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Full-Text Articles in Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology
Microplastic Accumulation In The Marsh Periwinkle (Littoraria Irrorata), Sarah Keaton, Hannah Lukhard, Eli Windy, Manar Hasan
Microplastic Accumulation In The Marsh Periwinkle (Littoraria Irrorata), Sarah Keaton, Hannah Lukhard, Eli Windy, Manar Hasan
DePaul Discoveries
Contamination of oceans by microplastics (mm) currently poses a major threat to aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems worldwide. Recent attention towards this issue has raised questions about the extent to which microplastics have accumulated in the environment, and has led to an increase in studies on the effects of microplastics in various organisms. However, levels of contamination in protected natural areas are still largely unexplored, yet can offer an important empirical perspective on the issue. In addition, little is known about the potential effects of microplastics on behavior in the field. This research was conducted within the protected ACE Basin National …
An Exceptionally Small New Polycotylid Plesiosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) With Raptorial Eyes From The Western Interior Seaway Of North America, Robert O’Brien Clark
An Exceptionally Small New Polycotylid Plesiosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) With Raptorial Eyes From The Western Interior Seaway Of North America, Robert O’Brien Clark
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
Polycotylidae is a family of plesiosaurian marine reptiles that evolved during the Early Cretaceous and radiated into multiple genera during the Late Cretaceous, achieving a worldwide distribution. Derived polycotylids of the subclade Polycotylinae have a gracile and elongated rostrum, homodont dentition, an extended mandibular symphysis, and foreshortened temporal fenestrae. In this thesis, I describe a small and highly derived new polycotylid taxon based on three specimens from the Campanian of the Western Interior Seaway in North America. A high number of maxillary teeth, fused neural arches, propodials with well-defined facets, and heavily remodeled cortical bone indicate the specimens are adults, …
Environmental Factors Influencing Primary Productivity Of The Forest-Forming Kelp Laminaria Hyperborea In The Northeast Atlantic, Dan A. Smale, Albert Pessarrodona, Nathan King, Michael T. Burrows, Anna Yunnie, Thomas Vance, Pippa Moore
Environmental Factors Influencing Primary Productivity Of The Forest-Forming Kelp Laminaria Hyperborea In The Northeast Atlantic, Dan A. Smale, Albert Pessarrodona, Nathan King, Michael T. Burrows, Anna Yunnie, Thomas Vance, Pippa Moore
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
© 2020, The Author(s). Rates and drivers of primary productivity are well understood for many terrestrial ecosystems, but remain poorly resolved for many marine ecosystems, particularly those within in coastal benthic environments. We quantified net primary productivity (NPP) using two methods as well as carbon standing stock within kelp forests (Laminaria hyperborea) at multiple subtidal habitats in the United Kingdom (UK). Study sites spanned 9° in latitude and encompassed a gradient in average temperature of ~ 2.5 °C. In addition to temperature, we measured other factors (e.g. light intensity, water motion, nutrients, sea urchin density) that may influence productivity. Although …
New Insights Into Prime Southern Ocean Forage Grounds For Thriving Western Australian Humpback Whales, Sophie Bestley, Virginia Andrews-Goff, Esmee Van Wijk, Stephen R. Rintoul, Michael Double, Jason How
New Insights Into Prime Southern Ocean Forage Grounds For Thriving Western Australian Humpback Whales, Sophie Bestley, Virginia Andrews-Goff, Esmee Van Wijk, Stephen R. Rintoul, Michael Double, Jason How
Fisheries Research Articles
Humpback whale populations migrate extensively between winter breeding grounds and summer feeding grounds, however known links to remote Antarctic feeding grounds remain limited in many cases. New satellite tracks detail humpback whale migration pathways from Western Australia into the Southern Ocean. These highlight a focal feeding area during austral spring and early summer at the southern Kerguelen plateau, in a western boundary current where a sharp northward turn and retroflection of ocean fronts occurs along the eastern plateau edge. The topographic steering of oceanographic features here likely supports a predictable, productive and persistent forage ground. The spatial distribution of whaling …
Role Of Managed Marine Areas On The Diversity And Individual Responses Of Rocky Intertidal Shore Grazers In Central Chile, Kathy Liu
Scripps Senior Theses
Many different types of marine benthic herbivores or “grazers” inhabit coastal intertidal zones and play a crucial role in inter- and shallow subtidal ecosystems. Chile has one of the most diverse intertidal zones, but many intertidal grazers are exploited for human consumption. Marine protected areas (MPAs) and marine management and exploitation areas (MEAs) are promising tools for Chile to combat over exploitation of these grazer and other marine resources. This study surveyed the impact of sites with contrasting management on the diversity and abundance of all intertidal grazers and their impact on the size frequency and shell length-body weight allometry …
From The Inside Out, And Through., Dominique Ovalle
From The Inside Out, And Through., Dominique Ovalle
The Transdisciplinary STEAM+ Journal
These photographs describe “Science” born of consumerism, hijacked by me, economically disenfranchised, or rather—temporarily embarrassed, artist. I was putzing around Malibu—my old college stomping ground, looking for free food; maybe a sample of some gourmet $5 chocolate, and all I got were these photographs.
Fall 2014, Nsu Oceanographic Center
Spring 2014, Nsu Oceanographic Center
Fall 2013, Nova Southeastern University
Winter 2012, Nsu Oceanographic Center
Fall 2012, Nsu Oceanographic Center
Summer 2011, Nova Southeastern University
Spring 2011, Nsu Oceanographic Center
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Winter 2010, Nsu Oceanographic Center
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