Seasonal adjustments to muscle size in migratory birds may result from preparatory physiological changes or responses to changed workloads. The mechanisms controlling these changes in size are poorly understood. We investigated some potential mediators of flight muscle size (myostatin and insulin-like growth factor, IGF1) in pectoralis muscles of wild wintering or migrating white-throated sparr...

Evaluating bird population trends requires baseline data. In North America the earliest population data available are those from the late 1960s. Forest conditions in the northern Great Lake states (U.S.A.), however, have undergone succession since the region was originally cut over around the turn of the twentieth century, and it is expected that bird populations have undergone concomitant chan...

Aim This study examines changes in avian community composition associated with the decline and loss of eastern hemlock [Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr.] resulting from chronic hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA; Adelges tsugae Annand) infestations. Location The study was conducted in a 4900-km study region extending from Long Island Sound northward to the southern border of Massachusetts and including the...

The ability to accurately evaluate hydrokinetic turbine concepts at small-scale in experimental facilities is important for the development of new devices. Problems introduced by working at lab-scale include operation in a transitional Reynolds number regime and cross-sectional blockage. These factors are shown to influence performance characteristics of a helical cross-flow turbine tested over...

The gastrointestinal tract of the white-throated woodrat Neotoma albigula harbors a diverse microbial population that functions in the degradation of ingested plant secondary compounds. Here, we present the draft genome sequence and annotation of Clostridium sporogenes strain 8-O, a novel oxalate-degrading bacterium isolated from the feces of N. albigula.

Phytobenthos, major primary producers in freshwater, may be periodically exposed to herbicides through runoff, spray drift, and leaching, but experimental work on their response is limited. Outdoor flumes were used measure the recovery of intact phytobenthic biofilms, following a short-term pulse glyphosate-based herbicide (GBH) chlorotoluron (CLT), singly or as mixture (GBHC). Two days removal...