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 2001
Growth Rates of Vibrissae of Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina) and Steller Sea Lions (Eumetopias jubatus), Amy Hirons, Donald M. Schell, and David J. St. Aubin
Review of the Marine Mammals of the Gulf of Mexico, Edward O. Keith
Degradation of Emergent and Submerged Macrophytes in an Oxbow Lake of an Embanked Backwater System: Implications for the Terrestrialization Process, Alexander K. T. Kirschner, Bernhard Riegl, and Branko Velimirov
Serological Changes Associated with Gill-Net Capture and Restraint in Three Species of Sharks, C. Manire, R. Hueter, Eric V. Hull, and Richard E. Spieler
A Revision of the Zenometridae (new rank) (Echinodermata, Crinoidea, Comatulidina), Charles G. Messing and Christopher M. White
An Extensive Deep Reef Terrace on the Tortugas Bank, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Steven Miller, Mark Chiappone, Dione W. Swanson, Jerald Ault, S. G. Smith, G. Meester, J. Luo, E. Franklin, James A. Bohnsack, Doug Harper, and David B. McClellan
Applying Habitat Equivalency Analysis for Coral Reef Damage Assessment and Restoration, J. Walter Milon and Richard E. Dodge (editor)
Rapid and Simultaneous Identification of Body Parts from the Morphologically Similar Sharks Carcharhinus obscurus and Carcharhinus plumbeus (Carcharhinidae) Using Multiplex PCR, Melissa Pank, Michael Stanhope, Lisa Natanson, Nancy Kohler, and Mahmood S. Shivji
A Preliminary Checklist of the Shallow-Water Crinoids of the Kerama Islands, Okinawa, Japan., Nicolas J. Pilcher and Charles G. Messing
Degradation of Reef Structure, Coral and Fish Communities in the Red Sea by Ship Groundings and Dynamite Fisheries, Bernhard Riegl
Inhibition of Reef Framework by Frequent Disturbance: Examples From the Arabian Gulf, South Africa, and the Cayman Islands, Bernhard Riegl
Mapping and Monitoring of Coral Communities and Their Spatial Patterns Using a Surface-Based Video Method from a Vessel, Bernhard Riegl, Jan L. Korrubel, and Charles Martin
Cryptic Tissues Inside Acropora Frameworks (Indonesia): A Mechanism to Enhance Tissue Survival in Hard Times While Also Increasing Framework Density, Bernhard Riegl and Werner Pillar
Soft Coral Mimesis by an Aeolidiid Nudibranch, Bernhard Riegl and Josef Schaffelner
A System for High-Resolution Zooplankton Imaging, Scott Samson, T. L. Hopkins, Andrew Remsen, Lawrence Langebrake, Tracey Sutton, and Jim Patten
Site-Dependent Differences in Artificial Reef Function: Implications for Coral Reef Restoration, Robin L. Sherman, David S. Gilliam, and Richard E. Spieler
An Approach to Parameterization of the Oceanic Turbulent Boundary Layer in the Western Pacific Warm Pool, Alexander Soloviev, Roger Lukas, and Peter Hacker
Environmental Analysis of Cores from the Helike Delta, Gulf of Corinth, Greece, S. Soter, Patricia Blackwelder, C. Tziavos, D. Katsonopoulou, Terri Hood, and Carlos A. Alvarez Zarikian
Circadian Timing of Meal Feeding and Growth in Fishes, Richard E. Spieler
Artificial Substrate and Coral Reef Restoration: What Do We Need to Know to Know What We Need, Richard E. Spieler, David S. Gilliam, and Robin L. Sherman
Multisensor Sampling of Pelagic Ecosystem Variables in a Coastal Environment to Estimate Zooplankton Grazing Impact, Tracey Sutton, T. L. Hopkins, Andrew Remsen, and Scott Burghhart
NCRI 3-D Visualization of Coral Reef Habitat, Brian K. Walker
Gross Brain Morphology in the Yellow Stingray, Urobatis jamaicensis, Brian K. Walker and Robin L. Sherman
The Speed of an Isolume: A Shrimp's Eye View, Edith A. Widder and Tamara M. Frank
Submissions from 2000
Temporal Resolution in Mesopelagic Crustaceans, Tamara M. Frank
Andros Island Flora and Fauna in the New Millennium, Jose V. Lopez, Cheryl L. Peterson, Felix Morales, and Luther Brown
ACTH4 -10, Substance P, and Dizolcipine (Mk-801) Accelerate Functional Recovery After Hemilabyrinthectomy in Goldfish, Rosana Mattioli, Joseph P. Huston, and Richard E. Spieler
Biostromal Coral Facies—A Miocene Example from the Leitha Limestone (Austria) and its Actualistic Interpretation, Bernhard Riegl and Werner Piller
Mapping of Benthic Habitats in Northern Safaga Bay (Red Sea, Egypt): A Tool for Proactive Management, Bernhard Riegl and Werner Piller
VHF Radar Detects Oceanic Submesoscale Vortex Along Florida Coast, Lynn K. Shay, Thomas M. Cook, Brian K. Haus, Jorge Martinez, Hartmut Peters, Arthur Mariano, John VanLeer, Edgar An, Samuel Smith, Alexander Soloviev, Robert H. Weisberg, and Mark E. Luther
Horizontal Structure of the Upper Ocean Velocity and Density Fields in the Western Equatorial Pacific Warm Pool: Depth Range from 20 to 250 m, Alexander Soloviev, Roger Lukas, and Peter Hacker
Submissions from 1999
Comparative Study of Temporal Resolution in the Visual Systems of Mesopelagic Crustaceans, Tamara M. Frank
Comparative Study of the Spectral Sensitivities of Mesopelagic Crustaceans, Tamara M. Frank and Edith A. Widder
Ultrastructural Analysis of Folliculogenesis in the Ovary of the Yellow Spotted Stingray, Urolophus jamaicensis, William C. Hamlett, M. Jezior, and Richard E. Spieler
The Daily Feeding Rhythm to Demand Feeders and the Effects of Timed Meal-Feeding on the Growth of Juvenile Florida Pompano, Trachinotus carolinus, Matthew J. Heilman and Richard E. Spieler
Algal Blooms on Coral Reefs: What Are the Causes?, Terry Hughes, Alina Szmant, Robert S. Steneck, Robert Carpenter, and Steven Miller
A Coral Damage Index and its Application to Diving Sites in the Egyptian Red Sea, S. C. Jameson, M. S. A. Ammar, E. Saadalla, H. M. Mostafa, and Bernhard Riegl
Predicting High-Frequency Upwelling: Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Temperature Anomalies on a Florida Coral Reef, James Leichter and Steven Miller
Spectral Sensitivity of Vision and Bioluminescence in the Midwater Shrimp Sergestes similis, S. M. Lindsay, Tamara M. Frank, J. Kent, and Michael I. Latz
Molecular Techniques Reveal Wide Phyletic Diversity of Heterotrophic Microbes Associated with Discodermia spp. (Porifera: Demospongiae), Jose V. Lopez, Peter J. McCarthy, Kathleen E. Janda, Robin Willoughby, and Shirley A. Pomponi
Lack of Chemical Defense in Two Species of Stalked Crinoids: Support for the Predation Hypothesis for Mesozoic Bathymetric Restriction, James B. McClintock, Bill J. Baker, Tomasz K. Baumiller, and Charles G. Messing
Effects of Nutrients versus Herbivores on Reef Algae: A New Method for Manipulating Nutrients on Coral Reefs, M. W. Miller, M. E. Hay, Steven Miller, D. Malone, E. E. Sotka, and Alina Szmant
Corals in a Non-Reef Setting in the Southern Arabian Gulf (Dubai, UAE): Fauna and Community Structure in Response to Recurring Mass Mortality, Bernhard Riegl
Ecological Parameters of Dynamited Reefs in the Northern Red Sea and their Relevance to Reef Rehabilitation, Bernhard Riegl and K. E. Luke
Coral Frameworks Revisited - Reefs and Coral Carpets in the Northern Red Sea, Bernhard Riegl and Werner Piller
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
Coral Diseases and Drupella cornus Invasion in the Red Sea, Arnfried Antonius and Bernhard Riegl
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
A New Coral Disease from the Southern Arabian Gulf, Jan L. Korrubel and Bernhard Riegl
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 New Reef Marine Reserve in the Southern Arabian Gulf-Jebel Ali (Dubai, United Arab Emirates), Bernhard Riegl
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
A Possible Link Between Coral Diseases and a Corallivorous Snail (Drupella cornus) Outbreak in the Red Sea, Arnfried Antonius and Bernhard Riegl
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
Discrimination of Species in the Montastrea annularis Complex using Multiple Genetic Loci, Jose V. Lopez and Nancy Knowlton
Distribution and Environmental Control of Coral Assemblages in Northern Safaga Bay (Red Sea, Egypt), Bernhard Riegl and W. E. Piller
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
Hermatypic Coral Fauna of Subtropical Southeast Africa: A Checklist, Bernhard Riegl
Function of Funnel-Shaped Coral Growth in a High-Sedimentation Environment, Bernhard Riegl, Carlton Heine, and George M. Branch
Rolling Stones: First Report of a Free Living Acropora anthocercis (Brook) from the Red Sea, Bernhard Riegl, W. E. Pillar, and M. Rasser
How Episodic Coral Breakage Can Determine Community Structure: A South African Coral Reef Example, Bernhard Riegl and Andrea Riegl
Studies on Coral Community Structure and Damage as a Basis for Zoning Marine Reserves, Bernhard Riegl and Andrea Riegl
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
A Revision of the Hard Coral Genus Acropora Oken, 1815 (Scleractinia: Astrocoeniina: Acroporidae) in South-East Africa, Bernhard Riegl
Description of Four New Species in the Hard Coral Genus Acropora Oken, 1815 (Scleractinia: Astrocoeniina: Acroporidae) from South-East Africa, Bernhard Riegl
Effects of Sand Deposition on Scleractinian and Alcyonacean Corals, Bernhard Riegl