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Water, 2022
Urbanization results in higher stormwater loadings of pollutants such as metals and nutrients int... more Urbanization results in higher stormwater loadings of pollutants such as metals and nutrients into surface waters. This directly impacts organisms in aquatic ecosystems, including microbes. Sediment microbes are known for pollution reduction in the face of contamination, making bacterial communities an important area for bioindicator research. This study explores the pattern of bacterial responses to metal and nutrient pollution loading and seeks to evaluate whether bacterial indicators can be effective as a biomonitoring risk assessment tool for wetland ecosystems. Microcosms were built containing sediments collected from wetlands in the urbanizing Pike River watershed in southeastern Wisconsin, USA, with metals and nutrients added at 7 day intervals. Bacterial DNA was extracted from the microcosm sediments, and taxonomical profiles of bacterial communities were identified up to the genera level by sequencing 16S bacterial rRNA gene (V3–V4 region). Reduction of metals (example: 90%...
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� 5 graduate students Project objectives � A model that will include stresses such as • Pollutant... more � 5 graduate students Project objectives � A model that will include stresses such as • Pollutant inputs • Watershed and water body modification • Land use changes • Chanelization and impoundments • Riparian corridor modifications � Development of a quantitative layered risk propagation from basic landscape and watershed stressors to the biotic IBI endpoints � Study the possibility of mitigating the stresses that would have the most beneficial impact on the biotic endpoints � Apply the model to another geographic region
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The bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus) is considered a generalist predator, adept at feeding ... more The bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus) is considered a generalist predator, adept at feeding in both the littoral and open-water habitats of North American freshwater lakes. We demonstrate adaptive intraspecific variation in morphology and foraging behaviors within single lakes. This variation appears to make individual fi'sh specialized for feeding in either the littoral or open-water habitat. Discovery of a complex polymorphism in such a well-studied species suggests that adaptive variation may be more common than is currently perceived.
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Siutghiol Lake, situated on the Romanian Black Sea Coast, provides socio-economical value for the... more Siutghiol Lake, situated on the Romanian Black Sea Coast, provides socio-economical value for the surrounding area, given its various resources and uses. Seaside lakes are undergoing a significant stress from several directions, especially in the past decade, due to the enhancement of anthropic activities. Our research presents original results concerning heavy metal content determination of water and sediments by atomic absorption spectroscopy method, AAS with high resolution and continue source. In most of the sediment samples the heavy metal concentrations were above the acceptable limits stipulated of the regulation in force.
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Diversity, 2021
Freshwater ecosystems are affected by anthropogenic alterations. Different studies have extensive... more Freshwater ecosystems are affected by anthropogenic alterations. Different studies have extensively studied the concentrations of metals, nutrients, and water quality as measurements of pollution in freshwater ecosystems. However, few studies have been able to link these pollutants to bioindicators as a risk assessment tool. This study aimed to examine the potential of two bioindicators, plant ecotoxicological assays and sediment bacterial taxonomic diversity, in ecological risk assessment for six freshwater constructed wetlands in a rapidly urbanizing watershed with diverse land uses. Sediment samples were collected summer, 2015 and 2017, and late summer and early fall in 2016 to conduct plant ecotoxicological assays based on plant (Lepidium, Sinapis and Sorghum) growth inhibition and identify bacterial taxonomical diversity by the 16S rRNA gene sequences. Concentrations of metals such as lead (Pb) and mercury (Hg) (using XRF), and nutrients such as nitrate and phosphate (using HAC...
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Current Zoology, 2010
Sexual selection via female mate choice is thought to have played a key role in the speciation of... more Sexual selection via female mate choice is thought to have played a key role in the speciation of haplochromine cichlids, but a dominant role for visual signals in such processes has lately been called into question. In addition, the possible role of male mating preferences in haplochromine speciation has been little studied. We studied patterns of both female and male mate choice, based exclusively on visual signals, in order to evaluate potential reproductive isolation between two populations of the Lake Malawi haplochromine Labeotropheus fuelleborni. In the first experiment, females were allowed to choose between two males, one from the same population and the other allopatric with respect to the female. Females in this experiment responded more frequently to males from their own population. Similarly, the males in these trials displayed more frequently when presented with females of their own population. In the second experiment, a female was allowed to choose between two males,...
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Ecology and Society, 2018
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Frontiers in veterinary science, 2018
Challenges calling for integrated approaches to health, such as the One Health (OH) approach, typ... more Challenges calling for integrated approaches to health, such as the One Health (OH) approach, typically arise from the intertwined spheres of humans, animals, and ecosystems constituting their environment. Initiatives addressing such wicked problems commonly consist of complex structures and dynamics. As a result of the EU COST Action (TD 1404) "Network for Evaluation of One Health" (NEOH), we propose an evaluation framework anchored in systems theory to address the intrinsic complexity of OH initiatives and regard them as subsystems of the context within which they operate. Typically, they intend to influence a system with a view to improve human, animal, and environmental health. The NEOH evaluation framework consists of four overarching elements, namely: (1) the definition of the initiative and its context, (2) the description of the theory of change with an assessment of expected and unexpected outcomes, (3) the process evaluation of operational and supporting infrastr...
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Ecosphere, 2017
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Frontiers in public health, 2017
One Health (OH) positions health professionals as agents for change and provides a platform to ma... more One Health (OH) positions health professionals as agents for change and provides a platform to manage determinants of health that are often not comprehensively captured in medicine or public health alone. However, due to the organization of societies and disciplines, and the sectoral allocation of resources, the development of transdisciplinary approaches requires effort and perseverance. Therefore, there is a need to provide evidence on the added value of OH for governments, researchers, funding bodies, and stakeholders. This paper outlines a conceptual framework of what OH approaches can encompass and the added values they can provide. The framework was developed during a workshop conducted by the "Network for Evaluation of One Health," an Action funded by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology. By systematically describing the various aspects of OH, we provide the basis for measuring and monitoring the integration of disciplines, sectors, and stakeholders in...
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1988
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International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research, 2014
Recent studies have implied the importance of incorporating configuration metrics into landscape-... more Recent studies have implied the importance of incorporating configuration metrics into landscape-aquatic ecological integrity research; however few have addressed the needs of spatial data while exploring non-linear relationships. This study investigates spatial dependence of a measure of aquatic ecological condition at two basin scales, and the spatial and non-linear role of landscape in explaining that measure across 92 watersheds in Southern Wisconsin. It hypothesizes that: (1) indicators of ecological condition have different spatial needs at subwatershed and watershed scales; (2) land cover composition, urban configuration, and landscape diversity can explain aquatic ecological integrity differently; and (3) global non-linear analysis improve local spatial statistical techniques for explaining and interpreting landscape impacts on aquatic ecological integrity. Results revealed spatial autocorrelation in the measure of aquatic ecological condition at the HUC-12 subwatershed scal...
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Water Environment Research, 2007
The goal of the Use Attainability Analysis (UAA) of the Lower Des Plaines River was to upgrade th... more The goal of the Use Attainability Analysis (UAA) of the Lower Des Plaines River was to upgrade the designated "Secondary Contact Recreation and Indigenous Aquatic Life Use" to a higher use that would be commensurate with the goals of the Clean Water Act (CWA). In Illinois, the water body use in compliance with the goals of the CWA is named "General Use". The river has been extensively modified and receives most point-source and urban runoff discharges from the Chicago metropolitan area (9.5 million inhabitants). The study included an extensive assessment of the physical, chemical, biological, and bacteriological integrity status of the water body and sediments. The UAA found that the water quality situation of the river has improved significantly since the 1970s, when the Illinois Pollution Control Board defined and assigned the Secondary Contact Recreation and Indigenous Aquatic Life Use designation to the Lower Des Plaines River. The study defined and suggested a "Modified Impounded Use" for one highly modified reach, with adjusted standards for dissolved oxygen and recreation. The study also recommended adoption of the General Use standards, some of them in a modified form, for other water quality parameters. Standards for limited recreation were also developed. The UAA also outlines a suggested action plan that will bring UAA segments of the Lower Des Plaines River in compliance with UAA goals.
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Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2004
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North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 2005
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