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Marine reserves in The Bahamas and Ecuador : a scientific and socioeconomic perspective

Creator:

Lamb, Robert W.

Abstract:

Marine reserves are known to directly replenish overfished species. However, the community-wide effects of reserves are less clear. I examined the community of coralreef fishes in a large, fully protected marine reserve in The Bahamas: the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park. Visual-transect surveys provided estimates and comparisons of the...

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Honors College Thesis

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www.fishbase.org. The effect of the reserve on each species was calculated as the mean difference in biomass (g
Predicting the effects of climate change : effects of thermal stress on seaweeds in the Galapagos rocky intertidal

Creator:

Harris, Alyssa L.

Abstract:

Because global warming is predicted to increase the severity of El Niño events in the future, understanding how warmer temperatures affect seaweed growth and the animals associated with seaweeds is important for predicting how marine ecosystems will change. The Galapagos Islands of Ecuador are considered a living laboratory for studying...

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Undergraduate Thesis

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) __________________________________________________________________ Dr. Joseph G. Hoff, Academic Coordinator, International Degree Program I understand that