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Port Everglades Macroinvertebrate Monitoring: Monitoring Of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assemblages At The Southport Turning Basin And Adjacent Areas Of John U. Lloyd State Recreation Area: August 1991, Charles G. Messing, Richard E. Dodge, Alan Sosnow

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Reports

This report documents the August 1991 monitoring of benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in the Port Everglades Southport turning basin vicinity and adjacent areas of John U. Lloyd State Recreation Area. This is the first monitoring effort of the series carried out by Nova University Oceanographic Center. As of this sampling period, the turning basin is complete and in operation; mitigation areas in John U. Lloyd Park exhibit considerable vegetative expansion of cord grass, growth of mangrove seedlings, and natural recruitment of additional mangrove propagules (including black and white mangroves).

Sampling was carried out during the last week of August and extended …

An Analysis Of The 20-Year Use Of A Deep Broward County Lime-Rock Pit As A Natural Advanced Wastewater Treatment And Groundwater Recycling Facility, With A Recommendation That: With The Large Number Of Similar Lime-Rock Pits In Southeast Florida, The Opportunity For Expanding The Benefits Of Such Inland Wastewater Retention Should Be Given Serious Consideration Instead Of Wastefully Discharging The Water Into The Ocean., Curtis M. Burney, Bart J. Baca, Gary S. Kleppel, George H. Snyder, Raymond F. Mcallister, Michael T. Hermesmeyer, Ben H. Chen, Bill Raymond, Charles R. Forman

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Reports

The benefits of the inland retention of freshwaters in South Florida are indisputable. During periods of prolonged drought, the maintenance of a higher groundwater table, which benefits terrestrial vegetation and retards saltwater intrusion, is clearly preferable to the alternative of discharging up to 400,000 gallons of freshwater per day into the ocean.

Therefore, the only objections to the retention of treated sewage effluent in an inland lime-rock pit, with the physical, chemical and biologic characteristics of our pits, would have to do with possible detrimental effects to public health or the environment. The major public health concern involves the possible …

The Alumni Network, November 1991 (Vol. Vii No. 4), Nova University

Alumni Network Newsletter

No abstract provided.

The Nova Knight Volume Ii: Issue Iii, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Communicator - Vol.4 No. 1 - Fall, 1991, Nova University

The Communicator

No abstract provided.

Carbonate Deposits In Marine Fish Intestines: A New Source Of Biomineralization, Patrick J. Walsh, Patricia Blackwelder, Kenneth A. Gill, Eva Danulat, Thomas P. Mommsen

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

Marine teleostean fish are hypo-osmotic to seawater. As part of a multiorgan osmoregulatory strategy they drink seawater and selectively absorb water and minerals across the intestinal epithelium. Notably, divalent cations (Ca²⁺ and Mg^2-) are left behind. We report here that in the gulf toadfish, Opsanus beta, the ionic by-products of osmoregulation in the intestine contribute to de novo formation of a carbonate mineral, tentatively identified as calcian kutnohorite. Our data suggest that intestinal mineralization is a general feature of osmoregulation in marine teleosts and that this process is an unrecognized and possibly substantial source of marine …

The Alumni Network, August 1991 (Vol. Vii No. 3), Nova University

Alumni Network Newsletter

No abstract provided.

An Action Plan For Opening A New School, Larry C. Payne

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This major applied research project describes a practical action plan developed to assist in the opening of a new secondary school In a suburban area with diverse population characteristics. The results of a student survey indicated resistance on the part of students leaving their existing schools to attend the new high school. Comments and responses from community informational meetings revealed anxiety about curriculum, staffing and extracurricular activities.

The related literature supported an action plan that provides intensive public relations activities designed to increase the visibility and positive image of the new school. Areas of need which were addressed included the …

Nova University: Organization, Programs, And Services, John M. Flynn

NSU Fact Book

No abstract provided.

The Update - April 1991, Nova University

The Update

No abstract provided.

Practitioners' News - Spring 1991, Volume 18, Number 3, Nova Southeastern University

Practitioners' News

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Inositol Phosphate Cascade In Visual Excitation Of Invertebrate Microvillar Photoreceptors, Tamara M. Frank, A. Fein

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

The identity of the transmitter(s) involved in visual transduction in invertebrate microvillar photoreceptors remains unresolved. In this study, the role of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP₃) was examined in Limulus ventral photoreceptors by studying the effects on the light response of heparin and neomycin, agents that inhibit the production or action of IP₃. Both heparin and neomycin reduce responses to brief flashes of light and the transient component of responses to steps of light, and also inhibit IP₃-induced calcium release, indicating that IP₃ plays a direct role in invertebrate visual excitation. The effects of BAPTA, …

Developing And Implementing A Program To Raise Verbal Scholastic Aptitude Scores Of High School Seniors In A Non-Public School., Janne B.H Banks

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Flint River Academy is a private, independent school with enrolled of 410 students in pre-kindergarten through grade 12. This major research project describes a program that was designed to raise the Verbs’ Scholastic Aptitude Scores of seniors in high school. Students at Flint River Academy consistently scored below the national mean verbal score on the Scholastic Aptitude Test. The writer documented this disparity for the 1982-89 school years. Interviews with parents, students, and staff indicated concern about the verbal scores being lower than the national mean verbal score.

Probable causes of the existing problem were: students were not being taught …

The Calendar - March 1991, Nova University

The Calendar

No abstract provided.

The Update - March 1991, Nova University

The Update

No abstract provided.

The Nova Knight, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Development And Validation Of An Instructional Inservice Program For Higher Education Science Consultants Involved In Florida’S Summer Inservice Institute Program, Susan Elizabeth Chattan Dabb

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The State of Florida requires that all sixty-seven counties within the state participate in a Summer Inservice Institute Program (SIIP) that provides content area instruction to elementary and secondary public school teachers. Critical need areas such as mathematics and science take priority in the consideration for funding and programming in all counties. The state requires that the emphasis in these summer training sessions be placed on college-level content instruction. Workshops presented solely on methods are considered not appropriate.

The rationale for funding the required program is that public school personnel, unlike their postsecondary level liberal arts counterparts, lack content-area training …

An Investigation And A Plan To Alleviate Grade Inflation In Multi-Sectioned Science And Mathematics Courses Of Community College, Charles W. O'Neill

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Edison Community College, Fort Myers, Florida, has experienced difficulty in the area of grade, inflation, comparable to other institutions. institutional and academic division policy changes on grading have resulted in changes in grading practices. One purpose of this project was to examine these changes and historic trends in grade inflation with multi-sectioned courses of the Division of Basic Science and Mathematics for academic year 1979-1980 through academic year 1989-1990. The other purpose of this project was to develop a plan to alleviate grade inflation in multi-sectioned courses. Accomplishment of this purpose required a determination of the impact of policy changes …

The Nova Knight Volume I: Issue Viii, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Alumni Network, February 1991 (Vol. Vii No. 1), Nova University

Alumni Network Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Final Report: Biological Monitoring Of The John U. Lloyd Beach Renourishment: 1989, Richard E. Dodge, Steven C. Hess, Charles Messing

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Reports

In 1987, Nova University (Contractor) with ERM South (Subcontractor) was awarded a contract to provide biological monitoring services for the John U Lloyd State Recreation Area Beach Renourishment Project. A notice to proceed for the initial biological monitoring (Phase I - Preconstruction) was issued in February, 1989. Phase I preconstruction field monitoring took place in February and March, 1989. Phase II post-construction field work took place in August and Spetember, 1989. Phase III post-construction field monitoring took place in August, 1990. Laboratory work occurred from March, 1989 to January, 1991. Renourishment dredging took place from May 16, 1989 to July …

Southeastern University Of The Health Sciences Catalog 1991-1993, Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

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Wombalano Yerang, New Genus And Species Of Corophioid (Crustacea, Amphipoda) From The Great Barrier Reef, Australia, James Darwin Thomas, J. L. Barnard

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

Wombalano is characterized by having a interlocked basket of large spines on the bases of male gnathopod 2; these bases arc curved inward to afford the interlocking capability.

This genus differs from Lemboides Stebbing in the even more shortened inner ramus of uropod 3, in the simple mandibular palp, the fused articles of the flagellum on antenna 2, and the immense basket-shovel formed of spines on articl 2 of male gnathopod 2.

Sea Turtle Conservation Project - 1991 Report, Curtis Burney, Cathy Mattison

Sea Turtle Nesting Trends Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

1991-1992 Nova College James M. Farquhar Center For Undergraduate Studies Catalog, Nova Southeastern University

Undergraduate Programs Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Nova College 1991-92 Catalog, Nova University

Undergraduate Programs Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Photis Trapherus, A New Elephantine Species From The Caribbean Sea (Crustacea: Amphipoda), James Darwin Thomas, J. L. Barnard

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

Photis trapherus differs from its Californian counterpart, P. elephantis, in characters of male pereopod 6: the smallness of the posteroventral tooth on article 2, the longer article 4 with separated posterior keel and no significant posteroventrallobe, the relatively thinner article 2; the lack of distal expansion on article 4 of pereopod 7; the distinct concavity and defining tooth on the palms of gnathopods 1-2.

Preconstruction Report: Biological Monitoring Of The Hollywood-Hallandale Beach Renourishment: 1991, Richard E. Dodge, Walter Goldberg, Steven C. Hess, Charles Messing

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Reports

In 1990, Nova University (Contractor) with Coral Reef Associates and ERM South (Subcontractors) was awarded a contract to provide biological monitoring services for the Hollywood Hallandale Beach Renourishment Project. A notice to proceed for the initial biological monitoring (Preconstruction) was issued in August, 1990. Preconstruction field monitoring took place in October, 1990. Laboratory work was begun at the start of 1991 following the analysis of samples from the previous John U. Lloyd beach renourishment monitoring. Renourishment dredging is tentatively scheduled to take place starting in April or May, 1991. Sediment is scheduled to be removed and subsequently placed on the …

Two New Species Of Netamelita From The Caribbean Sea (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Gammaridea), James Darwin Thomas, J. L. Barnard

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

The previously described species of Netamelita from California and the Gulf of Mexico are reviewed and two new species, N. brocha and N. tabaci, are described from the Florida Keys and Belize, respectively. A key to the species of Netamelita is provided. In the Caribbean Sea these species live on fine coralgal muds in forereef environments at depths of 30-40 m in a distinctive amphipod assemblage dominated by the genera Garosyrrhoe and Metaceradocus. The two new species of Netamelita were observed to plough through fine surficial flocculent materials, head downward, with urosomal appendages elevated above the sediment surface.

The Diet And Feeding Habits Of The Southern Stingray, Dasyatis Americana, In Tropical Shallow Marine Habitats, David S. Gilliam

HCNSO Student Theses and Dissertations

The diet and feeding habits of the southern stingray, Dasyatis americana, were investigated through aerial surveys, land-based observations, and quantitative analysis of stomach contents. The field research was conducted in the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park, central Bahamas. Systematic aerial surveys and the land-based observations were made to determine population density and feeding periodicity in terms of time or tidal phase. In August, 1989, systematic surveys were flown over two cays in the Park; a 12 km² area around Waderick Wells Cay and a 21km² area around Shroud Cay. Both survey areas were flown three times …