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Dissertations from 2017 2017

Effects of Trophic Relationships on Oyster Reef Restoration Success in the Mississippi Sound, Virginia Robin Fleer

Historical Change of Seagrasses in the Mississippi and Chandeleur Sounds, Linh Thuy Pham

Dissertations from 2016 2016

Examining the Combined Effects of Dissolved Oxygen, Temperature, and Body Size on the Physiological Responses of a Model Macrobenthic Polychaete Species, Capitella teleta, Kelsey Burns Gillam

A Microbiomic Approach to the Characterization of the Impactsand Influences of Viral, Bacterial, and Harmful Algal Bloom Toxins on the Bottlenose Dolphin, Corey David Russo

Dissertations from 2015 2015

Spatial, Temporal and Demographical Analysis of Gulf of Mexico Research Priorities, the Effect of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Stephen Hiller Sempier

Dissertations from 2014 2014

Characterization of the Early Development and Quality of Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) Eggs and Larvae in Aquaculture Conditions, Agnès Bardon Albaret

Clarification of the Systematics of the Haploporoidea (Trematoda) with Descriptions of New Genera and Species, Michael Jay Andres

Revision of 13 Genera of Haploporidae (Trematoda), Eric Edward Pulis

Dissertations from 2013 2013

Habitat Characterization, Habitat Use and Associated Growth of Juvenile Spotted Seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) in a Mississippi Bay System: Implications for Stock Enhancement Practices, Joseph Read Hendon

Community Metrics and Trophic Dynamics in Tidal Creeks in an Anthropogenically Fragmented, Coastal Landscape, Michael Robert Lowe

Dissertations from 2012 2012

Effects of Hypoxia and 4-tert-octylphenol on Gene Expression Profiles of the Sheepshead Minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus), Arthur Alan Karels

Genetic Variation in Potentially Virulent Vibrio parahaemolyticus From the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Nicholas Felix Noriea III

Management of Biological and Chemical Constituents for the Advancement of Intensive, Minimal-Exchange, Biofloc-based Shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) Aquaculture, Andrew James Ray

Marine Fungi of U.S. Gulf of Mexico Barrier Island Beaches: Biodiversity and Sampling Strategy, Allison Kathleen Walker

Dissertations from 2010 2010

Systematic Revision of the Kalliapseudidae (Crustacea: Peracarida: Tanaidacea) and the Population Genetic Structure and Phylogeography of a Species Along the Southeastern and Gulf Coasts of North America, David Thomas Drumm

Development of Representative Species-Level Molecular Markers and Morphological Character Analysis of Leucothoid Amphipods (Crustacea: Amphipoda), Kristine Nicolle White

Dissertations from 2009 2009

Remote Sensing of Harmful Algal Blooms in the Mississippi Sound and Mobile Bay: Modelling and Algorithm Formation, Dan Martin Holiday

Bridging Functional Genomics and Toxicogenomics Through DNA Microarrays in a Fish Model, Shuzhao Li

Experimental Population Dynamics of Amyloodiniumocellatum in the Spotted Seatrout, Cynoscionnebulosus, and the Red Snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, Ignacio Masson

Bacterial Cell Wall Components Affect Hemocyte Composition and Gene Expression in the Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus: An Insight Into Effectors of Immune Function, Natasha Jayna Sharp

Dissertations from 2008 2008

Review of the Genus Polycheria Haswell, A Symbiotic Group of Amphipods (Crustacea: Dexaminidae) with Descriptions of New Species from Florida, the Caribbean Sea, and the Indo-Pacific Region, John Milton Foster

Gene Expression Profiles as Molecular Indicators of Dissolved Oxygen Stress in Grass Shrimp Palaemonetes pugio Holthuis 1949, Tiandao Li

Evaluating Vascular Plant Composition and Species Richness on Horn Island, Mississippi, Using Passive and Active Remote Sensing in Conjunction with Ground Based Measurements, Kelly Lynn Lucas

Yellow Head Virus: Transmission and Genome Analyses, Hongwei Ma

A Systematic and Taxonomic Review of the Family Pseudotanaidae (Crustacea: Peracarida: Tanaidacea) Based Primarily on Morphometry Cladistic Analyses, Jerry Alan McLelland

Dissertations from 2007 2007

Ecology and Evolution of Fish Blood Flukes (Digenea: Aporocotylidae), Stephen Ashton Bullard Jr.

Population Dynamics, Structure and Per-Recruit Analyses of Yellowedge Grouper, Epinephelus flavolimbatus, From the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Melissa Cook

Thinking Outside ISD: A Management Model for Instructional Design, Tony DeWayne Taylor

Dissertations from 2006 2006

Taxonomy and Systematics of Some Freshwater and Coastal Trematodes from Fishes on the Atlantic Rim, Stephen Socrates Curran

The Effect of Copepod Density On Cannibalism, Survival, Development Rate and Egg Production and the Implications for Population Growth Rate and Demographics of Acartia tonsa Dana (Copepoda: Calanoida), Jason Thomas Lemus

Experimental Infection of Necrotizing Hepatopancreatitis Bacterium (NHPB) in Kona Stock Litopenaeus Vannamei (Pacific White Shrimp), Amanda Grey Vincent

Dissertations from 2005 2005

The Effects of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals On Sex Differentiation in Japanese Medaka (Oryzias latipes) and the Role of Brain Aromatase, Adam John Kuhl

Dissertations from 2004 2004

Effects of Grass Shrimp (Palaemonetes spp.) Density Manipulations and Nutrient Enrichment On Widgeongrass (Ruppia maritima) Condition, Epiphyte Load, and Epiphyte Functional Groups, Donna Marie Drury

Dissertations from 2001 2001

Life History Information On Some Strigeoids Parasitizing Pond-Raised Catfish: A Synergism of Morphology and Molecules, Charles Kenneth Blend

Plankton Patchiness and the Associated Distribution and Growth of Larval Anchovies: An Estuarine Landscape Perspective, Gregory Lee Fulling

Detoxification and Mutagenic Response in Medaka (Oryzias latipes) Exposed to MX, a Drinking Water Carcinogen, David Roy Geter

Epidemiology of White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) and Taura Syndrome Virus (TSV) In Some Penaied Shrimps, M. Andres Soto

Dissertations from 1986 1986

Development of Two Tetrarhynchidean Cestodes from the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Tom Edwin Mattis

Dissertations from 1976 1976

Microphallid Trematode Metacercariae in Fiddler Crabs of the Genus Uca Leach, 1814 From the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Richard Willis Heard