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Genetic Analysis, Movement, and Nesting Patterns of the Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia Mydas) in St. Croix, Virgin Islands (USA): A Regional Analysis for the Caribbean.
(2016-04)The green sea turtle Chelonia mydas is listed as endangered by the IUCN Red List of 2004. The Endangered Species Act now classifies the green turtle species into 11 distinct population segments (DPSs) with most segments ... -
Habitat Preference of the Daggerblade Grass Shrimp Palaemonetes pugio and Whether Field Preference is Correlated with the Trematode Parasite Microphallus turgidus
(2018-05)Daggerblade grass shrimp Palaemonetes pugio reside in brackish estuarine systems and are thus exposed to the parasitic trematode Microphallus turgidus. The purpose of this study was to determine if the infection of P. pugio ... -
Potential Fisheries Impact of Ballast Water Uptake from Liquefied Nautral Gas Vessels at the Southern LNG EL Paso, Elba Island Facility in Savannah, Georgia
(2011-05)Southern Liquefied Natural Gas (SLNG) vessels offload their cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the SLNG-El Paso, Elba Island Facility in Savannah, Georgia. The vessels are required to withdraw 11.3 to 25.6 millions ... -
Spatial and Temporal Ovigerity, Effect of Benzo[α] Pyrene on Reproduction, and a K-12 Classroom Research Application of the Daggerblade Grass Shrimp Palaemonetes Pugio
(2016-08)The daggerblade grass shrimp Palaemonetes pugio inhabits estuaries along the East and Gulf coasts of the United States, is a link between trophic levels, and is exposed to seasonal changes and pollution within these coastal ... -
Temporal Trends in Abundance and Habitat Preferences of Deep Reef Fishes Off The Coast of South Carolina, USA
(2017-04)ROV and submersible video footage recorded in 1985, 2002, and 2010 from hard bottom habitat known as the Georgetown Hole or Charleston Lumps located NE of Charleston, SC in depths ranging from 175 – 300 m were reviewed to ...