Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Diet and Feeding Habits of the Southern Stingray Dasyatis americana in the Central Bahamas, David S. Gilliam and K. M. Sullivan

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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

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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

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Podocerus chelonophilus, a Testudinous Amphipod Newly Recorded from the Western Atlantic Ocean, James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard

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Podocerus kleidus, New Species from the Florida Keys (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Dulichiidae), James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard

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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

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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

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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

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Guernea ipilya and G. yamminye, New Species (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Dexaminidae) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard

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Kamaka taditadi, a New Marine Species from Papua New Guinea (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Corophioidea), James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard

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Photis trapherus, a New Elephantine Species from the Caribbean Sea (Crustacea: Amphipoda), James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard

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Two New Species of Netamelita from the Caribbean Sea (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Gammaridea), James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard

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Wombalano yerang, New Genus and Species of Corophioid (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard

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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

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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

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Ensayara jumane, a New Species from Belize, Caribbean Sea (Amphipoda, Lysianassidae), J. L. Barnard and James Darwin Thomas

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Slippery Near-Surface Layer of the Ocean Arising Due to Daytime Solar Heating, Vladimir N. Kudryavtsev and Alexander Soloviev

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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

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Gitana dominica, a New Species from the Caribbean Sea (Amphipoda: Amphilochidae), James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard

Submissions from 1989

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A New Species, Ampelisca burkei, (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from Florida, J. L. Barnard and James Darwin Thomas

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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

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Free-Running Locomotor Rhythms of Feeding-Entrained Goldfish, Richard E. Spieler and John J. Clougherty

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Gammaropsis arawakia, a New Species of Marine Amphipoda (Crustacea) from Jamaica, James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard

Submissions from 1988

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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

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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

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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

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Elasmopus balkomanus, a New Species from the Florida Keys (Crustacea, Amphipoda), James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard

Submissions from 1987

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A New Species of Chevalia from the Caribbean Sea (Crustacea: Amphipoda), J. L. Barnard and James Darwin Thomas

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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

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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

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The Indo-Pacific Audulla chelifera Reported from the Caribbean Sea (Crustacea: Amphipoda), James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard

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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

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New Genera and Species of the Megaluropus Group (Amphipoda, Megaluropidae) from American Seas, James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard

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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

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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

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A New Marine Genus of the Maera Group (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Belize, James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard

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Perioculodes cerasinus, N. Sp., the First Record of the Genus from the Caribbean Sea (Amphipoda: Oedicerotidae), James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard

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Two New Species of Two New Gammaridan Genera (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the Florida Keys, James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard

Submissions from 1984

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Two New Species of the Siphonoecetes Complex from the Arabian Gulf and Borneo (Crustacea: Amphipoda), J. L. Barnard and James Darwin Thomas

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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

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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

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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

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Circadian Feeding Time Affects Growth of Fish, Teresa A. Noeske and Richard E. Spieler

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Rhythmicity in Fishes, Richard E. Spieler and Robert L. Kendall

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Effects of Photoperiod and Feeding Schedule on Diel Variations of Locomotor Activity, Cortisol, and Thyroxine in Goldfish, Richard E. Spieler and Teresa A. Noeske

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Postmarsupial Development and Growth of Pagurapseudes largoensis McSweeny (Crustacea, Tanaidacea), Charles G. Messing