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Hurricanes have affected the waters of the east coast of the United States throughout the region’s history. These storms cause changes in water quality through mechanisms such as damage to infrastructure, excessive precipitation, and storm surges. We attempt to conduct a regiona…

Root hemiparasites are green plants that tap into a neighboring plant’s water-filled xylem to acquire inorganic nutrients, which can lead to an accumulation of nutrients in hemiparasite biomass. I performed an observational field study at Nachusa Grasslands and Franklin Creek St…

Soil biota account for ~25% of global biodiversity and underpins a wide range of ecosystem services. Here defined as soil-dwelling bacteria, archaea, fungi, protists, animals, and viruses, soil biota have often been overlooked and generalised in biodiversity surveys and studies …