Faculty Publications
This is a collection of publications by faculty and staff in the Department of Biology at the University of Northern Iowa. Due to copyright restrictions, not all faculty and staff publications are available through our institutional repository. Only publications for which we have rights to deposit in our institutional repository are included in the collection.
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Submissions from 2022
Can tolerances of multiple stressors and calculated safety margins in fiddler crabs predict responses to extreme environmental conditions resulting from climate change?, Mariana V. Capparelli, John C. McNamara, Carl L. Thurman, Rosela Pérez-Ceballos, Mario A. Gómez-Ponce, José Gilberto Cardoso-Mohedanoa, and Gabriel M. Moulatlet
Investigating Elementary Teachers’ Views, Implementation, and Longitudinal Enactment of Nature of Science Instruction, Hallie Edgerly, Jerrid Kruse, and Jesse Wilcox
Distribution models combined with standardized surveys reveal widespread habitat loss in a threatened turtle species, Lisabeth L. Willey, Michael T. Jones, Paul R. Sievert, Thomas S.B. Akre, Michael Marchand, Phillip deMaynadier, Derek Yorks, Jonathan Mays, Jeffrey Dragon, Lori Erb, Brian Zarate, John D. Kleopfer, Katharine D. Gipe, Steve Parren, James Andrews, H. Patrick Roberts, Jeffrey W. Tamplin, Christopher Raithel, Lori Johnson, Angelena M. Ross, Alvin Breisch, Glenn Johnson, Scott Angus, James Drasher, and Barry Wicklow
Submissions from 2021
Survival strategies on a semi-arid island: submersion and desiccation tolerances of fiddler crabs from the Galapagos Archipelago, Mariana V. Capparelli, Carl L. Thurman, Paloma Gusso Choueri, Denis Moledo de Souza Abessa, Mayana Karoline Fontes, Caio Rodrigues Nobre, and John Campbell McNamara
Complement receptor 3 mediates ruffle-like, actin-rich aggregates during phagocytosis of Leishmania infantum metacyclics, Upasna Gaur Dixit, Nilda E. Rodríguez, Rachel Polando, Mary Ann McDowell, and Mary E. Wilson
The case for gnmt as a biomarker and a therapeutic target in pancreatic cancer, Zachary Heinzman, Connor Schmidt, Marek K. Sliwinski, and Nalin C.W. Goonesekere
The Power of Practicum Support: A Quasi-experimental Investigation of Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Science Instruction in A Highly Supported Field Experience, Jerrid Kruse, Jesse Wilcox, Neal Patel, Sarah Borzo, Colin Seebach, and Joleen Henning
Correction to: Self-reported race/ethnicity in the age of genomic research: its potential impact on understanding health disparities (Human Genomics, (2015), 9, 1, (1), 10.1186/s40246-014-0023-x), Tesfaye B. Mersha and Tilahun Abebe
Leaf form diversification in an ornamental heirloom tomato results from alterations in two different HOMEOBOX genes, Hokuto Nakayama, Steven D. Rowland, Zizhang Cheng, Kristina Zumstein, Julie Kang, Yohei Kondo, and Neelima R. Sinha
Hydrologic flushing rates drive nitrogen cycling and plant invasion in a freshwater coastal wetland model, Sean J. Sharp, Kenneth J. Elgersma, Jason P. Martina, and William S. Currie
Mitochondrial genome of Geomydoecus aurei, a pocket-gopher louse, Theresa A. Spradling, Alexandra C. Place, Ashley L. Campbell, and James W. Demastes
Morphological and genetic variation among populations of the fiddler crab minuca burgersi (Holthuis, 1967) (crustacea: Brachyura: Ocypodidae) from shores of the caribbean basin and western south atlantic ocean, C. L. Thurman, R. E. Alber, M. J. Hopkins, and Hsi Te Shih
Evaluating establishment of conservation practices in the Conservation Reserve Program across the central and western United States, Mark W. Vandever, Sarah K. Carter, Timothy J. Assal, Kenneth Elgersma, Ai Wen, Justin L. Welty, Robert S. Arkle, and Rich Iovanna
Wild bee visitors and their association with sown and unsown floral resources in reconstructed pollinator habitats within an agriculture landscape, Ai Wen, Kenneth J. Elgersma, Mark E. Sherrard, Laura L. Jackson, Justin Meissen, and Mark C. Myers
Sustained-Flux Global Warming Potential Driven by Nitrogen Inflow and Hydroperiod in a Model of Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands, Y. Yuan, S. J. Sharp, J. P. Martina, K. J. Elgersma, and W. S. Currie
Submissions from 2020
Histology and structural integration of the major morphologies of the Cypriniform Weberian apparatus, Nathan C. Bird, Jeremy R. Abels, and Selena S. Richardson
Shared ecological traits influence shape of the skeleton in flatfishes (Pleuronectiformes), Corinthia R. Black and Peter B. Berendzen
Evaluating vegetation response subsequent to CRP mid-contract management across the western United States: Draft Project Report, Kenneth J. Elgersma
Allocation to clonal growth: Critical questions and protocols to answer them, Deborah E. Goldberg, Evan Batzer, Kenneth Elgersma, Jason Martina, and Jitka Klimešová
Seed mix design and first year management influence multifunctionality and cost-effectiveness in prairie reconstruction, Justin C. Meissen, Alec J. Glidden, Mark E. Sherrard, Kenneth J. Elgersma, and Laura L. Jackson
Effect of acclimation temperature and substrate type on selected temperature, movement and activity of juvenile spiny softshell turtles (Apalone spinifera) in an aquatic thermal gradient, Jeffrey W. Tamplin, Kaitlin J. Anderson, Elizabeth A. Turcotte, and Mark C. Myers
Submissions from 2019
Typha (Cattail) Invasion in North American Wetlands: Biology, Regional Problems, Impacts, Ecosystem Services, and Management, Sheel Bansal, Shane C. Lishawa, Sue Newman, Brian A. Tangen, Douglas Wilcox, Dennis Albert, Michael J. Anteau, Michael J. Chimney, Ryann L. Cressey, Edward DeKeyser, Kenneth J. Elgersma, Sarah A. Finkelstein, Joanna Freeland, Richard Grosshans, Page E. Klug, Daniel J. Larkin, Beth A. Lawrence, George Linz, Joy Marburger, Gregory Noe, Clint Otto, Nicholas Reo, Jennifer Richards, Curtis Richardson, Le Roy Rodgers, Amy J. Schrank, Dan Svedarsky, Steven Travis, Nancy Tuchman, and Lisamarie Windham-Myers
Loss of genetic diversity, recovery and allele surfing in a colonizing parasite, Geomydoecus aurei, James W. Demastes, David J. Hafner, Mark S. Hafner, Jessica E. Light, and Theresa A. Spradling
Genome-wide analysis revealed sex-specific gene expression in asthmatics, Yadu Gautam, Yashira Afanador, Tilahun Abebe, Javier E. López, and Tesfaye B. Mersha
Temporal and spatial dynamics of competitive parapatry in chewing lice, David J. Hafner, Mark S. Hafner, Theresa A. Spradling, Jessica E. Light, and James W. Demastes
Temporal and spatial dynamics of competitive parapatry in chewing lice, David J. Hafner, Mark S. Hafner, Theresa A. Spradling, Jessica E. Light, and James W. Demastes
A regional analysis of Glyptemys insculpta (Wood turtle) survival in the Upper Midwest of the USA, Carly N. Lapin, Jeffrey W. Tamplin, Madaline M. Cochrane, James E. Woodford, Donald J. Brown, and Ron A. Moen
Sex-Related Differences in Immune Response and Symptomatic Manifestations to Infection with Leishmania Species, Ryan D. Lockard, Mary E. Wilson, and Nilda E. Rodriguez
Sex-related differences in immune response and symptomatic manifestations to infection with Leishmania species, Ryan D. Lockard, Mary E. Wilson, and Nilda E. Rodríguez
Recalibrating the molecular clock for Arctic marine invertebrates based on DNA barcodes, Tzitziki Loeza-Quintana, Christina M. Carr, Tooba Khan, Yash A. Bhatt, Samantha P. Lyon, Paul D.N. Hebert, and Sarah J. Adamowicz
Digital gene expression analysis of the hop (Humulus lupulus L.) transcriptome, N. Pitra, A. Schwekendiek, and P. Matthews
Host-parasite associations of the cratogeomys fumosus species group and their chewing lice, geomydoecus, Alex Popinga, James W. Demastes, Theresa A. Spradling, David J. Hafner, and Mark S. Hafner
Host-parasite associations of the Cratogeomys fumosus species group and their chewing lice, Geomydoecus, Alex Popinga, James W. Demastes, Theresa A. Spradling, David J. Hafner, and Mark S. Hafner
Species composition influences soil nutrient depletion and plant physiology in prairie agroenergy feedstocks, Mark E. Sherrard, Kenneth J. Elgersma, Jordan M.A. Koos, Catherine M. Kokemuller, Hannah E. Dietz, Alec J. Glidden, Christina M. Carr, and Cynthia A. Cambardella
Species composition influences soil nutrient depletion and plantphysiology in prairie agroenergy feedstocks, Mark E. Sherrard, Kenneth Elgersma, Jordan M.A. Koos, Catherine M. Kokemuller, Hannah E. Dietz, Alec J. Glidden, Christina M. Carr, and Cynthia A. Cambardella
Submissions from 2018
Historical and current prairie restoration in the Midwest, Steve Glass and Daryl Smith
Small vertebrate granivores reduce seedling emergence in native tallgrass prairie restoration, Carmen A. Pellish, Mark E. Sherrard, Paige A. Leytem, and Laura L. Jackson
Supplemental seed increases native seedling establishment in roadside prairie restoration, Jessica L. Riebkes, Mark E. Sherrard, and Laura L. Jackson
Epidemiological and experimental evidence for sex-dependent differences in the outcome of Leishmania infantum Infection, Nilda E. Rodriguez, Iraci D. Lima, Upasna Gaur Dixit, Elizabeth A. Turcotte, Ryan D. Lockard, Hemali Batra-Sharma, Eliana L. Nascimento, Selma M.B. Jeronimo, and Mary E. Wilson
The unusual case of the widely distributed fiddler crab Minuca rapax (Smith, 1870) from the western Atlantic: An exemplary polytypic species, C. L. Thurman, M. J. Hopkins, A. L. Brase, and H. T. Shih
Submissions from 2017
Clonal plant allocation to daughter ramets is a simple function of parent size across species and nutrient levels, E. E. Batzer, J. P. Martina, K. J. Elgersma, and D. E. Goldberg
Predicting genome terminus sequences of Bacillus cereus-group bacteriophage using next generation sequencing data, Cheng Han Chung, Michael H. Walter, Luobin Yang, Shu Chuan Grace Chen, Vern Winston, and Michael A. Thomas
Predicting genome terminus sequences of Bacillus cereus-group bacteriophage using next generation sequencing data, Cheng-Han Chung, Michael H. Walter, Luobin Yang, Shu-Chuan (Grace) Chen, Vern Winston, and Michael A. Thomas
Effectiveness of cattail (Typha spp.) management techniques depends on exogenous nitrogen inputs, Kenneth J. Elgersma, Jason P. Martina, Deborah E. Goldberg, and William S. Currie
Effectiveness of cattail (Typha spp.) management techniques depends on exogenous nitrogen inputs, Kenneth J. Elgersma, Jason P. Martina, Deborah E. Goldberg, and William S. Currie
Phylogenetic patterns and the adaptive evolution of osmoregulation in fiddler crabs (Brachyura, Uca), Samuel Coelho Faria, Diogo Borges Provete, Carl Leo Thurman, and John Campbell McNamara
Phylogenetic patterns and the adaptive evolution of osmoregulation in fiddler crabs (Brachyura, Uca), Samuel Coelho Faria, Diogo Borges Provete, Carl Leo Thurman, and John Campbell McNamara
Inflorescence morphology and development in the basal rosid lineage Vitales, Jean M. Gerrath, Usher Posluszny, Stefanie M. Ickert-Bond, and Jun Wen
Plant size and competitive dynamics along nutrient gradients, Deborah E. Goldberg, Jason P. Martina, Kenneth J. Elgersma, and William S. Currie
Plant Size and Competitive Dynamics along Nutrient Gradients, Deborah E. Goldberg, Jason P. Martina, Kenneth J. Elgersma, and William S. Currie
Species delimitation and phylogeography of the studfish Fundulus catenatus species group (Ovalentaria: Cyprinodontiformes), Peter J. Hundt, Peter B. Berendzen, and Andrew M. Simons
Development of sexing primers in Glyptemys insculpta and Apalone spinifera turtles uncovers an XX/XY sex-determining system in the critically-endangered bog turtle Glyptemys muhlenbergii, Robert Literman, Srihari Radhakrishnan, Jeff Tamplin, Russell Burke, Cassie Dresser, and Nicole Valenzuela
Discovery of the youngest sex chromosomes reveals first case of convergent co-option of ancestral autosomes in turtles, E. E. Montiel, D. Badenhorst, J. Tamplin, R. L. Burke, and N. Valenzuela
Lipid bodies accumulation in Leishmania infantum-infected C57BL/6 macrophages, N. E. Rodríguez, R. D. Lockard, E. A. Turcotte, T. Araújo-Santos, P. T. Bozza, V. M. Borges, and M. E. Wilson
Geographical variation in osmoregulatory abilities among populations of ten species of fiddler crabs from the Atlantic coast of Brazil: A macrophysiological analysis, Carl L. Thurman, Samuel C. Faria, and John C. McNamara
Is high folic acid intake a risk factor for autism?—a review, Darrell Wiens and M. Catherine Desoto
Is High Folic Acid Intake a Risk Factor for Autism?—A Review, Darrell Wiens and M. Catherine DeSoto
Submissions from 2016
Productivity and resistance to weed invasion in four prairie biomass feedstocks with different diversity, Jessica E. Abernathy, Dustin R. J. Graham, Mark E. Sherrard, and Daryl D. Smith
Climate and developmental plasticity: Interannual plasticity in grapevine leaf morphology, Daniel H. Chitwood, Susan M. Rundell, Darren Y. Li, Quaneisha L. Woodford, Tommy T. Yu, Jose R. Lopez, Daniel Greenblatt, Julie Kang, and Jason P. Londo
The effects of family, dentition, and dental caries on the salivary microbiome, Betsy Foxman, Ting Luo, Usha Srinivasan, Kirtana Ramadugu, Ai Wen, Deborah Goldberg, Kerby Shedden, Richard Crout, Daniel W. McNeil, Robert Weyant, and Mary L. Marazita
The fifth leaf and spike organs of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) display different physiological and metabolic responses to drought stress, Jordan A. Hein, Mark E. Sherrard, Kirk P. Manfredi, and Tilahun Abebe
Constraints on geographic variation in fiddler crabs (Ocypodidae: Uca) from the western Atlantic, M. J. Hopkins, A. Haber, and C. L. Thurman
Biochar amendment of grassland soil may promote woody encroachment by Eastern Red Cedar, Ramesh Laungani, Kenneth Elgersma, Maria Juarez, Kristin McElligott, and Tyler Kuhfahl
Range expansion of the invasive rusty crayfish Orconectes rusticus (Girard, 1852) (Decapoda: Astacoidea) in northeastern Iowa (USA) rivers, Mauricio Leon, Megan J. Merner, Allison A. Dreyer, Audrey Cooper, Leander Scott, Peter B. Berendzen, David A. McCullough, and Eric C. Merten
Nitrogen loading leads to increased carbon accretion in both invaded and uninvaded coastal wetlands, Jason P. Martina, William S. Currie, Deborah E. Goldberg, and Kenneth J. Elgersma
Nitrogen loading leads to increased carbon accretion in both invaded and uninvaded coastal wetlands, Jason P. Martina, William S. Currie, Deborah E. Goldberg, and Kenneth J. Elgersma
The Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit I Gene Occurs on a Minichromosome with Extensive Heteroplasmy in Two Species of Chewing Lice, Geomydoecus aurei and Thomomydoecus minor, Lucas L. Pietan, Theresa A. Spradling, and James W. Demastes
Systematic revision of the pocket gopher genus Orthogeomys, Theresa A. Spradling, James W. Demastes, David J. Hafner, Paige L. Milbach, Fernando A. Cervantes, and Mark S. Hafner
Submissions from 2015
The effect of inbreeding constraints and offspring distribution on time to the most recent common ancestor, R. B. Campbell
Special speciation, Lyn L. Countryman and Jill D. Maroo
Special Speciation, Lyn L. Countryman and Jill D. Maroo
The influence of historical and contemporary landscape variables on the spatial genetic structure of the rainbow darter (Etheostoma caeruleum) in tributaries of the upper Mississippi River, Dane J. Davis, Anna C. Wieman, and Peter B. Berendzen
Taming the wild grape: Botany and horticulture in the vitaceae, Jean Gerrath, Usher Posluszny, and Lewis Melville
Host behaviour drives parasite genetics at multiple geographic scales: Population genetics of the chewing louse, Thomomydoecus minor, Sheree E. Harper, Theresa A. Spradling, James W. Demastes, and Courtney S. Calhoun
Self-reported race/ethnicity in the age of genomic research: Its potential impact on understanding health disparities, Tesfaye B. Mersha and Tilahun Abebe
Self-reported race/ethnicity in the age of genomic research: its potential impact on understanding health disparities, Tesfaye B. Mersha and Tilahun Abebe
Birds and butterflies respond to soil-induced habitat heterogeneity in experimental plantings of tallgrass prairie species managed as agroenergy crops in Iowa, USA, Mark C. Myers, James T. Mason, Benjamin J. Hoksch, Cynthia A. Cambardella, and Jarrett D. Pfrimmer
Soil type and species diversity influence selection on physiology in Panicum virgatum, Mark E. Sherrard, Lucas C. Joers, Christina M. Carr, and Cynthia A. Cambardella
Shifting elasmobranch community assemblage at Cocos Island-an isolated marine protected area, Easton R. White, Mark C. Myers, Joanna Mills Flemming, and Julia K. Baum
Submissions from 2014
Rediscovery of the pocket gopher Orthogeomys lanius (Rodentia: Geomyidae) in Veracruz, Mexico, Mark S. Hafner, David J. Hafner, Erick E. Gonzáles, James W. Demastes, Theresa A. Spradling, and Fernando A. Cervantes
Intraspecific variation in carapace morphology among fiddler crabs (Genus Uca) from the Atlantic coast of Brazil, Kelsey R. Hampton, Melanie J. Hopkins, John C. Mcnamara, and Carl L. Thurman
Intraspecific Variation in Carapace Morphology Among Fiddler Crabs (Genus Uca) From the Atlantic Coast of Brazil, Kelsey R. Hampton, Melanie J. Hopkins, John C. McNamara, and Carl L. Thurman
Role of aquaporin activity in regulating deep and shallow root hydraulic conductance during extreme drought, Daniel M. Johnson, Mark E. Sherrard, Jean Christophe Domec, and Robert B. Jackson
Eosinophils and mast cells in leishmaniasis, Nilda E. Rodríguez and Mary E. Wilson
Genetic Dominance & Cellular Processes, Robert D. Seager
Submissions from 2013
Rank-based genome-wide analysis reveals the association of Ryanodine receptor-2 gene variants with childhood asthma among human populations, Lili Ding, Tilahun Abebe, Joseph Beyene, Russell A. Wilke, Arnon Goldberg, Jessica G. Woo, Lisa J. Martin, Marc E. Rothenberg, Marepalli Rao, Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey, Ranajit Chakraborty, and Tesfaye B. Mersha
Effect of TRIF on permeability and apoptosis in bovine microvascular endothelial cells exposed to lipopolysaccharide, Jason Dubbert, Amy Bowers, Yutao Su, and David McClenahan
Cellular effects of metolachlor exposure on human liver (HepG2) cells, Sean Hartnett, Sadiatu Musah, and Kavita R. Dhanwada
Development of leaf shape in two North American native species of Ampelopsis (Vitaceae), A. W. Jones, B. G. Doughan, J. M. Gerrath, and Julie Kang
Change of eye shape during metamorphosis in two flatfishes, Paralichthys olivaceus and Solea senegalensis, with comparison of eye shape within the Pleuronectiformes, Lekang Li, Jiayi Zheng, Baolong Bao, and Peter B. Berendzen
The Plant Vascular System: Evolution, Development and Functions, William J. Lucas, Andrew Groover, Raffael Lichtenberger, Kaori Furuta, Shri Ram Yadav, Ykä Helariutta, Xin Qiang He, Hiroo Fukuda, Julie Kang, Siobhan M. Brady, John W. Patrick, John Sperry, Akiko Yoshida, Ana Flor López-Millán, Michael A. Grusak, and Pradeep Kachroo
Resurrection and redescription of the pocket gopher Thomomys sheldoni from the Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico, Verity L. Mathis, Mark S. Hafner, David J. Hafner, and James W. Demastes
Thomomys nayarensis, a new species of pocket gopher from the Sierra del Nayar, Nayarit, Mexico, Verity L. Mathis, Mark S. Hafner, David J. Hafner, and James W. Demastes
Brassicaceae, Molecular Systematics and Evolution Of, S. L. O'Kane
Archaeal assemblages inhabiting temperate mixed forest soil fluctuate in taxon composition and spatial distribution over time, Colby A. Swanson and Marek K. Sliwinski
One-dimensional TRFLP-SSCP is an effective DNA fingerprinting strategy for soil Archaea that is able to simultaneously differentiate broad taxonomic clades based on terminal fragment length polymorphisms and closely related sequences based on single stranded conformation polymorphisms, Colby A. Swanson and Marek K. Sliwinski
Archaeal Assemblages Inhabiting Temperate Mixed Forest Soil Fluctuate in Taxon Composition and Spatial Distribution over Time, Colby A. Swanson and Marek K. Sliwinski
Response of juvenile diamond-backed terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) to an aquatic thermal gradient, Jeffrey W. Tamplin, Victoria F. Moran, and Emily J. Riesberg
The distribution of fiddler crabs (Uca) along the coast of Brazil: Implications for biogeography of the western Atlantic Ocean, Carl L. Thurman, Samuel C. Faria, and John C. McNamara
