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Embedding Community Engagement in Underrepresented Student Cancer Research Training Programs: A Preliminary ReportNARA Subscribed
Training programs designed to increase participation of underrepresented students in cancer-related careers rarely include structured community engagement components. We describe the design and pilot of the Field Experience in Cancer Outreach and Engagement (FECOE), a program developed as part of the CREATE Partnership (Cancer Research and Education to Advance HealTh Excellence), a National Cancer Institute-funded grant to San...
Reproductive timing and clutch parameters of the pearl darter, Percina aurora , in the Pascagoula River drainageNARA Subscribed
Understanding the timing, duration and effort put into reproduction is vital to successful management of any species. The southeastern United States is home to tremendous levels of aquatic biodiversity and was recently named one of the Earth's biodiversity hotspots. For some species, the fundamentals of age, growth, reproductive timing and ecology remain poorly understood. Percina aurora , the pearl darter, has been recently l...
Rights of wetlands shifts the people-wetlands relationship towards one recognizing the intrinsic rights and living beingness of wetlands, embodying reciprocity, kinship, and gratitude. Recognition of wetland rights occurs within the broader Rights of Nature movement, which has often been led by Indigenous Peoples and local communities from many cultural traditions. Intrinsic wetland rights centre on the right to exist and inco...
Anthropogenic impacts are increasingly affecting deep‐sea environments, including seafloor sediment disturbances by bottom trawling and seafloor mining. Fieldwork in the ‘Resilience Of Benthic Ecosystems to Sedimentation’ (ROBES) project were conducted in 2018–2020 on the 400 m‐deep Chatham Rise crest, eastern Aotearoa New Zealand. Water column turbidity data, sediment traps on near‐seabed moorings and benthic landers and surf...
Signals of natural selection can be quickly eroded in high gene flow systems, curtailing efforts to understand how and when genetic adaptation occurs in the ocean. This long‐standing, unresolved topic in ecology and evolution has renewed importance because changing environmental conditions are driving range expansions that may necessitate rapid evolutionary responses. One example occurs in Kellet's whelk ( Kelletia kelletii ),...
Climatological Context of the Severe Rain‐on‐Snow Flooding Event of March 2019 in Eastern NebraskaNARA Subscribed
The rain‐on‐snow event of March 12–14, 2019, in eastern Nebraska was caused by a rapidly intensifying mid‐latitude cyclone that resulted in over 80 mm of liquid precipitation and the ablation of over 25 mm of liquid equivalent in the snowpack. The resulting flood caused over $10 billion in damage by some estimates. Here, we sought to evaluate specific dimensions of this event within the broader climatological context to determ...
Why ponds concentrate nutrients: the roles of internal features, land use, and climateNARA Subscribed
Ponds are key freshwater habitats supporting biodiversity and ecosystem services, yet they remain understudied in the context of land use and climate change. We examined 240 ponds across eight countries (seven in Europe and Uruguay) to assess how internal pond characteristics, surrounding land cover and livestock intensity, seasonal climatic variation, and climate influence nutrient concentrations across spatial and temporal s...
Effects of Disturbance and Fertilisation on Plant Community Synchrony, Biodiversity and Stability Through SuccessionNARA Subscribed
Global change drivers alter multiple components of community composition, with cascading impacts on ecosystem stability. However, it remains largely unknown how interactions among global change drivers will alter community synchrony, especially across successional timescales. We analysed a 22‐year time series of grassland community data from Cedar Creek, USA, to examine the joint effects of pulse soil disturbance and press nit...
“I am sick, but that’s not all that I am”: patient perspectives on psychological adaptation over time to inborn errors of immunityNARA Subscribed
Inborn errors of immunity (IEI) are rare heritable disorders of the immune system predisposing to atypical infections, autoimmunity, inflammation, and risk of malignancy. Adaptation is the process of incorporating stressful experiences into one’s life; these experiences may include onset of illness, receiving a diagnosis, or suffering without a diagnosis. Poor adaptation is linked to adverse outcomes including psychiatric como...