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Coastal ocean acidification: The other eutrophication problem by Wallace, Ryan B., Baumann, Hannes, Grear, Jason S., Aller, Robert C., Gobler, Christopher J.

“…Increased nutrient loading into estuaries causes the accumulation of algal biomass, and microbial degradation of this organic matter decreases oxygen levels…”
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Population genetic diversity and fitness in multiple environments by Markert, Jeffrey A, Champlin, Denise M, Gutjahr-Gobell, Ruth, Grear, Jason S, Kuhn, Anne, McGreevy, Jr, Thomas J, Roth, Annette, Bagley, Mark J, Nacci, Diane E

“…When a large number of alleles are lost from a population, increases in individual homozygosity may reduce individual fitness through inbreeding depression…”
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Ocean acidification but not nutrient enrichment reduces grazing and alters diet preference in Littorina littorea by Ober, Gordon T., Thornber, Carol S., Grear, Jason S.

“…Ocean acidification and eutrophication have direct, positive effects on the growth of many marine macroalgae, potentially resulting in macroalgal blooms and…”
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Translating crustacean biological responses from CO2 bubbling experiments into population-level predictions by Grear, Jason S.

“…Many studies of animal responses to ocean acidification focus on uniformly conditioned age cohorts that lack complexities typically found in wild populations…”
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pCO2 effects on species composition and growth of an estuarine phytoplankton community by Grear, Jason S., Rynearson, Tatiana A., Montalbano, Amanda L., Govenar, Breea, Menden-Deuer, Susanne

“…The effects of ongoing changes in ocean carbonate chemistry on plankton ecology have important implications for food webs and biogeochemical cycling. However,…”
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Effect of nutrient reductions on dissolved oxygen and pH: a case study of Narragansett bay by Wang, Hongjie, Codiga, Daniel L., Stoffel, Heather, Oviatt, Candace, Huizenga, Kristin, Grear, Jason

“…To assess the consequences of nutrient reduction strategies on water quality under climate change, we investigated the long-term dynamics of dissolved oxygen…”
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Progress and Challenges in Coupled Hydrodynamic-Ecological Estuarine Modeling by Ganju, Neil K., Brush, Mark J., Rashleigh, Brenda, Aretxabaleta, Alfredo L., del Barrio, Pilar, Grear, Jason S., Harris, Lora A., Lake, Samuel J., McCardell, Grant, O'Donnell, James, Ralston, David K., Signell, Richard P., Testa, Jeremy M., Vaudrey, Jamie M. P.

“…Numerical modeling has emerged over the last several decades as a widely accepted tool for investigations in environmental sciences. In estuarine research,…”
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Nitrogen isotope fractionation in a continuous culture system containing phytoplankton and blue mussels by Pruell, Richard J., Taplin, Bryan K., Oczkowski, Autumn J., Grear, Jason S., Mendoza, Wilson G., Pimenta, Adam R., Hanson, Alana R., Miller, Kenneth M.

“…An experiment was conducted to examine the fractionation of nitrogen stable isotopes in a continuous culture system containing field collected estuarine…”
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effectiveness of permethrin-treated deer stations for control of the Lyme disease vector Ixodes scapularis on Cape Cod and the islands: a five-year experiment by Grear, Jason S, Koethe, Robert, Hoskins, Bart, Hillger, Robert, Dapsis, Larry, Pongsiri, Montira

“…BACKGROUND: The use of animal host-targeted pesticide application to control blacklegged ticks, which transmit the Lyme disease bacterium between wildlife…”
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Ocean and Coastal Acidification off New England and Nova Scotia by Gledhill, Dwight K., White, Meredith M., Salisbury, Joseph, Thomas, Helmuth, Mlsna, Ivy, Liebman, Matthew, Mook, Bill, Grear, Jason, Candelmo, Allison C., Chambers, R. Christopher, Gobler, Christopher J., Hunt, Christopher W., King, Andrew L., Price, Nichole N., Signorini, Sergio R., Stancioff, Esperanza, Stymiest, Cassie, Wahle, Richard A., Waller, Jesica D., Rebuck, Nathan D., Wang, Zhaohui A., Capson, Todd L., Morrison, J. Ruairidh, Cooley, Sarah R., Doney, Scott C.

“…New England coastal and adjacent Nova Scotia shelf waters have a reduced buffering capacity because of significant freshwater input, making the region's waters…”
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Juvenile survival in common loons Gavia immer: effects of natal lake size and pH by Piper, Walter H, Grear, Jason S, Meyer, Michael W

“…Survival is a vexing parameter to measure in many young birds because of dispersal and delayed impacts of natal rearing conditions on fitness. Drawing upon…”
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Carbon Stable Isotope Values in Plankton and Mussels Reflect Changes in Carbonate Chemistry Associated with Nutrient Enhanced Net Production by Oczkowski, Autumn, Taplin, Bryan, Pruell, Richard, Pimenta, Adam, Johnson, Roxanne, Grear, Jason

“…Coastal ecosystems are inherently complex and potentially adaptive as they respond to changes in nutrient loads and climate. We documented the role that carbon…”
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Bias in population growth rate estimation: sparse data, partial life cycle analysis and Jensen's inequality by Grear, Jason S., Elderd, Bret D.

“…Demographic matrix models have become an integral part of population viability analysis for threatened and endangered species, but their use is often limited…”
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Effects of habitat loss on populations of white-footed mice: testing matrix model predictions with landscape-scale perturbation experiments by Burns, Catherine E, Grear, Jason S

“…Habitat loss is the leading cause of decline in wildlife diversity and abundance throughout the world, but its effects on wildlife are not always predictable…”
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Effects of grouping behavior and predators on the spatial distribution of a forest floor arthropod by Grear, Jason S., Schmitz, Oswald J.

“…Spatial aggregations arising from social behavior or habitat patchiness are common in nature and have important implications for population dynamics, community…”
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Population Growth and Demography of Common Loons in the Northern United States by Grear, Jason S, Meyer, Michael W, Cooley, John H, Kuhn, Anne, Piper, Walter H, Mitro, Matthew G, Vogel, Harry S, Taylor, Kate M, Kenow, Kevin P, Craig, Stacy M, Nacci, Diane E

“…We used recent developments in theoretical population ecology to construct basic models of common loon (Gavia immer) demography and population dynamics. We…”
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Evaluating effects of low quality habitats on regional population growth in Peromyscus leucopus: Insights from field-parameterized spatial matrix models by Grear, Jason S, Burns, Catherine E

“…Due to complex population dynamics and source-sink metapopulation processes, animal fitness sometimes varies across landscapes in ways that cannot be deduced…”
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Translating crustacean biological responses from CO 2 bubbling experiments into population‐level predictions by Grear, Jason S.

“…Many studies of animal responses to ocean acidification focus on uniformly conditioned age cohorts that lack complexities typically found in wild populations…”
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Translating crustacean biological responses from CO sub(2) bubbling experiments into population-level predictions by Grear, Jason S

“…Many studies of animal responses to ocean acidification focus on uniformly conditioned age cohorts that lack complexities typically found in wild populations…”
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In situ recovery of bivalve shell characteristics after temporary exposure to elevated pCO2 by Grear, Jason, Pimenta, Adam, Booth, Harriet, Horowitz, Doranne Borsay, Mendoza, Wilson, Liebman, Matthew

“…Ocean uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) is causing changes in carbonate chemistry that affects calcification in marine organisms. In coastal areas, this…”
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