Publications by authors named "C Piercy"
Background: Shallow, tropical coral reefs face compounding threats from habitat degradation due to coastal development and pollution, impacts from storms and sea-level rise, and pulse disturbances like blast fishing, mining, dredging, and ship groundings that reduce coral reefs' height and variability. One approach toward restoring coral reef structure from these threats is deploying built structures. Built structures range from engineered modules and repurposed materials to underwater sculptures and intentionally placed natural rocks.
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- Shallow tropical coral reefs are under threat from climate change, coastal development, pollution, and physical disturbances, prompting efforts to restore these ecosystems using built structures.
- Restoration practitioners are increasingly employing various types of built structures, including artificial and natural interventions, but there is a lack of synthesized evidence on their effectiveness in enhancing coral growth and survival.
- To address this knowledge gap, a systematic review was conducted to map global evidence on the performance of these built structures in shallow tropical coral ecosystems across contexts like restoration and coastal protection.
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- Understanding the distribution and assemblage of aquatic organisms is crucial for managing and conserving biodiversity, particularly in freshwater systems facing human pressures.
- This study used a two-dimensional model in the San Saba River, Texas, to analyze how hydraulic conditions during high and baseline flows influence freshwater mussel distribution.
- Findings revealed that mussel-rich hotspots tend to be in deeper areas with lower stress, and the model could predict mussel occupancy and abundance with reasonable accuracy, suggesting that pools serve as key refuges during various flow events.
Pharmacy work: Intrinsic motivation and extrinsic rewards across role and setting.
J Am Pharm Assoc (2003)
February 2024
Background: Pharmacists' and pharmacy technicians' stress and job turnover are at an all-time high. Both intrinsic motivations and extrinsic rewards play key roles in workplace satisfaction. Differences in workplace satisfaction have been identified when comparing chain pharmacies, independent pharmacies, and health systems work settings.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStatus and workplace context directly affect employee experiences at work. This study looks at an understudied essential health professional group: pharmacy workers. Using survey data from 298 pharmacy workers in the United States we test how status, status shields, and work context relate to perceptions of one's work.
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