Visiting Investigators Research Papers
Loggerhead Sea TurtleThe Effect of Australian Pine (Casuarina equisetifolia) Removal on Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) Incubation Temperatures on Keewaydin Island, Florida

Jill L. Schmid, David S. Addison, Maureen A. Donnelly, Michael A. Shirley, and Thane Wibbels.
 
Achnanthes maniferaDiatoms (Bacillariophyceae) and Dinoflagellate Cysts (Dinophyceae) from Rookery Bay, Florida

Holger Cremer, Francesca Sangiorgi, Friederike Wagner-Cremer, Vicki Mcgee, André F. Lotter And Henk Visscher.
This paper is a report on the diatoms and dinoflagellate cysts identified in a sediment core and a water sample recovered from Rookery Bay.
 
OystersIn Vitro And In Vivo Evaluation Of Quinine As A Potential Anti-Protozoal For The Eastern Oyster Parasite Perkinsus Marinus

Christina Panko, Vincent Encomio, Jose Barreto and Aswani K. Volety
In this paper the antimalarial drug quinine was evaluated as a potential chemotherapeutic agent on infected Eastern oysters.
 
Nekton Species Composition as a Biological Indicator of Altered Freshwater Inflow: A Comparison of Three South Florida Estuaries.

Michael Shirley, Patrick O’Donnell, Vicki McGee, and Tim Jones
In this paper, monitoring of faunal distribution is used to develop performance targets for two Southwest Florida Everglades Restoration Projects and to guide the management of freshwater inflow to other estuaries in the region. The applicability of this approach to the conservation of worldwide estuarine biodiversity is also discussed.
 
Blue HeronLittle Blue Herons With Aberrant Plumage In Southwest Florida

Theodore H. Below
For a period of 13 years one or several unusually plumaged Little Blue Herons (Egretta caerulea) were observed and photographed in a colony/roost in Southwest Florida. The most commonly encountered variant was an adult definitive plumage with all-white head and neck. This note is the first detailed description of a Little Blue Heron in this aberrant plumage.
 
Three-hundred-year hydrological changes in a subtropical estuary, Rookery Bay (Florida): Human impact versus natural variability

Donders, T. H., P. M. Gorissen, F. Sangiorgi, H. Cremer, F. Wagner-Cremer, and V. McGee (2008),
Visiting investigator’s analyses of a sediment core reveal significant changes in past runoff and wetland development. High runoff after A.D. 1900 relates to increased erosion and may correspondingly reflect higher impact from hurricane landfalls in SW Florida.
 
Loggerhead Turtle - Caretta CarettaThe Effects of Australian Pine Removal on Loggerhead Sea Turtle Nesting Patterns, Keewaydin Island, Florida

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Thirteen years of historic nesting data, incubation temperatures, and spatial nesting patterns of the loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta, were examined on Keewaydin Island, Florida, to compare hatching success, clutch size and incubation duration before and after the removal of exotic Australian pine, Casuarina equisetifolia
 
Tree Frog in Tube PVC Pipe Diameter Influences the Species & Sizes of Treefrogs Captured in a Florida Coastal Oak Scrub Community

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Varying sizing of Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipes may influence the detection probability of differing species and sizes of treefrogs.
 
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Use of Marine Prophage Induction Assay (MPIA) To Detect Environmental Mutagens

Lauren McDaniel
Use of Marine Prophage Induction Assay (MPIA) To Detect Environmental Mutagens. Lauren D. McDaniel, Vicki McGee and John H. Paul. Graduate Fellowship Student from University of South Florida explores the use of a microbial test for carcinogen screening in the marine environment in this thesis.
 
Red Shouldered Hawk Herp Review: anole

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Excerpt from Herpetological Review. Tad Bartareau and Lorrie A. LeBlanc. Reserve biologist reports the first documented observation of a red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus) preying on a Cuban brown anole (Anolis sagrei).
 
Cuban Tree Frog Herp Review: frog

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Excerpt from Herpetological Review. Tad Bartareau and Walter E. Meshaka. Here we report the first documented observation of a Cuban tree frog (Osteopilus septentrionalis) preying on a green darner dragonfly (Anax junius).
 


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