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Submissions from 2013

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Embeddedness: A context dependent driver of fish habitat preference, Tony Matthys, Casey J. Huckins, and Amy Marcarelli

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Indentation properties and glycosaminoglycan content of human menisci in the deep zone, John T. Moyer, Ryan Priest, Troy Bouman, Adam C. Abraham, and Tammy L. Haut Donahue

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Inorganic arsenic sorption by drinking-water treatment residual-amended sandy soil: Effect of soil solution chemistry, R. Nagar, D. Sarkar, K. C. Makris, and R. Datta

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Evaluating the impact of culvert designs on hydrologic connectivity and nutrient uptake in Northern Wisconsin streams, James C. Olson, Amy Marcarelli, Anne Timm, Susan L. Eggert, and Randall K. Kolka

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Effectiveness of aluminum-based drinking water treatment residuals as a novel sorbent to remove tetracyclines from aqueous medium, Pravin Punamiya, Dibyendu Sarkar, Sudipta Rakshit, and Rupali Datta

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Human health risk from arsenical pesticide contaminated soils: A long-term greenhouse study, Shahida Quazi, Dibyendu Sarkar, and Rupali Datta

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In situ attenuated total reflectance fourier-transform infrared study of oxytetracycline sorption on magnetite, Sudipta Rakshit, Evert J. Elzinga, Rupali Datta, and Dibyendu Sarkar

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Mechanisms of ciprofloxacin removal by nano-sized magnetite, Sudipta Rakshit, Dibyendu Sarkar, Evert J. Elzinga, Pravin Punamiya, and Rupali Datta

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Determination of the effectiveness of UV radiation as a means of disinfection of metalworking fluids, Ratul Saha, Robert S. Donofrio, and Susan T. Bagley

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Placental stem cell correction of murine intermediate maple syrup urine disease, Kristen J. Skvorak, Kenneth Dorko, Fabio Marongiu, Veysel Tahan, Marc C. Hansel, Roberto Gramignoli, K. Michael Gibson, and Stephen C. Strom

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Development and Characterization of Genomic and Gene-Based Microsatellite Markers in North American Red Oak Species, Alexis R. Sullivan, Jennifer F. Lind, Tim S. McCleary, Jeanne Romero-Severson, and Oliver Gailing

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Harmful algal blooms in the Great Salt Lake (Utah): Salinity, nutrient and top-down controls, Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh, Amy Marcarelli, and G. L. Boyer

Submissions from 2012

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Emerging lessons: Invasive species effects that cross habitat boundaries, Colden V. Baxter, Joseph R. Benjamin, Madeleine M. Mineau, Kurt Fausch, Fabio Lepori, Amy Marcarelli, and G. Wayne Minshall

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Emerging lessons: invasive species effects that cross habitat boundaries, Colden V. Baxter, J. R. Benjamin, Madeleine M. Mineau, Fabio Lepori, Amy Marcarelli, and G. W. Minshall

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Sympathetic neural responses to 24-hour sleep deprivation in humans: sex differences, Jason R. Carter, John J. Durocher, Robert Larson, Joseph DellaValla, and Huan Yang

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Copolymerization of bacterial cell wall materials to enhance stability of polyhydroxyalkanoate, Ning Chen, Xu Xiang, Ratul Saha, Susan T. Bagley, and Patricia Heiden

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Seasonal variation in nutrient uptake in a 1st-order tributary of Lake Superior and implications for climate change, Ashley A. Coble and Amy Marcarelli

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A critical assessment of the ecological assumptions underpinning compensatory mitigation of salmon derived nutrients, Scott F. Collins, Colden V. Baxter, and Amy Marcarelli

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A critical assessment of the ecological assumptions underpinning compensatory mitigation of salmon-derived nutrients, Scott F. Collins, Amy Marcarelli, Colden V. Baxter, and Mark S. Wipfli

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Anticancer activity of rice callus suspension culture, Aparna Deshpande, Surendar R. Dhadi, Elizabeth J. Hager, and Wusirika Ramakrishna

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A Novel Non-wounding Transient Expression Assay for Cereals Mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens, Surendar Reddy Dhadi, Aparna Deshpande, and Wusirika Ramakrishna

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Effect of wine and vinegar processing of Rhizoma Corydalis on the tissue distribution of tetrahydropalmatine, protopine and dehydrocorydaline in rats, Zhiying Dou, Kefeng Li, Ping Wang, and Liu Cao

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Biofilm responses to nutrient enrichment using salmon carcass analog in central Idaho streams, Jonathan D. Ebel, Amy Marcarelli, and Andre E. Kohler

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Unique arthropod communities on different host-plant genotypes results in greater arthropod diversity, Sharon M. Ferrier, Randy K. Bangert, Erika Hersch-Green, Joseph K. Bailey, Gery J. Allan, and Thomas G. Whitham

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Disorders of neurotransmission, Angels Garcia-Cazorla, K. Michael Gibson, and Peter T. Clayton

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Aberrant expression of costimulatory molecules in splenocytes of the mevalonate kinase-deficient mouse model of human hyper-IgD syndrome (HIDS), Elizabeth J. Hager, Jon D. Piganelli, Hubert M. Tse, and K. Michael Gibson

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Methods for enhancing expression of secondary cell wall cellulose synthases in plants, Chandrashekhar P. Joshi

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Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) and multispectral studies of disturbed Lake Superior coastal environments, W. Charles Kerfoot, Foad Yousef, Sarah A. Green, Robert Regis, Robert Shuchman, Colin N. Brooks, Michael Sayers, Bruce Sabol, and Mark Graves

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Detrital breakdown and macroinvertebrate communities affected by sedimentation in a low-gradient tributary to Lake Superior, Nicole R. King, Susan L. Eggert, Amy Marcarelli, Casey J. Huckins, Jonathan D. Ebel, Tony Matthys, and Randall K. Kolka

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Advances and challenges in the treatment of branched-chain amino/keto acid metabolic defects, Ina Knerr, Natalie Weinhold, Jerry Vockley, and K. Michael Gibson

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An invasive riparian tree reduces stream ecosystem efficiency via a recalcitrant organic matter subsidy, Madeline M. Mineau, Colden V. Baxter, Amy Marcarelli, and G. Wayne Minshall

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Rapid detection of rRNA group I pseudomonads in contaminated metalworking fluids and biofilm formation by fluorescent in situ hybridization, Ratul Saha, Robert S. Donofrio, Darla M. Goeres, and Susan T. Bagley

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Cyanobacteria in freshwater benthic environments, J. Thad Scott and Amy Marcarelli

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Tamarack and black spruce adventitious root patterns are similar in their ability to estimate organic layer depths in northern temperate forests, Timothy J. Veverica, Evan S. Kane, and Eric S. Kasischke

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Total sleep deprivation alters cardiovascular reactivity to acute stressors in humans, Huan Yang, John J. Durocher, Robert Larson, Joseph DellaValla, and Jason R. Carter

Works from 2011

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Antioxidant Enzymes Response in Vetiver Grass: A Greenhouse Study for Chelant-Assisted Phytoremediation of Lead-Contaminated Residential Soils, Syam S. Andra, Rupali Datta, Ramana Reddy, Sumathi K.M. Saminathan, and Dibyendu Sarkar

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Exchangeable lead from prediction models relates to vetiver lead uptake in different soil types, Syam S. Andra, Dibyendu Sarkar, Sumathi K.M. Saminathan, and Rupali Datta

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Predicting potentially plant-available lead in contaminated residential sites, Syam S. Andra, Dibyendu Sarkar, Sumathi K.M. Saminathan, and Rupali Datta

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Resident trout consumption of salmon carcass and analog added to tributaries of the N. Fork Boise River, Idaho, Alex Bell, Scott Collins, Amy Marcarelli, and Mark S. Wipfli

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Novel β-carboline-tripeptide conjugates attenuate mesenteric ischemia/reperfusion injury in the rat, Wei Bi, Yue Bi, Ping Xue, Yanrong Zhang, Xiang Gao, Zhibo Wang, Meng Li, Michele Baudy-Floc'H, Nathaniel Ngerebara, Xiaoxu Li, K. Michael Gibson, and Lanrong Bi

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A new class of β-carboline alkaloid-peptide conjugates with therapeutic efficacy in acute limb ischemia/reperfusion injury, Wei Bi, Yue Bi, Ping Xue, Yanrong Zhang, Xiang Gao, Zhibo Wang, Meng Li, Michle Baudy-Floc'H, Nathaniel Ngerebara, K. Michael Gibson, and Lanrong Bi

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Influence of acute alcohol ingestion on sympathetic neural responses to orthostatic stress in humans, Jason R. Carter, Sarah F. Stream, John J. Durocher, and Robert Larson

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Efficacy of vigabatrin intervention in a mild phenotypic expression of succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency, M. Casarano, M. G. Alessandrì, G. S. Salomons, E. Moretti, C. Jakobs, K. M. Gibson, G. Cioni, and R. Battini

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Effects of experimental salmon carcass and analog additions on resident trout growth rates, abundance, and production, Scott Collins, Colden V. Baxter, Amy Marcarelli, and Mark Wipfli

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Effects of salmon carcass and analog additions on resident trout in Idaho, Scott F. Collins, Colden V. Baxter, Amy Marcarelli, and Mark Wipfli

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Greenhouse study on the phytoremediation potential of vetiver grass, Chrysopogon zizanioides L., in arsenic-contaminated soils, Rupali Datta, Mario A. Quispe, and Dibyendu Sarkar

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Attenuation of sympathetic baroreflex sensitivity during the onset of acute mental stress in humans, John J. Durocher, Jenna Klein, and Jason R. Carter

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Social technology restriction alters state-anxiety but not autonomic activity in humans, John J. Durocher and Kelly Lufkin

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Biofilm response to nutrient mitigation using salmon carcass analog in Central Idaho Streams, Jonathan D. Ebel, Amy Marcarelli, and Andre E. Kohler

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Effects of sand accumulation on invertebrate communities of the Salmon Trout River, Michigan, Susan L. Eggert, Casey J. Huckins, and Amy Marcarelli

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Effects of six chemical deicers on larval wood frogs (Rana sylvatica), Meagan L. Harless, Casey Huckins, Jacqualine B. Grant, and Thomas G. Pypker

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Ecosystem structure and function are complementary measures of water quality in a polluted, spring-influenced river, Jessica Hopkins, Amy Marcarelli, and Heather A. Bechtold

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Multi-scale variation in salmonid abundance in the Salmon Trout River, Michigan and associations with sand accumulation, Casey J. Huckins, Susan L. Eggert, E. Baker, and T. Matthys

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A modified immunoblot method to identify substrates of protein kinases, Choong Min Kang, Wan Jin Jahng, Robert N. Husson, and Sang Hee Lee

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Temperature, recreational fishing and diapause egg connections: Dispersal of spiny water fleas (Bythotrephes longimanus), W. Charles Kerfoot, Foad Yousef, Martin M. Hobmeier, Ryan P. Maki, S. Taylor Jarnagin, and James H. Churchill

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Quantity and quality: unifying food web and ecosystem perspectives on the role of resource subsidies in freshwaters, Amy Marcarelli, Colden V. Baxter, Madeleine Mineau, and Robert O. Hall Jr.

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Salmon nutrient mitigation effects on bottom-up processes in streams: lessons from large-scale experiments in central Idaho, Amy Marcarelli, Colden Baxter, Mark Wipfli, Andre E. Kohler, Scott Collins, Jonathan D. Ebel, and Gregg Servheen

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Variation in organic matter production, storage and processing associated with sand accumulation in the Salmon Trout River, Michigan, Amy Marcarelli, Susan L. Eggert, and Casey J. Huckins

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A Non-native riparian tree (Elaeagnus angustifolia) changes nutrient dynamics in streams, Madeleine M. Mineau, Colden V. Baxter, and Amy Marcarelli

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Peatland stream lipid biogeochemistry features in an intermediate Fen Peatland, Ontario Canada, Maara S. Packalen, Susan T. Bagley, and James W. McLaughlin

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Epilepsy in succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency, a disorder of GABA metabolism, Phillip L. Pearl, Lovy Shukla, William H. Theodore, Cornelis Jakobs, and K. Michael Gibson

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Effects of soil types and forms of arsenical pesticide on rice growth and development, S. Quazi, R. Datta, and D. Sarkar

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Changes in arsenic fractionation, bioaccessibility and speciation in organo-arsenical pesticide amended soils as a function of soil aging, Shahida Quazi, Dibyendu Sarkar, and Rupali Datta

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Antimony sorption at gibbsite-water interface, Sudipta Rakshit, Dibyendu Sarkar, Pravin Punamiya, and Rupali Datta

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Quantitative Real-time PCR Detection of Pseudomonas oleovorans subsp. lubricantis using TaqMan-MGB Assay in Contaminated Metalworking Fluids, Ratul Saha, Robert S. Donofrio, and Susan T. Bagley

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Neurovascular responses to mental stress in prehypertensive humans, Christopher E. Schwartz, John J. Durocher, and Jason R. Carter

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Managing and mitigating salmon-derived nutrients: Are analogs salmon avatars?, Gregg Servheen, Mark Wipfli, Colden V. Baxter, Laura Felicetti, Amy Marcarelli, and Katy Kavanaugh

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Protein Phosphatase 2A-SUR-6/B55 Regulates Centriole Duplication in C. elegans by Controlling the Levels of Centriole Assembly Factors, Mi Hye Song, Yan Liu, D. Eric Anderson, Wan Jin Jahng, and Kevin F. O'Connell

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Mitigating for the loss of marine nutrients from salmon: Ecological effects of salmon carcass and analog additions to headwater aquatic and terrestrial systems in Idaho, USA, Mark S. Wipfli, Amy Marcarelli, Katy L. Kavanaugh, Gregg Servheen, Scott Collins, Laura Felicetti, Scott T. Florin, Colden V. Baxter, and Tadd Wheeler

Works from 2010

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Synthesis of phytochelatins in vetiver grass upon lead exposure in the presence of phosphorus, Syam S. Andra, Rupali Datta, Dibyendu Sarkar, Konstantinos C. Makris, Conor P. Mullens, Shivendra V. Sahi, and Stephan B.H. Bach

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Organocopper complexes during roxarsone degradation in wastewater lagoons, Syam S. Andra, Konstantinos C. Makris, Shahida Quazi, Dibyendu Sarkar, Rupali Datta, and Stephan B.H. Bach

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Chelant-assisted Phytostabilization of Paint-contaminated Residential Sites, Syam S. Andra, Dibyendu Sarkar, Sumathi K.M. Saminathan, and Rupali Datta

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Are nutrient loading effects on stream nutrient processing driven by shifts in biofilm community dynamics?, Heather A. Bechtold, Colden V. Baxter, Amy Marcarelli, and R. S. Inouye

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Responses of riparian insects and spiders to experimental additions of salmon carcasses and analog, Scott Collins, Colden Baxter, Amy Marcarelli, and Mark Wipfli

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Riparian insect response to experimental salmon carcass additions to Idaho streams., Scott Collins, Colden Baxter, Amy Marcarelli, and Mark Wipfli

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Responses of riparian insects and spiders to experimental additions of salmon carcasses, Scott F. Collins, Colden V. Baxter, Amy Marcarelli, and Mark S. Wipfli

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Vetiver grass is capable of removing TNT from soil in the presence of urea, Padmini Das, Rupali Datta, Konstantinos C. Makris, and Dibyendu Sarkar

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Quantitative real-time PCR and fluorescence in situ hybridization approaches for enumerating Brevundimonas diminuta in drinking water, Robert S. Donofrio, Lorelle L. Bestervelt, Ratul Saha, and Susan T. Bagley

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Selective enumeration strategies for Brevundimonas diminuta from drinking water, Robert Scott Donofrio, Lorelle L. Bestervelt, Ratul Saha, and Susan T. Bagley

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Comparison of on-ice and off-ice graded exercise testing in collegiate hockey players, John J. Durocher and Angela J. Guisfredi

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Biochemical studies, K. M. Gibson and C. Jakobs

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Therapeutic liver repopulation for phenylketonuria, Cary O. Harding and K. M. Gibson

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Two-step dialogue between the cladoceran Bosmina and invertebrate predators: Induction and natural selection, W. Charles Kerfoot and A. Scott McNaught

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Neuropathology in Succinic Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase Deficiency, Ina Knerr, K. Michael Gibson, Geoffrey Murdoch, Gajja S. Salomons, Cornelis Jakobs, Susan Combs, and et al.

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Evidence for genetic heterogeneity in D-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria, Martijn Kranendijk, Eduard A. Struys, K. Michael Gibson, Wjera V. Wickenhagen, Jose E. Abdenur, Jochen Buechner, Ernst Christensen, Raquel Dodelson De Kremer, Abdellatif Errami, Paul Gissen, Wanda Gradowska, Emma Hobson, Lily Islam, Stanley H. Korman, Thaddeus Kurczynski, Bruno Maranda, Concetta Meli, Cristiano Rizzo, Claude Sansaricq, Friedrich K. Trefz, Rachel Webster, Cornelis Jakobs, and Gajja S. Salomons

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Physical, chemical and antimicrobial characterization of copper-bearing material, Bowen Li, Jiann Yang Hwang, Jaroslaw Drelich, Domenic Popko, and Susan Bagley

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Coupling indigenous biostimulation and phytoremediation for the restoration of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene-contaminated sites, Konstantinos C. Makris, Dibyendu Sarkar, and Rupali Datta

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Alternative amendment for soluble phosphorus removal from poultry litter, Konstantinos C. Makris, Dibyendu Sarkar, Jason Salazar, Pravin Punamiya, and Rupali Datta

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Complex ecosystem responses to interacting stressors: a collaborative study of human effects on the Portneuf River, Idaho, Amy Marcarelli

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Cross-boundary effects on energy and nutrient flow in mountain streams, Amy Marcarelli

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Quantity and quality: the role of terrestrial subsidies in food web pathways and ecosystem metabolism in Horonai Stream, Amy Marcarelli, Colden V. Baxter, and Masashi Murakami

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Multi-scale drivers of ecosystem production in the Salmon Trout River, Amy Marcarelli, Casey J. Huckins, and Susan L. Eggert

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Retentive or leaky: How do stream ecosystems respond to carbon and nitrogen subsidies from non-native Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia)?, Madeleine Mineau, Colden V. Baxter, Amy Marcarelli, and G. Wayne Minshall

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Effect of solution chemistry on arsenic sorption by Fe- and Al-based drinking-water treatment residuals, Rachana Nagar, Dibyendu Sarkar, Konstantinos C. Makris, and Rupali Datta

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Symbiotic role of Glomus mosseae in phytoextraction of lead in vetiver grass [Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.)], Pravin Punamiya, Rupali Datta, Dibyendu Sarkar, Summer Barber, Mandakini Patel, and Padmini Das

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Effect of soil aging on arsenic fractionation and bioaccessibility in inorganic arsenical pesticide contaminated soils, Shahida Quazi, Dibyendu Sarkar, and Rupali Datta

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Development of a real-time TaqMan assay to detect mendocina sublineage Pseudomonas species in contaminated metalworking fluids, Ratul Saha, Robert S. Donofrio, and Susan T. Bagley

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Pseudomonas oleovorans subsp. lubricantis subsp. nov., and reclassification of pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes ATCC 17440T as later synonym of pseudomonas oleovorans ATCC 8062T, Ratul Saha, Cathrin Spröer, Brian Beck, and Susan T. Bagley

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Lead fractionation and bioaccessibility in contaminated soils with variable chemical properties, Sumathi K.M. Saminathan, Dibyendu Sarkar, Syam S. Andra, and Rupali Datta

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A new case of GABA transaminase deficiency facilitated by proton MR spectroscopy, Megumi Tsuji, Noriko Aida, Takayuki Obata, Moyoko Tomiyasu, Noritaka Furuya, Kenji Kurosawa, Abdellatif Errami, K. Michael Gibson, Gajja S. Salomons, Cornelis Jakobs, and Hitoshi Osaka