Detection of density dependence in animal populations is a primary goal of population ecology, and the processes causing density dependence play a major role in population regulation. Predation can strongly regulate populations by populational and behavioral responses of predators to their prey. Here I evaluate the existence and strength of density-dependent mortality in local populations of a ...

We present the R package BASS as a tool for nonparametric regression. The primary focus of the package is fitting fully Bayesian adaptive spline surface (BASS) models and performing global sensitivity analyses of these models. The BASS framework is similar to that of Bayesian multivariate adaptive regression splines (BMARS) from Denison, Mallick, and Smith (1998), but with many added features. ...

The effects of loud sounds on fishes, such as those produced during impulsive pile driving, are an increasing concern in the management of aquatic ecosystems. However, very little is known about such effects. Accordingly, a High Intensity Controlled Impedance Fluid Filled wave Tube (HICI-FT) was used to investigate the effects of sounds produced by impulsive pile driving on two size groups of h...

A simple and reproducible method was developed for the measurement of blastogenesis of peripheral blood lymphocytes using whole blood of hybrid bass (striped bass [Morone ~asatili.s] female X white bass [M. chrysopsl male) stimulated with Concanavalin A, phytohemagglutinin-P. lipopolysaccharide or pokeweed mitogen. Compared to traditional methods which use leucocyte separation procedures, whole...

This is a research summary of Virtuosity in Computational Performance, addressing the question: How can a computer, as judged by a human audience, demonstrate virtuosity in computational performances with a physical model of a bass guitar? The proposed plan for this research is to develop a computational performance system which uses case-based reasoning and reflection to produce virtuosic perf...

Fingerling Guadalupe Bass Micropterus treculii were cultured in 18, 21, 24, 27, or 30◦C water for 6 weeks. Temperature affected the growth of the Guadalupe Bass when it was measured by increases in TL but not when measured by increase in mass. The optimal temperature for growth of Guadalupe Bass was 27–28◦C. Condition factor increased linearly with temperature, indicating that the fish were plu...

By R. ROW, m.d. (Lond.), d.sc. (Load.), m.r.c.p., o.b.E., Professor of Pathology, Grant Medical College, Bombay. From the F. D. Petit Laboratory, Byculla, Bombay. To Bass belongs the credit of demonstrating for the first time that malarial parasites can be cultured in vitro: Bass and later on Bass and John's technique being complicated, the author of this memoir devised and published the detail...

By deploying dense subalgebras of ℓ 1 (G) we generalize the Bass conjecture in terms of Connes' cyclic homology theory. In particular, we propose a stronger version of the ℓ 1-Bass Conjecture. We prove that hyperbolic groups relative to finitely many subgroups, each of which posses the polynomial conjugacy-bound property and nilpotent periodicity property, satisfy the ℓ 1-Stronger-Bass Conjectu...

By deploying dense subalgebras of ℓ 1 (G) we generalize the Bass conjecture in terms of Connes' cyclic homology theory. In particular, we propose a stronger version of the ℓ 1-Bass Conjecture. We prove that hyperbolic groups relative to finitely many subgroups, each of which posses the polynomial conjugacy-bound property and nilpotent periodicity property, satisfy the ℓ 1-Stronger-Bass Conjectu...

Guidelines for ammonia toxicity in fish are often determined using static exposure tests with immature fish over a 96-h period. These results may not be relevant to aquaculture, hauling or angling tournament scenarios where mature fish can be exposed to ammonia for shorter durations, often following additional stressors such as handling. The current study sought to quantify (1) the impact of am...