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Submissions from 2008

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Creationism, Catastrophism, and Velikovsky, William D. Stansfield

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Mulched cover crops as an alternative to conventional weed management systems in vineyards, Scott J. Steinmaus, C. L. Elmore, R. J. Smith, D. Donaldson, E. A. Weber, J. A. Roncoroni, and P. R.M. Miller

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The Importance of Physiological Limits in Determining Biogeographical Range Shifts Due to Global Climate Change: The Heat-Shock Response, Lars Tomanek

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Recruitment of Coastal Fishes and Oceanographic Variability in Central California, J. R. Wilson, B. R. Broitman, J. E. Caselle, and D. E. Wendt

Submissions from 2007

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Consequences of a Genetic Bottleneck in California Condors: A Mitochondrial DNA Perspective, Mary S. Adams and Francis X. Villablanca

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Genome Size Evolution in Relation to Leaf Strategy and Metabolic Rates Revisited, Jeremy M. Beaulieu, Ilia J. Leitch, and Charles A. Knight

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Correlated evolution of genome size and seed mass, Jeremy M. Beaulieu, Angela T. Moles, Ilia J. Leitch, Michael D. Bennett, John B. Dickie, and Charles A. Knight

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Influence of Swimming Speed on Metabolic Rates of Juvenile Pacific Bluefin Tuna and Yellowfin Tuna, Jason M. Blank, Charles J. Farwell, Jeffery M. Morrissette, Robert J. Schallert, and Barbara A. Block

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Temperature Effects on Metabolic Rate of Juvenile Pacific Bluefin Tuna Thunnus Orientalis, Jason M. Blank, Jeffery M. Morrissette, Charles J. Farwell, Mathew Price, Robert J. Schallert, and Barbara A. Block

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Nontarget Effects of the Mosquito Adulticide Pyrethrin Applied Aerially During a West Nile Virus Outbreak in an Urban California Environment, Walter M. Boyce, Sharon P. Lawler, Jennifer M. Schultz, Shannon J. McCauley, Lynn S. Kimsey, Michael K. Niemela, Carrie F. Nielsen, and William K. Reisen

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Specimens of the billfish Xiphiorhynchus van Beneden, 1871, from the Yazoo Clay Formation (late Eocene), Louisiana, Harry L. Fierstine and Gary L. Stringer

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Proximate Developmental Mediators of Sexual Dimorphism in Size: Case Studies from Squamate Reptiles, Henry B. John‐Alder, Robert M. Cox, and Emily N. Taylor

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Availability of Dissolved Organic Matter Offsets Metabolic Costs of a Protracted Larval Period for Bugula neritina (Bryozoa), Collin H. Johnson and Dean E. Wendt

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The long and winding road: influences of intracellular metabolite diffusion on cellular organization and metabolism in skeletal muscle, Stephen T. Kinsey, Kristin M. Hardy, and Bruce R. Locke

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Environmental and genetic influences on mating strategies along a replicated food availability gradient in guppies (Poecilia reticulata), Gita R. Kolluru, Gregory F. Grether, and Heidy Contreras

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Neural defects and cardiac arrhythmia in fish larvae following embryonic exposure to 2,2',4,4'-tetrabromodiphenyl ether (PBDE 47), Sean C. Lema, Irvin R. Schultz, Nathaniel L. Scholz, John P. Incardona, and Penny Swanson

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The Role of Local and Regional Processes in Structuring Larval Dragonfly Distributions Across Habitat Gradients, S J. McCauley

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Bioluminescence in a Complex Coastal Environment: 2. Prediction of Bioluminescent Source Depth From Spectral Water-leaving Radiance, Matthew J. Oliver, Mark A. Moline, Curtis D. Mobley, Lydia Sundman, and Oscar M.E. Schofield

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Recombination and Positive Selection Contribute to Evolution of Listeria monocytogenes inlA, R. H. Orsi, D. R. Ripoll, M. Yeung, K. K. Nightingale, and M. Wiedmann

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Biofouling Likely Serves as a Major Mode of Dispersal for the Polychaete Tubeworm Hydroides elegans as Inferred From Microsatellite Loci, J. B. Pettengill, D. E. Wendt, M. D. Schug, and M. G. Hadfield

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Arbor Day Confusion, William D. Stansfield

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Counterproductive Mix of Science and Theology: Review of Astronomy and the Bible - Questions and Answers by Donald B. DeYoung, William D. Stansfield

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Fuzzy Data Sets, William D. Stansfield

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The PhD Degree and Biblical Fundamentalism, William D. Stansfield

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Human Sex Ratios and Sex Distribution in Sibships of Size 2, William D. Stansfield and Matthew A. Carlton

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Compartmentalization of the Broad-Range Phospholipase C Activity to the Spreading Vacuole is Critical for Listeria monocytogenes Virulence, P.S. Marie Yeung, Yoojin Na, Amanda J. Kreuder, and Helene Marquis

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Evaluation of a Tissue Culture-Based Approach for Differentiating between Virulent and Avirulent Vibrio parahaemolyticus Strains Based on Cytotoxicity, P.S. Marie Yeung, Martin Wiedmann, and Kathryn J. Boor

Submissions from 2006

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Analysis of Treatment Effects on the Microbial Ecology of the Human Intestine, Anna L. Engelbrektson, Joshua R. Korzenik, Mary Ellen Sanders, Brian G. Clement, Gregory Leyer, Todd R. Klaenhammer, and Christopher L. Kitts

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Fossil History of Billfishes (Xiphioidei), Harry L. Fierstine

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A reaction–diffusion analysis of energetics in large muscle fibers secondarily evolved for aerobic locomotor function, Kristin M. Hardy, Bruce R. Locke, Marilia Da Silva, and Stephen T. Kinsey

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The Impacts of Climate Change in Coastal Marine Systems, Christopher D.G. Harley, A. Randall Hughes, Kristin M. Hultgren, Benjamin G. Miner, Cascade J.B. Sorte, Carol S. Thornber, Laura F. Rodriguez, Lars Tomanek, and Susan L. Williams

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Interspecific Variation in Patterns of Adhesion of Marine Fouling to Silicone Surfaces, Eric R. Holm, Christopher J. Kavanagh, Anne E. Meyer, Deborah Wiebe, Brian T. Nedved, Dean Wendt, Celia M. Smith, Michael G. Hadfield, Geoff Swain, Christina D. Wood, Kathryn Truby, Judith Stein, and Jean Montemarano

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Vibrio parahaemolyticus Growth under Low-Iron Conditions and Survival under High-Magnesium Conditions, Chia-Hsin Ju, P.S. Marie Yeung, Jessica Oesterling, Daniel A. Seigerman, and Kathryn J. Boor

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Environmental rearing conditions produce forebrain differences in wild Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, R. L. Kihslinger, Sean C. Lema, and G. A. Nevitt

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Expression profiling and local adaptation of Boechera holboellii populations for water use efficiency across a naturally occurring water stress gradient, Charles A. Knight, Heiko Vogel, Juergen Kroymann, Alice Shumate, Hanneke Witsenboer, and Thomas Mitchell-Olds

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The effects of carotenoid and food availability on resistance to a naturally occurring parasite (Gyrodactylus turnbulli) in guppies (Poecilia reticulata), Gita R. Kolluru, Gregory F. Grether, Sandra H. South, Eric Dunlop, Andrea Cardinali, Linda Liu, and Andreah Carapiet

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The effects of carotenoid and food intake on caudal fin regeneration in male guppies, Gita R. Kolluru, N. C. Ruiz, N. Del Cid, Eric Dunlop, and Gregory F. Grether

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Population divergence in plasticity of the AVT system and its association with aggressive behaviors in a Death Valley pupfish, Sean C. Lema

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Testing an ecophysiological mechanism of morphological plasticity in pupfish and its relevance to conservation efforts for endangered Devils Hole pupfish, Sean C. Lema and Gabrielle A. Nevitt

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The Effects of Dispersal and Recruitment Limitation on Community Structure of Odonates in Artificial Ponds, Shannon J. McCauley

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Biodegradation and Toxicity of Hydrocarbons along Vertical Transects in a Groundwater Plume, Yarrow M. Nelson, Andrew Lassen, Christopher L. Kitts, Paul Lundegrad, and Gonzalo Garcia

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Improved monitoring of HABs using autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV), Ian C. Robbins, G. J. Kirkpatrick, Shelley M. Blackwell, J. Hillier, Charles A. Knight, and Mark A. Moline

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Vertical Migration of the Toxic Dinoflagellate Karenia Brevis and the Impact on Ocean Optical Properties, Oscar Schofield, John Kerfoot, Kevin Mahoney, Mark A. Moline, Matthew Oliver, Steven Lohrenz, and Gary Kirkpatrick

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Winter Profile of Plasma Sex Steroid Levels in Free-Living Male Western Diamond-Backed Rattlesnakes, Crotalus atrox (Serpentes: Viperidae), Gordon W. Schuett, Roger A. Repp, Emily N. Taylor, Dale F. DeNardo, Ryan L. Earley, Edward A. Van Kirk, and William J. Murdoch

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Book Review: Evolution in Four Dimensions by Eva Jablonka and Marion J. Lamb, William D. Stansfield

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Luther Burbank: Honorary Member of the American Breeders' Association, William D. Stansfield

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Textbooks: Expectations vs. Reality: The DNA Story, William D. Stansfield

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The Ball Lightning Conundrum, William D. Stansfield

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The Enigma of Coral Castle, William D. Stansfield

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Rockfish Resources of the South Central California Coast: Analysis of the Resource From Partyboat Data, 1980-2005, John Stephens, Dean Wendt, Debra Wilson-Vandenberg, Jay Carroll, Royden Nakamura, Erin Nakada, Steven Reinecke, and Jono Wilson

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Using Latent Effects to Determine the Ecological Importance of Dissolved Organic Matter to Marine Invertebrates, Dean E. Wendt and Collin H. Johnson

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Factors That Influence Elastomeric Coating Performance: The Effect of Coating Thickness on Basal Plate Morphology, Growth and Critical Removal Stress of the Barnacle Balanus amphitrite, D. E. Wendt, G. L. Kowalke, J. Kim, and I. L. Singer

Submissions from 2005

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Complete genome sequence of the probiotic lactic acid bacterium Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM, Eric Altermann, W. Michael Russell, M. Andrea Azcarate- Peril, Rodolphe Barrangou, B. Logan Buck, Olivia McAuliffe, Nicole Souther, Alleson Dobson, Tri Duong, Michael Callanan, Sonja Lick, Alice Hamrick, Raul J. Cano, and Todd R. Klaenhammer

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Making Babies by the Flip of a Coin?, Matthew A. Carlton and William D. Stansfield

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Weathering Effects on Biodegradation and Toxicity of Hydrocarbons in Groundwater, Marie G. Dreyer, Yarrow M. Nelson, and Christopher L. Kitts

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A New Aglyptorhynchus (Perciformes: Scombroidei) From the Lincoln Creek Formation (Late Oligocene, Washington, U.S.A.), Harry L. Fierstine

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Xiphiorhynchus cf. X. Eocaenicus (Woodward, 1901), (Scombroidei: Xiphiidae: Xiphiorhynchinae) from the middle Eocene of Mississippi, the first Transatlantic distribution of a species of Xiphiorhynchus, Harry L. Fierstine and James E. Starnes

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Carotenoid availability affects the development of a colour-based mate preference and the sensory bias to which it is genetically linked, Gregory F. Grether, Gita R. Kolluru, F. Helen Rodd, Jennifer de la Cerda, and Kaori Shimazaki

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A Multi-platform Bathyphotometer for Fine-Scale, Coastal Bioluminescence Research, Christen M. Herren, Steven H.D. Haddock, Cyril Johnson, Cristina M. Orrico, Mark A. Moline, and James F. Case

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Correct Author Citation for Cirsium eatonii var. Eriocephalum (Asteraceae: Cardueae), David J. Keil

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Does intracellular metabolite diffusion limit post-contractile recovery in burst locomotor muscle?, Stephen T. Kinsey, Pragyansri Pathi, Kristin M. Hardy, Amanda Jordan, and Bruce R. Locke

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The Large Genome Constraint Hypothesis: Evolution, Ecology and Phenotype, Charles A. Knight, Nicole A. Molinari, and Dmitri A. Petrov

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The effects of resource availability on alternative mating tactics in guppies (Poecilia reticulata), Gita R. Kolluru and Gregory F. Grether

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Proliferation zones in the salmon telencephalon and evidence for environmental influence on proliferation rate, Sean C. Lema, Mark J. Hodges, Michael P. Marchetti, and Gabrielle A. Nevitt

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Genetic Analysis of Two Bile Salt Hydrolase Activities in Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM, Olivia McAuliffe, Raul J. Cano, and Todd R. Klaenhammer

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Relationship Between Habitat Distribution, Growth Rate, and Plasticity in Congeneric Larval Dragonflies, S. J. McCauley

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Integration of Flowering Signals in Winter-Annual Arabidopsis, Scott D. Michaels, Edward Himelblau, Sang Yeol Kim, Fritz M. Schomburg, and Richard M. Amasino

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Adaptive Sampling of Phytoplankton Responses to Episodic Physical Forcing in the Nearshore Coastal Ocean, Mark A. Moline

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An Autonomous Vehicle Approach for Quantifying Bioluminescence in Ports and Harbors, Mark A. Moline, Paul Bissett, Shelley Blackwell, James Mueller, Jeff Sevadjian, Charles Trees, and Ron Zaneveld

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Taxonomic Revision and Stratigraphic Provenance of Histiophorus rotundus Woodward 1901 (Teleostei, Perciformes), Kenneth A. Monsch, Harry L. Fierstine, and Robert E. Weems

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Select Listeria monocytogenes Subtypes Commonly Found in Foods Carry Distinct Nonsense Mutations in inlA, Leading to Expression of Truncated and Secreted Internalin A, and Are Associated with a Reduced Invasion Phenotype for Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells, K. K. Nightingale, K. Windham, K. E. Martin, M. Yeung, and M. Wiedmann

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Microbial Activity of Soil Following Steam Treatment, Barbara Orchard, Yarrow M. Nelson, Lynne Maloney, Christopher L. Kitts, and Paul Lundegard

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The Bell Family Legacies, William D. Stansfield

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Hybrid Xerogel Films as Novel Coatings for Antifouling and Fouling Release, Ying Tang, John A. Finlay, Gregory L. Kowalke, Anne E. Meyer, Frank V. Bright, Maureen E. Callow, James A. Callow, Dean E. Wendt, and Michael R. Detty

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Sexual Size Dimorphism and Growth Plasticity in Snakes: an Experiment on the Western Diamond‐Backed Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox), Emily N, Taylor and Dale F. Denardo

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Effects of Food Supplementation on the Physiological Ecology of Female Western Diamond‐Backed Rattlesnakes (Crotalus atrox), Emily N. Taylor, Michael A. Malawy, Dawn M. Browning, Shea V. Lemar, and Dale F. DeNardo

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Two-Dimensional Gel Analysis of the Heat-Shock Response in Marine Snails (genus Tegula): Interspecific Variation in Protein Expression and Acclimation Ability, Lars Tomanek

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Monitoring Water Transparency and Diver Visibility in Ports and Harbors Using Aircraft Hyperspectral Remote Sensing, Charles C. Trees, Paul W. Bissett, Heidi Dierssen, David D.R. Kohler, Mark A. Moline, James L. Mueller, Richard E. Pieper, Michael S. Twardowski, and J. Ronald V. Zaneveld

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The Metalloprotease of Listeria monocytogenes Controls Cell Wall Translocation of the Broad-Range Phospholipase C, P.S. Marie Yeung, Nicholas Zagorski, and Helene Marquis

Submissions from 2004

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Identification and phenotypic characterization of the cell-division protein CdpA, Eric Altermann, B. Logan Buck, Raul Cano, and Todd R. Klaenhammer

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Identification and Inactivation of Genetic Loci Involved with Lactobacillus acidophilus Acid Tolerance, M. Andrea Azcarate-Peril, Eric Altermann, Rebecca L. Hoover- Fitzula, Raul J. Cano, and Todd R. Klaenhammer

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In Situ Cardiac Performance of Pacific Bluefin Tuna Hearts in Response to Acute Temperature Change, Jason M. Blank, Jeffery M. Morrissette, Ana M. Landeira-Fernandez, Susanna B. Blackwell, Thomas D. Williams, and Barbara A. Block

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Complete Genomic Sequence of Bacteriophage B3, a Mu-Like Phage of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Michael D. Braid, Jennifer L. Silhavy, Christopher L. Kitts, Raul J. Cano, and Martha M. Howe

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The New Age of Hyperspectral Oceanography, Grace Chang, Kevin Mahoney, Amanda Briggs-Whitmire, David Kohler, Curtis Mobley, Marlon Lewis, Mark A. Moline, Emmanuel Boss, Minsu Kim, William Philpot, and Tommy Dickey

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Biogeochemical Impact of Summertime Coastal Upwelling on the New Jersey Shelf, Scott Glenn, Robert Arnone, Trisha Bergmann, Paul W. Bissett, Michael Crowley, Jay Cullen, Joe Gryzmski, Dale Haidvogel, Josh Kohut, Mark A. Moline, Mathew Oliver, Cris Orrico, Robert Sherrell, Tony Song, Alan Weidemann, Robert Chant, and Oscar Schofield

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Micrococcus luteus - Survival in Amber, C. L. Greenblatt, J. Baum, B. Y. Klein, S. Nachshon, V. Koltunov, and R. J. Cano

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Sex–specific effects of carotenoid intake on the immunological response to allografts in guppies (Poecilia reticulata), Gregory F. Grether, Shinji Kasahara, Gita R. Kolluru, and Edwin L. Cooper

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Individual colour patches as multicomponent signals, Gregory F. Grether, Gita R. Kolluru, and Karen Nersissian

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Bacterial Succession in a Petroleum Land Treatment Unit, Christopher W. Kaplan and Christopher L. Kitts

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New Taxa and New Combinations in North American Cirsium (Asteraceae: Cardueae), David J. Keil

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Sex differences in metabolic rates in field crickets and their dipteran parasitoids, Gita R. Kolluru, Mark A. Chappell, and Marlene Zuk

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Evidence that thyroid hormone induces olfactory cellular proliferation in salmon during a sensitive period for imprinting, Sean C. Lema and Gabrielle A. Nevitt

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Exogenous vasotocin alters aggression during agonistic exchanges in male Amargosa River pupfish (Cyprinodon nevadensis amargosae), Sean C. Lema and Gabrielle A. Nevitt

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Variation in vasotocin immunoreactivity in the brain of recently isolated populations of a death valley pupfish, Cyprinodon nevadensis, Sean C. Lema and Gabrielle A. Nevitt

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Characterization of Aerobic and Anaerobic Microbial Activity in Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Soil, Lynne C. Maloney, Yarrow M. Nelson, and Christopher L. Kitts

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Variability in Spectral Backscatter Estimated from Satellites and its Relation to in situ Measurements in Optically Complex Coastal Waters, Mark A. Moline, Robert Arnone, Trisha Bergmann, Scott Glenn, Matthew J. Oliver, Cristina Orrico, Oscar Schofield, and Sasha Tozzi

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Episodic Physical Forcing and the Structure of Phytoplankton Communities in the Coastal Waters of New Jersey, Mark A. Moline, Shelley M. Blackwell, Robert Chant, Matthew J. Oliver, Trisha Bergmann, Scott Glenn, and Oscar M.E. Schofield

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Alteration of the Food Web Along the Antarctic Peninsula in Response to a Regional Warming Trend, Mark A. Moline, Herve Claustre, Thomas K. Frazer, Oscar Schofield, and Maria Vernet

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Bioinformatic Approaches For Objective Detection of Water Masses on Continental Shelves, Mark A. Moline, Matthew J. Oliver, Scott Glenn, Josh T. Kohut, Andrew J. Irwin, Oscar M. Schofield, and Paul W. Bissett

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Deriving In Situ Phytoplankton Absorption for Bio-Optical Productivity Models in Turbid Waters, Christina Orrico, Matthew J. Oliver, Oscar Schofield, Trisha Bergmann, Scott Glenn, and Mark A. Moline