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Theses from 2023

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MULTISPECIES USE OF VARIOUS HABITATS IN THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND WITH AN EMPHASIS ON FUTURE OYSTER REEF CONSTRUCTION, Austin Draper

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Habitat use of Gulf Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi) in Pascagoula River holding areas and in estuarine and marine environments including Ship Island, Mississippi and Mobile Bay, Alabama, Elizabeth M. Greenheck

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Estimation of Angular Response Curves Using a Phase Differencing Bathymetric Sonar, Kandice Gunning

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UNDERSTANDING THE PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY OF THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND: OBSERVATIONAL CLIMATOLOGIES, TRENDS AND RELATIONSHIPS IN THE SOUND AND COMPARISON OF THE SURFACE CURRENTS OF OCEAN MODELS WITH HIGH FREQUENCY RADAR DATA, TASNIM ISLAM

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Determining the Refractive Index of Phytoplankton via Direct Measurement of Cellular Structures, Michael Kamowski

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ESTIMATION OF QUANTITATIVE GENETIC PARAMETERS OF THE EASTERN OYSTER (CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA) IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, Heather King

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GENETIC PARAMETERS FOR HEAT AND SALINITY STRESS TOLERANCE IN NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO EASTERN OYSTER, CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA, Paul McDonald

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ASSESSING DYNAMICS AND TRENDS OF CO2 FLUX ON THE LOUISIANA SHELF, Claire McGuire

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BENTHIC HABITAT MAPPING OF MOUNTAIN TOP BANK WITHIN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH INTEGRATED GEOPHYSICAL AND VISUAL DATA ANALYSIS, Bethany Pertain

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UNDERSTANDING THE FLOW DYNAMICS OF THE PEARL RIVER, MS, THROUGH HYDRODYNAMIC MODELING, Nahruma Mehzabeen Pieu

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THE IMPACT OF SEA-LEVEL RISE ON COASTAL WETLANDS USING IN-SITU MESOCOSM EXPERIMENTS, LANDSCAPE MODELING, AND TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE MAPPING, Kelly San Antonio

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THE INFLUENCE OF RANGE SHIFTS AND WIND ENERGY ON THE ATLANTIC SURFCLAM (SPISULA SOLIDISSIMA) AND OCEAN QUAHOG (ARCTICA ISLANDICA) FISHERIES ON THE U.S. OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF, Stephanie Stromp

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ESTIMATION OF MORTALITY RATES FOR THE GULF MENHADEN STOCK AND REFERENCE POINT IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE FISHERY, Catherine Wilhelm

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EVALUATING HABITAT USE BY NEKTON IN WIDGEON GRASS (RUPPIA MARITIMA), SHOAL GRASS (HALODULE WRIGHTII), AND UNVEGETATED BOTTOM HABITATS IN THE GRAND BAY NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE, Jessica Woodall

Theses from 2022

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INDUCED SPAWNING OF CAPTIVE TRIPLETAIL LOBOTES SURINAMENSIS, Nicholas Adams

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CHANGES IN THE MORPHOLOGY OF WIDGEON GRASS (RUPPIA MARITIMA) WITH THE ONSET OF REPRODUCTION AND IMPACTS ON FISH ASSEMBLAGES AT THE CHANDELEUR ISLANDS, LA, Matthew Byrnes

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Plant productivity and diversity in coastal wetlands in Mississippi – impact of hydrological extremes, Kodi Feldpausch

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Sensitivity of a LAMP Assay for Detection of the Dinoflagellate Amyloodinium ocellatum in Simulated Field Conditions and Freeze Tolerance of the Parasite, Robert Gonzales

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TROPHIC ECOLOGY OF SAILFISH LARVAE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO: AN ANALYSIS OF DIET, PREY AVAILABILITY, PREY QUALITY, AND INFLUENCES ON LARVAL GROWTH, April Hugi

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Upland Migration of Coastal Marshes as a Response to Sea Level Rise and Fire Management: Past, Present, and Predicted, Devin Jen

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INVESTIGATING THE CONTRIBUTION OF MARINE VIRUSES TO OPTICAL BACKSCATTER IN THE <0.2 µM FRACTION OF SEAWATER, Kacey Mae Lange

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INVESTIGATION OF DEAD OCEAN QUAHOGS (ARCTICA ISLANDICA) SHELLS ON THE MID-ATLANTIC BIGHT CONTINENTAL SHELF, Alyssa LeClaire

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Understanding Biogeochemical and Physical Controls on Methane Air-Sea Exchange Fluxes in the Pacific Ocean, Sarah Raney

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Effects of shoreline development and freshwater discharge on nekton assemblage and trophic structure in a northern Gulf of Mexico estuary, Glenn Schumacher

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THE INFLUENCE OF SPATIALHETEROGENEITY ON OCEAN QUAHOG (ARCTICA ISLANDICA) POPULATION DYNAMICS ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC BIGHT, Jillian Sower

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A Comparison of Natural, Living, and Hardened Shorelines Ability to Prevent Coastal Erosion and Maintain a Healthy Ecosystem, Gabrielle Spellmann

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Effects of Pier Shading on Salt Marsh Plants in Mississippi, Daniel Taylor

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Recovery from Minor Tropical Cyclones: the Response of Faith-based Organizations and Government Agencies to Minor Tropical Cyclones in Biloxi, Mississippi, Camilla Witherspoon

Theses from 2021

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Exploring the Influence of Diurnal Forcing on Tidal Inlet Exchange and the Impact on the movement of Oxygen Depleted Waters in the Mississippi Sound and Bight Region, Courtney Bouchard

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Population Parameter Estimation and Stable Isotope Analysis of Gulf Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi) in the Pascagoula River, Alfonso Cohuo

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The Effects of Vertical Diel Thermocline Movement on the Settling of Marine Snow in a River Influenced Marine Environment, Nadine Doiron

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Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and the Microbiomes of Two Benthic Species, Samantha Ells

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Trophic Ecology of Mesopelagic Fish Larvae and Juveniles in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Emily Gipson

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Spatial and Seasonal Patterns of Above- and Belowground Vegetation Biomass and Potential Drivers in the Pascagoula River Delta, MS, Evan Grimes

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Small-Scale Resuspension and Redistribution of Surface Sediments in the Northeast Gulf of Mexico, Austin Harris

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Evaluating Marsh Restoration Success Using Structural and Trophic Metrics on Deer Island, MS, Emelia Marshall

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How Historic Shipwrecks Influence Dispersal of Deep-Sea Microbiomes, Rachel Moseley

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Assessing the Rates of Post-Depositional Change Within 2004 Indian Ocean Sediments: Implications for Long-Term Records of Paleotsunamis, Lillian Pearson

Theses from 2020

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Maturation Spawning and Larviculture of Atlantic Croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) at Low Salinity, Edithrose Fairweather

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The Effect of Constant Relative Growth Rate Versus Constant Specific Growth Rate on Oocystis SP, Rachel Kriner

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Microplastic Abundance, Distribution and Impacts on Sargassum-Associated Juvenile Fishes in the Gulf of Mexico, Olivia Lestrade

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Assessing the Recalibration Interval for Nearshore Sediment Assemblages after Hurricane Irma: implications for Developing Long-term Records of Overwash Deposits, Stephen Mitchell

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Vegetative Community and Health Assessment of a Constructed Juncus-Dominated Salt Marsh in The Northern Gulf Of Mexico, Nickolas R. Murphy

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Sediment Provenance of Tsunami Deposits: Implications for Assessing the Relative Intensity of Paleotsunamis from the Sendai Coastline of Japan, Tiffany Otai

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Interrelationships Among Monorchiid Trematodes with Special Emphasis on Some Northwestern Atlantic Genera, Apryle Panyi

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An Analysis of Dredge Efficiency for Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Commercial Dredges, Leanne Poussard

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Freshwater Endmembers Impacting Carbonate Chemistry in the Mississippi Sound, Allison Savoie

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Effects of Infection of the Protist Parasite, Dermomycoides sp., in Dusky Gopher Frog Tadpoles, Jaime Smith

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Contribution of Submarine Groundwater Discharge to Select Biogeochemical Fluxes in St. Louis Bay, Mississippi, Haley Spaid

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Assessing the Nursery-Role Function of Pelagic Sargassum for Juvenile Fishes in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Courtney Stachowiak

Theses from 2019

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Investigating Diel Periodicity in Export Flux in the Gulf of Mexico Using a Particulate Imaging System, Justin Edward Blancher

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The Effect of Historic Shipwrecks on Sediment Microbiomes in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Melissa Brock

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Distribution, Abundance, and Trophic Ecology of Anguilliform Leptocephali in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Lillian Collins

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The Variability of High-Frequency Motions and Their Interactions with the Mesoscale on the Mississippi Shelf, Jordan Earls

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The Effects of Salinity on Zootechnical Performance of Spotted Seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems, Eric Gigli

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Changes in Antarctic Bottom Water Formation During Interglacial Periods, Samuel Glasscock

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Response and Recovery of Horn and Petit Bois Islands, Mississippi, USA to Tropical Cyclone Impacts: 2004 – 2016, Shara Gremillion

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Evaluating Alternate Management Strategies for Spotted Seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) in the North-Central Gulf of Mexico, Nathaniel Wallace Jermain

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The Effects of Aqueous Atorvastatin on Steroidogenesis of Xenopus laevis at Environmentally Relevant Concentrations, Jeremy Johnson

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Early Recruitment of Crassostrea virginica to Restored and Natural Oyster Reefs in the Western Mississippi Sound: Larval Supply and Post-Settlement Success, Leah Morgan

Theses from 2018

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Life-History Characteristics and Fishery Dynamics of Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus), in the North-Central Gulf of Mexico, Corbin Bennetts

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Spatial Variation in Basal Resources and Trophic Position of Selected Fishes of the North-Central Gulf of Mexico, Christopher Fleming

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Holocene Formation and Evolution of Horn Island, Mississippi, USA, Nina Gal

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Coastal Wetland Dynamics Under Sea-level Rise and Wetland Restoration in the Northern Gulf of Mexico using Bayesian Multilevel Models and a Web Tool, Tyler Hardy

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Late Quaternary Evolution and Stratigraphic Framework Influence on Coastal Systems along the North-Central Gulf of Mexico, USA, Robert Hollis

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Influence of Natural and Anthropogenic Environmental Variability on Larval Fish Diet, Growth, and Condition in the Northcentral Gulf of Mexico, Angie Hoover

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The Effect of Spill Contaminants on Marine Biofilms and Microbially-Induced Corrosion of Carbon Steel, Rachel Mugge

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Linkages between Marsh Fragmentation, Prey Availability, and Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus) Abundance and Mortality, Lennah Shakeri

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Detection, Activity Measurement and Phylogeny of Ureolytic Bacteria Isolated from Elasmobranch Tissue, Yimu Yang

Theses from 2017

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Effects of Temperature on Growth and Molting in Blue Crabs (Callinectes Sapidus) and Lesser Blue Crabs (Callinectes similis), Abigail Ann Kuhn

Theses from 2016

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Growth and Reproduction of Southern Flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma) in the North-Central Gulf of Mexico, Morgan Marie Corey

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Fishery and Population Dynamics of Mississippi’s Spotted Seatrout, David Arthur Dippold

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Community Structure and Production of the Macrobenthos on Four Artificial Reefs in the Mississippi Sound in Relation to Substrate and Profile Type, Patrick Daniel Gillam

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Age, Growth, Reproduction, and Diet of the Finetooth Shark, Carcharhinus isodon, in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Jeremy Michael Higgs

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Development of Genomic Resources for the Evaluation of Red Snapper, an Emerging Species Candidate for Marine Aquaculture and Stock Enhancement, Adrienne Elise Norrell

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Gulf Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi) Pre-Restoration Occupancy Patterns on Ship Island, Mississippi Sound with an Evaluation of Designated Critical Habitat Use by Eastern and Western Population Segments, Page Elizabeth Vick

Theses from 2015

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Observations on the Life History of the Bayou Killifish, Fundulus pulvereus (Everman 1899) in Mississippi Tidal Marshes, Leah Corrine Gaines

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Habitat Selection of Gulf-Strain Striped Bass, Morone saxatilis: Relationships to Dynamic Abiotic Environmental Characteristics Within the Biloxi River, Mississippi, Jennifer Lynne Green

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Effects of Pre-Release Physical Stressors on Post-Release Success of Hatchery-Reared Spotted Seatrout, Taylor Westbrook Guest

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Management Strategy Evaluation for the Atlantic Surfclam, Spisula solidissima, Using a Fisheries Economics Model, Kelsey M. Kuykendall

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Analyses of Indices of Abundance for Important Groundfish Species in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from 1987-2009, Relative to Shrimp Bycatch; with Age and Growth of Three Sciaenid Species, Allison Renee Odom

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Deepwater Horizon Impacts on the Diet, Growth, and Condition of Larval Spanish Mackerel (Scomberomerus maculatus), John Timothy Ransom

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Ichthyoplankton Composition in the Loop Current and Sargassum Habitats in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Stephanie Morgan Taylor

Theses from 2014

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Characterization of Rain and Stormwater Nitrogen Inputs to the Mississippi Sound: A Landscape Approach, Joshua Michael Allen

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Seasonal Differences in Diet of Two Predatory Fishes in Relation to Reef Type in the Inshore Northern Gulf of Mexico, Brinton Thomas Barnes

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Taxonomy, Diversity, and Distribution Patterns of Portunid Crab Megalopae in the Northern Gulf of Mexico During Fall of 2003, Carley Rain Knight

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Exploring the Glucocorticoid Actions of 1α-Hydroxycorticosterone (1α-OH-B) in the Elasmobranch Fishes, Faith Nichole Lambert

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The Effects of Stocking Density and Feeding Frequency on Aggressive and Cannibalistic Behaviors in Larval Hatchery-Reared Spotted Seatrout, Cynosion nebulosus, Christopher Burton Manley

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Resident Benthic Fishes of Artificial Reefs in the Mississippi Sound: Effects of Habitat Relief and Subregion, Claire Louise Matten

Theses from 2013

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Variations of Vibrio Populations in Pacific White Shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, Aquaculture Raceways, Tracy Rene Berutti

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Response of CYP1A and VEGF in Cyprinodon variegatus When Exposed to Source/Dispersed Oil and Hypoxia, Bryan Matthew Hedgpeth

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Age, Growth, Mortality, and the Effects of Trawling on Mortality of the Longspine Porgy, Stenotomus caprinus, Cher Marie Newman

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Development of a Genetic Monitoring Program for Stock Enhancement of Mississippi Spotted Seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus), Carly Renee Somerset

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Assessing Respiration Rates and Nutrient Dynamics of Aritifical Reef Biofilms and Bacterioplankton in the Mississippi Sound, Lynn Elizabeth Wilking

Theses from 2012

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Life History of the Southern Kingfish, Menticirrhus americanus, from the North-Central Gulf of Mexico, Samuel Dee Clardy

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Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics in High Intensity Minimal Exchange Shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) Raceways, John Henry Francis

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Improved Detection Methods for Selected Vibrio Species in the Marine Aquatic Environment, Kimberly Jordan Griffitt

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Evaluating Macrobenthic Indicators of Organic Enrichment and Hypoxia Within the Coastal Mississippi Hypoxic Zone, Daneen P. Menke

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Determining the Trophic Role of Gulf Menhaden (Brevoortia patronus) Using Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotopes, Zachary Olsen

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Fungal Biofilm Colonization and Succession on Artificial Reefs in the North-Central Gulf of Mexico, Amy Leigh Salamone