Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Proceedings, Presentations, Speeches, Lectures
Submissions from 2013
Coral Dispersal Dynamics: New Insights Into Patterns of Connectivity, Joana Figueiredo
Coral dispersal dynamics: new insights into patterns of connectivity, Joana Figueiredo, Andrew H. Baird, Saki Harii, and Sean R. Connolly
Changing Seas: Coral Hybrids, Nicole D. Fogarty
Light and Vision in the Deep-Sea Benthos, Tamara M. Frank and Sönke Johnsen
Using Chaetognath Species as Indicators of Water Masses in the Florida Current, Broward County, Florida, USA, Nicholas Brian Gadbois, Amy Hirons, Bernhard Riegl, and J. Shenker
Effective Population Size and Genetic Diversity of a Species of Concern, the Sand Tiger Shark (Carcharias taurus) in Delaware Bay, USA, Teagen K. Gray, Dewayne A. Fox, Bradley M. Wetherbee, Andrea Bernard, and Mahmood S. Shivji
Length Structure of Deep-Pelagic Fishes Sheds New Light to their Life Histories, M. Heino, David S. Boukal, Tone Falkenhaug, Uwe Piatkowski, F. M. Porteiro, and Tracey Sutton
Is 'All or Nothing' Really the Only Alternative for Marine Fisheries Sustainability?, David Kerstetter
'They Only Come Out at Night’: Challenges and Successes of Swordfish Behavior Studies in the Western North Atlantic., David W. Kerstetter
Untying the Gordian Knot: Perspectives on a Decade of Pelagic Fisheries Bycatch Research, David W. Kerstetter
Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Epipelagic Fish Populations in the Northeast Gulf of Mexico, Matthew Long, Chase Long, Arianne Leary, Robert E. Hueter, David W. Kerstetter, and James Gelsleichter
The First in situ Habitat Observations and Images of the Caribbean Roughshark, Oxynotus caribbaeus Cervigon, 1961 (Squaliformes: Oxynotidae), Charles G. Messing, Karl Stanley, John K. Reed, and R. Grant Gilmore
Trophic Dynamics and Feeding Ecology within the Southeast Florida Coastal Pelagic Fish Complex, Travis Allan Moore and David W. Kerstetter
Measuring the Socio-Economic Characteristics of a Lionfish Derby Event, Adam Nardelli, S. Green, L. Akins, and David W. Kerstetter
Florida-Friendly Shrubs for Perimeter Plantings, John J. Pipoly III and Sandra L. Granson
Climate Change Disrupts Long-Term Community Stability and Adaptation in Persian/Arabian Gulf, Bernhard Riegl, Samuel J. Purkis, and Ashraf S. Al-Cibahy
Annual Termperature Anomaly Trends Correlate with Coral Reef Trajectory Across the Pacific, Bernhard Riegl, Evie A. Wieters, Andrew Bruckner, and Samuel J. Purkis
Buoy Gear- a Potential for Bycatch Reduction in the Small-Scale Swordfish Fisheries: a Florida Experience and Indian Ocean Perspective., Evgeny V. Romanov, David W. Kerstetter, Travis Allan Moore, and Pascal Bach
The Endoparasite Fauna of the Invasive Lionfish Complex (Pterois volitans and Pterois miles) in the Western Atlantic and Caribbean, Kayelyn Regina Simmons, David Kerstetter, and Christopher A. Blanar
Accretion History and Stratigraphy of mid-Holocene Coral Reefs from Southeast Florida, USA, Anastasios Stathakopoulos, Bernhard Riegl, and Peter K. Swart
Vertical Ecology of the Pelagic Ocean: Quantified Patterns and New Perspectives, Tracey Sutton
The Evolutionary History of a Coastal-Pelagic Species: The Global Phylogeography of the Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier), Bradley M. Wetherbee, Mahmood S. Shivji, Andrea Bernard, Kevin A. Feldheim, Michael R. Heithaus, Sabine Wintner, and Bradley M. Wetherbee
Submissions from 2012
Potential of Alternative Pelagic Fish Harvesting Gear Types for Reducing Sea Turtle Bycatch in the Gulf of Mexico, Max Appelman, C. Jaggard, and David Kerstetter
Quaternary Landscape Development and Landslides, Badlands National Park, South Dakota, Paul E. Baldauf, Eric Householder, Patrick A. Burkhart, Shari Blaker, and Patrick Gaughran
The Genetic Population Structure of the Caribbean Reef Shark (Carcharhinus perezi), Andrea M. Bernard, Rebekah L. Horn, Demian D. Chapman, Kevin A. Feldheim, Edd J. Brooks, Mauvis A. Gore, and Mahmood S. Shivji
GIS Applications in Landslide Hazard Mapping, Badlands National Park, South Dakota, Shari Blaker, Patrick Gaughran, Paul E. Baldauf, Eric Householder, and Patrick A. Burkhart
Global Comparison of Trophic Positions of Mesopelagic Myctophids and Stomiids Using Amino Acid Nitrogen Isotopic Analyses, C. Anela Choy, Jeffrey C. Drazen, Brian N. Popp, Peter C. Davison, Adrian Flynn, Joel C. Hoffman, Jennifer P. McClain-Counts, Todd W. Miller, Steve W. Ross, and Tracey Sutton
Effects of Porewater Advection on Carbon Cycling in Permeable Carbonate Sediments, Tyler Cyronak, Isaac R. Santos, and Bradley D. Eyre
Post-Release Survival and Habitat Utilization of Juvenile Swordfish in the Florida Straits, Jenny Fenton and David W. Kerstetter
Post-Release Survival and Habitat Utilization of Juvenile Swordfish in the Florida Straits, Jenny Fenton, Arthur Mariano, and David W. Kerstetter
Coral Dispersal Dynamics: New Insights Into Patterns of Connectivity, Joana Figueiredo
Impact of Climate Change on the Potential for Localized Recruitment in Reef Corals., Joana Figueiredo, Andrew H. Baird, Saki Harii, and Sean R. Connolly
Potential for Localized Recruitment in Reef Corals – Now and Under Climate Change, Joana Figueiredo, Andrew H. Baird, Saki Harii, and Sean R. Connolly
The Effects of Global Warming on Patterns of Connectivity in Corals, Joana Figueiredo, Andrew H. Baird, Saki Harii, and Sean R. Connolly
A Tale of Two Corals, Nicole D. Fogarty
Sexual Dimorphism in the Dentition of Basal Vertebrates, T. Gunn, E. J. Cave, Christine N. Bedore, David W. Kerstetter, and Stephen M. Kajiura
"Ocean Discovery" Cruises: At-Sea Research Opportunities for the Next Generation of Scientists, M. D. Hanisak and Tamara M. Frank
Trophic Dynamics in Mangrove Ecosystems in Port Everglades, Amy Hirons and Kelly Parks
Inferring Directional Migration of Fish in a Seasonally Varying Wetland, J. Matthew Hoch, Michael R. Bush, and Joel C. Trexler
Feeding Ecology and Carbon Transport of Diel Vertically Migrating Myctophids from the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Jeanna M. Hudson, Deborah K. Steinberg, Tracey Sutton, and John E. Graves
Mitigation and Deterrence Methods to Reduce Marine Mammal Interactions in Longline Fisheries for Tuna, David W. Kerstetter
Evaluating the Potential of Swordfish Buoy Gear as an Alternative to Pelagic Driftnets in the Artisanal Fisheries of Morocco and Turkey, David W. Kerstetter and Travis Allan Moore
Probability-Based Analysis of Pilot Whale-Pelagic Longline Interactions, Sohail Khamesi and David W. Kerstetter
The Status of the Tropical Western Atlantic Deep-Water Crinoid Fauna, Charles Messing
Trophic Dynamics and Ecosystem Changes within the SE Florida Coastal Pelagic Fish Community, Travis Allan Moore and David W. Kerstetter
Trophic Dynamics of the Southeast Florida, USA Coastal Pelagic Fish Complex, Travis Allan Moore and David W. Kerstetter
Assessment of Exposure to Cytochrome P4501a1-Inducing Pollutants in Pelagic Fishes from the Western North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Through Analysis of Liver EROD Activity, Andrew Piercy, James Gelsleichter, Michael McCallister, David W. Kerstetter, and Robert E. Hueter
The Influence of Ecological Context Over Community Assembly Processes and Diversity Patterns, Eric R. Sokol, J. E. Barrett, J. Matthew Hoch, and Joel C. Trexler
The Bathypelagic Biome of the Atlantic Ocean: Character and Ecological Discreteness of the Fish Fauna, Tracey Sutton, Odd Aksel Bergstad, Ann Bucklin, Scott E. Burghart, April B. Cook, Tone Falkenhaug, T. L. Hopkins, F. M. Porteiro, Sigrid Schiel, Joseph J. Torres, M. Vecchione, and Peter Wiebe
Dredging and Shipping Impacts on Southeast Florida Coral Reefs, Brian K. Walker, David S. Gilliam, Richard E. Dodge, and Joanna Walczak
Habitat Utilization and Short-Duration Movements of the Pelagic Stingray Pteroplatytrygon violacea in the Western North Atlantic and Northern Gulf of Mexico, Tiffany A. Weidner, C. Cotton, and David W. Kerstetter
Submissions from 2011
Mass Wasting and Quaternary Landscape Development, Badlands National Park, South Dakota, Paul E. Baldauf and Patrick A. Burkhart
Genetic Population Structure of the Recently Validated Billfish, the Roundscale Spearfish, and Its Genetic Diversity and Demographic History Compared to Its Istiophorid Congener, the White Marlin, Andrea M. Bernard, Lawrence Beerkircher, Fabio Hissa Vieira Hazin, Eric Prince, Freddy Arocha, Andres Domingo, and Mahmood S. Shivji
Temporal Genetic Characterization of a Severely Overfished but Incipiently Recovering Nassau Grouper Spawning Aggregation in the US Virgin Islands, Andrea M. Bernard, Kevin A. Feldheim, Richard S. Nemeth, Elizabeth Kadison, Jeremiah Blondeau, Brice Semmens, and Mahmood S. Shivji
Age and Growth of Four Mesopelagic Fish Species by Incorporation of Otolith Marginal Increment Analysis, Kerri L. Bolow and David Kerstetter
The Status of Amazonian Manatees (Trichechus inunguis) and Their Habitats in Eastern Ecuador, Caitlin E. Brice, Victor Utreras, Galo Zapata Rios, and Edward O. Keith
Vertical Distribution of Deep-Pelagic (0-3000 M) Fishes Over the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone Region of the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge, April B. Cook, Tracey Sutton, John K. Galbraith, and M. Vecchione
Post-Release Survival and Habitat Utilization of Juvenile Swordfish in the Florida Straits Recreational Fishery, Jenny Fenton and David W. Kerstetter
Effect of Temperature on Settlement Competence of Coral Larvae – How Will Climate Change Affect Larval Dispersal, Joana Figueiredo
Effect of Temperature on Settlement Competence of Coral Larvae – How Will Climate Change Affect Larval Dispersal, Joana Figueiredo
Environmental Factors and Their Effect on the Seasonal Aggregations of the Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) in the Port Everglades and Intracoastal Regions of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1999- 2009, Jaime M. Goldman, Kym Walsh, Gina Rappucci, and Edward O. Keith
The Conservation Benefits of Circle Hooks in Marine Commercial and Recreational Fisheries: Insights from Studies of Pelagic Fishes, J. E. Graves, David Kerstetter, and Andrij Horodysky
Fish Movement and Migration in the Seasonally Varying Wetlands of the Florida Everglades, J. Matthew Hoch, Eric R. Sokol, Aaron D. Parker, and Joel C. Trexler
Use of Simulation Analyses to Investigate Yellowfin Tuna (Thunnus Albacares) Growth Models in the Atlantic Ocean Incorporating Gear Selectivity, Amanda Karch, Amy Hirons, S. Cass-Calay, and David Kerstetter
Use of Simulation Analyses to Investigate Yellowfin Tuna (Thunnus albacares) Growth Models in the Atlantic Ocean Incorporating Gear Selectivity, Amanda Karch, Amy Hirons, S. Cass-Calay, and David W. Kerstetter
The Effect of Air Temperature on the Incubation Period and Hatching Success of In Situ Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) Clutches in Broward County, Florida, Lucy Teal Kawana, Curtis M. Burney, and Louis Fisher
A Matrix Model of Fasting Metabolism in Northern Elephant Seal Pups, Edward O. Keith
Estuarine Applied Ecology and Restoration: A Team-Based Collaborative Research Course, Jeffrey S. Levinton, J. Matthew Hoch, and P. Lyons
Temporal Resolution and Spectral Sensitivity of the Visual System of Three Coastal Shark Species From Different Light Environments, Mikki McComb-Kobza, Tamara M. Frank, Robert E. Hueter, and Stephen M. Kajiura
Collaborative Field Research: Geology and Art in the White River Badlands, Katherine Mickle, Paul E. Baldauf, and Patrick A. Burkhart
Trophic Dynamics and Ecosystem Changes Within the SE Florida Coastal Pelagic Fish Community, Travis Allan Moore and David W. Kerstetter
Metabolomics of Different Tissues From the Norway Lobster, Nephrops norvegicus: A First Approach to Determine Biomarkers of Environmental Health in a Crustacean, Lauren E. Nadler, Amaya Albalat, R. Edrada-Ebel, and Douglas Neil
Metabolomics of Different Tissues From the Norway Lobster, Nephrops norvegicus: A First Approach to Determine Uses for Fishery Waste and Biomarkers of Environmental Health in a Crustacean., Lauren E. Nadler, Amaya Albalat, R. Edrada-Ebel, and Douglas M. Neil
Distribution, Status and Conservation of the Antillean Manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) in Veracruz, Mexico, Alejandro Ortega-Argueta, Surya Garza, Enrique Portilla-Ochoa, Edward O. Keith, and Blanca Cortina-Julio
A Molecular Assessment of Speciation and Evolutionary History of the Globally Distributed Spotted Eagle Ray (Aetobatus narinari), Vincent P. Richards, Marcy Henning, Wayne Witzell, and Mahmood S. Shivji
Using Theoretical Community Ecology to Assess Restoration in the Everglades, Eric R. Sokol, Laura L. Belicka, J. Matthew Hoch, and Joel C. Trexler
Adhesion of Transferrin to Tisifilcon A Contact Lenses, Darshan Solanki, Stephanie Brinon, Edward O. Keith, Andrea Janoff, and Sachiko Nishimura
Adhesion of Lysozyme, Albumin and Transferrin to Two Types of FDA Group II Contact Lenses, Darshan Solanki, N. Chandrasekaran, R. Chodhry, S. Cuprillnilson, S. Desai, B. Liberman, V. S. Lee, Y. J. Lin, K. Nguyen, L. Roughi, S. Shah, V. Sharma, P. Thomas, Andrea Janoff, and Edward O. Keith
Evolution of Form in Zoanthidea, Anna M. Strimaitis, Jennifer L. Schellinger, and Timothy D. Swain
Alternate Trophic Pathways Support Enhanced Bathypelagic Biomass Over a Mid-Ocean Ridge System, Tracey Sutton, Jeanna M. Hudson, Joel C. Hoffman, Tone Falkenhaug, Odd Aksel Bergstad, and M. Heino
Evolutionary Loss of Symbioses with Invertebrates Coincides with Reduced Distributions of Zoanthidea, Timothy D. Swain
Light-Scattering Properties of Coral Skeletons at Multiple Morphological Length-Scales Increase the Risk of Coral Bleaching, Timothy D. Swain, K. Pickard, Natalie Lake, Jillian Henss, Andrew J. Radosevich, Andrew Gomes, Mark W. Westneat, Vadim Backman, and Luisa A. Marcelino
Distribution and Trophic Ecology of Bathylagus euryops (Teleostei: Microstomatidae) Along the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Christopher J. Sweetman and Tracey Sutton
Migratory Patterns and Habitat Use of Sand Tiger Sharks (Carcharias taurus) in the Northwest Atlantic, Shara Marie Teter, Bradley M. Wetherbee, Dewayne A. Fox, Chi Lam, Dale A. Kiefer, Paul Howey, and Mahmood S. Shivji
Seabirds of Arrecife Alacranes, Mexico: Baseline Data Before Rodent Eradication and Oil Spill Effects, Enriqueta Velarde, Thor Morales-Vera, Edward O. Keith, Francisco Daniel Ruz-Rosado, Horacio de la Cueva, and Monica Gonzalez
The Effects of a New Bridge on Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) Use of the FPL Discharge Canal at Port Everglades, Florida, Brea Viragh, T. Patri Quinn, Amy Hirons, and Edward O. Keith
Habitat Utilization and Short-Duration Movements of the Pelagic Stingray Pteroplatytrygon violacea in the Western North Atlantic, Tiffany A. Weidner
Combined Gut-Content and Stable Isotope Trophic Analysis of the Pelagic Stingray (Pteroplaytrygon violacea) from the Western North Atlantic Ocean, Tiffany A. Weidner, Amy Hirons, and David Kerstetter
Are Tiger Sharks Reef Sharks or Pelagic Sharks? Movements of Tiger Sharks in the Western North Atlantic, Bradley M. Wetherbee, Guy Harvey, Neil Burney, Choy Aming, Shara Marie Teter, and Mahmood S. Shivji
Submissions from 2010
Characterization of Swordfish Buoy Gear Catches in the Florida Straits, Shannon Michael Bayse and David W. Kerstetter
Biochemical Markers of the Effects of Canal-Induced Nutrient Gradients on Food-Webs in a Taylor Slough Freshwater Marsh, Laura L. Belicka, Joel C. Trexler, Eric R. Sokol, J. Matthew Hoch, and Rudolf Jaffe
Description of the Historical and Current South Florida Recreational Tournament Fishery for Swordfish, Xiphias gladius, Elaine J. Brewer and David W. Kerstetter
Preliminary Results on Feeding Ecology of Stomiiform Fishes of the Northern Mid-Atlantic, Vanda Carmo, Gui Menezes, Odd Aksel Bergstad, and Tracey Sutton
Is There Genetic Evidence of a Recent Population Bottleneck in White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) from the Northwest Atlantic?, Demian D. Chapman, Kevin A. Feldheim, Rowena Eng, Lisa Natanson, and Mahmood S. Shivji
Deep-Pelagic (0-3000 m) Fish Assemblage Structure over the Mid-Atlantic Ridge Relative to the North Atlantic Subpolar Front, April B. Cook, Tracey Sutton, John K. Galbraith, and M. Vecchione
Habitat Utilization of Four Cetaceans Along the United States Eastern Coast., Cheryl L. Cross, L. Garrison, and David W. Kerstetter
Adhesion of Transferrin and Albumin to FDA Group II Omafilcon Contact Lenses, S. Cuprillnilson, B. Liberman, Andrea Janoff, and Edward O. Keith
Trophic Study of Escolar, Snake Mackerel, Lancetfish, and Oilfish in the South Atlantic Bight and Gulf of Mexico Using Stomach Content Analysis and Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotope Analyses, H. R. Da Silva and David W. Kerstetter
Bioluminescence 2009: Living Light on the Deep-Sea Floor, Tamara M. Frank, Sönke Johnsen, Edith A. Widder, Charles Messing, and Steven H.D. Haddock
Does Live Release Provide an Effective Means of Reducing Fishing Mortality on Istiophorid Billfishes?, John E. Graves and David W. Kerstetter