Browsing by Author "Marshall, Christopher D."
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Neuenhoff, Rachel Dawn (2010-10-12)Common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) are apex predators and indicators of localized ecosystem health. Accurate characterization of population demography is crucial to parameter predictions. However, descriptions ...
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Deutsch, Sierra Michelle (2009-05-15)This thesis examines the characteristics of dusky dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) nursery groups and ontogeny of dusky dolphin calves. Data were collected via boat-based group focal follows of nurseries from October ...
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Kane, Emily A. (2010-07-14)Vertebrate evolution has resulted in a diversity of feeding mechanisms. Cetaceans are secondarily derived tetrapods that have returned to a marine habitat. As a result, they display feeding modes that have converged with ...
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Guzman, Alejandra (2009-05-15)Feeding biomechanics and foraging behavior are likely contributors to loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) bycatch in the pelagic longline fishery. To investigate these contributions, loggerhead bite performance was ...
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Ginter Summarell, Carly C.; Ingole, Sudeep; Fish, Frank E.; Marshall, Christopher D.; Crocker, Daniel E (PloS One, 2015)
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Summarell, Carly C. Ginter; Ingole, Sudeep; Fish, Frank E.; Marshall, Christopher D. (PLOS, 2015-07-01)Vibrissae are important components of the mammalian tactile sensory system and are used to detect vibrotactile stimuli in the environment. Pinnipeds have the largest and most highly innervated vibrissae among mammals, and ...
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Ginter, Carly C. (2012-02-14)Vibrissae (whiskers) are important components of the mammalian tactile sensory system, and primarily function as detectors of environmental vibrotactile cues. Pinnipeds possess the largest and most highly innervated ...
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Bloodworth, Brian Edward (Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)Hyolingual biomechanics and kinematics in three species of two odontocete genera were investigated to compare adaptations and performance of divergent feeding strategies. Ram and suction feeding are two ends of a continuous ...
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Beck, Jessica Louise (2009-05-15)Post-release survival of hatchery fishes is imperative to the success of any supplemental stocking program. The purpose of this research was to identify differences between hatchery and wild red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) ...
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Timm-Davis, Lori L.; DeWitt, Thomas J.; Marshall, Christopher D.; Kupczik, Kornelius (PloS One, 2015)
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Case, Janelle Elaine (2009-05-15)Juvenile red snapper are attracted to structure and settle onto low profile reefs, which serve as nursery grounds. Little is known about their life history during this time. However, recent studies from a shell bank in the ...
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Marshall, Christopher D.; Wieskotten, Sven; Hanke, Wolf; Hanke, Frederike D.; Marsh, Alyssa; Kot, Brian; Dehnhardt, Guido; Engelmann, Jacob (PloS One, 2014)
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Ginter, Carly C.; DeWitt, Thomas J.; Fish, Frank E.; Marshall, Christopher D.; Wennekers, Thomas (PloS One, 2012)
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Marshall, Christopher D.; Rozas, Kelly; Kot, Brian; Gill, Verena A. (Frontiers, 2014-10-29)Sea otters (Enhydra lutris) are the most recent group of mammals to return to the sea, and may exemplify divergent somatosensory tactile systems among mammals. Therefore, we quantified the mystacial vibrissal array of ...
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Kubicek, Kole Matthew (2020-11-10)Catfishes (Otophysi: Siluriformes) is a remarkably diverse assemblage (~4000 spp) that is distributed across the globe in fresh and marine waters. Catfishes are united by several modifications of the skeleton, including ...
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Fielder, Bryan Robert (2009-05-15)The Naples Bay Estuarine System, situated in southwest Florida, has undergone extensive modifications caused directly and indirectly by anthropogenic influences. These alterations include the substitution of mangrove-forested ...