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Fall 2000, Nsu Oceanographic Center Oct 2000

Fall 2000, Nsu Oceanographic Center

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Physical Factors Of Differentiation In Macrobenthic Communities Between Atoll Lagoons In The Central Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), Mehdi Adjeroud, Serge Andrefouet, Claude Payri, Joel Orempuller Apr 2000

Physical Factors Of Differentiation In Macrobenthic Communities Between Atoll Lagoons In The Central Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), Mehdi Adjeroud, Serge Andrefouet, Claude Payri, Joel Orempuller

Marine Science Faculty Publications

Nine atolls were characterized in order to understand how physical factors control the species composition, diversity, and abundance of macrobenthic (coral, mollusc, echinoderm, and algal) communities inside the lagoons. Only one region, the central part of Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia, was considered, in order to minimise the variation due to regional factors between regions. The lagoons investigated showed a gradient of physical factors, providing various landscape configurations. The physical factors were surface area, abundance of pinnacles, degree of hydrodynamic aperture, and relative importance of passes in this degree of aperture. Macrobenthic communities were characterized by low diversity and strong dominance …


Spring 2000, Nsu Oceanographic Center Apr 2000

Spring 2000, Nsu Oceanographic Center

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Fall 1999, Nsu Oceanographic Center Oct 1999

Fall 1999, Nsu Oceanographic Center

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Summer 1999, Nsu Oceanographic Center Aug 1999

Summer 1999, Nsu Oceanographic Center

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Spring 1999, Nsu Oceanographic Center Apr 1999

Spring 1999, Nsu Oceanographic Center

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Winter 1999, Nsu Oceanographic Center Jan 1999

Winter 1999, Nsu Oceanographic Center

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Spring 1998, Nsu Oceanographic Center Apr 1998

Spring 1998, Nsu Oceanographic Center

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Florida Coral Reef Damage From Nuclear Submarine Grounding And Proposed Restoration, Kenneth Banks, Richard E. Dodge (Editor), Lou Fisher, David K. Stout, Walter Jaap Apr 1998

Florida Coral Reef Damage From Nuclear Submarine Grounding And Proposed Restoration, Kenneth Banks, Richard E. Dodge (Editor), Lou Fisher, David K. Stout, Walter Jaap

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

The United States submarine Memphis grounded in approximately 10 m water depth on a tropical coral reef ofT southeast Florida in February, 1993. The grounding caused extensive physical and biological damage to the reef substrate and to the coral community. As part of a claim by the State of Florida against the United States, the impact of the grounding was assessed, and the area of damage was determined through field and photographic studies. A recovery rate for the reef was assigned from literature estimates. The NOAA Habitat Equivalency Model (HEM) was used to calculate the reef area needed to be …


Fall 1998, Nsu Oceanographic Center Jan 1998

Fall 1998, Nsu Oceanographic Center

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Fall 1998, Nsu Oceanographic Center Jan 1998

Fall 1998, Nsu Oceanographic Center

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Winter 1998, Nsu Oceanographic Center Jan 1998

Winter 1998, Nsu Oceanographic Center

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Fall 1997, Nsu Oceanographic Center Jan 1997

Fall 1997, Nsu Oceanographic Center

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Winter 1997, Nsu Oceanographic Center Jan 1997

Winter 1997, Nsu Oceanographic Center

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Summer 1997, Nsu Oceanographic Center Jan 1997

Summer 1997, Nsu Oceanographic Center

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Spring 1997, Nsu Oceanographic Center Jan 1997

Spring 1997, Nsu Oceanographic Center

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Spring 1996, Nsu Oceanographic Center Jan 1996

Spring 1996, Nsu Oceanographic Center

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Winter 1996, Nsu Oceanographic Center Jan 1996

Winter 1996, Nsu Oceanographic Center

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Fall 1996, Nsu Oceanographic Center Jan 1996

Fall 1996, Nsu Oceanographic Center

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A 240-Year Stable Oxygen And Carbon Isotopic Record In A Coral From South Florida: Implications For The Prediction Of Precipitation In Southern Florida, Peter Koenraad Swart, Richard E. Dodge, Harold J. Hudson Jan 1996

A 240-Year Stable Oxygen And Carbon Isotopic Record In A Coral From South Florida: Implications For The Prediction Of Precipitation In Southern Florida, Peter Koenraad Swart, Richard E. Dodge, Harold J. Hudson

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

This study reports on the δ18O and δ13C composition of the skeleton from a 240-year-old specimen of Montastraea faveolata growing in Biscayne National Park, South Florida. Annual variations in the δ18O of the skeleton deposited during the summer months show a bimodal correlation with summer rainfall. During wetter years, the δ18O of the coral skeleton and the amount of precipitation during the summer months are inversely correlated (r = -0. 7) reflecting dilution of the seawater by meteoric water lower in δ18O. During years in which summer rainfall is less …


Summer 1996, Nsu Oceanographic Center Jan 1996

Summer 1996, Nsu Oceanographic Center

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Winter 1995, Nsu Oceanographic Center Jan 1995

Winter 1995, Nsu Oceanographic Center

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Fall 1995, Nsu Oceanographic Center Jan 1995

Fall 1995, Nsu Oceanographic Center

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Summer 1995, Nsu Oceanographic Center Jan 1995

Summer 1995, Nsu Oceanographic Center

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Spring 1995, Nsu Oceanographic Center Jan 1995

Spring 1995, Nsu Oceanographic Center

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Scleractinian Corals Of Kuwait, G. Hodgson, Kent E. Carpenter Jan 1995

Scleractinian Corals Of Kuwait, G. Hodgson, Kent E. Carpenter

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

A survey was made of the coral reefs of Kuwait to compile a species list of scleractinian corals. Twenty-eight hermatypic and six ahermatypic coral species are listed in systematic order, and a brief description is provided for each. A new species of Acropora is described. The Kuwait fauna is a small subset of the over 500 Indo-Pacific species. Several species show a higher degree of intraspecific variation than they exhibit in other locations. A range extension is reported for Acanthastrea maxima Sheppard & Salm, previously recorded from Oman (north and south coasts). A common species in the Arabian Gulf, Porites …


Winter 1994, Nsu Oceanographic Center Jan 1994

Winter 1994, Nsu Oceanographic Center

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Summer 1994, Nsu Oceanographic Center Jan 1994

Summer 1994, Nsu Oceanographic Center

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Fall 1994, Nsu Oceanographic Center Jan 1994

Fall 1994, Nsu Oceanographic Center

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Spring 1994, Nsu Oceanographic Center Jan 1994

Spring 1994, Nsu Oceanographic Center

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