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    Highly accurate long reads are crucial for realizing the potential of biodiversity genomics

    Generating the most contiguous, accurate genome assemblies given available sequencing technologies is a long-standing challenge in genome science. With the rise of long-read sequencing, assembly challenges hav...

    Scott Hotaling, Edward R. Wilcox, Jacqueline Heckenhauer in BMC Genomics (2023)

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    Stoneflies in the genus Lednia (Plecoptera: Nemouridae): sentinels of climate change impacts on mountain stream biodiversity

    Rapid recession of glaciers and snowfields is threatening the habitats of cold-water biodiversity worldwide. In many ice-sourced headwaters of western North America, stoneflies in the genus Lednia (Plecoptera: Ne...

    Matthew D. Green, Lusha M. Tronstad, J. Joseph Giersch in Biodiversity and Conservation (2022)

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    Representation and participation across 20 years of plant genome sequencing

    The field of plant genome sequencing has grown rapidly in the past 20 years, leading to increases in the quantity and quality of publicly available genomic resources. The growing wealth of genomic data from an...

    Rose A. Marks, Scott Hotaling, Paul B. Frandsen, Robert VanBuren in Nature Plants (2021)

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    To composite or replicate: how sampling method and protocol differences alter collected stream invertebrates and associated bioassessment metrics

    Aquatic invertebrates are excellent indicators of ecosystem quality; however, choosing a sampling method can be difficult. Each method and associated protocol has advantages and disadvantages, and finding the ...

    Lusha Tronstad, Oliver Wilmot, Darren Thornbrugh in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (2020)

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    Rolling stones gather moss: movement and longevity of moss balls on an Alaskan glacier

    Glaciers support diverse ecosystems that are largely comprised of microbial life. However, at larger, macroscopic scales, glacier moss balls (sometimes called “glacier mice”) can develop from impurities on ice...

    Scott Hotaling, Timothy C. Bartholomaus, Sophie L. Gilbert in Polar Biology (2020)

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    Glacial ecosystems are essential to understanding biodiversity responses to glacier retreat

    Marek Stibal, James A. Bradley, Arwyn Edwards, Scott Hotaling in Nature Ecology & Evolution (2020)

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    Bacterial Diversity in Replicated Hydrogen Sulfide-Rich Streams

    Extreme environments typically require costly adaptations for survival, an attribute that often translates to an elevated influence of habitat conditions on biotic communities. Microbes, primarily bacteria, ar...

    Scott Hotaling, Corey R. Quackenbush, Julian Bennett-Ponsford in Microbial Ecology (2019)