Reproductive success is one of the most easily-measured and widely studied demographic parameters of
colonial nesting seabirds. Nevertheless, factors affecting the sequential stages (egg laying, incubation, chick-rearing)
of reproductive success are less understood. We investigated the separate sequential stages
of reproductive success in piscivorous black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) and thick-billed...
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Topical Studies in Oceanography, 109, 251-265. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.03.006
Polycentric networks of formal organizations and informal stakeholder groups, as opposed to centralized institutional hierarchies, can be critically important for strengthening the capacity of governance systems to adapt to unexpected social and biophysical change. Adaptive governance is one type of environmental governance characterized by the emergence of networks that stimulate...
An Expert Panel convened by the National Lipid Association previously developed a consensus set of recommendations for the patient-centered management of dyslipidemia in clinical medicine (part 1). These were guided by the principle that reducing elevated levels of atherogenic cholesterol (non–high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol) reduces the risk...
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DOI of original article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacl.2015.09.002
A compact, low-cost, wireless gamma-ray spectrometer is a tool sought by a number of different organizations in the field of radiation detection. Such a device has applications in emergency response, battlefield assessment, and personal dosimetry. A prototype device fitting this description has been constructed in the Advanced Radiation Instrumentation Laboratory...
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DOI of original article: 10.1016/j.nima.2014.05.096
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The fracture toughness is a critical material property that determines engineering performance.
However, as is well known for crystalline materials, if certain sample geometry and size
requirements are not met, test results become sample-size dependent and difficult to compare
among different studies. Here, the room-temperature fracture toughness of the Zr-based...
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In many regions of the world, forest management has shifted from practices emphasizing timber production to more sustainable harvesting that integrates ecological values, including maintenance of biodiversity, wildlife habitat, and ecological goods and services. To this end, management strategies emphasize retention of stand structures that meet the needs of forest-obligate...
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A complete solid solution between the anion-deficient pyrochlore Ag₂Sb₂O₆ and the ideal pyrochlore Cd₂Sb₂O₇ has been synthesized through the standard solid state ceramic method. Each composition has been characterized by various different techniques, including powder X-ray diffraction, optical spectroscopy, electron paramagnetic resonance and ¹²¹Sb Mössbauer spectroscopy. Computational methods based on...
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Pyrodinium bahamense Plate 1906 is a tropical to subtropical dinoflagellate that can cause paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP). Based on differences in the morphology of the motile stage, as well as geographic distribution, this species was separated into two varieties, the toxic var. compressum and the non-toxic var. bahamense by Steidinger...
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DOI of original article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2014.09.010
Significant seabird mortality on the Oregon (OR) and Washington (WA) coast in 2009 has been attributed
to a massive bloom of the dinoflagellate Akashiwo sanguinea (K. Hirasaka) G. Hansen & Ø. Moestrup.
Initial, albeit limited, observations suggested this bloom began in WA and reached OR waters through
southward transport. Here,...
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DOI of original article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2014.05.004
We are studying the impacts of parasites on threatened stocks of Oregon coastal coho
salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). In our previous studies, we have found high infections of
digeneans and myxozoans in coho salmon parr from the lower main stem of West Fork Smith
River (WFSR), Oregon. In contrast parr from...