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Faculty Research Highlights

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At UNCW, we are proud to highlight our faculty's exceptional commitment to pioneering research and innovation. Explore this page to discover some of their recent peer-reviewed articles and published books, showcasing their contributions to advancing knowledge and driving academic excellence.
August 2024
Visual acuity of the summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) captures spatial information relevant to dynamic camouflage at close range
-The Anatomical Record
Vanessa M. Moreno and Lorian E. Schweikert
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S. New Clavelina (Ascidiacea) Species from the Bahamas
-Preprints
Xavier Turon and Susanna Lopez-Legentil
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With or without nutrients, sponges are boring: No effect of inorganic nutrients on clionaid sponge bioerosion of carbonate substrate
-Marine Pollution Bulletin
Amber D. Stubler, Madison Sardine, John M. Carroll, Christopher M. Finelli

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Passive acoustic surveys demonstrate high densities of sperm whales off the mid-Atlantic coast of the USA in winter and spring
-Marine Environmental Research
Boisseau, Oliver, Doug Nowacek, D. Ann Pabst, Jason Roberts, Ashley Blawas, Anna Clabaugh, Richard McLanaghan,(...)
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July 2024
Genome-based taxonomic analysis of the genus Pseudoalteromonas reveals heterotypic synonyms
-Environmental Microbiology
Patrick Videau, Maximillian D. Shlafstein, David K. Oline, Scott A. Givan,(...), Blake Ushijima
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Long‐term changes in taxonomic and functional composition of European marine fish communities
-Ecography
Aurore Receveur, Fabien Leprieur, Kari E Ellingsen, David Keith, Kristin M Kleisner, Matthew McLean,(...)
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A late Pleistocene nest cave of Gymnogyps californianus (California Condor) in Texas: New radiocarbon and stable isotope analyses
-Ornithology
Steven D Emslie
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Low human interest for the most at-risk reef fishes worldwide
-Science Advances
Nicolas Mouquet, Juliette Langlois, Nicolas Casajus, Arnaud Auber, Ulysse Flandrin, François Guilhaumon, Nicolas Loiseau, Matthew McLean,(...)
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Microbial hydrogenation of cholesterol to coprostanol by anaerobic bacteria: evidence from Antarctic lacustrine sediment
-Biogeochemistry
Xin Chen, Jianjun Wang, Jing Jin, Yaguang Nie, Zhangqin Zheng, Yulu Xue, Weidong Kong, Wenhan Cheng, Jifeng Zhang, Lewen Liang, Yi Yang, Steven D Emslie,(...)
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Diverse and unconventional methanogens, methanotrophs, and methylotrophs in metagenome-assembled genomes from subsurface sediments of the Slate River floodplain, Crested Butte, CO, USA
-Msystems
Anna N Rasmussen, Bradley B Tolar, John R Bargar, Kristin Boye, Christopher A Francis
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Saurauia decolorata (Actinidiaceae), a new species from Mindanao, the Philippines
-Phytotaxa
Shiella Mae B Olimpos, Darin S Penneys, Daryl S Salas, Fulgent P Coritico, Victor B Amoroso, Peter W Fritsch
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Investigating Quantitative Genetics and Marker-Assisted Selection for Improved Growth Performance in Bay Scallops, Argopecten irradians, in NC, USA
-Journal of Shellfish Research
Varney, Robin L. and Ami E. Wilbur

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June 2024
Biomagnification of mercury in an estuarine food web
-Marine Pollution Bulletin
Anna Hardy, Stephen A Skrabal, Lindsay Addison, Steven D Emslie
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Soil phosphorus continues to re-equilibrate over 60 years of forest development in the Calhoun Critical Zone Observatory in the southeastern US Piedmont
-Soil Science Society of America Journal
Maryam Foroughi, Lori A Sutter, Daniel D Richter, Daniel Markewitz
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Maternal investment evolves with larger body size and higher diversification rate in sharks and rays
-Current Biology
Christopher G Mull, Matthew W Pennell, Kara E Yopak, Nicholas K Dulvy
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May 2024
Three new species of Vaccinium L.(Ericaceae) from Mindanao Island, Philippines
-Phytotaxa
Maverick N Tamayo, Victor B Amoroso, Fulgent P Coritico, Darin S Penneys, John Rey C Callado, John D Horner, Peter W Fritsch
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Southern Flounder: Major Milestones and Remaining Knowledge Gaps in Their Biology, Ecology, and Fishery Management
-Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture
S. R. Midway, Fred S. Scharf, M. A. Dance, N. J. Brown-Peterson, J. C. Ballenger, N. S. Beeken,(…), S. B. White
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Red Blood Cell Hemoglobin Oxygen Transfer in Deep-Diving Marine Mammals
-Physiology
Marie Duong, James Suprapto, Ellen Breen, Michael Tift, Patricia Jennings, William Tong
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Lectin binding to pectoral fin of neonate little skates reared under ambient and projected‐end‐of‐century temperature regimes
-Journal of Morphology
Peyton Thomas, Emily E Peele, Kara E Yopak, James A Sulikowski, Stephen T Kinsey
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April 2024
Examining Bergmann's rule in a cosmopolitan marine mammal, the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops spp.)
-Marine Mammal Science
Arina B. Favilla, Stephanie K. Adamczak, Erin M. Fougères, Andrew Brownlow, Nicholas J. Davison, Janet Mann, William A. McLellan, D. Ann Pabst, Mariel Doeschate, Michael S. Tift, Randall S. Wells, Daniel P. Costa
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A newly discovered trematode parasite infecting the bay scallop, Argopecten irradians
-Aquaculture
Hailea FH Boggess, Robin L Varney, D Wilson Freshwater, Tal Ben-Horin, Carolina Preister, Hannah McCurry, Ami E Wilbur, Julia C Buck
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The influence of biopsy site and pregnancy on stable isotope ratios in humpback whale skin
-Marine Mammal Science
Devin C Fraleigh, Logan J Pallin, Ari S Friedlaender, Jay Barlow, Annette E Henry, Danielle M Waples, Teris Oglesby, Alyson H Fleming
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Multiple paternity, fertilization success, and male quality: Mating system variation in the eelgrass, Zostera marina
-Ecology and Evolution
Lauren R. Sgambelluri, Jessie C. Jarvis, Stephanie J. Kamel
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