Submissions from 2010
"Beyond BIO2010: Celebration and Opportunities" at the Intersection of Mathematics and Biology, John R. Jungck, Holly D. Gaff, Adam P. Fagen, and Jay B. Labov
Mathematical Manipulative Models: In Defense of "Beanbag Biology", John R. Jungck, Holly Gaff, and Anton E. Weisstein
Micro-Environment and Plant Assemblage Structure on Virginia's Barrier Island "Pimple" Dunes, Brett A. McMillan and Frank P. Day
Conservation Status and Habitat Use of the West Virginia Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus Subterraneus) and Spring Salamander (G. Porphyriticus) in General Davis Cave, Greenbrier Co., West Virginia, Matthew L. Niemiller, Michael S. Osbourn, Dante B. Fenolio, Thomas K. Pauley, Brian T. Miller, and John R. Holsinger
Chloroquine Susceptibility and Reversibility in a Plasmodium Falciparum Genetic Cross, Jigar J. Patel, Drew Thacker, John C. Tan, Perri Pleeter, Lisa Checkley, Joseph M. Gonzales, Bingbing Deng, Paul D. Roepe, Roland A. Cooper, and Michael T. Ferdig
The Loss of Species: Mangrove Extinction Risk and Geographic Areas of Global Concern, Beth A. Polidoro, Kent E. Carpenter, Lorna Collins, Norman C. Duke, Aaron M. Ellison, Joanna C. Ellison, Elizabeth J. Farnsworth, Edwino S. Fernando, Kandasamy Kathiresan, Nico E. Koedam, Suzanne R. Livingstone, Toyohiko Miyagi, Gregg E. Moore, Vien Ngoc Nam, Jin Eong Ong, Jurgenne H. Primavera, Serverino G. Salmo, Jonnell C. Sanciango, Sukristijono Sukardjo, Yamin Wang, and Jean Wan Hong Yong
Distinct Macrophage Subpopulations Regulate Viral Encephalitis But Not Viral Clearance in the CNS, Christina D. Steel, Woong-Ki KIm, Larry Sanford, Laurie Wellman, Sandra Burnett, Nico Van Rooijen, and Rochard P. Ciavarra
Hydrodynamic Fin Function of Brief Squid, Lolliguncula Brevis, William J. Stewart, Ian K. Bartol, and Paul S. Krueger
The Ontogeny of Muscle Structure and Locomotory Function in the Long-Finned Squid Doryteuthis Pealeii, J. T. Thompson, I. K. Bartol, A. E. Baksi, and P. S. Krueger
Biodiversity Assessment of the Fishes of Saba Bank Atoll, Netherlands Antilles, Jeffrey T. Williams, Kent E. Carpenter, James L. Van Tassell, Paul Hoetjes, Wes Toller, Peter Etnoyer, and Michael Smith
Bisphenol A Blood and Saliva Levels Prior to and after Dental Sealant Placement in Adults, Joyce M. Zimmerman-Downs, Deanne Shuman, Sharon C. Stull, and Robert E. Ratzlaff
Submissions from 2009
DC Electrokinetic Transport of Cylindrical Cells in Straight Microchannels, Ye Ai, Ali Beskok, David T. Gauthier, Sang W. Joo, and Shizhi Qian
Hydrodynamics of Pulsed Jetting in Juvenile and Adult Brief Squid Lolliguncula Brevis: Evidence of Multiple Jet 'Modes' and Their Implications for Propulsive Efficiency, Ian K. Bartol, Paul S. Krueger, William J. Stewart, and Joseph T. Thompson
Pulsed Jet Dynamics of Squid Hatchlings at Intermediate Reynolds Numbers, Ian K. Bartol, Paul S. Krueger, William J. Stewart, and Joseph T. Thompson
Potential Effects of Catastrophic Cyanobacteria Blooms on Caribbean Spiny Lobster Population Dynamics in Florida Bay USA, Donald C. Behringer and Mark J. Butler IV
Is Seagrass an Important Nursery Habitat for the Caribbean Spiny Lobster, Panulirus argus, in Florida?, Donald C. Behringer, Mark J. Butler IV, William Herrnkind, John H. Hunt, Charles A. Acosta, and William C. Sharp
A Review of the Lethal Spiny Lobster Virus PaV1 - Ten Years After Its Discovery, Donald C. Behringer, Mark J. Butler IV, and Jeffrey D. Shields
The Epidemiological Status of PaV1, and the Effects of Infection on Caribbean Spiny Lobster (Panulirus argus) Condition, Olfaction, and Predation Risk, Donald C. Behringer, Mark J. Butler IV, and Jeffrey D. Shields
Regional Characterisation of Hard-Bottom Nursery Habitat for Juvenile Caribbean Spiny Lobster (Panulirus argus) Using Rapid Assessment Techniques, Rodney D. Bertelsen, Mark J. Butler IV, William F. Herrnkind, and John H. Hunt
Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Habitat Selection Across Canopy Gradients Generates Patterns of Species Richness and Composition in Aquatic Beetles, Christopher A. Binkley and William J. Resetarits Jr.
Comparative Efficacy of BioUD to Other Commercially Available Arthropod Repellants Against the Ticks Amblyomma americanum and Dermacentor variabilis on Cotton Cloth, Brooke W. Bissinger, Jiwei Zhu, Charles S. Apperson, Daniel E. Sonenshine, D. Wesley Watson, and R. Michael Roe
Habitat-Based Intraguild Predation By Caribbean Reef Octopus Octopus Briareus on Juvenile Caribbean Spiny Lobster Panulirus Argus, Mark J. Butler IV and Jennifer A. Lear
Patterns of Spiny Lobster (Panulirus argus) Postlarval Recruitment in the Carribbean: A CRTR Project, Mark J. Butler IV, Angela M. Mojica, Eloy Sosa-Cordero, Marines Millet, Paul Sanchez-Navarro, Miguel A. Maldonado, Juan Posada, Bladimir Rodriguez, Carlos M. Rivas, Adrian Oviedo, Marcio Arrone, Martha Prada, Nick Bach, Nilda Jimenez, Maria Del Carmen Garcia-Rivas, Kirah Forman, Donald C. Behringer Jr., Thomas Matthews, Claire Paris, and Robert Cowen
Results From a Mathematical Model for Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis, H. Gaff, L. Gross, and E. Schaefer
Phylogeny, Adaptive Radiation, and Historical Biogeography in Bromeliaceae: Insights from an Eight-Locus Plastid Phylogeny, Thomas J. Givnish, Michael H. J. Barfuss, Benjamin Van Ee, Ricarda Riina, Katharina Schulte, Ralf Horres, Philip A. Gonsiska, Rachel S. Jabaily, Darren M. Crayn, and J. Andrew Smith
Behavioral Enhancement of Onshore Transport by Postlarval Caribbean Spiny Lobster (Panulirus Argus), Jason S. Goldstein and Mark J. Butler IV
Growth and Survival in a Northern Population of Hispid Cotton Rats, Heather A. Green and Robert K. Rose
The Effects of Climate Change on Biodiversity: Pressing Issues and Research Priorities, Friedhelm Krupp, Lytton J. Musselman, Mohammed M.A. Kotb, and Ilka Weidig
Phytoplankton Blooms: Their Occurence and Composition Within Virginia's Tidal Tributaries, Harold G. Marshall and Todd A. Egerton
Cold Plasma Technology: Bactericidal Effects on Geobacillus Stearothermophilus and Bacillus Cereus Microorganisms, Angela D. Morris, Gayle B. McCombs, Tamer Akan, Wayne L. Hynes, Mounir Laroussi, and Susan L. Tolle
Genetic Variation at Hair Length Candidate Genes in Elephants and the Extinct Woolly Mammoth, Alfred L. Roca, Yasuko Ishida, Nikolaidis Sergios, Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis, Stephen Fratpietro, Kristin Stewardson, Shannon Hensley, Michele Tisdale, Gennady Boeskorov, and Alex D. Greenwood
Floral Thermogenesis of Three Species of Hydnora (Hydnoraceae) in Africa, Roger S. Seymour, Erika Maass, and Jay F. Bolin
Peripheral Dendritic Cells Are Essential for Both the Innate and Adaptive Antiviral Immune Responses in the Central Nervous System, Christina D. Steel, Suzanna M. Hahto, and Richard P. Ciavarra
Seasonal Variation in Diet of a Marginal Population of the Hispid Cotton Rat, Sigmodon hispidus, Lynn A. Walker and Robert K. Rose
Submissions from 2008
Exploring the Mialome of Ticks: An Annotated Catalogue of Midgut Transcripts from the Hard Tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae), Jennifer M. Anderson, Daniel E. Sonenshine, and Jesus G. Valenzuela
Swimming Dynamics and Propulsive Efficiency of Squids Throughout Ontogeny, Ian K. Bartol, Paul S. Krueger, Joseph T. Thompson, and William J. Stewart
Evidence of Self-Correcting Spiral Flows in Swimming Boxfishes, I. K. Bartol, M. S. Gordon, P. Webb, D. Weihs, and M. Gharib
Oviposition Behavior Partitions Aquatic Landscapes Along Predation and Nutrient Gradients, C. A. Binckley and W. J. Resetarits Jr.
The Genus Isoetes L. (Isoetaceae, Lycophyta) in South-Western Asia, Jay F. Bolin, Rebecca D. Bray, Mustafa Keskin, and Lytton J. Musselman
Transmission of Panulirus Argus Virus 1 (Pav1) and its Effect on the Survival of Juvenile Caribbean Spiny Lobster, Mark J. Butler IV, Donald C. Behringer Jr., and Jeffrey D. Shields
Ancient DNA Identification of Early 20th Century Simian T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1, Sebastien Calvignac, Jean-Michel Terme, Shannon M. Hensley, Pierre Jalinot, Alex D. Greenwood, and Catherine Hanni
Advancing Epidemiological Science Through Computational Modeling: A Review with Novel Examples, Scott M. Duke-Sylvester, Eli N. Perencevich, Jon P. Furuno, Leslie A. Real, and Holly Gaff
Mycobacteriosis-Associated Mortality in Wild Striped Bass (Morone Saxatilis) from Chesapeake Bay, USA, D. T. Gauthier, R. J. Latour, D. M. Heisey, C. F. Bonzek, J. Gartland, E. J. Burge, and W. K. Vogelbein
Anther Appendages of Incarvillea Trigger a Pollen-Dispensing Mechanism, Yi Han, Can Dai, Chun-Feng Yang, Qing-Feng Wang, and Timothy J. Motley
Using RNA Interference to Determine the Role of Varisin in the Innate Immune System of the Hard Tick Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae)., Wayne L. Hynes, Martha M. Stokes, Shannon M. Hensley, S. Michelle Todd, and Daniel E. Sonenshine
Genome-Wide Compensatory Changes Accompany Drug-Selected Mutations in the Plasmodium falciparum crt Gene, Hongying Jiang, Jigar J. Patel, Ming Yi, Jianbing Mu, Jinhui Ding, Robert Stephens, Roland A. Cooper, Michael T. Ferdig, and Xin-zhuan Su
Silencing Expression of the Defensin, Varisin, in Male Dermacentor variabilis by RNA Interference Results in Reduced Anaplasma Marginale Infections, Katherine M. Kocan, Jose de la Fuente, Raul Manzano-Roman, Victoria Naranjo, Wayne L. Hynes, and Daniel E. Sonenshine
Physical and In Silico Approaches Identify DNA-PK in a Tax DNA-Damage Response Interactome, Emad Ramadan, Michael Ward, Xin Guo, Sarah S. Durkin, Adam Sawyer, Marcelo Vilela, Christopher Osgood, Alex Pothen, and Oliver J. Semmes
Population Ecology of the Golden Mouse, Robert K. Rose
Induction of Winter Breeding in Small Mammals by 6-MBOA, Robert K. Rose, Roger K. Everton, and Gregory E. Glass
Low-Density Rodent Communities in Eastern Virginia, Robert K. Rose and Jean F. Stankavich
Systematic Revision of Elaphoglossum (Dryopteridaceae) in French Polynesia, with the Description of Three New Species, Germinal Rouhan, David H. Lorence, Timothy J. Motley, Judith Garrison Hanks, and Robbin C. Moran
Molecular Characterization and Related Aspects of the Innate Immune Response in Ticks, Daniel E. Sonenshine and Wayne L. Hynes
Enhancing Research in a Family Medicine Program: One Institution's Story, Fred Tudiver, Kaethe P. Ferguson, Jim L. Wilson, and Gary Kukulka
Historical Mammal Extinction on Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) Correlates with Introduced Infectious Disease, Kelly B. Wyatt, Paula F. Campos, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis, Wayne H. Hynes, Rob DeSalle, Peter Daszak, Ross D.E. MacPhee, and Alex D. Greenwood
Submissions from 2007
A Short Biography of Pieter Bleeker, Kent E. Carpenter
Mutations in Transmembrane Domains 1, 4 and 9 of the Plasmodium falciparum Chloroquine Resistance Transporter Alter Susceptibility to Chloroquine, Quinine and Quinidine, Roland A. Cooper, Kristan D. Lane, Bingbing Deng, Jianbing Mu, Jigar J. Patel, Thomas E. Wellems, Xinzhuan Su, and Michael T. Ferdig
Depauperate Small Mammal Communities in Managed Pine Plantations in Eastern Virginia, James D. Dolan and Robert K. Rose
An Epidemiological Model of Rift Valley Fever, Holly D. Gaff, David M. Hartley, and Nicole P. Leahy
Dietary Sequestration of Defensive Steroids in Nuchal Glands of the Asian Snake Rhabdophis Tigrinus, Deborah A. Hutchinson; Akira Mori; Alan H. Savitsky; Gordon M. Burghardt; Xiaogang Wu; Jerrold Meinwald; and Frank C, Schroeder
Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of 10-N-Substituted Acridones as Novel Chemosensitizers in Plasmodium falciparum, Jane X. Kelly, Martin J. Smilkstein, Roland A. Cooper, Kristin D. Lane, Robert A. Johnson, Aaron Janowsky, Rozalia A. Dodean, David J. Hinrichs, Rolf Winter, and Michael Riscoe
Detection of Mitochondrial Insertions in the Nucleus (NuMts) of Pleistocene and Modern Muskoxen, Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis, Ross DE MacPhee, and Alex D. Greenwood
Phytoplankton Productivity in the Tidal Regions of Four Chesapeake Bay (USA) Tributaries, Kneeland K. Nesius, Harold G. Marshall, and Todd A. Egerton
Bioelectric Effects of Intense Nanosecond Pulses, Karl H. Schoenbach, Barbara Y. Hargrave, Ravindra P. Joshi, Juergen F. Kolb, Richard Nuccitelli, Christopher J. Osgood, Andrei G. Pakhomov, Michael W. Stacey, James R. Swanson, Jody A. White, Shu Xiao, Jue Zhang, Stephen J. Beebe, Peter F. Blackmore, and E. Stephen Buescher
Amurocrangonyx, a New Genus of Subterranean Amphipod (Crangonyctidae) from the Russian Far East, with a Redescription of the Poorly Known Crangonyx Arsenjevi and Comments on Biogeographic Relationships, Dmitry A. Sidorav and John R. Holsinger
Review of the Crevalle Jacks, Caranx Hippos Complex (Teleostei: Carangidae), with a Description of a New Species from West Africa, William F. Smith-Vaniz and Kent E. Carpenter
Structural Attributes of the Hypogeous Holoparasite Hydnora Triceps Drège & Meyer (Hydnoraceae), Kushan U. Tennakoon, Jay F. Bolin, Lytton J. Musselman, and Erika Maas
Sequence and the Developmental and Tissue-Specific Regulation of the First Complete Vitellogenin Message From Ticks, Deborah M. Thompson, Sayed M.S. Khalil, Laura A. Jeffers, Daniel E. Sonenshine, Robert D. Mitchell, Christopher J. Osgood, and R. Michael Roe
Tissue and Life Stage Distribution of a Defensin-Like Gene in the Lone Star Tick Amblyomma americanum, S. Michelle Todd, Daniel E. Sonenshine, and Wayne L. Hynes
Termite Resource Partitioning Related to Log Diameter, Deborah A. Waller
Submissions from 2006
The Adaptive Value of Aggregation Among Juvenile Caribbean Spiny Lobster: An Evaluation Using Individual-Based Modeling, Thomas W. Dolan III and Mark J. Butler IV
Bogidiella indica, A New Species of Subterranean Amphipod Crustacean (Bogidiellidae) from Wells in Southeastern India, with Remarks on the Biogeographic Importance of Recently Discovered Bogidiellids on the Indian Subcontinent, John R. Holsinger, Y. Ranga Reddy, and Mohammed Messouli
Detection of Panulirus Argus Virus 1 (PaV1) in the Caribbean Spiny Lobster Using Fluorescence in situ Hybridization (FISH), Caiwen Li, Jeffrey D. Shields, Hamish J. Small, Kimberly S. Reece, Carmony L. Hartwig, Roland A. Cooper, and Robert E. Ratzlaff
Distribution and Status of the Southern Bog Lemming, Synaptomys cooperi, in Southeastern Virginia, Robert K. Rose
Year-round Diet of the Marsh Rice Rat, Oryzomys palustris, in Virginia Tidal Marshes, Robert K. Rose and Shannon W. McGurk
Tick Pheromones and Their Use in Tick Control, Daniel E. Sonenshine
Submissions from 2005
Body-Induced Vortical Flows: A Common Mechanism for Self-Corrective Trimming Control in Boxfishes, Ian K. Bartol, Morteza Gharib, Paul W. Webb, Daniel Weihs, and Malcolm S. Gordon
Population Dynamics of Oryzomys Palustris and Microtus Pennsylvanicus in Virginia Tidal Marshes, Christopher P. Bloch and Robert K. Rose
Demonstration of Toxicity to Fish and to Mammalian Cells by Pfiesteria species: Comparison of Assay Methods and Strains, Joann M. Burkholder, Andrew S. Gordon, Peter D. Moeller, J. Mac Law, Kathryn J. Coyne, Alan J. Lewitus, John S. Ramsdell, Harold G. Marshall, Nora J. Deamer, S. Craig Cary, Jason W. Kempton, Steven L. Morton, and Parke A. Rublee
Benthic Fisheries Ecology in a Changing Environment: Unraveling Process to Achieve Prediction, Mark J. Butler IV
Recruitment in Degraded Marine Habitats: A Spatially Explicit, Individual-Based Model for Spiny Lobster, Mark J. Butler IV, Thomas W. Dolan III, John H. Hunt, Kenneth A. Rose, and William F. Herrnkind
Feeding Ecology of Juvenile Spiny Lobster, Panulirus interruptus, on the Pacific Coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico, Verónica Castañeda‐Fernández‐de‐Lara, Elisa Serviere‐Zaragoza, Sergio Hernández‐Vázquez, and Mark J. Butler IV
Characterization of Pfiesteria Ichthyocidal Activity, Andrew S. Gordon, Harold G. Marshall, Sandra E. Shumway, Kathryn J. Coyne, Alan J. Lewitus, Michael A. Mallin, and Parke A. Rublee
A Defensin-Like Gene Expressed in the Black-Legged Tick, Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae), Wayne L. Hynes, S. M. Ceraul, S. M. Todd, K. C. Seguin, and Daniel E. Sonenshine
Phytoplankton Development Within Tidal Freshwater Regions of Two Virginia Rivers, USA, Harold G. Marshall and Lubomira Burchardt
A Review of Phytoplankton Composition Within Chesapeake Bay and Its Tidal Estuaries, Harold G. Marshall, Lubomira Burchardt, and Richard Lacouture
Comparison of Phytoplankton and Autotrophic Picoplankton Populations Over a 24-Hour Period From a Pond's Surface and Subsurface Waters, Harold G. Marshall, Lubomira Burchardt, and Elżbieta Wilk-Woźniak
Effects of Human Disturbances on the Behavior of Wintering Ducks, Melissa L. Pease, Robert K. Rose, and Mark J. Butler
The Architecture of a Proteomic Network in the Yeast, Emad Ramadan, Christopher Osgood, and Alex Pothern
Mechanical Properties of the Integument of the Common Gartersnake, Thamnophis sirtalis (Serpentes: Colubridae), Gabriel Rivera, Alan H. Savitzky, and Jeffrey A. Hinkley
The Small Mammals of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, as Revealed by Pitfall Trapping, Robert K. Rose
New Species of Amphipod Crustaceans in the Genera Tegano and Melita (Hadzioidea : Melitidae) From Subterranean Groundwaters in Guam, Palau, and the Philippines, Thomas R. Sawicki, John R. Holsinger, and Thomas M. Iliffe
Host Blood Proteins and Peptides in the Midgut of the Tick Dermacentor variabilis Contribute to Bacterial Control, Daniel E. Sonenshine, Wayne L. Hynes, Shane M. Ceraul, Robert Mitchell, and Tiffany Benzine
Defensin in Ticks: Molecular Characterization, Expression, and Role in Innate Immunity, Daniel E. Sonenshine, Wayne L. Hynes, Shane M. Ceraul, and Michelle Todd
In Vivo Role of 20-hydroxyecdysone in the Regulation of the Vitellogenin mRNA and Egg Development in the American Dog Tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Say), Deborah M. Thompson, Sayed M.S. Khalil, Laura A. Jeffers, Usha Ananthapadadmanaban, Daniel E. Sonenshine, Robert D. Mitchell, Christopher J. Osgood, Charles S. Apperson, and R. Michael Roe
3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine Activates Nuclear Factor- κB, Increases Intracellular Calcium, and Modulates Gene Transcription in Rat Heart Cells, David A. Tiangco, Frank A. Lattanzio Jr., Christopher J. Osgood, Stephen J. Beebe, Julie A. Kerry, and Barbara Y. Hargrave
Submissions from 2004
Comparative Life Histories of Georgia and Virginia Cotton Rats, Bradley J. Bergstrom and Robert K. Rose
On the Ecological Status of the Concept "Boundary Conditions" - A Few Methodological Remarks, Lubomira Burchardt, Krzystof Lastowski, and Harold G. Marshall