Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Department "Marine Biology"
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(2022-12-09)In response to changing temperature and rainfall regimes, mangroves are expanding their range edges poleward and increasing areal coverage at the range edge. The coast of Texas encompasses a large portion of the black ...
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(2021-07-07)Warsaw grouper (Hyporthodus nigritus) and snowy grouper (H. niveatus) are deepwater grouper (F. Epinephelidae) found in the western Atlantic Ocean from the northern eastern seaboard of the United States of America to the ...
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(2017-05-30)The purpose of this study was to validate the vertebral band pair deposition rate for Common Threshers (Alopias vulpinus) in the northeastern Pacific Ocean (NEPO). Vertebrae of 37 Common Threshers marked with oxytetracycline ...
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(2021-04-26)Cryptobenthic fishes (CFs) occupy a critical functional group in the trophodynamics of their respective ecological system. The percomorph suborder Blennioidei encompasses ~900 species in size families of mostly tropical ...
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(2013-04-03)Little is known about the distribution of black corals in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Of thirty-nine species of black coral documented in the Western Atlantic, thirty have been previously documented by various studies ...
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(2020-07-24)Indo-Pacific lionfish (Pterois volitans and P. miles) are an invasive marine fish that were introduced off the coast of Florida in the 1980s and became the first established marine fish species to have invaded the Atlantic ...
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(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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(2020-11-13)Tunas are an ecologically and economically important group of fishes, and have received attention by numerous researchers for decades. Despite decades of research, their phylogenomic relationships and evolutionary history ...
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(2016-05-06)A behavioral ecology perspective on cetaceans in the Southern California Bight (SCB) can contribute to science-based adaptive management in the context of expanding anthropogenic activities. Objectives were to (1) identify ...
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(2014-04-19)The objective of this study is to establish a protection strategy for common bottlenose dolphins in the Galveston, Texas area based on quantifiable behavioral patterns. This area is subjected to regular vessel traffic ...
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(2019-09-02)Diverse benthic and pelagic habitats develop in coastal estuarine settings from land-to-ocean physicochemical gradients, such as variations in salinity, dissolved oxygen, nutrients like carbon, and water circulation. ...
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(2018-12-05)Studies on larvae and juvenile fishes during the first few months of life are limited for many pelagic species despite the fact that biological data on these stages are needed to better assess and monitor recruitment ...
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(2017-11-14)Subterranean estuaries extend into carbonate platforms where extensive cave networks influence the hydrology and biogeochemistry of the coastal aquifer. How complex biological communities thrive in this globally-distributed, ...
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(2011-10-21)Predators can have large effects on prey populations and on the structure and function of communities. In addition to direct consumption of prey, predators often cause prey to alter their foraging behavior, habitat selection, ...
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(2021-06-23)Coastal wetlands are complex ecosystems that are shaped by the interaction of multiple environmental factors. As human activities alter the climate however, the structure of wetlands is changing. One such shift is occurring ...
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(2022-07-22)Coastal subterranean estuaries are characterized by vertically stratified groundwater. Fauna inhabiting this ecosystem have high endemism rates, and is mainly composed by stygobionts (i.e., cave adapted species). Most ...
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(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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(2017-07-27)Coastal dunes offer many communities around the world a means to naturally mitigate the damage caused by coastal storms. This dissertation will address some of the knowledge gaps concerning the cost effectiveness of dunes ...
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(2022-02-14)This dissertation introduces a new research system, Turritopsis dohrnii (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa), that can further our understanding of tissue regeneration, cellular plasticity and aging using a genomic approach. When exposed ...
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(2020-07-03)Salt marshes provide vital ecosystem services to nearby coastal communities and have suffered accelerated rates of loss, worldwide. A number of biotic and abiotic factors contribute to the success of restoration projects, ...