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Invasive giant reed shifts riparian habitat mosaics, with stronger effects on birds than butterflies across spatial scalesNARA Subscribed
Giant reed ( Arundo donax ) has invaded biologically diverse riparian ecosystems in warm and arid regions globally, yet its impacts on wildlife are still poorly understood. Resolving the multi-taxa, scale-explicit impacts of giant reed in the broader context of the riparian vegetation mosaics that support wildlife can help target ecological restoration efforts. We quantified effects of giant reed and other dominant riparian ve...
Establishing a Platform Method for Physical Appearance Assessment of New Parenteral PharmaceuticalsNARA Subscribed
Physical appearance (PA) is an attribute indicating the quality of parenteral pharmaceuticals. It is routinely evaluated during release and stability testing and included in regulatory filings. PA assessment of liquids involves three tests: visible particulates, clarity, and color. For each test, compendial general method chapters are available requiring minimal modification. This allows for a platform PA method approach, stre...
Plans for expanding protected area systems (prioritizations) need to fulfill conservation objectives. They also need to account for other factors, such as economic feasibility and anthropogenic land‐use requirements. Although prioritizations are often generated with decision support tools, most tools have limitations that hinder their use for decision‐making. We outlined how the prioritizr R package ( https://prioritizr.net )...
The Alberta moving beyond breast cancer (AMBER) cohort study: baseline description of the full cohortNARA Subscribed
Purpose The Alberta Moving Beyond B r east Cancer (AMBER) Study is an ongoing prospective cohort study investigating how direct measures of physical activity (PA), sedentary behavior (SB), and health-related fitness (HRF) are associated with survival after breast cancer. Methods Women in Alberta with newly diagnosed stage I (≥ T1c) to IIIc breast cancer were recruited between 2012 and 2019. Baseline assessments were completed...
Benefits and trade-offs of blue/green chromatic acclimation (CA4) have received limited study. We investigated the energetic costs associated with executing chromatic acclimation using a fluorescence-based calculation of light use efficiency. Using laboratory cultures and artificial light environments, we show that the delayed response to acclimation known to occur in marine Synechococcus acclimating strains (generalists) in g...
Sub‐lethal temperature thresholds indicate acclimation and physiological limits in brook trout Salvelinus fontinalisNARA Subscribed
The upper thermal tolerance of brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis was estimated using critical thermal maxima (CT max ) experiments on fish acclimated to temperatures that span the species' thermal range (5–25°C). The CT max increased with acclimation temperature but plateaued in fish acclimated to 20, 23 and 25°C. Plasma lactate was highest, and the hepato‐somatic index ( I H ) was lowest at 23 and 25°C, which suggests additio...
The phosphorus‐rich signature of fire in the soil–plant system: a global meta‐analysisNARA Subscribed
The biogeochemical and stoichiometric signature of vegetation fire may influence post‐fire ecosystem characteristics and the evolution of plant ‘fire traits’. Phosphorus (P), a potentially limiting nutrient in many fire‐prone environments, might be particularly important in this context; however, the effects of fire on P cycling often vary widely. We conducted a global‐scale meta‐analysis using data from 174 soil studies and 3...
Physiological and proteomic characterization of light adaptations in marine SynechococcusNARA Subscribed
Summary Marine Synechococcus thrive over a range of light regimes in the ocean. We examined the proteomic, genomic and physiological responses of seven Synechococcus isolates to moderate irradiances (5–80 μE m −2 s −1 ), and show that Synechococcus spans a continuum of light responses ranging from low light optimized (LLO) to high light optimized (HLO). These light responses are linked to phylogeny and pigmentation. Marine sub...