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Stories Behind Cancer Cell Lines. American Chemical Society-South Florida Section. Nova Southeastern University, Emily Schmitt Lavin Feb 2016

Stories Behind Cancer Cell Lines. American Chemical Society-South Florida Section. Nova Southeastern University, Emily Schmitt Lavin

Emily F Schmitt Lavin

No abstract provided.


Herbivorous Fishes In The Florida Keys: A Study Among Reef Community Types And Seasons, Emily Schmitt Lavin Feb 2016

Herbivorous Fishes In The Florida Keys: A Study Among Reef Community Types And Seasons, Emily Schmitt Lavin

Emily F Schmitt Lavin

No abstract provided.


Using Genetics And Genealogy Tools To Create Your Own Family History Project, Emily Schmitt Lavin, James Doan Feb 2016

Using Genetics And Genealogy Tools To Create Your Own Family History Project, Emily Schmitt Lavin, James Doan

Emily F Schmitt Lavin

No abstract provided.


Personal Genomics: Good, Evil, Or Both?, Emily Schmitt Lavin Feb 2016

Personal Genomics: Good, Evil, Or Both?, Emily Schmitt Lavin

Emily F Schmitt Lavin

No abstract provided.


Reef Fish Assemblages And Fisheries In Parque Nacional Del Este, Dominican Republic, G. Bustamante, M. Chiappone, F. Geraldes, E. Pugibet, Emily Schmitt Lavin, R. Sluka, K. Sullivan, R. Torres, M. Vega, Y. Rodriguez, J. Alarcon, Y. Lichtensztajn Feb 2016

Reef Fish Assemblages And Fisheries In Parque Nacional Del Este, Dominican Republic, G. Bustamante, M. Chiappone, F. Geraldes, E. Pugibet, Emily Schmitt Lavin, R. Sluka, K. Sullivan, R. Torres, M. Vega, Y. Rodriguez, J. Alarcon, Y. Lichtensztajn

Emily F Schmitt Lavin

No abstract provided.


Earth Secrets Lecture: Part 1: Earth’S Microbes: Big Impact On A Small Scale, Aarti Raja, Emily Schmitt Lavin, J. Loomis Feb 2016

Earth Secrets Lecture: Part 1: Earth’S Microbes: Big Impact On A Small Scale, Aarti Raja, Emily Schmitt Lavin, J. Loomis

Emily F Schmitt Lavin

No abstract provided.


Bioinformatics Course Development: Dna Microarrays In Undergraduate Research Programs, Emily Schmitt Lavin Feb 2016

Bioinformatics Course Development: Dna Microarrays In Undergraduate Research Programs, Emily Schmitt Lavin

Emily F Schmitt Lavin

No abstract provided.


Cellular Life Beyond An Individual’S Death, Emily Schmitt Lavin Feb 2016

Cellular Life Beyond An Individual’S Death, Emily Schmitt Lavin

Emily F Schmitt Lavin

No abstract provided.


Academic Instruction For Students With Asd: Teaching And Adapting Core Academic Content In Science And Math, Emily Schmitt Lavin Feb 2016

Academic Instruction For Students With Asd: Teaching And Adapting Core Academic Content In Science And Math, Emily Schmitt Lavin

Emily F Schmitt Lavin

No abstract provided.


Reef Fish Assemblages And Fisheries In Parque Nacional Del Este, Dominican Republic, Emily Schmitt Lavin, Mark Chiappone, Kathleen Sullivan-Sealey, F. Geraldes, E. Pugibet, Robert Sluka, R. Torres, M. Vega, Y. Rodriguez, J. Alarcon, Y. Lictensztain, G. Bustamante Nov 2015

Reef Fish Assemblages And Fisheries In Parque Nacional Del Este, Dominican Republic, Emily Schmitt Lavin, Mark Chiappone, Kathleen Sullivan-Sealey, F. Geraldes, E. Pugibet, Robert Sluka, R. Torres, M. Vega, Y. Rodriguez, J. Alarcon, Y. Lictensztain, G. Bustamante

Emily F Schmitt Lavin

Parque National del Este is the second largest protected area in the Dominican Republic, comprising 110 km2 of terrestrial habitats located in the southeastern Dominican Republic. Established in 1975, the park delineation did not include the adjacent marine area, despite its long history of commercial fisheries. Since 1994, several U.S. and Dominican partner organizations have conducted scientific investigations of the marine resources of the area. This paper provides data on the status of snapper and groupers reef assemblages and finfish fisheriescollected during 1995 1997. Methods used in the study included: 1) visual transects (20 m x 5 m) of predatory …


Lighting The Bulb: Sharing Your Profession And Passion With The Community, Emily Schmitt Lavin Nov 2015

Lighting The Bulb: Sharing Your Profession And Passion With The Community, Emily Schmitt Lavin

Emily F Schmitt Lavin

No abstract provided.


Investigating Subspecies Identity For Sasha, A Panther Living At San Martin Zoological Gardens In Baños, Ecuador, Emily Schmitt Lavin Nov 2015

Investigating Subspecies Identity For Sasha, A Panther Living At San Martin Zoological Gardens In Baños, Ecuador, Emily Schmitt Lavin

Emily F Schmitt Lavin

No abstract provided.


Service Learning In Science Education: A Valuable And Useful Endeavor For Biology Majors, Emily Schmitt Lavin, Kaitlin Donovan Nov 2015

Service Learning In Science Education: A Valuable And Useful Endeavor For Biology Majors, Emily Schmitt Lavin, Kaitlin Donovan

Emily F Schmitt Lavin

All college students can benefit from becoming more engaged in their local community. This is especially true for biology majors who can play an active role in enhancing science education opportunities for students in the local K-12 school system. One such service-learning (SL) opportunity is presented where Nova Southeastern University college students work together with local schools by engaging young students in the excitement of hands-on science learning. This type of SL activity is beneficial to all those involved. College students gain valuable public speaking experience while learning how to explain potentially complex scientific concepts in a fun and engaging …


A Comparison Of Video Versus Visual Sampling Techniques To Assess The Abundance Of Snapper (Family: Lutjanidae) And Grouper (Family: Serranidae) On Shallow Water Reefs, Emily Schmitt Lavin, J. Leslie Nov 2015

A Comparison Of Video Versus Visual Sampling Techniques To Assess The Abundance Of Snapper (Family: Lutjanidae) And Grouper (Family: Serranidae) On Shallow Water Reefs, Emily Schmitt Lavin, J. Leslie

Emily F Schmitt Lavin

No abstract provided.


Herbivorous Fishes In The Florida Keys: A Study Among Reef Community Types And Seasons, Emily Schmitt Lavin Nov 2015

Herbivorous Fishes In The Florida Keys: A Study Among Reef Community Types And Seasons, Emily Schmitt Lavin

Emily F Schmitt Lavin

No abstract provided.


The Roving Diver Technique - Reef Survey Method, Emily Schmitt Lavin Nov 2015

The Roving Diver Technique - Reef Survey Method, Emily Schmitt Lavin

Emily F Schmitt Lavin

No abstract provided.


Evaluating The Use Of Roving Diver And Transect Surveys To Assess The Coral Reef Fish Assemblage Off Southeastern Hispaniola, Emily Schmitt Lavin, Robert Sluka, Kathleen Sullivan-Sealey Nov 2015

Evaluating The Use Of Roving Diver And Transect Surveys To Assess The Coral Reef Fish Assemblage Off Southeastern Hispaniola, Emily Schmitt Lavin, Robert Sluka, Kathleen Sullivan-Sealey

Emily F Schmitt Lavin

The relatively little-studied fish fauna off southeastern Hispaniola was rapidly assessed using a combination of visual survey techniques including transects and roving diver surveys. It was found that when combined, both methods provided a more complete overall species assessment than either method was able to provide in isolation. Being able to conduct rapid species assessments is becoming increasingly more important as a conservation tool. Data on species composition, sighting frequency, and abundance of all fishes were collected using both methods. Abundance was recorded in four logarithmic-based categories (roving diver method) while the number of fishes were counted within 40-m2 transects …


Research Applications Of Volunteer Generated Coral Reef Fish Surveys, Emily Schmitt Lavin Nov 2015

Research Applications Of Volunteer Generated Coral Reef Fish Surveys, Emily Schmitt Lavin

Emily F Schmitt Lavin

No abstract provided.


Analysis Of A Volunteer Method For Collecting Fish Presence And Abundance Data In The Florida Keys, Emily Schmitt Lavin, Kathleen Sullivan-Sealey Nov 2015

Analysis Of A Volunteer Method For Collecting Fish Presence And Abundance Data In The Florida Keys, Emily Schmitt Lavin, Kathleen Sullivan-Sealey

Emily F Schmitt Lavin

A roving diver fish survey method that requires relatively little time and equipment was developed for use by trained volunteer divers to regularly, rapidly, and inexpensively document patterns of reef fish distribution and abundance, In this method, a diver searches a dive site and records all observed fish species and their abundance in log10 categories, Results from 130 h of observation were analyzed from three regional surveys conducted in the Florida Keys at a total of 27 reefs by four observers during the summer of 1994. The Upper Keys had the most species (166) followed by the Lower Keys (151) …


The Grilled Cheese Principle. Personal Belief Essay As Part Of A Public Dialog About Belief, Emily Schmitt Lavin Nov 2015

The Grilled Cheese Principle. Personal Belief Essay As Part Of A Public Dialog About Belief, Emily Schmitt Lavin

Emily F Schmitt Lavin

No abstract provided.


Comparison Of Grouper Assemblages In Northern Areas Of The Wider Caribbean: A Preliminary Assessment, Emily Schmitt Lavin, Robert Sluka, Kathleen Sullivan-Sealey Nov 2015

Comparison Of Grouper Assemblages In Northern Areas Of The Wider Caribbean: A Preliminary Assessment, Emily Schmitt Lavin, Robert Sluka, Kathleen Sullivan-Sealey

Emily F Schmitt Lavin

Groupers (Pisces: Serranidae) are important top-level predators in wider Caribbean, but have experienced significant exploitation, resulting in declines in abundance, size, spawning aggregations, and changes in species composition. Larger groupers are particularly vulnerable to intense fishing because of their longevity, slow growth, delayed reproduction, and aggregate spawning. Marine fishery reserves (MFR), areas permanently closed to consumptive use, offer a viable means to protect grouper resources. This study reports on fishery-independent surveys of groupers in four regions of the tropical western Atlantic during 1995 - 1997: Florida Keys, central Bahamas, southeastern Cuba, and Dominican Republic. The regions surveyed included two national …


Finding Your Identity, Emily Schmitt Lavin Nov 2015

Finding Your Identity, Emily Schmitt Lavin

Emily F Schmitt Lavin

No abstract provided.


Letter Concerning Adaptive Bleaching In Corals, Emily Schmitt Lavin Nov 2015

Letter Concerning Adaptive Bleaching In Corals, Emily Schmitt Lavin

Emily F Schmitt Lavin

No abstract provided.


Breaking Through The Spiral Ceiling: An American Woman Becomes A Dna Scientist By Laura L. Mays Hoopes, Emily Schmitt Lavin, Laura Mays Nov 2015

Breaking Through The Spiral Ceiling: An American Woman Becomes A Dna Scientist By Laura L. Mays Hoopes, Emily Schmitt Lavin, Laura Mays

Emily F Schmitt Lavin

No abstract provided.


Invasion Associated P. Gingivalis Polymorphisms, Emil Kozarov, M. Farrell, Emily Schmitt Lavin, P. Rodrigues, A. Progulske-Fox Nov 2015

Invasion Associated P. Gingivalis Polymorphisms, Emil Kozarov, M. Farrell, Emily Schmitt Lavin, P. Rodrigues, A. Progulske-Fox

Emily F Schmitt Lavin

No abstract provided.


Reef Fish Survey Project, Emily Schmitt Lavin Nov 2015

Reef Fish Survey Project, Emily Schmitt Lavin

Emily F Schmitt Lavin

No abstract provided.


Exploring Identity Through Genetic And Genealogical Research: Development Of A Collaborative Course Between Humanities And Biology, Emily Schmitt Lavin, James Doan Nov 2015

Exploring Identity Through Genetic And Genealogical Research: Development Of A Collaborative Course Between Humanities And Biology, Emily Schmitt Lavin, James Doan

Emily F Schmitt Lavin

No abstract provided.


Academic Instruction For Students With Asd:Teaching And Adapting Core Academic Content In Science And Math, Emily Schmitt Lavin Nov 2015

Academic Instruction For Students With Asd:Teaching And Adapting Core Academic Content In Science And Math, Emily Schmitt Lavin

Emily F Schmitt Lavin

No abstract provided.


Community Structure Of Fishes At Two Reef Sites In John Pennekamp State Park, Emily Schmitt Lavin Nov 2015

Community Structure Of Fishes At Two Reef Sites In John Pennekamp State Park, Emily Schmitt Lavin

Emily F Schmitt Lavin

No abstract provided.


Status Of Reef Fishes In The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary: Regional Project Summary, Emily Schmitt Lavin Nov 2015

Status Of Reef Fishes In The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary: Regional Project Summary, Emily Schmitt Lavin

Emily F Schmitt Lavin

This report is a summary of the first 3 years of the Fish Survey Project in the Florida Keys, with comparisons among FKNMS sites and with other distant regions. It demonstrates some ways in which data from the Project can be used.