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- Title
- Deep-water rhodolith distribution, productivity, and growth history at sites of formation and subsequent degradation.
- Creator
- Littler, Mark M., Littler, Diane S., Hanisak, M. Dennis
- Date Issued
- 1991
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3353866
- Subject Headings
- Red algae, Algae--Ecology, Benthos
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Bryozoan-algal associations in coastal and continental shelf waters of eastern Florida.
- Creator
- Winston, Judith E., Eiseman, N. J., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
- Date Issued
- 1980
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3183151
- Subject Headings
- Algae, Bryozoa, Algae Ecology, Bryozoa--Morphology
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- It's not easy being brownish-green.
- Creator
- Ross, Benjamin J., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
- Abstract/Description
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Sorites dominicensis is a common epiphytic foraminifera living throughout the Carribean and South Florida, and is commonly found living on turtle grass, Thalassia Testudinum. S. dominicensis plays host to algal symbionts related to those found in coral. Estimates for the numbers in these symbiotic populations are few, of limited scale, and vary widely. In this thesis we performed a large scale survey of the populations of algal symbionts living within the S. dominicensis population of Jupiter...
Show moreSorites dominicensis is a common epiphytic foraminifera living throughout the Carribean and South Florida, and is commonly found living on turtle grass, Thalassia Testudinum. S. dominicensis plays host to algal symbionts related to those found in coral. Estimates for the numbers in these symbiotic populations are few, of limited scale, and vary widely. In this thesis we performed a large scale survey of the populations of algal symbionts living within the S. dominicensis population of Jupiter Sound. We then used this data to propose a linear model for the relationship between foraminiferal size and endosymbiont population, and to suggest explanations for the variability seen in the Jupiter Sound population.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2008
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/77684
- Subject Headings
- Algae, Ecology, Endosymbiosis, Marine ecology, Molecular evolution
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The ecology of the western Atlantic athecate hydroid, Solanderia gracilis.
- Creator
- Larson, R. J., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
- Date Issued
- 1987
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3172773
- Subject Headings
- Hydroida, Polyps, Algae, Ecology, Sponges
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Epithallus sloughing: a self-cleaning mechanism for coralline algae.
- Creator
- Littler, Mark M., Littler, Diane S., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
- Date Issued
- 1999
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3166881
- Subject Headings
- Coralline algae, Corallinaceae, Delesseriaceae, Algae --Cytology, Coral reef ecology
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Unusual linear arrays of the coral reef macrophyte Halimeda incrassata in the Bahamas.
- Creator
- Littler, Mark M., Littler, Diane S., Brooks, Barrett L., Lapointe, Brian E.
- Date Issued
- 2007
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2875932
- Subject Headings
- Coral reef ecology, Algae --Congresses, Toxic algae --Congresses, Rhizoids, Halimeda
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Interactions between light and temperature on the physiological ecology of Gracilaria tikvahiae (Gigartinales: Rhodophyta) II. Nitrate uptake and levels of pigments and chemical constituents.
- Creator
- Lapointe, Brian E., Dawes, Clinton J., Tenore, K. R.
- Date Issued
- 1984
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3176749
- Subject Headings
- Rhodophyta, Gigartinales, Red algae, Physiological ecology
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- 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)
- Title
- Allelopathy at the land/sea interface: microalgae and Brazilian pepper.
- Creator
- Hargraves, Paul E.
- Date Issued
- 2008
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/1925502
- Subject Headings
- Algae --Biotechnology, Coastal ecology --Florida, Allelopathy, Plant invasions --Florida, Mangrove ecology --Florida, Algae --Growth
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The Role of Chemical Cues in Locating Pelagic Sargassum by the Associated Fish Stephanolepis hispidus.
- Creator
- Cox, Derek, Brooks, W. Randy, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Biological Sciences
- Abstract/Description
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The ecosystem created by pelagic Sargassum is important in the life histories of a number of economically and ecologically important associated organisms. Fishes play a vital role in this food web and nutrient flow within these systems, but it is unknown how they locate these floating habitats. This study examined the role of natural chemical cues from Sargassum patches and the synthetic chemical Dimethylsulfonionpropionate (DMSP) for an associated fish, the planehead filefish (Stephanolepis...
Show moreThe ecosystem created by pelagic Sargassum is important in the life histories of a number of economically and ecologically important associated organisms. Fishes play a vital role in this food web and nutrient flow within these systems, but it is unknown how they locate these floating habitats. This study examined the role of natural chemical cues from Sargassum patches and the synthetic chemical Dimethylsulfonionpropionate (DMSP) for an associated fish, the planehead filefish (Stephanolepis hispidus) and a control fish species not associated with Sargassum, the masked goby (Coryphopterus personatus). Choice trials with a Y-maze apparatus determined that S. hispidus responded significantly to chemical cues from Sargassum while C. personatus did not. DMSP cues did not result in any significant behavioral responses for either fish. Demonstrating that S. hispidus can respond to chemical cues from Sargassum helps further our understanding of this unique floating algal reef and how fishes may locate it.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2016
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004684, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004684
- Subject Headings
- Animal behavior, Habitat (Ecology), Marine algae, Marine chemical ecology, Predation (Biology), Sargassum -- Ecology
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Ecological studies of the alga Acanthophora specifera (Vahl) Børg. (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta): vegetative fragmentation.
- Creator
- Kilar, J. A., McLachlan, J., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
- Date Issued
- 1986
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3353784
- Subject Headings
- Acanthophora spicifera, Drift, Vegetative propagation, Laurencia, Algae--Ecology
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Marine algae of the Indian River species of the algal drift community collected from April 1974 to April 1975.
- Creator
- Eiseman, N. J., Benz, M. C.
- Date Issued
- 1975
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3358467
- Subject Headings
- Indian River (Fla. : Lagoon), Algal communities, Algae--Ecology, Microalgae
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Tropical crustose coralline algal community and individual growth responses to light and elevated pCO2.
- Creator
- Dutra, Elizabeth A., Koch, Marguerite, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Biological Sciences
- Abstract/Description
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Crustose coralline algae (CCA) are important reef stabilizers and their susceptibility to anthropogenic climate change and ocean acidification (OA) is of concern. Ocean acidification effects on benthic algal communities were determined by the response of CCA, fleshy macroalgae and microalgae to the interaction of pCO2 and light. I examined if elevated pCO2 and light influences CCA dominance by assessing their growth, recruitment and calcification. Elevated pCO2 under natural reef diurnal CO2...
Show moreCrustose coralline algae (CCA) are important reef stabilizers and their susceptibility to anthropogenic climate change and ocean acidification (OA) is of concern. Ocean acidification effects on benthic algal communities were determined by the response of CCA, fleshy macroalgae and microalgae to the interaction of pCO2 and light. I examined if elevated pCO2 and light influences CCA dominance by assessing their growth, recruitment and calcification. Elevated pCO2 under natural reef diurnal CO2 cycles did not significantly affect CCA percent cover, calcification rates or survival of adult CCA lobes. No significant community pCO2 effects were observed, rather light controlled dominance. The percent cover of microalgae increased in highlight, while CCA increased in the shade. My results indicate that algal response to irradiance is a more significant driver of reef benthic algal change than pCO2 levels predicted for 2100; however, this conclusion should be corroborated in longer-term and in field experiments.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2015
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004365, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004365
- Subject Headings
- Marine algae, Algal communities--Monitoring, Coral reef ecology
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Blade abandonment/proliferation: a novel mechanism for rapid epiphyte control in marine macrophytes.
- Creator
- Littler, Mark M., Littler, Diane S., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
- Date Issued
- 1999
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3172820
- Subject Headings
- Marine algae culture, Plant-water relationships, Plant ecology, Coral reef ecology, Seagrasses --Habitat
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Ecology and nutrition of invasive Caulerpa brachypus f. parvifolia blooms on coral reefs off southeast Florida, U.S.A.
- Creator
- Lapointe, Brian E., Bedford, Bradley J.
- Date Issued
- 2010-01
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/1925499
- Subject Headings
- Coral reef ecology --Florida --Florida Keys, Coral reef ecology, Coral reef biology, Algal blooms, Algae Toxicology
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Epizoic red alga allelopathic to a Caribbean coral.
- Creator
- Littler, Mark M., Littler, Diane S., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
- Date Issued
- 1997
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3318891
- Subject Headings
- Allelopathy, Red algae, Coral reef ecology --Caribbean Area, Allelochemicals, Allelopathic agents
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Simultaneous top-down and bottom-up forces control macroalgal blooms on coral reefs (Reply to the comment by Hughes et al.).
- Creator
- Lapointe, Brian E.
- Date Issued
- 1999
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3172685
- Subject Headings
- Coral reef ecology, Algal blooms, Marine algae --Effect of grazing on, Eutrophication, Herbivores
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A comparison of nutrient-limited productivity in macroalgae from a Caribbean barrier reef and from a mangrove ecosystem.
- Creator
- Lapointe, Brian E., Littler, Mark M., Littler, Diane S., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
- Date Issued
- 1987
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3353785
- Subject Headings
- Algae, Carrie Bow Cay (Belize), Mangrove ecology, Algal communities, Nutrients in ecosystems
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Atmospheric nitrogen deposition from a remote source enriches macroalgae in coral reef ecosystems near Green Turtle Cay, Abacos, Bahamas.
- Creator
- Barile, Peter J., Lapointe, Brian E.
- Date Issued
- 2005
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2827829
- Subject Headings
- Nitrogen, Atmospheric deposition, Coral reef ecology, Coral reefs and islands, Algae
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Effects of a decomposing drift algal mat on sediment pore water nutrient concentrations in a Florida seagrass bed.
- Creator
- Zimmermann, Carl F., Montgomery, John R., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
- Date Issued
- 1984
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3350848
- Subject Headings
- Seagrasses, Pore water --Florida --Indian River, Algae --Ecology, Sediment control, Ammonium, Phosphate deposits
- Format
- Document (PDF)