenic impacts and as a result has been a hotspot for pollution research. Most recently, microplastic pollution is of increasing concern, with data showing high levels of microplastic contamination on shorelines and in surface sediments. Plastic production worldwide has been increasing exponentially since the 1950s, and this system-wide chronologic study uses seabed and m...
Run-of-river power plants (ROR) represent the majority of hydroelectric plants worldwide. Their environmental impacts are not well documented and are believed to be limited, particularly regarding the contamination of food webs by methylmercury (MeHg), a neurotoxin. RORs are typically installed in small rivers where combined effects of watershed disturbances with dam construction can complicate environmental management. We rep...