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Microbiome data management in action workshop: Atlanta, GA, USA, June 12–13, 2024 Microbiome data management in action workshop: Atlanta, GA, USA, June 12–13, 2024

Microbiome research is revolutionizing human and environmental health, but the value and reuse of microbiome data are significantly hampered by the limited development and adoption of data standards. While several ongoing efforts are aimed at improving microbiome data management, significant gaps still remain in terms of defining and promoting adoption of consensus standards for these...
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Julia Kelliher, Mashael Aljumaah, Sarah R. Bordenstein, J. Rodney Brister, Patrick Chain, JosePablo Dunduore-Arias, Joanne B. Emerson, Vanessa Moreira C. Ferdandes, Roberto Flores, Antonio Gonzalez, Zoe A. Hansen, Eneida L. Hatcher, Scott A. Jackson, Christina A. Kellogg, Ramana Madupu, Cassandra Maria Luz Miller, Chloe Mirzayi, Emmanuel F. Mongodin, Ahmed M. Moustafa, Chris Mungall, Aaron Oliver, Nonia Pariente, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Sydne Record, Linta Reji, Anna-Louise Reysenbach, Virginia Rich, Lorna Richardson, Lynn M. Schriml, Reed S. Shabman, Maria Sierra, Matthew Sullivan, Punithavathi Sundaramurthy, K. M. Thibault, Luke R. Thompson, Scott W. Tighe, Ethell Vereen, Emiley A. Eloe-Fadrosh
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St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Cardiac and behavioral responses to chemical and electrical immobilization in Lake Trout Cardiac and behavioral responses to chemical and electrical immobilization in Lake Trout

Objective Immobilizing or anesthetizing fish is important for promoting fish welfare in numerous routine activities that involve handling. Electroanesthesia, an alternative to traditional chemical anesthetics, uses weak electrical current to immobilize fish while current is applied, resulting in near-immediate induction and recovery. The physiological effects of electroanesthesia appear...
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Tyler Reid Funnell, Thomas R. Binder, Christopher S. Vandergoot
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Great Lakes Science Center

Satellite-based evidence of recent decline in global forest recovery rate from tree mortality events Satellite-based evidence of recent decline in global forest recovery rate from tree mortality events

Climate-driven forest mortality events have been extensively observed in recent decades, prompting the question of how quickly these affected forests can recover their functionality following such events. Here we assessed forest recovery in vegetation greenness (normalized difference vegetation index) and canopy water content (normalized difference infrared index) for 1,699 well...
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Yuchao Yan, Songbai Hong, Anping Chen, Josep Peñuelas, Craig D. Allen, William M. Hammond, Seth M. Munson, Ranga B. Myneni, Shilong Piao
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Southwest Biological Science Center

A framework for understanding the effects of subsurface agricultural drainage on downstream flows A framework for understanding the effects of subsurface agricultural drainage on downstream flows

Understanding controls on streamflow volume and magnitude is important to water resource management applications, such as critical water and transportation structure design and floodplain mapping. Changes in land use and agricultural practices, such as subsurface agricultural drainage, may be contributing to changes in streamflow characteristics. Subsurface agricultural drainage, also...
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Hannah Lee Podzorski, Karen R. Ryberg
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Dakota Water Science Center, Central Midwest Water Science Center

Vulnerability of gulf ribbed mussels to marsh surface maximum temperatures Vulnerability of gulf ribbed mussels to marsh surface maximum temperatures

Gulf ribbed mussels (Geukensia granosissima) act as ecosystem engineers and reside within the marsh platform of saltmarshes across the northern Gulf of Mexico. With climate models projecting increasing temperatures, and more frequent and extreme heat events, these mussels face increasing temperature-related risks. Marsh surface and subsurface (5-cm depth) temperature was measured...
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Skylar R. Liner, Brian J. Roberts, Nicholas Coxe, Romain Lavaud, Jerome F. La Peyre, Megan La Peyre
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Cooperative Research Units

Observations reveal changing coastal storm extremes around the United States Observations reveal changing coastal storm extremes around the United States

Understanding extreme storm surge events that threaten low-lying coastal communities is key to effective flood mitigation/adaptation measures. However, observational estimates are sparse and highly uncertain along most coastal regions with a lack of observational evidence about long-term underlying trends and their contribution to overall extreme sea-level changes. Here, using a...
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Joao Morim, Thomas Wahl, D.J . Rasmussen, Francisco Calafat, Sean Vitousek, Soenke Dangendorf, Robert Kopp, Michael Oppenheimer
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Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
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