Browsing by Subject "marine"
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Colonization of Hard-substrate Invertebrate Communities on Various Materials in Galveston Bay, Texas (2021-04-22)Hard-substrate organisms such as oysters and barnacles reduce coastal erosion, improve water quality, and promote biodiversity. However, hard-substrate communities are threatened by dredging, sedimentation, invasive species, ...
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(2021-06-16)With intensifying global change ecologists work to understand the effects of anthropogenic and environmental stressors on organisms. Importantly, prior stress can influence population response to later stress. This is often ...
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(2020-04-27)This project analyzed the effects of the emerging marine pollutant commonly known as oxybenzone. Oxybenzone is a chemical ingredient commonly used in sunscreen lotions, as well as other hygienic products. There is growing ...
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(2011-02-22)This research presents the first coastal and marine protected areas specific quantitative management plan evaluation protocol. This critical research gap in the coastal and marine protected area (CMPA) research literature ...
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(2016-12-09)This dissertation reconstructs the former Union Navy Gunboat USS Westfield. Westfield belonged to an unusual class of civilian vessels that the Navy converted during wartime to serve in the Union's blockade of Confederate ...