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Crayfish Light-Dark Maze - Maze Engineers - 0 views

  • Time spent in the dark arms of the maze Time spent in the light arms of the maze
  • water quality
  • Moreover, it can effectively be used to observe the effect of various stressors such as social stress, changes in environmental parameters, or electric field stress on anxiety-like behaviors
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  • anxiety-like behaviors
  • prefer dark places
  • 10 minutes.
  • 50-lux in
  • 50-lux intensity in the light arms and 10-lux
  • 50-lux intensity in the light arms and 10-lux
  • explore the maze for 10 minute
emmarrogers

Sub-acute toxicity of the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium exposure in adult red swamp cr... - 0 views

  • 21 days
    • emmarrogers
       
      This is over 7 times the other studies I have seen
    • emmarrogers
       
      they are usually 24-96 hours
emmarrogers

Effects of the herbicide metolachlor on the perception of chemical stimuli by Orconecte... - 0 views

  • It is not clear if this interference comes from masking the odor, where the animal cannot detect the signal over the background noise, or if there is a physiological effect on the olfactory receptor cells or neuromusculature that influences the animal’s behavior
emmarrogers

Atrazine Exposure Affects the Ability of Crayfish (Orconectes rusticus) to Localize a F... - 0 views

  • all levels of the aquatic food web
    • emmarrogers
       
      This is a compelling argument for the idea that crayfish are a keystone species
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      look 2 rows down
  • Because crayfish are a keystone species
emmarrogers

The role of omnivorous crayfish in littoral communities | Oecologia - 0 views

  • indirectly
  • Metaphytic algae were strongly affected by crayfish presence
  • dramatic direct and indirect impacts
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  • Abstract
    • emmarrogers
       
      this entire article supports the idea that crayfish are a keystone species
emmarrogers

Environmentally relevant atrazine exposures cause DNA damage in cells of the lateral an... - 0 views

  • 80 ppb atrazine
  • 10 days
    • emmarrogers
       
      This is the longest time I have seen so far. most studies are between 24-96 hours
  • banned in the European Union
    • emmarrogers
       
      I wonder why it is banned in the EU, but not the US
    • emmarrogers
       
      increased risk of prostate cancer and decreased sperm count in men, and a higher risk of breast cancer in women. reason why its banned
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  • evapotranspiration
    • emmarrogers
       
      Loss of water from the soil both by evaporation from the soil surface and by transpiration from the leaves of the plants growing on it.
  • ATR is the most commonly detected herbicide in the U.S. Midwestern region
  • This is a cause for concern as ATR can leach into aquatic ecosystems and affect aquatic organisms.
Sean Nash

Wild plants and crops don't make great neighbors | UCR News | UC Riverside - 0 views

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    There are plenty of things about this study that are not so feasible for us at the moment, but... this general area: plant pathology, interactions between native and non-native plants & crops... is a very cool area to explore that would present some feasibility for us.
Sean Nash

Researchers Discover New Mechanism to Cool Buildings While Saving Energy - 0 views

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    This one is dripping with feasibility it seems...
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