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Creator:: Patel, Shalvi H.
Abstract:: Coral reefs are diverse ecosystems and serve many purposes including preventing erosion on coastlines and acting as a source of food, income, and culture. Acropora cervicornis, a staghorn coral, has faced a significant 80-89% decline in the Caribbean, attributed to a poorly-characterized epizootic, White Band Disease (WBD). Previous studies showed...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: :_____________________________________________________ Rebecca Vega Thurber Coral reefs are diverse ecosystems and serve many

Creator:: Boryer, Ellie
Abstract:: With mounting distrust for science, finding effective ways to educate the next generation of scientists has become increasingly important. Microbiology is a prevalent and complex subject and is at the forefront of developing cutting-edge technologies for a more in-depth look into the unseen world. However, many people are only ever...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: : _____________________________________________________ Rebecca Vega Thurber Key Words: microbiology, education, high school, survey, summer camp

Creator:: Duke, William C.
Abstract:: As important ecological cornerstones, coral reefs face threats from a myriad of sources, such as global climate change, and importantly, disease, the latter often as a result of microbial pathogens. An understudied group of major corals, fire corals, and their even less understood microbiome present an opportunity to learn more...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: :_____________________________________________________ Rebecca Vega Thurber As important ecological cornerstones, coral reefs face threats

Creator:: Greydanus, Logan
Abstract:: Coral reef health has been in severe decline around the globe in the past several decades, in many cases due to direct human impact. Human action, such as overfishing, habitat destruction and nutrient loading, has caused coral coverage to drop to record lows, threatening the future of these critically important...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Abstract Approved: Rebecca Vega-Thurber Coral reef health has been in severe decline around the

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