Protist Genetic Diversity in the Acidic Hydrothermal Environments of Lassen Volcanic National Park, USA

History of prescription burning and wildfires in the three Sierra Nevada National Park Service (NPS) parks and adjacent US Forest Service (USFS) forests is presented. Annual prescription (Rx) burns began in 1968 in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, followed by Yosemite National Park and Lassen Volcanic National Park. During the last third of the 20th century, USFS national forests adjacent to these parks did limited Rx burns, accounting for very little area burned. However, in 2004, an aggressive annual burn program was initiated in these national forests and in the last decade, area burned by planned prescription burns, relative to area protected, was approximately comparable between these NPS and USFS lands. In 1968, the NPS prescription burning program was unique because it coupled planned Rx burns with managing many lightning-ignited fires for resource benefit. From 1968 to 2017, these natural fires managed for resource benefit averaged the same total area burned as planned Rx burns in the three national parks; thus, they have had a substantial impact on total area burned by prescription. In contrast, on USFS lands, most lightning-ignited fires have been managed for suppression, but increasing attention is being paid to managing wildfires for resource benefit.

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Genetic diversity of the Sichuan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) in Shennongjia National Park, China using RAD-seq analyses

Genetica ◽

10.1007/s10709-019-00073-3 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 147 (3-4) ◽

pp. 327-335 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Yu Zhang ◽

Yunyun Zhou ◽

Xuefeng Liu ◽

Huiliang Yu ◽

Diqiang Li ◽

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Keyword(s):

Genetic Diversity ◽

National Park ◽

Rhinopithecus Roxellana

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The Mosses of Lassen Volcanic National Park, California

The Bryologist ◽

10.2307/3243055 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 85 (3) ◽

pp. 324

Author(s):

David W. Showers

Keyword(s):

National Park ◽

Lassen Volcanic National Park

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Complete and Draft Genome Sequences of Six Members of the Aquificales

Journal of Bacteriology ◽

10.1128/jb.01645-08 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 191 (6) ◽

pp. 1992-1993 ◽

Cited By ~ 56

Author(s):

Anna-Louise Reysenbach ◽

N. Hamamura ◽

M. Podar ◽

E. Griffiths ◽

S. Ferreira ◽

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Keyword(s):

National Park ◽

East Pacific Rise ◽

Draft Genome ◽

Marine Species ◽

Spreading Center ◽

Genome Sequences ◽

New Members ◽

East Pacific ◽

Hydrothermal Environments ◽

Hydrogen Utilization

ABSTRACT The Aquificales are widespread in marine and terrestrial hydrothermal environments. Here, we report the complete and draft genome sequences of six new members of the Aquificales: two marine species, Persephonella marina strain EX-H1 and Hydrogenivirga strain 128-5-R1 (from the East Pacific Rise, 9°50.3′N, 104°17.5′W, and the Eastern Lau Spreading Center, 176°11.5′W, 20°45.8′S, respectively), and four terrestrial isolates, Sulfurihydrogenibium azorense strain Az-Fu1, Sulfurihydrogenibium yellowstonense strain SS-5, and Sulfurihydrogenibium strain Y03AOP1 (from Furnas, Azores, Portugal, and Calcite Springs and Obsidian Pool in Yellowstone National Park, United States, respectively), and the only thermoacidophilic isolate, Hydrogenobaculum strain Y04AAS1 (from a stream adjacent to Obsidian Pool). Significant differences among the different species exist that include nitrogen metabolism, hydrogen utilization, chemotaxis, and signal transduction, providing insights into their ecological niche adaptations.

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