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1996

Oceanography

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

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Effects Of Periodic Environmental Hypoxia On Predator Utilization Of Macrobenthic Infauna, Janet A. Nestlerode Jan 1996

Effects Of Periodic Environmental Hypoxia On Predator Utilization Of Macrobenthic Infauna, Janet A. Nestlerode

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

Hypoxia and anoxia have significant deleterious ecological effects on living resources throughout many estuarine and marine ecosystems worldwide. Brief periods of low oxygen facilitate transfer of benthic production to higher trophic levels as many benthic infaunal species have shallower sediment depth distributions during hypoxic events. A baited time-lapse camera equipped with a water quality datalogger was used to document in situ exploitation of oxygen-stressed benthic invertebrate prey organisms by mobile fish and crustacean predators during alternating normoxia-hypoxia cycles in the York River. Based on photographic and diver observations, this hypoxiainduced benthic-pelagic transfer of production is more likely to occur when …


Perkinsus Marinus Extracellular Proteases: Modulation Of Production By Environmental Factors And Effects On The Host Defense Parameters Of The Eastern Oyster Crassostrea Virginica, Kathleen A. Garreis Jan 1996

Perkinsus Marinus Extracellular Proteases: Modulation Of Production By Environmental Factors And Effects On The Host Defense Parameters Of The Eastern Oyster Crassostrea Virginica, Kathleen A. Garreis

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No abstract provided.


Growth Dynamics Of A York River Estuary Heterotrophic Dinoflagellate Grazing Katodinium Rotundatum, Angela Denise Smith Jan 1996

Growth Dynamics Of A York River Estuary Heterotrophic Dinoflagellate Grazing Katodinium Rotundatum, Angela Denise Smith

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No abstract provided.


Age, Growth, And Reproductive Biology Of Blackcheek Tonguefish, Symphurus Plagiusa (Cynoglossidae: Pleuronectiformes), In Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, Mark Richard Terwilliger Jan 1996

Age, Growth, And Reproductive Biology Of Blackcheek Tonguefish, Symphurus Plagiusa (Cynoglossidae: Pleuronectiformes), In Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, Mark Richard Terwilliger

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No abstract provided.


The Development Of Affinity Maturation In Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus Mykiss, Ing Wei Khor Jan 1996

The Development Of Affinity Maturation In Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus Mykiss, Ing Wei Khor

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No abstract provided.


Lipid Class Composition Of Oysters, Crassostrea Virginica, Exposed To Sediment-Associated Pahs, Tong Li Jan 1996

Lipid Class Composition Of Oysters, Crassostrea Virginica, Exposed To Sediment-Associated Pahs, Tong Li

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No abstract provided.


Autoecology Of Paraprionospio Pinnata (Polychaeta: Spionide) Along An Estuarine Gradient, Elizabeth K. Hinchey Jan 1996

Autoecology Of Paraprionospio Pinnata (Polychaeta: Spionide) Along An Estuarine Gradient, Elizabeth K. Hinchey

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No abstract provided.


The Role Of Epibenthic Predators In Structuring Marine Soft-Bottom Communities Along An Estuarine Gradient, Rochelle D. Seitz Jan 1996

The Role Of Epibenthic Predators In Structuring Marine Soft-Bottom Communities Along An Estuarine Gradient, Rochelle D. Seitz

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

A unifying theory of community regulation in soft-bottom systems remains elusive, despite extensive field studies on factors controlling community structure. Here, I have (1) reviewed models of community regulation, (2) examined the role of predation in controlling benthic diversity along a salinity gradient, (3) examined effects of predation upon an abundant bivalve, Macoma balthica, and (4) revised a model of community regulation in an estuarine soft-bottom system. The Menge and Sutherland (MS) "consumer stress model" posits that consumers feed ineffectively in harsh environments, and the importance of physical disturbance, competition and predation varies with recruitment, environmental conditions, and trophic position. …


Field And Laboratory Evidence Of Pheromone Mediated Mating Behavior In The Blue Crab, Callinectes Sapidus, Donald S. Gibbs Jan 1996

Field And Laboratory Evidence Of Pheromone Mediated Mating Behavior In The Blue Crab, Callinectes Sapidus, Donald S. Gibbs

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No abstract provided.


Habitat Complexity As A Determinant Of Juvenile Blue Crab Survival, Jessica L. Schulman Jan 1996

Habitat Complexity As A Determinant Of Juvenile Blue Crab Survival, Jessica L. Schulman

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No abstract provided.


The Influence Of Location, Seagrass Species And Water Depth On The Settlement And Distribution Of Early Stage Blue Crabs, Renee A. Pardieck Jan 1996

The Influence Of Location, Seagrass Species And Water Depth On The Settlement And Distribution Of Early Stage Blue Crabs, Renee A. Pardieck

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No abstract provided.


Contributions To The Life History Of Juvenile Blueback Herring (Alosa Aestivalis): Phototactic Behavior And Population Dynamics, Douglas A. Dixon Jan 1996

Contributions To The Life History Of Juvenile Blueback Herring (Alosa Aestivalis): Phototactic Behavior And Population Dynamics, Douglas A. Dixon

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

This research investigated the relationship between juvenile abundance indexes (JAIs) for anadromous blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis) and abiotic factors (river flow and temperature) during the spawning and nursery period in the tidal freshwater areas of James, Pamunkey, Mattaponi, and Rappahannock Rivers in Virginia. Accomplishing this objective required the evaluation of the JAI methodology, specifically the effect of phototactic behavior on diel changes in the surface availability to the pushnet sampling gear, and obtaining population dynamics information (hatch dates, growth, natural mortality) during early life history from otolith microstructure of samples collected in 1991 and 1992. Mean catch-per-unit effort (CPUE) at …


Demersal Predator Exposure To Toxic Organic Contaminants: Direct Effects Of Macrofauna In Trophic Transfer, Patrick Winfield Lay Jan 1996

Demersal Predator Exposure To Toxic Organic Contaminants: Direct Effects Of Macrofauna In Trophic Transfer, Patrick Winfield Lay

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

The bioaccumulation and metabolism of organic contaminants (PAH, PCB) by three estuarine polychaetes, Nereis succinea (Frey and Leuckart 1847), Paraprionospio pinnata (Ehlers 1901) and Polydora ligni (Webster 1879), and by the fish predator, spot (Leiostomus xanthurus Lacepede 1802), were examined in laboratory experiments. Variations in trophic transfer of these contaminants resulting from differences in prey and contaminant type were also investigated. Toxicokinetic modeling reveals that metabolism of organic contaminants by invertebrate species result in variations in uptake, metabolism and elimination rate constants. Incorporation of prey metabolism potential in kinetic models increases the latter's predictability of biota-sediment accumulation factors (BSAFs), or …