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 1986
Dissipation of Turbulent Energy in the Wind-Generated Wave Layer of the Ocean, Alexander Soloviev
New Genera and Species of the Megaluropus Group (Amphipoda, Megaluropidae) from American Seas, James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard
Two Species of Hornellia (Subgenus Metaceradocus) from the Florida Keys and Belize (Amphipoda, Melphidippoidea), James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard
Vertical Structure of the Temperature Field in the Atmospheric Layer Near the Surface of the Ocean, Yu. A. Volkov and Alexander Soloviev
Behavioural Effects of Chemically Dispersed Oil and Subsequent Recovery in Diploria strigosa (Dana), Sheila C. Wyers, H. R. Frith, Richard E. Dodge, S. R. Smith, Anthony H. Knap, and T. D. Sleeter
Submissions from 1985
On a Parametric Description of the Cold Film on the Ocean Surface, Vladimir N. Kudryavtsev and Alexander Soloviev
A New Marine Genus of the Maera Group (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Belize, James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard
Perioculodes cerasinus, N. Sp., the First Record of the Genus from the Caribbean Sea (Amphipoda: Oedicerotidae), James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard
Two New Species of Two New Gammaridan Genera (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the Florida Keys, James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard
Submissions from 1984
Two New Species of the Siphonoecetes Complex from the Arabian Gulf and Borneo (Crustacea: Amphipoda), J. L. Barnard and James Darwin Thomas
Skeletal Extension, Density and Calcification of the Reef Coral, Montastrea Annularis: St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Richard E. Dodge and Garrett W. Brass
Chronology of Lead Pollution Contained in Banded Coral Skeletons, Richard E. Dodge and T. R. Gilbert
Reef-Building Coral Skeletons as Chemical Pollution (Phosphorus) Indicators, Richard E. Dodge, T. D. Jickells, Anthony H. Knap, S. Boyd, and R. P.M. Bak
Coral Calcification Rates by the Buoyant Weight Technique: Effects of Alizarin Staining, Richard E. Dodge, Sheila C. Wyers, H. R. Frith, Anthony H. Knap, S. R. Smith, C. B. Cook, and T. D. Sleeter
The Effects of Oil and Oil Dispersants on the Skeletal Growth of the Hermatypic Coral Diploria strigosa, Richard E. Dodge, Sheila C. Wyers, H. R. Frith, Anthony H. Knap, S. R. Smith, and T. D. Sleeter
Dietary Maintenance of Bioluminescence in a Deep-Sea Mysid, Tamara M. Frank, Edith A. Widder, Michael I. Latz, and James F. Case
Rapid Evolution of a Gulf Stream Warm-Core Ring, Terrence Joyce, Richard Backus, Karen Baker, Patricia Blackwelder, Otis Brown, Timothy Cowles, Robert Evans, Greta Fryxell, David Mountain, Donald Olson, Ronald Schlitz, Raymond Schmitt, Peter Smith, Raymond Smith, and Peter Wiebe
California Sea Lions Breeding at Ano Nuevo Island, California, Edward O. Keith, R. S. Condit, and B. J. Le Boeuf
Acanthohaustorius pansus, a New Species of Sand-Burrowing Amphipod from Looe Key Reef, Florida Keys, with Redescription and Distribution Data of Acanthohaustorius bousfieldi Frame, 1980 (Amphipoda: Haustoriidae), James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard
Discovery of a Majid Host for the Commensal Amphipod Stenothoe symbiotica Shoemaker, 1956, James Darwin Thomas and Kalani D. Cairns
Submissions from 1983
Pleistocene Sea Levels from Raised Coral Reefs of Haiti, Richard E. Dodge, Richard G. Fairbanks, Larry K. Benninger, and Florentin Maurrasse
Environmental Correlates of Hermatypic Coral (Montastrea annularis) Growth on the East Flower Gardens Bank, Northwest Gulf of Mexico, Richard E. Dodge and Judith C. Lang
Precise and Accurate Determination by Infrared Photometry of CO2 Dynamics in Marine Ecosystems, Kenneth M. Johnson, Curtis M. Burney, and John McN. Sieburth
The Effects of Oil Spills and Dispersant Use on Corals: A Review and Multidisciplinary Experimental Approach, A. H. Knap, T. D. Sleeter, Richard E. Dodge, S. C. Wyers, H. R. Frith, and S. R. Smith
Curidia debrogania, a New Genus and Species of Amphipod (Crustacea: Ochlesidae) from the Barrier Reefs of Belize, Central America, James Darwin Thomas
Transformation of the Leucothoides Morph to the Anamixis Morph (Amphipoda), James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard
Submissions from 1982
Diel Relationships of Microbial Trophic Groups and In Situ Dissolved Carbohydrate Dynamics in the Caribbean Sea, Curtis M. Burney, Paul G. Davis, Kenneth M. Johnson, and John McN. Sieburth
Effects of Drilling Mud on the Reef-Building Coral Montastrea annularis, Richard E. Dodge
Quantitative Reef Assessment Studies in Bermuda: A Comparison of Methods and Preliminary Results, Richard E. Dodge, Alan Logan, and Arnfried Antonius
Accumulation and Elimination of (9-14C) Phenanthrene in the Reef-Building Coral (Diploria strigosa), A. H. Knap, J. E. Solbakken, Richard E. Dodge, T. D. Sleeter, S. C. Wyers, and K. H. Palmork
On the Vertical Structure of the Thin Surface Layer of the Ocean During a Weak Wind, Alexander Soloviev
The Vertical Structure of the Thin Surface Layer of the Ocean Under Conditions of Low Wind Speed, Alexander Soloviev and N. V. Vershinsky
Thoracosphaera heimii (Lohmann) Kamptner Is a Dinophyte: Observations on Its Morphology and Life Cycle, Karl Tangen, Larry Brand, Patricia Blackwelder, and Robert R. L. Guillard
Submissions from 1981
Dependence of Dissolved Carbohydrate Concentrations Upon Small Scale Nanoplankton and Bacterioplankton Distributions in the Western Sargasso Sea, Curtis M. Burney, Paul G. Davis, Kenneth M. Johnson, and John McN. Sieburth
Diel Flux of Dissolved Carbohydrate in a Salt Marsh and a Simulated Estuarine Ecosystem, Curtis M. Burney, Kenneth M. Johnson, and John McN. Sieburth
Doubling the Production and Precision of the MBTH Spectrophotometric Assay for Dissolved Carbohydrates in Seawater, Kenneth M. Johnson, Curtis M. Burney, and John McN. Sieburth
Enigmatic Marine Ecosystem Metabolism Measured by Direct Diel ΣCO2 and O2 Flux in Conjunction with DOC Release and Uptake, Kenneth M. Johnson, Curtis M. Burney, and John McN. Sieburth
The Thermal State of the Ocean Surface, Vladimir N. Kudryavtsev and Alexander Soloviev
Notes on Recent Changes in Tanaidacean Terminology, Charles G. Messing
Mouthpart Morphology and Feeding Strategies of the Commensal Amphipod, Anamixis hanseni Stebbing, James Darwin Thomas and George W. Taylor
Experience with Recording the Vertical Microstructure of the Temperature and Electrical Conductivity in the Surface Layer of the Ocean Using a Buoyant Sounder, N. V. Vershinsky, Alexander Soloviev, and Vyacheslav Turenko
Submissions from 1980
Finding the Age of Coral with X-Rays!, John R. Burger and Richard E. Dodge
Coccoliths in Pleistocene-Holocene Nannofossil Assemblages, W. C. Dudley, J. C. Duplessy, Patricia Blackwelder, L. E. Brand, and R. R. L. Guillard
Fine Structure of the Ocean Surface Layer on the JASIN Test Range, N. V. Vershinsky and Alexander Soloviev
Submissions from 1979
Coccolith Morphology and Paleoclimatology - 2. Cell Ultrastructure and Formation of Coccoliths in Cyclococcolithina leptopora (Murray and Blackman) Wilcoxon and Gephyrocapsa oceanica Kamptner., Patricia Blackwelder, Larry E. Brand, and Robert R. L. Guillard
Dissolved Carbohydrate and Microbial ATP in the North Atlantic: Concentrations and Interactions, Curtis M. Burney, Kenneth M. Johnson, Dennis M. Lavoie, and John McN. Sieburth
X-Rays Provide Researchers with Views of Coral Growth Patterns, Richard E. Dodge
Annual Periodicity of the 18O16O and 13C12C ratios in the coral Montastrea annularis, Richard G. Fairbanks and Richard E. Dodge
Thermal Fine Structure of the Ocean Surface Layer in the Region of the POLYMODE-77 Test Range, Alexander Soloviev
Diel Rhythms of Circulating Prolactin, Cortisol, Thyroxine, and Triiodothyronine Levels in Fishes: A Review, Richard E. Spieler
Diel Variations in Circulating Levels of Triiodothyronine and Thyroxine in Goldfish, Carassius auratus, Richard E. Spieler and Teresa A. Noeske
A Redescription of the Wood-Rasping Amphipod Trophichelura gomezi Ortiz, 1976 (Cheluridae) from the Florida Keys, with Notes on its Distribution and Ecology, James Darwin Thomas
Occurrence of the Amphipod Leucothoides pottsi Shoemaker in the Tunicate Ecteinascidia turbinata Herdman from Big Pine Key, Florida, U.S.A., James Darwin Thomas
A New Species of Cerapus Say, 1817 (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the Northern Gulf of Mexico, with Notes on its Ecology, James Darwin Thomas and Richard W. Heard
Submissions from 1978
Serologic and Hematologic Values of Bison in Colorado, Edward O. Keith, James Ellis, Robert W. Phillips, and Maxine M. Benjamin
Submissions from 1977
Dissolved Carbohydrates in Seawater. II, A Spectrophotometric Procedure for Total Carbohydrate Analysis and Polysaccharide Estimation, Curtis M. Burney and John McN. Sieburth
Coral Populations and Growth Patterns: Responses to Sedimentation and Turbidity Associated with Dredging, Richard E. Dodge and J. Rimas Vaisnys
Diel Variations in Sensitivity of Fishes to Potentially Lethal Stimuli, Richard E. Spieler, Teresa A. Noeske, and Gregory L. Seegert
A Probe for Studying the Surface Layer of the Ocean, N. V. Vershinsky and Alexander Soloviev
Submissions from 1976
Effects of Calcium, Strontium, and Magnesium on the Coccolithophorid Cricosphaera (Hymenomonas) carterae. I. Calcification, Patricia Blackwelder, R. E. Weiss, and K. M. Wilbur
Dissolved Organic Matter and Heterotrophic Microneuston in the Surface Microlayers of the North Atlantic, John McN. Sieburth, Paula-Jean Willis, Kenneth M. Johnson, Curtis M. Burney, Dennis M. Lavoie, Kenneth R. Hinga, David A. Caron, Frederick W. French III, Paul W. Johnson, and Paul G. Davis
Effects of Calcium, Strontium, and Magnesium on the Coccolithophorid Cricosphaera (Hymenomonas) carterae. II. Cell Division, R. E. Weiss, Patricia Blackwelder, and K. M. Wilbur
Submissions from 1975
Hermatypic Coral Growth Banding as Environmental Recorder, Richard E. Dodge and J. Rimas Vaisnys
Studies on Shell Regeneration—I. Matrix and Mineral Composition of the Normal and Regenerated Shell of Pomacea paludosa, V. R. Meenakshi, Patricia Blackwelder, P. E. Hare, Karl M. Wilbur, and Norimitsu Watabe
Shell Growth in the Scallop Argopecten irradians. I. Isotope Incorporation with Reference to Diurnal Growth, Alfred P. Wheeler, Patricia Blackwelder, and Karl M. Wilbur
Submissions from 1974
The Natural Radiochemical and Growth Records in Contemporary Hermatypic Corals from the Atlantic and Caribbean, Richard E. Dodge and John T. Thomson
Studies on the Formation of Calcified Egg-Capsules of Ampullarid Snails, V. R. Meenakshi, Patricia Blackwelder, and Norimitsu Watabe
The Influence of Substrata on Calcification Patterns in Molluscan Shell, V. R. Meenakshi, Gabrielle Donnay, Patricia Blackwelder, and Karl M. Wilbur
Submissions from 1973
An Ultrastructural Study of Shell Regeneration in Mytilus Edulis (Mollusca: Bivalvia), V. R. Meenakshi, Patricia Blackwelder, and Karl M. Wilbur
Submissions from 1972
Electron Microscopy of Quartz Grain Surface Textures: The U.S. Eastern Atlantic Continental Margin, Patricia Blackwelder and Orrin H. Pilkey
Aragonite Crystals within Codiacean Algae: Distinctive Morphology and Sedimentary Implications, Ronald D. Perkins, Michael D. McKenzie, and Patricia Blackwelder