scholarly journals Susan Lynn Williams: the Life of an Exceptional Scholar, Leader, and Friend (1951–2018)

2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 304-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
William C. Dennison ◽  
Matthew E. S. Bracken ◽  
Maria Brown ◽  
John F. Bruno ◽  
James T. Carlton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Role Model ◽  
Scientific Discovery ◽  
Marine Ecology ◽  
Women In Science ◽  
Polar Regions ◽  
Resource Managers ◽  
Ocean Management ◽  
Nearshore Environments ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Scientific Results

AbstractSusan Lynn Williams (1951–2018) was an exceptional marine ecologist whose research focused broadly on the ecology of benthic nearshore environments dominated by seagrasses, seaweeds, and coral reefs. She took an empirical approach founded in techniques of physiological ecology. Susan was committed to applying her research results to ocean management through outreach to decision-makers and resource managers. Susan’s career included research throughout the USA in tropical, temperate, and polar regions, but she specialized in tropical marine ecology. Susan’s scholarship, leadership, and friendship touched many people, leading to this multi-authored paper. Susan’s scholarship was multi-faceted, and she excelled in scientific discovery, integration of scientific results, application of science for conservation, and teaching, especially as a mentor to undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. Susan served in a variety of leadership positions throughout her career. She embodied all facets of leadership; leading by example, listening to others, committing to the “long haul,” maintaining trust, and creating a platform for all to shine. Susan was an important role model for women in science. Susan was also a loyal friend, maintaining friendships for many decades. Susan loved cooking and entertaining with friends. This paper provides an overview of the accomplishments of Susan in the broad categories of scholarship, leadership, and friendship.

scholarly journals The Arctic Traits Database – A repository of arctic benthic invertebrate traits

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renate Degen ◽  
Sarah Faulwetter
Keyword(s):  
Role Model ◽  
Benthic Invertebrate ◽  
Marine Ecology ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Polar Regions ◽  
Web Interface ◽  
User Friendliness ◽  
Marine Life ◽  
Ecological Understanding ◽  
General Demand

Abstract. The recently increased interest in marine trait-based studies highlights one general demand – the access to standardized, reference-based trait information. This demand holds especially true for polar regions, where the gathering of ecological information is still challenging. The Arctic Traits Database is a freely accessible online repository (https://doi.org/10.25365/phaidra.49; http://https://www.univie.ac.at/arctictraits) that fulfils these requests for one important component of polar marine life, the Arctic benthic macroinvertebrates. It accounts for 1) obligate traceability of information (every entry is linked to at least one source), 2) exchangeability among trait platforms (use of most common download formats), 3) standardization (use of most common terminology and coding scheme), and 4) user friendliness (granted by an intuitive web-interface and rapid and easy download options). The combination of these aspects makes the Arctic Traits Database the currently most sophisticated online accessible trait platform in (not only) marine ecology and a role-model for prospective databases of other marine compartments or other (also non-marine) ecosystems. At present the database covers 20 traits (85 trait categories) and holds altogether 8107 trait entries for 1211 macro- and megabenthic taxa. Thus, the Arctic Traits Database will foster and facilitate trait-based approaches in polar regions in the future and increase our ecological understanding of this rapidly changing system.

scholarly journals The Arctic Traits Database – a repository of Arctic benthic invertebrate traits

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 301-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renate Degen ◽  
Sarah Faulwetter
Keyword(s):  
Role Model ◽  
Benthic Invertebrate ◽  
Marine Ecology ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Polar Regions ◽  
Web Interface ◽  
User Friendliness ◽  
Ecological Understanding ◽  
General Demand ◽  
First Time

Abstract. The recently increased interest in marine trait-based studies highlights one general demand – the access to standardized, reference-based trait information. This demand holds especially true for polar regions, where the gathering of ecological information is still challenging. The Arctic Traits Database is a freely accessible online repository (https://doi.org/10.25365/phaidra.49; https://www.univie.ac.at/arctictraits, last access: 20 February 2019) that fulfils these requests for one important component of polar marine life, the Arctic benthic macroinvertebrates. It accounts for (1) obligate traceability of information (every entry is linked to at least one source), (2) exchangeability among trait platforms (use of most common download formats), (3) standardization (use of most common terminology and coding scheme) and (4) user-friendliness (granted by an intuitive web interface and rapid and easy download options, for the first time including the option to download a fuzzy coded trait matrix). The combination of these aspects makes the Arctic Traits Database the currently most sophisticated online accessible trait platform in (not only) marine ecology and a role model for prospective databases of other marine compartments or other (also non-marine) ecosystems. At present the database covers 19 traits (80 trait categories) and holds altogether 14 242 trait entries for 1911 macro- and megabenthic taxa. Thus, the Arctic Traits Database will foster and facilitate trait-based approaches in polar regions in the future and increase our ecological understanding of this rapidly changing system.

scholarly journals Understanding the prime mover

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johan Hammarlund ◽  
Kristina Riegert
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Us Foreign Policy ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Prime Mover ◽  
Cultural Symbols ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Role Of Religion

•As a pervasive historical construct that is both foreign and familiar, the USA has a looming presence in Swedish media discourse. Swedish journalists’ views of the USA can best be described as ambivalent — critical of a unilateral or too passive US foreign policy, while at the same time being heavily influenced by many aspects of the American economic model and culture. This article presents the results of an analysis of Swedish editorials, debate, commentary and cultural articles about the USA in time periods between 1984 and 2009. During these three decades USA actions are broadly framed against the backdrop of Cold War, globalization and cultural contestation paradigms respectively. The USA is seen as a formidable power, one that should be checked by others on the international stage. Cultural symbols based on historical European narratives about the US are called upon to illustrate reckless unilateralism (‘Space Cowboy’ Reagan) or the future-oriented entrepreneur as a role model for Sweden (during the Clinton years). The final decade under the cultural contestation paradigm is also ambivalent — the role of religion in the USA appears foreign to Swedish eyes, whereas the USA’s cultural misunderstandings with others appear familiar. •

scholarly journals Application of lidars in the monitoring system of hydrophysical disturbances from moving objects

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (397) ◽  
pp. 127-132
Author(s):  
V. Polenin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Monitoring System ◽  
Moving Objects ◽  
Scientific Discovery ◽  
Physical Phenomenon ◽  
Problem Formulation ◽  
Programming System ◽  
Navigation Problem ◽  
Correct Conclusion ◽  
Scientific Results ◽  
Matlab Programming

Object and purpose of research. The object of this research study is a physical phenomenon of lidar observation of hydrophysical disturbances from an object moving underwater confirmed by the scientific discovery registered with Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (RANS). The purpose is to briefly present the phenomenon essence and to validate the feasibility of underwater monitoring system involving lidars. Materials and methods. The work materials is the phenomenon description and publications confirming its reliability. The feasibility of underwater monitoring system employing lidars is validated by model representation of this system as a group of distributed fixed lidars, which record time instants when a moving underwater object is passing by. The navigation task of locating its coordinates and parameters of motion is solved. Main results. The results demonstrate exact solutions to the problem implemented in MATLAB programming system, which confirms that the model is adequate and its software implementation is correct. Conclusion. The purpose of the work to examine the feasibility of lidar underwater monitoring system is achieved. The new scientific results are the problem formulation and the method of solving a navigation problem to find coordinates and parameters of motion from lidar-detected instants of hydrophysical disturbances. A hypothetical lidar-based monitoring system, if verified experimentally that lidars are sufficiently long-range instruments, is a promising idea.

Advances in the Ocean Observing System in the Gulf of Maine: Technical Capabilities and Scientific Results

2011 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neal R. Pettigrew ◽  
C. Patrick Fikes ◽  
M. Kate Beard
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Maine ◽  
Meteorological Data ◽  
Coast Guard ◽  
Remote Access ◽  
Resource Managers ◽  
Salinity Anomaly ◽  
Natural Resource Managers ◽  
Scientific Results ◽  
The University ◽  
Ocean Observing

AbstractThe Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (NERACOOS), which began in 2008, includes the University of Maine’s comprehensive data buoy array in the Gulf of Maine (GoM). The University of Maine buoy system started in 2001 as part of the Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System (GoMOOS). The buoys provide a wide variety of oceanographic and marine meteorological data in real time to scientists, environmentalists, the National Weather Service, the U.S. Coast Guard and Canadian Coast Guard, educators, regional natural resource managers, the GoM fishing and maritime industries, and the general public. The GoM observing system is presently undergoing a redesign of the buoy control system to enhance remote access and reduce operational costs. The enhancements will allow remote trouble-shooting and reprogramming of the buoys and subsurface sensors. The system will also accommodate sensors from other research groups and allow them post-deployment control without assistance from our buoy group.Over the near-decade of operation, the system has revealed marked seasonal and interannual variability of the circulation and physical properties of the GoM. In the fall of 2004 to spring of 2005, Doppler currents measured an outflow of deep salty slope waters that suggest a regime shift in the inflow and outflow of transports through the Northeast Channel. During the same period, a salinity anomaly event lowered salinity throughout the GoM by roughly 2 psu by the winter of 2005. In following years, the previously unusual slope outflow and reduced salinity have often reoccurred.

Umweltzölle, fairer Wettbewerb und Klimaschutz: Ökozölle und ein besserer globaler Klimavertrag

2010 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix Ekardt
Keyword(s):  
Climate Policy ◽  
Role Model ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Free Markets ◽  
Stimulate Action ◽  
Climate Economics ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Border Adjustments

AbstractThe paper offers an innovative structure for a future transnational climate policy beyond the Kyoto Protocol (and criticizes the overall methodology of climate economics), but mainly assesses the possibilities for a strongly extended pioneering role of the European Union - secured by complementary border adjustments for imports and exports. Border adjustments do not discriminate against anybody in global free markets and therefore do not violate WTO rules, as they make sure that whoever refuses to protect the climate will not be granted an unfair advantage by eco-dumping. Border adjustments do not spare us to rethink our way of life. But border adjustments allow the EU to act as a role model for countries like China, India and or the USA in advancing an effective and social (and economically prospering) climate policy. This may be the only way to stimulate action for a global, effective and social climate policy.

scholarly journals Exascale applications: skin in the game

2020 ◽  
Vol 378 (2166) ◽  
pp. 20190056 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis Alexander ◽  
Ann Almgren ◽  
John Bell ◽  
Amitava Bhattacharjee ◽  
Jacqueline Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Data Science ◽  
Scientific Discovery ◽  
Numerical Algorithms ◽  
Department Of Energy ◽  
High Confidence ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Critical Problems ◽  
Performance Computing

As noted in Wikipedia, skin in the game refers to having ‘incurred risk by being involved in achieving a goal’, where ‘ skin is a synecdoche for the person involved, and game is the metaphor for actions on the field of play under discussion’. For exascale applications under development in the US Department of Energy Exascale Computing Project, nothing could be more apt, with the skin being exascale applications and the game being delivering comprehensive science-based computational applications that effectively exploit exascale high-performance computing technologies to provide breakthrough modelling and simulation and data science solutions. These solutions will yield high-confidence insights and answers to the most critical problems and challenges for the USA in scientific discovery, national security, energy assurance, economic competitiveness and advanced healthcare. This article is part of a discussion meeting issue ‘Numerical algorithms for high-performance computational science’.

scholarly journals Patterns of Rotifer Diversity in the Chihuahuan Desert

Diversity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick D. Brown ◽  
Thomas Schröder ◽  
Judith V. Ríos-Arana ◽  
Roberto Rico-Martinez ◽  
Marcelo Silva-Briano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chihuahuan Desert ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Diversity Indices ◽  
Sampling Effort ◽  
Rock Pools ◽  
Empirical Bayesian Kriging ◽  
Resource Managers ◽  
Hydrologic Connections ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Lakes And Reservoirs

Desert aquatic systems are widely separated, lack hydrologic connections, and are subject to drought. However, they provide unique settings to investigate distributional patterns of micrometazoans, including rotifers. Thus, to understand rotifer biodiversity we sampled 236 sites across an array of habitats including rock pools, springs, tanks, flowing waters, playas, lakes, and reservoirs in the Chihuahuan Desert of the USA (n = 202) and Mexico (n = 34) over a period of >20 years. This allowed us to calculate diversity indices and examine geographic patterns in rotifer community composition. Of ~1850 recognized rotifer species, we recorded 246 taxa (~13%), with greatest diversity in springs (n = 175), lakes (n = 112), and rock pools (n = 72). Sampling effort was positively related to observed richness in springs, lakes, rivers, and tanks. Nestedness analyses indicated that rotifers in these sites, and most subsets thereof, were highly nested (support from 4 null models). Distance was positively correlated with species composition dissimilarity on small spatial scales. We predicted species richness for unsampled locations using empirical Bayesian kriging. These findings provide a better understanding of regional rotifer diversity in aridlands and provide information on potential biodiversity hotspots for aquatic scientists and resource managers.

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