NSU Currents Spring 2014 Newsletter - Volume XXIV, Issue 1

11 Pamela Marcum : “Population modeling of the Rainwater Killifish, Lucania parva , in Florida Bay using multivariate regression trees.” Committee: Bernhard Riegl, Ph.D., chair; Michael Robblee, Ph.D.; and Richard Spieler, Ph.D. Thesis. July 30, 2013. Dawn McCullough : “Hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico: A literature review of causes, impacts, and management of nutrient loading in the Mississippi River-Atchafalaya River basin(MARB)watershed.”Committee:DonaldMcCorquodale, Ph.D., chair, and Curtis M. Burney, Ph.D. Capstone. December 13, 2013. Alma Meyer : “Examining the role of marine protected areas in conservation and a model for effective management.” Committee: Nick Funicelli, Ph.D., chair; Amy Hirons, Ph.D.; and David Kerstetter, Ph.D. Capstone. July 16, 2013. Ashley Miller : “Utilizing real-time PCR to determine microbial indicators of human pollution: Wastewater management.” Committee: Donald McCorquodale, Ph.D., chair, and George Duncan, Ph.D. Capstone. December 13, 2013. Denise Perez : “Light-use efficiency of coral reef communities: A sensitivity analysis using an optically based model of reef productivity and calcification.” Committee: Eric Hochberg, Ph.D., chair; Bernhard Riegl, Ph.D.; and Robert von Woesik, Ph.D. Thesis. August 2, 2013. Julio Perez : “Zooplankton, lipids, and a changing world.” Committee: Donald McCorquodale, Ph.D., chair, and Curtis M. Burney, Ph.D. Capstone. August 1, 2013. Alexandria Pickard : “Characterization of shark movements on a mesophotic Caribbean coral reef and temporal association with fish spawning aggregations.” Committee: Mahmood Shivji, Ph.D., chair; BradWetherbee, Ph.D.; and Jeremy Vaudo, Ph.D. Thesis. November 22, 2013. Renae Poole : “Cooperative foraging in cetaceans: A literature review.” Committee: Caryn Self-Sullivan, Ph.D., chair, and Christopher Appelt, Ph.D. Capstone. December 13, 2013. Linda Searle : “Robinson Point, Belize: An important foraging ground for endangered sea turtles in the Western Caribbean Sea.” Committee: Curtis M. Burney, Ph.D., chair; James Thomas, Ph.D.; and Lis Bach, Ph.D. Thesis. December 11, 2013. Kayelyn Simmons : “Evidence for the enemy release hypothesis: Parasites of the lionfish complex ( Pterois volitans and Pterois miles ) in the Western North Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea.” Committee: David Kerstetter, Ph.D., chair; Chris Blanar, Ph.D.; and Bernhard Riegl, Ph.D. Thesis. January 31, 2014. Shara Teter : “Migratory patterns and habitat use of Sand Tiger sharks ( Carcharias taurus ) in the Western North Atlantic Ocean.” Committee: Mahmood Shivji, Ph.D., chair; Samuel Purkis, Ph.D.; and Brad Wetherbee, Ph.D. Thesis. September 12, 2013. AshleyWiehl : “Educating the masses: Human attitudes affecting reef health.” Committee: Bernhard Riegl, Ph.D., chair; Elizabeth Dickinson, Ph.D.; and Richard Spieler, Ph.D. Thesis. December 9, 2013. Laura Wright : “Sea turtle nesting periodicities with analysis of lunar effects in Broward County, Florida.” Committee: Curtis M. Burney, Ph.D., chair, and Lou Fisher. Capstone. December 10, 2013. Oceanographic Center Publications 2013–2014 by Faculty Members, Researchers, and Students *Ahrens, J. B., Borda, E., Barroso, R., Paiva, P. C., Campbell, A. M. , Wolf, A., Nugues, M. M., Rouse, G. W., and Schulze, A. (2013). The curious case of Hermodice carunculata (Annelida: Amphinomidae): evidence for genetic homogeneity throughout the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent basins. Molecular Ecology 22(8): 2280–2291. DOI: 10.1111/mec.12263. * Bryan, D. R. , Kilfoyle, K. , Gilmore, R. G., and Spieler, R. E. (2013). Characterization of the mesophotic reef fish community in south Florida, USA. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 29(1): 108–117. *Chapman, D. D., Wintner, S. P., Abercrombie, D. L., Ashe, J., Bernard, A. M. , Shivji, M. S. , and Feldheim, K. A. (2013). The behavioural and genetic mating system of the sand tiger shark, Carcharias taurus , an intrauterine cannibal. Biology Letters 9(3): 20130003. Cook, A. B., Sutton, T. T ., Galbraith, J. K., and Vecchione, M. (2013). Deep-pelagic (0–3000 m) fish assemblage structure over the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the area of the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone. Deep-Sea Research II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 98: 279–291. Gagnon, Y. L., Sutton, T. T. , and Johnsen, S. (2013). Visual acuity in pelagic fishes and mollusks. Vision Research 92: 1–9. GIGA Community of Scientists ( Lopez, J. V. as lead author). (2014). The Global Invertebrate Genome Alliance (GIGA): Developing community resources to studydiverse invertebrategenomes. Journal of Heredity 105(1): 1–18. DOI: 10.1093/jhered/est084. Harris, P. M., Purkis, S. J. , and Ellis, J. (2014). Evaluating water- depth variation and mapping depositional facies on Great Bahama Bank—a “flat-topped” isolated carbonate platform. SEPM Short Course Notes No. 56, paper p. 1–44, and 1 DVD. ISBN: 978-56576-333-3 * Hester, J. , Atwater, K. , Bernard, A. , Francis, M., and Shivji, M. S. (2013). The complete mitochondrial genome of the basking shark Cetorhinus maximus (Chondrichthyes, Cetorhinidae). Mitochondrial DNA . DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2013.845762. * Johnston, M. W. , and Purkis, S. J. (2013). Modelling the potential spread of the recently identified non-native panther grouper ( Chromileptes altivelis ) in the Atlantic using a cellular automaton approach. PLoS ONE 8(8): e73023. Kirk, N. L., Ritson-Williams, R., Coffroth, M. A., Miller, M. W., Fogarty, N. D. , and Santos, S. R. (2013). Tracking transmission of apicomplexan symbionts in diverse Caribbean corals. PLoS ONE 8(11): e80618. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080618. Messing, C. G. , Stanley, K., Reed, J. K., and Gilmore, R. G. (2013). The first in situ habitat observations and images of the Caribbean roughshark, Oxynotus caribbaeus Cervigón , 1961. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 126(3): 234–239. *Pomponi, S. A., Jevitt, A., Patel, J. , and Diaz, M. C. (2013). Sponge hybridomas: Applications and implications. Integrative and Comparative Biology 53(3): 524–530. DOI: http://dx.doi . org/10.1093/icb/ict032 . (continued on page 12)