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 1995
Effects of Sediment on the Energy Budgets of Four Scleratinian (Bourne 1900) and Five Alcyonacean (Lamouroux 1816) Corals, Bernhard Riegl and George M. Branch
Structure of Africa's Southernmost Coral Communities, Bernhard Riegl, Michael H. Schleyer, P. J. Cook, and G. M. Branch
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
Taking a Cat Map: Genome Analysis by Supercomputer, Jose V. Lopez
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
The Structure of Coral Communities at Hurghada in the Northern Red Sea, Bernhard Riegl and Branko Velimirov
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
Metal Redistribution in Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides) in Response to Restrainment Stress and Dietary Cadmium: Role of Metallothionein and Other Metal-Binding Proteins, Daniel N. Weber, Sara Eisch, Richard E. Spieler, and David H. Petering
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
How Many Damaged Corals in Red Sea Reef Systems? A Quantitative Survey, Bernhard Riegl and Branko Velimirov
Effects of Waterborne Lead on Circulating Thyroid Hormones and Cortisol in Rainbow Trout, Richard E. Spieler and D. N. Weber
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
Waterborne Lead Affects Feeding Neurotransmitter Levels of Juvenile Fathead Minnows (Pimephales promelas), Daniel N. Weber, Albert Russo, Dianne B. Seale, and Richard E. Spieler
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
Chronobiology and Aquaculture: Neglected Opportunities, Richard E. Spieler
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
Free-Running Locomotor Rhythms of Feeding-Entrained Goldfish, Richard E. Spieler and John J. Clougherty
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
Some Dietary Amino Acids and Meal-Feeding Phase Shifts of Locomotor Activity, Richard E. Spieler, Teresa A. Noeske, Therese A. DeRosier, and Hugh A. Poston
The Indo-Pacific Audulla chelifera Reported from the Caribbean Sea (Crustacea: Amphipoda), James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard
Effects of the Light-Dark Cycle and Scheduled Feeding on Behavior and Reproductive Rhythms of the Cyprinodont Fish, Medaka, Oryzias latipes, D. N. Weber and Richard E. Spieler
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
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
Temporal Variations in Gonadal and Body Fat Responses to Daily Injections of 5-Hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) and Dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) in the Gulf Killifish, Fundulus grandis, Arnil C. Emata, Albert H. Meier, and Richard E. Spieler
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
The Influence of Ambient Temperature on the Daily Variation of Serum Cortisol in the Banded Killifish, Fundulus diaphanus, Albert J. Fivizzani Jr., Richard E. Spieler, and Teresa A. Noeske
Dietary Maintenance of Bioluminescence in a Deep-Sea Mysid, Tamara M. Frank, Edith A. Widder, Michael I. Latz, and James F. Case
Fine Structure of the Stalk of the Bourgueticrinid Sea Lily Democrinus conifer (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), J. C. Grimmer, N. D. Holland, and Charles G. Messing
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
Brooding and Paedomorphosis in the Deep-Water Feather Star Comatilia iridometriformis (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), Charles G. Messing
Circadian Feeding Time Affects Growth of Fish, Teresa A. Noeske and Richard E. Spieler
Rhythmicity in Fishes, Richard E. Spieler and Robert L. Kendall
Effects of Photoperiod and Feeding Schedule on Diel Variations of Locomotor Activity, Cortisol, and Thyroxine in Goldfish, Richard E. Spieler and Teresa A. Noeske
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