Search Results - "Sophie J McCoy"
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Coralline algae (Rhodophyta) in a changing world: integrating ecological, physiological, and geochemical responses to global change
Published in Journal of phycology (01-02-2015)“…Coralline algae are globally distributed benthic primary producers that secrete calcium carbonate skeletons. In the context of ocean acidification, they have…”
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Viral association with cyanobacterial mat community mortality
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-09-2023)Get full text
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Emerging Priorities for Microbiome Research
Published in Frontiers in microbiology (19-02-2020)“…Microbiome research has increased dramatically in recent years, driven by advances in technology and significant reductions in the cost of analysis. Such…”
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Consumption of benthic cyanobacterial mats on a Caribbean coral reef
Published in Scientific reports (03-09-2019)“…Herbivory is an important process in the general structuring of coral reef benthic communities. However, evidence of its ability to control coral reef benthic…”
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Territoriality drives patterns of fixed space use in Caribbean parrotfishes
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-02-2023)“…Animals often occupy home ranges where they conduct daily activities. In many parrotfishes, large terminal phase (TP) males defend their diurnal (i.e.,…”
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Thermal plasticity is independent of environmental history in an intertidal seaweed
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-12-2019)“…Organisms inhabiting the intertidal zone have been used to study natural ecophysiological responses and adaptations to thermal stress because these organisms…”
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Are synchronous chats a silver lining of emergency remote instruction? Text-based chatting is disproportionately favored by women in a non-majors introductory biology course
Published in PloS one (19-10-2022)“…The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to a reimagining of many aspects of higher education, including how instructors interact with their…”
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Physiological and Behavioral Plasticity of the Sea Cucumber Holothuria forskali (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea) to Acidified Seawater
Published in Frontiers in physiology (25-09-2018)“…Research into the effects of reduced pH caused by rising CO on echinoderms has been strongly biased toward those groups which rely heavily on calcification,…”
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Crustose coralline algae can contribute more than corals to coral reef carbonate production
Published in Communications earth & environment (06-04-2023)“…Abstract Understanding the drivers of net coral reef calcium carbonate production is increasingly important as ocean warming, acidification, and other…”
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Understanding the margin squeeze: Differentiation in fitness‐related traits between central and trailing edge populations of Corallina officinalis
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-05-2019)“…Assessing population responses to climate‐related environmental change is key to understanding the adaptive potential of the species as a whole. Coralline…”
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“Out of my control”: science undergraduates report mental health concerns and inconsistent conditions when using remote proctoring software
Published in International Journal for Educational Integrity (01-12-2023)“…Efforts to discourage academic misconduct in online learning environments frequently include the use of remote proctoring services. While these services are…”
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Dear enemy effects in the stoplight parrotfish, Sparisoma viride
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Rapid environmental change over the past decade revealed by isotopic analysis of the California mussel in the northeast Pacific
Published in PloS one (03-10-2011)“…The anthropogenic input of fossil fuel carbon into the atmosphere results in increased carbon dioxide (CO(2)) into the oceans, a process that lowers seawater…”
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Top‐heavy trophic structure within benthic viral dark matter
Published in Environmental microbiology (01-11-2023)“…A better understanding of system‐specific viral ecology in diverse environments is needed to predict patterns of virus–host trophic structure in the…”
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Shotgun metagenomic sequencing reveals the full taxonomic, trophic, and functional diversity of a coral reef benthic cyanobacterial mat from Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands
Published in The Science of the total environment (10-02-2021)“…Anthropogenic forcing is spurring cyanobacterial proliferation in aquatic ecosystems worldwide. While planktonic cyanobacterial blooms have received…”
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Divide and conquer: Spatial and temporal resource partitioning structures benthic cyanobacterial mats
Published in Journal of phycology (01-04-2024)“…Benthic cyanobacterial mats are increasing in abundance worldwide with the potential to degrade ecosystem structure and function. Understanding mat community…”
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Convergent photophysiology and prokaryotic assemblage structure in epilithic cyanobacterial tufts and algal turf communities
Published in Journal of phycology (01-04-2024)“…As global change spurs shifts in benthic community composition on coral reefs globally, a better understanding of the defining taxonomic and functional…”
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Preferential consumption of benthic cyanobacterial mats by Caribbean parrotfishes
Published in Coral reefs (01-10-2023)“…Cyanobacteria are ubiquitous on coral reefs and perform many important ecosystem functions. Benthic cyanobacterial mats (BCMs) have become increasingly…”
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Cyanobacterial mats as benthic reservoirs and vectors for coral black band disease pathogens
Published in Ecological applications (01-09-2022)“…The concurrent rise in the prevalence of conspicuous benthic cyanobacterial mats and the incidence of coral diseases independently mark major axes of…”
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Coprophagy in Caribbean parrotfishes
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