In recent times, diminishing freshwater resources, due to the rapidly increasing drain of urban, industrial and agricultural activities in combination with the impact of climate change, has led to an urgent need to manage marine and brackish water environments more efficiently. …
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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) pollination plays an important role in meeting our agricultural needs, yet we are incapable of completely preventing a decline in bee health, partially due to bacterial diseases. American Foulbrood (AFB), a bacterial disease of honey bee larvae, is par…
Larval sea urchins have served as a fundamental system for understanding development, phenotypic plasticity, and life-history evolution over much of the last century. In the recent decade, this understanding has begun to extend to the microbiota associated with larval sea urchin…
This dissertation is an examination of growth, behavior, and dispersal during the early life stages of marine fishes in the Gulf of Mexico. Understanding movements of early life stages is a key part of managing exploited fish populations. Position in the water column can impact …