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Regional oceanographic controls on water column nitrogen fixation in northern Australian watersOA Marine
Large blooms of the diazotrophic cyanobacteria, Trichodesmium , have been reported along the north coast of Australia and are readily evident in remote sensing images. During a research cruise in November 1999, we sampled from Townsville to Broome, examined Trichodesmium population densities and their rates of carbon and N 2 fixation alongside microscopy-based cell counts of them and other cyanobacterial diazotrophs. Additiona...
The fish pathogen Flavobacterium covae causes significant mortality and there is a need to better understand virulence factors that contribute to its pathogenesis. Few highly virulent F. covae strains may be genetically manipulated with existing conjugal transfer methods, therefore the aim of this study was to increase conjugal transfer efficiency and broaden the range of recipient F. covae strains. Different parameters were e...
Malaria, a febrile disease caused by the Plasmodium parasites and transmitted by mosquitoes, is a leading cause of mortality in children under 5 in endemic countries. The widespread deployment of insecticide‐treated bed nets (ITNs) has significantly reduced malaria transmission, but rising levels of insecticide resistance threaten to halt the progress. Monitoring insecticide resistance is vital for effective vector control, pa...
Integrating the resist–accept–direct framework into natural resource decision‐making processes for climate adaptationNARA Subscribed
The resist–accept–direct (RAD) framework for climate adaptation is a useful tool, particularly when conservation practitioners know they need to address climate change but do not know where to start or when they struggle to implement conservation actions that are outside the status quo. Some conservation practitioners may view RAD as a decision process that will lead them through selecting climate adaptation actions to meet th...
Is a warmer environment better for a high-mountain lizard?NARA Subscribed
An Overview of Vaccine Development Strategies for Columnaris‐Causing Bacteria in Cultured FishNARA Subscribed
Columnaris disease, caused by columnaris‐causing bacteria (CCB), affects cultured and wild freshwater fish worldwide. Belonging to the phylum Bacteroidota and the family Flavobacteriaceae, CCB are gram‐negative, yellow‐pigmented bacteria that are presumed ubiquitous in freshwater habitats. Since the first report of the disease in 1922, growth and survival, pathogenesis, and transmission of these pathogens have been intensely r...
Forest Age Rivals Climate to Explain Reproductive Allocation Patterns in Forest Ecosystems GloballyNARA Subscribed
Forest allocation of net primary productivity (NPP) to reproduction (carbon required for flowers, fruits, and seeds) is poorly quantified globally, despite its critical role in forest regeneration and a well‐supported trade‐off with allocation to growth. Here, we present the first global synthesis of a biometric proxy for forest reproductive allocation (RA) across environmental and stand age gradients from a compiled dataset o...
The tropical Andes face unprecedented warming and shifting precipitation patterns due to climate change and land‐use alteration, challenging the future of Andean forests. During the Quaternary, many Andean trees responded to climate change through upslope migrations but, while there is evidence of such ongoing migrations in many species, they are at rates far below what is needed to remain in equilibrium with the current clima...
Aim The urgency for remote, reliable and scalable biodiversity monitoring amidst mounting human pressures on ecosystems has sparked worldwide interest in Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM), which can track life underwater and on land. However, we lack a unified methodology to report this sampling effort and a comprehensive overview of PAM coverage to gauge its potential as a global research and monitoring tool. To address this...