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Phylogenetic treatment and taxonomic revision of the tarantula genus Aphonopelma Pocock, 1901 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) within the United States 

Hamilton, Chris A. (2015-07-21)
This systematic study documents the taxonomy, diversity, and distribution of the tarantula spider genus Aphonopelma Pocock, 1901 within the United States. Aphonopelma is a group wherein traditional morphological characters ...

Physiological and behavioral effects of photosynthetically-active radiation on rosetip sea anemones Condylactis gigantea: Tolerance limits and growth 

Holte, Brady (2018-07-24)
Irradiance is an abiotic factor that strongly affects the metabolism of endosymbiotic Symbiodinium within photosynthetic cnidarians such as rose tip sea anemones Condylactis gigantea. Fluctuations in the intensity of ...

Reproductive success in white-tailed deer: using structural equation modeling to understand the causal relationships of MHC, age, and morphology 

Moore, Carolyn (2019-08-14)
Understanding factors that influence reproductive success is of utmost importance to the study of wildlife population dynamics. There are a multitude of factors that can influence a male’s ability to acquire mates, such ...

Revealing Hidden Diversity in a Unique Island Ecosystem: The Evolution, Ecology and Conservation of Anchialine Shrimp in the Pacific Basin 

Weese, David (2012-09-27)
Due to varying anthropogenic pressures, there is an urgency to accelerate research into unique island environments and their biota before they are lost forever. For many islands, one of the most threatened ecosystems may ...

Symbiotic benefits to sea anemones from the metabolic byproducts of anemonefish 

Roopin, Modi (2007-12-15)
Although anemonefishes and their giant sea anemone hosts became known to the western world in the late nineteenth century, and the first studies exploring these associations were published almost one hundred years ago, to ...