Capstones from 2006
Capstone: Marine Debris: The Impacts and Effects of Derelict Fishing Gear, Amy E. Hall
Thesis - NSU Access Only: An Optical Remote-Sensing Evaluation of the Status of Acropora palmata in Vieques, Puerto Rico, Luz Raquel Hernandez-Cruz
Capstone: Reef Resilience: Using Marine Protected Areas to Mitigate Natural and Anthropogenic Impacts to Coral Reef Ecosystems, Michael Loomis
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
Capstone: Evolution of Aquaria and the Marine Ornamental Industry: Concentration on Live Rock, Stefanie Ouellette
Capstone: A Survey of Artificial Reef System Methods in the Caribbean Sea, R. A. Schiffbauer
Capstones from 2005
Capstone: An Environmental Review of the Condado Lagoon Ecosystem Restoration Project, Yvonne L. Haberer
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Systematics, Ecology, and Functional Morphology of Commensal Amphipods (Leucothoidae) in the Western Caribbean Sea and Southeast Florida, Kristine N. Klebba
Capstone: The Effect of Temperature on Loggerhead Sea Turtles, Caretta caretta, with Emphasis on Nesting in Broward County, Florida, Nicole Marie Roddy
Capstone: Organochlorine Residues in Asian Coastal Marine Organisms and the Toxiological Effects on Them and Humans That Consume Them, David Radtke
Capstone: The Effects of Land Derived Nutrients on Marine Protected Areas Within the Wider Caribbean Region, Jesse Webster
Capstone: The Use of Aquatic Macrophytes in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems: A Review, Todd Shuskey
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Structure Of Fish Assemblages On Vessel-Reefs And Adjacent Natural Reefs In Southeast Florida, Paul T. Arena
Capstone: An Overview of Beach Erosion and the Impacts of Coastal Development with an Emphasis on the USA East Coast, Leah Motzko
Capstone: Harmful Algal Blooms: Impacts on Finfish and Shellfish Industries, Allison Rangolan
Capstone: The State of Florida’s Seagrasses: An Assessment of Planting Techniques and Management Strategies, Brian Shepard
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: Electro-Ionization Technology as a Treatment for Ballast Water with a Review of Methods Used to Determine Treatment Effectiveness., Courtney Campbell 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
Capstone: The Golden Crab (Chaceon fenneri), with Particular Emphasis on the Southeast Florida Fishery, Steve Kish III
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
Capstone: Water Availability in Florida, Kevin Rock
Thesis - NSU Access Only: The Importance of Strain Differences in the Opportunistic Pathogen Acanthamoeba, Megan Shoff
Capstone: Cetaceans and Acoustics: The Effects of Anthropogenic Sound Pollution, Sara B. Uhl
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: Competition Among Juvenile Acropora on Shallow Reefs, Okinawa, Japan, Aya Shinohara
Capstone: Determining Indicators and Methods to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Port Honduras Marine Reserve, Southern Belize, Nicolle Marie Cushion
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Commercial Protocols for the Inland Culture of Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone 1931) (Crustacea; Decapoda; Penaeidae) in Zero-Exchange, Freshwater Systems, David Z. McMahon
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Fecal Indicator Organisms and Pathogenic Protozoa in South Florida Beach Sand: Implications for Public Health, Tonya Davidian Bonilla
Capstone: Coral Reef Assessment and Restoration Following Human-Induced Injuries in South Florida: An Overview of Methods and Legal Authority with Recommendations for Regional Consistency, Anne McCarthy
Capstone: The Cambrian Explosion: The Appearance and Evolution of Calcification in the Geologic Record Including a Case Study of Modern Calcification in a Living Species of Ostracod, Triebelina coronata, J. D. Schiffbauer
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: Comparison of the Benthic Assemblages on Three Types of Artificial Reef Modules Deployed in August of 1991, Sara Matthews Thanner
Thesis: Cultivation of Wrack Collected Seagrasses, Irene Arpayoglou
Capstone: Where Have All the Acropora Gone? A Review of the Demise of Acropora palmata and Acropora cervicornis Throughout the Caribbean, Heather Ann Halter
Capstone: Investigating Thermal Infrared Imaging Technology for Passive Marine Mammal Detection, Amy Lynne Paine
Capstone: A Synopsis of Earth's Changing Climate Since the Cretaceous Period: Past, Present, and Future Implications, Angela Desta Gauthier
Capstone: Sea Turtles Use Multiple Cues for Seafinding, Offshore Migration, and Nest Site Selection: Urban Development Disrupts Cue Recognition, Amber C. Hester
Capstone: The Identification of Drinking Water as a National and Regional Strategic Resource, Within a Coastal Zone Management Framework, in Broward County, Florida, John P. O'Sullivan
Thesis - NSU Access Only: The Identification of Drinking Water as a National and Regional Strategic Resource, Within a Coastal Zone Management Framework, in Broward County, Florida., John P. O'Sullivan
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
Capstone: An Examination of Tetrodotoxin Origin in Cultured and Wild Puffer Fishes, Constantine A. Chigounis
Capstone: Sustainable Development of Coral Reefs & Related Rsources in Southeast Asia, Michelle G. Cho
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Enhanced Survival of Escherichia coli in Subtropical Beach Sand and Implications for Water Quality Managers, Marie L. Cuvelier
Thesis: Diel Activity Patterns, Space Utilization, Seasonal Distribution and Population Structure of the Yellow Stingray, Urobatis jamaicensis (Cuvier, 1817) in South Florida with Comments on Reproduction., Daniel P. Fahy
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Prevalence and Distribution of Staphylococcus aureus and Other Potential Health Risk Indicators in South Florida Beaches, Melissa V. Green
Capstone: Ballast Water: The Introduction of Nonindigenous Species, Sarah E. Grubs
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Factors Affecting Predatory Success of White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) at Seal Island in False Bay, South Africa, Neil Hammerschlag
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Changes in Coral Populations on the Northwest Coast of Roatan, Honduras, Subsequent to the 1998 Coral Bleaching Event and Hurricane Mitch, Jennifer R. Keck
Thesis - NSU Access Only: The Influence of Physical and Anthropogenic Factors on the Distribution of Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) Nests in Broward County, Florida. (1990-1999), Catherine A. Mattison
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Molecular Genetic Approaches to Species Identification and Delineation in Elasmobranchs, Janne T. Nielsen
Capstone: Marine Biopiracy: Legal, Economic, and Social Aspects of Prospecting For and Profiting From Biodiversity, Randy Lee Sears Jr.
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Effect of Nutrient Enrichment and Elevated CO2 Partial Pressure on Growth Rate of the Zooxanthellate Coral Acropora cervicornis., Dorothy-Ellen A. Renegar
Thesis: Age, Growth and the Annual Cycles of lipogenesis and Reproduction of Acanthurus bahianus in Southeastern Florida, Stacy M. Wolfe
Capstone: Protozoal Parasites of Marine Fishes, Debra Draper
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Salinity Tolerance of Naked Amoebae from Freshwater, Marine, and Hypersaline Environments, Gwen Hauer
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Experiments in Algal Feeds for the Penaied Shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei), Sea Urchin (Lytechinus variegatus), and Marine Rotifers (Brachionus plicatilis and B. rotundiformis), Richard L. Hubbard
Capstone: Marine Fish Assemblage on the Deep Artificial Reefs of Broward County, Florida, USA, Erik W. Neugaard
Capstone: A Review of the Distribution, Seasonal Occurrence and Demography of Selected Species of Large Coastal Sharks From the U.S. Coast and Gulf of Mexico, Matthew Broscious
Capstone: Distribution and Movement of the Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus): Study and Analysis, and Their Implication on Management, Renee Geithner
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Histopathology of Cardiovascular Lesions in 17 Rough Toothed Dolphins (Steno bredanensis) Stranded in the Florida Panhandle During 1997, 1998, and 2001, Milan Manasijevic
Thesis - NSU Access Only: A Descriptive Epidemiological Study of Stranded Dolphins Along the Florida Coastline, Ali P. Miller
Capstone: Fish Use of Mitigated Salt Marshes in the United States, Ian Gibson
Capstone: The Effects of Dispersant and Dispersed Oil on the Marine Environment, Ali M. Qasem
Capstone: Marine Aquariums: Their Use in Education, Science, Conservation, and Impacts on Coral Reef Biodiversity, Kevin L. Rowe
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Macrobenthic Spatial Patterns and Community Structure on the Broward County, Florida (USA) Reefs., Ryan P. Moyer
Capstone: The Recovery of Scleractinian Corals Following Natural Stress, Christa Jewett
Thesis - NSU Access Only: The Seasonality of Mass Strandings: Implications for Cetacean Stranding Sites, Rebekah J. Walker
Dissertation: Biology and Ecologyof Epigean Crayfish That Inhabit Everglades Environments Procambarus alleni (Faxon) and Procambarus fallax (Hagen), Peggy G. Vanarman
Thesis: Habitat Utilization by Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Biscayne Bay, Florida, Christine A. Hudak
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Studies on the Seasonal Occurrence And Activity of Higher Filamentous Marine Fungi Inhabiting A South Florida Mangrove Forest, Kelly Adams
Capstone: Intraspecific and Interspecific Sound Variations in Cetacea, With Special Reference to: Megapera novaengliae and Tursiops truncatus, Alicia Beltran
Capstone: The Dinoflagellate Heterocapsa circularisquama and Its Toxic Effect on the Bivalves of Japan, Alexander Bowland
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Application of Molecular Techniques to Studies of the Reproductive Natural History and Conservation of Sharks: Case Studies Involving the Bonnethead, Sphyrna tiburo (Sphyrnidae) and Great White, Carcharodon carcharias (Lamnidae)., Demian D. Chapman
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Comparative Functional Morphology of Mouthparts and Associated Structures of Kalliapseudes Sp. A McSweeny, 1968, and Psammokalliapseudes granulosus Brum, 1973 (Crustacea: Tanaidacea), with a Description of the Male of Psammokalliapseudes granulosus, David T. Drumm
Thesis: Growth and Survivorship of Meandrina meandrites and Montastrea cavernosa Transplants to an Artificial Reef Environment, and the Effectiveness of Plugging Core Holes in Transplant Donor Colonies, Elizabeth Glynn Fahy
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Spatial Variability of the Coral Reef Fish Assemblages Offshore Broward County, Florida, Fleur M. Ferro
Thesis - NSU Access Only: The Effects of Physical and Biological Parameters on the Survival of Fecal Indicator Bacteria in Beach Sand and Seawater in a Sub-Tropical Environment, Aaron Hartz
Capstone: Risk-Based Environmental Planning Strategies for Oil Spill Contingency Plans, Austin R. Ives
Capstone: A Review of the Wetland Identification, Delineation, and Management Strategies Used in the United States, Canada, Central America, and the Caribbean, Ronald J. Lauck Jr.
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Feed Trials of Fatty Acid Composition, Feeding Frequency, and Ration Size on Litopenaeus vannamei Grown in Hard, Fresh Water, John L. Reguzzoni
Thesis - NSU Access Only: The Occurrence of Higher Filamentous Fungi and Yeasts in Two Coastal Subtropical Habitats, Catherine Vogel
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Long Term Effects of Oil and Dispersed Oil on Mixed Seagrass and Coral Beds: The 18th Year of Studies Following Experimental Dosing, Greg Allen Ward
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Phylogenetic Relationships in the Gorgonian Family Plexauridae (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Holaxonia) Based on Two Mitochondrial Genes: Evidence for Multiple Lineages, Herman H. Wirshing
Capstones from 2002
Capstone: The Use of Derelict Vessels as Artificial Reefs, Paul T. Arena
Capstone: The Transplantation of Scleractinian Corals as Applicable to Reef Rehabilitation, Richard C. DeVictor
Capstone: Pharmaceutical Pollution: Problems and Management in the Aquatic Environment, Emerald Gustowt
Capstone: Effects of Nest Relocation on Hatching Success with Analysis of Unsuccessful Eggs (1999-2001) of Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) Nests in Broward County, Florida, Karen Walby
Capstone: A Review of Marine Protected Areas: Their Objectives, Design and Success, Amanda Burgos
Thesis - NSU Access Only: The Nearshore Hardbottom Fishes of Broward County, Florida USA, Robert M. Baron
Capstone: Estimating Fish Populations: A Review, Michele Clayton
Capstone: Effectiveness of Flipper Tagging for Sea Turtle Management, Amy Woodhead
Thesis - NSU Access Only: The Effects of Isolation Distance and Reef Size on Associated Fish Assemblages: A Study Using Artificial Reef Modules, Lance K. B. Jordan
Capstone: Chlorination and Chlorination By-Products: The Fate and Effect on Marine Systems, Catrina M. Nelson
Capstone: A Review on the Biological Role and the Economic Importance of Wood Deteriorating Organisms in the Marine Environment, Eduardo J. Koenig