Search Results - "MacDonald, A. M."

Phylogenetic diversity and the functioning of ecosystems by Srivastava, Diane S., Cadotte, Marc W., MacDonald, A. Andrew M., Marushia, Robin G., Mirotchnick, Nicholas

“…Phylogenetic diversity (PD) describes the total amount of phylogenetic distance among species in a community. Although there has been substantial research on…”
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Comparative performance of rural water supplies during drought by MacAllister, D. J., MacDonald, A. M., Kebede, S., Godfrey, S., Calow, R.

“…As rural African communities experience more frequent and extreme droughts, it is increasingly important that water supplies are climate resilient. Using a…”
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Quantitative maps of groundwater resources in Africa by MacDonald, A M, Bonsor, H C, Dochartaigh, B É Ó, Taylor, R G

“…In Africa, groundwater is the major source of drinking water and its use for irrigation is forecast to increase substantially to combat growing food…”
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Assessing the relative importance of neutral stochasticity in ecological communities by Vellend, Mark, Srivastava, Diane S., Anderson, Kathryn M., Brown, Carissa D., Jankowski, Jill E., Kleynhans, Elizabeth J., Kraft, Nathan J. B., Letaw, Alathea D., Macdonald, A. Andrew M., Maclean, Janet E., Myers-Smith, Isla H., Norris, Andrea R., Xue, Xinxin

“…A central current debate in community ecology concerns the relative importance of deterministic versus stochastic processes underlying community structure…”
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Size-resolved measurements of ice-nucleating particles at six locations in North America and one in Europe by Mason, R. H, Si, M, Chou, C, Irish, V. E, Dickie, R, Elizondo, P, Wong, R, Brintnell, M, Elsasser, M, Lassar, W. M, Pierce, K. M, Leaitch, W. R, MacDonald, A. M, Platt, A, Toom-Sauntry, D, Sarda-Estève, R, Schiller, C. L, Suski, K. J, Hill, T. C. J, Abbatt, J. P. D, Huffman, J. A, DeMott, P. J, Bertram, A. K

“…Detailed information on the size of ice-nucleating particles (INPs) may be useful in source identification, modeling their transport in the atmosphere to…”
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A review of global ocean temperature observations: Implications for ocean heat content estimates and climate change by Abraham, J. P., Baringer, M., Bindoff, N. L., Boyer, T., Cheng, L. J., Church, J. A., Conroy, J. L., Domingues, C. M., Fasullo, J. T., Gilson, J., Goni, G., Good, S. A., Gorman, J. M., Gouretski, V., Ishii, M., Johnson, G. C., Kizu, S., Lyman, J. M., Macdonald, A. M., Minkowycz, W. J., Moffitt, S. E., Palmer, M. D., Piola, A. R., Reseghetti, F., Schuckmann, K., Trenberth, K. E., Velicogna, I., Willis, J. K.

“…The evolution of ocean temperature measurement systems is presented with a focus on the development and accuracy of two critical devices in use today…”
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Structure and formation of highly luminescent protein-stabilized gold clusters by Chevrier, D M, Thanthirige, V D, Luo, Z, Driscoll, S, Cho, P, MacDonald, M A, Yao, Q, Guda, R, Xie, J, Johnson, E R, Chatt, A, Zheng, N, Zhang, P

“…Highly luminescent gold clusters simultaneously synthesized and stabilized by protein molecules represent a remarkable category of nanoscale materials with…”
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Groundwater and resilience to drought in the Ethiopian highlands by MacDonald, A M, Bell, R A, Kebede, S, Azagegn, T, Yehualaeshet, T, Pichon, F, Young, M, McKenzie, A A, Lapworth, D J, Black, E, Calow, R C

“…During drought, groundwater is often relied on to provide secure drinking water, particularly in rural Africa where other options are limited. However, the…”
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Short-term dispersal of Fukushima-derived radionuclides off Japan: modeling efforts and model-data intercomparison by Rypina, I. I, Jayne, S. R, Yoshida, S, Macdonald, A. M, Douglass, E, Buesseler, K

“…The Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that caused a loss of power at the Fukushima nuclear power plants (FNPP) resulted in emission of radioactive…”
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Characterization of aerosol and cloud water at a mountain site during WACS 2010: secondary organic aerosol formation through oxidative cloud processing by Lee, A. K. Y, Hayden, K. L, Herckes, P, Leaitch, W. R, Liggio, J, Macdonald, A. M, Abbatt, J. P. D

“…The water-soluble fractions of aerosol filter samples and cloud water collected during the Whistler Aerosol and Cloud Study (WACS 2010) were analyzed using an…”
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Drinking water quality from rural handpump-boreholes in Africa by Lapworth, D J, MacDonald, A M, Kebede, S, Owor, M, Chavula, G, Fallas, H, Wilson, P, Ward, J S T, Lark, M, Okullo, J, Mwathunga, E, Banda, S, Gwengweya, G, Nedaw, D, Jumbo, S, Banks, E, Cook, P, Casey, V

“…Groundwater provides a vital source of drinking water for rural communities in many parts of Africa, particularly in the dry season when there are few safe…”
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Two decades of Pacific anthropogenic carbon storage and ocean acidification along Global Ocean Ship‐based Hydrographic Investigations Program sections P16 and P02 by Carter, B. R., Feely, R. A., Mecking, S., Cross, J. N., Macdonald, A. M., Siedlecki, S. A., Talley, L. D., Sabine, C. L., Millero, F. J., Swift, J. H., Dickson, A. G., Rodgers, K. B.

“…A modified version of the extended multiple linear regression (eMLR) method is used to estimate anthropogenic carbon concentration (Canth) changes along the…”
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Nucleation and condensational growth to CCN sizes during a sustained pristine biogenic SOA event in a forested mountain valley by Pierce, J. R, Leaitch, W. R, Liggio, J, Westervelt, D. M, Wainwright, C. D, Abbatt, J. P. D, Ahlm, L, Al-Basheer, W, Cziczo, D. J, Hayden, K. L, Lee, A. K. Y, Li, S.-M, Russell, L. M, Sjostedt, S. J, Strawbridge, K. B, Travis, M, Vlasenko, A, Wentzell, J. J. B, Wiebe, H. A, Wong, J. P. S, Macdonald, A. M

“…The Whistler Aerosol and Cloud Study (WACS 2010), included intensive measurements of trace gases and particles at two sites on Whistler Mountain. Between 6–11…”
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Ten simple rules for teaching yourself R by Lawlor, Jake, Banville, Francis, Forero-Muñoz, Norma-Rocio, Hébert, Katherine, Martínez-Lanfranco, Juan Andrés, Rogy, Pierre, MacDonald, A. Andrew M

“…[...]in a recent survey of science educators, the vast majority of respondents rated data skills (analysis and visualization) as extremely or very important…”
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Primary marine aerosol-cloud interactions off the coast of California by Modini, R. L., Frossard, A. A., Ahlm, L., Russell, L. M., Corrigan, C. E., Roberts, G. C., Hawkins, L. N., Schroder, J. C., Bertram, A. K., Zhao, R., Lee, A. K. Y., Abbatt, J. P. D., Lin, J., Nenes, A., Wang, Z., Wonaschütz, A., Sorooshian, A., Noone, K. J., Jonsson, H., Seinfeld, J. H., Toom-Sauntry, D., Macdonald, A. M., Leaitch, W. R.

“…Primary marine aerosol (PMA)‐cloud interactions off the coast of California were investigated using observations of marine aerosol, cloud condensation nuclei…”
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Aqueous OH oxidation of ambient organic aerosol and cloud water organics: Formation of highly oxidized products by Lee, Alex K. Y., Herckes, P., Leaitch, W. R., Macdonald, A. M., Abbatt, J. P. D.

“…Aqueous chemistry can play a vital role in secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation and aging. A novel analytical approach that allows for simultaneous…”
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Dominant predators mediate the impact of habitat size on trophic structure in bromeliad invertebrate communities by Petermann, Jana S, Farjalla, Vinicius F, Jocque, Merlijn, Kratina, Pavel, MacDonald, A. Andrew M, Marino, Nicholas A. C, de Omena, Paula M, Piccoli, Gustavo C. O, Richardson, Michael J, Richardson, Barbara A, Romero, Gustavo Q, Videla, Martin, Srivastava, Diane S

“…Local habitat size has been shown to influence colonization and extinction processes of species in patchy environments. However, species differ in body size,…”
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Developing groundwater for secure rural water supplies in Africa by MacDonald, A.M., Calow, R.C.

“…In sub-Saharan Africa 85% of those without access to safe water live in rural areas where the consequent poverty and ill health disproportionately affect women…”
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The practicalities of using CFCs and SF6 for groundwater dating and tracing by Darling, W.G., Gooddy, D.C., MacDonald, A.M., Morris, B.L.

“…Knowledge of groundwater residence time is important in understanding key issues in the evolution of water quality, whether this occurs due to water–rock…”
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Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and select aldehydes in cloud and fog water: the role of the aqueous phase in impacting trace gas budgets by Ervens, B, Wang, Y, Eagar, J, Leaitch, W. R, Macdonald, A. M, Valsaraj, K. T, Herckes, P

“…Cloud and fog droplets efficiently scavenge and process water-soluble compounds and, thus, modify the chemical composition of the gas and particle phases. The…”
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