Current Search: Animation (x)
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Perceptions of animal minds.
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Maurer, Lauren N., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
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Previous research into people's perceptions of animals suggests that people view animals most favorably when they perceive them as being mentally like humans. This thesis examined whether animals perceived as threatening are still seen to be mentally similar to humans, but more likely to experience mental states associated with anger and aggression. Using three separate measures of people's perceptions of animals, including one designed for this study, it was found that participants did...
Show morePrevious research into people's perceptions of animals suggests that people view animals most favorably when they perceive them as being mentally like humans. This thesis examined whether animals perceived as threatening are still seen to be mentally similar to humans, but more likely to experience mental states associated with anger and aggression. Using three separate measures of people's perceptions of animals, including one designed for this study, it was found that participants did indeed view the mental lives of animals differently when those animals were perceived to be threatening. Examination of the effect of the animal chosen showed that some animals are inherently seen as more threatening and less-human like. The implications of these findings for animal conservation efforts, reduction of human-animal conflict, and anthropomorphism in the study of animal cognition were discussed.
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Date Issued
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2010
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/2978987
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Subject Headings
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Cognition in animals, Human-animal relationships, Animal behavior
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Document (PDF)
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THE ANIMATED SCREENDANCE: CINEMA, BODY, CHOREOGRAPHY, AND DISNEY’S FANTASIA.
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Elfenbein, Matthew Ari, Charbonneau, Stephen, Florida Atlantic University, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
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The animated screendance presents a meaningful experience through the medium of cinema as seen emerging from Mickey Mouse’s early cartoons, Silly Symphony’s experiments, and Fantasia (1940). The core focus of this research investigates the emotional and affective identifications of the audience engendered through the qualities of animation and the screendance. Drawing from the theories of the animated screendance, a term that shows how cinema can construct affective characters across the...
Show moreThe animated screendance presents a meaningful experience through the medium of cinema as seen emerging from Mickey Mouse’s early cartoons, Silly Symphony’s experiments, and Fantasia (1940). The core focus of this research investigates the emotional and affective identifications of the audience engendered through the qualities of animation and the screendance. Drawing from the theories of the animated screendance, a term that shows how cinema can construct affective characters across the artistry of their inherent dance, I argue that these films elicit new understandings of the choreographed body. This is derived through the lens of artistic cartoon animation along with the emotional experience of the spectator by examining the critical body, dance, and film practices that form these bonds. Taking a qualitative approach by analyzing the many films in question through robust textual analysis while including theory on mythological narrative and physiognomy brings us to associate the elements of the body and screendance that influence culture and society. The reason for this approach leads us to recognize the importance of the animated dancing body as an imaginative form that can be controlled and manipulated by the pre-conceived ideas of the animators and human labor dictating these images. The screendance also provides additional layers of signification by including the construction of narrative and psychology through the processes of cinematography and editing, which is further placed onto these characters to increase their believability and emotional connection. All the bodies in question have similar elements that refer back to the human referent and focus on the choreographies that create meaning for these beings. The findings indicate that audiences are emotionally connected to the animated dancing characters on the screen through the importance placed on the representation of human form and cinematic structure to create memories and magic.
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Date Issued
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2023
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014305
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Animation (Cinematography), Choreography, Animated films, Screendance
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Document (PDF)
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Transparent animals.
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Johnsen, Sonke, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
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Date Issued
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2000
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007156
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Transparency, Transparent, Marine animals
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Heading in the right direction: the behavior and brain mechanisms of directional navigation.
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Williams, Sidney Beth., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
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The mechanisms that rodents employ to navigate through their environment have been greatly studied. Cognitive mapping theory suggests that animals use distal cues in the environment to navigate to a goal location (place navigation). However, others have found that animals navigate in a particular direction to find a goal (directional navigation). The rodent brain contains head direction cells (HD cells) that discharge according to the head direction of the animal. Navigation by heading...
Show moreThe mechanisms that rodents employ to navigate through their environment have been greatly studied. Cognitive mapping theory suggests that animals use distal cues in the environment to navigate to a goal location (place navigation). However, others have found that animals navigate in a particular direction to find a goal (directional navigation). The rodent brain contains head direction cells (HD cells) that discharge according to the head direction of the animal. Navigation by heading direction is disrupted by lesions of the anterodorsal thalamic nuclei (ADN), many of which are HD cells. Aim 1 tested whether male C57BL/6J mice exhibit direction or place navigation in the Morris water maze. Aim 2 tested the effects of temporary inactivation of the ADN on directional navigation. Together, these data indicate that C57BL/6J mice also exhibit preference for directional navigation and suggest that the ADN may be crucial for this form of spatial navigation.
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Date Issued
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2009
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/186774
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Subject Headings
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Mice as laboratory animals, Animal navigation, Spatial behavior in animals, Cognition in animals
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Document (PDF)
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Personality Traits in Atlantic Spotted Dolphins (Stenella Frontalis): Syndromes and Predictors of Neophilia.
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Skrzypczak, Nathan, Herzing, Denise L., Detwiler, Kate M., Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Biological Sciences
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Personality is defined as inter-individual variation of behavioral traits while maintaining intra-individual stability. The focus of this study was to observe distinct personality trait categories, establish baseline personality trait phenotypes for the juvenile population, and compare the personality phenotypes between different categories, such as sex or generation. Three personality traits were studied—sociability, curiousity, and boldness—based on the percentage of time individuals spent...
Show morePersonality is defined as inter-individual variation of behavioral traits while maintaining intra-individual stability. The focus of this study was to observe distinct personality trait categories, establish baseline personality trait phenotypes for the juvenile population, and compare the personality phenotypes between different categories, such as sex or generation. Three personality traits were studied—sociability, curiousity, and boldness—based on the percentage of time individuals spent with conspecifics, human researchers, and their mothers, respectively. The surveyed individuals significantly varied positively and negatively from the means of each trait, and no significant difference for any trait was found between males and females, or across time periods. A moderately strong correlation was discovered between two personality traits, boldness and curiousity, suggesting a personality syndrome. The second primary goal was to use the aforementioned baseline to determine if personality traits can be used to predict neophilic behavior specific to human-dolphin communication research. Six of the study subjects were more prone than their peers to engage with the two-way work, and these individuals were more bold—spent less time with their mothers—than the other subjects. This suggests that boldness has some predictive capabilities towards this type of neophilia.
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Date Issued
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2016
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004680, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004680
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Animal behavior, Animal societies, Atlantic spotted dolphin -- Behavior -- Research, Cognition in animals, Social behavior in animals
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Document (PDF)
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The Functional Morphology of Shark Control Surfaces: A Comparative Analysis.
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Hoffmann, Sarah Louise, Porter, Marianne E., Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Biological Sciences
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Sharks are an objectively diverse group of animals; ranging in maximum size from 2,000cm (whale shark) to 17cm (dwarf lantern shark); occupying habitats that are periodically terrestrial (epaulette shark) to the deepest parts of the ocean (frilled shark); relying on a diversity of diets from plankton to marine mammals; with vast amounts of morphology diversity such as the laterally expanded heads of hammerhead species, the elongate caudal fins of thresher species, and the tooth embedded...
Show moreSharks are an objectively diverse group of animals; ranging in maximum size from 2,000cm (whale shark) to 17cm (dwarf lantern shark); occupying habitats that are periodically terrestrial (epaulette shark) to the deepest parts of the ocean (frilled shark); relying on a diversity of diets from plankton to marine mammals; with vast amounts of morphology diversity such as the laterally expanded heads of hammerhead species, the elongate caudal fins of thresher species, and the tooth embedded rostrum of saw shark species representing some of the anatomical extremes. Yet despite these obvious differences in morphology, physiology, and ecology, the challenges associated with studying hard to access, large bodied, pelagic animals have limited our comparative understanding of form and function as it relates to swimming within this group. The majority of shark swimming studies examine species that succeed in captivity, which are usually benthic associated sharks that spend time resting on the substrate. These studies have also been limited by the use of flumes, in which the unidirectional flow and small working area precludes the analysis of larger animals, volitional swimming, and maneuvering. The few existing volitional kinematics studies on sharks quantify two-dimensional kinematics which are unable to capture movements not observable in the plane of reference. With this study, we quantified the volitional swimming kinematics of sharks in relation to morphological, physiological, and ecological variation among species. We developed a technique to analyze three-dimensional (3D) kinematics in a semi-natural, large volume environment, which, to our knowledge, provides the first3D analysis of volitional maneuvering in sharks. We demonstrated that Pacific spiny dogfish and bonnethead sharks rotate the pectoral fins substantially during yaw (horizontal) maneuvering and is correlated with turning performance. We proposed that ecomorphological differences correlate with the varied maneuvering strategies we observed between the two species. We also found that there is some mechanical constraint on shark pectoral fin shape that is explained by phylogenetic relationships but describe a continuum of morphological variables within that range. We propose standardized terminology and methodology for the future assessment of shark pectoral fin morphology and function. As with previous studies, the ease of access to species was a challenge in this study and future studies should continue to assess the functional ecomorphology of shark pectoral fins among species.
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Date Issued
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2019
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013217
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Subject Headings
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Sharks, Morphology (Animals), Kinematics
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Document (PDF)
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MEIOFAUNA OF THE BEACH-TO-REEF ZONE ON THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST.
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WILLIAMS, MICHAEL LINDSAY, Florida Atlantic University
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The composition, abundance, and horizontal and vertical distribution of meiofauna in adjacent carbonate and non-carbonate habitats on the Southeast Florida coast were studied in summer (July, 1974) and winter (February, 1975). At the non-carbonate transect, density ranged from 3.1 to 77.3 x 10^4 /m^2, and at the carbonate transect from 3.4 to 102.0 x 10^4 /m^2 On both transects, densities were higher in summer and lower in winter; seasonal changes was attributed to both temperature and...
Show moreThe composition, abundance, and horizontal and vertical distribution of meiofauna in adjacent carbonate and non-carbonate habitats on the Southeast Florida coast were studied in summer (July, 1974) and winter (February, 1975). At the non-carbonate transect, density ranged from 3.1 to 77.3 x 10^4 /m^2, and at the carbonate transect from 3.4 to 102.0 x 10^4 /m^2 On both transects, densities were higher in summer and lower in winter; seasonal changes was attributed to both temperature and sediment changes. Over 50% of the meiofauna were found in the top 2 cm and over 90% in the top 7 cm of substrate. Penetration was deeper in the non-carbonate sediments than in the carbonate sediments. Nematodes and harpacticoid copepods dominated most stations year-round. Subtidal stations on the carbonate substrate displayed greater meiofaunal diversity than did those in the non-carbonate substrate. The subtidal carbonate habitats have greater densities than most previously studied non-carhonate habitats. The correlation of meiofaunal density with five sediment parameters is discussed.
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Date Issued
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1975
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13765
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Subject Headings
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Interstitial animals--Florida
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Document (PDF)
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VARIABLES IN THE ONTOGENY OF PREDATORY ATTACK IN THE CAT.
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SLYKER, JONATHAN PAUL., Florida Atlantic University
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An analysis of the variables influencing the ontogeny of predatory attack in the cat was undertaken. Three stages of development were delineated. In Stage I, no interest was shown in the mouse. In Stage II, pursuit, swiping, and bite attempts occured sporadically, but an integrated pattern of attack was not observed. In Stage III, attack was more persistent but remained inefficient, and included both components of approach (visual tracking, approach of the whole body, seizing with the forepaw...
Show moreAn analysis of the variables influencing the ontogeny of predatory attack in the cat was undertaken. Three stages of development were delineated. In Stage I, no interest was shown in the mouse. In Stage II, pursuit, swiping, and bite attempts occured sporadically, but an integrated pattern of attack was not observed. In Stage III, attack was more persistent but remained inefficient, and included both components of approach (visual tracking, approach of the whole body, seizing with the forepaw, and biting) and withdrawal (retraction of head and upper torso, swiping). The latter appeared to produce a "playful" style of attack and to inhibit killing. The role of hunger and movement of the mouse were also evaluated. Latencies to bite were faster when the kitten was food deprived or when given a dead mouse. The latter finding suggests that inefficient "playful" attack is elicited by specific stimulus properties of the prey, rather than being a reflection of a playful "mood."
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Date Issued
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1980
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13999
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Subject Headings
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Cats, Animal behavior
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Document (PDF)
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Color variation and associated behavior in the epinepheline groupers, Mycteroperca microlepis (Goode and Bean) and M. phenax Jordan and Swain.
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Gilmore, R. G., Jones, Robert S., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
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Date Issued
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1992
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3171645
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Groupers, Epinephelus, Marine animals, Animal behavior, Oceanographic submersibles
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Document (PDF)
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Life on a hot, dry beach: behavioural, physiological and ultrastructural adaptations of the littorinid gastropod Cenchritis (Tectarius) muricatus.
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Emson, Roland H., Morritt, D., Andrews, E. B., Young, Craig M., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
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Date Issued
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2002
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2783232
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Gastropoda --Ecology, Marine animals --Bahamas, Marine animals --Physiology
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Document (PDF)
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Behavioral Enrichment of Captive Black Bears (Ursus americanus).
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Gonzalez, Jasmine, Allard, Stephanie, Earles, Julie, Wetterer, James K.
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Date Issued
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2012-04-06
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3348822
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Subject Headings
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Bears, Captive wild animals, Animal welfare, Environmental enrichment, Ursus americanus
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Document (PDF)
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Three new species of prayine siphonophore (Calycophorae, Prayidae) collected by a submersible, with notes on related species.
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Pugh, P. R., Harbison, G. R., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
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Date Issued
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1987
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3172777
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Siphonophora, Marine animals, Animals --Classification, Hydrozoa, Oceanographic submersibles
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Document (PDF)
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Creating conservation: the role of zoos in the future of biodiversity conservation.
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Selby, Megan, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Once seen as entertainment organizations, many American zoos now strongly promote themselves as agencies of biodiversity conservation, a reorientation prompted in part by growing public concern about endangered species. Funding, research, conservation efforts, and captive breeding programs are the concrete tools that allow zoos to lay claim to their contributions, but it is their more subtle cues that leave a lasting impression with zoo visitors. The exhibits, layout, signage, and...
Show moreOnce seen as entertainment organizations, many American zoos now strongly promote themselves as agencies of biodiversity conservation, a reorientation prompted in part by growing public concern about endangered species. Funding, research, conservation efforts, and captive breeding programs are the concrete tools that allow zoos to lay claim to their contributions, but it is their more subtle cues that leave a lasting impression with zoo visitors. The exhibits, layout, signage, and presentations reflect prevailing attitudes about nature, wildlife, exotic species, and shape ideas about how animals live their lives and what they are like in the wild. This project examines tensions between the public presentation of conservation goals and concrete contributions to conservation. Zoos are one of the few places where the public can see firsthand many animals in an up-close environment and the impact of zoos on the future of conservation may be dependent upon resolving such tensions.
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Date Issued
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2006
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/11579
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Subject Headings
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Wildlife conservation, Zoos, Philosophy, Animal welfare, Human-animal relationships
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Document (PDF)
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Sun compass orientation in juvenile green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas).
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Mott, Cody Robert., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Biological Sciences
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Recent studies show that sea turtles use both magnetic and visual cues to successfully orient. Juvenile green sea turtles from the near shore reefs of Palm Beach County, Florida were brought to the lab to determine whether the sun could serve as a visual orientation cue. When tethered during the day in a large outdoor tank west of the ocean, the turtles oriented east to northeast. To determine whether the sun's position was used to maintain their heading, I altered the turtles' perception of...
Show moreRecent studies show that sea turtles use both magnetic and visual cues to successfully orient. Juvenile green sea turtles from the near shore reefs of Palm Beach County, Florida were brought to the lab to determine whether the sun could serve as a visual orientation cue. When tethered during the day in a large outdoor tank west of the ocean, the turtles oriented east to northeast. To determine whether the sun's position was used to maintain their heading, I altered the turtles' perception of time by entraining them to a light cycle advanced by 7 h relative to the natural cycle. When tested afterward in the same outdoor tank the turtles oriented northwest, the predicted direction after compensating for the sun's movement over 7 h across the sky. Orientation was unchanged when the turtles bore magnets that negated the use of magnetic cues. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that the turtles used the sun for orientation.
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Date Issued
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2010
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/2705073
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Animal orientation, Adaptation (Biology), Animal navigation, Sea turtles, Migration
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Document (PDF)
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Endogenous programs and the development of sea-finding orientation of loggerhead hatchlings (Caretta caretta).
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Barrett, Christie A., Florida Atlantic University, Salmon, Michael
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This study's objective was to determine if the transfer of a crawling direction to a magnetic compass in loggerhead hatchling sea turtles ( Caretta caretta L.) was facilitated by how long the turtle crawled (an "endogenous timing" component). I first determined how long it took hatchlings to crawl from their nest to the ocean. Two types of experiments were then carried out. In the first, crawling time varied. In the second, both crawling time and direction varied. I found that at most beaches...
Show moreThis study's objective was to determine if the transfer of a crawling direction to a magnetic compass in loggerhead hatchling sea turtles ( Caretta caretta L.) was facilitated by how long the turtle crawled (an "endogenous timing" component). I first determined how long it took hatchlings to crawl from their nest to the ocean. Two types of experiments were then carried out. In the first, crawling time varied. In the second, both crawling time and direction varied. I found that at most beaches hatchlings crawled to the ocean in less than 5 min. My experiments showed that if crawls are too short (1 min), or too long (5 min), vector transfer is weakened compared to a 2 min crawl. I also found that a period of non-directional crawling interfered with the ability of a 2 min crawl to promote calibration. These results confirm that efficient transfer of a crawling vector, maintained by visual compass, to a swimming vector, maintained by a magnetic compass, depends upon an endogenous timing program in hatchlings. The temporal properties of that program are, in turn, apparently shaped by where their mothers place nests on the beach.
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Date Issued
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2004
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13175
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Subject Headings
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Animal orientation, Animal navigation, Sea turtles--Orientation, Loggerhead turtle
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Document (PDF)
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Perception and selection of macrophyte detrital falls by the bathyal echinoid Stylocidaris lineata.
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Young, Craig M., Tyler, Paul A., Emson, Roland H., Gage, John D., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
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Date Issued
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1993
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http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3353882
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Deep-sea animals, Echinoida
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Document (PDF)
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A walk on the deepside: animals in the deep sea.
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Tyler, Paul A., Rice, A. L., Young, Craig M., Gebruk, A., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
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Date Issued
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1996
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007264
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Subject Headings
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Deep-sea animals, Oceanography
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Document (PDF)
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Costs of transport for thescyphomedusa Stomolophus meleagris L. Agassiz.
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Larson, R. J., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
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Date Issued
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1987
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007183
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Scyphomedusae, Scyphozoa, Rhizostomeae, Animal locomotion
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Document (PDF)
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Assessment of Sexual Dimorphism on the First and Second Ribs: Exploring Geometric Morphometrics.
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Bhramdat, Henna D., Brown, Clifford T., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
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Estimating the sex of unknown human skeletal remains is important to the fields of forensic anthropology, bioarchaeology, and other specialties. I studied sexual dimorphism on the first and second ribs to estimate sex from skeletal remains. I employed two approaches. I used geometric morphometrics to analyze landmark and semilandmark coordinate points to examine the overall shape of the ribs. I also examined the sternal end of the ribs for size using the superior-inferior height (SIH) and...
Show moreEstimating the sex of unknown human skeletal remains is important to the fields of forensic anthropology, bioarchaeology, and other specialties. I studied sexual dimorphism on the first and second ribs to estimate sex from skeletal remains. I employed two approaches. I used geometric morphometrics to analyze landmark and semilandmark coordinate points to examine the overall shape of the ribs. I also examined the sternal end of the ribs for size using the superior-inferior height (SIH) and anteriorposterior breadth (APB) in a binary logistic regression (BLR) model. Differences in male and female first and second ribs are undetectable when landmark coordinate points are used to capture shape variability, but significant differences in the shape of the ribs, however, are detected through the use of semilandmark coordinate points. Using semilandmark points to estimate sex presented an accuracy rate of 80.7% from the first rib, and 72.9% from the second rib. The use of the sternal end presents consistent results in its ability to estimate sex with an accuracy rate of 84.2%. The BLR model reveals significant differences between males and females than the geometric morphometric approach; it is more applicable for discerning sexual dimorphism of unknown individuals. This study reveals that while geometric morphometrics provides a powerful approach to assessing morphological differences, it is not always better than simpler methods, in this case, simple measurements analyzed through BLR.
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Date Issued
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2018
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005976
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Subject Headings
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Sexual dimorphism (Animals), Ribs, Morphology
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