Zoological Endeavors Inspired by A. Richard Palmer: Introduction, Biography, and Bibliography
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Amphibious Fishes: Terrestrial Locomotion, Performance, Orientation, and Behaviors from an Applied Perspective by Noah R
AMPHIBIOUS FISHES: TERRESTRIAL LOCOMOTION, PERFORMANCE, ORIENTATION, AND BEHAVIORS FROM AN APPLIED PERSPECTIVE BY NOAH R. BRESSMAN A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of WAKE FOREST UNIVESITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Biology May 2020 Winston-Salem, North Carolina Approved By: Miriam A. Ashley-Ross, Ph.D., Advisor Alice C. Gibb, Ph.D., Chair T. Michael Anderson, Ph.D. Bill Conner, Ph.D. Glen Mars, Ph.D. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my adviser Dr. Miriam Ashley-Ross for mentoring me and providing all of her support throughout my doctoral program. I would also like to thank the rest of my committee – Drs. T. Michael Anderson, Glen Marrs, Alice Gibb, and Bill Conner – for teaching me new skills and supporting me along the way. My dissertation research would not have been possible without the help of my collaborators, Drs. Jeff Hill, Joe Love, and Ben Perlman. Additionally, I am very appreciative of the many undergraduate and high school students who helped me collect and analyze data – Mark Simms, Tyler King, Caroline Horne, John Crumpler, John S. Gallen, Emily Lovern, Samir Lalani, Rob Sheppard, Cal Morrison, Imoh Udoh, Harrison McCamy, Laura Miron, and Amaya Pitts. I would like to thank my fellow graduate student labmates – Francesca Giammona, Dan O’Donnell, MC Regan, and Christine Vega – for their support and helping me flesh out ideas. I am appreciative of Dr. Ryan Earley, Dr. Bruce Turner, Allison Durland Donahou, Mary Groves, Tim Groves, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, UF Tropical Aquaculture Lab for providing fish, animal care, and lab space throughout my doctoral research. -
Ending Jim Crow Life Insurance Rates Mary L
University of Richmond UR Scholarship Repository Law Faculty Publications School of Law 2009 Ending Jim Crow Life Insurance Rates Mary L. Heen University of Richmond, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.richmond.edu/law-faculty-publications Part of the Civil Law Commons, Civil Rights and Discrimination Commons, and the Insurance Law Commons Recommended Citation Mary L. Heen, Ending Jim Crow Life Insurance Rates, 4 Nw. J. L. & Soc. Pol'y. 360 (2009). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Law at UR Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Law Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of UR Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Copyright 2009 by Mary Heen Volume 4 (Fall 2009) Northwestern Journal of Law and Social Policy Ending Jim Crow Life Insurance Rates Mary L. Heen* How people count and measure embodies certain assumptions about the thing they are counting; this was true in the nineteenth century, and it is equally true today.' [E]ver since the 1880's, Negroes have been subject to differential treatment by white insurance companies in that some of them, at that time, started to apply higher premium schedules for Negro than for white customers, whereas others decided not to take on any Negro business at all. The underlying reason, of course, is the fact that mortality rates are 2 much higher for Negroes than for whites. [I]f the misery of our poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin..3 I. -
The Functional Roles of Herbivores in the Rocky Intertidal Systems in Chile
Revista Chilena de Historia Natural ISSN: 0716-078X [email protected] Sociedad de Biología de Chile Chile AGUILERA, MOISÉS A. The functional roles of herbivores in the rocky intertidal systems in Chile: A review of food preferences and consumptive effects Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, vol. 84, núm. 2, 2011, pp. 241-261 Sociedad de Biología de Chile Santiago, Chile Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=369944298009 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative FUNCTIONAL ROLE OF INTERTIDAL HERBIVORES 241 REVISTA CHILENA DE HISTORIA NATURAL Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 84: 241-261, 2011 © Sociedad de Biología de Chile REVIEW ARTICLE The functional roles of herbivores in the rocky intertidal systems in Chile: A review of food preferences and consumptive effects Los roles funcionales de los herbívoros en sistemas intermareales rocosos en Chile: Una revisión de las preferencias alimenticias y efectos de consumo MOISÉS A. AGUILERA Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas (CEAZA), Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Católica del Norte, Larrondo 1281, Coquimbo, Chile Estación Costera de Investigaciones Marinas, Las Cruces, and Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology and Biodiversity, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 114-D, Santiago, Chile Corresponding author: [email protected] ABSTRACT This paper reviews recent knowledge about the functional roles that herbivores have in intertidal communities in Chile. Specifically, I review field and laboratory studies dealing with the food preferences of herbivores, the responses of algae to herbivore attacks and reports of negative and positive functional effects of herbivores on algal populations and communities. -
Feeding Selectivity of the Herbivorous Fish Scartichthys Viridis:Effects on Macroalgal Community Structure in a Temperatea Rocky Intertidal Coastal Zone
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES Vol. 184: 219-229,1999 Published July 28 Mar Ecol Prog Ser I I Feeding selectivity of the herbivorous fish Scartichthys viridis: effects on macroalgal community structure in a temperatea rocky intertidal coastal zone F. Patricio Ojeda*, Alejandro A. Munoz** Departamento de Ecologia, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, P. Universidad Catolica de Chile, Casilla 114-D. Santiago. Chile ABSTRACT: The ecological importance of fish herbivory was examined in a temperate rocky intertidal zone along the central Chilean coast. In this system, the blenny Scartichtl~ysviridjs is the most abun- dant and only herbivorous fish. We describe its diet, determine its field food selectivity (gut contents vs macroalgal field availabihty comparison), and report on ~tslaboratory dietary preferences in a multiple- choice feeding experiment. Finally, we evaluate the relative effects of fish herbivory and grazing inver- tebrates on macroalgal abundance, distribution and diversity patterns in the field, using replicated exclusion cages to manipulate grazing intensity. S. viridis was found to be a selective grazer; its diet was dominated by 2 macroalgae: the green Ulva and the red Gelidium, representing 32.6 and 41.4 % of its total gut content biomass, respectively. Ulva was consumed much above its field availability while Gelidium was selected only during fall-winter. In the laboratory, S. viridis selected the green macroal- gae Ulva rigida and Codium dimorphum and avoided Gelidium chilense. We suggest that Gelidium may be included in its diet due to the limited availability of Ulva in the field. Experimental exclusion of this fish from rocky surfaces resulted in increased abundance of green foliose macroalgae (U. -
Biology a Level
World class thinking. World class achieving. St Mary’s College BIOLOGY (EDEXCEL BIOLOGY A) Pre-course reading and guidance A LEVEL Biology WHY SHOULD I CHOOSE BIOLOGY? › Biology is a wonderful science that gives you the opportunity to go into many areas, with dentistry, veterinary science, medicine to name a few. The course is taught by members of staff that have a great deal of expertise in delivering the subject. The study of life itself, A level Biology explores the theories and principles involved in living systems, in all their intricate beauty. Topics you will learn about include: lifestyle, transport, genes and health, development, plants and the environment, the natural environment and species survival, energy, exercise and co-ordination, as well as practical biology and research skills. By the end of the course you will know about the principles of genetics, molecules, taxonomy, natural selection, evolutionary theory, global warming, bacteria and viruses, and more. WHAT IS THE COURSE STRUCTURE LIKE? › The course is a two year course. It consists of three exams. The exams are worth a total of 33% each. All exams will be taken at the end of your second year. There is no coursework. World class thinking. World class achieving. A LEVEL Biology Exams (sat in Y13) Weighting Paper Topics Time (hours) (%) Topic 1: Lifestyle, Health and Risk Topic 2: Genes and Health Topic 3: Voice of the Genome 1 33.3 2 Topic 4: Biodiversity and Natural Resources Topic 5: On the Wild Side Topic 6: Immunity, Infection and Forensics Topic 1: Lifestyle, Health and Risk Topic 2: Genes and Health Topic 3: Voice of the Genome 2 33.3 2 Topic 4: Biodiversity and Natural Resources Topic 7: Run for your Life Topic 8: Grey Matter Topic 1: Lifestyle, Health and Risk Topic 2: Genes and Health Topic 3: Voice of the Genome Topic 4: Biodiversity and Natural Resources 3 Topic 5: On the Wild Side 33.3 2 Topic 6: Immunity, Infection and Forensics Topic 7: Run for your Life Topic 8: Grey Matter Exam Syllabus for Biology: https://bit.ly/2xJ6bTw World class thinking. -
EMBO Awardees Reveal Blueprints for Success
NATURE|Vol 443|19 October 2006 THE CAREERS MAGAZINE FOR SCIENTISTS eeing fellow researchers receive awards for their endeavours offers an ideal time to study success and learn valuable lessons about how to guide your scientific career. The two medals given out in the past month by the SEuropean Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), based in Heidelberg, Germany, are no exception. The organization’s 2006 Award for Communication in the Life Sciences went to developmental geneticist Armand Marie Leroi of Imperial College London. Leroi’s success had its roots in his desire to spice up his lectures. When he discussed the connection between mutated fruitfly genes and disabilities in humans, his students “sat up and took notice — especially after snoozing through the 50th fly gene”, Leroi says. Inspired, Leroi sought out other connections between genetic mutations and human development, and brought them together in a book called Mutants: On the Form, Varieties and Errors of the Human Body. A television producer saw a copy of the book’s manuscript and approached Leroi to make a programme, which was broadcast under the title Human Mutants. Although Leroi says he finds public communication of science “seductive”, he tries to stay “grounded” in his research on the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans. “Ultimately communicating science isn’t more satisfying than doing science,” he says. Frank Uhlmann, winner of the 2006 EMBO Gold Medal, attributes much of his success to working in a number of different locations. Now based at Cancer Research UK in London, Uhlmann moved round six labs in Munich while doing his diploma in Germany. -
KING-THESIS-2017.Pdf (2.949Mb)
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETIC INVESTIGATION OF THE CLINGFISHES (TELEOSTEI: GOBIESOCIDAE) A Thesis by CRAGEN DANIELLE KING Submitted to the Office of Graduate and Professional Studies of Texas A&M University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE Chair of Committee, Kevin W. Conway Committee Members, Gary Voelker David Portnoy Interdisciplinary Faculty Chair, Duncan MacKenzie December 2017 Major Subject: Marine Biology Copyright 2017 Cragen Danielle King ABSTRACT Currently, there are roughly 170 species of clingfishes (family Gobiesocidae) divided between ten subfamilies in a “phenetic” classification scheme proposed over 60 years ago. Recently, an alternative classification scheme was proposed which included only two subfamilies. For this study, a large scale multi-locus investigation on the phylogenetic relationships of the Gobiesocidae was conducted using both mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data to assess whether the two available classification schemes reflect the evolutionary relationships of the group. Phylogenetic hypotheses are obtained from Bayesian and Maximum Likelihood analyses of two mitochondrial (12S and COI; 1062 bp) and five nuclear genes (ENC1, GLYT, MYH6, SH3PX3, and ZIC1; 3785 bp) for 81 species of clingfishes. Four of the ten subfamilies (Aspasminae, Diademichthyinae, Diplocrepinae, and Gobiesocinae) and four genera (Aspasmichthys, Cochleoceps, Lepadichthys, and Lepadogaster) are obtained as not monophyletic. The resulting topologies also do not recover the two-subfamily classification scheme as useful for classifying clingfishes because subfamily Cheilobranchinae is obtained as a monophyletic group that is deeply embedded inside the second subfamily Gobiesocinae. The two available classification schemes and their included subfamilies are discussed in detail. ii DEDICATION I dedicate this thesis to my grandparents, parents, siblings, and to the Smiths for all of their love and support. -
Make Your Own Monster Adrian Woolfson
Make your own monster Adrian Woolfson MutAnts: On the Form, VArieties And Errors of the HumAn Body by ArmAnd MArie Leroi HarperCollins, 431 pp, £20.00, May 2004, ISBN 0 00 257113 7 JAcob’s LAdder: The History of the HumAn Genome by Henry Gee Fourth Estate, 272 pp, £20.00, March 2004, ISBN 1 84115 734 1 848 an advertisement in the Brooklyn tury, the mood of the public had changed Eagle triumphantly announced a per- and the public display of such ‘human Iformance by ‘the most extraordinary prodigies’ – as they preferred to be called – and interesting man in miniature in the had become unacceptable in many coun- known world’. Charles Sherwood Stratton tries. The profession of ‘museum freak’ was a perfectly formed 25-inch-tall midget, was in terminal decline. who weighed only 15 pounds. It had been Such discontinuous variations on the the idea of the Victorian freak show impre- human form are rare, but we are used to the sario Phineas Taylor Barnum to present continuous everyday variations that com- him in the guise of ‘General Tom Thumb’. prise the full spectrum of the ‘normal’. Before long, the general’s imitations – ‘in They leave the basic body plan intact, and full military costume’ – of Napoleon Bona- are the stuff of evolution by natural selec- parte and Frederick the Great, and a varied tion. The more ‘monstrous’ variations are repertoire including a ‘Scotch song’ and a unlikely to be of direct significance in evo- rendition of the polka, would make him a lutionary processes, but they do offer inval- wealthy man. -
Sustainability of the Artisanal Fishery in Northern Chile: a Case Study of Caleta Pisagua
sustainability Article Sustainability of the Artisanal Fishery in Northern Chile: A Case Study of Caleta Pisagua Carola Espinoza 1,2,Víctor A. Gallardo 1, Carlos Merino 3, Pedro Pizarro 3 and Kwang-Ming Liu 1,4,5,* 1 Institute of Marine Affairs and Resource Management, National Taiwan Ocean University, 2, Pei-Ning Road, Keelung 20224, Taiwan; [email protected] (C.E.); [email protected] (V.A.G.) 2 Department of Oceanography, University of Concepción, Concepción 4030000, Chile 3 Faculty of Natural Renewables Resources, Arturo Prat University, Iquique 2210000, Chile; [email protected] (C.M.); [email protected] (P.P.) 4 George Chen Shark Research Center, National Taiwan Ocean University, 2, Pei-Ning Road, Keelung 20224, Taiwan 5 Center of Excellence for the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, 2, Pei-Ning Road, Keelung 20224, Taiwan * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +886-2-2462-2192 (ext. 5018) Received: 14 August 2020; Accepted: 3 September 2020; Published: 5 September 2020 Abstract: The Humboldt Current, one of the most productive waters in the world, flows along the Chilean coast with high primary production level. However, living marine resources in these waters are declining due to overexploitation and other anthropogenic and environmental factors. It has been reported that deploying artificial reefs in coastal waters can improve the production of benthic resources. Toensure the sustainability of coastal fisheries in northern Chile this study aims to investigate fishermen’s perceptions on deploying artificial reefs and propose future management measures using Caleta Pisagua as a case study. Interviews of artisanal fishermen regarding four aspects: fishermen profile, fishing activity, resources, and artificial reefs were conducted. -
Lidia Mansur, Daniela Catalán S., Guido Plaza, Mauricio F
DISPERSIÓN LARVAL Y PATRONES DE CONECTIVIDAD EN PECES LITORALES DE CHILE CENTRAL i PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS BIOLÓGICAS PROGRAMA DOCTORADO EN CIENCIAS BIOLÓGICAS MENCIÓN ECOLOGÍA DISPERSIÓN LARVAL Y PATRONES DE CONECTIVIDAD EN PECES LITORALES DE CHILE CENTRAL Por LIDIA ELENA MANSUR Tesis presentada a la Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile para optar al grado académico de Doctor en Ciencias Biológicas mención Ecología Dirigida por: Dr. Patricio Ojeda R. Junio, 2013 Santiago, Chile ii RESUMEN'..........................................................................................................................................................'I' I.#INTRODUCCIÓN#GENERAL#.....................................................................................................#1' MARCO'TEÓRICO'.............................................................................................................................................'2' ESTRUCTURA'DE'LA'TESIS'.............................................................................................................................'8' REFERENCIAS'...............................................................................................................................................'13' CAPÍTULO#I#.....................................................................................................................................#1' II.#VALIDATIONS#OF#THE#DAILY#PERIODICITY#OF#INCREMENT#DEPOSITION#OF# EIGHT#SPECIES#OF#INTERTIDAL#ROCKY#FISHES#IN#THE#SOUTHEASTERN#PACIFIC#OCEAN -
Biology Work 2020
Longdean School GCSE to AS Transition Biology Work 2020 Bridging the gap between GCSE and A level Name: ___________________ In September 2020, you will be starting the OCR Biology A syllabus. 1) If possible, order the following book and work through it. ‘Head Start to A-Level Biology’ published by CGP. This book is a summary of the basics that we require at A-level. We build on this prior knowledge. If there is any area that you don’t quite know, please go through it in more detail. You can use online resources to help as well. Please do the questions at the end of each page and mark them using the answers in the back of the book. 2) You can also reinforce, as well as expand, your knowledge by visiting websites such as: • http://nobelprize.org – Details of the history of the best scientific discoveries • http://nature.com – The site of the scientific journal • http://royalsociety.org – Podcasts, news and interviews with scientists about recent scientific developments • http://www.nhm.ac.uk – The London Natural History Museum’s website with lots of interesting educational material • http://www.bmj.com – The website of the British Medical Journal • http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science_and_environment - The BBC news page for Science and the Environment • There are a range of TED talks that may interest you http://www.ted.com/talks?sort=newest&topics%5B%5D=science 3) I would also encourage you to start reading more Biology related books such as: • Charles Darwin The origin of species • Matt Ridley Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters • Richard Dawkins The Selfish Gene; The Blind Watchmaker • Steve Jones Y: The Descent of Men; Almost Like a Whale; Coral • James Watson DNA: The Secret of Life; The Double Helix • Lewis Thomas The Lives of a Cell; The Medusa and the Snail • Barry Gibb The Rough Guide to the Brain • Armand Marie Leroi Mutants: On the Form, Varieties and Errors of the Human Body • David S. -
Biology Transition to a Level
Transition to Advanced Level Biology Contents: I. Reading List II. Tasks III. Base Line Test 1 Reading List The books below are all popular science books and great for extending your understanding of Biology. Richard Dawkins: The Selfish Gene The Blind Watchmaker. Unweaving the Rainbow Climbing Mount Improbable The Ancestor’s Tale Steve Jones: Y: The Descent of Men In the Blood: God, Genes and Destiny Almost Like a Whale: The 'Origin of Species' Updated The Language of the genes Matt Ridley: Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature The Language of Genes Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code Nature Via Nurture: Genes, Experience and What Makes Us Human James Watson: DNA: The Secret of Life The Double Helix: Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA Lewis Thomas: The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher. The Medusa and the Snail: More Notes of a Biology Watcher Barry Gibb: The Rough Guide to the Brain (Rough Guides Reference Titles) Charles Darwin: The origin of species Armand Marie Leroi: Mutants: On the Form, Varieties and Errors of the Human Body David S. Goodsell: The Machinery of Life Ernst Mayr: This Is Biology: The Science of the Living World George C. Williams: Plan and Purpose in Nature Steve Pinker: The Language Instinct Edward O Wilson: The Diversity of Life Richard Leaky: The Origin of Humankind Bill Bryson: A Short History of Nearly Everything Oliver Sachs: The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat Daniel Chamovitz: What A Plant Knows 2 Websites 1.