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Jackie, a BCBA, is offered a great opportunity to go to Hawaii for a summer job as a camp director for children with developmental disabilities. The company she currently works for approves this temporary leave. At her current job Jackie is responsible for supervising 2 trainees. She informs them the week before her trip that she will be unable to supervise them while she is away and wishes them luck as they continue their work. Given this scenario, which ethics standard is being violated?

Jun is working as a BCBA at a large agency. The agency requires that each BCBA supervise at least five trainees. Jun feels overwhelmed and is failing to meet the supervision requirements for all five of her trainees. She is hesitant to say anything to her boss for fear that her job may be in jeopardy if she cannot meet agency requirements. Given this scenario, what would be the best course of action for the behavior analyst to take?

Faye is a clinical manager and BCBA. One of her tasks is to assign cases to her BCBAs. Her clinic just accepted five additional clients, and she is considering giving these cases to Elvira. Elvira currently has ten clients on her caseload and has stated that she feels overwhelmed completing plans, program updates, and delivering supervision. However, Faye knows that insurance providers do not limit the number of cases a BCBA can have. Faye decides to assign most but not all the clients to Elvira. Given this scenario, which ethics standard is being violated?

BCBA Kristijan is supervising a group of three trainees who are all accruing hours to sit for the BCBA exam. As part of their supervision, Kristijan implements a schedule for all trainees to go through the same trainings on the basics of ABA. Even if some trainees do not need the trainings, he feels they should practice as a team. Given this scenario, which ethics standard is being violated?

Elevated nutrient loading in freshwater systems can increase the prevalence of nematode infections in herons and other wading birds.

Water chemistry, particularly salinity and temperature, plays an important role in the growth of environmental bacteria in the genus Vibrio.  In fact, altered water temperature has been associated with disease incidence of cholera.  A global warming trend could  have notable consequences on vibrio cell counts in the environment, and the spread of cholera.

List three (3) anatomical features/structures of fish where their form can tell you something about their function, i.e., you can judge aspects of how the fish interacts with its environment, swims, diet, etc.  For each anatomical feature/structure you list, in just a few words describe how it helps your fish “be that fish” and occupy its niche, and provide an example of the kind of fish that has the feature(s)/structure(s) you describe.     

Contamination of the aquatic environment with endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) remains an important and emerging issue.  EDC exposure concentrations that are typically needed to affect biological changes in fishes and other biota are relatively low, and concentrations observed in certain waterways appear sufficient to be associated with intersex in some fishes.

A family visiting a Florida beach returned to their hotel room after an afternoon on the beach in the sun. Both children and one of the parents were coughing intermittently, had itchy runny eyes, and a drippy nose.  These symptoms are consistent with exposure to beach aerosols containing one of several Vibrio species.

Provide an example of a chemical, biological and physical stressor that can impact the well-being of sustainable, healthy oyster reef. This question is asking for a list of three stressors (single words or phrases). For each stressor briefly (one sentence or phrase) describe the potential impact(s) to oysters (and/or the oyster reef) that may be induced from such stress.