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Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance–Improving Conservation Outcomes
(Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2021-03-22)The Ramsar Convention (or the Convention on Wetlands), signed in 1971, was one of the first international conservation agreements, promoting global wise use of wetlands. It has three primary objectives: national designation ... -
Gulf‐Wide Decreases in the Size of Large Coastal Sharks Documented by Generations of Fishermen
(Taylor & Francis, 2013-06-18)Large sharks are top predators in most coastal and marine ecosystems throughout the world, and evidence of their reduced prominence in marine ecosystems has been a serious concern for fisheries and ecosystem management. ... -
Landscape pattern influences nekton diversity and abundance in seagrass meadows
(Inter-Research, 2014-07-17)We studied how spatial qualities and configuration of seagrass patches influence the diversity and abundance of resident nekton. Shallow landscapes of equal area (4225 m2) in 2 bays were mapped and sampled in the summer ... -
An Analysis of Artificial Reef Fish Community Structure along the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico Shelf: Potential Impacts of “Rigs-to-Reefs” Programs
(PLoS ONE, 2015-05-08)Artificial structures are the dominant complex marine habitat type along the northwestern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) shelf. These habitats can consist of a variety of materials, but in this region are primarily comprised of ... -
Quantifying Delayed Mortality from Barotrauma Impairment in Discarded Red Snapper Using Acoustic Telemetry
(American Fisheries Society, 2015-11-05)Red Snapper Lutjanus campechanus is the most economically important reef fish in the Gulf of Mexico, and despite being intensively managed, the stock remains overfished. These fish are susceptible to pressure‐related ... -
Was Everything Bigger in Texas? Characterization and Trends of a Land‐Based Recreational Shark Fishery
(American Fisheries Society, 2016-11-10)Although current assessments of shark population trends involve both fishery‐independent and fishery‐dependent data, the latter are generally limited to commercial landings that may neglect nearshore coastal habitats. Texas ... -
Effects of a New Artificial Reef Complex on Red Snapper and the Associated Fish Community: an Evaluation Using a Before–After Control–Impact Approach
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-09-21)Artificial reefs are commonly created with the goal of enhancing fish populations. However, many studies evaluating their effects on these populations have been hindered by a lack of preconstruction data from existing ... -
Movement, Behavior, and Habitat Use of a Marine Apex Predator, the Scalloped Hammerhead
(Frontiers in Marine Science, 2018-09-10)Conservation and management efforts of marine apex predators are more reliable when information on movement and habitat use patterns are known. The scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) was the first shark species to be ... -
A Comparison of Fish Community Structure at Mesophotic Artificial Reefs and Natural Banks in the Western Gulf of Mexico
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-04-11)Oil and gas platforms along the northwestern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) shelf have served as artificial reefs since oil and gas exploration intensified in the 1950s. As these structures are decommissioned, they must be removed; ... -
Population connectivity of pelagic megafauna in the Cuba-Mexico-United States triangle
(Scientific Reports, 2019-02-07)The timing and extent of international crossings by billfishes, tunas, and sharks in the Cuba-Mexico-United States (U.S.) triangle was investigated using electronic tagging data from eight species that resulted in >22,000 ... -
Recreational Angler Attitudes and Perceptions Regarding the Use of Descending Devices in Southeast Reef Fish Fisheries
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc., 2019-12-19)Reducing discard mortality in recreational fisheries remains an important component of stock rebuilding for many reef fish species. Discard mortality for these species can be high due in part to barotrauma injury sustained ... -
Utility of citizen science data: A case study in land-based shark fishing
(PLoS ONE, 2019-12-19)Involving citizen scientists in research has become increasingly popular in natural resource management and allows for an increased research effort at low cost, distribution of scientific information to relevant audiences, ... -
How a Simple Question About Freshwater Inflow to Estuaries Shaped a Career
(Gulf and Caribbean Research, 2021-03-09)Chance and good luck led to a career studying how freshwater inflow drives estuary processes. In 1986, someone asked me: How much fresh water has to flow to a bay for it to be healthy? The question shaped my career. There ... -
Oyster growth across a salinity gradient in a shallow, subtropical Gulf of Mexico estuary
(Cambridge University Press, 2021-02-04)An increase in oyster aquaculture as a sustainable method of shellfish production is one response to overharvest and degradation of natural oyster reefs over the past century. Successful aquaculture production requires ... -
SSP: an R package to estimate sampling effort in studies of ecological communities
(Wiley Online Library, 2021-03-31)SSP (simulation‐based sampling protocol) is an R package that uses simulations of ecological data and dissimilarity‐based multivariate standard error (MultSE) as an estimator of precision to evaluate the adequacy of different ... -
Sponge-dwelling fauna: a review of known species from the Northwest Tropical Atlantic coral reefs
(Pensoft Publishers, 2021-03-15)Background Within tropical shallow-water coral reefs, marine sponges provide microhabitats for a wide range of fauna. Although there have been numerous studies and reports of symbiotic relationships amongst sponges and ... -
The Role of Stress Proteins in the Study of Allostatic Overload in Birds: Use and Applicability to Current Studies in Avian Ecology
(Hindawi, 2007-09-28)Stress proteins offer a measure of stress in birds at the cellular level that are an alternative to the glucocorticoids. Stress proteins are not biased by handling stress, the increase in stress proteins lasts longer than ... -
Physiological Condition of Juvenile Wading Birds in Relation to Multiple Landscape Stressors in the Florida Everglades: Effects of Hydrology, Prey Availability, and Mercury Bioaccumulation
(PLoS ONE, 2014-09-03)The physiological condition of juvenile birds can be influenced by multiple ecological stressors, and few studies have concurrently considered the effects of environmental contaminants in combination with ecological ... -
Linking Dynamic Habitat Selection with Wading Bird Foraging Distributions across Resource Gradients
(PLoS ONE, 2015-06-24)Species distribution models (SDM) link species occurrence with a suite of environmental predictors and provide an estimate of habitat quality when the variable set captures the biological requirements of the species. SDMs ... -
Marine amphipods as a new live prey for ornamental aquaculture: exploring the potential of Parhyale hawaiensis and Elasmopus pectenicrus
(PeerJ, 2021-02-10)Marine amphipods are gaining attention in aquaculture as a natural live food alternative to traditional preys such as brine shrimps (Artemia spp.). The use of Artemia is convenient for the culture of many marine species, ...
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