Browsing Undergraduate Research Scholars Capstone (2006–present) by Department "Marine Biology"
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(2017-04-27)Jellyfish of the class Hydrozoa (phylum Cnidaria) in the Gulf of Mexico are greatly understudied despite the fact that they are top predator and may have a significant ecological impact on fisheries and marine plankton in ...
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(2011-05-04)One widely accepted approach to mitigate the loss of natural marsh habitat is to restore marshes in areas that were previously open water. To better understand the infaunal community within restored marshes, infauna were ...
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(2012-05-04)To date, over 50% of historical tidal marsh habitat in the U.S. has been lost. A widely accepted approach to mitigate the loss of valuable ecological services is marsh restoration, which includes using excavated soil or ...
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(2012-05-04)To date, over 50% of historical tidal marsh habitat in the U.S. has been lost. A widely accepted approach to mitigate the loss of valuable ecological services is marsh restoration, which includes using excavated soil or ...
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(2013-02-04)The Gulf of Mexico (GOM) is home to five of seven extant species of sea turtles: Lepidochelys kempii (Kemp’s ridley), Chelonia mydas (green turtle), Caretta caretta (loggerhead), Eretmochelys imbricata (hawksbill), and ...
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(2014-09-22)Thick sediments have accumulated in many inland phreatic caves in the Floridian Ocala limestone (USA), but the paleoenvironmental value of these sediments remains unknown. Phreatic cave sediments could provide proxy-based ...
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(2021-04-27)Sphaeroma quadridentatum (Say 1818) is a coastal species of marine isopod common in the US East and Gulf coasts that can be found in the TAMUG Small Boat Basin. S. quadridentatum has been shown to employ a melanophore ...
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(2019-04-22)On August 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey made landfall off the coast of Texas then stalled over the Houston area for five days, setting the record for the highest rainfall in the United States. The waters drained through Houston ...
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Filter feeders in marine ecosystems are vulnerable to pollutants on a microscopic level which has presented a growing concern for the unknown health risks, as species exposed to ubiquitous plastic particulate are commonly ...
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(2018-04-26)Stygobitic species such as the anchialine cave shrimp Typhlatya have adapted to life in freshwater and marine cave systems around the world. Limited research has been conducted on the ecological, morphological and genetic ...
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(2014-02-20)Harmful algal blooms (HAB) are increasing in frequency and diversity in the Gulf of Mexico and along the Texas coast. In 2016, the U.S. EPA and U.S. Coast Guard will require monitoring of ballast water discharged from all ...
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(2013-02-04)Once the most productive and economically important estuary in the US, Chesapeake Bay remains in poor condition after years of over-harvesting and pollutant run-off. The objective of this study was to quantify the demand ...
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(2019-05-03)In this study, we assessed the bioaccumulation of oil-derived and man-made pollutants in deep-sea epibenthic megafauna from the northern Gulf of Mexico. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (or PAHs) were measured as representatives ...
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Short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis), which were previously considered Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List, are now considered Least Concern even though their population trends remain unknown. After the recent ...
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(2018-05-02)Hemigrapsus sanguineus, also known as the Asian shore crab, began to invade the Northwestern Atlantic in the 1980’s and interferes with the existing food web of the rocky intertidal zone. The crabs prey upon primary consumers ...
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(2017-04-24)Mangroves are salt-tolerant trees that coexist with marsh grasses and forbs at subtropical latitudes. Occasional freeze events keep mangroves from completely overgrowing marsh plants. There have not been severe freeze ...
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(2013-02-04)Galveston Bay is an inlet from the Gulf of Mexico that connects to the Galveston Ship Channel where common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) are regularly observed. These dolphins live in fission-fusion societies ...
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(2017-04-24)JAK3 is a receptor-associated tyrosine kinase that functions as a key signal transducer within the JAK-STAT cellular signaling pathway to facilitate the production, proliferation, and differentiation of various cell types. ...
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(2018-04-30)This experiment was designed to determine the effects that crude oil and dispersants have on a marine diatom, Phaeodactylum tricornutum. This species was chosen as it has a siliceous frustule, which may increase its ...
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The Effects of Hurricane Harvey on the Biodiversity and Abundance of Hydromedusae in Galveston Bay (2018-04-30)Literature Review: Jellyfish of the Class Hydrozoa (hydromedusae), phylum Cnidaria are vastly understudied due to their size and simple morphology, even though they have a significant impact on the environment and fisheries ...