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Articles (75)

Enhancing Eco-Engineering of Coastal Infrastructure with Eco-Design: Moving from Mitigation to Integration (Sylvain Pioch, G. Relini, J. C. Souche, et al.) Ecological Engineering (2018)

Eco-design aims to enhance eco-engineering practices of coastal infrastructure projects in support of ecological functions before these projects are developed and implemented. The principle is to integrate eco-engineering concepts in the early phases of project ...

Effects of EMF Emissions from Undersea Electric Cables on Coral Reef Fish (Audie Kirk Kilfoyle, Robert F Jermain, Manhar R. Dhanak, et al.) BioElectroMagnetics (2017)

The objective of this study was to determine if electromagnetic field (EMF) emissions from undersea power cables impacted local marine life, with an emphasis on coral reef fish. The work was done at the South ...

Promnestic Effects of Intranasally Applied Pregnenolone in Rats (Laila Abdel-Hafiz, Owen Y. Chao, Joseph P. Huston, et al.) Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (2016)

The neurosteroid pregnenolone (PREG) has been shown to have memory-enhancing and anti-depressant action. The present study addresses the question of whether intranasally applied pregnenolone (IN-PREG) also has promnestic properties in the rat. We examined the ...

Time-Dependent Bidirectional Effects of Chronic Caffeine on Functional Recovery of the Dorsal Light Reflex After Hemilabyrinthectomy in the Goldfish Carassius auratus (Noah B. Goodson, Bethany Brockhoff, Joseph P. Huston, et al.) Neuroscience (2015)

Caffeine works through a variety of complex mechanisms to exert an often bidirectional set of functional and structural neurological changes in vertebrates. We investigated the effects of chronic caffeine exposure on functional recovery of the ...

Active Avoidance Learning in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) - The Role of Sensory Modality and Inter-Stimulus Interval (Christopher Morin, Maria A. De Souza-Silva, Christian P. Muller, et al.) Behavioural Brain Research (2013)

The zebrafish (Danio rerio) promises to meet the growing need of a high throughput model in the fields of gerontological and neurobehavioral research by possessing highly conserved anatomy and physiology with vertebrates, while having low ...

Fish Assemblages on a Mitigation Boulder Reef and Neighboring Hardbottom (Kirk Kilfoyle, Jessica A. Freeman, Lance K. B. Jordan, et al.) Ocean and Coastal Management (2013)

We compared the fish assemblages on a mitigation site to neighboring natural habitat. Artificial reefs made of limestone boulders were deployed offshore Florida in August–September 2003 as mitigation for an anticipated nearshore hardbottom burial associated ...

Characterization of the Mesophotic Reef Fish Community in South Florida, USA (David R. Bryan, Kirk Kilfoyle, R. Grant Gilmore, et al.) Journal of Applied Ichthyology (2013)

The southeastern coast of Florida, USA supports a substantial recreational fishery, yet little is known of the coral reef ecosystem or fisheries resources past 50 m depth. Fish assemblages associated with low-relief substrate and three ...

The Yellow Stingray, Urobatis jamaicensis (Chondrichthyes Urotrygonidae): A Synoptic Review (Richard E. Spieler, Daniel P. Fahy, Robin L. Sherman, et al.) Caribbean Journal of Science (2013)

The yellow stingray, Urobatis jamaicensis (Cuvier) has been the subject of a multitude of diverse studies on its natural history, morphology, and physiology. We have attempted here to briefly review all the studies on U. ...

Depth-Variable Settlement Patterns and Predation Influence on Newly Settled Reef Fishes (Haemulon spp., Haemulidae) (Lance K. B. Jordan, Kenyon C. Lindeman and Richard E. Spieler) PLoS One (2012)

During early demersal ontogeny, many marine fishes display complex habitat-use patterns. Grunts of the speciose genus Haemulon are among the most abundant fishes on western North Atlantic coral reefs, with most species settling to shallow ...

Compensatory Mitigation in Marine Ecosystems: Which Indicators for Assessing the "No Net Loss" Goal of Ecosystem Services and Ecological Functions? (Harold Levrel, Sylvain Pioch and Richard E. Spieler) Marine Policy (2012)

Recent years have seen increasing interest in the concepts of compensation and ecosystem services. Regulation systems in the United States dealing with environmental protection (Superfund Act, Oil Pollution Act, National Environment Policy Act, Clean Water ...

Green Marine Construction (Sylvain Pioch, Kirk Kilfoyle, Harold Levrel, et al.) Journal of Coastal Research (2011)

The oceans incorporate three-quarters of the Earth's surface, and most of humanity lives in coastal regions. For example, more than half of the total U.S. population presently lives in coastal areas, and the coastal population ...

Development of Embryonic Gill Vasculature in the Yellow Stingray, Urobatis jamaicensis (Bethany L. Basten, Robin L. Sherman, Alois Lametschwandtner, et al.) The Anatomical Record (2011)

Corrosion casting was utilized to examine the development of gill vasculature in embryonic yellow stingrays, Urobatis jamaicensis (formerly Urolophus jamaicensis). The most marked changes in vascular configuration of the gills occur in the earliest castable ...

Ecological Design of Marine Construction for Socio-Economic Benefits: Ecosystem Integration of a Pipeline in Coral Reef Area (Sylvain Pioch, Philippe Saussola, Kirk Kilfoyle, et al.) Procedia Environmental Sciences (2011)

It is critical to understand that an ecosystem integration of construction requires a close Engineering/Biology partnership to meet socio-economic benefits in management goals. Biologists are not typically trained or licensed for the requisite engineering involved ...

Relationship of Reef Fish Assemblages and Topographic Complexity on Southeastern Florida Coral Reef Habitats (Brian K. Walker, Lance K. B. Jordan and Richard E. Spieler) Journal of Coastal Research (2009)

Reef fish assemblage relationships with in situ and lidar topographic measurements across the seascape were analyzed to evaluate the possibility of using lidar metrics as a proxy for prediction models. In situ topographic complexity (i.e., ...

A Unique Vascular Configuration among the Efferent Branchial Arteries and Splanchnic Arteries in the Yellow Stingray, Urobatis jamaicensis (Bethany L. Basten, Robin L. Sherman, Alois Lametschwandtner, et al.) Microscopy and Microanalysis (2009)

With light and scanning electron microscopy of vascular corrosion casts, we have observed in Urobatis jamaicensis that the fourth epibranchial arteries do not merge completely with the dorsal aorta. Instead they form a brief anastomosis ...

Recent Region-wide Declines in Caribbean Reef Fish Abundance (Michelle J. Paddack, John D. Reynolds, Consuelo Aguilar, et al.) Current Biology (2009)

Profound ecological changes are occurring on coral reefs throughout the tropics, with marked coral cover losses and concomitant algal increases, particularly in the Caribbean region. Historical declines in the abundance of large Caribbean reef fishes ...

Preliminary Observations on the Reproductive Cycle and Uterine Fecundity of the Yellow Stingray, Urobatis jamaicensis (Elasmobranchii: Mylioba tiformes: Urolophidae) in Southeast Florida, U.S.A. (Daniel P. Fahy, Richard E. Spieler and William C. Hamlett) Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (2007)

The yellow stingray, Urobatis jamaicensis is the most common elasmobranch observed among the coral reefs and associated habitats of Southeast Florida, U.S.A. In coastal waters off Broward County, Florida, gravid females were observed throughout the ...

Reef Fish Assemblage Structure Affected by Small-Scale Spacing and Size Variations of Artificial Patch Reefs (Lance K. B. Jordan, David S. Gilliam and Richard E. Spieler) Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology (2005)

To examine how varying the distance between patch reefs affects reef fish assemblage structure, replicate concrete reef modules (∼ 1 m3 each) were deployed on sand bottom at 8 m depth off Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, ...

Changes in Motoric, Exploratory, and Emotional Behaviours and Neuronal Acetylcholine Content and 5-HT Turnover in Histidine Decarboxylase-KO Mice (Ekrem Dere, Maria A. De Souza-Silva, Richard E. Spieler, et al.) European Journal of Neuroscience (2004)

Histamine has been implicated, inter alia, in mechanisms underlying arousal, exploratory behaviour and emotionality. Here, we investigated behavioural and neurochemical parameters related to these concepts, including open-field activity, rotarod performance and anxiety, as well as ...

Characterization of the Marine Fish Assemblage Associated with the Nearshore Hardbottom of Broward County, Florida, USA (Robert M. Baron, Lance K. B. Jordan and Richard E. Spieler) Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (2004)

Some shallow (<7 m, water depth) nearshore hardbottom areas of southeast Florida have been reported to function as important juvenile fish habitat. Much of this area has been impacted by one or more local beach ...

Circadian Variation of Brain Histamine in Goldfish (Tiffany A. Burns, Joseph P. Huston and Richard E. Spieler) Brain Research Bulletin (2003)

Teleosts may make an excellent model to study brain histamine function. Fishes are phylogenetically closer to the basic vertebrate blueprint than higher vertebrates. They appear to have a simpler histaminergic system in terms of central ...

Growth and Survivorship of Stony Coral Meandrina meandrites and Montastrea cavernosa Transplants to an Artificial Reef Environment: A Work in Progress (E. A. Glynn, T. Patrick Quinn, Daniel P. Fahy, et al.) Nova Southeastern University (2003)

Reef Ball Deployment: In November of 2000, 160 concrete Reef BallTM modules (1.22m wide x 0.9m high) were deployed, at a depth of approximately 15 meters, between the Second and Third Reef tracts off Dania ...

Histidine-Decarboxylase Knockout Mice Show Deficient Nonreinforced Episodic Object Memory, Improved Negatively Reinforced Water-Maze Performance, and Increased Neo- and Ventro-Striatal Dopamine Turnover (Ekrem Dere, Maria A. De Souza-Silva, Bianca Topic, et al.) Learning & Memory (2003)

The brain's histaminergic system has been implicated in hippocampal synaptic plasticity, learning, and memory, as well as brain reward and reinforcement. Our past pharmacological and lesion studies indicated that the brain's histamine system exerts inhibitory ...

Hypothesis-based Restoration Study For Mitigation of a Damaged SE Florida Coral Reef: A Work in Progress (T. Patrick Quinn, E. A. Glynn, Richard E. Dodge, et al.) Nova Southeastern University (2003)

The United States Submarine Memphis (Figure 1) ran aground in approximately 10 meter depth on a coral reef off southeast Florida (Figure 2) February 25, 1993. Extensive physical damage to the reef substrate and injury ...

Fish Assemblages Associated with Artificial Reefs of Concrete Aggregates or Quarry Stone Offshore Miami Beach, Florida, USA (Brian K. Walker, Bruce Henderson and Richard E. Spieler) Aquatic Living Resources (2002)

Few studies have compared the suitability of different artificial reef construction materials in terms of their efficacy in acquiring diverse faunal assemblages. We compared the fishes associated with 12 co-located reefs constructed of limestone quarry ...