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Dr. David L. Strayer
… the long-term effects of zebra mussels on the Hudson River ecosystem, and understanding the roles of suspension-feeding … and understanding of freshwater suspension-feeders across a wide range of species and ecosystems. In addition to his scientific publications, Strayer has written several dozen essays for …
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Beech Bark Disease
… girdle the tree, disrupting its internal nutrient transport system and causing it to deteriorate slowly. Photo by … killing countless trees and altering the structure and food webs of forests from Canada’s Maritime Provinces to North …
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Cary Institute to offer immersive, paid research experience for teachers
… and high school teachers learning about aquatic ecosystems in Cary’s 2016 Summer Institute. Credit: Cary … have expressed interest in the program. Teachers from across the U.S. are invited to apply, with travel and … surveys of tick density and distribution, explore soil food webs, and identify tree species, among other …
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Troubling waters: Antiviral medications in wastewater may drive resistance in bat-borne viruses
… but a paper by scientists at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and Umea University raises new concerns … bioaccumulation — the buildup of contaminants through the food chain — could be more concerning. In a spatial … of pharmaceuticals contaminates stream and riparian food webs . Nat Commun 9, 4491 (2018). Richmond, E. K., …
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Jonathan J. Cole: In Memory
… also revealed how terrestrial carbon ‘feeds’ aquatic food webs – showing that a large fraction of fish biomass is … role by also immersing students in his love of culture, food, and travel – many early career scientists fell …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… around the country, Lyme has been unrelenting in its march across the eastern United States and the Midwest. Carried by … in regulating the various components of the Lyme disease system. We have inadvertently enhanced the … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Squirrels could make monkeypox a forever problem
… after an outbreak of monkeypox sickened about 70 people across the Midwest, Mark Slifka visited “the … or in fractured landscapes where animals forage for food in and around people’s homes. Lloyd-Smith, who has … State University. Researchers sometimes have to traverse webs of interaction, moving through Kevin Bacon–esque …
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The Lost Snail of the Yangtze
… piece of limestone in Paris. (How did Helicostoa find food and mates if it was cemented in place? What other … which replaced the rapids with a reservoir and lock-and-dam system for navigation. (Right) Extinct species of the … extinct from destruction of rapids in the Alabama River system. Credit: Wikipedia My editor always tells me to …
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Antidepressant pollution alters crayfish behavior, with impacts to stream ecosystems
… Exposed crayfish were also more interested in food, lingering in the food-scented area over 3x longer than the crayfish-scented … functioning that could cause harmful imbalances in the system.” Rosi concludes, “Toxicity assessments of …
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The Future of Biodiversity
… started as the ‘doubled CO2’ scenario. Today, model comparisons focus on a small number of emissions scenarios … targets. As the ‘suitable climate’ for a species moves across a continent, it traverses unsuitable habitat. Species … talking about the loss of entire habitats, communities, and ecosystems. The cascading impacts on disease spread and food …
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