Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles
A world leader in marine biological research with focus on coral reef science and shark conservation, The Nova Southeastern University (NSU) Oceanographic Center has been at the forefront of graduate and undergraduate marine science education and oceanographic research for over 49 years. Students, scientists, faculty and staff come to the Center from all corners of the globe, with the common goal of learning from the ocean's living classrooms - in one of the most diverse ecosystems known to man.
The Oceanographic Center serves as a national, regional, and community resource for information. There are several institutes, the National Coral Reef Institute for research and training on coral reef assessment, monitoring, and restoration; the Guy Harvey Research Institute for fish research and conservation, and the Save Our Seas Shark Center specializing in shark studies. The Center also implements the Broward County Sea Turtle Renesting Program. The Center's facilities include a research library for the many disciplines of marine science, conference room, classrooms, staging area, electron microscopy laboratory, darkroom, machine shop, physical oceanography laboratory, computer center, wetlab/classroom coral workshop, filtered seawater facility and research laboratories.
Submissions from 1999
A Preliminary Examination of Depth Associated Spatial Variation in Fish Assemblages on Small Artificial Reefs, Robin L. Sherman, David S. Gilliam, and Richard E. Spieler
A Near-Surface Microstructure Sensor System Used During TOGA COARE. Part II: Turbulence Measurements, Alexander Soloviev, Roger Lukas, Peter Hacker, H. Schoeberlein, M. Baker, and A. Arjannikov
Host-Plant Specialization by a Non-Herbivorous Amphipod: Advantages for the Amphipod and Costs for the Seaweed, Erik E. Sotka, Mark E. Hay, and James Darwin Thomas
Post-Trial Administration of H1 Histamine Receptor Blocker Improves Appetitive Reversal Learning and Memory in Goldfish, Carassius auratus, Richard E. Spieler, Carrie A. Nelson, Joseph P. Huston, and Rosana Mattioli
The Use of Proxy Chemical Records in Coral Skeletons to Ascertain Past Environmental Conditions in Florida Bay, Peter Koenraad Swart, Genevieve F. Healy, Lisa Greer, Michael Lutz, Amel Saied, Daniel Anderegg, Richard E. Dodge (editor), and David Rudnick
Moolapheonoides utmas, New Species, from Coral Reefs in the Madang Lagoon, Papua New Guinea (Amphipoda, Cyproideidae), James Darwin Thomas
Submissions from 1998
Florida Coral Reef Damage from Nuclear Submarine Grounding and Proposed Restoration, Kenneth Banks, Richard E. Dodge (editor), Lou Fisher, David K. Stout, and Walter Jaap
Mesures directes et modélisation de la croissance rapide d'un crinoïde pédonculé bathyal au large des Bahamas (Direct Measurement and Inferred Model of Rapid Growth in a Bathyal Stalked Crinoid from Bahamas Islands), Jérôme David, Charles G. Messing, Tomasz K. Baumiller, Nadia Améziane, and Michel Roux
Reproductive Accomodations for Gestation in the Atlantic Guitarfish, Rhinobatos lentiginosus, Rhinobatidae, William C. Hamlett, Matthew K. Hysell, John Galvin, and Richard E. Spieler
Midwater Fishes and Shrimps as Competitors and Resource Partitioning in Low Latitude Oligotrophic Ecosystems, T. L. Hopkins and Tracey Sutton
Conditioned Place-Preference Analysis in the Goldfish with the H1 Histamine Antagonist Chlorpheniramine, Rosana Mattioli, Carrie A. Nelson, Joseph P. Huston, and Richard E. Spieler
Revision of the Recent Indo-West Pacific Comatulid Genus Comaster Agassiz. Part 1. The Type Species of Comaster and Phanogenia Loven (Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Comasteridae), Charles G. Messing
Florida's Mystery Coral-Killer Identified, Laurie L. Richardson, Walter Goldberg, Kevin G. Kuta, Richard B. Aronson, Garriet W. Smith, Kim B. Ritchie, John C. Halas, Joshua S. Feingold, and Steven L. Miller
A Near-Surface Microstructure Sensor System Used During TOGA COARE. Part I: Bow Measurements., Alexander Soloviev, Roger Lukas, Sharon DeCarlo, Jefrey Snyder, A. Arjannikov, Vyacheslav Turenko, M. Baker, and Dmitry Khlebnikov
Comments on ‘‘Air–Sea Gas Transfer: Mechanisms and Parameterization’’, Alexander Soloviev and Peter Schlüssel
Stable Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Corals from the Gulf of Guinea as Indicators of Periods of Extreme Precipitation Conditions in the Sub-Sahara, Peter Koenraad Swart, Kathy S. White, David Enfield, Richard E. Dodge, and Peter Milne
Submissions from 1997
The Correlation of Downwelling Irradiance and Staggered Vertical Migration Patterns of Zooplankton in Wilkinson Basin, Gulf of Maine, Tamara M. Frank and Edith A. Widder
Cool and Freshwater Skin of the Ocean During Rainfall, Peter Schlüssel, Alexander Soloviev, and William J. Emery
Observation of Large Diurnal Warming Events in the Near-Surface Layer of the Western Equatorial Pacific Warm Pool, Alexander Soloviev and Roger Lukas
Sharp Frontal Interfaces in the Near-Surface Layer of the Ocean in the Western Equatorial Pacific Warm Pool, Alexander Soloviev and Roger Lukas
Submissions from 1996
Benthic Foraminifera from the NECOP Study Area Impacted by the Mississippi River Plume and Seasonal Hypoxia, Patricia Blackwelder, Terri Hood, Carlos A. Alvarez Zarikian, Terry A. Nelsen, and Brent McKee
A Short-Wavelength Photoreceptor Class in a Deep-Sea Shrimp, Thomas W. Cronin and Tamara M. Frank
Coral Survivors of the 1982–83 El Niño-Southern Oscillation, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, Joshua S. Feingold
UV Light in the Deep‐Sea: In Situ Measurements of Downwelling Irradiance in Relation to the Visual Threshold Sensitivity of UV‐Sensitive Crustaceans, Tamara M. Frank and Edith A. Widder
The Trophic Structure and Predation Impact of a Low Latitude Midwater Fish Assemblage, T. L. Hopkins, Tracey Sutton, and Thomas M. Lancraft
The Origin of Variations in the Isotopic Record of Scleractinian Corals: I. Oxygen, J. J. Leder, Peter Koenraad Swart, Alina Szmant, and Richard E. Dodge (editor)
Pulsed Delivery of Subthermocline Water to Conch Reef (Florida Keys) by Internal Tidal Bores, James J. Leichter, Stephen R. Wing, Steven Miller, and Mark W. Denny
Lead Resistance and Sensitivity in Staphylococcus aureus, Hillel S. Levinson, Inga Mahler, Patricia Blackwelder, and Terri Hood
Experimental Studies of Rapid Bioerosion of Coral reefs in the Galápagos Islands, M. L. Reaka-Kudla, Joshua S. Feingold, and Peter W. Glynn
Phylogenetic Evidence from the IRBP Gene for the Paraphyly of Toothed Whales, with Mixed Support for Cetacea as a Suborder of Artiodactyla, Marta R. Smith, Mahmood S. Shivji, Victor G. Waddell, and Michael Stanhope
Observation of Spatial Variability of Diurnal Thermocline and Rain-Formed Halocline in the Western Pacific Warm Pool, Alexander Soloviev and Roger Lukas
Evolution of Cool Skin and Direct Air-Sea Gas Transfer Coefficient During Daytime, Alexander Soloviev and Peter Schlüssel
Species Composition, Abundance, and Vertical Distribution of the Stomiid (Pisces: Stomiiformes) Fish Assemblage of the Gulf of Mexico, Tracey Sutton and T. L. Hopkins
Trophic Ecology of the Stomiid (Pisces: Stomiidae) Fish Assemblage of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico: Strategies, selectivity and Impact of a Top Mesopelagic Predator Group, Tracey Sutton and T. L. Hopkins
A 240-Year Stable Oxygen and Carbon Isotopic Record in a Coral from South Florida: Implications for the Prediction of Precipitation in Southern Florida, Peter Koenraad Swart, Richard E. Dodge, and Harold J. Hudson
The Stable Oxygen and Carbon Isotopic Record from a Coral Growing in Florida Bay: a 160 Year Record of Climatic and Anthropogenic Influence, Peter Koenraad Swart, Genevieve F. Healy, Richard E. Dodge, Philip Kramer, Harold J. Hudson, Robert B. Halley, and Michael B. Robblee
The Origin of Variations in the Isotopic Record of Scleractinian Corals: II. Carbon, Peter Koenraad Swart, J. J. Leder, Alina Szmant, and Richard E. Dodge (editor)
Ecology and Behavior of Maxillipius commensalis, a Gorgonophile Amphipod from Madang, Papua New Guinea (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Maxillipiidae), James Darwin Thomas
Submissions from 1995
Taphonomy of Isocrinid Stalks: Influence of Decay and Autotomy, Tomasz K. Baumiller, Ghislaine Llewellyn, Charles G. Messing, and William I. Ausich
Alloeocomatella, a New Genus of Reef-Dwelling Feather Star from the Tropical Indo-West Pacific (Echinodermata, Crinoidea, Comasteridae), Charles G. Messing
Redescription of a Unique Feather Star (Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Comatulida: Comasteridae) with the Diagnosis of a New Genus, Charles G. Messing
Waterborne Lead Affects Circadian Variations of Brain Neurotransmitters in Fathead Minnows, Richard E. Spieler, Albert Russo, and Daniel N. Weber
Submissions from 1994
Comparative Study of Behavioral-Sensitivity Thresholds to Near-UV and Blue-Green Light in Deep-Sea Crustaceans, Tamara M. Frank and Edith A. Widder
Evidence for Behavioral Sensitivity to Near-UV Light in the Deep-Sea Crustacean Systellaspis debilis, Tamara M. Frank and Edith A. Widder
Reef Coral Reproduction in the Eastern Pacific: Costa Rica, Panamá, and Galápagos Islands (Ecuador). II. Poritidae, Peter W. Glynn, Susan B. Colley, C. Mark Eakin, D. B. Smith, J. Cortes, N. J. Gassman, Hector M. Guzman, J. B. Del Rosario, and Joshua S. Feingold
Decade-Scale Trend in Sea Water Salinity Revealed Through δ18O Analysis of Montastraea annularis Annual Growth Bands, Robert B. Halley, Peter Koenraad Swart, Richard E. Dodge, and Harold J. Hudson
Time-Based Correlation of Biogenic, Lithogenic and Authigenic Sediment Components with Anthropogenic Inputs in the Gulf of Mexico NECOP Study Area, Terry A. Nelsen, Patricia Blackwelder, Terri Hood, Brent McKee, Nidia Romer, Carlos A. Alvarez Zarikian, and Simone Metz
Parameterization of the Cool Skin of the Ocean and of the Air-Ocean Gas Transfer on the Basis of Modeling Surface Renewal, Alexander Soloviev and Peter Schlüssel
Submissions from 1993
Diet and Feeding Habits of the Southern Stingray Dasyatis americana in the Central Bahamas, David S. Gilliam and K. M. Sullivan
Compositional and Taphonomic Variations in Modern Crinoid-Rich Sediments from the Deep-Water Margin of a Carbonate Bank, Ghislaine Llewellyn and Charles G. Messing
Biological Monitoring and Tropical Biodiversity in Marine Environments: A Critique with Recommendations, and Comments on the Use of Amphipods as Bioindicators, James Darwin Thomas
J. Laurens Barnard: A Personal Glimpse, James Darwin Thomas
Submissions from 1992
Hydrocoral Species Not Extinct, Peter W. Glynn and Joshua S. Feingold
Remote Detection of Coral 'Bleaching' Using Pulsed-Laser Fluorescence Spectroscopy, J. T. Hardy, F. E. Hoge, J. K. Yungel, and Richard E. Dodge
Biochemical and Ultrastructural Evidence for the Origin of Whitings: A Biologically Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation Mechanism, L. L. Robbins and Patricia Blackwelder
The Spatial Distribution of Silicoflagellates in the Region of the Gulf Stream Warm-Core Ring 82B: Application to Water Mass Tracer Studies, Kozo Takahashi and Patricia Blackwelder
J. Laurens Barnard (1928-1991), James Darwin Thomas
Podocerus chelonophilus, a Testudinous Amphipod Newly Recorded from the Western Atlantic Ocean, James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard
Podocerus kleidus, New Species from the Florida Keys (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Dulichiidae), James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard
Submissions from 1991
Tube-Building Behavior in Grandidierella, and Two Species of Cerapus, J. L. Barnard, K. Sandved, and James Darwin Thomas
Yhi yindi, a New Genus and Species of Paracalliopiidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the Great Barrier Reef, J. L. Barnard and James Darwin Thomas
The Effect of Temperature on the Benthic Stages of Cyanea (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa), and Their Seasonal Distribution in the Niantic River Estuary, Connecticut, Robert H. Brewer and Joshua S. Feingold
Excitation of Limulus Photoreceptors by Hydrolysis-Resistant Analogs of cGMP and cAMP, Jane M. Feng, Tamara M. Frank, and Alan Fein
The Role of Inositol Phosphate Cascade in Visual Excitation of Invertebrate Microvillar Photoreceptors, Tamara M. Frank and A. Fein
A New Species of Cerapus from Cudjoe Channel, Lower Florida Keys, USA, with Notes on Male Behaviour (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Corophioidea), Jim Lowry and James Darwin Thomas
Guernea ipilya and G. yamminye, New Species (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Dexaminidae) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard
Kamaka taditadi, a New Marine Species from Papua New Guinea (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Corophioidea), James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard
Photis trapherus, a New Elephantine Species from the Caribbean Sea (Crustacea: Amphipoda), James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard
Two New Species of Netamelita from the Caribbean Sea (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Gammaridea), James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard
Wombalano yerang, New Genus and Species of Corophioid (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard
Carbonate Deposits in Marine Fish Intestines: A New Source of Biomineralization, Patrick J. Walsh, Patricia Blackwelder, Kenneth A. Gill, Eva Danulat, and Thomas P. Mommsen
Submissions from 1990
Ensayara jumane, a New Species from Belize, Caribbean Sea (Amphipoda, Lysianassidae), J. L. Barnard and James Darwin Thomas
Slippery Near-Surface Layer of the Ocean Arising Due to Daytime Solar Heating, Vladimir N. Kudryavtsev and Alexander Soloviev
Biozonation of Deep-Water Lithoherms and Associated Hardgrounds in the Northeastern Straits of Florida, Charles G. Messing, A. Conrad Neumann, and Judith C. Lang
Coherent Structures at the Ocean Surface in Convectively Unstable Conditions, Alexander Soloviev
Gitana dominica, a New Species from the Caribbean Sea (Amphipoda: Amphilochidae), James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard
Submissions from 1989
A New Species, Ampelisca burkei, (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from Florida, J. L. Barnard and James Darwin Thomas
Four Species of Synopiidae from the Caribbean Region (Crustacea: Amphipoda), J. L. Barnard and James Darwin Thomas
Glucose Kinetics in Neonatal Elephant Seals During Postweaning Aphagia, Edward O. Keith and Charles L. Ortiz
Changes in Pigmentation Associated with the Bleaching of Stony Corals, G. S. Kleppel, Richard E. Dodge, and C. J. Reese
Leg Ulcers Following Subcutaneous Injection of a Liquid Silicone Preparation, Virginia Rae, Rube J. Pardo, Patricia Blackwelder, and Vincent Falanga
Gammaropsis arawakia, a New Species of Marine Amphipoda (Crustacea) from Jamaica, James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard
Submissions from 1988
Ipanemidae, New Family, Ipanema talpa, New Genus and Species, from the Surf Zone of Brazil (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Haustorioidea), J. L. Barnard and James Darwin Thomas
Vadosiapus copacabanus, a New Genus and Species of Exoedicerotidae from Brazil (Crustacea, Amphipoda), J. L. Barnard and James Darwin Thomas
Behavior of Gammaridean Amphipoda: Corophium, Grandidierella, Podocerus, and Gibberosus (American Megaluropus) in Florida, J. L. Barnard, James Darwin Thomas, and K. Sandved
Visual Spectral Sensitivities of Bioluminescent Deep-Sea Crustaceans, Tamara M. Frank and James F. Case
Visual Spectral Sensitivity of the Bioluminescent Deep-Sea Mysid, Gnathophausia ingens, Tamara M. Frank and James F. Case
Spectral Composition of Bioluminescence of Epipelagic Organisms from the Sargasso Sea, Michael I. Latz, Tamara M. Frank, and James F. Case
Relocation Movement in a Stalked Crinoid (Echinodermata), Charles G. Messing, M. Christine RoseSmyth, Stuart R. Mailer, and John E. Miller
Small-Scale Turbulence in the Wind-Wave Layer of the Ocean, Alexander Soloviev
Small-Scale Turbulence Measurements in the Thin Surface Layer of the Ocean, Alexander Soloviev, N. V. Vershinsky, and V. A. Bezverchnii
Elasmopus balkomanus, a New Species from the Florida Keys (Crustacea, Amphipoda), James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard
Submissions from 1987
A New Species of Chevalia from the Caribbean Sea (Crustacea: Amphipoda), J. L. Barnard and James Darwin Thomas
New Species of Neomegamphopus from Tropical America (Crustacea: Marine Amphipoda), J. L. Barnard and James Darwin Thomas
Variability in Flash Characteristics of a Bioluminescent Copepod, Michael I. Latz, Tamara M. Frank, Mark R. Bowlby, Edith A. Widder, and James F. Case
Bioluminescence of Colonial Radiolaria in the Western Sargasso Sea, Michael I. Latz, Tamara M. Frank, James F. Case, Elijah Swift, and Robert R. Bidigare
Paleomagnetic Results from Luzon and the Central Philippines, Robert McCabe, Eichi Kikawa, Jay T. Cole, Ariel J. Malicse, Paul E. Baldauf, Jun Yumul, and Jose Almasco
The Indo-Pacific Audulla chelifera Reported from the Caribbean Sea (Crustacea: Amphipoda), James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard
Submissions from 1986
Fallout Plutonium and Natural Radionulcides in Annual Bands of the Coral Montastrea annularis, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, L. K. Benninger and Richard E. Dodge
Stable Isotopic Composition of Coccoliths, Walter C. Dudley, Patricia Blackwelder, Larry Brand, and J. C. Duplessy