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The recreational fishery for pollack ( Pollachius pollachius ) in the northeast Atlantic is impacted by the species' high sensitivity to barotrauma. When captured at depth and brought to the surface, gas expansion within the peritoneal cavity can cause a variety of injuries and hinder release. Via an experimental weighted cage, this study evaluated the efficacy of releasing Pollack at depth as a barotrauma mitigation strategy....
Carbon source and weather in coastal North CarolinaNARA Subscribed
The increasing frequency of extreme weather events, including tropical cyclones, is altering the delivery and quality of organic matter (OM) exported from landscapes to estuaries. However, the mechanisms regulating these shifts, especially during multi‐year climatic oscillations, remain poorly understood. We used a new fluorescence–based mixing model to estimate dissolved OM (DOM) sources to the Neuse River Estuary, during a d...
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...
Due to low salinity and excessive nutrient inputs, oligohaline estuaries are often subject to cyanobacterial blooms that commonly occur in eutrophic freshwater systems. Albemarle Sound and its tributaries in northeastern North Carolina comprise the largest oligohaline lagoon system in the United States. In recent summers, cyanobacterial blooms dominated by diazotrophic taxa have threatened the ecosystem and its value as an imp...
Plant–Pollinator Interaction Potential Varies With Temperature and Precipitation in a Dryland Ecosystem Elevational GradientNARA Subscribed
Aim Climatic variation may affect plant‐pollinator interaction potential by shaping intra‐annual patterns of flowering and foraging, thereby altering the windows of temporal overlap between partners. We examined whether spatial variation in temperature and precipitation predicted plant‐pollinator interaction potential across a dryland ecosystem elevational gradient spanning desert to pine forest. Location Five sites representi...
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...
96-h methamphetamine self-administration elicits striatal dopamine depletion in male and female rats: a model of binge-like useNARA Subscribed
Background Methamphetamine is a psychostimulant with significant public health implications. Chronic methamphetamine use is linked to profound dysregulation of the dopaminergic system, cognitive deficits, and psychiatric symptoms. While traditional experimenter administered “binge” dosing models reliably produce dopaminergic neurotoxicity, they fail to capture the volitional, drug intake characteristic of human methamphetamine...
Accelerated carbon cycling after 50 years of warming and increasing hydrologic variability in a temperate streamNARA Subscribed
Rivers transform and transport much of the organic input they receive from terrestrial ecosystems. This carbon sustains stream food webs and fuels the production and release of carbon dioxide and methane to the atmosphere. Warming water temperatures and intensification of the hydrologic cycle due to climate change are likely to affect these carbon transformations and downstream transport in streams. Here, we examine the natura...
Brightness temperature is operationally used to retrieve sea surface salinity (TB-SSS) over the global ocean, but is contaminated by land and sea ice in close proximity. Ocean color can be used to retrieve SSS (OC-SSS) via the relation between color and salinity, but this relation is only valid over the coastal ocean with terrestrial influence. Important ecological areas exist where both spectral domains can provide SSS estima...