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Dissertations from 2023 2023

Mating Burrows in the Fiddler Crab Leptuca pugilator: How a Key Resource is Contested, Constructed, and Shared, Zachary Michael Lane

Connecting Social and Ecological Systems in Small-Scale Fisheries in the Philippines, Sara Eisler Marriott

THE MOBILITY OF LONG-LIVED RADIOISOTOPES AND THEIR BURIAL IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT, Neil Redmond

Dissertations from 2022 2022

COASTAL GEOMORPHIC RESPONSE TO SEA-LEVEL RISE, STORMS, AND ANTECEDENT GEOLOGY: EXAMPLES FROM THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO, Clayton Dike

A Genomic Investigation of Divergence Between Tuna Species, Pavel V. Dimens

OCEAN QUAHOG (ARCTICA ISLANDICA) POPULATION DYNAMICS: SEX-BASED DEMOGRAPHICS AND REGIONAL COMPARISONS IN THE NORTHWEST ATLANTIC, Kathleen M. Hemeon

Evaluating the Impact of Submarine Groundwater Discharge on Nutrients and Trace Elements in Coastal Systems: The Examples of the Tuckean Swamp (Australia) and the Mississippi Sound (USA), Amy Moody

The Expanding Marine Built Environment and Biofilm Formation Processes, Rachel Mugge

Characterization of Sea level Changes along the Louisiana/Florida Shelf Using High Frequency (HF) Radar Data and Sea level Measurements, uchenna nwankwo

A Study of Red Snapper (Lutjanus Campechanus) Ecology in the Northern Gulf of Mexico and the Effect of Variable River Outflow Using Stable Isotope Analysis of the Food Web and Eye Lenses, Caitlin C. Slife

APPLICATIONS OF SIMULATION ANALYSIS TO GENERATE REFERENCE POINTS AND EVALUATE MANAGEMENT CONTROL RULES IN THREE EASTERN US FISHERIES, Laura Solinger

Dissertations from 2021 2021

Microplankton Dynamics in the River-Dominated Mississippi Bight, Adam D. Boyette

Patterns of Habitat Use and Trophic Structure in Turtle Grass (Thalassia testudinum)-Dominated Systems Across the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Christian Hayes

Modeling Hydrochemical and Vegetation Responses of High-elevation Forested Watersheds to Future Climate and Atmospheric Deposition Changes in the Southeastern U.S., Hailong Huang

Assessing the Real-Time Lagrangian Predictability of the Operational Navy Coastal Ocean Model in the Gulf of Mexico, Lea Kristen Locke

Migratory Movement, Fishery Exploitation, and Sperm Limitation of the Louisiana Blue Crab Spawning Stock, Helen Olmi-Graham

Dissertations from 2020 2020

Cost-Effective GNSS Hardware for High-Accuracy Surveys and Its Prospects for Post-Processed Kinematic (PPK) and Precise Point Positioning (PPP) Strategies, Johnson Olusegun Oguntuase

A Management Strategy Evaluation of the Impacts of Interspecific Competition and Recreational Fishery Dynamics on Vermilion Snapper (Rhomboplites aurorubens) in the Gulf of Mexico, Megumi C. Oshima

Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria, Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Potential Drivers in the Aquatic Environments, Shuo Shen

Geochemical Tracers of Arctic Ocean Processes: A Study of Gallium, Barium, and Vanadium, Laura M. Whitmore

Dissertations from 2019 2019

Establishing the Role of the Mississippi-Alabama Barrier Islands in Mississippi Sound and Bight Circulation Using Observational Data Analysis and a Coastal Model, Laura Hode

Molecular Responses to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Contaminants in Estuarine Fish, Elizabeth Jones

Suspended Sediment and Particulate Matter Transport in Mississippi Sound and Bight Assessed with Physical Modeling, Remote Sensing and In Situ Measurements, Stephan O'Brien

Dissertations from 2018 2018

Geotraces and Beyond: Studies of Trace Elements in Coastal and Open Ocean Waters with an Emphasis on the Effects of Oxygen Depletion and Hydrothermal Plumes, Peng Ho

Predicted Deepwater Bathymetry From Satellite Altimetry: Non-Fourier Transform Alternatives, Maxsimo Salazar