Review
Forestry
Matthew Joseph Ruggirello, Gimena Bustamante, Paula Rodriguez, Veronica Cruz-Alonso, Rosina Soler
Summary: Increasing latitude is associated with greater post-fire tree regeneration, but species dominance shifts from conifers to short-lived deciduous trees, which may have negative impacts on flora, fauna, and ecosystem services dependent on coniferous forests.
ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Cheryl A. Logan, John P. Dunne, James S. Ryan, Marissa L. Baskett, Simon D. Donner
Summary: The study examines the role of algal symbiont shuffling and evolution in coral resilience to global warming and ocean acidification, highlighting that shuffling is more effective than evolution. It also reveals global vulnerability patterns due to the interaction of warming rate and adaptive capacity, emphasizing the importance of considering species' ability to adaptively respond to climate change in conservation decisions.
NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sven N. Willner, Nicole Glanemann, Anders Levermann
Summary: Increasing greenhouse gas emissions are likely to impact both natural systems and global economies, potentially leading to a 20% reduction in income due to varying temperatures affecting economic growth. The losses, with 40% attributed to growth effects and 50% to reduced incentive to invest, are not solely from explicit climate protection policies. Economic optimal climate-change mitigation efforts can help maintain high returns and reduce losses in optimal investment.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Sylvia Klein, Victoria Frazier, Timothy Readdean, Emily Lucas, Erica P. Diaz-Jimenez, Mitchell Sogin, Emil S. Ruff, Karen Echeverri
Summary: The anthozoan sea anemone Nematostella vectensis is a powerful model organism for studying the effects of common pollutants on natural development due to its natural ability to adapt to changing environments and genetic tractability. Early exposure to pollutants such as potassium nitrate and Phthalates can lead to dramatic defects in development and eventual mortality in Nematostella embryos, possibly affecting feeding ability. Shifts in the microbial community of Nematostella were also identified, correlating with water type and pollutant exposure.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
Review
Plant Sciences
Noura Bechtaoui, Muhammad Kabir Rabiu, Anas Raklami, Khalid Oufdou, Mohamed Hafidi, Martin Jemo
Summary: Phosphorus plays a crucial role in plant growth, but its specific mechanisms in mitigating abiotic stresses such as drought, salinity, heavy metals, heat, and acid stress are still not fully understood.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Jeffrey M. Schell, Deborah S. Goodwin, Rebecca H. Volk, Amy N. S. Siuda
Summary: Understanding the environmental tolerances and growth rates of different species of macroalgae is crucial for predicting their spatial and temporal dynamics. This study found that different morphotypes of Sargassum exhibited varying responses to temperature and salinity conditions.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yuuki Y. Watanabe, Nicholas L. Payne
Summary: This study analyzes the biodiversity pattern of teleost fishes and explains the rarity of sharks and rays in polar waters. It shows that the thermal sensitivity of resting metabolic rates is lower among species in teleosts but not in sharks and rays. Environmental temperature impacts physiological functions and can limit the range expansions of ectothermic species. The study explores the link between thermal physiology and biogeography and tests two hypotheses: the Universal Temperature Dependence hypothesis and the Metabolic Cold Adaptation hypothesis. The results suggest that these hypotheses hold true for teleosts but not for elasmobranchs, and that metabolic cold adaptation in teleosts may explain their higher diversity at high latitudes.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Yuan Jiang, Zhixue Wang, Hui Du, Runlong Dong, Yaping Yuan, Jian Hua
Summary: This study analyzed the functional relevance of gene variants associated with local temperature variation in Arabidopsis thaliana, and found that genes associated with maximum temperature are more likely to function at higher temperatures, while genes associated with minimum temperature are more likely to function at lower temperatures. The research also showed that gene variants are distributed more frequently at geographic locations where they offer enhanced growth or tolerance.
PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Shelly Reuven, Mieka Rinsky, Vera Brekhman, Assaf Malik, Oren Levy, Tamar Lotan
Summary: In cnidarians like Nematostella vectensis, long-term ecological success relies on sexual reproduction, with temperature and light being major inducers for spawning. Transcriptome analysis revealed upregulation of various processes like receptors and cytoskeleton during spawning induction, while downregulation of cell cycle and metabolism-related processes was observed. Our findings also suggest temperature change as a stronger inducer for spawning in Nematostella, expanding our understanding of sexual reproduction in cnidarians.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
David K. Ngugi, Silvia G. Acinas, Pablo Sanchez, Josep M. Gasol, Susana Agusti, David M. Karl, Carlos M. Duarte
Summary: This study investigates the average genome size of planktonic prokaryotes across tropical and polar oceans and down to the hadal realm. Using hundreds of metagenomes of marine microorganisms, genome size was found to be highest in the perennially cold polar ocean, suggesting that environmental factors influence genome size selection and the ecological strategies of marine microbes.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Biology
Cha Young Lee, Min Kyung Kim, Dong-Gun Kim
Summary: This study compared the body size of the endangered dragonfly species Nannophya koreana in two wetlands with significant differences in water temperature. Contrary to Bergmann's rule and the temperature-size rule, it was found that larvae in the colder water temperature region were smaller in size. The study highlights the importance of considering detailed factors such as habitat type when studying temperature-size responses in organisms.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Aikaterini Papamanoli, Andreas P. Kalogeropoulos, Jessica Hotelling, Jeanwoo Yoo, Prabhjot Grewal, William Predun, Robin P. Jacob, Kerry Cao, Luis A. Marcos, Hal A. Skopicki
Summary: This cohort study found that methylprednisolone treatment was only associated with improved clinical outcomes in nonintubated patients with severe COVID-19 who had admission ferritin levels in the upper tertile of values.
Review
Ecology
Allison M. Louthan, Megan L. DeMarche, Lauren G. Shoemaker
Summary: While it is known that climate change will impact individuals, populations, and communities, there is a lack of cross-scale synthesis for understanding global variation in climate change impacts and predicting their ecological effects. Key drivers of latitudinal variation in climate change effects need to be identified in order to predict warming effects in natural communities. Proposed experimental approaches aim to synthesize latitudinal variability in climate change impacts across different scales of biological organization.
TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Xin Xu, Lixin Zhang, Xiaoning Cao, Lifeng Liu, Bingjun Jiang, Chunlei Zhang, Hongchang Jia, Xiangguang Lyu, Yumei Su, Yupeng Cai, Luping Liu, Shengrui Zhang, Fulu Chen, Cunxiang Wu, Bin Liu, Wensheng Hou, Shi Sun, Jinsheng Lai, Tianfu Han
Summary: Soybean, a short-day plant, utilizes cotyledons to accelerate flowering by perceiving photoperiod and upregulating the flowering promoting gene GmFT2a. Cotyledons can support the entire life cycle and play a substantial role in the flowering process, proposing a new 'cotyledon-based self-reliance' model for rapid flowering in soybeans and other dicots grown in long-day environments at high latitudes.
PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Chung-Te Cheng, Ming-Feng Chuang, Takashi Haramura, Chaun-Bin Cheng, Ye Inn Kim, Amael Borzee, Chi-Shiun Wu, Yi-Huey Chen, Yikweon Jang, Nicholas C. Wu, Yeong-Choy Kam
Summary: Global warming and deforestation are pushing species closer to their physiological limit, especially for species with habitat-restricted life stages. The study examined the warming tolerance of larvae from 29 anuran species across a latitudinal gradient to test how latitude and habitat type affected vulnerability to climate change. The results showed that deforestation will exacerbate the effects of climate warming on warming tolerance, making species with range-restricted life stages more vulnerable to anthropogenic change.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Tyler J. Carrier, Adam M. Reitzel
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES
(2019)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Whitney B. Leach, Adam M. Reitzel
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sergio N. Stampar, Michael B. Broe, Jason Macrander, Adam M. Reitzel, Mercer R. Brugler, Marymegan Daly
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2019)
Article
Oceanography
Amy E. Maas, Gareth L. Lawson, Alexander J. Bergan, Zhaohui Aleck Wang, Ann M. Tarrant
PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY
(2020)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Anna M. L. Klompen, Jason Macrander, Adam M. Reitzel, Sergio N. Stampar
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Elise Skottene, Ann M. Tarrant, Dag Altin, Rolf Erik Olsen, Marvin Choquet, Kristina O. Kvile
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2020)
Article
Biology
Hanny E. Rivera, Cheng-Yi Chen, Matthew C. Gibson, Ann M. Tarrant
Summary: Parental exposure to elevated temperatures can increase larval thermal tolerance in Nematostella vectensis, with subsequent spawns returning to baseline thresholds when parents are back to normal temperatures, indicating plasticity in parental effects. Maternal effects in gametogenesis may play a role in facilitating dynamic shifts in larval thermal tolerance. Despite genetic differences, parental populations from different locations can increase larval thermal tolerance under high-temperature conditions, suggesting that plasticity in parental effects is inherent in N. vectensis.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Biology
Petra H. Lenz, Vittoria Roncalli, Matthew C. Cieslak, Ann M. Tarrant, Ann M. Castelfranco, Daniel K. Hartline
Summary: The study analyzed gene expression differences in copepods during different reproductive processes, identifying indicators for diapause preparation and potential genes for functional studies. Through transcriptomic data and functional analysis, physiological differences in copepods during different reproductive and dormant phases were revealed.
COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Ann M. Tarrant, Lisa B. Eisner, David G. Kimmel
Summary: In the eastern Bering Sea, Calanus copepods play a crucial role in sustaining the ecosystem. Despite variations in environmental conditions, the Calanus population remains relatively homogeneous, with mainly C. glacialis being present. Differences in morphometrics and gene expression were observed at a southern station near the Pribilof Islands. Further research is needed to understand the physiological responses of C. glacialis to environmental changes throughout their life cycle and across different years.
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES
(2021)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Cory A. Berger, Deborah K. Steinberg, Nancy J. Copley, Ann M. Tarrant
Summary: This study utilized high-quality transcriptome analysis to reveal the transcriptome expression differences during development in the largest and most abundant copepod species in the Southern Ocean, Rhincalanus gigas, highlighting physiological and metabolic pathway differences between juveniles and adults.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Cory A. Berger, Collin P. Ward, Sibel I. Karchner, Robert K. Nelson, Christopher M. Reddy, Mark E. Hahn, Ann M. Tarrant
Summary: The study found that weathered oil and co-exposure to UV radiation greatly enhance the stress response of the sea anemone. Bioinformatic analysis suggests phototoxicity and oxidative damage as mechanisms for this enhanced response, which shares similarities with the oxidative stress response in vertebrates.
MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Correction
Biology
E. Amy, Leocadio Blanco-Bercial, Ali Lo, Ann M. Tarrant, Emma Timmins-Schiffman
BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN
(2020)
Meeting Abstract
Zoology
N. K. Mcnamara-Bordewick, A. E. Maas, L. Blanco-Bercial, A. M. Tarrant
INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY
(2020)
Meeting Abstract
Zoology
A. M. Tarrant, C. Berger, D. K. Steinberg
INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY
(2020)
Meeting Abstract
Zoology
C. A. Berger, A. M. Tarrant
INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY
(2020)