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Submissions from 2018

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Anti-inflammatory and immune-modulating effects of rice callus suspension culture (RCSC) and bioactive fractions in an in vitro inflammatory bowel disease model, Kyle Michael Driscoll, Aparna Deshpande, Andrew Chapp, Kefeng Li, Rupali Datta, and Ramakrishnan Veerabahu

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Co-occurrence of in-stream nitrogen fixation and denitrification across a nitrogen gradient in a western U.S. watershed, Erin K. Eberhard, Amy Marcarelli, and Colden Baxter

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Bridging the Employment Gap: Meeting the Needs of Rural Healthcare, Karyn Fay

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Fish distributions and habitat associations in Manistee River, Michigan, tributaries: Implications for Arctic Grayling restoration, Cameron Goble, Nancy A. Auer, Casey Huckins, Brian M. Danhoff, J. Marty Holtgren, and Stephanie A. Ogren

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A generalized purification step for viral particles using mannitol flocculation, Caryn L. Heldt, Ashish Saksule, Pratik U. Joshi, and Majid Ghafarian

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Temporal transcriptome profiling of developing seeds reveals a concerted gene regulation in relation to oil accumulation in Pongamia (Millettia pinnata), Jianzi Huang, Xuehong Hao, Ye Jin, Xiaohuan Guo, Qing Shao, Kavitha Kumar, Yogesh Ahlawat, David Harry, Chandrashekhar Joshi, and Yizhi Zheng

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Importance of growth rate on mercury and polychlorinated biphenyl bioaccumulation in fish, Jiajia Li, G. Douglas Haffner, Gordon Paterson, David M. Walters, Michael D. Burtnyk, and Ken G. Drouillard

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Small but powerful: function of microRNAs in plant development, Haiping Liu, Hongyang Yu, Guiliang Tang, and Guiliang Tang

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Of small streams and Great Lakes: Integrating tributaries to understand the ecology and biogeochemistry of Lake Superior, Amy Marcarelli, Ashley Anne Coble, Karl Michael Meingast, Evan Kane, Colin Brooks, Ishi Buffam, Sarah Green, Casey Huckins, David Toczydlowski, and Robert Stottlemyer

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Pesticides related to land use in watersheds of the Great Lakes basin, Chris D. Metcalfe, Paul Helm, Gordon Paterson, Georgina Kaltenecker, Craig Murray, Monica Nowierski, and Tamanna Sultana

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Removal of prometryn from hydroponic media using marsh pennywort (Hydrocotyle vulgaris L.), J. Ni, S. X. Sun, Y. Zheng, R. Datta, D. Sarkar, and Y. M. Li

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Vetiver grass (Chrysopogon zizanioides) is capable of removing insensitive high explosives from munition industry wastewater, Saumik Panja, Dibyendu Sarkar, and Rupali Datta

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Comparative metabolic profiling of vetiver (Chrysopogon zizanioides) and maize (Zea mays) under lead stress, Venkataramana R. Pidatala, Kefeng Li, Dibyendu Sarkar, Ramakrishna Wusirika, and Rupali Datta

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Microbial community and metagenome dynamics during biodegradation of dispersed oil reveals potential key-players in cold Norwegian seawater., Deni Ribicic, Roman Netzer, Terry C Hazen, Stephen M Techtmann, Finn Drabløs, and Odd Gunnar Brakstad

Life on the fringe: microbial adaptation to growth on carbon monoxide, Frank T. Robb and Stephen Techtmann

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Heavy Metal Pollution and Remediation, Abhishek RoyChowdhury, Rupali Datta, and Dibyendu Sarkar

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Drosophila, destroying angels, and deathcaps! Oh my! A review of mycotoxin tolerance in the genus Drosophila, Clare H. Scott Chialvo and Thomas Werner

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Community response to a sustainable restoration plan for a superfund site, Virinder Sidhu, Dibyendu Sarkar, Rupali Datta, and Barry D. Solomon

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PlantES: A plant electrophysiological multi-source data online analysis and sharing platform, Chao Song, Xiao-Huang Qin, Qiao Zhou, Zi-Yang Wang, Wei-He Liu, Jun Li, Guiliang Tang, and et al.

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Assessment of water treatment residuals as sorbent material in permeable reactive barriers: Application to a copper-contaminated site, Chris Walkons, Alex S. Mayer, Rupali Datta, and Dibyendu Sarkar

Works from 2017

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Ethylenediaminedisuccinic acid (EDDS) enhances phytoextraction of lead by vetiver grass from contaminated residential soils in a panel study in the field, Ramesh Attinti, Kirk R. Barrett, Rupali Datta, and Dibyendu Sarkar

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Indole-TEMPO conjugates alleviate ischemia-reperfusion injury via attenuation of oxidative stress and preservation of mitochondrial function, Wei Bi, Yue Bi, Xiang Gao, Pengfei Li, Shanshan Hou, Yanrong Zhang, Cathy Bammert, Steffen Jockusch, Thomas D. Legalley, K. Michael Gibson, and Lanrong Bi

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Macrophytes and Bryophytes, William B. Bowden, Janice M. Glime, and Tenna Riis

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The relationship of high-intensity cross-training with arterial stiffness, Jamie F. Burr, Jenny L. Beck, and John J. Durocher

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Proteomic profiling of vetiver grass (Chrysopogon zizanioides) under 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) stress, Padmini Das, Dibyendu Sarkar, and Rupali Datta

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Kinetics of nitroreductase-mediated phytotransformation of TNT in vetiver grass, P. Das, D. Sarkar, and Rupali Datta

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Evidence for exocellular Arsenic in Fronds of Pteris vittata, Rupali Datta, Padmini Das, Ryan Tappero, Pravin Punamiya, Evert Elzinga, Shivendra Sahi, Huan Feng, Jeffrey Kiiskila, and Dibyendu Sarkar

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Proteomics provides insights into biological pathways altered by plant growth promoting bacteria and arbuscular mycorrhiza in sorghum grown in marginal soil, Faten Dhawi, Rupali Datta, and Wusirika Ramakrishna

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Nitrogen Transformations, Walter K. Dodds, Amy J. Burgin, Amy Marcarelli, and Eric A. Strauss

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Nitrogen transformations, W. K. Dodds, A. J. Burgin, Amy Marcarelli, and E. A. Strauss

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Chronic eccentric arm cycling improves maximum upper-body strength and power, Steven J. Elmer, Dakota J. Anderson, Travis Wakeham, Matthew Kilgas, John J. Durocher, Stan L. Lindstedt, and Paul C. LaStayo

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A preliminary study to design a floating treatment wetland for remediating acid mine drainage-impacted water using vetiver grass (Chrysopogon zizanioides), Jeffrey D. Kiiskila, Dibyendu Sarkar, Kailey A. Feuerstein, and Rupali Datta

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Differential DNA methylation may contribute to temporal and spatial regulation of gene expression and the development of mycelia and conidia in entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium robertsii, Wanzhen Li, Yulong Wang, Jianyu Zhu, Zhangxun Wang, Guiliang Tang, and Bo Huang

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Evaluating the effects of culvert designs on ecosystem processes in northern Wisconsin streams, J. C. Olson, Amy Marcarelli, A. L. Timm, S. L. Eggert, and Randall K Kolka

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Assessment of Soil and Water Contamination at the Tab-Simco Coal Mine: A Case Study, Abhishek RoyChowdhury, Dibyendu Sarkar, Yang Deng, and Rupali Datta

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Decrease in young-of-the-year yellow perch growth rates following Bythotrephes longimanus invasion, David F. Staples, Ryan P. Maki, Jodie K. Hirsch, W. Charles Kerfoot, Jaime F. LeDuc, Tom Burri, Brenda Moraska Lafrancois, and Jay Glase

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Comparison of Thaumarchaeotal populations from four deep sea basins., Stephen Techtmann, Nagissa Mahmoudi, Kendall T Whitt, Maria Fernanda Campa, Julian L Fortney, Dominique C Joyner, and Terry C Hazen

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Corexit 9500 Enhances Oil Biodegradation and Changes Active Bacterial Community Structure of Oil-Enriched Microcosms., Stephen M Techtmann, Mobing Zhuang, Pablo Campo, Edith Holder, Michael Elk, Terry C Hazen, Robyn Conmy, and Jorge W Santo Domingo

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Silencing of stress-regulated miRNAs in plants by short tandem target mimic (STTM) approach, Sachin Teotia and Guiliang Tang

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SINAT E3 Ligases Control the Light-Mediated Stability of the Brassinosteroid-Activated Transcription Factor BES1 in Arabidopsis, Mengran Yang, Chengxiang Li, Zhenying Cai, Yinmeng Hu, Trevor Nolan, Feifei Yu, Yanhai Yin, Qi Xie, Guiliang Tang, and Xuelu Wang

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RISC-interacting clearing 3’- 5’ exoribonucleases (RICES) degrade uridylated cleavage fragments to maintain functional RISC in Arabidopsis thaliana, Zhonghui Zhang, Fuqu Hu, Min Woo Sung, Chang Shu, Claudia Castillo-González, Hisashi Koiwa, Guiliang Tang, Martin Dickman, Pingwei Li, and Xiuren Zhang

Submissions from 2016

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Stream-lake interaction: Understanding a coupled hydro-ecological system, M. A. Baker, C. D. Arp, K. J. Goodman, Amy Marcarelli, and W. A. Wurtsbaugh

Landscape Resistance Models Identify Genetic Connectivity Corridors for a Foundation Riparian Tree (Populus angustifolia), Helen M. Bothwell, Samuel A. Cushman, Scott A. Woolbright, Erika I. Hersch-Green, Luke M. Evans, Gerard J. Allan, and Thomas G. Whitham

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Development of a spectral-based algorithm for mapping and monitoring of Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) in the Great Lakes region from an unmanned aerial vehicle platform, C. N. Brooks, Amanda Grimm, Casey Huckins, and Amy Marcarelli

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Evaluating the spread and control of Eurasian watermilfoil through remote sensing technologies, Colin Brooks, Amanda G. Grimm, Casey J. Huckins, Amy Marcarelli, Ryan R. Van Goethem, and Richard Dobson

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Nutrient release from moose bioturbation in aquatic ecosystems, Joseph K. Bump, Brenda G. Bergman, Amy J. Schrank, Amy Marcarelli, Evan S. Kane, Anita S. Risch, and Martin Schütz

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Plant electrical signal classification based on waveform similarity, Yang Chen, Dong-Jie Zhao, Zi-Yang Wang, Zhong-Yi Wang, Guiliang Tang, and Lan Huang

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Uptake of ammonium and soluble reactive phosphorus in forested streams: influence of dissolved organic matter composition, Ashley A. Coble, Amy Marcarelli, Evan S. Kane, and Casey J. Huckins

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Temporal patterns of dissolved organic matter biodegradability are similar across three rivers of varying size, Ashley A. Coble, Amy Marcarelli, Evan S. Kane, David Toczydlowski, and Robert Stottlemyer

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Effects of experimentally added salmon subsidies on resident fishes via direct and indirect pathways, Scott F. Collins, Colden V. Baxter, Amy Marcarelli, and Mark S. Wipfli

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Mycorrhiza and heavy metal resistant bacteria enhance growth, nutrient uptake and alter metabolic profile of sorghum grown in marginal soil, Faten Dhawi, Rupali Datta, and Wusirika Ramakrishna

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Do nitrogen fixation and denitrification co-occur across a gradient of stream nitrogen concentrations in a western watershed?, Erin K. Eberhard, Amy Marcarelli, J. E. Ortiz, and Colden V. Baxter

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Genetic and phenotypic evidence for splake presence in brook trout and lake trout spawning habitats, Mackenzie Feringa, Casey Huckins, William Mattes, Edward Baker, Troy Zorn, John Littlefield, and Kim Scribner

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Nitrogen deposition to lakes in national parks of the western Great Lakes region: Isotopic signatures, watershed retention, and algal shifts, William O. Hobbs, Brenda Moraska Lafrancois, Robert Stottlemyer, David Toczydlowski, Daniel R. Engstrom, Mark B. Edlund, James E. Almendinger, Kristin E. Strock, David Vandermeulen, Joan E. Elias, and Jasmine E. Saros

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Collaboration and challenges with prevention, control, and management of invasive Eurasian Watermilfoil, Casey J. Huckins, Amy Marcarelli, Kevyn J. Juneau, Rodney Chimner, Colin Brooks, P. Xue, Guy Meadows, and Erika Hersch-Green

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Multiple inducers in aquatic foodwebs: Counter-measures and vulnerability to exotics, Charles Kerfoot and Susan C. Savage

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A plague of waterfleas (Bythotrephes): impacts on microcrustacean community structure, seasonal biomass, and secondary production in a large inland-lake complex, W. Charles Kerfoot, Martin M. Hobmeier, Foad Yousef, Brenda Moraska Lafrancois, Ryan P. Maki, and Jodi K. Hirsch

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Legacy mercury releases during copper mining near Lake Superior, W. Charles Kerfoot, Noel Urban, Cory P. McDonald, Ronald Rossmann, and Huanxin Zhang

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Old paradigms and new frameworks for understanding nitrogen fixation in stream ecosystems, Amy Marcarelli, Erin K. Eberhard, Colden V. Baxter, Jill R. Welter, J. Thad Scott, and Robinson W. Fulweiler

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Integrated management of nonnative and hybrid Eurasian Watermilfoil in the Portage Waterway of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Amy Marcarelli, Casey Huckins, Kevyn J. Juneau, Colin N. Brooks, Rodney Chimner, Erika Hersch-Green, and Guy Meadows

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Identification of Biochemical Pathways Associated with Lead Tolerance and Detoxification in Chrysopogon zizanioides L. Nash (Vetiver) by Metabolic Profiling, Venkataramana R. Pidatala, Kefeng Li, Dibyendu Sarkar, Wusirika Ramakrishna, and Rupali Datta

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Immobilization of tetracyclines in manure and manure-amended soils using aluminum-based drinking water treatment residuals, Pravin Punamiya, Dibyendu Sarkar, Sudipta Rakshit, Evert J. Elzinga, and Rupali Datta

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Tetracycline uptake and metabolism by vetiver grass (Chrysopogon zizanioides L. Nash), Aparupa Sengupta, Dibyendu Sarkar, Padmini Das, Saumik Panja, Chinmayi Parikh, Dilrukshi Ramanathan, Susan Bagley, and Rupali Datta

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Effects of biosolids and compost amendment on chemistry of soils contaminated with copper from mining activities, Virinder Sidhu, Dibyendu Sarkar, and Rupali Datta

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Prohibitin as the Molecular Binding Switch in the Retinal Pigment Epithelium, Srinivas R. Sripathi, O’Donnell D. Sylvester, Weilue He, Trevor Moser, Ji Yeon Um, Folami Lamoke, Wusirika Ramakrishna, Paul S. Bernstein, Manuela Bartoli, and Wan Jin Jahng

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Uptake of 2,4-bis(Isopropylamino)-6-methylthio-s-triazine by Vetiver Grass (Chrysopogon zizanioides L.) from Hydroponic Media, S. X. Sun, Y. M. Li, Y. Zheng, Y. Hua, R. Datta, Y. M. Dan, P. Lv, and D. Sarkar

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Colwellia psychrerythraea strains from distant deep sea basins show adaptation to local conditions, Stephen Techtmann, Kathleen S. Fitgerald, Savannah C. Stelling, Dominique C. Joyner, Sagar M. Uttukar, Austin P. Harris, and et al.

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Metagenomic applications in environmental monitoring and bioremediation, Stephen Techtmann and Terry C. Hazen

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Comparative transcriptome and proteome analysis to reveal the biosynthesis of gold nanoparticles in Arabidopsis, Manish Tiwari, Sneha Krishnamurthy, Devesh Shukla, Jeffrey Kiiskila, Ajay Jain, Rupali Datta, Nilesh Sharma, and Shivendra V. Sahi

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Legacy disturbance effects in a lake littoral zone: effects of stamp sands on structure of macrophyte communities in the Keweenaw waterway of MI, R. R. Van Goethem, Amy Marcarelli, Kevyn J. Juneau, and Casey J. Huckins

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Legacy disturbance effects in a lake littoral zone: Effects of stamp sands on structure macrophyte communities in the Keweenaw Waterway of MI (S), Ryan R. Van Goethem, Amy Marcarelli, Kevyn J. Juneau, and Casey J. Huckins

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Ionic liquid extraction unveils previously occluded humic-bound iron in peat soil pore water, Timothy J. Veverica, Evan S. Kane, Amy Marcarelli, and Sarah A. Green

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Screening miRNAs for early diagnosis of colorectal cancer by small RNA deep sequencing and evaluation in a Chinese patient population, Xiaofeng Wang, Li Chen, Heiying Jin, Shuiming Wang, Yajie Zhang, Xiaoqing Tang, and Guiliang Tang

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Genetic dissection of the maize kernel development process via conditional QTL mapping for three developing kernel-related traits in an immortalized F < inf> 2 population, Zhanhui Zhang, Xiangyuan Wu, Chaonan Shi, Rongna Wang, Shengfei Li, Zhaohui Wang, Zonghua Liu, Yadong Xue, Guiliang Tang, and Jihua Tang

Works from 2015

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Adsorption of arsenic(V) from aqueous solutions by goethite/silica nanocomposite, R. Attinti, D. Sarkar, K. R. Barrett, and Rupali Datta

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Editorial - Growing the seed for a Great Lakes Commons, Martin Auer, Alexa Bradley, and Nancy A. Auer

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More than bags of nutrients: Weighing ecological and social costs of losing migratory fishes versus the management paradigm of compensatory mitigation, Colden V. Baxter, Scott F. Collins, Amy Marcarelli, and J. Ryan Bellmore

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Strontium source and depth of uptake shifts with substrate age in semiarid ecosystems, Ashley A. Coble, Stephen C. Hart, Michael E. Ketterer, Gregory S. Newman, and Andrew L. Kowler

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Ammonium and glucose amendments stimulate dissolved organic matter mineralization in a Lake Superior tributary, Ashley A. Coble, Amy Marcarelli, and Evan S. Kane

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Measuring the effects of food availability on Lake Superior Diporeia consumption rates using radiolabeled algae, Miles Corcoran, Nancy A. Auer, and Martin Auer

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Urea-facilitated uptake and nitroreductase-mediated transformation of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene in soil using vetiver grass, Padmini Das, Dibyendu Sarkar, Konstantinos C. Makris, and Rupali Datta

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Differential regulation of genes by retrotransposons in rice promoters, Surendar Reddy Dhadi, Zijun Xu, Rafi Shaik, Kyle Michael Driscoll, and Wusirika Ramakrishna

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Mycorrhiza and PGPB modulate maize biomass, nutrient uptake and metabolic pathways in maize grown in mining-impacted soil, Faten Dhawi, Rupali Datta, and Wusirika Ramakrishna

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Cerebral blood flow velocity during combined lower body negative pressure and cognitive stress, John J. Durocher, Jason R. Carter, William H. Cooke, Angela H. Young, and Morton H. Harwood

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Innovative and Multifaceted Control of Invasive Eurasian and Hybrid Watermilfoil Using Integrated Pest Management Principles, Kevyn J. Juneau, Casey J. Huckins, and Amy Marcarelli

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Ecological response to Eurasian watermilfoil management in a Lake Superior Coastal Waterway, Kevyn J. Juneau, Casey J. Huckins, Amy Marcarelli, Rodney Chimner, Colin N. Brooks, Pengfei Xue, and Guy A. Meadows

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Environmental response of a Lake Superior coastal waterway to Eurasian watermilfoil management, Kevyn J. Juneau, Amy Marcarelli, Casey J. Huckins, Rodney Chimner, and Colin Brooks

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Phytoremediation of Explosive-Contaminated Soils, Jeffrey Kiiskila, Padmini Das, Dibyendu Sarkar, and Rupali Datta

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Sand aggradation alters biofilm standing crop and metabolism in a low-gradient Lake Superior tributary, Amy Marcarelli, Casey Huckins, and Susan L. Eggert

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Stream ecosystem process responses to stamp sand stabilization in tributaries of Lake Superior, Amy Marcarelli, Casey J. Huckins, Ashley A. Coble, James C. Olson, G. Nicolas, and R. Aho

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Drinking Water Treatment Residual Amendment Lowers Inorganic Arsenic Bioaccessibility in Contaminated soils: A Long-Term Study, Rachana Nagar, Dibyendu Sarkar, Pravin Punamiya, and Rupali Datta

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Invasive myriophyllum spicatum and nutrients interact to influence phytoplankton communities in the Portage Waterway, J. E. Ortiz, Amy Marcarelli, Kevyn J. Juneau, and Casey J. Huckins

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Injury risk estimation expertise, Erich J. Petuchek, Edward Cokely, Paul Ward, John J. Durocher, Sean J. Wallace, and Gregory D. Myer

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Injury risk estimation expertise: Assessing the ACL injury risk estimation quiz, Erich J. Petushek, Edward T. Cokely, Paul Ward, John J. Durocher, Sean J. Wallace, and Gregory D. Myer

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Effect of solution properties, competing ligands, and complexing metal on sorption of tetracyclines on Al-based drinking water treatment residuals, Pravin Punamiya, Dibyendu Sarkar, Sudipta Rakshit, and Rupali Datta

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Surface complexation of antimony on kaolinite, Sudipta Rakshit, Dibyendu Sarkar, and Rupali Datta

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Remediation of Acid Mine Drainage-Impacted Water, Abhishek RoyChowdhury, Dibyendu Sarkar, and Rupali Datta

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Role of the ovarian cycle on neural cardiovascular control in sleep-deprived women, Hun Yang, John J. Durocher, Robert Larson, and Jason R. Carter

Works from 2014

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Measurement of Diporeia respiration rate for Lake Superior, Nancy A. Auer, Miles Corcoran, and Martin Auer

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Spatial and temporal measurements of N, P, and C uptake in small Lake Superior tributaries, Ashley A. Coble, Amy Marcarelli, Evan S. Kane, and Casey J. Huckins