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Use of mass-participation outdoor events to assess human exposure to tickborne pathogens (2017)
Journal Article
Hall, J., Alpers, K., Bown, K., Martin, S., & Birtles, R. (2017). Use of mass-participation outdoor events to assess human exposure to tickborne pathogens. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 23(3), 463-467. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2303.161397

Mapping the public health threat of tickborne pathogens requires quantification of not only the density of infected host-seeking ticks but also the rate of human exposure to these ticks. To efficiently sample a high number of persons in a short time,... Read More about Use of mass-participation outdoor events to assess human exposure to tickborne pathogens.

Mislabeling seafood does not promote sustainability : a comment on Stawitz et al (2016) (2017)
Journal Article
Mariani, S., Cawthorn, D., & Hanner, R. (2017). Mislabeling seafood does not promote sustainability : a comment on Stawitz et al (2016). Conservation Letters, 10(6), 781-782. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12346

Recently, Stawitz et al. collated existing primary literature on DNA identification of finfish products and conducted a series of analyses to explore the environmental and economic ripples of species substitution. While we agree that the assessment o... Read More about Mislabeling seafood does not promote sustainability : a comment on Stawitz et al (2016).

Rich fen development in CE Europe, resilience to climate change and human impact over the last ca. 3500 years (2017)
Journal Article
Gałka, M., Aunina, L., Feurdean, A., Hutchinson, S., Kołaczek, P., & Apolinarska, K. (2017). Rich fen development in CE Europe, resilience to climate change and human impact over the last ca. 3500 years. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 473, 57-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.02.030

Here, for the first time in SE Poland, we document the long-term development of a rich fen and assess its sensitivity to climate change and human impacts over the last ca. 3500 years. Our results are based on a high-resolution, continuous plant macro... Read More about Rich fen development in CE Europe, resilience to climate change and human impact over the last ca. 3500 years.

Contaminated sediment dynamics in peatland headwater catchments (2017)
Journal Article
headwater catchments. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 17(11), 2637-2647. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-017-1674-8

Purpose
Despite substantial research into Pb storage in
peatlands, formal description of the mechanisms of contaminated sediment mobilisation is limited. This study explores the controlling factors of contaminated sediment dynamics in an eroding... Read More about Contaminated sediment dynamics in peatland headwater catchments.

Guanylate-binding Protein 1 (GBP1) contributes to the immunity of human mesenchymal stromal cells against toxoplasma gondii (2017)
Journal Article

Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) have recently been shown to play important roles in mammalian host defenses against intracellular pathogens, but the molecular mechanism still needs to be clarified. We confirmed that human MSCs (hMSCs) pre-stimulated... Read More about Guanylate-binding Protein 1 (GBP1) contributes to the immunity of human mesenchymal stromal cells against toxoplasma gondii.

Detecting the shape of anisotropic gold nanoparticles in dispersion with single particle extinction and scattering (2017)
Journal Article

The shape and size of nanoparticles are important parameters affecting the biodistribution, bioactivity, and toxicity. The
high-throughput characterisation of nanoparticle shape in the dispersion is a fundamental prerequisite for realistic in vitro... Read More about Detecting the shape of anisotropic gold nanoparticles in dispersion with single particle extinction and scattering.

Reproductive strategies in marine invertebrates and the structuring of marine animal forests (2017)
Book Chapter
Wangensteen Fuentes, O., Turon, X., & Palacín, C. (2017). Reproductive strategies in marine invertebrates and the structuring of marine animal forests. In Marine animal forests : the ecology of benthic biodiversity hotspots (1-24). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17001-5_52-1

Competition, predation, and facilitation mechanisms are the major drivers of biodiversity and community structure in marine benthic ecosystems. Habitat complexity is a determining factor of faunal richness and biodiversity in these communities. The s... Read More about Reproductive strategies in marine invertebrates and the structuring of marine animal forests.

Evolutionary diversification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in an artificial sputum model (2017)
Journal Article
Davies, E., James, C., Brockhurst, M., & Winstanley, C. (2017). Evolutionary diversification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in an artificial sputum model. BMC Microbiology, 17(3), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-016-0916-z

Background
During chronic lung infections of cystic fibrosis patients Pseudomonas aeruginosa populations undergo extensive evolutionary diversification. However, the selective drivers of this evolutionary process are poorly understood. To test the e... Read More about Evolutionary diversification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in an artificial sputum model.

Human commercial models’ eye colour shows negative frequency-dependent selection (2016)
Journal Article
frequency-dependent selection. PLoS ONE, 11(12), e0168458. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168458

In this study we investigated the eye colour of human commercial models registered in the UK (400 female and 400 male) and Brazil (400 female and 400 male) to test the hypothesis that model eye colour frequency was the result of negative frequency de... Read More about Human commercial models’ eye colour shows negative frequency-dependent selection.

Spatio-temporal monitoring of deep-sea communities using metabarcoding of sediment DNA and RNA (2016)
Journal Article
Guardiola, M., Wangensteen Fuentes, O., Taberlet, P., Coissac, E., Uriz, M., & Turon, X. (2016). Spatio-temporal monitoring of deep-sea communities using metabarcoding of sediment DNA and RNA. PeerJ, 4, e2807. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2807

We assessed spatio-temporal patterns of diversity in deep-sea sediment communities using metabarcoding. We chose a recently developed eukaryotic marker based on the v7 region of the 18S rRNA gene. Our study was performed in a submarine canyon and its... Read More about Spatio-temporal monitoring of deep-sea communities using metabarcoding of sediment DNA and RNA.

Between the Balkans and the Baltic : phylogeography of a common vole mitochondrial DNA lineage limited to Central Europe (2016)
Journal Article

The common vole (Microtus arvalis) has been a model species of small mammal for studying
end-glacial colonization history. In the present study we expanded the sampling from
central and eastern Europe, analyzing contemporary genetic structure to id... Read More about Between the Balkans and the Baltic : phylogeography of a common vole mitochondrial DNA lineage limited to Central Europe.

Potential effects of rainwater-borne H2O2 on competitive degradation of herbicides and in the presence of humic acid (2016)
Journal Article
degradation of herbicides and in the presence of humic acid. Chemosphere, 170, 146-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.12.021

In a previous piece of work, we reported some preliminary experimental results showing that hydrogen peroxide at a concentration range frequently encountered in rainwater could lead to degradation of three common herbicides (diuron, butachlor and gly... Read More about Potential effects of rainwater-borne H2O2 on competitive degradation of herbicides and in the presence of humic acid.

Long-term land-cover/use change in a traditional farming landscape in Romania inferred from pollen data, historical maps and satellite images (2016)
Journal Article
landscape in Romania inferred from pollen data, historical maps and satellite images. Regional Environmental Change, 17(8), 2193-2207. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-016-1063-7

Traditional farming landscapes in the temperate
zone that have persisted for millennia can be exceptionally species-rich and are therefore key conservation targets. In contrast to Europe’s West, Eastern Europe harbours widespread traditional farming... Read More about Long-term land-cover/use change in a traditional farming landscape in Romania inferred from pollen data, historical maps and satellite images.

Application of iron and silicon fertilizers reduces arsenic accumulation by two Ipomoea aquatica varities (2016)
Journal Article
accumulation by two Ipomoea aquatica varities. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 15(11), 2613-2619. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2095-3119%2815%2961320-X

A 45 d pot experiment was conducted to examine the effects of silicon fertilizer or iron fertilizer on the growth of two typical Ipomoea aquatica cultivars and As accumuation of two typical Ipomoea aquatica cultivars grown in As-contaminated soils at... Read More about Application of iron and silicon fertilizers reduces arsenic accumulation by two Ipomoea aquatica varities.

Metabarcoding techniques for assessing biodiversity of marine animal forests (2016)
Book Chapter
Wangensteen Fuentes, O. S., & Turon, X. (2016). Metabarcoding techniques for assessing biodiversity of marine animal forests. In Marine animal forests : the ecology of benthic biodiversity hotspots (1-29). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17001-5_53-1

The “marine animal forests” are among the most diverse ecosystems in the Biosphere. However, exhaustive biodiversity assessment of these communities has been so far elusive. The real extent of biodiversity and its temporal and spatial variability pat... Read More about Metabarcoding techniques for assessing biodiversity of marine animal forests.

Reciprocal sexual size dimorphism and Rensch’s rule in Toad-headed lizards (Phrynocephalus vlangalii) (2016)
Journal Article
Zhao, L., Chen, Y., Lou, S., Huang, Y., Jehle, R., & Liao, W. (2016). Reciprocal sexual size dimorphism and Rensch’s rule in Toad-headed lizards (Phrynocephalus vlangalii). Salamandra (Frankfurt), 52(3), 261-268

Rensch’s rule describes a pattern of allometry whereby sexual size dimorphism (SSD) increases with body size when males are the larger sex, and whereby SSD decreases with body size when females are larger in interspecific comparisons. In groups of re... Read More about Reciprocal sexual size dimorphism and Rensch’s rule in Toad-headed lizards (Phrynocephalus vlangalii).