Freshwater turtles are among the most imperilled vertebrate groups globally, facing compounding threats from habitat loss, climate change, and invasive species. We conducted the first comprehensive range-wide genomic assessment of the oblong turtle ( Chelodina oblonga ; Indigenous Noongar: Yaakan and Booyi), a species endemic to the rapidly drying biodiversity hotspot of southwestern Australia. To evaluate individual and popul...

Summary Aims The incidence of the apoplectic breakdown associated with grapevine trunk diseases (GTDs) is promoted by climate change, which has become a challenge for viticulture worldwide. Outbreak of these conditional diseases is expected to depend on the rhizomicrobiome. However, the impact of the rhizomicrobiome on grapevine resilience has remained poorly understood, particularly regarding its ecological aspects. This stud...

Key message The presence of plastid-like structures in the latex of the Russian dandelion Taraxacum koksaghyz and interactions involving plastid-associated TkGGR1 with TkSRPP3, TkGGPS6 and TkLIL3 may confer TkSRPP-mediated stress tolerance. Abstract The latex of the Russian dandelion Taraxacum koksaghyz is a rich source of natural rubber (NR) but other facets of its metabolism and physiology have been largely neglected. Small...

This study demonstrates the significant potential of electrodynamic fragmentation (EDF) as a promising method for the recycling of silicon-based photovoltaic (PV) modules. The process achieved effective liberation of valuable components such as glass and silicon, with approximately 70% of the feed material being transferred into the fine fraction. The chemical analyses confirmed a distinct material separation between the coars...

Florida’s coral reefs are facing a multi-year outbreak of stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) with dramatic consequences for coral communities. However, potential anthropogenic and environmental drivers of SCTLD progression and severity remain poorly understood. This study was designed to determine the potential impacts of nutrient amendments on the progression and spread of SCTLD on reefs in Southeast Florida. In situ fer...

Despite their importance for agricultural food production, many insects receive little to no positive attention. While bees have become the focus of insect conservation in agricultural landscapes, social wasps still rank among the most disliked animals and their ecological role and the ecosystem services they provide through e.g. pollination and pest control is subsequently understudied. We conducted a survey on the perception...

Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) has spread throughout the entirety of Florida’s Coral Reef (FCR) and across the Caribbean, impacting at least 30 coral species. The threatened hermatypic coral, Orbicella faveolata , demonstrates intraspecific variation in SCTLD affectedness with some colonies experiencing chronic disease lesions, while other nearby O. faveolata colonies appear unaffected with no disease signs over long...

The interface between the nutrient‐rich Southern Ocean and oligotrophic Indian Ocean creates unique environmental conditions that can strongly influence biological processes. We investigated protist communities across a mesoscale meander of the Subtropical Front within the Southern Indian Ocean. 18S V9 rDNA metabarcoding suggests a diverse protist community in which the dinoflagellates and parasitic Syndiniales were abundant....

Citizen science (CS) can foster transformative impact for science, citizen empowerment and socio-political processes. To unleash this impact, a clearer understanding of its current status and challenges for its development is needed. Using quantitative indicators developed in a collaborative stakeholder process, our study provides a comprehensive overview of the current status of CS in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Our onl...

East and West Flower Garden Bank (FGB) are part of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS) in the northwest Gulf of Mexico. This geographically-isolated reef system contains extensive coral communities with the highest coral cover (>50%) in the continental United States due, in part, to their remoteness and depth, and have historically exhibited low incidence of coral disease and bleaching despite ocean warming....

Depth-generalist coral holobionts inhabit shallow (0–30 m) and mesophotic (30–150 m) reef zones but may exhibit genetic specialization as a result of adaptations to environmental shifts and/or due to a lack of dispersal across depth. The level of depth-dependent genetic structuring varies across reef locations which may impact the roles mesophotic populations play in the persistence and recovery of metapopulations. A depth-gen...

Juvenile steelhead Oncorhynchus mykiss from a northern California Central Valley population were reared in a controlled laboratory experiment. Significantly different rates of growth were observed among fish reared under two ration treatments and three temperature treatments (8, 14 and 20° C). Wider circulus spacing and faster deposition was associated with faster growth. For the same growth rate, however, circulus spacing was...