Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Thesis: Establishment of an Acropora cervicornis (Staghorn Coral) Nursery: an Evaluation of Survivorship and Growth, Elizabeth Anne Larson
Thesis - NSU Access Only: A Predictive Habitat Model for Rainbow Parrotfish Scarus guacamaia, Ethan G. P. Machemer
Thesis: Seasonal and Salinity Effects on the Distribution of Higher Filamentous Marine Fungi at Rookery Bay, FL., Julia Ossler
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Variations in Composition, Abundance and Cover of Reef Tract Sponge Assemblages in Broward County, Florida, 2002-2006., Melinda R. Peddycoart
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Genetic Connectivity and Microevolution of Reef Associated Taxa, Vincent P. Richards
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Linkage Between Mangrove Fish Community and Nearshore Benthic Habitats in Biscayne Bay, Florida, USA: A Seascape Approach, Rolando O. Santos
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Reproductive Ecology of Siderastrea siderea: Histological Analysis of Gametogenesis, Spawning, and Latitudinal Fecundity Variation, Adam T. St. Gelais
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Spiral Valve Parasites of Selected Tropical Pelagic Elasmobranchs and Internal Parasites of Mesopelagic Teleosts, Mae Taylor
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Water Chemistry Effects on Apple Snail (Pomacea paludosa, Say) Reproductive Patterns in the Northern Everglades, Tiffany Lorraine Trent
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Analysis of a Partial Expressed Sequence Tag (EST) Library and Differential Expression of Genes in Biochemical Morphotypes of the Marine Sponge Discodermia dissoluta, Patricia A. Waikel
Thesis: Diurnal Movements and Site Fidelity of the Florida Manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostris, in Fort Lauderdale, FL., Kym Walsh
Thesis: Occurrence, Density, and Distribution of the Larvae of Three Commercially Important Crab Species in the Florida Current off the Southeast Coast of Florida, U.S., Gabriela L. Wisniewski
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Characterization of Nocturnal Fish Assemblages on Vessel and Natural Reefs of Broward County, Florida, USA, Rachel Lynn Anderson
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Oceanographic Effects on the Behavior of Shallow-Set Pelagic Longline Fishing Gear in the Western North Atlantic, Bryan Armstrong
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Abundance and Site Fidelity of Minke Whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) Off the Atlantic Coast of Nova Scotia, Canada Using Photo-identification Methodology, Gemma Barnacle
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Comparing Catches and Catch Rates by Variable Strength Hooks from Pelagic Longlines to Determine Their Bycatch Reduction Potential for Pilot Whales in the MidAtlantic Bight., Shannon Michael Bayse
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Assessment of Gorgonian Transplantation Techniques Offshore Southeast Florida, Vanessa I. P. Brinkhuis
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Determination of Sea Turtle Nesting Behavior using Thermograph Data Analysis in Broward County, Florida, Brettany L. Cook
Thesis: Analyzing Spatial Patterns in Reefscape Ecology Via Remote Sensing, Benthic Habitat Mapping, and Morphometrics, Shanna K. Dunn
Thesis: Diet Composition of Swordfish, Xiphias gladius, within the Straits of Florida, Amy Marie Heemsoth
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Coral Schlerochronology and the Relationship Between Coral Growth Records and Climate Change, Kevin P. Helmle
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Taxonomic Review and Ultrastructural Analysis of the Commensal Amphipod genus Paraleucothoe (Crustacea: Amphipoda), Magdalena Kwapinska
Thesis: Segregation of Palaemonid Shrimp Along the Shark River Estuary: Implications for Trophic Function, Lauren C. McCarthy
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Distribution of Phyllosoma Larvae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palinura: Palinuridae, Scyllaridae and Synaxidae) in the Florida Current, Off Port Everglades, Florida, USA, Madhura P. Mokashi
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Environmental Enhancement Gone Awry: Characterization of an Artificial Reef Constructed From Waste Vehicle Tires, Danielle M. Morley
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Morphological and Physiological Features of Selected Acanthamoeba Strains: Clues to Opportunistic Pathogenicity, Liam Murphy
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Microbial Communities with Emphasis on Coral Disease-Associated Bacteria within Florida Reef Sponges, Karita L. Negandhi
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Population Dynamics and Predictions for the Calcareous Green Algae, Halimeda, on the Coral Reefs of South Florida, Katherine E. Peach
Dissertation: The Influence of Artificial Reef Associated Fish Assemblages and Varying Substrates On Coral Recruitment, T. Patrick Quinn
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Tidal Cycle Effects on the Occurrence of the Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) at the Port Everglades Power Plant, Gina Rappucci
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Scleractinian Coral Recruitment to Reefs Physically Damaged by Ship Groundings, Ewelina Rubin
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Effects of Laurencia and Palisada Spp. on Epifaunal Composition Within Thalassia Testudinum Beds on Abaco, the Bahamas, Megan Rebecca Seese
Thesis: Extraction and Analysis of Coral Reef Core Samples from Broward County, Florida., Anastasios Stathakopoulos
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Geomorphic Changes to Florida Bay Within the Past Century, Kristian H. Taylor
Thesis: An Analysis of Policies and Conservation Techniques to Reduce the Accidental Deaths of Sea Turtle Hatchlings due to Light Pollution in Broward County, FL., Megan Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Thesis: A Comparison of Scleractinian Coral Abundance Between Natural and Artificial Substrata in a High-Latitude Environment Off Broward County, Florida, USA, Deron James Bauer
Thesis - NSU Access Only: The Crinoid Genus Endoxocrinus in the Bahamas: an Assessment of Morphological Variability., Patrick H. Bellew
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Spatial and Temporal Variation in South Florida Heterotrophic Diatom Communities: Taxonomic Identification and Ecological Implications, Michele V. Blackburn
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Genetic Connectivity and Phylogeography of the Branching Vase Sponge (Callyspongia vaginalis) Across Florida and the Caribbean, Melissa B. DeBiasse
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Boater Compliance with Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) Speed Zones in Port Everglades, Broward County, FLorida, Melody J. Fischer
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Ecology, Distribution, and Systematics of Leucothoid Amphipods of the West Florida Shelf Benthic Ecosystem, Joseph D. Hall
Thesis: An Analysis of Dwarf and Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogia sp.) Stranding Data in the Southeast United States, Nicole M. O'Brien
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Multiple Predator Effects and Native Prey Behavioral Responses to Two Non-native Everglades Cichlids, Ashley Elizabeth Porter
Thesis - NSU Access Only: A Comparison of Mesobenthic Amphipod Diversity on 3-Dimensional Artificial Substrates Versus Natural Substrates in a Shallow Coral Reef Environment, Judy L. Robinson
Thesis - NSU Access Only: The Biogeography of the Strait of Florida, Stephanie F. Rogers
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Factors Influencing Southeast Florida Coral Reef Community Composition, Melissa P. Sathe
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Analysis of the Acoustic Signals from Three Pygmy Sperm Whales (Kogia breviceps), Jennifer Scharnitz
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Quantitative Habitat Characterization and Benthic Assemblage Structure of Deep-water Lophelia pertusa and Enallopsammia profunda Reefs off Eastern Florida, Kartick Prakash Shirur
Thesis - NSU Access Only: The Spatial Distribution of the Cyanobacteria Lyngbya Spp. On the Reefs of Broward County, Florida, Maureen C. Trnka
Thesis: The Colonial Zoanthid Palythoa caribaeorum: Population Dynamics on Southeast Florida Reefs, Joanna C. Walczak
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Identification and Estimation of Sensitive Life History Parameters for Cetaceans in Response to Acoustic Disturbances with Implications for Conservation, Kathryn Young
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Pseudomonas aeruginosa Secretion of Exopolymeric Substances (EPS) and Acanthamoeba sps. Adherence to Contact Lenses, Husain Ala Al Sayegh
Thesis - NSU Access Only: The Microvascular Anatomy of Fetal Respiration in the Yellow Stingray (Urobatis jamaicensis), Bethany L. Basten
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Temporal and Spatial Distribution of the Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, Along the Southeast Coast of the United States, Meghan Bills
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: From Microsatellite DNA Profiling to Satellite Telemetry: Integrating Behavioral Ecology Into Shark Conservation., Demian D. Chapman
Thesis: Comparison of Fish Assemblages between Mitigation Boulder Reef and Neighboring Natural Hardbottom in Broward County, Florida, USA, Jessica A. Freeman
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Statistical Analysis of Eight Years of Ocean Color and SST Data in the Tropical Pacific, Peter Gaube
Thesis: Histopathological Assessment and Comparison Sedimentation and Phosphate Stress on the Staghorn Coral, Acropora cervicornis, Erin Christine Hodel
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Gametogenesis and spawning of the elliptical star coral, Dichocoenia stokesi (Cnidaria: Scleractinia) in Southeast Florida, S. Michael Hoke
Thesis - NSU Access Only: An Assessment of Sea Turtle Relative Abundance, Distribution, Habitat, and Population Characteristics Within the Kaho'olawe Island Reserve, Hawai'i, Cheryl S. King
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Review of International Coral Reef Mooring Programs and the Effect of Mooring Use on Coral Reefs Offshore Broward County, Florida, USA, Lindsey Habakuk Klink
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Classification and Spatial Analysis of the Benthic Facies of the Southeastern Arabian Gulf Using Passive Optical Remote Sensing, Linda C. Knoeck
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Seasonal Distribution of Higher Filamentous Marine Fungi Along the Salinity Gradient of the Loxahatchee River: Jupiter, Florida, Laura N. Kukich
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Delimiting Species of Crinoids: Comparing New mtDNA Phylogenies with Current Species Designation and Reevaluating Overlapping Morphological Characters, Christopher L. Owen
Thesis - NSU Access Only: A Temporal and Spatial Analysis of a Macroinvertebrate Infaunal Assemblage in John U. Lloyd State Park, Florida, USA, Eric D. Rosch
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Stony Coral Transplantation Associated with Coastal and Marine Construction Activities, Nicole R. Stephens
Thesis: Surface Associated Amoebae on the Ctenophore, Mnemiopsis sp., Connie S. Versteeg
Thesis - NSU Access Only: The Effects of Ecological Light Pollution and Silhouette Height on the Nesting Densities of Caretta caretta in Broward County, Florida, Jessica A. Watters
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Thesis: Effects Associated with Dredging for Beach Renourishments on Reef Fish Communities Offshore of Miami-Dade County, Florida:, Christian L. Avila
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: An Integrated Approach for Evaluation and Assessment of Ecosystem Management and Restoration, Tomma Kay Barnes
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Levels of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Archived Subcutaneous Blubber Samples in the Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris), Melinda Michelle Bigelow
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Reef Fish Communities on Natural Substrate and Vessel-Reefs Along the Continental Shelf of Southeastern Florida Between 50 and 120m Depth., David R. Bryan
Thesis - NSU Access Only: A Spectral Modeling Strategy for the Analysis of Mixed Pixels (Broward County, Florida), Adrienne Patricia Carter
Thesis: The Influence of Supplemental Feeding on the Movement Patterns of the Southern Stingray, Dasyatis americana, at Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Mark John Corcoran
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Reef Macrobenthos Adjacent to a Major Navigational Inlet: Port Everglades, Florida, Jessica A. Craft
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Comparison of Stony Coral Coverate Data Obtained by In Situ Measurements and Image Analysis, Shaun M. Gill
Thesis - NSU Access Only: An Optical Remote-Sensing Evaluation of the Status of Acropora palmata in Vieques, Puerto Rico, Luz Raquel Hernandez-Cruz
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Ecological Assessment of the Coral Reef Community in Northeastern Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) Archipelago, Elizabeth Anne Lacey
Thesis - NSU Access Only: DNA Diagnostics for Internationally Protected and Commercially Traded Shark Species, Jennifer E. Magnussen
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Seasonal Trends and Factors Influence Osprey, Pandion haliaetus, Sightings in Port Everglades, Florida, Sarah L. Maurer
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Stress Response in Montastraea cavernosa as a Result of Sediment Loading: Quantitative Histological and Ultrastructural Analysis, Aaron Miller
Thesis: Testing the Effectiveness of Pollution Control Measures at the South Dade Landfill: The Reduction of Un-ionized Ammonia in Landfill Leachate, Matt Mitchell
Thesis - NSU Access Only: "Coral of Opportunity" Survivorship, Growth, and Use with "Coral Nurseries" and "Integrated Stakeholder Involvement" in Coral Reef Restoration, Jamie A. Monty
Thesis: Patterns of Scleractinian Health in Broward County, Florida, Melody J. White
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Electro-Ionization Technology as a Treatment for Ballast Water with a Review of Methods Used to Determine Treatment Effectiveness., Courtney Campbell Arena
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Structure Of Fish Assemblages On Vessel-Reefs And Adjacent Natural Reefs In Southeast Florida, Paul T. Arena
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Effects of Elevated Temperature and Reduced Irradiance on the Photosynthetic Output and Mortality of Montastrea cavernosa, John Gregory Foster
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Effects of Reduced Light and Elevated Temperature on the Zooxanthellae Concentrations and Diameters, Pigment Concentrations, and Colony Color of Montastrea cavernosa, Kristi A. Foster
Thesis: Highly Streamlined PCR-Based Genetic Identification of Carcharhinid Sharks (Family Carcharhinidae) for Use in Wildlife Forensics, Trade Monitoring, and Delineation of Species Distributions, Marcy Henning
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Acclimation and Cultivation of Pacific White Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei in Low Salinity Waters and Well Waters of South Florida, Frank A. Kahoun III
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Systematics, Ecology, and Functional Morphology of Commensal Amphipods (Leucothoidae) in the Western Caribbean Sea and Southeast Florida, Kristine N. Klebba
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Distribution and Significance of Fecal Indicator Bacteria in Beach Sand and Seawater in a Sub-Tropical Environment, Kara L. Nowosielski
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Genetic Connectivity Throughout Florida and the Caribbean: Comparative Phylogeography of Diverse Reef Taxa with Contrasting Reproductive Strategies, Vincent P. Richards
Thesis - NSU Access Only: The Importance of Strain Differences in the Opportunistic Pathogen Acanthamoeba, Megan Shoff
Thesis - NSU Access Only: A Comparison of Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops Truncatus), Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis), and Pilot Whale (Globicephala Sp.) Vocalizations in the Western North Atlantic and Northern Gulf of Mexico, Susan C. Zaretsky
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Efficient PCR-Based Identification of Shark Products in Global Trade: Applications for the Management and Conservation of Commercially Important Mackerel Sharks (Family Lamnidae), Thresher Sharks (Family Alopiidae) and Hammerhead Sharks (Family Sphyrnidae)., Debra Abercrombie
Thesis: Cultivation of Wrack Collected Seagrasses, Irene Arpayoglou
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Population Densities and Feeding Behavior of the Amphinomid Polychaete, Hermodice carunculata, in Acropora cervicornis Assemblages in Southeastern Florida, Megan E. Berkle
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Fecal Indicator Organisms and Pathogenic Protozoa in South Florida Beach Sand: Implications for Public Health, Tonya Davidian Bonilla
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Enhanced Survival of Escherichia coli in Subtropical Beach Sand and Implications for Water Quality Managers, Marie L. Cuvelier