Search Results - "O'Neill, Matthew W."
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Behavioral and physiological adaptations to high-flow velocities in chubs ( Gila spp.) native to Southwestern USA
Published in Journal of experimental biology (18-05-2018)“…Morphological streamlining is often associated with physiological advantages for steady swimming in fishes. Though most commonly studied in pelagic fishes,…”
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Does Feeding Behavior Facilitate Trophic Niche Partitioning in Two Sympatric Sucker Species from the American Southwest?
Published in Physiological and biochemical zoology (01-01-2014)“…We examined two sympatric desert fishes, Sonora suckers (Catostomus insignis) and desert suckers (Pantosteus clarkii), and asked, does feeding behavior…”
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Managed Flood Effects on Beaver Pond Habitat in a Desert Riverine Ecosystem, Bill Williams River, Arizona USA
Published in Wetlands (Wilmington, N.C.) (01-04-2011)“…The ecological effects of beaver in warm-desert streams are poorly documented, but potentially significant. For example, stream water and sediment budgets may…”
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Beaver dams shift desert fish assemblages toward dominance by non‐native species (Verde River, Arizona, USA)
Published in Ecology of freshwater fish (01-07-2015)“…The reintroduction of beaver (Castor canadensis) into arid and semi‐arid rivers is receiving increasing management and conservation attention in recent years,…”
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When Outgroups Fail; Phylogenomics of Rooting the Emerging Pathogen, Coxiella burnetii
Published in Systematic biology (01-09-2013)“…Rooting phylogenies is critical for understanding evolution, yet the importance, intricacies and difficulties of rooting are often overlooked. For rooting,…”
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Botulinum Toxin Injections as a Method for Chemically Denervating Skeletal Muscle to Test Functional Hypotheses: A Pilot Study in Lepomis cyanellus
Published in Physiological and biochemical zoology (01-03-2007)“…In this study, we demonstrate that botulinum toxin can be used to chemically denervate muscles to test functional hypotheses. We injected research-grade type A…”
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Phase shifts, alternative states, and the unprecedented convergence of two reef systems
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-07-2004)“…Initial conditions can generate differences in the biotic composition of spatially disjunct communities, but intense, large-scale perturbations have the…”
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Behavioral and physiological adaptations to high-flow velocities in Southwestern native chubs ( Gila spp.)
Published in Journal of experimental biology (01-01-2018)“…Morphological streamlining is often associated with physiological advantages for steady swimming in fishes. Though most commonly studied in pelagic fishes…”
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Effectiveness of Backpack Electrofishing for Removal of Non-Native Fishes from a Small Warm-Water Stream
Published in Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science (01-09-2015)“…Electrofishing is commonly used when renovating small streams to remove nuisance fishes but the likelihood of complete eradication of unwanted species,…”
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Botulinum Toxin Injections as a Method for Chemically Denervating Skeletal Muscle to Test Functional Hypotheses: A Pilot Study inLepomis cyanellus
Published in Physiological and biochemical zoology (01-03-2007)“…In this study, we demonstrate that botulinum toxin can be used to chemically denervate muscles to test functional hypotheses. We injected research‐grade type A…”
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