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- Title
- An Examination of the Impact of Urbanization on Stream Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function
- Author
- ROUX, ANTHONY
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Ecology, Human ecology--Study and teaching, Entomology
- Description
- The "Urban Stream Syndrome" is a term that refers to a group of predictable negative impacts to stream ecosystems due to the alteration of the natural hydrologic regime that is associated with urbanization. These negative impacts include increases...
- Title
- An updated synthesis of and outstanding questions in the olfactory and vomeronasal systems in bats : genetics asks questions only anatomy can answer
- Author
- Yohe, Laurel R., Krell, Nicholas T.
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Bats, Ecology
- Description
- The extensive diversity observed in bat nasal chemosensory systems has been well-documented at the histological level. Understanding how this diversity evolved and developing hypotheses as to why particular patterns exist require a phylogenetic pe...
- Title
- Circadian behavior and gene expression in an estuarine cnidarian, Nematostella vectensis
- Author
- Leach, Whitney
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Molecular biology, Ecology
- Description
- Animals respond to diurnal shifts in their environment with a combination of behavioral, physiological, and molecular changes to synchronize with regularly-timed external cues. The light:dark cycle is regarded as the most important entrainment cue...
- Title
- Evaluating the Efficacy of Whole-Watershed Stream Restoration: Implications for Groundwater Storage, Water Quality, and Suspended Solids in a Piedmont Urban Forest Watershed
- Author
- Petitt, Destini
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Hydrology, Geochemistry, Ecology
- Description
- The quality and quantity of water in degraded watersheds (i.e.: watersheds undergoing changing land-use, urbanization, agricultural use) may be impaired compared to undisturbed forested watersheds. To enhance the ecosystem function of impaired wat...
- Title
- Frontiers in invasive species distribution modeling (iSDM): Assessing effects of absence data, dispersal constraints, stage of invasion and spatial dependence
- Author
- Vaclavik, Tomas
- Date Created
- 2011
- Subjects--Topical
- Geodesy, Ecology, Physical geography
- Description
- Successful management of biological invasions depends heavily on our ability to predict their geographic ranges and potential habitats. Species distribution modeling (SDM) provides a methodological framework to predict spatial distributions of org...
- Title
- INTERACTIVE EFFECTS OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION AND MULTIPLE STRESSORS ON PHYSIOLOGY OF MARINE BIVALVES
- Author
- Matoo, Omera
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Biology, Ecology
- Description
- The continuing increase of carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere leads to increase in sea-surface temperature and causes ocean acidification altering seawater carbonate chemistry. Estuarine and shallow coastal areas, which are hotspots for...
- Title
- Impacts of urbanization and landscape change on native plant diversity and the distribution of exotic forest invaders
- Author
- Davis, Amy
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Geography, Environmental sciences, Ecology
- Description
- This dissertation addresses three questions focused on enhancing our understanding of the impacts of urbanization and land cover change on patterns of native biodiversity, the distribution of exotic plant species in forests, and the resistance of ...
- Title
- SYMBIOSIS ACROSS DIET-INDUCED PHENOTYPES OF LARVAL SEA URCHINS
- Author
- Carrier, Tyler
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Microbiology, Ecology, Aquatic sciences
- Description
- Larval sea urchins have served as a fundamental system for understanding development, phenotypic plasticity, and life-history evolution over much of the last century. In the recent decade, this understanding has begun to extend to the microbiota a...
- Title
- The Influence of Road, Road Verge and Landscape Characteristics on the Occurrence of Raptor-Vehicle Collisions
- Author
- Bates, Jennifer
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Geography, Ecology, Wildlife conservation
- Description
- The increasing prevalence of roads has had a corresponding impact on the risk of road mortality for wildlife, particularly for avian species such as birds of prey that commonly make use of foraging opportunities along roadside verges. Birds of pre...
- Title
- The Relationship between School Built Environment and Student Achievement in Pakistan
- Author
- Begum, Nahida
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental sciences, Ecology, Education and state
- Description
- Schools in Pakistan face many challenges, ranging from lack of qualified teachers to insufficient teaching resources. Another obstacle is the low quality of school built environment. Some important built environment factors include an available wa...
- Title
- The influence of wastewater treatment on community dynamics among antibiotic-resistant bacteria during treatment, stream release, and biosolids land application.
- Author
- Sorgen, Alicia
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Microbiology, Bioinformatics, Ecology
- Description
- Wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) are a key link between anthropogenic activity and the environment, facilitating the development and horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance among populations of commensal environmental microorganisms and cli...