Browsing by Author "Biology"
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ARE ALL FISH NURSERIES EQUAL? DETERMINING HOW FOOD WEB DYNAMICS AFFECT FISH NURSERY HABITAT
Lichti, Deborah Ann (East Carolina University, 2018-07-23)The fish nursery habitat concept has been used to define important habitat for larval and juvenile fish throughout coastal and estuarine areas. Nursery habitat has been defined as an area that produces more fish biomass, ... -
Are All Parasitic Infections Created Equal? An Examination of Differential Infection Effects and Responses in Native and Non-Native Hosts
Barnard, Rebecca B (East Carolina University, 2018-12-10)Interactions between native and introduced species are complex, multifaceted, and can have cascading effects throughout an ecosystem. While scientists have taken great strides to understand how these dynamics change with ... -
Arrangement of dermal chromatophore units in a polymorphic species, Ranitomeya imitator
De Araujo Miles, Mallory (East Carolina University, 2021-12-03)In the 1980s, Rainer Schulte became the first to describe a species of poison frog living in the Amazon rainforest: Ranitomeya imitator. Schulte's classification of R. imitator as a single species sparked immediate ... -
Assessing Morphological Variability in Silversides along the Mid-Atlantic Bight
Parker, Stephen (2015)Inland silversides (Menidia beryllina) and Atlantic silversides (Menidia menidia) are ubiquitous fishes in the estuaries on the east coast of the United States. These species are very similar in appearance and may share ... -
Assessing Rates of Consumption in Newly Restored Seagrass Beds Across a Depth Gradient
Smith, Dawsyn Alyssa (East Carolina University, 2022-06-06)Seagrass is a critical habitat for many marine species, however it is being lost at an alarming rate globally. To combat the rapid loss of seagrass habitats, efforts to restore seagrass are increasing. While restoration ... -
Assessing The Monophyly Of Red Algae And Green Plants Via Core Conserved Informational Genes
Perry, Justin (East Carolina University, 2015)For well over a century the existence of a monophyletic relationship between red algae and green plants has been debated. Many scholars have sought to address this issue, however, a consistent solution to the problem has ... -
ASSESSMENT OF NICHE PARTITIONING IN CO-OCCURRING SILVERSIDES FROM THE ALBEMARLE AND PAMLICO SOUNDS OF NORTH CAROLINA
Cope, W. Robert (2015-05-01)The niche partitioning hypothesis predicts that two species cannot compete for the same limited resources and that one species should differentiate (genetically, morphologically or behaviorally), so that the two species ... -
An assessment of the polytypic status of the Namib darkling beetles Onymacris unguicularis and Onymacris rugatipennis
Pollard, Rachel M. (2014)The southern African beetle genus Onymacris (family Tenebrionidae) comprises 14 species, six of which are polytypic. Despite longstanding research on the physiological and behavioral adaptations of these desert beetles, ... -
Bacteria of a feather floc together: Microbial interactions and function within iron-oxidizing bacterial communities
Brooks, Chequita N. (East Carolina University, 2021-05-03)The microaerophilic iron-oxidizing bacteria are highly charismatic, forming bright orange structures called iron mats in low flow creeks and streams, in road-side ditches, and marshes. Yet, the study of the microbial ... -
BCL-2's effect on gene regulation in MCF10A cells as detected by qRT-PCR
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Behavioral and genetic divergence among wild and domesticated populations of the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
Lansverk, Allison L. (East Carolina University, 2017-07-18)Zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) have been the subject of extensive neurological and behavioral research having served as the dominant model for vocal learning over half a century. Learned vocal communication, or vocal ... -
BEHAVIORAL STUDY OF GOBIOSOMA BOSC IN RESPONSE TO VISUAL IMPLANT ELASTOMER (VIE) TAGGING
Winkler, Corey Allen (East Carolina University, 2019-05-02)The naked goby (Gobiosoma bosc) is a small benthic fish that inhabits western Atlantic estuaries, where it ranges from Massachusetts to Mexico. Previous work has found limited gene flow between and among populations of G. ... -
Behavioral syndromes and their effect on dispersal in Notonecta irrorata
Kitchen, Anthony J. (East Carolina University, 2018-04-23)Dispersal is an important life-history characteristic for many organisms, including in the genus of back-swimming insect Notonecta. The propensity to disperse is a behavior that might be affected by an individual's other ...