Browsing by Author "Quigg, Antonietta"
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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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Bell, Michael Thomas (2012-07-16)The numerous benefits that wetlands provide make them essential to ecosystem services and ecological functions. Historically, wetland losses have been caused by natural and anthropogenic changes. In Texas, nearly 50% of ...
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Neyland, Elizabeth B. (2010-10-12)The transportation of organisms in the ballast water of cargo ships has been recognized as a source of invasive species despite current control measures. Pathogenic bacteria in the ballast tank have been studied but the ...
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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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Nunnally, Clifton (2012-07-16)Coastal low oxygen areas are expanding globally and are predicted to increase in size and duration due to climatic changes associated with a warming ocean. The Gulf of Mexico Hypoxic Zone (GoMHZ) is the second largest ...
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Nunez, Marcella M.M (2013-02-04)Currently biofuel is produced from plants as well as microbes. The oils, carbohydrates or fats generated by the microorganisms or plants are refined to produce biofuel. Algae can be converted directly into energy and ...
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Williams, Alicia K.; McInnes, Allison S.; Rooker, Jay R.; Quigg, Antonietta; Paranhos, Rodolfo (PloS One, 2015)
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Azzara, Alyson Julie (2009-05-15)This research was carried out in support of fieldwork in the Gulf of Mexico in summers 2004 and 2005 as part of the multidisciplinary Sperm Whale Seismic Study (SWSS). Important aspects of SWSS research include oceanographic ...
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Dorado, Samuel (2012-07-16)Upwelling, atmospheric nitrogen (N2) fixation by cyanobacteria, and freshwater inputs from the Mississippi River system have been shown to stimulate new production by alleviating nitrogen (N) limitation in the northern ...
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Luedecke, Phillip Ryan (2011-10-21)Microalgae produce large quantities of lipids that can be used for biofuel feedstock. The goal of this project was to determine the effect of several engineering and management parameters on the productivity of microalgae ...
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Iles IV, Robert Lee (2022-01-04)Both marine and terrestrial dissolved organic matter can play a major role in regulating the biogeochemistry and oxygen demand of the coastal ocean and continental shelf region. Where organic matter originates is not the ...
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Glass, Lindsay Ann (Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)Several flatfish species including southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma) recruit to estuaries during early life. Therefore, the evaluation of estuarine sites and habitats that serve as nurseries is critical to ...
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Mcamis, Amelia KayWater quality is a critical parameter in ensuring the health of Galveston Bay due to the presence of major commercial and recreational fisheries that take place there. One way to assess the health of the bay is to monitor ...
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Cornic, Maelle Marie (2017-04-19)Summer ichthyoplankton surveys were conducted in surface waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico from 2007 to 2010 to characterize distribution and abundance of tuna larvae. The assemblage of tuna larvae was comprised of ...
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Rainey, Jayton Lewis (2017-08-03)This study examines the impacts of red tide, Karenia brevis, cell intensity on collected tourism tax revenues by municipality along the central Gulf of Mexico coast of Florida. The study area consists of 27 municipalities ...
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Steichen, Jamie L (2013-01-15)With steady growth in global commerce and intensified ship traffic worldwide, comes the increased risk of invasion by non-indigenous organisms. Annually, >7000 vessels traveled across Galveston Bay, Texas from 2005-2010. ...
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Thronson, Amanda Mae (2009-05-15)Freshwater inflows are essential to the health of estuaries and minimum discharge levels must be maintained in order to sustain a healthy ecosystem. Due to the predicted 50% increase in urban population growth along the ...
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Chen, Chi-Shuo; Anaya, Jesse M.; Zhang, Saijin; Spurgin, Jessica; Chuang, Chia-Ying; Xu, Chen; Miao, Ai-Jun; Chen, Eric Y-T.; Schwehr, Kathleen A.; Jiang, Yuelu; Quigg, Antonietta; Santschi, Peter H.; Chin, Wei-Chun; Johnson, Stephen J. (PloS One, 2011)
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Rulon, Leslie (2012-02-14)Eutrophication, particularly due to nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) input, has been massively altered by anthropogenic activities. Thus it is important to understand the impact on salt marsh plants; however studies on salt ...
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Morales-McDevitt, Maya Erin (2017-05-10)During the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill, profuse marine snow with associated oil, termed marine oil snow (MOS) was observed but quickly disappeared. This research tested the hypothesis that in water with nutrients and ...