Item talk:Q229757

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 "headline": "Davis Field Station",
 "datePublished": "November 8, 2016",
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     "text": "Lead ecologist, Dr. Lizabeth Bowen, and staff biologists study the physiological responses of diverse wildlife to stressors and changes in their environment. Their research is providing new insight into stressors affecting both coastal and desert ecosystems and informing the management of listed species such as the southern sea otter and Desert Bighorn Sheep. Broadly, Dr. Bowen\u2019s research investigates:"
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     "text": "The Davis Field Station is home to research programs that focus on coastal ecosystem dynamics, ecological stressors, and their effects on wildlife populations. These studies primarily take place along the Pacific coast from the Aleutian Islands to southern California. Current projects investigate sea-level rise along both coasts of North America, landscape-scale aquatic and terrestrial ecology, and disease susceptibility/immune function in a variety of marine and terrestrial organisms."
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     "text": "Located on the campus of the University of California, Davis, USGS ecologists collaborate with university faculty and federal and state agencies nationwide to address the following issues:"
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     "text": "Scientists at the Davis Field Station assist or partner with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Reclamation, and other federal, state, and local client agencies that include the California Bay Delta Authority, California Coastal Conservancy, and California Department of Fish and Game."
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     "text": "Projected rates of sea-level rise have the potential to drown these unique ecosystems and eliminate the services they offer. To inform their management, Dr. Karen Thorne and staff biologists are using field and laboratory data to predict how tidal wetlands worldwide will respond to anticipated rates of sea level rise through the end of the century."
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     "text": "ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS RESEARCH"
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     "text": "Tidal wetlands provide for both human and wildlife communities along coastlines. Threatened and endangered species depend on wetland habitat for food and shelter, while coastal towns benefit from healthier fisheries and protection from storm surges and flooding."
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