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Drivers of ecosystem metabolism in temperate kelp forests: A high‐resolution aquatic eddy covariance studyNARA Subscribed
Kelp forests are highly productive coastal ecosystems that sustain organic carbon cycling and diverse food webs; however, their ecosystem metabolism remains insufficiently quantified due to a lack of suitable in situ methods. In this study, the aquatic eddy covariance technique was used to quantify oxygen (O 2 ) flux and net ecosystem metabolism in Ecklonia cava forests along Jeju Island, Korea. We also applied partial least s...
Synergistic Effects of Acetic Acid and Ethanol on Offspring Production and Gallery Expansion by Fungus-Farming Ambrosia BeetlesNARA Subscribed
Wood-boring ambrosia beetles and their offspring obligately depend on cultivated fungi that they maintain within host trees. Stressed trees produce at least two potent antimicrobials, ethanol and acetic acid, which typically suppress the growth of most fungi. Ethanol facilitates the growth of ambrosia beetles’ fungal mutualists and thus aids in host colonization; however, acetic acid’s effects are unknown. Here, we evaluated t...
The Asia region harbors exceptional chondrichthyan (shark, ray, and chimaera) diversity but faces intense fishing pressure. The Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) process provides a collaborative, evidence-based framework to identify critical habitats and inform spatial management. We assessed ISRAs across the Bay of Bengal, Southeast Asia, and the Northwest Pacific to characterize their extent, ecological significance, and...
Interpretable deep learning reveals spatiotemporal MRI features of brain aging that align with neurodegenerationNARA Subscribed
Cortical thinning and atrophy are hallmarks of brain aging that have been characterized using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Brain aging involves many neuroanatomic features whose effects on brain structure remain unexplored. To address this challenge, we trained interpretable deep neural networks (DNNs) to estimate brain age (BA) from T 1 -weighted ( T 1 w) MRI. By identifying MRI features unapparent to humans, DNNs can fi...
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) disproportionately affects women and carriers of the apolipoprotein E ε4 allele (APOE4), yet little is known about how sex and APOE interact to influence white matter (WM) integrity during disease progression. We integrated diffusion MRI and matched blood transcriptomic data to investigate these interactions and their underlying biological mechanisms. WM microstructure was quantified using diffusion te...