Search Results - "HEWITT, J. E"

Interaction networks in coastal soft-sediments highlight the potential for change in ecological resilience by Thrush, S. F, Hewitt, J. E, Lohrer, A. M

“…Recent studies emphasize the role of indirect relationships and feedback loops in maintaining ecosystem resilience. Environmental changes that impact on the…”
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Soil water content in southern England derived from a cosmic-ray soil moisture observing system - COSMOS-UK by Evans, J. G., Ward, H. C., Blake, J. R., Hewitt, E. J., Morrison, R., Fry, M., Ball, L. A., Doughty, L. C., Libre, J. W., Hitt, O. E., Rylett, D., Ellis, R. J., Warwick, A. C., Brooks, M., Parkes, M. A., Wright, G. M. H., Singer, A. C., Boorman, D. B., Jenkins, A.

“…Cosmic‐ray soil moisture sensors have the advantage of a large measurement footprint (approximately 700 m in diameter) and are able to operate continuously to…”
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Habitat variation, species diversity and ecological functioning in a marine system by Hewitt, J.E., Thrush, S.F., Dayton, P.D.

“…The expectation that long-term, broad-scale changes in the relative abundance of species, homogenisation of habitats and decreases in diversity will affect…”
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The development of a national approach to monitoring estuarine health based on multivariate analysis by Clark, D.E., Hewitt, J.E., Pilditch, C.A., Ellis, J.I.

“…New Zealand has a complex coastal environment spanning a large latitudinal gradient and three water masses. Here we assess whether multivariate analyses of…”
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Glycosylation defects: a new mechanism for muscular dystrophy? by Grewal, Prabhjit K., Hewitt, Jane E.

“…Recently, post-translational modification of proteins has been defined as a new area of focus for muscular dystrophy research by the identification of a group…”
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Effective Long-term Ecological Monitoring Using Spatially and Temporally Nested Sampling by Hewitt, J. E, Thrush, S. F

“…Effective environmental management requires documentation of ecosystem status and changes to that status. Without long-term data, short-term natural…”
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FRG2, an FSHD candidate gene, is transcriptionally upregulated in differentiating primary myoblast cultures of FSHD patients by Rijkers, T, Deidda, G, van Koningsbruggen, S, van Geel, M, Lemmers, R J L F, van Deutekom, J C T, Figlewicz, D, Hewitt, J E, Padberg, G W, Frants, R R, van der Maarel, S M

“…Background: Autosomal dominant facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is associated with partial deletion of the subtelomeric D4Z4 repeat array on…”
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Incorporating temporal variability of stressors into studies: An example using suspension-feeding bivalves and elevated suspended sediment concentrations by Hewitt, J.E., Norkko, J.

“…While spatial scale is increasingly incorporated into ecological experiments, the effect of temporal scale is explicitly investigated less frequently, despite…”
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Nucleotide sequence of the partially deleted D4Z4 locus in a patient with FSHD identifies a putative gene within each 3.3 kb element by Gabriëls, J, Beckers, M.-C, Ding, H, De Vriese, A, Plaisance, S, van der Maarel, S.M, Padberg, G.W, Frants, R.R, Hewitt, J.E, Collen, D, Belayew, A

“…Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is linked to the polymorphic D4Z4 locus on chromosome 4q35. In non-affected individuals, this locus comprises…”
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Scale‐Dependent Recolonization: The Role of Sediment Stability in a Dynamic Sandflat Habitat by Thrush, S. F., Whitlatch, R. B., Pridmore, R. D., Hewitt, J. E., Cummings, V. J., Wilkinson, M. R.

“…An important ecological issue is developing an understanding of how patterns and processes vary with scale. We designed a field experiment to test how…”
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Informing the management of multiple stressors on estuarine ecosystems using an expert-based Bayesian Network model by Bulmer, R.H., Stephenson, F., Lohrer, A.M., Lundquist, C.J., Madarasz-Smith, A., Pilditch, C.A., Thrush, S.F., Hewitt, J.E.

“…The approach of applying stressor load limits or thresholds to aid estuarine management is being explored in many global case studies. However, there is…”
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Glycosylation defects in inherited muscle disease by Hewitt, J. E, Grewal, P. K

“…The gene mutated in the myodystrophy mouse, a model of muscular dystrophy, encodes a putative glycosyltransferase, Large. Mutations in genes encoding proteins…”
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Effects of increased sedimentation on the physiology of two estuarine soft-sediment bivalves, Austrovenus stutchburyi and Paphies australis by Norkko, J., Hewitt, J.E., Thrush, S.F.

“…In a combination of laboratory, transplant and manipulative field experiments covering a range of temporal scales, the effects of different aspects of…”
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FTIR imaging detects diet and genotype-dependent chemical composition changes in wild type and mutant C. elegans strains by Bouyanfif, A, Liyanage, S, Hewitt, J E, Vanapalli, S A, Moustaid-Moussa, N, Hequet, E, Abidi, N

“…This study focuses on the use of Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) microspectroscopy to determine chemical changes induced in the nematode Caenorhabditis…”
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Dispersal Dynamics in a Wind-Driven Benthic System by Commito, J. A., Thrush, S. F., Pridmore, R. D., Hewitt, J. E., Cummings, V. J.

“…Bedload and water column traps were used with simultaneous wind and water velocity measurements to study postlarval macrofaunal dispersal dynamics in Manukau…”
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Integrating heterogeneity across spatial scales: interactions between Atrina zelandica and benthic macrofauna by HEWITT, J. E, THRUSH, S. F, LEGENDRE, P, CUMMINGS, V. J, NORKKO, A

“…Techniques are needed to extend the generality of detailed experimental field studies. Multi-resolution sampling designs nest fine-scale sampling within…”
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FSHD associated DNA rearrangements are due to deletions of integral copies of a 3.2 kb tandemly repeated unit by van Deutekom, J C, Wijmenga, C, van Tienhoven, E A, Gruter, A M, Hewitt, J E, Padberg, G W, van Ommen, G J, Hofker, M H, Frants, R R

“…Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is a neuromuscular disorder characterized by progressive weakness of the facial, shoulder and upper arm muscles…”
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De Novo Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy: Frequent Somatic Mosaicism, Sex-Dependent Phenotype, and the Role of Mitotic Transchromosomal Repeat Interaction between Chromosomes 4 and 10 by van der Maarel, Silvère M., Deidda, Giancarlo, Lemmers, Richard J.L.F., van Overveld, Petra G.M., van der Wielen, Michiel, Hewitt, Jane E., Sandkuijl, Lodewijk, Bakker, Bert, van Ommen, Gert-Jan B., Padberg, George W., Frants, Rune R.

“…Autosomal dominant facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is caused by deletion of most copies of the 3.3-kb subtelomeric D4Z4 repeat array on…”
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Acetylsalicylic acid supplementation improves protein utilization efficiency while vitamin E supplementation reduces markers of the inflammatory response in weaned pigs challenged with enterotoxigenic E. coli by Kim, Jae Cheol, Mullan, Bruce P, Black, John L, Hewitt, Robert J E, van Barneveld, Robert J, Pluske, John R

“…This experiment was conducted to test the hypothesis that vitamin E (Vit E) and acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), a cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor, will…”
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Tracking environmental stress gradients using three biotic integrity indices: Advantages of a locally-developed traits-based approach by Rodil, I.F., Lohrer, A.M., Hewitt, J.E., Townsend, M., Thrush, S.F., Carbines, M.

“…•We evaluated the suitability of two widely used measures of ecological integrity.•We developed a local index (TBI) based on benthic macrofaunal traits.•The…”
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