Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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Using environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding to assess aquatic plant communities

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Year: 2018, 2018
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Coghlan, Stephanie, Thesis advisor (ths): Freeland, Joanna, Thesis advisor (ths): Shafer, Aaron, Degree committee member (dgc): McConnell, Sabine, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding targets sequences with interspecific</p><p>variation that can be amplified using universal primers allowing simultaneous detection</p><p>of multiple species from environmental samples. I developed novel primers for three</p><p>barcodes commonly used to identify plant species, and compared amplification success… more
Full Text: Using environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding to assess aquatic plant communities A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in the Faculty of Arts and Science …

Complex niche determinants in terrestrial salamanders: Does hybridism or reproductive parasitism explain large-scale patterns of distribution?

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Year: 2018, 2018
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Mills, Peter, Thesis advisor (ths): Murray, Dennis, Degree committee member (dgc): Davy, Christina, Degree committee member (dgc): Shafer, Aaron, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>I assessed how organisms having multiple biotic attributes may have conflicting niche determinants, and whether the realized niche reflects single or multiple attributes. All-female salamanders engage in two biotic states: hybridism and reproductive parasitism. Hybrids should occupy areas transitional to those used by parental species, whereas parasites that engage in competition with… more
Full Text: Complex niche determinants in terrestrial salamanders: Does hybridism or reproductive parasitism explain large-scale patterns of distribution? A thesis submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree …