Browsing by Author "McMurry, Scott"
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Adaptive Tolerance to Zinc in Freshwater Snails (Physa acuta) Across a Contamination Gradient
Hickey, Joel (2019-07)The Tri-State-Mining district is an area of northeast Oklahoma, southwest Missouri, and southeast Kansas in which zinc and lead mines operated for over 100 years. Metal contamination from wastes left behind by these historic ... -
Advancing in vitro fish alternatives for regulatory ecotoxicity testing
Scott, Justin (2023-05)While fish toxicity testing methods have been vital in predicting toxicity of pollutants dissolved in water, advancements with in vitro ecotoxicological techniques have continued to gained momentum. In vitro alternatives ... -
Assay to assess predator avoidance behaviors in tadpoles of the African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis)
Glotfelty, Emily (2019-04-29)An animal's behavioral response to various sensory inputs affects survival probability. Aquatic species have a lateral line system that provides information on water wave disturbances through receptor cells called neuromasts. ... -
Assessing spider predation on frogs
Guthrie, Chloe (Oklahoma State University, 2022-04-15)Size is an influential factor in regards to successful predation and it has been concluded that larger sized predators can capture larger prey. Previous studies over spider predation of frogs have consisted of pairing ... -
Classification of Depressional Wetlands in the Great Plains and Development of a Sampling Manual to Predict Playa Ecosystem Services
Thompson, Allison J. (2019-07)Most depressional wetlands in the Great Plains, an area where wetland losses are estimated to be over 50%, exist in highly cultivated landscapes. The depressional wetlands of the Great Plains include prairie-potholes in ... -
Community Composition, Population Demographics, and Tissue Metal Concentrations in Bats (Chiroptera) at Tar Creek Superfund Site: with Focus on Use of a Behavioral Flight Cage Assay
Eguren, Rachel Elise (Oklahoma State University, 2014-07-01)My goals were to: 1) determine community structure and population demographics of Chiroptera within Tar Creek Superfund Site, an area contaminated with lead (Pb), zinc (Zn), and cadmium (Cd), 2) analyze liver, kidney, and ... -
Comparative in Vivo and in Vitro Effects of Organophosphorus anticholinesterases in the Outbred CD-1 Mouse and Great Plains Toad
Anderson, Timothy James (2017-07-01)Amphibians are generally less sensitive than mammals to the acute toxicity of organophosphorus (OP) insecticides, but the basis for these differences is unclear. This study compared in vivo sensitivity of a mammal (Mus ... -
Effects of Copper upon Lateral Line Neuromasts in Xenopus laevis
Krupa, Paige (2019-07)Fish and aquatic amphibians possess the lateral line, a sensory system used to detect water displacements. Copper is known to inactivate the neuromast organs of the lateral line system. This study investigated copper-induced ... -
Effects of estradiol and atrazine on Acris blanchardi development
Windle, Shauni D'Na (2022-12)Developmental toxicology studies commonly use amphibian models to detect effects of endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs). Many of these studies however utilize model species not native to North America. For example, the ... -
Evaluating How Wetland Presence and Restoration Effects Landscape and Resource Use of Pollinator Communities in an Agricultural Matrix
Park, Cynthia N. (2017-07-01)Pollination is critical for ensuring biodiversity and human food supplies. However, wild pollinator populations are declining due to fragmentation and loss of habitat. These concerns are apparent in the Rainwater Basin of ... -
Evaluation of current American burying beetle (ABB), Nicrophorus americanus, trapping protocols and population estimation methods in Southeast Oklahoma
Risser, Kyle Joseph (2022-12)Burying beetles in the genus Nicrophorus are carrion feeding beetles that display cooperative brood care behavior. Historically, the American Burying Beetle (ABB) (Olivier) (Coleoptera; Silphidae) was found across the ... -
Exploring gradients of habitat suitability, habitat quality, and microclimate: Implications for Gray Vireo nesting ecology and management
Harris, Jonathan Philo (2020-07)Gray Vireos are one of the most understudied songbirds in North America and are considered a species of conservation concern for multiple state and federal agencies. I sought to address some of the gaps in our understanding ... -
Foraging and light avoidance thresholds in wild rodents exposed to differing levels of light pollution
Lovett, Jimmy Joe (2020-12)I investigated whether light pollution alters foraging and light avoidance behavior in mice. I hypothesized that: 1.) exposure to light pollution would alter the natural shift in foraging behavior as illumination from the ... -
Influences on plant species distributions and soil organic carbon in playa catchments of the High Plains
O'Connell, Jessica L. (2012-05)Scope and Method of Study: Depressional wetlands are threatened globally by conversion to agriculture, altering wetland processes and degrading societal services. We elucidated effects of land management and conservation ... -
Metal speciation’s role in toxicity, bioavailability, and bio-reactivity in the rainbow trout (oncorhynchus mykiss) gut cell line (RTgutGC)
Oldham, Dean (2020-12)The bioavailability of metal complexes is poorly understood. To evaluate the bioavailability and toxicity of neutral, and charged metal complexes, as well as free metal ions, Visual Minteq, a chemical equilibrium model, ...