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Carbonate sediment production by the rock-boring urchin Echinometra lucunter and associated endolithic infauna at Black Rock, Little Bahama Bank
Title
Carbonate sediment production by the rock-boring urchin Echinometra lucunter and associated endolithic infauna at Black Rock, Little Bahama Bank.
Creator
Hoskin, Charles M., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued
1985
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3177146
Subject Headings
Coral reef ecology, Echinometra lucunter, Erosion
Format
Document (PDF)
The trophic ecology of caridean shrimps in an eelgrass community
Title
The trophic ecology of caridean shrimps in an eelgrass community.
Creator
Howard, Robert K., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued
1984
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3331854
Subject Headings
Shrimps, Food chains (Ecology), Decapoda (Crustacea), Eelgrass
Format
Document (PDF)
Community composition, stability, and trophic partitioning in decapod crustaceans inhabiting some subtropical sabellariid worm reefs: Studies on decapod crustacea from the Indian River region of Florida, IV
Title
Community composition, stability, and trophic partitioning in decapod crustaceans inhabiting some subtropical sabellariid worm reefs: Studies on decapod crustacea from the Indian River region of Florida, IV.
Creator
Gore, R. H., Scotto, L. E., Becker, Linda J., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued
1978
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3174437
Subject Headings
Decapoda (Crustacea), Stomatopoda, Sabellariidae, Crabs, Reef ecology
Format
Document (PDF)
Habitat and fish populations in the deep-sea Oculina coral ecosystem of the Western Atlantic
Title
Habitat and fish populations in the deep-sea Oculina coral ecosystem of the Western Atlantic.
Creator
Koenig, Christopher C., Shepard, Andrew N., Reed, John K., Coleman, F. C., Brooke, S. D., Brusher, J., Scanlon, Kathryn M.
Date Issued
2005
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3343840
Subject Headings
Corals--Atlantic Ocean, Corals Ecology, Oculinidae
Format
Document (PDF)
Comparative physiological ecology of centrarchids in hyposaline environments
Title
Comparative physiological ecology of centrarchids in hyposaline environments.
Creator
Peterson, Mark S., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued
1988
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3342225
Subject Headings
Centrarchidae, Physiological ecology, Ecophysiology, Salinity, Physiology, Comparative
Format
Document (PDF)
Scyphomedusae and cubomedusae from the eastern Pacific
Title
Scyphomedusae and cubomedusae from the eastern Pacific.
Creator
Larson, R. J., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued
1990
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3172786
Subject Headings
Scyphozoa, Cubomedusae, Sea wasps, Biomass, Ecology
Format
Document (PDF)
13C/12C ratios and the trophic importance of algae in Florida Syringodium filiforme seagrass meadows
Title
13C/12C ratios and the trophic importance of algae in Florida Syringodium filiforme seagrass meadows.
Creator
Fry, B., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued
1984
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3176733
Subject Headings
Algae, Carbon--Isotopes, Food chains (Ecology)
Format
Document (PDF)
Larval development and population aspects of the reef-building polychaete Phragmatopoma lapidosa from the east coast of Florida
Title
Larval development and population aspects of the reef-building polychaete Phragmatopoma lapidosa from the east coast of Florida.
Creator
Eckelbarger, Kevin J., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued
1976
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3174429
Subject Headings
Plankton, Larvae, Population, Polychaeta, Reef ecology
Format
Document (PDF)
A tidal inundation model of shallow-water availability (TiMSA)
Title
A tidal inundation model of shallow-water availability (TiMSA).
Creator
Calle, Leonardo, Gawlik, Dale E., Xie, Zhixiao, Johnson, Brian, Graduate College
Date Issued
2013-04-12
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361914
Subject Headings
Ecology, Wading birds, Florida Keys (Fla.)
Format
Document (PDF)
Variations of soil physical properties across different habitats using GPR
Title
Variations of soil physical properties across different habitats using GPR.
Creator
Leung, Tania, Graduate College
Date Issued
2013-04-12
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361323
Subject Headings
Soil physics, Ground penetrating radar, Habitat (Ecology)
Format
Document (PDF)
Nutrient inputs from the watershed and coastal eutrophication in the Florida Keys
Title
Nutrient inputs from the watershed and coastal eutrophication in the Florida Keys.
Creator
Laponte, Brian E., Clark, Mark W., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued
1992
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3174035
Subject Headings
Watershed ecology, Eutrophication, Coasts, Nutrient cycles, Pollution
Format
Document (PDF)
Inter-annual variability in net outflow from Indian River Lagoon
Title
Inter-annual variability in net outflow from Indian River Lagoon.
Creator
Smith, Ned P.
Date Issued
2007
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3340519
Subject Headings
Indian River (Fla. : Lagoon), Runoff, Estuarine ecology
Format
Document (PDF)
Seasonal-scale transport patterns in a multi-inlet coastal lagoon
Title
Seasonal-scale transport patterns in a multi-inlet coastal lagoon.
Creator
Smith, Ned P.
Date Issued
2001
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3174500
Subject Headings
Indian River (Fla. : Lagoon), Inlets, Lagoon ecology
Format
Document (PDF)
A preliminary biological study of the link port canal
Title
A preliminary biological study of the link port canal.
Creator
Mook, David H.
Date Issued
1974
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3358469
Subject Headings
Canals, Canals Florida, Eutrophication, Canal ecology
Format
Document (PDF)
Metamorphic response of queen conch (Strombus gigas) larvae exposed to sediment and water from nearshore and offshore sites in the Florida Keys
Title
Metamorphic response of queen conch (Strombus gigas) larvae exposed to sediment and water from nearshore and offshore sites in the Florida Keys.
Creator
Kowalik, Gretchen A., Davis, Megan, Shawl, Amber L., Glazer, Robert A., Delgado, Gabriel A., Evans, Chris
Date Issued
2006
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2147048
Subject Headings
Queen conch, Aquaculture, Marine ecology --Florida
Format
Document (PDF)
Adapting the pin-intercept method to estimate emergent biomass in sawgrass-dominated communities of the Florida Everglades
Title
Adapting the pin-intercept method to estimate emergent biomass in sawgrass-dominated communities of the Florida Everglades.
Creator
Lauck, Marina, Benscoter, Brian
Date Issued
2013-04-05
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361111
Subject Headings
Biomass, Everglades (Fla.), Ecology--Research
Format
Document (PDF)
Turning green anarchism red: violence, communism and the Homeland Security Advisory System
Title
Turning green anarchism red: violence, communism and the Homeland Security Advisory System.
Creator
Sheen, Ariel
Date Issued
2008-10-24
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT165271p
Subject Headings
Environmental policy, Green movement, Political ecology
Format
Set of related objects
BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY OF THE BACHMAN’S SPARROW (PEUCAEA AESTIVALIS)
Title
BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY OF THE BACHMAN’S SPARROW (PEUCAEA AESTIVALIS).
Creator
Niederhauser, Joseph M., Anderson, Rindy, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Biological Sciences, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Abstract/Description
Behavioral ecology is an integrative field that span many different topics from genes and physiology to ecology and evolutionary biology. In this dissertation, I studied territoriality, behavioral plasticity and syndromes, song learning, and natal dispersal in the Bachman’s sparrow (Peucaea aestivalis), an imperiled songbird that is understudied in many aspects of its behavior. In chapter one, I provide a background of behavioral ecology, the topics covered in this dissertation, and the...
Show moreBehavioral ecology is an integrative field that span many different topics from genes and physiology to ecology and evolutionary biology. In this dissertation, I studied territoriality, behavioral plasticity and syndromes, song learning, and natal dispersal in the Bachman’s sparrow (Peucaea aestivalis), an imperiled songbird that is understudied in many aspects of its behavior. In chapter one, I provide a background of behavioral ecology, the topics covered in this dissertation, and the Bachman’s sparrow. In chapter two, I determine if the ideal despotic distribution applies to Bachman’s sparrows. In chapter three, I examine whether two common personality traits, aggressiveness and boldness, are consistent over time and form a behavioral syndrome, or if they change in relation to environmental variables. My last chapter infers song learning and natal dispersal strategies in Bachman’s sparrows from examining patterns song-type sharing over geographic distance.
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Date Issued
2020
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013528
Subject Headings
Bachman's sparrow, Peucaea aestivalis, Behavioral ecology
Format
Document (PDF)
A biological mechanism for enhanced wading bird foraging patches in seasonally-pulsed wetlands
Title
A biological mechanism for enhanced wading bird foraging patches in seasonally-pulsed wetlands.
Creator
Faughnan, Thomas J., Gawlik, Dale E., Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Center for Environmental Studies
Abstract/Description
In tropical wetlands, breeding wading birds rely on concentrations of aquatic fauna during the dry season to meet increased energetic demands. Wetland microtopography increases aquatic fauna concentration levels. Crocodilians modify the landscape creating deep-water refugia but their role as a mechanism for aquatic fauna concentration is unknown. I sampled alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) abundance and slough microtopography to examine correlation between the two measures. Despite...
Show moreIn tropical wetlands, breeding wading birds rely on concentrations of aquatic fauna during the dry season to meet increased energetic demands. Wetland microtopography increases aquatic fauna concentration levels. Crocodilians modify the landscape creating deep-water refugia but their role as a mechanism for aquatic fauna concentration is unknown. I sampled alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) abundance and slough microtopography to examine correlation between the two measures. Despite increased microtopography in high alligator use sloughs, the differences were not significant. Using an in situ experimental approach, I quantified the magnitude, timing, and spatial extent of aquatic fauna concentrations within simulated alligator depressions and the surrounding marsh. Aquatic fauna density and biomass were greater within simulated depressions, thus enhancing wading bird foraging habitat. Further understanding the mechanisms creating microtopography, thus enhancing wading bird habitat, is critical to facilitate restoration and prevent declines of wading bird populations in seasonally pulsed wetlands worldwide.
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Date Issued
2018
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013060
Subject Headings
Wading birds., Wetland ecology., American alligator.
Format
Document (PDF)
FOOD WEB MODELING TO ASSESS INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ARTIFICIAL REEFS AND NATURAL REEFS
Title
FOOD WEB MODELING TO ASSESS INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ARTIFICIAL REEFS AND NATURAL REEFS.
Creator
McNamee, Elizabeth A., Hughes, Colin, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Environmental Sciences, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Abstract/Description
The effect of artificial reefs on natural reefs is poorly understood. This study focused on Aquarius Reef Base (ARB), an underwater habitat offshore of Key Largo, Florida, and 14 natural reef sites spanning 4 habitats, on the surrounding Conch Reef. Food web models were created for ARB and natural reef habitats. Biomass at each habitat was quantified by fish surveys. Using Ecopath, species were organized into functional groups with supporting data from previous research for other inputs. ARB...
Show moreThe effect of artificial reefs on natural reefs is poorly understood. This study focused on Aquarius Reef Base (ARB), an underwater habitat offshore of Key Largo, Florida, and 14 natural reef sites spanning 4 habitats, on the surrounding Conch Reef. Food web models were created for ARB and natural reef habitats. Biomass at each habitat was quantified by fish surveys. Using Ecopath, species were organized into functional groups with supporting data from previous research for other inputs. ARB’s food web was found to have a large predator biomass with insufficient prey biomass to sustain the population, suggesting that these predators must forage on nearby natural reefs where the predator/prey ratio is smaller. Between 0.57km2 and 1.79km2 of natural reef is estimated to be a sufficient spatial subsidy for the large predatory biomass at ARB when the biomass is added as determined by the seascape around the artificial reef.
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Date Issued
2021
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013798
Subject Headings
Artificial reefs, Coral reefs, Food chains (Ecology)
Format
Document (PDF)

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