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The effects of environmental stressors on cardiac gene expression and contractility in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Creator:

Momoda, Tracey S.

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Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) experience a variety of stressors in their natural environment as well as in aquaculture that can have negative effects on their physiology. The effects of physiological stress and endocrine disruption have been well described in fish. However, there is a scarcity of information on the effects...

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Dissertation
What is killing the corals? Viral and bacterial interrogations using metagenomics and microscopy

Creator:

Soffer, Nitzan

Abstract:

Corals have multiple roles in maintaining ocean health and are some of the world’s most diverse ecosystems. The coral animal is host to a multitude of taxa, including symbiotic dinoflagellate algae, fungi, bacteria, protists, and viruses. Environmental stressors and disease agents can perturb the delicate balance of the coral host...

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Dissertation

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overestimate ssDNA genomes, and stochastic amplification (Kim, et al. 2008; Abulencia et al., 2006; Yilmaz et