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Submissions from 2023
Reduced expression of Basigin gene products in response to chronic inflammation may contribute to vision loss, Alicia Gonzalez and Judith D. Ochrietor
Submissions from 2022
A peptoid-based inhibitor of protein arginine methyltransferase 1 (PRMT1) induces apoptosis and autophagy in cancer cells, Mollie B. DuBose, Tala Sartawi, Tina M. Sawatzky, Corey P. Causey, Fatima Khwaja Rehman, and Bryan Knuckley
The effects of fermented vegetable consumption on the composition of the intestinal microbiota and levels of inflammatory markers in women: A pilot and feasibility study, Amy E. Galena, Jianmin Chai, Jiangchao Zhang, Michele Bednarzyk, Doreen Perez, Judith D. Ochrietor, Alireza Jahan-Mihan, and Andrea Y. Arikawa
Ubiquitin Ligases in Longevity and Aging Skeletal Muscle, David C. Hughes, Leslie M. Baehr, David S. Waddell, Adam P. Sharples, and Sue C. Bodine
CORP: Gene delivery into murine skeletal muscle using in vivo electroporation, David C. Hughes, Justin P. Hardee, David S. Waddell, and Craig A. Goodman
Seasonal Impoundment Management Reduces Nitrogen Cycling But not Resilience to Surface Fire in a Tidal Wetland, Scott F. Jones, Charles A. Schutte, Brian J. Roberts, and Karen M. Thorne
Biomimetic Total Synthesis of (+)-Nocardioazine B and Analogs, Tushar M. Khopade, Kalyani Ajayan, Dona Mariya Vincent, Amy L. Lane, and Rajesh Viswanathan
American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) weight gain in captivity and implications for captive reptile body condition, Faith Kruis, Madison Wallwork, Marisa Spain, and Adam E. Rosenblatt
Evaluation of bactericidal effects of silver hydrosol nanotherapeutics against 1449 drug resistant biofilms, Alya Limayem, Mausam Mehta, Natalie Kondos, Divya Kaushal, Farhat Binte Azam, Sriram Chellappan, Nan Qin, and Qingyu Zhou
What do adult black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) actually eat?, Adam E. Rosenblatt, Fernando Li, Leanna Kalicharan, and Peter Taylor
Pesticides alter ecosystem respiration via phytoplankton abundance and community structure: Effects on the carbon cycle?, Samantha L. Rumschlag, Dale A. Casamatta, Michael B. Mahon, Jason T. Hoverman, Thomas R. Raffel, Hunter J. Carrick, Peter J. Hudson, and Jason R. Rohr
Social structure and habitat design affect the impact of a novel feeding enrichment for alligators, Marisa Spain, Cayle Pearson, and Adam E. Rosenblatt
Atmospheric River Storm Flooding Influences Tidal Marsh Elevation Building Processes, Karen Thorne, Scott F. Jones, Chase Freeman, Kevin Buffington, Christopher Janousek, and Glenn Guntenspergen
Submissions from 2021
Distribution and relative abundance of scalloped (Sphyrna lewini) and Carolina (S. gilberti) hammerheads in the western North Atlantic Ocean, Amanda M. Barker, Bryan S. Frazier, Douglas H. Adams, Christine N. Bedore, Carolyn N. Belcher, William B. Driggers, Ashley S. Galloway, James Gelsleichter, R. Dean Grubbs, Eric A. Reyier, and David S. Portnoy
A new species of cryptic cyanobacteria isolated from the epidermis of a bottlenose dolphin and as a bioaerosol, Amber O. Brown, Caitlin S. Romanis, Petr Dvořák, Amanda J. Foss, Quincy A. Gibson, Chelsea D. Villanueva, Wendy N. Durden, Alyssa D. Garvey, Phillip Jenkins, Petr Hašler, Jeffrey R. Johansen, Brett A. Neilan, and Dale A. Casamatta
How Waterfowl Use of Wetland Habitats Can Inform Wetland Restoration Designs for Multi‐Species Benefits, Michael L. Casazza, Fiona McDuie, Scott F. Jones, Austen A. Lorenz, Cory T. Overton, Julie Yee, Cliff L. Feldheim, Joshua T. Ackerman, and Karen M. Thorne
Extensive loss of Wnt genes in Tardigrada, Raul A. Chavarria, Mandy Game, Briana Arbelaez, Chloe Ramnarine, Zachary K. Snow, and Frank W. Smith
Evaluation of Factors Affecting Erodibility Improvement for MICP-Treated Beach Sand, Abigail Chek, Raphael Crowley, Terri N. Ellis, Michael Durnin, and Brian Wingender
Spatial Patterns of Thalassia testudinum Immune Status and Labyrinthula spp. Load Implicate Environmental Quality and History as Modulators of Defense Strategies and Wasting Disease in Florida Bay, United States, Paige Duffin, Daniel L. Martin, Bradley T. Furman, and Cliff Ross
Underestimated cyanobacterial diversity: Trends and perspectives of research in tropical environments, Petr Dvořák, Petr Hašler, Dale A. Casamatta, and Aloisie Poulíčková
Integration drives rapid phenotypic evolution in flatfishes, Kory M. Evans, Olivier Larouche, Sara Jane Watson, Stacy Farina, María Laura Habegger, and Matt Friedman
Female sperm storage in the bonnethead Sphyrna tiburo oviducal gland: Immunolocalization of steroid hormone receptors in sperm storage tubules, Melissa Gonzalez De Acevedo and James Gelsleichter
Total mercury concentrations in invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles) from the Atlantic coast of Florida, Eric G. Johnson, Angelina Dichiera, Danielle Goldberg, Mary Kate Swenarton, and James Gelsleichter
Seasonal Impoundment Alters Patterns of Tidal Wetland Plant Diversity Across Spatial Scales, Scott F. Jones, Christopher N. Janousek, Michael L. Casazza, John Y. Takekawa, and Karen M. Thorne
Intensity of Grass Invasion Negatively Correlated With Population Density and Age Structure of an Endangered Dune Plant Across its Range, Scott F. Jones, Anna Kennedy, Chase M. Freeman, and Karen M. Thorne
Stress Gradients Interact with Disturbance to Reveal Alternative States in Salt Marsh: Multivariate Resilience at the Landscape Scale, Scott F. Jones, Camille L. Stagg, Erik S. Yando, W. Ryan James, Kevin J. Buffington, and Mark W. Hester
Limited Mangrove Propagule Retention at a Latitudinal Range Limit: Spatiotemporal Patterns at the Patch Scale, Scott F. Jones, E. S. Yando, and M. W. Hester
Bioinspired Brønsted Acid-Promoted Regioselective Tryptophan Isoprenylations, Tushar M. Khopade, Kalyani Ajayan, Swapnil S. Joshi, Amy L. Lane, and Rajesh Viswanathan
Spaceflight modulates the expression of key oxidative stress and cell cycle related genes in heart, Akhilesh Kumar, Candice G.T. Tahimic, Eduardo A.C. Almeida, and Ruth K. Globus
Intranodal Sirolimus Induces Regulatory T Cells in Human Hepatic Lymph Nodes via Interleukin 10 Signaling, Justin H. Nguyen, Liuyan Jiang, Lu Kang, Sunita Malik, Christopher Orlando, Abba Zubair, and Fatima Khwaja Rehman
Physiological responses to short-term sediment exposure in adults of the Caribbean coral Montastraea cavernosa and adults and recruits of Porites astreoides, Margaret E. Rushmore, Cliff Ross, and Nicole D. Fogarty
Shark tooth collagen stable isotopes (δ15N and δ13C) as ecological proxies, Oliver N. Shipley, Gregory A. Henkes, James Gelsleichter, Clark R. Morgan, Eric V. Schneider, Brendan S. Talwar, and Michael G. Frisk
FGGY carbohydrate kinase domain containing is expressed and alternatively spliced in skeletal muscle and attenuates MAP kinase and Akt signaling, Anastasia L. Smith, Erisa Gjoka, Mahnoor Izhar, Karla J. Novo, Brittany C. Mason, Annabella De Las Casas, and David S. Waddell
Wetlands in Intermittently Closed Estuaries Can Build Elevations to Keep Pace With Sea-Level Rise, Karen M. Thorne, Kevin J. Buffington, Scott F. Jones, and John L. Largier
Development of pervious oyster shell habitat (POSH) concrete for reef restoration and living shorelines, Mohammad J. Uddin, Kelly J. Smith, and Craig W. Hargis
The individual and combined effects of spaceflight radiation and microgravity on biologic systems and functional outcomes, Jeffrey S. Willey, Richard A. Britten, Elizabeth Blaber, Candice G.T. Tahimic, Jeffrey Chancellor, Marie Mortreux, Larry D. Sanford, Angela J. Kubik, Michael D. Delp, and Xiao Wen Mao
Submissions from 2020
The alphavirus sindbis infects enteroendocrine cells in the midgut of Aedes aegypti, Yani P. Ahearn, Jason J. Saredy, and Doria F. Bowers
Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) social structure and distribution changes following the 2008 Unusual Mortality Event in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida, Kristin Brightwell, Elizabeth Murdoch Titcomb, Marilyn Mazzoil, and Quincy Gibson
Re-evaluation of reproductive cycle and fecundity of finetooth sharks Carcharhinus isodon (Valenciennes 1839) from the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, with new observations on ovarian cycle and reproductive endocrinology of biennially reproducing sharks, Amanda N. Brown, Bryan S. Frazier, and Jim Gelsleichter
Reptodigitus Chapmanii (Nostocales, Hapalosiphonaceae) Gen. Nov.: A Unique Nostocalean (Cyanobacteria) Genus Based on a Polyphasic Approach1, Dale A. Casamatta, Chelsea D. Villanueva, Alyssa D. Garvey, Holly S. Stocks, Melissa Vaccarino, Petr Dvořák, Petr Hašler, and Jeffrey R. Johansen
Fam83d modulates MAP kinase and AKT signaling and is induced during neurogenic skeletal muscle atrophy, Lisa M. Cooper, Abby Hanson, Jack A. Kavanagh, and David S. Waddell
A tale of two DUSP27s: Proposed resolution for the naming of distinct dual-specificity phosphatases, Lisa M. Cooper and David S. Waddell
Dual-specificity phosphatase 29 is induced during neurogenic skeletal muscle atrophy and attenuates glucocorticoid receptor activity in muscle cell culture, Lisa M. Cooper, Rita C. West, Caleb S. Hayes, and David S. Waddell
Integrating host immune status, Labyrinthula spp. load and environmental stress in a seagrass pathosystem: Assessing immune markers and scope of a new qPCR primer set, Paige Duffin, Daniel L. Martin, Katrina M.Pagenkopp Lohan, and Cliff Ross
Mercury Accumulation and Effects in the Brain of the Atlantic Sharpnose Shark (Rhizoprionodon terraenovae), S. L. Ehnert-Russo and J. Gelsleichter
Loss of intermediate regions of perpendicular body axes contributed to miniaturization of tardigrades: Tardigrade leg patterning, Mandy Game and Frank W. Smith
Elevated accumulation of the toxic metal mercury in the Critically Endangered oceanic whitetip shark Carcharhinus longimanus from the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, James Gelsleichter, Graceann Sparkman, Lucy A. Howey, Edward J. Brooks, and Oliver N. Shipley
Reproductive cycle and fecundity of the bonnethead Sphyrna tiburo L. from the northwest Atlantic Ocean, Melissa Gonzalez De Acevedo, Bryan S. Frazier, Carolyn Belcher, and James Gelsleichter
Identification and characterization of Fbxl22, a novel skeletal muscle atrophy-promoting E3 ubiquitin ligase, David C. Hughes, Leslie M. Baehr, Julia R. Driscoll, Sarah A. Lynch, David S. Waddell, and Sue C. Bodine
Inhibition of protein phosphatase methylesterase 1 dysregulates MAP kinase signaling and attenuates muscle cell differentiation, Sydney A. Labuzan, Sarah A. Lynch, Lisa M. Cooper, and David S. Waddell
Diversity and microhabitat associations of Labyrinthula spp. In the Indian River Lagoon System, Katrina M.Pagenkopp Lohan, Ruth DiMaria, Daniel L. Martin, Cliff Ross, and Gregory M. Ruiz
Spatiotemporal movements of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus truncatus) in Northeast Florida, USA, Marilyn Mazzoil, Quincy Gibson, Wendy Noke Durden, Rose Borkowski, George Biedenbach, Zach McKenna, Nadia Gordon, Kristin Brightwell, Matthew Denny, Elisabeth Howells, Jennifer Jakush, Lydia Moreland, Allison Perna, Gerry Pinto, and Marthajane Caldwell
Resource-use dynamics of co-occurring chondrichthyans from the First Coast, North Florida, USA, Clark Morgan, Oliver N. Shipley, and James Gelsleichter
Stress response and postrelease mortality of blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) captured in shore-based and charter-boat-based recreational fisheries, D. Nick Weber, Bryan S. Frazier, Nicholas M. Whitney, James Gelsleichter, and Gorka Sancho
Freshwater Actinobacteria from sediments of the deep and ancient Lake Baikal (Russia) and their genetic potential as producers of secondary metabolites, Evgenii S. Protasov, Denis V. Axenov-Gribanov, Zhanna M. Shatilina, Maxim A. Timofeyev, and Amy L. Lane
Spatial Design of Guest Feeding Programs and Their Effects on Giraffe Participation and Social Interactions, Fatima Ramis, Michaela Mohr, Gregory Kohn, Quincy Gibson, Meredith Bashaw, Dan Maloney, and Terry Maple
Exposure to the Florida red tide dinoflagellate, Karenia brevis, and its associated brevetoxins induces ecophysiological and proteomic alterations in Porites astreoides, David A. Reynolds, Mi Jeong Yoo, Danielle L. Dixson, and Cliff Ross
Confocal Analysis of the Distribution and Persistence of Sindbis Virus (TaV-GFP) Infection in Midguts of Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes, Jason J. Saredy, Florence Y. Chim, Zoë L. Lyski, Yani P. Ahearn, and Doria F. Bowers
Elevated Soluble Galectin-3 as a Marker of Chemotherapy Efficacy in Breast Cancer Patients: A Prospective Study, Arooj Shafiq, January Moore, Aliya Suleman, Sabeen Faiz, Omar Farooq, Adnan Arshad, Mohammad Tehseen, Ammarah Zafar, Syed Haider Ali, Nasir Ud Din, Asif Loya, Neelam Siddiqui, and Fatima K. Rehman
Protein Stores Regulate When Reproductive Displays Begin in the Male Caribbean Fruit Fly, Clancy A. Short, John D. Hatle, and Daniel A. Hahn
Into the body wall and back out again, Frank W. Smith and Elizabeth L. Jockusch
Analysis of Trace Element Concentrations and Antioxidant Enzyme Activity in Muscle Tissue of the Atlantic Sharpnose Shark, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae, Rachel Somerville, Maya Fisher, Louise Persson, Samantha Ehnert-Russo, James Gelsleichter, and Gretchen Bielmyer-Fraser
Submissions from 2019
The expanding spectrum of diketopiperazine natural product biosynthetic pathways containing cyclodipeptide synthases, Paul Borgman, Ryan D. Lopez, and Amy L. Lane
Porin loss in Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates impacts production of virulence factors and survival within macrophages, Debra N. Brunson, Emir Maldosevic, Amanda Velez, Erika Figgins, and Terri N. Ellis
An isotopic ratio outlier analysis approach for global metabolomics of biosynthetically talented actinomycetes, Jordan Carey, Thanh Nguyen, Jennifer Korchak, Christopher Beecher, Felice De Jong, and Amy L. Lane
Visualization of Hepatocellular Regeneration in Mice After Partial Hepatectomy, Yuanxin Chen, Toshiyuki Hata, Fatima Rehman, Lu Kang, Liu Yang, Betty Y.S. Kim, and Justin H. Nguyen
Dual-specificity phosphatase 4 is upregulated during skeletal muscle atrophy and modulates extracellular signal-regulated kinase activity, Ashley N. Haddock, Sydney A. Labuzan, Amy E. Haynes, Caleb S. Hayes, Karina M. Kakareka, and David S. Waddell
GABA, γ-Aminobutyric Acid, Protects Against Severe Liver Injury, Toshiyuki Hata, Fatima Rehman, Tomohide Hori, and Justin H. Nguyen
Ttc39c is upregulated during skeletal muscle atrophy and modulates ERK1/2 MAP kinase and hedgehog signaling, Caleb S. Hayes, Sydney A. Labuzan, Jacob A. Menke, Ashley N. Haddock, and David S. Waddell
Restoration Affects Sexual Reproductive Capacity in a Salt Marsh, Scott F. Jones, Erik S. Yando, Camille L. Stagg, Courtney T. Hall, and Mark W. Hester
Zinc finger protein 593 is upregulated during skeletal muscle atrophy and modulates muscle cell differentiation, Sarah A. Lynch, Marc A. McLeod, Hannah C. Orsech, Alexander M. Cirelli, and David S. Waddell
Simulating Transplant Small-for-size Grafts Using Human Liver Monosegments: The Impact of Portal Perfusion Pressure, M. Mohamed, L. Kang, C. Zhang, B. Edenfield, J. Sykes, T. Brown, J. L. Johnson, F. Rehman, and J. H. Nguyen
Mesohaline conditions represent the threshold for oxidative stress, cell death and toxin release in the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa, Cliff Ross, B. Christopher Warhurst, Amber Brown, Chase Huff, and Judith D. Ochrietor
Descriptions of Brasilonema geniculatum and Calothrix dumus (Nostocales, cyanobacteria): Two new taxa isolated from cemetery tombstones, Chelsea D. Villanueva, Alyssa D. Garvey, Petr Hašler, Petr Dvořák, Aloisie Poulíčková, Alyson R. Norwich, and Dale A. Casamatta
Age, growth, and maturation of the Finetooth Shark, Carcharhinus isodon, in the Western North Atlantic Ocean, Elizabeth A. Vinyard, Bryan S. Frazier, J. Marcus Drymon, James J. Gelsleichter, and Walter J. Bubley
Jump‐Starting Coastal Wetland Restoration: a Comparison of Marsh and Mangrove Foundation Species, E. S. Yando, Scott F. Jones, M. J. Osland, and M. W. Hester
Submissions from 2018
Evaluation of the use of portable ultrasonography to determine pregnancy status and fecundity in bonnethead shark Sphyrna tiburo, Brenda Anderson, Carolyn Belcher, Jo Ann Slack, and Jim Gelsleichter
Long-term trends in seasonal plankton dynamics in Lake Mead (Nevada-Arizona, USA) and implications for climate change, John R. Beaver, Janet E. Kirsch, Claudia E. Tausz, Erin E. Samples, Thomas R. Renicker, Kyle C. Scotese, Heidi A. McMaster, Becky J. Blasius-Wert, Paul V. Zimba, and Dale A. Casamatta
Detection of cyanotoxins (microcystins/nodularins) in livers from estuarine and coastal bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from Northeast Florida, Amber Brown, Amanda Foss, Melissa A. Miller, and Quincy Gibson
Difference without distinction? Gaps in cyanobacterial systematics; when more is just too much, Petr Dvořák, Eva Jahodářová, Dale A. Casamatta, Petr Hašler, and Aloisie Poulíčková
Flooding Alters Plant‐Mediated Carbon Cycling Independently of Elevated Atmospheric CO 2 Concentrations, Scott F. Jones, Camille L. Stagg, Ken W. Krauss, and Mark W. Hester
Molecular characterization of geitleria appalachiana sp. Nov. (nostocales, cyanobacteria) and formation of geitleriaceae fam. nov., Chase Kilgore, Jeffrey R. Johansen, Truc Mai, Tomáš Hauer, Dale A. Casamatta, and Christopher A. Sheil
The impact of simple phenolic compounds on beer aroma and flavor, Michael Lentz
Behavioral Impact of Naturalistic and Wilderness Settings, Terry L. Maple and Megan C. Morris
Embryonic in situ hybridization for the tardigrade hypsibius exemplaris, Frank W. Smith
Analyses of nervous system patterning genes in the tardigrade Hypsibius exemplaris illuminate the evolution of panarthropod brains, Frank W. Smith, Mandy Cumming, and Bob Goldstein
Embryonic immunostaining for the tardigrade hypsibius exemplaris, Frank W. Smith and Willow N. Gabriel
Brasilonema lichenoides sp. nov. and Chroococcidiopsis lichenoides sp. nov. (Cyanobacteria): two novel cyanobacterial constituents isolated from a tripartite lichen of headstones, Chelsea D. Villanueva, Petr Hašler, Petr Dvořák, Aloisie Poulíčková, and Dale A. Casamatta
Accelerated bottom-up drug design platform enables the discovery of novel stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 inhibitors for cancer therapy, Christina A. von Roemeling, Thomas R. Caulfield, Laura Marlow, Ilah Bok, Jiang Wen, James L. Miller, Robert Hughes, Lori Hazlehurst, Anthony B. Pinkerton, Derek C. Radisky, Han W. Tun, Yon Son Betty Kim, Amy L. Lane, and John A. Copland
The value of wetlands for water quality improvement: an example from the St. Johns River watershed, Florida, Sarah Widney, Alyce Kanabrocki Klein, Jeff Ehman, Courtney Hackney, and Christopher Craft
Submissions from 2017
Effects of multi-stress exposure on the infection dynamics of a Labyrinthula sp.-turtle grass pathosystem, Nichole Bishop, Daniel L. Martin, and Cliff Ross
The effects of different types of text and individual differences on view complexity about genetically modified organisms, Daniel L. Dinsmore, Brian P. Zoellner, Meghan M. Parkinson, Anthony M. Rossi, Mary J. Monk, and Jenelle Vinnachi
Diversity of the cyanobacteria, Petr Dvorák, Dale A. Casamatta, Petr Hašler, Eva Jahodárová, Alyson R. Norwich, and Aloisie Poulícková
A new cyanobacterium from the everglades, Florida - Chamaethrix gen. nov, Petr Dvořák, Petr Hašler, Petra Pitelková, Petra Tabáková, Dale A. Casamatta, and Aloisie Poulíčková
Multi-level dolphin alliances in northeastern Florida offer comparative insight into pressures shaping alliance formation, Jessica Ermak, Kristin Brightwell, and Quincy Gibson
Successful Identification and Discrimination of Hatchery-Reared Blue Crabs (Callinectes sapidus) Released into the Chesapeake Bay Using a Genetic Tag, Xiaojun Feng, Eric G. Johnson, Ernest P. Williams, and Allen R. Place
Jacksonvillea apiculata (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria) gen. & sp. nov.: A new genus of filamentous, epipsamic cyanobacteria from North Florida, Petr Hašler, Dale Casamatta, Petr Dvořák, and Aloisie Poulíčkova
Life-extending dietary restriction and ovariectomy each increase leucine oxidation and alter leucine allocation in grasshoppers, John D. Hatle, Ayesha Awan, Justin Nicholas, Ryan Koch, Julie R. Vokrri, Marshall D. McCue, Caroline M. Williams, Goggy Davidowitz, and Daniel A. Hahn
Life-extending dietary restriction reduces oxidative damage of proteins in grasshoppers but does not alter allocation of ingested nitrogen to somatic tissues, Matthew J. Heck, Mirna Pehlivanovic, Jennifer U. Purcell, Daniel A. Hahn, and John D. Hatle
Comparative Psychopathology: Connecting Comparative and Clinical Psychology, Terry L. Maple and Valerie Segura