Does Reproductive Investment Decrease Telomere Length in Menidia menidia? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Given finite resources, intense investment in one life history trait is expected to reduce investment in others. Although telomere length appears to be strongly tied to age in many taxa, telomere maintenance requires energy. We therefore hypothesize that
Jin Gao, Stephan B Munch
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Assessing Biodiversity at Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Aquaculture and Reef Sites Utilizing Real‐Time Monitoring and Environmental DNA in Rehoboth Bay, Delaware, USA [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionEastern Oysters (Crassostrea virginica) are a keystone species and an important product of the commercial shellfish industry in Delaware. Oysters are known as “environmental engineers” that provide a structured habitat for the ecosystem, thus promoting ...
Tahera Attarwala +2 more
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You Better Repeat It: Complex CO2 × Temperature Effects in Atlantic Silverside Offspring Revealed by Serial Experimentation [PDF]
Diversity, 2018 Concurrent ocean warming and acidification demand experimental approaches that assess biological sensitivities to combined effects of these potential stressors.
Christopher S. Murray, Hannes Baumann
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High connectivity among locally adapted populations of a marine fish (Menidia menidia) [PDF]
Ecology, 2010 Patterns of connectivity are important in understanding the geographic scale of local adaptation in marine populations. While natural selection can lead to local adaptation, high connectivity can diminish the potential for such adaptation to occur. Connectivity, defined as the exchange of individuals among subpopulations, is presumed to be significant ...
Stephan B Munch +2 more
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Infection of Atlantic tripletail Lobotes surinamensis (Teleostei: Lobotidae) by brain metacercariae Cardiocephaloides medioconiger (Digenea: Strigeidae) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Three juvenile Atlantic tripletail Lobotes surinamensis caught opportunistically in Charleston Harbor (South Carolina, USA) and maintained in captivity for over three months displayed an altered swimming behavior.
Isaure de Buron +4 more
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NONLINEAR GROWTH COST IN MENIDIA MENIDIA: THEORY AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE [PDF]
Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution, 2004 Juvenile growth is submaximal in many species, suggesting that a trade-off with juvenile growth must exist. In support of this, recent studies have demonstrated that rapid growth early in life results in decreased physiological performance. Theory clearly shows that for submaximal growth in juveniles to be optimal, the cost of growth must be nonlinear.
Stephan B Munch, David O. Conover
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COI amplicon sequence data of environmental DNA collected from the Bronx River Estuary, New York City [PDF]
Metabarcoding and Metagenomics, 2022 In this data paper, we describe environmental DNA (eDNA) cytochrome c oxidase (COI) amplicon sequence data from New York City’s Bronx River Estuary.
Eugenia Naro-Maciel +4 more
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Length–weight relations of fishes inhabiting a hyperhaline coastal lagoon in Yucatan, Mexico [PDF]
Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 2017 Length–weight relations (LWR) were estimated for 45 fish species (27 families) from a tropical hyperhaline coastal lagoon and a protected biosphere reserve located in Yucatan Peninsula. The following species were studied: Elops saurus Linnaeus,
M.E. Vega-Cendejas +2 more
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Diversity, 2020 Estuaries serve as important nursery habitats for various species of early-life stage fish, but can experience cooccurring acidification and hypoxia that can vary diurnally in intensity. This study examines the effects of acidification (pH 7.2−7.4)
Brooke K. Morrell +1 more
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High levels of docosahexaenoic acid are present in eight New World silversides (Pisces: Atherinopsidae) [PDF]
Neotropical Ichthyology, 2020 Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is the most critical and least available omega-3 fatty acid in the Western human diet. Currently, the source of omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA) is mainly dependent on wild fisheries, making this ...
Carlos A. Martínez-Palacios +10 more
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