NSU Currents Fall 2014 Newsletter - Volume XXV, Issue 2

15 Scott Riley : “Measuring viability of the red-tide dinoflagellate Lingulodinium polyedra ; treatment with ultraviolet (UV) light.” Committee: Clarice Yentsch, Ph.D., chair; Jose Lopez, Ph.D.; and Matt First, Ph.D. Thesis. March 24, 2014. Theresa Robitaille : “A long-term stony coral transplantation success offshore Southeast Florida, USA.” Committee: David Gilliam, Ph.D., chair; Patrick Hardigan, Ph.D.; Richard Spieler, Ph.D.; and Jamie Monty, M.S. Thesis. July 24, 2014. Elizabeth Schneble : “A review of reproductive behavior of the sand tiger shark ( Carcharias taurus ) with special emphasis on captive sharks at the National Aquarium, Baltimore.” Committee: Brad Wetherbee, Ph.D., chair; Mahmood Shivji, Ph.D.; and Alan Hanningsen. Capstone. July 31, 2014. Clark Schoonover : “Persistent heavy metal pollution from anthropogenic practices in emerging market economies.” Committee: Donald McCorquodale, Ph.D., chair, and James Thomas, Ph.D. Capstone. March 25, 2014. Elizabeth Simpson : “The potential use of artificial reefs within marine protected areas to enhance fisheries and MPA effectiveness.” Committee: Paul Arena, Ph.D., chair; Richard Spieler, Ph.D.; and Nicholas Funicelli, Ph.D. Capstone. March 24, 2014. Kristina Trotta : “Socioeconomics of the Lionfish Derby Fishery.” Committee: David Kerstetter, Ph.D., chair; Donald McCorquodale, Ph.D.; Bernhard Riegl, Ph.D.; and Brad Gentner, M.S. Thesis. August 1, 2014. Tiffany Weidner : “Combined gut content-stable isotope trophic analysis and satellite tagging of the pelagic stingray ( Pteroplaytrygon violacea ) from the western North Atlantic Ocean.” Committee: David Kerstetter, Ph.D., chair; Amy Hirons, Ph.D.; and Charles Cotton, Ph.D. Thesis. April 25, 2014. Christiana Wittmaack : “Establishing behavioral diagnostic criteria for domoic acid toxicosis in Zalophus californianus , a sentinel species of ocean health.” Committee: Caryn Self- Sullivan, Ph.D., chair; Curtis M. Burney, Ph.D.; and Garet Lahvis, Ph.D. Thesis. April 21, 2014. Michele Zielinski : “False crawls in loggerhead turtles: causation and impacts on nesting success in Broward County, Florida.” Committee: Curtis M. Burney, Ph.D., chair; Donald McCorquodale, Ph.D.; and Kurt Rusenko, Ph.D. Thesis. March 21, 2014. Oceanographic Center Recent Publications 2013–2014 by Faculty Members, Researchers, and Students * Bernard, A.M. , A.W. S. Hilsdorf, A. F. Amorim, R. R. Domingues, and M. S. Shivji . 2014. “Development and characterization of thirteen microsatellite markers for the longbill spearfish ( Tetrapturus pfluegeri ).” Conservation Genetics Resources 6(1):169–171. Feagans, J. N. and T. T. Sutton . 2014. “Ecology of the oceanic rim: pelagic eels as key ecosystem components.” Marine Ecology Progress Series . 502: 257–266. Figueiredo, J. , A. H. Baird, S. Harii, and S. R. Connolly. 2014. “Increased local retention of reef coral larvae as a result of ocean warming.” Nature Climate Change 4(6): 498–502. * Kenkel, C. D. , C. Sheridan, M. C. Leal, R. Bhagooli, K. D. Castillo, N. Kurata , E. McGinty, T. L. Goulet, and M. V. Matz. 2014. “Diagnostic gene expression biomarkers of coral thermal stress.” Molecular Ecology Resources 14(4): 667–678. Lapointe. B. E., L. E. West, T. T. Sutton , and C. Hu. 2014. Nutrient excretionsby symbiotic fishes support enhanced productivity of pelagic Sargassum in the western North Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 458: 45–56. Luo, S.-J., Y. Zhang, W. E. Johnson, L. Miao, P. Martelli, A. Antunes, J. L. D. Smith, and S. J. O’Brien . 2014. “Sympatric Asian felid phylogeography reveals a major Indochinese– Sundaic divergence.” Molecular Ecology 23(8): 2072–2092. Mengerink, K. J., C. L. Van Dover, J. Ardron, M. Baker, E. Escobar- Briones, K. Gjerde, J. A. Koslow, E. Ramirez-Llodra, A. Lara- Lopez, D. Squires, T. T. Sutton , A. K. Sweetman, and L. A. Levin. 2014. “A Call for Deep-Ocean Stewardship.” Science 344(6185): 696–698. Sutton, T. T. , T. B. Letessier, and B. Bardarson. 2013. “Midwater fishes collected in the vicinity of the Sub-Polar Front, Mid-North Atlantic Ocean, during ECOMAR pelagic sampling.” Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 98 , Part B(0): 292–300. Vaudo, J. J. , B. M. Wetherbee, G. Harvey, R. S. Nemeth, C. Aming, N. Burnie, L. A. Howey-Jordan, and M. S. Shivji . 2014. “Intraspecific variation in vertical habitat use by tiger sharks ( Galeocerdo cuvier ) in the western North Atlantic.” Ecology and Evolution 4(10): 1768–1786. *indicates OC student as an author