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Submissions from 2024
Evidence That Aquaporin 11 (AQP11) in the Spiny Dogfish (Squalus acanthias) May Represent a Pseudogene, Christopher P. Cutler, Meghan Canicatti, and Esosa Omoregie
Reactive Gliosis In Adult Zebrafish Telencephalon Following Daily Nanoplastic Consumption, Hannah A. Kelehear, Clare M. Ganas, Gabrielle Call, Nikita Krasilnikov, Brendan Uche-Moon, Jada Watkins, Sarah Rotschafer, and Robert A. Mans
Ectoparasite Load Generates Habitat-specific Variation in Colour Badge Intensity and Badge Size in Male Lizards, Katherine M. Roberts, Eric McElroy, and Lance D. McBrayer
Verge Characteristics Along Unpaved Roads are not Correlated With Presence Of Two Early Successional Lizard Species, David Tevs, Aaron Schrey, and Lance D. McBrayer
Submissions from 2023
Water balance and aquaporins, Christopher P. Cutler
Length of course-based undergraduate research experiences (CURE) impacts student learning and attitudinal outcomes: A study of the Malate dehydrogenase CUREs Community (MCC), Sue Ellen DeChenne-Peters, John Rakus, Amy D. Parente, Tamara L. Mans, Rebecca Eddy, Nicole Galport, Courtney Koletar, Joseph J. Provost, J. Ellis Bell, and Jessica K. Bell
When Food Fights Back: Skull Morphology and Feeding Behavior of Centipede-Eating Snakes, Noah D. Gripshover, Patrick Hennessey, Lance D. McBrayer, Jesse M. Meik, Charles Matt Watson, and Christian Cox
Capsaicin-treated Bait is Ineffective in Deterring Non-target Mammals From Trap Disturbance During Invasive Lizard Control, Lance D. McBrayer, Daniel Haro, Michael Brennan, Bryan G. Falk, and Amy Yackel Adams
Genetic Diversity of Florida Scrub Lizards (Sceloporus woodi/) Varies with Wildfire History, Katherine Miller, David Tevs, Lance D. McBrayer, Faith Loggins, Emma Simpson, Kyle G. Ashton, Earl D. McCoy, Henry R. Mushinsky, and Aaron W. Schrey
DNA Methylation and Counterdirectional Pigmentation Change following Immune Challenge in a Small Ectotherm, David Tevs, Justin A. Mukhalian, Emma Simpson, Christian L. Cox, Aaron Schrey, and Lance D. McBrayer
Diverging Epigenetic Responses to Wildfire History in Two Sympatric Lizards, David Tevs, Emma Simpson, M. Ellesse Lauer, Daniella Ray, Lance D. McBrayer, Kyle G. Ashton, Earl D. McCoy, Henry R. Mushinsky, and Aaron Schrey
Stop, Then Go! Rapid Acceleration Offsets the Costs of Intermittent Locomotion When Turning in Florida Scrub Lizards, Cheyenne A. Walker and Lance D. McBrayer
Submissions from 2022
New State and County Records of Introduced Amphibians and Reptiles of Georgia, USA, Michael Brennan, Lance D. McBrayer, Joseph Carroll, Kenneth L. Krysko, and Amy Yackel Adams
Biodiversity Between Buildings: Results of a Two-Year Vertebrate Survey on a University Campus, John D. Curlis, Rebecca Scott, Emily Evans, Michelle Cawthorn, Ray Chandler, James Henry Roberts, and Lance D. McBrayer
Submissions from 2021
Mechanisms Underlying Lack of Functional Compensation by Insect Grazers After Tadpole Declines in a Neotropical Stream, Thomas R. Barnum, J. Timothy Wootton, Rebecca J. Bixby, John M. Drake, David Murray-Stoker, Jose Checo Colón-Gaud, Amanda T. Rugenski, Therese C. Frauendorf, Scott Connelly, Susan Kilham, Matt R. Whiles, Karen R. Lips, and Catherine M. Pringle
Impacts of Detritivore Diversity Loss on Instream Decomposition Are Greatest in the Tropics, Luz Boyero, Naiara López-Rojo, Alan M. Tonin, Javier Pérez, Francisco Correa-Araneda, Richard G. Pearson, Jaime Bosch, Ricardo J. Albariño, Sankarappan Anbalagan, Leon A. Barmuta, Ana Basaguren, Francis J. Burdon, Adriano Caliman, Marcos Callisto, Ian C. Campbell, Bradley J. Cardinale, J. Jesús Casas, Ana M. Chará-Serna, Eric Chauvet, Szymon Ciapała, Jose Checo Colón-Gaud, Aydeé Cornejo, Aaron M. Davis, Monika Degebrodt, Emerson S. Dias, María E. Díaz, Michael M. Douglas, Andrea C. Encalada, Ricardo Figueroa, Alexander S. Flecker, Tadeusz Fleituch, Erica A. García, Gabriela García, Pavel E. García, Mark O. Gessner, Jesús E. Gómez, Sergio Gómez, Jose F. Gonçalves Jr, Manuel A. S. Graça, Daniel C. Gwinn, Robert O. Hall Jr., Neusa Hamada, Cang Hui, Daichi Imazawa, Tomoya Iwata, Samuel K. Kariuki, Andrea Landeira-Dabarca, Kelsey A. Laymon, María Leal, Richard Marchant, Renato T. Martins, Frank O. Masese, Megan Maul, Brendan G. McKie, Adriana O. Medeiros, Charles M. M’ Erimba, Jen A. Middleton, Silvia Monroy, Timo Muotka, Junjiro N. Negishi, Alonso Ramírez, John S. Richardson, José Rincón, Juan Rubio-Ríos, Gisele M. dos Santos, Romain Sarremejane, Fran Sheldon, Augustine Sitati, Nathalie S. D. Tenkiano, Scott D. Tiegs, Janine R. Tolod, Michael Venarsky, Anne Watson, and Catherine M. Yule
Latitude Dictates Plant Diversity Effects on Instream Decomposition, Luz Boyero, Javier Pérez, Naiara López-Rojo, Alan M. Tonin, Francisco Correa-Araneda, Richard G. Pearson, Jaime Bosch, Ricardo J. Albariño, Sankarappan Anbalagan, Leon A. Barmuta, Leah Beesley, Francis J. Burdon, Adriano Caliman, Marcos Callisto, Ian C. Campbell, Bradley J. Cardinale, J. Jesús Casas, Ana M. Chará-Serna, Szymon Ciapała, Eric Chauvet, Jose Checo Colón-Gaud, Aydeé Cornejo, Aaron M. Davis, Monika Degebrodt, Emerson S. Dias, María E. Díaz, Michael M. Douglas, Arturo Elosegi, Andrea C. Encalada, Elvira de Eyto, Ricardo Figueroa, Alexander S. Flecker, André Frainer, Juliana S. França, Erica A. García, Gabriela García, Pavel E. García, Mark O. Gessner, Paul S. Giller, Jesús E. Gómez, Sergio Gómez, José F. Gonçalves Jr., Manuel A. S. Graça, Robert O. Hall Jr., Neusa Hamada, Luiz U. Hepp, Cang Hui, Daichi Imazawa, Tomoya Iwata, Edson S. A. Junior, Samuel K. Kariuki, Andrea Landeira-Dabarca, María Leal, Kaisa Lehosmaa, Charles M. M’ Erimba, Richard Marchant, Renato T. Martins, Frank O. Masese, Megan Camden, Brendan G. McKie, Adriana O. Medeiros, Jen A. Middleton, Timo Muotka, Junjiro N. Negishi, Jesús Pozo, Alonso Ramírez, Renan S. Rezende, John S. Richardson, José Rincón, Juan Rubio-Ríos, Claudia Serrano, Angela R. Shaffer, Fran Sheldon, Christopher M. Swan, Nathalie S. D. Tenkiano, Scott D. Tiegs, Janine R. Tolod, Michael Vernasky, Anne Watson, Mourine J. Yegon, and Catherine M. Yule
Aquaporin (AQP) Channels in the Spiny Dogfish, Squalus Acanthias II: Localization of AQP3, AQP4 and AQP15 in the Kidney, Christopher P. Cutler, Keith Kurt, Karen E. Campbell, and Tolulope Ojo
Aquaporin (AQP) Channels in the Spiny Dogfish, Squalus acanthias I: Characterization of AQP3 and AQP15 Function and Expression, and Localization of the Proteins in Gill and Spiral Valve Intestine, Christopher P. Cutler, Debra Murray, Tolulope Ojo, Sheena Harmon, Bryce MacIver, Gordon Cramb, and Mark L. Zeidel
Aquaporin Expression and Cholesterol Content in Eel Swimbladder Tissue, Victoria Drechsel, Gabriel Schneebauer, Birgit Fiechtner, Christopher P. Cutler, and Bernd Pelster
Escape Behaviour Varies With Distance From Safe Refuge, Eric McElroy and Lance D. McBrayer
Submissions from 2020
Diverse, equitable, and inclusive scientific societies: Progress and opportunities in the Society for Freshwater Science, Erin F. Abernethy, Ivan Arismendi, Anna G. Boegehold, Jose Checo Colón-Gaud, Matthew R. Cover, Erin I. Larson, Eric K. Moody, Brooke E. Penaluna, Arial J. Shogren, Alex J. Webster, and M. Megan Woller-Skar
Trophic Basis of Production in Tropical Headwater Streams, Puerto Rico: An Assessment of the Importance of Allochthonous Resources in Fueling Food Webs, Jose Checo Colón-Gaud, Keysa G. Rosas-Rodriguez, and Alonso Ramírez
Evidence for an Established Population of Tegu Lizards (Salvator merianae) in Southeastern Georgia, USA, Daniel Haro, Lance D. McBrayer, John B. Jensen, James M. Gillis, Lea' R. Bonewell, Melia G. Nafus, Stephen E. Greiman, Robert N. Reed, and Amy Yackel Adams
Barnacle colonization on Spartina alterniflora in Georgia salt marshes, Heather Joesting, Michele Guidone, and Rachel Hines
Conservation and Management Strategies Create Opportunities for Integrative Organismal Research, Lance D. McBrayer, Richard W. Orton, Chase T. Kinsey, and Lauren K. Neel
Applied Functional Biology: Linking Ecological Morphology to Conservation and Management, Eric McElroy, Diego Sustaita, and Lance D. McBrayer
Patterns of macroinvertebrate production and energy flow in headwater streams of the Brazilian Savanna, José L. S. Mello, Daniel P. Abrahão, Wesley A. Saltarelli, Matt R. Whiles, Walter K. Dodds, Jose Checo Colón-Gaud, Vinicius Neres-Lima, Davi G.F. Cunha, and Juliano J. Corbi
Acclimatization in the Physiological Performance of an Introduced Ectotherm, Lauren K. Neel, John David Curlis, Chase T. Kinsey, Christian Cox, and Lance D. McBrayer
Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Genetic Diversity in a Fragmented and Transient Landscape, Richard W. Orton, Derek Tucker, John Scott Harrison, and Lance D. McBrayer
Preface: Recent Advances in Tropical Lake Research, Alonso Ramírez, Margarita Caballero, Gabriela Vázquez, and Jose Checo Colón-Gaud
Comparison of a Wood Sampler for Macroinvertebrate Bioassessment of Non-Wadeable Streams in the Southeastern Coastal Plain, Kelsey A. Wilbanks, Damon L. Mullis, and Jose Checo Colón-Gaud
Submissions from 2019
A New County Record for Hemidactylus Turcicus, Albert K. Chung, Matthew Levendosky, Hannah E. Cohen, Brianna E. Hall, Scott C. Meyer, Jose A. Sanchez-Ruiz, Jessica Watts, and Lance D. McBrayer
Chapter Seven - Structure-function relationships in the renal NaCl cotransporter (NCC), Erika Moreno, Paola de los Heros, Consuelo Plata, Christopher P. Cutler, Antonio Vega-Mateos, Norma Vázquez, and Gerardo Gamba
Resolving Tradeoffs Among Crypsis, Escape Behavior, and Microhabitat Use in Sexually Dichromatic Species, Richard William Orton and Lance D. McBrayer
Mite Load Predicts the Quality of Sexual Color and Locomotor Performance in a Sexually Dichromatic Lizard, Richard W. Orton, Chase T. Kinsey, and Lance D. McBrayer
Global Patterns and Drivers of Ecosystem Functioning in Rivers and Riparian Zones, Scott D. Tiegs, David M. Costello, Mark W. Isken, Guy Woodward, Peter B. McIntyre, Mark O. Gessner, Eric Chauvet, Natalie A. Griffiths, Alexander S. Flecker, Vicenç Acuña, Ricardo J. Albariño, Daniel C. Allen, Cecilia Alonso, Patricio Andino, Clay Arango, Jukka Aroviita, Marcus V. M. Barbosa, Leon A. Barmuta, Colden V. Baxter, and Jose Checo Colón-Gaud
Submissions from 2018
Examination of phenotypic plasticity in Hydrocotyle bonariensis in response to two soil types, Savannah D. Chiarello and Heather Joesting
Parrots and Palms: Analyzing Data to Determine Best Management Strategies and Sustainable Harvest Levels, James P. Gibbs, J. Michelle Cawthorn, Adriana Bravo, and Ana L. Porzecanski
Small Fish, Big Questions: Inquiry Kits for Teaching Evolution, Emily A. Kane, E. Dale Broder, Andrew C. Warnock, Courtney M. Butler, A. Lynne Judish, Lisa M. Angeloni, and Cameron K. Ghalambor
Forelimb Position Affects Facultative Bipedal Locomotion in Lizards, Chase T. Kinsey and Lance D. McBrayer
Case Study: Value-Added Benefit of Distance-Based Instructional Coaching on Science Teachers’ Inquiry Instruction in Rural Schools, S. C. Lee, G. Nugent, G. M. Kunz, J. Houston, and Sue DeChenne-Peters
Variation in Habitat Management Alters Risk Aversion Behavior in Lizards, Lance D. McBrayer and Seth E. Parker
Habitat Management Alters Thermal Opportunity, Lauren K. Neel and Lance D. McBrayer
Predation and Cryptic Coloration in a Managed Landscape, Richard William Orton, Eric J. McElroy, and Lance D. McBrayer
Epigenetic and Genetic Variation Among Three Separate Introductions of the House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Into Australia, Elizabeth L. Sheldon, Alexandria K. Ragsdale, Aaron W. Schrey, and Simon C. Griffith
Anatomy of STEM Teaching in American Universities: A Snapshot from a Large-Scale Observation Study, Marilyne Stains, Jordan Harshman, Megan Barker, Stephanie Chasteen, Renée S. Cole, Sue DeChenne-Peters, M. Kevin Eagan Jr., Joan M. Esson, Jennifer K. Knight, Frank A. Laski, Marc Levis-Fitzgerald, Christopher J. Lee, Stanley M. Lo, Lisa M. McDonnell, Timothy A. McKay, Nicole Michelotti, Michael S. Palmer, Kathryn M. Plank, Tamara M. Rodela, Erin R. Sanders, Natalie G. Schimpf, Patricia M. Schulte, Michelle K. Smith, MacKenzie Stetzer, Jackie Stewart, Blaire Van Valkenburgh, Erin Vinson, Laura K. Weir, Paul J. Wendel, Lindsay B. Wheeler, and Anna M. Young
Submissions from 2017
Riparian Plant Litter Quality Increases With Latitude, Luz Boyero, Manuel A. S. Graça, Alan M. Tonin, Javier Pérez, Andrew J. Swafford, Verónica Ferreira, Andrea Landeira-Dabarca, Markos A. Alexandrou, Mark O. Gessner, Brendan G. McKie, Ricardo J. Albariño, Leon A. Barmuta, Marcos Castillo, Julián Chará, Eric Chauvet, Jose Checo Colón-Gaud, David Dudgeon, Andrea C. Encalada, Ridcardo Figueroa, Alexander S. Flecker, Tadeusz Fleituch, André Frainer, José F. Gonçalves Jr., Julie E. Helson, Tomoya Iwata, Jude Mathooko, Charles M'Erimba, Catherine M. Pringle, Alonso Ramírez, Christopher M. Swan, Catherine M. Yule, and Richard G. Pearson
Teaching Evolution Using Live Animals and Inquiry-Based, Self-Guided Kits, E. Dale Broder and Emily A. Kane
Investigating the Relationship between Instructors’ Use of Active Learning Strategies and Students’ Conceptual Understanding and Affective Changes in Introductory Biology: A Comparison of Two Active-Learning Environments, Lacy M. Cleveland, Jeffrey T. Olimpo, and Sue DeChenne-Peters
Water Balance and Aquaporin, Christopher P. Cutler
An Ecological-Based Genetic Investigation Using Association Analysis Approach BIOCOMP’16, Ray R. Hashemi, Azita Bahrami, J. A. Young, and Aaron W. Schrey
Epigenetic Potential as a Mechanism of Phenotypic Plasticity in Vertebrate Range Expansions, Holly J. Kilvitis, Haley Hanson, Aaron W. Schrey, and Lynn B. Martin
Landscape Genetics of a Raccoon (Procyon lotor) Metapopulation in an Undeveloped Coastal Island System, Nancy D. Moncrief, James Henry Roberts, Eric M. Hallerman, Ronald A. Van Den Bussche, John H. Porter, and Raymond D. Dueser
Natural Epigenetic Variation Within and Among Six Subspecies of the House Sparrow Passer domesticus, Sepand Riyahi, Roser Vilatersana, Aaron W. Schrey, Hassan Ghorbani Node, Mansour Alibadian, and Juan Carlos Senar
Genetic and Epigenetic Variation in Spartina alterniflora Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Marta Robertson, Aaron W. Schrey, Ashley Shayter, Christina J. Moss, and Christina L. Richards
Using Early Introduction to Research to Increase STEM Majors: A Tale of Two Colleges, One Small Highly Selective Private and One Non-Selective Regional Public, George C. Shields, Delana A. Gajdosik-Nivens, and Traci Ness
Genetic Evidence of Isolation by Distance and Impact of Impoundments Among Channel Catfish, V. Alex Sotola, Aaron W. Schrey, Alexandria K. Ragsdale, Gregory W. Whitledge, Les Frankland, Eric K. Bollinger, and Robert E. Colombo
Reproductive and Recruitment Dynamics of Clionaid Sponges on Oyster Reefs in North Carolina, Amber D. Stubler, Heather Robertson, Henry J. Styron, John M. Carroll, and Christopher M. Finelli
Genetic Structure of Pseudococcus microcirculus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) Populations on Epiphytic Orchids of South Florida, Jennifer A. Zettler, K. Adams, Bridget Frederick, A. Gutting, Nicholas Ingebretsen, Alexandria K. Ragsdale, and Aaron W. Schrey
Submissions from 2016
Molecular Response to Challenging Environmental Conditions in Spartina alterniflora: An Integrated Approach, Mariano Alvarez, Christy M. Foust, Marta Robertson, Malika Ainouche, Julie Ferreira de Carvalho, C. Meals, Veronica Preite, A. Salmon, Ashley Shayter, Aaron Schrey, Koen J.F. Verhoeven, and Christina L. Richards
Teaching for Higher Levels of Thinking: Developing Quantitative and Analytical Skills in Environmental Science Courses, Adriana Bravo, Ana Porzecanski, Eleanor Sterling, Nora Bynum, J. Michelle Cawthorn, Denny S. Fernandez del Viso, Laurie Freeman, Stuart Ketcham, Timothy Leslie, John Mull, and Donna Vogler
Bird-Brained Foraging: Learn to Eat Like a Crow!, Brigette A. Brinton and Mary C. Curran
Novel Polymorphic Microsatellite Loci for Distinguishing Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), Roanoke Bass (Ambloplites cavifrons), and Their Hybrids, Jackman C. Eschenroeder and James Henry Roberts
Genetic and Epigenetic Differences Associated with Environmental Gradients in Replicate Populations of Two Salt Marsh Perennials, Christy M. Foust, Veronica Preite, Aaron W. Schrey, Koen J.F. Verhoeven, and Christina L. Richards
Host Stress Hormones Alter Vector Preference, Feeding Success and Subsequent Productivity, Stephanie S. Gervasi, Nathan Burkett-Cadena, Sarah C. Burgan, Aaron W. Schrey, Hassan K. Hassan, Thomas R. Unnasch, and Lynn Martin
A DNA Based Migration Modeling of the Lizards in Florida Scrub Habitat, Ray R. Hashemi, Azita A. Bahrami, Daniel Swain Jr., Aaron W. Schrey, and Nicholas R. Tyler
The Use of Marine Aquaculture Solid Waste for Nursery Production of the Salt Marsh Plants Spartina alterniflora and Juncus roemerianus, Heather M. Joesting, R. Blaylock, P. Biber, and A. Ray
Investigating the Function of Leaf Inclination in the Sand Dune Herb Hydrocotyle bonariensis, Heather M. Joesting, John Counts, Joshua Grier, and Hannah Z. Reilly
The European Eel NCCβ Gene Encodes a Thiazide-Resistant Na-Cl Cotransporter, Erika Moreno, Consuelo Plata, Alejandro Rodríguez-Gama, Eduardo R. Argaiz, Norma Vázquez, Karla Leyva, Carmen Y. Hernández-Carballo, León Islas, Christopher P. Cutler, Diana Pacheco-Alvarez, Adriana Mercado, Raquel Cariño-Cortés, and Gerardo Gamba
The Effects of Multiple Obstacles on the Locomotor Behavior and Performance of a Terrestrial Lizard (Sceloporus woodi), Seth E. Parker and Lance D. McBrayer
Fire Increases Genetic Diversity of Populations of Six-Lined Racerunner, Alexandria K. Ragsdale, Bridget M. Frederick, David W. Dukes, Andrea L. Liebl, Kyle G. Ashton, Earl D. McCoy, Henry R. Mushinsky, and Aaron W. Schrey
A Long-Term Study of Ecological Impacts of River Channelization on the Population of an Endangered Fish: Lessons Learned for Assessment and Restoration, James Henry Roberts, Gregory B. Anderson, and Paul L. Angermeier
Population Viability Analysis for Endangered Roanoke Logperch, James Henry Roberts, Paul L. Angermeier, and Gregory B. Anderson
Extensive Dispersal of Endangered Roanoke Logperch Inferred Using Genetic Marker Data, James Henry Roberts, Paul L. Angermeier, and Eric M. Hallerman
Consequences of Secondary Calibrations on Divergence Time Estimates, John J. Schenk
Repeated Habitat Disturbances by Fire Decrease Local Effective Population Size, Aaron W. Schrey, Alexandria K. Ragsdale, Earl D. McCoy, and Henry R. Mushinsky
Epigenetic Response to Habitat Change: Changes Variation in DNA Methylation Frequencies and Generational Transmission Vary with Invasion Status, Aaron W. Schrey, Travis R. Robbins, Jacob D. Lee, David W. Dukes, Alexandria K. Ragsdale, Christopher J. Thawley, and Tracy Langkilde
Submissions from 2015
Ten Years of Transcriptomics in Wild Populations: What Have We Learned about Their Ecology and Evolution?, Mariano Alvarez, Aaron W. Schrey, and Christina L. Richards
Evidence for the Persistence of Food Web Structure After Amphibian Extirpation in a Neotropical Stream, Thomas R. Barnum, John M. Drake, Jose Checo Colón-Gaud, Amanda T. Rugenski, Therese C. Frauendorf, Scott Connelly, Susan S. Kilham, Matt R. Whiles, Karen R. Lips, and Catherine M. Pringle
Freezing Behaviour Facilitates Bioelectric Crypsis in Cuttlefish Faced with Predation Risk, Christine N. Bedore
The Effect of Temperature on Synchronization of Brood Development of the Bopyrid Isopod Parasite Probopyrus Pandalicola With Molting of Its Host, the Daggerblade Grass Shrimp Palaemonetes Pugio, Brigette A. Brinton and Mary C. Curran
The Effects of the Parasite Probopyrus Pandalicola (Packard, 1879) (Isopoda, Bopyridae) on the Behavior, Transparent Camouflage, and Predators of Palaemonetes Pugio Holthuis, 1949 (Decapoda, Palaemonidae), Brigette A. Brinton and Mary C. Curran
Variability Is Not the Villain: Finding Patterns in Complex Natural Images, Brigette A. Brinton and Mary C. Curran
A Field Test on the Effects of Mesopredators and Landscape Setting on Juvenile Oyster, Crassostrea virginica, Consumption on Intertidal Reefs, John M. Carroll, John P. Marion, and Christopher M. Finelli
Are Eastern Oysters Being Bored to Death? Influence of Cliona celata on Crassostrea virginica Condition, Growth and Survival, John M. Carroll, Katheryn A. O'Shaughnessy, Grant A. Diedrich, and Christopher M. Finelli
Recruitment of the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica, in Response to Settlement Cues and Predation in North Carolina, John M. Carroll, Kristin Riddle, Kelly E. Woods, and Christopher M. Finelli
Multifunctional Roles of Integrated Farming in Smallholder Systems, Purnabha Dasgupta, Rupak Goswami, Nasim Ali, and Sudarsan Biswas
Molecular Evidence of Long Wavelength Spectral Sensitivity in the Reverse Sexually Dichromatic Convict Cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata), Kaitlin J. Fisher, Danielle L. Recupero, Aaron W. Schrey, and Matthew J. Draud
Population Epigenomics, Christy M. Foust, Aaron W. Schrey, and Christina L. Richards
Population Density of the Florida Scrub Lizard (Sceloporus woodi) in Managed Sand Pine Scrub and Longleaf Pine Sandhill Habitats, Matthew D. Kaunert and Lance D. McBrayer
Invasion Genetics: Lessons From a Ubiquitous Bird, the House Sparrow (Passer domesticus), Andrea L. Liebl, Aaron W. Schrey, Samuel C. Andrews, Elizabeth L. Sheldon, and Simon C. Griffith
Water Transport and the Functional Dynamics of Aquaporins in Osmoregulatory Organs of Fishes, Steffen S. Madsen, Morton B. Engelund, and Christopher P. Cutler
Claw-Pinching Force of Sand Fiddler Crabs in Relation to Activity and the Lunar Cycle, Denson K. McLain, Jordan Logue, Ann E. Pratt, and Lance D. McBrayer
Adaptive Plasticity and Epigenetic Variation in Response to Warming in an Alpine Plant, Adrienne B. Nicotra, Deborah L. Segal, Gemma L. Hoyle, Aaron W. Schrey, Koen J.F. Verhoeven, and Christina L. Richards
Long-Term Changes in Structure and Function of a Tropical Headwater Stream Following a Disease-Driven Amphibian Decline, Heidi M. Rantala, Amanda M. Nelson, Jessica N. FulgonI, Matt R. Whiles, Robert O. Hall Jr, Walter K. Dodds, Piet Verburg, Alex D. Huryn, Catherine M. Pringle, Susan Kilham, Karen R. Lips, Jose Checo Colón-Gaud, Amanda T. Rugenski, Scot D. Peterson, Kelley Fritz, Kerry E. McLeran, and Scott Connelly
Editors' Note, Laura B. Regassa and Delena Gatch
Phylogeography of the Peninsula Crowned Snake (Tantilla relicta relicta) on the Lake Wales Ridge in central Florida, Aaron W. Schrey, R. K. Evans, Megan Netherland, Kyle G. Ashton, Henry R. Mushinsky, and Earl D. McCoy
Soil and Leaf Nutrient Analysis of the Endangered Herb, Baptisia arachnifera, in Georgia, United States, Ruth Ann Steinbrecher, Lissa M. Leege, and Subhrajit K. Saha
Significant New Records of Amphibians and Reptiles From Georgia, USA, Dirk J. Stevenson, Christopher L. Jenkins, Kevin M. Stohlgren, John B. Jensen, David L. Bechler, Ian Deery, Daniel Duff, Sean P. Graham, Robb Herrington, Phillip Higgins, Robert V. Horan III, Crystal Kelehear, Dylan Kelly, Kelsie Kincaid, Lance D. McBrayer, Matt Moore, Charlie Muise, Tracey Muise, Allan Muise, Justin Oguni, Elizabeth M. Schlimm, and Willa Vaigneur
