Search Results - "Sharon A. Cantrell"
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Canopy opening increases leaf‐shredding arthropods and nutrient mineralization but not mass loss in wet tropical forest
Published in Ecosphere (Washington, D.C) (01-06-2022)“…Hurricanes alter forest habitat by opening the canopy and depositing fresh wood and leaves. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effects of…”
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Effects of a simulated hurricane disturbance on forest floor microbial communities
Published in Forest ecology and management (01-11-2014)“…•Strong spatiotemporal dynamics in the structure of soil microbial communities.•Difference decreased with time in soil suggesting hurricane effects were…”
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Fungal communities of young and mature hypersaline microbial mats
Published in Mycologia (01-07-2013)“…Microbial mats are a laminated organic-sedimentary ecosystem, found in a wide range of habitats. Fluctuating diel and seasonal physicochemical gradients…”
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Responses of Soil Labile Organic Carbon to a Simulated Hurricane Disturbance in a Tropical Wet Forest
Published in Forests (01-07-2018)“…Hurricanes are an important disturbance in the tropics that can alter forest ecosystem properties and processes. To understand the immediate influence of…”
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Microbial mats: an ecological niche for fungi
Published in Frontiers in microbiology (2012)“…Fungi were documented in tropical hypersaline microbial mats and their role in the degradation of complex carbohydrates (exopolymeric substance - EPS) was…”
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Effects of canopy opening and debris deposition on fungal connectivity, phosphorus movement between litter cohorts and mass loss
Published in Forest ecology and management (01-11-2014)“…•Leaf mass loss is slowed by canopy opening and accelerated by debris deposition.•P concentration at 7weeks is a proxy for fungal activity and predicts mass…”
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Tropical herbivorous phasmids, but not litter snails, alter decomposition rates by modifying litter bacteria
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-04-2018)“…Consumers can alter decomposition rates through both feces and selective feeding in many ecosystems, but these combined effects have seldom been examined in…”
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Diversity of Benthic Biofilms Along a Land Use Gradient in Tropical Headwater Streams, Puerto Rico
Published in Microbial ecology (01-07-2014)“…The properties of freshwater ecosystems can be altered, directly or indirectly, by different land uses (e.g., urbanization and agriculture). Streams heavily…”
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Rhodocybe-Clitopilus clade (Entolomataceae, Basidiomycota) in the Dominican Republic: new taxa and first reports of Clitocella, Clitopilus, and Rhodocybe for Hispaniola
Published in Mycological progress (01-10-2020)“…Based on morphological and phylogenetic investigations, four new species, Clitocella termitophila , Clitopilus velutinus , Rhodocybe dominicana , and Rhodocybe…”
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Four new species of Morchella from the Americas
Published in Mycologia (02-11-2018)“…Morphological and molecular phylogenetic studies of true morels (Morchella) in North America, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru led to the…”
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Characterization of fungi from hypersaline environments of solar salterns using morphological and molecular techniques
Published in Mycological research (01-08-2006)“…The Cabo Rojo Solar Salterns located on the southwest coast of Puerto Rico are composed of two main ecosystems (i.e., salt ponds and microbial mats). Even…”
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Fungal molecular diversity of a Puerto Rican subtropical hypersaline microbial mat
Published in Fungal ecology (01-11-2010)“…Fungi have gone unnoticed in many prokaryote-dominated ecosystems such as hydrothermal vents and microbial mats. The objectives of this study were to document…”
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New species of Psilocybe in the Caribbean, with an emendation of P. guilartensis
Published in Mycologia (01-11-2003)“…Five new species of Psilocybe from the Caribbean are described: P. caribaea, P. egonii, P. subpsilocybioides, P. zapotecoantillarum and P. zapotecocaribaea…”
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Molecular phylogeny, morphology, pigment chemistry and ecology in Hygrophoraceae (Agaricales)
Published in Fungal diversity (01-01-2014)“…Molecular phylogenies using 1–4 gene regions and information on ecology, morphology and pigment chemistry were used in a partial revision of the agaric family…”
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Phylogenetic relationships in the family Hyaloscyphaceae inferred from sequences of ITS regions, 5.8S ribosomal DNA and morphological characters
Published in Mycologia (01-09-1997)“…The family Hyaloscyphaceae includes saprobic species of the order Helotiales characterized by well differentiated hairs on the apothecium and an ectal…”
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Published in IMA fungus (01-01-2018)“…Two workshops also had field trips — the pre-congress ascomycete workshop field trip to Parque Monagas, led by Sandra Moldanado, and the Forest Pathology field…”
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