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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. 

Freshwater fishes osmoregulate, in part, by  excreting large volumes of dilute urine. 

Fish can have taste buds over many different parts of their body – one of many mechanisms for fish to “know their environment.”  Fish also have ears.

Ciguatera poisoning is the most commonly reported marine toxin disease reported worldwide.  It is caused by ingestion of higher trophic-level fish, like barracuda, that have high concentrations of toxins from the dinoflagellate Gambierdiscus toxicus that have accumulated up the food chain .