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University of North Carolina

1. Geraldi, Nate. OYSTER REEF ECOLOGY AND RESTORATION: FINDINGS FROM FIELD AND MESOCOSM STUDIES.

Degree: Marine Sciences, 2012, University of North Carolina

URL: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:5ce927d6-5f8f-405b-8856-88830b462b9c

► Habitat degradation and invasive species are two of the most rampant threats to marine ecosystems worldwide. The causes of degradation include coastal development and destructive… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: College of Arts and Sciences; Department of Marine Sciences

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Geraldi, N. (2012). OYSTER REEF ECOLOGY AND RESTORATION: FINDINGS FROM FIELD AND MESOCOSM STUDIES. (Thesis). University of North Carolina. Retrieved from https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:5ce927d6-5f8f-405b-8856-88830b462b9c

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Geraldi, Nate. “OYSTER REEF ECOLOGY AND RESTORATION: FINDINGS FROM FIELD AND MESOCOSM STUDIES.” 2012. Thesis, University of North Carolina. Accessed January 27, 2021. https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:5ce927d6-5f8f-405b-8856-88830b462b9c.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Geraldi, Nate. “OYSTER REEF ECOLOGY AND RESTORATION: FINDINGS FROM FIELD AND MESOCOSM STUDIES.” 2012. Web. 27 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Geraldi N. OYSTER REEF ECOLOGY AND RESTORATION: FINDINGS FROM FIELD AND MESOCOSM STUDIES. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of North Carolina; 2012. [cited 2021 Jan 27]. Available from: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:5ce927d6-5f8f-405b-8856-88830b462b9c.

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Geraldi N. OYSTER REEF ECOLOGY AND RESTORATION: FINDINGS FROM FIELD AND MESOCOSM STUDIES. [Thesis]. University of North Carolina; 2012. Available from: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:5ce927d6-5f8f-405b-8856-88830b462b9c

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University of North Carolina

2. Anton Gamazo, Andrea. Ecology and Evolution of the Lionfish Invasion of Caribbean Coral Reefs: Resistance, Adaptation and Impacts.

Degree: 2013, University of North Carolina

URL: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:82c785c0-5458-4343-979a-689bb279ee27

► The lionfish (Pterois volitans) invasion of the Caribbean is a notable example of the successful establishment of a predatory marine fish outside of its native… (more)

▼ The lionfish (Pterois volitans) invasion of the Caribbean is a notable example of the successful establishment of a predatory marine fish outside of its native range. In 20 years lionfish have spread over most of Caribbean and the western Atlantic. Lionfish densities in their new range can be up to fifteen times higher than in their native range. On reefs in the Caribbean, lionfish reduce fish populations to the point that this invasive species is considered one of the top ten most serious emerging environmental issues in the world. Native prey can be vulnerable to consumption by exotic predators with which they lack an evolutionary history. Such prey naiveté has been assumed to be a major cause of extinction for endemic species. Yet prey naiveté has been tested rigorously in few cases and never in the marine environment. In Chapter 1 and 3 of my dissertation I used metrics of predator avoidance by small, native Caribbean and Pacific fishes to quantify their responses to lionfish. Field experiments and observations revealed that Caribbean native prey do not recognize of lionfish as a predator, indicating prey naiveté towards this exotic threat. In Chapter 2 and 4, I tested biotic and environmental resistance to the early success of the lionfish invasion in two Bahamian islands and the Belizean Mesoamerican Barrier Reef. Lionfish abundance was negatively related to large grouper biomass in Belize but not in the Bahamas. Wave exposure and marine protection from reef fishing were also negatively related to lionfish abundance and field observations suggested that high-energy of exposed environments might be the dominant determinant of the lionfish density pattern. The direct and indirect effects of lionfish on marine ecosystems in the Caribbean are of great concern for conservation. In Chapter 4 I assessed lionfish impacts on abundance and community structure of reef-fish at large spatial scales. Surveys at 15 sites located along the Belizean Mesoamerican Barrier Reef were performed before and after the lionfish invasion. A negative effect of lionfish abundance on the reef-fish abundance and community composition was detected only 2 years after first lionfish detection on Belizean coral reefs. Advisors/Committee Members: Anton Gamazo, Andrea, Peterson, Charles.

Subjects/Keywords: College of Arts and Sciences; Curriculum in Environment and Ecology

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Anton Gamazo, A. (2013). Ecology and Evolution of the Lionfish Invasion of Caribbean Coral Reefs: Resistance, Adaptation and Impacts. (Thesis). University of North Carolina. Retrieved from https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:82c785c0-5458-4343-979a-689bb279ee27

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Anton Gamazo, Andrea. “Ecology and Evolution of the Lionfish Invasion of Caribbean Coral Reefs: Resistance, Adaptation and Impacts.” 2013. Thesis, University of North Carolina. Accessed January 27, 2021. https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:82c785c0-5458-4343-979a-689bb279ee27.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Anton Gamazo, Andrea. “Ecology and Evolution of the Lionfish Invasion of Caribbean Coral Reefs: Resistance, Adaptation and Impacts.” 2013. Web. 27 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Anton Gamazo A. Ecology and Evolution of the Lionfish Invasion of Caribbean Coral Reefs: Resistance, Adaptation and Impacts. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of North Carolina; 2013. [cited 2021 Jan 27]. Available from: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:82c785c0-5458-4343-979a-689bb279ee27.

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Anton Gamazo A. Ecology and Evolution of the Lionfish Invasion of Caribbean Coral Reefs: Resistance, Adaptation and Impacts. [Thesis]. University of North Carolina; 2013. Available from: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:82c785c0-5458-4343-979a-689bb279ee27

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University of North Carolina

3. Wear, Stephanie. Coastal Pollution, Cross-Sector Collaboration and a New Way Forward for Coral Reef Conservation.

Degree: Marine Sciences, 2015, University of North Carolina

URL: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:a6518c40-e088-4357-9424-c7a9ee4d72c6

► Coral reefs are critically important habitats that provide structure and food to millions of marine flora and fauna, as well as food, jobs, and coastal… (more)

▼ Coral reefs are critically important habitats that provide structure and food to millions of marine flora and fauna, as well as food, jobs, and coastal protection to hundreds of millions of people. Despite their value, coral reefs have experienced a global decline due to overfishing, pollution, and warming oceans that are becoming increasingly acidic. To help halt and reverse this decline, we must evaluate our current efforts, address major gaps, increase return on investment, and engage new partners. My dissertation identifies a chronic threat to coral reefs, coastal pollution, that has been relatively underappreciated for its potential impact and largely neglected by the conservation community. I also show that coral reefs and people in tropical coastal areas face many of the same threats, and using sewage pollution as an example, propose a new collaboration between the human health and coral reef conservation sectors to address this ignored threat. From reef practitioner surveys (Ch. 1), I found that coral reef practitioners consistently rank overfishing and coastal development as the two top threats locally, but are investing at least twice as many resources in addressing overfishing relative to coastal development. This mismatch in allocation of resources was consistent across geographies and present in all organization types surveyed. In my literature review of sewage pollution impacts on coral reefs (Ch. 2), I found the impacts of sewage pollution to be generally assumed to be negative but with no experimental investigations or rigorous comparisons support this assumption. Consequently, I focused on the most common components of sewage and found a wide range of negative impacts on corals associated flora and fauna, leading me to conclude that sewage should be considered a multi- rather than single stressor in conservation threat frameworks. Additionally, I found that 104 of the 112 coral reef geographies are impacted by some degree of sewage pollution, emphasizing the global extent of the threat. In my literature review on threats to human and coral reef health (Ch. 3), I demonstrate that people and coral reefs share at least 9 serious threats, with at least half being related to pollution. I then highlight that sewage pollution presents an opportunity to galvanize the coral reef conservation and human health sectors to join forces in battling this deadly problem. Recent marine conservation and management practice has emphasized marine protected areas (MPAs) as a primary management tool. However, MPAs do not address key threats to the marine environment (e.g., coastal development and associated pollution). As a whole, this dissertation provides a starting point for natural resource managers and conservationists that are pushing beyond MPAs as a management tool, to begin addressing neglected critical threats that impact both coral reefs and people. Advisors/Committee Members: Wear, Stephanie, Peterson, Charles, Kareiva, Peter, Basurto, Xavier, Noble, Rachel T., Piehler, Michael, Peterson, Charles.

Subjects/Keywords: Environmental management; Ecology; Conservation biology; College of Arts and Sciences; Department of Marine Sciences

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Wear, S. (2015). Coastal Pollution, Cross-Sector Collaboration and a New Way Forward for Coral Reef Conservation. (Thesis). University of North Carolina. Retrieved from https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:a6518c40-e088-4357-9424-c7a9ee4d72c6

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Wear, Stephanie. “Coastal Pollution, Cross-Sector Collaboration and a New Way Forward for Coral Reef Conservation.” 2015. Thesis, University of North Carolina. Accessed January 27, 2021. https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:a6518c40-e088-4357-9424-c7a9ee4d72c6.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Wear, Stephanie. “Coastal Pollution, Cross-Sector Collaboration and a New Way Forward for Coral Reef Conservation.” 2015. Web. 27 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Wear S. Coastal Pollution, Cross-Sector Collaboration and a New Way Forward for Coral Reef Conservation. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of North Carolina; 2015. [cited 2021 Jan 27]. Available from: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:a6518c40-e088-4357-9424-c7a9ee4d72c6.

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Wear S. Coastal Pollution, Cross-Sector Collaboration and a New Way Forward for Coral Reef Conservation. [Thesis]. University of North Carolina; 2015. Available from: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:a6518c40-e088-4357-9424-c7a9ee4d72c6

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University of North Carolina

4. Morton, Joseph. PARASITES ENHANCE ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS AND RESISTANCE TO DROUGHT IN A COASTAL ECOSYSTEM.

Degree: Marine Sciences, 2015, University of North Carolina

URL: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:13d823c2-4b37-4689-8113-42cf0faf8772

► Parasites are more diverse and numerous than the organisms they feed upon, yet we know little about how parasites affect natural ecosystems. In salt marsh… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Ecology; Parasitology; College of Arts and Sciences; Department of Marine Sciences

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Morton, J. (2015). PARASITES ENHANCE ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS AND RESISTANCE TO DROUGHT IN A COASTAL ECOSYSTEM. (Thesis). University of North Carolina. Retrieved from https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:13d823c2-4b37-4689-8113-42cf0faf8772

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Morton, Joseph. “PARASITES ENHANCE ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS AND RESISTANCE TO DROUGHT IN A COASTAL ECOSYSTEM.” 2015. Thesis, University of North Carolina. Accessed January 27, 2021. https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:13d823c2-4b37-4689-8113-42cf0faf8772.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Morton, Joseph. “PARASITES ENHANCE ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS AND RESISTANCE TO DROUGHT IN A COASTAL ECOSYSTEM.” 2015. Web. 27 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Morton J. PARASITES ENHANCE ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS AND RESISTANCE TO DROUGHT IN A COASTAL ECOSYSTEM. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of North Carolina; 2015. [cited 2021 Jan 27]. Available from: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:13d823c2-4b37-4689-8113-42cf0faf8772.

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Morton J. PARASITES ENHANCE ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS AND RESISTANCE TO DROUGHT IN A COASTAL ECOSYSTEM. [Thesis]. University of North Carolina; 2015. Available from: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:13d823c2-4b37-4689-8113-42cf0faf8772

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University of North Carolina

5. Schutt, Megan. A Validation of Stability-Based Estimates of North Carolina’s Offshore Wind Resource Using a Nested Boundary Layer Method.

Degree: Marine Sciences, 2016, University of North Carolina

URL: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:66085247-8d1f-4f4d-8fcb-88d7e1d2f5ee

► Wind profile measurements over the ocean have been historically sparse, making offshore wind resource estimations difficult. This study presents a method for improvement of estimates… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: College of Arts and Sciences; Department of Marine Sciences

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Schutt, M. (2016). A Validation of Stability-Based Estimates of North Carolina’s Offshore Wind Resource Using a Nested Boundary Layer Method. (Thesis). University of North Carolina. Retrieved from https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:66085247-8d1f-4f4d-8fcb-88d7e1d2f5ee

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Schutt, Megan. “A Validation of Stability-Based Estimates of North Carolina’s Offshore Wind Resource Using a Nested Boundary Layer Method.” 2016. Thesis, University of North Carolina. Accessed January 27, 2021. https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:66085247-8d1f-4f4d-8fcb-88d7e1d2f5ee.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Schutt, Megan. “A Validation of Stability-Based Estimates of North Carolina’s Offshore Wind Resource Using a Nested Boundary Layer Method.” 2016. Web. 27 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Schutt M. A Validation of Stability-Based Estimates of North Carolina’s Offshore Wind Resource Using a Nested Boundary Layer Method. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of North Carolina; 2016. [cited 2021 Jan 27]. Available from: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:66085247-8d1f-4f4d-8fcb-88d7e1d2f5ee.

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Schutt M. A Validation of Stability-Based Estimates of North Carolina’s Offshore Wind Resource Using a Nested Boundary Layer Method. [Thesis]. University of North Carolina; 2016. Available from: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:66085247-8d1f-4f4d-8fcb-88d7e1d2f5ee

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University of North Carolina

6. Brodeur, Michelle. Consumers Mitigate Effects of Heat Stress and Nutrient Enrichment on Eelgrass (Zostera Marina L.) Communities at its Southern Range Limit.

Degree: Marine Sciences, 2014, University of North Carolina

URL: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:7387d585-7bb6-45e6-b49b-d118529991cc

► At the southern end of its range, eelgrass (Zostera marina) meadows in North Carolina are vulnerable to stressors including eutrophication, which promotes overgrowth of algal… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Ecology; Materials science; College of Arts and Sciences; Department of Marine Sciences

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Brodeur, M. (2014). Consumers Mitigate Effects of Heat Stress and Nutrient Enrichment on Eelgrass (Zostera Marina L.) Communities at its Southern Range Limit. (Thesis). University of North Carolina. Retrieved from https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:7387d585-7bb6-45e6-b49b-d118529991cc

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Brodeur, Michelle. “Consumers Mitigate Effects of Heat Stress and Nutrient Enrichment on Eelgrass (Zostera Marina L.) Communities at its Southern Range Limit.” 2014. Thesis, University of North Carolina. Accessed January 27, 2021. https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:7387d585-7bb6-45e6-b49b-d118529991cc.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Brodeur, Michelle. “Consumers Mitigate Effects of Heat Stress and Nutrient Enrichment on Eelgrass (Zostera Marina L.) Communities at its Southern Range Limit.” 2014. Web. 27 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Brodeur M. Consumers Mitigate Effects of Heat Stress and Nutrient Enrichment on Eelgrass (Zostera Marina L.) Communities at its Southern Range Limit. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of North Carolina; 2014. [cited 2021 Jan 27]. Available from: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:7387d585-7bb6-45e6-b49b-d118529991cc.

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Brodeur M. Consumers Mitigate Effects of Heat Stress and Nutrient Enrichment on Eelgrass (Zostera Marina L.) Communities at its Southern Range Limit. [Thesis]. University of North Carolina; 2014. Available from: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:7387d585-7bb6-45e6-b49b-d118529991cc

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University of North Carolina

7. VanDusen, Beth Marie. Habitat complexity and patch choice: spatiotemporal distribution of foraging shorebirds on intertidal sand flats.

Degree: 2010, University of North Carolina

URL: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:3a6a1064-af1a-44ce-a57a-c45fcdd22d7f

► This early-winter study correlated patch- and landscape-level factors with spatial and temporal shorebird foraging patterns on four discrete, yet connected, intertidal sand flats in the… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: College of Arts and Sciences; Curriculum in Environment and Ecology

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VanDusen, B. M. (2010). Habitat complexity and patch choice: spatiotemporal distribution of foraging shorebirds on intertidal sand flats. (Thesis). University of North Carolina. Retrieved from https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:3a6a1064-af1a-44ce-a57a-c45fcdd22d7f

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

VanDusen, Beth Marie. “Habitat complexity and patch choice: spatiotemporal distribution of foraging shorebirds on intertidal sand flats.” 2010. Thesis, University of North Carolina. Accessed January 27, 2021. https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:3a6a1064-af1a-44ce-a57a-c45fcdd22d7f.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

VanDusen, Beth Marie. “Habitat complexity and patch choice: spatiotemporal distribution of foraging shorebirds on intertidal sand flats.” 2010. Web. 27 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

VanDusen BM. Habitat complexity and patch choice: spatiotemporal distribution of foraging shorebirds on intertidal sand flats. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of North Carolina; 2010. [cited 2021 Jan 27]. Available from: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:3a6a1064-af1a-44ce-a57a-c45fcdd22d7f.

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VanDusen BM. Habitat complexity and patch choice: spatiotemporal distribution of foraging shorebirds on intertidal sand flats. [Thesis]. University of North Carolina; 2010. Available from: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:3a6a1064-af1a-44ce-a57a-c45fcdd22d7f

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University of North Carolina

8. Brodeur, Michelle. Interspecific competition and predation control euhaline oyster reef development.

Degree: Marine Sciences, 2016, University of North Carolina

URL: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:9a0bf7c8-7a14-4ad1-bb76-49990ea4616c

► Species interactions, including competition and predation, can drive the development of biogenic habitats across environmental stress gradients. Using the Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) as a… (more)

▼ Species interactions, including competition and predation, can drive the development of biogenic habitats across environmental stress gradients. Using the Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) as a model, my dissertation investigates how competition and predation limit the distribution of euhaline oyster reefs to the intertidal zone. In the field (Chapter 1) I examined how competition with epibiota, which compete for space in the subtidal and low-intertidal zones, affects juvenile oyster growth and survival. I also tested if competition between oysters and epibiota diminishes with increasing oyster body size. Removing epibiota increased oyster survival, especially in the lower-tidal-exposure treatments where epibiota cover is high. Larger oyster body size resulted in significantly higher oyster growth than smaller body sizes at lower tidal exposures. Following competition with summer epibiotic communities, oysters are covered by macroalgae in the winter and spring. In Chapter 2, I quantified baseline macroalgal dynamics and explored the effects on oyster fitness. I found that macroalgal cover is controlled mainly by abiotic forcing and does not reduce oyster growth or survival. Predation may be another mechanism that causes oyster mortality the subtidal, but the settlement and predation rates may vary across different scales. I examined how oyster settlement and predation of oysters are affected by landscape setting, aerial exposure, and structural complexity (Chapter 3). Oyster settlement increased with inundation time and isolated reefs had greater settlement and adult densities than saltmarsh-fringing reefs. Oyster survivorship at low complexity was greater on isolated reefs than saltmarsh-fringing reefs and predation by nekton increased with increasing inundation. At high complexity, predation rates by mud crabs had highest at intermediate aerial exposures, likely due to an interaction of predator density and foraging behavior. Results from my dissertation indicate that predation and competition reduce juvenile oyster survival at low environmental stress, but net result of settlement and post-settlement processes is dependent on reef complexity and landscape setting. Restoring reefs on isolated sandflats immediately before oyster settlement in the lower-mid-intertidal will minimize competition with epibiota and predation. Maximizing reef growth by reducing species interactions will increase reef complexity and further increase survivorship from predation. Advisors/Committee Members: Brodeur, Michelle, Fodrie, F. Joel, Peterson, Charles, Piehler, Michael, Grabowski, Jonathan, Rosman, Johanna.

Subjects/Keywords: College of Arts and Sciences; Department of Marine Sciences

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Brodeur, M. (2016). Interspecific competition and predation control euhaline oyster reef development. (Thesis). University of North Carolina. Retrieved from https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:9a0bf7c8-7a14-4ad1-bb76-49990ea4616c

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Brodeur, Michelle. “Interspecific competition and predation control euhaline oyster reef development.” 2016. Thesis, University of North Carolina. Accessed January 27, 2021. https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:9a0bf7c8-7a14-4ad1-bb76-49990ea4616c.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Brodeur, Michelle. “Interspecific competition and predation control euhaline oyster reef development.” 2016. Web. 27 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Brodeur M. Interspecific competition and predation control euhaline oyster reef development. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of North Carolina; 2016. [cited 2021 Jan 27]. Available from: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:9a0bf7c8-7a14-4ad1-bb76-49990ea4616c.

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Council of Science Editors:

Brodeur M. Interspecific competition and predation control euhaline oyster reef development. [Thesis]. University of North Carolina; 2016. Available from: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:9a0bf7c8-7a14-4ad1-bb76-49990ea4616c

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University of North Carolina

9. Kroll, Ian. Assessing Estuarine-Scale Population Connectivity and Dynamics for the Management of Marine Fisheries.

Degree: Marine Sciences, 2017, University of North Carolina

URL: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:d5d5ef88-adee-41af-99da-2ab0f4861201

► In response to the degradation of coastal environments and their associated habitats, managers and policy makers have looked to utilize population dynamics and, more specifically,… (more)

▼ In response to the degradation of coastal environments and their associated habitats, managers and policy makers have looked to utilize population dynamics and, more specifically, connectivity (i.e., import and export of larvae, juveniles, and adults) in order to rebuild stocks. As the majority of population bottlenecks are thought to result from critical periods experienced in earlier life stages, it is particularly important to discern movement patters during larval and juvenile stages. This study used two estuarine-associated model organisms, the Eastern oyster and the black sea bass, to examine connectivity at the larval and juvenile stages, respectively. A requisite to tracking larval dispersal of the Eastern oyster was to explore the utility of geochemical tagging methods within our study system, the Pamlico Sound. Strong environmental (e.g., temperature and salinity) gradients were present over regional (~ 35 x 15 km quadrants) scales and both larval and settler shells were able to generate distinct, multi-elemental signatures between putative natal and settlement sites. These methods were then applied, with a combination of larval outplanting techniques (i.e., stationary moorings and floating surface drifters), to show that larval dispersal is single-source driven, generally follows wind-driven currents, and leads to high amounts of self-recruitment. However, dispersal pathways are not uniform across the Sound and seasonal and annual dispersal patterns can be highly variable. Geochemical tagging of black sea bass showed that estuarine nurseries, such as oyster reefs, contribute over 89% of the juvenile black sea bass to the adult stock; however, there is significant annual variation in contribution. The role of estuarine habitats becomes even more complex for the protogynous black sea bass, as fish exhibited carry-over effects (COEs) related to nursery habitats: juveniles that utilized estuarine nurseries transitioned from female to male six months earlier than juveniles that utilized offshore nurseries. This dissertation provides substantial support for the implementation of habitat-based management plans rather than single-species management practices, which cannot account for seasonal and annual variation inherent in dispersal pathways or variable reproductive (and dispersal) potential among subpopulations. Advisors/Committee Members: Kroll, Ian, Fodrie, F. Joel, Peterson, Charles, Craig, J. Kevin, Buckel, Jeffery, Marchetti, Adrian.

Subjects/Keywords: College of Arts and Sciences; Department of Marine Sciences

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Kroll, I. (2017). Assessing Estuarine-Scale Population Connectivity and Dynamics for the Management of Marine Fisheries. (Thesis). University of North Carolina. Retrieved from https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:d5d5ef88-adee-41af-99da-2ab0f4861201

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Kroll, Ian. “Assessing Estuarine-Scale Population Connectivity and Dynamics for the Management of Marine Fisheries.” 2017. Thesis, University of North Carolina. Accessed January 27, 2021. https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:d5d5ef88-adee-41af-99da-2ab0f4861201.

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Kroll, Ian. “Assessing Estuarine-Scale Population Connectivity and Dynamics for the Management of Marine Fisheries.” 2017. Web. 27 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Kroll I. Assessing Estuarine-Scale Population Connectivity and Dynamics for the Management of Marine Fisheries. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of North Carolina; 2017. [cited 2021 Jan 27]. Available from: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:d5d5ef88-adee-41af-99da-2ab0f4861201.

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Kroll I. Assessing Estuarine-Scale Population Connectivity and Dynamics for the Management of Marine Fisheries. [Thesis]. University of North Carolina; 2017. Available from: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:d5d5ef88-adee-41af-99da-2ab0f4861201

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University of North Carolina

10. Young, Erika. Influence of Shoreline Stabilization Structures on Nekton and Avian Assemblages in Salt Marsh Habitats.

Degree: Marine Sciences, 2017, University of North Carolina

URL: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:6f2fbaf9-c4d4-459f-9a69-2791265dacc9

► Bulkheads represent a hardened shoreline stabilization structure designed to inhibit shoreline erosion and damage to coastal property. As sea level continues to rise, natural marshes… (more)

▼ Bulkheads represent a hardened shoreline stabilization structure designed to inhibit shoreline erosion and damage to coastal property. As sea level continues to rise, natural marshes can be sustained by transgression landward. The presence of a bulkhead, rip-rap revetment, or hybrid of those two, however, prevents transgression by fixing the location of the upper marsh. Simultaneously, as sea levels rise, wind-driven waves from storms and boat wakes erode the lower edge of the marsh, inducing slumping of the marsh platform into the sound. So marsh width, and thereby area, is declining in the squeeze between the fixed bulkhead and the rising waters, ultimately leading to its disappearance. We quantify and compare use by nekton (fish and crustaceans) and birds of marshes in front of bulkheads but differing in width from bulkhead to shoreline edge, and use width as an inverse proxy for time since marsh establishment to infer temporal habitat changes. Within three geographic areas of North Carolina, meteorologically driven Pamlico Sound in Kitty Hawk Bay, a strongly astronomically driven southern region along the Intracoastal Waterway around Wilmington, and a central region in Bogue Sound with mixed tidal forcing, we established five bulkheaded marsh sites with varying marsh widths of 0 to 40 m plus 1 non-bulkheaded marsh. Intensity of marsh use (abundance in fyke nets) for both fish and crustaceans exhibited similar responses of linear increase with marsh width over three geographic areas, two seasons, and two years. This repeated pattern implies that nekton use in marshes below shoreline stabilization structures declines over time as marsh width is reduced. Nekton density per unit marsh area sharply declined with increasing marsh width, implying that even the smallest marsh remnants have important habitat functions and deserve continued protection. Community compositions of birds using the shorelines varied significantly among the three regions, which differ dramatically in tidal excursion. We conclude that coastal marsh condition influences important aspects of bird use and marsh itself is critical to sustaining a diversity of bird guilds. The continued installation of bulkheads will promote marsh loss as sea level rises, ultimately degrading avian ecosystem services of coastal marshes. Advisors/Committee Members: Young, Erika, PETERSON, CHARLES, FEGLEY, STEPHEN, Fodrie, F. Joel, ROSMAN, JOHANNA, PIEHLER, MICHAEL.

Subjects/Keywords: College of Arts and Sciences; Department of Marine Sciences

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Young, E. (2017). Influence of Shoreline Stabilization Structures on Nekton and Avian Assemblages in Salt Marsh Habitats. (Thesis). University of North Carolina. Retrieved from https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:6f2fbaf9-c4d4-459f-9a69-2791265dacc9

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Young, Erika. “Influence of Shoreline Stabilization Structures on Nekton and Avian Assemblages in Salt Marsh Habitats.” 2017. Thesis, University of North Carolina. Accessed January 27, 2021. https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:6f2fbaf9-c4d4-459f-9a69-2791265dacc9.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Young, Erika. “Influence of Shoreline Stabilization Structures on Nekton and Avian Assemblages in Salt Marsh Habitats.” 2017. Web. 27 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Young E. Influence of Shoreline Stabilization Structures on Nekton and Avian Assemblages in Salt Marsh Habitats. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of North Carolina; 2017. [cited 2021 Jan 27]. Available from: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:6f2fbaf9-c4d4-459f-9a69-2791265dacc9.

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Council of Science Editors:

Young E. Influence of Shoreline Stabilization Structures on Nekton and Avian Assemblages in Salt Marsh Habitats. [Thesis]. University of North Carolina; 2017. Available from: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:6f2fbaf9-c4d4-459f-9a69-2791265dacc9

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University of North Carolina

11. Valdivia-Acosta, Abel. Fish assemblages of Caribbean coral reefs: Effects of overfishing on coral communities under climate change.

Degree: Biology, 2014, University of North Carolina

URL: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:6c855a7e-6071-45fa-87ed-5a02e0718fce

► Coral reefs are threatened worldwide due to local stressors such as overfishing, pollution, and diseases outbreaks, as well as global impacts such as ocean warming.… (more)

▼ Coral reefs are threatened worldwide due to local stressors such as overfishing, pollution, and diseases outbreaks, as well as global impacts such as ocean warming. The persistence of this ecosystem will depend, in part, on addressing local impacts since humanity is failing to control climate change. However, we need a better understanding of how protection from local stressors decreases the susceptibility of reef corals to the effects of climate change across large-spatial scales. My dissertation research evaluates the effects of overfishing on coral reefs under local and global impacts to determine changes in ecological processes across geographical scales. First, as large predatory reef fishes have drastically declined due to fishing, I reconstructed natural baselines of predatory reef fish biomass in the absence of human activities accounting for environmental variability across Caribbean reefs. I found that baselines were variable and site specific; but that contemporary predatory fish biomass was 80-95% lower than the potential carrying capacity of most reef areas, even within marine reserves. Second, I examined the effect of current native predatory reef fishes on controlling the invasion of Pacific lionfish across the Caribbean. Native predators and lionfish abundance were not related, even when predatory capacity was relatively high within certain marine reserves. Third, as herbivorous fishes may facilitate coral recovery after warming events by controlling competitive macroalgae, I evaluated whether major benthic groups, such as hard corals, crustose coralline algae, and macroalgae, were associated with these fish assemblages across Caribbean and Pacific reefs. Although, macroalgae abundance was negatively related to herbivorous fishes across geographical regions, contemporary coral cover showed no association with herbivores abundance after a recent history of thermal stress. Finally, I analyzed the relationship between ~30 years of thermal stress anomalies and coral assemblages in the Caribbean and suggest that recent warming has partially promoted a shift in coral-community composition across the region that compromise reef functionality. My dissertation research highlights the complex interactions among functional groups in coral reefs, local stressors, and environmental variability across geographical scales, and provides novel insights to reevaluate conservation strategies for this ecosystem in a rapidly changing world. Advisors/Committee Members: Valdivia-Acosta, Abel, Bruno, John, Peterson, Charles, Hurlbert, Allen, Baum, Julia, Layman, Craig.

Subjects/Keywords: Ecology; Biology; Macroecology; College of Arts and Sciences; Department of Biology

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Valdivia-Acosta, A. (2014). Fish assemblages of Caribbean coral reefs: Effects of overfishing on coral communities under climate change. (Thesis). University of North Carolina. Retrieved from https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:6c855a7e-6071-45fa-87ed-5a02e0718fce

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Valdivia-Acosta, Abel. “Fish assemblages of Caribbean coral reefs: Effects of overfishing on coral communities under climate change.” 2014. Thesis, University of North Carolina. Accessed January 27, 2021. https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:6c855a7e-6071-45fa-87ed-5a02e0718fce.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Valdivia-Acosta, Abel. “Fish assemblages of Caribbean coral reefs: Effects of overfishing on coral communities under climate change.” 2014. Web. 27 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Valdivia-Acosta A. Fish assemblages of Caribbean coral reefs: Effects of overfishing on coral communities under climate change. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of North Carolina; 2014. [cited 2021 Jan 27]. Available from: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:6c855a7e-6071-45fa-87ed-5a02e0718fce.

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Council of Science Editors:

Valdivia-Acosta A. Fish assemblages of Caribbean coral reefs: Effects of overfishing on coral communities under climate change. [Thesis]. University of North Carolina; 2014. Available from: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:6c855a7e-6071-45fa-87ed-5a02e0718fce

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University of North Carolina

12. Gittman, Rachel. THE LIVING SHORELINE APPROACH AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO SHORELINE HARDENING: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ECOLOGY AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICE DELIVERY OF SALT MARSHES.

Degree: 2014, University of North Carolina

URL: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:dc218110-e968-400b-946a-a81182afb9fa

► Foundation species, such as marsh plants, mangroves, seagrasses, corals, and oysters, form some of the most valuable and threatened habitats in the world. The loss… (more)

▼ Foundation species, such as marsh plants, mangroves, seagrasses, corals, and oysters, form some of the most valuable and threatened habitats in the world. The loss of these coastal habitat-forming species often results in significant changes in community structure and ecosystem-service delivery. Therefore, understanding how both biotic (e.g., herbivory) and abiotic (e.g., drought) factors can alter foundation species' structure is critical for promoting resilience to anthropogenic stressors. My dissertation focused on how physical and biological processes regulate salt marshes, and how coastal development, specifically shoreline hardening, affects two marsh ecosystem services: erosion protection and habitat provision for marine fauna. Marsh cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) is a highly productive foundation species that can inhibit coastal erosion. However, anoxic stress can allow marsh periwinkles to overgraze marshes, resulting in marsh die-off. Burrowing crabs can alleviate anoxic stress (via sediment bioturbation) and thus can potentially sustain marsh productivity. From field experiments (Ch.1), I found that crab bioturbation allowed Spartina to compensate for biomass losses from periwinkle grazing. Unfortunately, shoreline hardening (construction of bulkhead or riprap structures) can reduce marsh access for burrowing crabs and thus increase sediment anoxia, preventing marshes from keeping pace with overgrazing. In Ch. 2, I quantified the prevalence of shoreline hardening in the United States and found that 14% of the shoreline is hardened. Housing density is positively correlated with hardening along the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf sheltered coasts. With projected accelerated population growth along U.S. coasts, marshes may be lost to future shoreline hardening. Heightened awareness of adverse effects of shoreline hardening has increased demand for "living shorelines". Living shorelines include marsh plantings with or without offshore sills. My field surveys of different shoreline types show that living shorelines provide superior erosion protection to bulkheads during a Category 1 hurricane (Ch. 3). Further, by sampling marine fauna in hardened and living shoreline habitats, I show that living shorelines provide better habitat for fish and crustaceans than hardened shorelines lacking marsh (Ch. 4). Therefore, although shoreline hardening is still commonly used for erosion protection, marshes may prevent erosion better than bulkheads during storm events, while also serving as valuable habitat. Advisors/Committee Members: Gittman, Rachel, Bruno, John, Peterson, Charles, Currin, Carolyn, Piehler, Michael, Rodriguez, Antonio.

Subjects/Keywords: Ecology; College of Arts and Sciences; Curriculum in Environment and Ecology

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Gittman, R. (2014). THE LIVING SHORELINE APPROACH AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO SHORELINE HARDENING: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ECOLOGY AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICE DELIVERY OF SALT MARSHES. (Thesis). University of North Carolina. Retrieved from https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:dc218110-e968-400b-946a-a81182afb9fa

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Gittman, Rachel. “THE LIVING SHORELINE APPROACH AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO SHORELINE HARDENING: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ECOLOGY AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICE DELIVERY OF SALT MARSHES.” 2014. Thesis, University of North Carolina. Accessed January 27, 2021. https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:dc218110-e968-400b-946a-a81182afb9fa.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Gittman, Rachel. “THE LIVING SHORELINE APPROACH AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO SHORELINE HARDENING: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ECOLOGY AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICE DELIVERY OF SALT MARSHES.” 2014. Web. 27 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Gittman R. THE LIVING SHORELINE APPROACH AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO SHORELINE HARDENING: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ECOLOGY AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICE DELIVERY OF SALT MARSHES. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of North Carolina; 2014. [cited 2021 Jan 27]. Available from: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:dc218110-e968-400b-946a-a81182afb9fa.

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Gittman R. THE LIVING SHORELINE APPROACH AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO SHORELINE HARDENING: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ECOLOGY AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICE DELIVERY OF SALT MARSHES. [Thesis]. University of North Carolina; 2014. Available from: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:dc218110-e968-400b-946a-a81182afb9fa

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University of North Carolina

13. Keller, Danielle. HOW THE STRUCTURE AND SPATIAL COMPONENTS OF HABITAT AFFECT ESTUARINE COMMUNITIES.

Degree: 2018, University of North Carolina

URL: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:5f617b3e-77cf-4a8b-a904-22252c2a0f32

► Habitat describes the place where food is found, refuge is sought, or reproduction occurs, and is therefore a fundamental resource for organisms. To help reverse… (more)

▼ Habitat describes the place where food is found, refuge is sought, or reproduction occurs, and is therefore a fundamental resource for organisms. To help reverse the consequences of global loss of biogenic habitats, ecologists and managers are assessing how the structure and spatial components of habitat within the landscape can restore lost ecosystem functions and services. Building on these concepts, I attempt to identify how the amount, context (inter-habitat connectivity), orientation (amount of edge habitat), and species composition of biogenic habitat(s) influences faunal habitat-use. By manipulating habitat amount (Ch. 1), I determined the strength of habitat limitation for estuarine fauna depends on the species-identity and life-stage and that overall declines in structured habitats in estuaries may reduce secondary production. In Ch. 2, I restored oyster reefs along different salt marsh geomorphologies to test if this landscape context affects restoration trajectories as well as fauna habitat-use. I found that oyster reef restoration in salt marsh creeks, compared to other shorelines, could increase oyster production. Regardless of landscape context, restoring reefs near salt marsh had little impact on local densities of fauna. To determine the response of flora and fauna to habitat edges (Ch. 3), I conducted a meta-analysis of 211 studies and found marine and terrestrial edges increased fauna foraging and mortality, but had no effect on fauna recruitment. However, fauna density increased in marine edges and decreased in terrestrial edges. In Ch. 4, I assessed how species composition of biogenic habitat affects estuarine communities and found no difference in fauna density, fauna community composition, or the movement of fishes between seagrass sites dominated by eelgrass and shoalgrass. Since we did not find increases in fauna density or movement of fishes to shoalgrass after the seasonal loss of eelgrass, we predict shoalgrass may not serve as a habitat refuge for fauna, but that it still provides better habitat than mudflats. Overall, these results suggest that habitat amount/availability, as well as the relative amount of edge habitat, have large effects on fauna habitat-use and distributions, where as the impact of landscape context and the species composition of biogenic habitat(s) were less clear. Advisors/Committee Members: Keller, Danielle, Fodrie, F. Joel, Peterson, Charles, Piehler, Michael, Silliman, Brian, Yeager, Lauren, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Subjects/Keywords: College of Arts and Sciences; Curriculum in Environment and Ecology

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Keller, D. (2018). HOW THE STRUCTURE AND SPATIAL COMPONENTS OF HABITAT AFFECT ESTUARINE COMMUNITIES. (Thesis). University of North Carolina. Retrieved from https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:5f617b3e-77cf-4a8b-a904-22252c2a0f32

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Keller, Danielle. “HOW THE STRUCTURE AND SPATIAL COMPONENTS OF HABITAT AFFECT ESTUARINE COMMUNITIES.” 2018. Thesis, University of North Carolina. Accessed January 27, 2021. https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:5f617b3e-77cf-4a8b-a904-22252c2a0f32.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Keller, Danielle. “HOW THE STRUCTURE AND SPATIAL COMPONENTS OF HABITAT AFFECT ESTUARINE COMMUNITIES.” 2018. Web. 27 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Keller D. HOW THE STRUCTURE AND SPATIAL COMPONENTS OF HABITAT AFFECT ESTUARINE COMMUNITIES. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of North Carolina; 2018. [cited 2021 Jan 27]. Available from: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:5f617b3e-77cf-4a8b-a904-22252c2a0f32.

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Keller D. HOW THE STRUCTURE AND SPATIAL COMPONENTS OF HABITAT AFFECT ESTUARINE COMMUNITIES. [Thesis]. University of North Carolina; 2018. Available from: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:5f617b3e-77cf-4a8b-a904-22252c2a0f32

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University of North Carolina

14. Johnson, Galen Anna. Multispecies interactions in a fishery ecosystem and implications for fisheries management: the impacts of the estuarine shrimp trawl fishery in North Carolina.

Degree: Marine Sciences, 2006, University of North Carolina

URL: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:7a7e9394-4591-4632-bc39-a0b983998286

► Shrimp trawler discards account for 1.9 million mt of the 6.8 million mt of annual global fisheries discards. This study examined the effects of dead… (more)

▼ Shrimp trawler discards account for 1.9 million mt of the 6.8 million mt of annual global fisheries discards. This study examined the effects of dead discards from the North Carolina estuarine shrimp trawl fishery on scavenger populations and examined the trophic changes resulting from fishery practices. Bycatch and discards onboard estuarine shrimp trawlers were quantified, identified, and monitored for short-term survival. The major taxa in the bycatch both by weight and number were juvenile finfish and portunid crabs. Crabs showed high survival while 78% of fish died, generating a substantial amount of carrion in the estuaries, most of which sinks. Scavenging for discards occurred mainly by blue crabs and pinfish in the lower meter of the water column. In laboratory experiments blue crabs fed on discards six times more than on a natural prey, the juvenile hard clam, and this was replicated in mesocosm experiments lasting three days, where predation on juvenile hard clams was 33-60% less in treatments where discards were added. Thus, the shrimp, blue crab, and bivalve fisheries in estuarine waters of North Carolina are interconnected. Early and late summer quantitative ecosystem mass-balance models were constructed for two years of varying intensity of disturbance from hypoxia with four fishing treatments within each of the four time periods modeled: no fishing or discarding, fishing extraction alone, discarding alone, and combined fishing extraction and discarding of carrion. The effects of fishing on trophic structure, carbon flow and system network properties as calculated by Ecopath software were minimal compared to differences due to season and disturbance by hypoxia. However, fishing and discarding changed the trophic level at which many consumers fed, decreased transfer efficiency of energy through and out of the system, and altered trophic interactions. Pathways for energy transfer increased when discards were present, increasing measures of system stability. More system production was retained as detritus when discards were included in models. Management must acknowledge the ecosystem impacts of fisheries, and ecosystem-based management will be more successful if eutrophication is minimized and if the suite of interactions between fisheries and fished species are considered in management plans. Advisors/Committee Members: Johnson, Galen Anna, Peterson, Charles.

Subjects/Keywords: College of Arts and Sciences; Department of Marine Sciences

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Johnson, G. A. (2006). Multispecies interactions in a fishery ecosystem and implications for fisheries management: the impacts of the estuarine shrimp trawl fishery in North Carolina. (Thesis). University of North Carolina. Retrieved from https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:7a7e9394-4591-4632-bc39-a0b983998286

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Johnson, Galen Anna. “Multispecies interactions in a fishery ecosystem and implications for fisheries management: the impacts of the estuarine shrimp trawl fishery in North Carolina.” 2006. Thesis, University of North Carolina. Accessed January 27, 2021. https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:7a7e9394-4591-4632-bc39-a0b983998286.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Johnson, Galen Anna. “Multispecies interactions in a fishery ecosystem and implications for fisheries management: the impacts of the estuarine shrimp trawl fishery in North Carolina.” 2006. Web. 27 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Johnson GA. Multispecies interactions in a fishery ecosystem and implications for fisheries management: the impacts of the estuarine shrimp trawl fishery in North Carolina. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of North Carolina; 2006. [cited 2021 Jan 27]. Available from: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:7a7e9394-4591-4632-bc39-a0b983998286.

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Council of Science Editors:

Johnson GA. Multispecies interactions in a fishery ecosystem and implications for fisheries management: the impacts of the estuarine shrimp trawl fishery in North Carolina. [Thesis]. University of North Carolina; 2006. Available from: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:7a7e9394-4591-4632-bc39-a0b983998286

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University of North Carolina

15. McDaniel, Eileen M. The effectiveness of rotating marine protected areas (MPAs) in fisheries management: a case study of the NC hard clam fishery.

Degree: 2008, University of North Carolina

URL: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:7d14563d-14f1-426f-81d7-23c146d57cfa

► For successful conservation, traditional fisheries management such as restrictions on gear and catch size must be combined with the designation of Marine Protected Areas, or… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: College of Arts and Sciences; Curriculum in Environment and Ecology

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McDaniel, E. M. (2008). The effectiveness of rotating marine protected areas (MPAs) in fisheries management: a case study of the NC hard clam fishery. (Thesis). University of North Carolina. Retrieved from https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:7d14563d-14f1-426f-81d7-23c146d57cfa

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

McDaniel, Eileen M. “The effectiveness of rotating marine protected areas (MPAs) in fisheries management: a case study of the NC hard clam fishery.” 2008. Thesis, University of North Carolina. Accessed January 27, 2021. https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:7d14563d-14f1-426f-81d7-23c146d57cfa.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

McDaniel, Eileen M. “The effectiveness of rotating marine protected areas (MPAs) in fisheries management: a case study of the NC hard clam fishery.” 2008. Web. 27 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

McDaniel EM. The effectiveness of rotating marine protected areas (MPAs) in fisheries management: a case study of the NC hard clam fishery. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of North Carolina; 2008. [cited 2021 Jan 27]. Available from: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:7d14563d-14f1-426f-81d7-23c146d57cfa.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

McDaniel EM. The effectiveness of rotating marine protected areas (MPAs) in fisheries management: a case study of the NC hard clam fishery. [Thesis]. University of North Carolina; 2008. Available from: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:7d14563d-14f1-426f-81d7-23c146d57cfa

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