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The Spacial And Temporal Community Structure Of Ichthyoplankton In A Northeast Florida Estuary : A Study Of Ingress At A Faunal Boundary, Breanna Korsman
The Spacial And Temporal Community Structure Of Ichthyoplankton In A Northeast Florida Estuary : A Study Of Ingress At A Faunal Boundary, Breanna Korsman
UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Estuaries are widely recognized as important habitats for the early life history stages of commercially and recreationally important marine fish species. In general the estuaries of northeast Florida are understudied, and there is a need to characterize the ichthyoplankton community at this important faunal boundary between temperate and tropical marine zones. To determine community structure and temporal patterns in the distribution and abundance of larval fish ingressing in to the Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas (GTM) estuary through its two inlets (St. Augustine and Matanzas), ichthyoplankton were sampled bi-weekly for one year at both inlets during nighttime spring flood tides beginning in March 2012. …
The Effects Of Thermal Stress And Algal Competition On The Early Life-History Stages Of Porites Astreoides And The Development Of Stress-Detecting Biomarkers For Use In Scleractinan Corals, Kevin C. Olsen
UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Scleractinian coral populations are declining worldwide in response to numerous stressors operating on both global and regional scales. Rising sea surface temperatures associated with global climate change and the increasing frequency of coral-macroalgae competitive interactions are two of the gravest ecological drivers facing coral reef ecosystems. However, little is known about how these stressors interact to impact corals, their health, and potential modes of population recovery. These threats also highlight the need to develop reliable techniques that detect stress in multiple life-history stages of hermatypic corals prior to the degradation of coral reef habitats. To address these concerns we evaluated …