A5006942845- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Marine and fisheries research
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Marine Sponges and Natural Products
- Fungal and yeast genetics research
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Heavy metals in environment
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
- Fern and Epiphyte Biology
- Topic Modeling
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Advanced Text Analysis Techniques
- Food Quality and Safety Studies
- Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food
- Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Crustacean biology and ecology
- 14-3-3 protein interactions
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
Southern Connecticut State University
2009-2025
University of Virginia
2021
Grace (United States)
2017
University of Rhode Island
2001
Millsaps College
2000
University System of Maryland
1998
Abstract Extreme climatic events including marine heatwaves (MHWs) are becoming more frequent and severe in the Anthropocene. However, our understanding of how these affect population dynamics ecologically important species is limited, part because extreme rare difficult to predict. Here, we quantified occurrence severity MHWs over 60 years warm range edge kelp forests on both sides North Atlantic. The cumulative annual intensity increased two- four-fold during this period, coinciding with...
Humans are rapidly transforming the structural configuration of planet's ecosystems, but these changes and their ecological consequences remain poorly quantified in underwater habitats. Here, we show that loss forest-forming seaweeds rise ground-covering 'turfs' across four continents consistently resulted miniaturization habitat structure, with seascapes converging towards flattened habitats smaller habitable spaces. Globally, turf occupied a architectural trait space were structurally more...
Cycling of organic carbon in the ocean has potential to mitigate or exacerbate global climate change, but major questions remain about environmental controls on flux coastal zone. Here, we used a field experiment distributed across 28° latitude, and entire range 2 dominant kelp species northern hemisphere, measure decomposition rates detritus seafloor relation local factors. Detritus both were strongly related temperature initial content, with higher biomass loss at lower latitudes warmer...
Abstract Facultatively symbiotic corals provide important experimental models to explore the establishment, maintenance, and breakdown of mutualism between members algal family Symbiodiniaceae. Here, we report de novo chromosome-scale genome assembly annotation facultatively symbiotic, temperate coral Astrangia poculata. Though widespread segmental/tandem duplications genomic regions were detected, did not find strong evidence a whole duplication (WGD) event. Comparison gene arrangement A....
Abstract Temperate marine ecosystems globally are undergoing regime shifts from dominance by habitat-forming kelps to opportunistic algal turfs. While the environmental drivers of turf generally well-documented, feedback mechanisms that stabilize novel turf-dominated remain poorly resolved. Here, we document a decline kelp Saccharina latissima between 1980 and 2018 at sites southernmost extent forests in Northwest Atlantic their replacement turf. We examined shift reefs. Kelp was linked...
Chondrus crispus Stackhouse alternates between two isomorphic life history phases that differ in cell‐wall phycocolloid composition. It has been long hypothesized the gametophyte, with strong‐gelling kappa‐type carrageenans, is mechanically superior to tetrasporophyte, nongelling lambda‐type which could contribute observed gametophytic dominance many wave‐swept environments. Standard mechanical tests were performed on distal tissues of C. sampled from a range environments Narragansett Bay,...
I examined winter quiescence (dormancy), growth rate, and competition in the scleractinian coral Astrangia poculata (Northern Star-coral) at an intertidal a subtidal site Rhode Island. observed onset, duration, cessation of from November 2013 to May 2014 noted when tentacles no longer exhibited tactile responses, which used as proxy for quiescence. Results demonstrated that corals entered December 2013, air/water temperatures ranged 0.71 °C 5.7 °C, whereas populations January water 3.4 4.3...
Hemigrapsus sanguineus Asian Shore Crab is an introduced but now common crab found intertidally along the Connecticut coastline. Little known of its subtidal occurrence. This species was to be seasonally abundant subtidally, at depths varying from 1.3–3.9 m, during a 2-year study conducted within commercial marina in Clinton Harbor, CT. trapped three locations, with highest concentrations observed winter. A total 2020 crabs were caught: 1255 males, 741 females, and 24 that 9 mm or smaller...
Abstract Compelling new evidence shows that kelp production contributes an important and underappreciated flux of carbon in the ocean. Major questions remain, however, about controls on cycling this organic coastal zone, their implications for future sequestration. Here we used field experiments distributed across 28° latitude, entire range two dominant kelps northern hemisphere, to measure decomposition rates detritus seafloor relation environmental factors. Ocean temperature was strongest...
Abstract Facultatively symbiotic corals provide important experimental models to explore the establishment, maintenance, and breakdown of mutualism between members algal family Symbiodiniaceae. The temperate coral Astrangia poculata is one such model as it not only facultatively symbiotic, but also occurs across a broad temperature latitudinal gradient. Here, we report de novo chromosome-scale assembly annotation A. genome. Though widespread segmental/tandem duplications genomic regions were...
Abstract The Aspergillus nidulans NIMXCDC2 protein kinase has been shown to be required for both the G2/M and G1/S transitions, recent evidence implicated a role in septation conidiation. While much is understood of its function, little known about functions during G1/S, septation, conidiophore development. In an attempt better understand how involved these processes, we have isolated four extragenic suppressors A. nimX2cdc2 temperature-sensitive mutation. Mutation suppressor genes,...
Fish and wildlife agencies produce a bounty of information aimed at the public. Under right circumstances, that can be compiled into scientifically useful data to complement full scientific studies. This poster describes some preliminary results from project compile mentions gamefish species, locations, sizes throughout Long Island Sound surrounding waters Weekly Fishing Report (2006, 2008-2018) Trophy (2009-2017), both produced by Connecticut Dept. Energy Environmental Protection. The...
The growing field of customer experience management relies heavily on natural language processing (NLP). An important current use NLP in this industry is to efficiently build sentiment models new languages. These will allow access a greater range clients. In work, we examine the practical effectiveness and training data requirements transfer learning methods, specifically mBERT XLM-RoBERTa, for developing analysis German. To provide meaningful comparison that excludes learning, also utilize...