Works Published in 2017
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2017 journal article
Integrating multiple data sources in species distribution modeling: a framework for data fusion
ECOLOGY, 98(3), 840–850.
author keywords: Brown-headed nuthatch; data fusion; multivariate conditional autoregressive; species distribution modeling
MeSH headings : Ecology; Information Storage and Retrieval; Models, Theoretical; Spatial Analysis
TL;DR:
Three new models that share information in a less direct manner resulting in more robust performance when the auxiliary data is of lesser quality are developed for combining data sources and used in a case study of the Brown-headed Nuthatch in the Southeastern U.S.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action
(Web of Science)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 journal article
Incorporating ToxCast and Tox21 datasets to rank biological activity of chemicals at Superfund sites in North Carolina
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL, 101, 19–26.
author keywords: North Carolina; Risk assessment; Superfund; Tox21; ToxCast; ToxPi
MeSH headings : Databases, Factual; Environmental Pollutants / toxicity; Hazardous Waste / economics; Hazardous Waste / legislation & jurisprudence; Humans; North Carolina; Public Health; Risk Assessment; United States; United States Environmental Protection Agency; Waste Management / standards
TL;DR:
This study provides a novel methodology for creating state or regional databases of biological activity of contaminants at Superfund sites and identifies residual pesticides and organic solvents to be some of the most highly-ranking predicted bioactive chemicals.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 journal article
Improved molecular detection of Babesia infections in animals using a novel quantitative real-time PCR diagnostic assay targeting mitochondrial DNA
PARASITES & VECTORS, 10.
author keywords: Canine babesiosis; Babesia; Mitochondrial DNA; Quantitative PCR
MeSH headings : Animals; Babesia / classification; Babesiosis / diagnosis; Babesiosis / parasitology; DNA, Mitochondrial / genetics; DNA, Protozoan / genetics; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction / veterinary
TL;DR:
A more sensitive qPCR assay with a more expansive range of Babesia spp.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 journal article
Endocrine active contaminants in aquatic systems and intersex in common sport fishes
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 36(4), 959–968.
author keywords: Intersex; Estrogens; Endocrine disruption; Black bass; Sunfish
MeSH headings : Animals; Bass / growth & development; Bass / metabolism; Disorders of Sex Development / chemically induced; Endocrine Disruptors / analysis; Endocrine Disruptors / toxicity; Endocrine System / drug effects; Environmental Monitoring; Female; Male; North Carolina; Oocytes / drug effects; Oocytes / growth & development; Rivers / chemistry; Seasons; Species Specificity; Sports; Testis / drug effects; Testis / growth & development; Water Pollutants, Chemical / analysis; Water Pollutants, Chemical / toxicity
TL;DR:
The authors’ results associate genus‐specific prevalence of intersex with specific EAC classes in common sport fishes having biological, ecological, and conservation implications.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
6. Clean Water and Sanitation
(Web of Science)
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries, Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 journal article
Arsenic (V) bioconcentration kinetics in freshwater macroinvertebrates and periphyton is influenced by pH
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 224, 82–88.
author keywords: Arsenic; pH; Flux; Invertebrate; Periphyton
MeSH headings : Animals; Arsenic / analysis; Corbicula / chemistry; Ephemeroptera / chemistry; Food Chain; Fresh Water / chemistry; Insecta / chemistry; Invertebrates / chemistry; Kinetics; Species Specificity; Water Pollutants, Chemical
TL;DR:
Light is shed on the complexity of arsenic bioavailability and the influence of pH on uptake in a subset of these organisms, and on uptake of arsenate by periphyton - an important food source at the base of aquatic food webs.
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Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 journal article
An integrated tagging model to estimate mortality rates of Albemarle Sound - Roanoke River striped bass
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES, 74(7), 1061–1076.
TL;DR:
An integrated tagging model to estimate mortality rates and run sizes of Albemarle Sound – Roanoke River striped bass (Morone saxatilis) suggests increasing sample size for the multistate component increases accuracy and precis...
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water
(Web of Science)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 journal article
Agonist-mediated assembly of the crustacean methyl farnesoate receptor
Scientific Reports, 7(1).
MeSH headings : Animals; Crustacea; Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / metabolism; Gene Expression; Models, Biological; Nuclear Receptor Coactivators / chemistry; Nuclear Receptor Coactivators / genetics; Nuclear Receptor Coactivators / metabolism; Protein Binding; Protein Multimerization; Protein Subunits / agonists; Protein Subunits / chemistry; Protein Subunits / genetics
TL;DR:
Results demonstrated that the Met subunit is highly dynamic in controlling the action of methyl farnesoate through temporal variation in its expression and availability for receptor assembly.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 journal article
A larval 'princess pheromone' identifies future ant queens based on their juvenile hormone content
Animal Behaviour, 128, 33–40.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 journal article
A global database of ant species abundances
ECOLOGY, 98(3), 883–884.
author keywords: abundance; ants; database; disturbance; Formicidae; geo-referenced; habitat; local assemblage; ccurrence; pitfall trap; Winkler trap
MeSH headings : Animals; Ants / classification; Ants / physiology; Databases, Factual; Ecology; Ecosystem
TL;DR:
Comprehensive species abundance data of more than 2,693 species and 7,953 morphospecies from local assemblages collected at 4,212 locations around the world is presented to test relationships between assemblage structure and environmental and biogeographic factors.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 journal article
Tissue localization of piscidin host-defense peptides during striped bass (Morone saxatilis) development
FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY, 61, 173–180.
author keywords: Piscidin; Striped bass; Innate immunity; Host-defense peptides; Ontogeny
MeSH headings : Animals; Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides / genetics; Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides / metabolism; Bass / embryology; Bass / genetics; Bass / growth & development; Bass / metabolism; Fish Proteins / genetics; Fish Proteins / metabolism; Immunohistochemistry / veterinary; Organ Specificity
TL;DR:
No immunofluorescent staining of piscidins was observed in post‐vitellogenic oocytes, embryos, or larvae from hatch to 14 days post hatch, indicating that this critical component of the innate immune system is inactive in pre‐hatch and young larval striped bass.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 journal article
Simultaneous Voltammetric Measurements of Glucose and Dopamine Demonstrate the Coupling of Glucose Availability with Increased Metabolic Demand in the Rat Striatum
ACS CHEMICAL NEUROSCIENCE, 8(2), 272–280.
author keywords: Biosensor; carbon fiber microelectrode; neuroenergetics; glucose oxidase; cocaine; fast-scan cyclic voltammetry
MeSH headings : Animals; Biophysics; Cocaine / pharmacology; Corpus Striatum / cytology; Corpus Striatum / diagnostic imaging; Corpus Striatum / drug effects; Corpus Striatum / metabolism; Dopamine / metabolism; Dopamine Antagonists / pharmacology; Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors / pharmacology; Drug Combinations; Electric Stimulation; Extracellular Fluid / metabolism; Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / metabolism; Glucose / metabolism; Hydrogen Peroxide / metabolism; Male; Microelectrodes; Raclopride / pharmacology; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase / metabolism
TL;DR:
This work evaluates several waveforms to enable the first simultaneous detection of endogenous glucose and dopamine at single recording sites, and directly demonstrates the coupling of glucose availability with increased metabolic demand.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 journal article
Projected gains and losses of wildlife habitat from bioenergy-induced landscape change
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY BIOENERGY, 9(5), 909–923.
author keywords: biodiversity; bioenergy target; biofuel; habitat; landscape change modeling; renewable energy; southeastern United States; wildlife; wood pellets
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science)
13. Climate Action
(Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 journal article
Pharmaceuticals in a temperate forest-water reuse system
Science of The Total Environment, 581-582, 705–714.
Contributors: A. McEachran n, D. Shea n & E. Nichols n
MeSH headings : Cosmetics / analysis; Environmental Monitoring; Forests; Groundwater / analysis; Pharmaceutical Preparations / analysis; Soil / chemistry; Wastewater; Water Pollutants, Chemical / analysis
TL;DR:
PPCP concentrations in surface waters were greater at the onset of significant storm events and during low-rainfall periods when total summed PPCPs were higher than the annual average, and the more hydrophobic chemicals were predominant in soil over water.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
6. Clean Water and Sanitation
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: NC State University Libraries, ORCID, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 journal article
Managing American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) population growth by targeting nesting season vital rates
Waterbirds, 40, 44–54.
TL;DR:
Results are heavily dependent on assumptions of other vital rates, most notably adult survival, revealing the need for accurate estimates of all vital rates to inform management actions and provides valuable insights for evaluating conservation goals for species of concern.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 journal article
Integrative behavioral ecotoxicology: bringing together fields to establish new insight to behavioral ecology, toxicology, and conservation
CURRENT ZOOLOGY, 63(2), 185–194.
author keywords: animal behavior; behavioral ecology; conservation; phylogenetic; pollution; toxicology
TL;DR:
This review provides an integrative framework for behavioral ecotoxicology using Tinbergen’s four postulates (causation and mechanism, development and ontogeny, function and fitness, and evolutionary history and phylogenetic patterns).
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Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 journal article
Impacts of Bisphenol A and Ethinyl Estradiol on Male and Female CD-1 Mouse Spleen
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 7(1).
Contributors: R. Gear* & S. Belcher*
MeSH headings : Animals; Benzhydryl Compounds / toxicity; Endocrine Disruptors / toxicity; Estrogens / toxicity; Ethinyl Estradiol / toxicity; Female; Male; Mice; Phenols / toxicity; Sex Factors; Spleen / drug effects; Spleen / ultrastructure
TL;DR:
Results indicate that both BPA and EE have dose- and sex-specific impacts on the cellular and microanatomical structures of the spleens that reveal minor alterations in immunomodulatory and hematopoietic functions, and support previous studies demonstrating the murine immune system as a sensitive target for estrogens.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(OpenAlex)
6. Clean Water and Sanitation
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 journal article
Genital morphology and allometry differ by species and sex in Malawi cichlid fishes
HYDROBIOLOGIA, 791(1), 127–143.
author keywords: Genital morphology; Cichlid fishes; Sexual dimorphism; Anogenital distance; Genital papilla
TL;DR:
It is found that the most sexually distinct morphology is in the Lake Malawi rock cichlids and the least sexual dimorphism in the riverine outgroup; additionally, diversity in metrics within genus indicates that these traits are recently evolving.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 journal article
Genetic sex determination in Astatotilapia calliptera, a prototype species for the Lake Malawi cichlid radiation
SCIENCE OF NATURE, 104(5-6).
author keywords: Sex chromosome; Genetic sex determination; Cichlid; Fish; Astatotilapia calliptera
MeSH headings : Animal Distribution; Animals; Cichlids / classification; Cichlids / genetics; Cichlids / physiology; Female; Genetic Markers / genetics; Male; Sex Chromosomes / genetics; Sex Determination Processes / genetics; Species Specificity
TL;DR:
This study identifies a male heterogametic XY system segregating at linkage group (LG) 7 in an A. calliptera line that originated from Lake Malawi, at a locus previously shown to act as an XY sex determination system in multiple species of Lake Malawian cichlids.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 journal article
Genetic Targets of Acute Toluene Inhalation in Drosophila melanogaster
TOXICOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 156(1), 230–239.
author keywords: fruit fly; volatile organic compound; motor activity; narcosis; genome-wide association; DGRP
MeSH headings : Air Pollutants / toxicity; Animals; Behavior, Animal / drug effects; Databases, Genetic; Drosophila Proteins / agonists; Drosophila Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors; Drosophila Proteins / genetics; Drosophila Proteins / metabolism; Drosophila melanogaster / drug effects; Drosophila melanogaster / genetics; Drosophila melanogaster / metabolism; Drug Resistance; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / drug effects; Gene Ontology; Genome-Wide Association Study; Humans; Male; Molecular Sequence Annotation; Motor Activity / drug effects; Polymorphism, Genetic; Solvents / toxicity; Species Specificity; Toluene / toxicity
TL;DR:
This analysis did not reveal a genetic signature consistent with processes previously shown to be involved in toluene-induced narcosis in mammals, but the list of the human orthologs included Gene Ontology terms associated with signaling, nervous system development and embryonic morphogenesis may provide insight into potential new pathways that could mediate the narcotic effects of toLUene.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 journal article
Embryonic Exposure to TCDD Impacts Osteogenesis of the Axial Skeleton in Japanese medaka, Oryzias latipes
TOXICOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 155(2), 485–496.
Contributors: A. Watson, A. Planchart n , C. Mattingly n , C. Winkler *, D. Reif n & S. Kullman n
author keywords: receptor, aryl hydrocarbon; gene expression/regulation, bone; transgenic models; methods, developmental/teratology; reproductive and developmental toxicology
MeSH headings : Animals; Calcification, Physiologic / drug effects; Down-Regulation / drug effects; Microscopy, Confocal; Musculoskeletal Diseases / metabolism; Oryzias / embryology; Osteogenesis / drug effects; Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / toxicity; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; Skeleton / drug effects; Skeleton / metabolism; Trans-Activators / drug effects
TL;DR:
It is suggested that TCDD exposure inhibits axial bone formation through dysregulation of osteoblast differentiation.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
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