The model nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is associated with a distinct microbial
community under natural conditions.
Yet, we don't fully understand how the increased salinity in vernal pools will interact with natural stressors (e.g., predator - prey and competitive interactions) of aquatic
communities under natural conditions.
Not exact matches
Understanding how the toxicity of contaminants changes with the presence of
natural stressors allows researchers to predict how
communities will be impacted
under realistic
conditions.
In the final paper of this issue, Tatters et al. [66] study the competitiveness of
natural diatom
communities incubated
under future environmental
conditions for two weeks, after which the dominant species were isolated and then incubated again for over a year before recombining the now
conditioned species to reconstruct the original
community.
Highlights the focus of PBS on ecological validity; that is, the practical application and translation of science - based knowledge to
natural agents of change in
natural settings
under natural conditions (e.g., teachers and administrators in school, parents and family members at home and in the
community).