To determine how well DNA barcodes from the chloroplast region perform in forest dynamics plots
(FDPs) from global CTFS-ForestGEO network, we analyzed DNA barcoding sequences of 1277 plant
species from a wide phylogenetic range (3 FDPs in tropics, 5 in subtropics and 5 in temperate zone)
and compared the rates...
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, D. L., Chen, B., Ge, X., Mi, X., Swenson, N. G., ... & Kress, W.
J. (2015). Closely-related taxa
To determine how well DNA barcodes from the chloroplast region perform in forest dynamics plots
(FDPs) from global CTFS-ForestGEO network, we analyzed DNA barcoding sequences of 1277 plant
species from a wide phylogenetic range (3 FDPs in tropics, 5 in subtropics and 5 in temperate zone)
and compared the rates...
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Nancai Pei
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, David L. Erickson
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, Bufeng Chen
1,2
, Xuejun Ge
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, Xiangcheng Mi
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, Nathan G
The Luzon Strait is the generation region for strong internal tides that radiate westward into the South China Sea and eastward into the western Pacific. Intrusions of the Kuroshio and strong mesoscale variability in the Luzon Strait can influence their generation and propagation. Here, the authors use eight moorings and...
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Luzon Strait and South China Sea (Chen et al. 2013;
Ma et al. 2013).
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Our primary focus is
Stream-dwelling species in the U.S. southern Appalachian Mountains region are particularly vulnerable to climate change and acidification. The objectives of this study were to quantify the spatial extent of contemporary suitable habitat for acid- and thermally sensitive aquatic species and to forecast future habitat loss resulting from expected temperature increases...
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August
Fu and Rich [31]
SOL57FST Solar radiation in the
watershed divided by
forest cover
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Repetitive sequences present a challenge for genome sequence assembly, and highly similar segmental duplications may
disappear from assembled genome sequences. Having found a surprising lack of observable phenotypic deviations and
non-Mendelian segregation in Arabidopsis thaliana mutants in SEC10, a gene encoding a core subunit of the exocyst
tethering complex, we...
Microbial communities are responsible for the bulk of biogeochemical processing in temporary headwater streams, yet there is still relatively little known about how community structure and function respond to periodic drying. Moreover, the ability to sample temporary habitats can be a logistical challenge due to the limited capability to measure...
Background: We present a model for reporting accelerometer paradata (process-related data produced from survey administration) collected in the International Study of Childhood Obesity Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE), a multi-national investigation of >7000 children (averaging 10.5 years of age) sampled from 12 different developed and developing countries and five continents....
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increase the reliability of the recorded
explanation of data inadequacy, we recommend that fu-
ture
Background
In the weeks following the first imported case of Ebola in the U. S. on September 29, 2014, coverage of the very limited outbreak dominated the news media, in a manner quite disproportionate to the actual threat to national public health; by the end of October, 2014, there were...
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these trends. The results of this study will thus help to inform fu-
ture digital epidemiological
The relative influences of trans-Pacific and regional atmospheric transport on measured concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), PAH derivatives [Nitro- (NPAH) and Oxy-(OPAH)], organic carbon (OC), and Particulate Matter (PM) less than 2.5 μm in diameter (PM₂.₅) were investigated in the Pacific Northwest, USA in 2010-2011. Ambient high volume PM₂.₅...
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PM2.5 during the Beijing Olympic Games. Environ. Sci.
Technol. 2011, 45 (16), 6887−6895.
(3) Chen, Y
Resazurin (Raz) and its reaction product resorufin
(Rru) have increasingly been used as reactive tracers to quantify
metabolic activity and hyporheic exchange in streams.
Previous work has indicated that these compounds undergo
sorption in stream sediments. We present laboratory experiments
on Raz and Rru transport, sorption, and transformation,
consisting of...