Each week we share the latest publications coming from the College of the Environment. Over the holiday weeks, five new articles co-authored by members of the College of the Environment were added to the Web of Science or published online.

1. Title: Isotopic and hydrologic responses of small, closed lakes to climate variability: Comparison of measured and modeled lake level and sediment core oxygen isotope records (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Steinman, Byron A.^{[ 1 ]} ; Abbott, Mark B.^{[ 1 ]} ; Nelson, Daniel B.^{[ 2 ]} ; Stansell, Nathan D.^{[ 3 ]} ; Finney, Bruce P.^{[ 4,5 ]} ;Bain, Daniel J.^{[ 1 ]} ; Rosenmeier, Michael F.^{[ 1 ]}
[ 1 ] Univ Pittsburgh, Dept Geol & Planetary Sci, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
[ 2 ] Univ Washington, School of Oceanography, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[ 3 ] Ohio State Univ, Byrd Polar Res Ctr, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[ 4 ] Idaho State Univ, Dept Geosci, Pocatello, ID 83209 USA
[ 5 ] Idaho State Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Pocatello, ID 83209 USA

Journal: GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

2. Title: Population Structure of Clinical and Environmental Vibrio parahaemolyticus from the Pacific Northwest Coast of the United States (OPEN ACCESS!)

Authors: Turner, Jeffrey W.^{[ 1,2 ]} ; Paranjpye, Rohinee N.^{[ 1 ]} ; Landis, Eric D.^{[ 3 ]} ; Biryukov, Stanley V.^{[ 1 ]} ; Gonzalez-Escalona, Narjol^{[ 4 ]} ; Nilsson, William B.^{[ 1 ]} ; Strom, Mark S.^{[ 1 ]}
[ 1 ] NOAA, NW Fisheries Sci Ctr, Natl Marine Fisheries Serv, Seattle, WA 98115 USA
[ 2 ] Univ Washington, School of Oceanography, Ctr Environm Genom, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[ 3 ] US FDA, Ctr Vet Med, Rockville, MD 20857 USA
[ 4 ] US FDA, Ctr Food Safety & Appl Nutr, College Pk, MD USA

Journal: PLOS ONE

3. Title: The anus as a second mouth: anal suspension feeding by an oral deposit-feeding sea cucumber (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Jaeckle, William. B.^{[ 1 ]} ; Strathmann, Richard. R.^{[ 2,3 ]}
[ 1 ] Illinois Wesleyan Univ, Dept Biol, Bloomington, IL 61702 USA
[ 2 ] Univ Washington, Friday Harbor Labs, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 USA
[ 3 ] Univ Washington, Dept Zool, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 USA

Journal: INVERTEBRATE BIOLOGY

4. Title: On the Dynamical Causes of Variability in the Rain-Shadow Effect: A Case Study of the Washington Cascades (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Siler, Nicholas^{[ 1 ]} ; Roe, Gerard^{[ 2 ]} ; Durran, Dale^{[ 1 ]}
[ 1 ] Univ Washington, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[ 2 ] Univ Washington, Department of Earth & Space Sciences, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

Journal: JOURNAL OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY

5. Title: A 39-Yr Survey of Cloud Changes from Land Stations Worldwide 1971-2009: Long-Term Trends, Relation to Aerosols, and Expansion of the Tropical Belt (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Eastman, Ryan^{[ 1 ]} ; Warren, Stephen G.^{[ 1 ]}
[ 1 ] Univ Washington, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

Journal: JOURNAL OF CLIMATE