Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Thesis: Preliminary Trials to Assess Bycatch Reduction Potential for Deep-Set Pelagic Longline Gear in the U.S. Atlantic Fishery, Sean T. Wilms
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Thesis: Increasing the Frequency of Periodic Spatial Disturbance Decreases Surface Attachment Protein Expression in Staphylococcus Aureus, Ivana M. Barraza
Thesis: Resource Allocation and Phenotypic Plasticity of Simultaneous Hermaphroditic Turtle Barnacles (Chelonibia Testudinaria), Kevin C. Cash
Thesis: Journey Into Midnight: Population Dynamics, Vertical Distribution, and Trophic Ecology of Whalefishes (Cetomimidae) in the Bathypelagic Gulf of Mexico, Rachel Eckley
Thesis: Genetic Population Dynamics of the Critically Endangered Scalloped Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna Lewini) in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean, Sydney P. Harned
Thesis: Ontogenetic Variation in Sciaenid Otolith Morphometry With Fish Size from the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Thomas C. Ingalls
Thesis: Optimizing the Time to Transfer Sexually Produced Corals of Porites Astreoides, Agaricia Agaricites, and Montastraea Cavernosa to an Offshore Nursery, Rachel Ionata
Thesis: The Distribution, Composition, and Management of Drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (Dfads) in the North Atlantic Ocean, Erin E. Kimak
Thesis: Predation Efficiency of Lionfish (Pterois Volitans and P. Miles) in Differing Levels of Habitat Complexity, Abigail Ehlers Kimbrel
Thesis: Elemental Distribution and Offloading in Peruvian Pinnipeds, Catherine Kooyomjian
Thesis: Assessment of Monochloramine Toxicity on Three Small Coastal Organisms, Ashley K. Le
Thesis: Applying Integrative Systematics to Long-Standing Species Boundary Questions in the Zoanthidea, Annika Markovich
Thesis: Trophic Ecology and Functional Morphology of the Scaleless Black Dragonfishes (Family Stomiidae; Subfamily Melanostomiinae), Ryan P. McGonagle
Thesis: Pelagic Habitat Use By Benthic Fishes – Juvenile Scorpaenoids of the Oceanic Gulf of Mexico, Drew W. Mertzlufft
Thesis: Characterization of Fish Assemblages on an Upper Mesophotic Reef in South Florida Using a Commercial Grade Mini Rov, Sydney L. Panzarino
Thesis: Effects of Tropical Cyclones on Incubation and Hatch Frequency of Marine Turtles in Broward County, FL: An Exploratory Look for Potential Cues of Environmentally Cued Hatching (ECH), Alexis Peterson
Thesis: Spatiotemporal Variation of an Eastern Tropical Pacific Pelagic Community Assessed With Free-Drifting Bruvs, Tyler Stephen Plum
Thesis: The Variability of Seawater Carbonate Chemistry in Two Florida Urban Mangrove Ecosystems, Alexandrina R. Rangel
Thesis: The Age and Growth of the Yellow Stingray (Urobatis Jamaicensis) in Southeast Florida, Jessica Schieber
Thesis: Are Corals Surviving Or Thriving in Highly Degraded Environments? A Reproductive and Trophic Analysis of Scleractinian Corals, Morgan Short
Thesis: Optimization of Grow-Out of Bouldering Coral Microfragments: Land vs. Offshore Nursery, Ashlee A. Steinberg
Thesis: A Temporal Analysis of the Microbiota and Biofouling Development on Artificial Substrates in the Port Everglades Inlet, Florida, Denise Swack
Thesis: Broad-Scale Vertical and Horizontal Behavior of the White Shark (Carcharodon Carcharias) in the Western North Atlantic, Taryn Szalay
Thesis: Element Contamination in Port Everglades – Preparing for Ecological Impacts, Laura White
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Thesis: The Role of Bacterial Symbionts and Bioluminescence in the Pyrosome, Pyrosoma atlanticum, Alexis Berger
Thesis: Life History, Biology, Fisheries, and Management for Six Lesser Known Species of Hammerhead Sharks (Family: Sphyrnidae), Emma M. Brennan
Thesis: Prioritizing the Largest, Oldest Corals for Disease Intervention in a Coral Disease-Ravaged Area: Southeast Florida Coral Reef Ecosystem Conservation Area, Alysha Brunelle
Thesis: Investigation of Sulfur Cycling in Marine Sponge Cinachyrella Spp. from a South Florida Reef, Shelby K. Cain
Thesis: Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Analysis of Mangrove Ecosystems Using GIS, Kayla Caldwell
Thesis: Fish Assemblages Associated with a Newly Deployed Eco-Engineered Artificial Seawall in the Intercoastal Waters of Port Everglades, Olmo Cinti
Thesis: Linking Crude Oil and Dispersant Effects To Gene Expression of Marine Sponge Cinachyrella, Yvain Desplat
Thesis: Using Track Widths of Loggerhead (Caretta Caretta) Sea Turtles as a Proxy for Predicting Nesting Characteristics, Kelly M. Detmer
Thesis: Examination of Parasite Assemblages in Killifish of the Genus Fundulus Across the Atlantic Coast of the United States and Canada, Derek Garvey
Thesis: To Feed or Not to Feed: Examining the Effects of Provisioning Tourism on Nurse Sharks in Caye Caulker, Belize, Carlee Jackson
Thesis: A Temporal Analysis of the Euphausiid Assemblage in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, with Notes on Seasonal Reproduction, Nathan A. La Spina
Thesis: Pilot Project for Future Fast and Accurate Detection of the Human Fecal Marker HF183 for Presence of Human Pollution in the New River, Angie Louis
Thesis: TUNEL Apoptotic Cell Detection in Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD): Evaluation of Potential and Improvements, E. Murphy McDonald
Thesis: Predation Efficiency and Prey Choice of Estuarine Organisms Under Varying Anthropogenic Light Types and Intensities, Carmen Montalvo
Thesis: Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis) and Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Nearshore Distribution, Bimini, The Bahamas, Skylar L. Muller
Thesis: Comparative Study of Spectral Sensitivity, Irradiance Sensitivity, Spatial Resolution and Temporal Resolution in the Visual Systems of Aratus Pisonii and Ocypode Quadrata, Ruchao Qian
Thesis: Disruption of Pyoverdine Synthesis in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Through Periodic Disturbance of Biofilm Structure, Rebecca J. Quinn
Dissertation: Ocean Acidification and Fish Respiration: A Study on the Anatomical, Physiological, and Behavioral Adaptations of Fishes and Their Ability to Cope With Decreasing Seawater PH, Mark P. Rogers
Thesis: Metagenomes of the Dominant Microbial Symbionts of Sponge Genus Cinachyrella Display Common Sulfur Metabolic and Quorum Sensing Functions, Elizaveta Shmakova
Thesis: Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Essential and Non-Essential Elements Recorded in Western Arctic Bowhead Whales (Balaena mysticetus), Samantha L. Shore
Thesis: Comparative Study of the Effects of Light on Photophore Ultrastructure from Two Families of Deep-Sea Decapod Crustaceans: Oplophoridae and Sergestidae, Jamie E. Sickles
Thesis: Age and Growth of Predatory Mesopelagic Fishes in a Low-Latitude Oceanic Ecosystem, Natalie Slayden
Thesis: Environmental Variability in West Lake Mangroves: A Climatology Report, Gretchen M. Spencer
Dissertation: Understanding the Toxicity of Single Hydrocarbons, Oil, and Dispersed Oil: A Species Sensitivity Assessment for Five Atlantic Coral Species, Nicholas R. Turner
Thesis: Effects of Surfactants on the Generation of Sea Spray During Tropical Cyclones, Breanna L. Vanderplow
Thesis: An Investigation into the Factors Influencing Growth and Survival of Caribbean Acroporid Corals in a Floating Nursery, Cassie M. VanWynen
Thesis: The Microscopic Threat with a Macroscopic Impact: Microplastics Along the Southeast Florida Reef Tract, Emma Wightman
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Thesis: The Association between Stomach Fullness and Vertical Migration Behavior in Deep-Pelagic Crustaceans and Fishes in the Gulf of Mexico, with Notes on Microplastic Ingestion, Ryan P. Bos
Thesis: Determining how risk effects predator-prey interactions of marine communities in the nearshore environment of South Bimini, The Bahamas, Kendall Brancart
Thesis: A Comparison of Circle and J Hook Performance within the Grenadian Pelagic Longline Fishery, Anthony G. Burns
Thesis: Nutrient Concentrations and Effects on Mill Run from Residential, Urban, and Industrial Stormwater Contamination, Melissa Carver
Thesis: Shallow- water hardbottom communities support the separation of biogeographic provinces on the west- central Florida Gulf Coast, Shelby Eagan
Thesis: Assessment of Heavy Metals in Subsistence-Harvested Alaskan Marine Mammal Body Tissues and Vibrissae, Pilar M. Ferdinando
Thesis: Characterization of Bacterial Communities in Biscayne Bay Through Genomic Analysis, Eric Fortman
Thesis: Desperate Coral Larvae? Behavioral Responses to Settlement Cues in Aging Agaricia agaricites Larvae, Helena Sasha Fulmore
Thesis: Outplanted Acropora cervicornis enhances the fish assemblages of Southeast Florida, Ellen Dignon Goldenberg
Thesis: A characterization of a Southeast Florida stony coral assemblage after a disease event, Nicole K. Hayes
Thesis: Spatial and Temporal Trends of Southeastern Florida's Octocoral Comunity, Alexandra Hiley
Thesis: Sargassum Infauna Community Structure in the Florida Straits and Gulf Stream, Dayna S. Hunn
Thesis: Optimizing restoration site selection along the Florida Reef Tract for the coral species Acropora cervicornis and Acropora palmata, Samantha King
Thesis: Timing and Potential Drivers of Symbiont Selection in the Early Life Stages of the Massive Starlet Coral Siderastrea siderea, Sarah G. Koerner
Thesis: Optimizing lighting regimes for rearing Orbicella faveolata and Acropora cervicornis recruits, Paul D. Kreh
Thesis: Comparisons of Five DNA Repair Pathways Between Elasmobranch Fishes and Humans, Lucia Llorente
Thesis: Analysis of "Observer Effect" in Logbook Reporting Accuracy for U.S. Pelagic Longline Fishing Vessels in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, Thomas J. Morrell
Thesis: Microbial Analysis of Surfactant-Associated Bacteria in the Sea Surface Microlayer and Remote Sensing of Associated Slicks, Georgia Parks
Thesis: The Sedimentology of Cay Sal Bank - an Incipiently Drowned Carbonate Platform, Luis Ramirez
Thesis: Effects of deposited sediment and turbidity on survival and growth of Orbicella faveolata recruits, Morgan Stephenson
Thesis: Inferred Function and Dynamics of Microbial Communities from the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Deepesh Tourani
Thesis: Reconstruction of Northeastern Pacific Ocean Holocene Production Using Marine Mammal Archaeofauna, Andrea M. Traffichini
Thesis: Spatial and temporal trends in the Xestospongia muta (giant barrel sponge) population on the Southeast Florida Reef Tract, Alanna D. Waldman
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Thesis: Indirect Effects of Ocean Warming and Acidification on the Realized Recruitment of Agaricia agaricites, Allan Anderson
Thesis: Pathogen Transmission Techniques and Genotypic Resistance to Disease in the Threatened Coral, Acropora cervicornis, Megan Bock
Thesis: Empirical Validation and Comparison of the Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) Between the Gulf of Mexico and the Tongue of the Ocean, Cynthia A. Cleveland
Thesis: Ecological Correlates of Community Structure in Seagrass-Associated Fishes in North Biscayne Bay and Port of Miami, Florida, Elizabeth F. Colhoun
Dissertation: Turbulent and Electromagnetic Signature of Small- and Fine-scale Biological and Oceanographic Processes, Cayla Whitney Dean
Thesis: A Comparison of Benthic Habitats and Faunas Between the Miami Terrace (Proposed Calypso Pipeline Site) and the Pourtales Terrace (Coral Habitat of Particular Concern), Laura Dell
Thesis: Microbial Ecology of South Florida Surface Waters: Examining the Potential for Anthropogenic Influences, Chase P. Donnelly
Thesis: Uncovering the Role of Propagule Pressure in Determining Establishment Success Using a Synthetic Biology Approach, Michael D. Dressler
Thesis: Peruvian Pinnipeds as Archivists of ENSO Effects, Mickie Rae Edwards
Thesis: Genetic Population and Evolutionary Dynamics of the Angel Sharks, Squatina spp., Cristin Keelin Fitzpatrick
Thesis: Characterization of the Bioluminescent Symbionts from Ceratioids Collected in the Gulf of Mexico, Lindsay L. Freed
Dissertation: Population dynamics of the threatened staghorn coral, Acropora cervicornis, and the development of a species-specific monitoring protocol, Elizabeth Goergen
Thesis: Parasitic Indicators of Foraging Strategies in Wading Birds, Sarah Gumbleton
Thesis: Ecophysiology of lionfish metabolic and visual systems: Are there physiological limits to inshore invasion?, Aaron Hasenei
Thesis: Identifying Disease-Resistant and Thermal-Tolerant Genotypes in the Threatened Staghorn Coral, Acropora cervicornis, Morgan V. Hightshoe
Thesis: Spatiotemporal Change in the Benthic Community of Southeast Florida, Nicholas P. Jones
Thesis: Patterns in Caribbean Coral Spawning, Anna C. Jordan
Dissertation: Environmental Controls on Depositional Patterns of Isolated Carbonate Platforms, Jeremy M. Kerr
Thesis: Optimization of Light Irradiance During the Early Life of Sexually-Produced Porites astreoides and Agaricia agaricites Recruits, Nicholas J. McMahon
Thesis: The relationship of endoparasite diversity and feeding ecology in the seabird complex of South Florida, Michael Nakama
Thesis: Assessment of Metals in Tissues of Marine-Associated Birds in South Florida, Caitlyn A. Nay
Thesis: A Temporal Analysis of a Deep-Pelagic Crustacean Assemblage (Decapoda: Caridea: Oplophoridae and Pandalidae) in the Gulf of Mexico After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Devan Nichols
Thesis: The Assemblage Structure and Trophic Ecology of a Deep-Pelagic Fish Family (Platytroctidae) in the Gulf of Mexico, Michael Novotny
Thesis: Population Dynamics and Genotypic Richness of the Threatened Acropora spp. and their Hybrid in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Hannah F. Nylander-Asplin
Thesis: Early Life History Response of Reef Building Coral, Orbicella faveolata, to Ocean Acidification and Warming, Kelly A. Pitts
Thesis: Species Richness, Diversity, and Abundance of Sponge Communities in Broward County, Florida, 2000-2015, Jessica Price