Cold-water corals (CWC) form the structural basis of highly diverse and productive ecosystems in the deep, dark ocean, serving as important spawning, nursery, and breeding habitat for many fishes and invertebrates. As such,...
Parola chiave:
coral, marine, microbial ecology, microbiology e nutrient cycling
Soggetto:
Deep sea corals -- Ecology -- Atlantic Ocean, Deep sea corals -- Ecology -- South Carolina -- Charleston, Marine microbial ecology, Lophelia pertusa, Nutrient cycles, Deep sea corals -- Health aspects e Host-bacteria relationships
Keratose is an oxidized form of keratin which can be extracted from hair, and is composed of alpha-keratin filaments and smaller gamma-keratins. Previous studies have shown keratin's ability to assist in burn healing and rescue...
La Crosse virus (LACV) is a mosquito-borne pathogen that is endemic to western North Carolina (NC) and is the etiological agent of La Crosse virus neuroinvasive disease (LACVND). In recent decades, LACVND cases have...
Parola chiave:
Aedes triseriatus, arbovirus, La Crosse encephalitis, La Crosse virus, mosquito-borne disease e North Carolina
Soggetto:
Encephalitis, Arbovirus infections, Bloodborne infections, Diseases—Risk factors e Diptera
The Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) is a cryptic, long-lived, species in the family Cryptobranchidae. Declines in populations of many aquatic species, including C. a. alleganiensis may be related...
Parola chiave:
Cryptobranchus e Hellbender
Soggetto:
Giant salamanders -- Effect of sediments on -- North Carolina -- Clay County e River sediments -- North Carolina -- Clay County
Amphibians are declining worldwide, and research on their habitats and ecology are critical to their continued conservation. I conducted two experiments with the federally endangered dusky gopher frog, Rana sevosa. The dusky...
I investigated the life history of Notropis spectrunculus (Mirror Shiner) using seven monthly collections at each of four locations in the Tennessee River drainage in western North Carolina (Hominy Creek, Pigeon River, and two...
Parola chiave:
Life History e Mirror Shiner
Soggetto:
Notropis -- North Carolina, Western e Notropis -- Reintroduction -- North Carolina, Western
When challenged by difficult biological samples, the forensic analyst is far more likely to obtain useful data by sequencing the human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Nextgeneration sequencing (NGS) technologies are currently being...
Parola chiave:
Forensic science, Illumina(R) MiSeq(TM), low-level mixtures, Minor variant, Mitochondrial DNA e Next-generation sequencing
Soggetto:
Mitochondrial DNA -- Variation -- Data processing, Human genetics -- Variation -- Data processing e Nucleotide sequence -- Data processing
Differences in soil nutrient cycling, including nitrogen cycling and bioavailability have been linked to the inhabiting microbial and plant community interactions (Powell et al., 2015; Levy-Booth et al., 2014). Understanding...
Soggetto:
Microbial ecology, Plant-microbe relationships, Soils, Nitrogen cycle e Quercus rubra
Organic soil amendments such as compost, wood chips, and sewage sludge have been reported to influence soil microbial composition, improve soil quality, and increase nutrient concentrations in surface runoff. A potentially...
Parola chiave:
Hydrologic sciences, Soil sciences e Microbiology
Soggetto:
Compost -- Indonesia -- Sumatera Selatan, Organic wastes -- Indonesia -- Sumatera Selatan, Soils -- Heavy metal content -- Indonesia -- Sumatera Selatan, Soil pollution, Soils -- Leaching, Groundwater -- Pollution e Soil biochemistry
The impact of harvest and the loss of the American chestnut (Castanea dentata (Marsh)Borkh) was examined in northern red oak (Quercus rubra L.) (NRO) using nine microsatellite markers. Four sites located in the Nantahala...
Parola chiave:
microsatellites e northern red oak
Soggetto:
Red oak -- Adaptation -- North Carolina, Western, Red oak -- Genetics, Red oak -- Harvesting -- North Carolina, Western e Chestnut blight -- North Carolina, Western
