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Florida Geological Survey [PDF]

open access: yes
The Florida Geological Survey (FGS) homepage provides data, research materials and interpretations on aquifer systems, geologic frameworks, landforms, energy and non-energy mineral resources, and geologic hazards which which can be used to address issues

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Gene Expression Response to Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Transmission in M. cavernosa and O. faveolata From Florida

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Since 2014, corals within Florida’s Coral Reef have been dying at an unprecedented rate due to stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD). Here we describe the transcriptomic outcomes of three different SCTLD transmission experiments performed at the ...
Nikki Traylor-Knowles   +15 more
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Shifting baselines of coral‐reef species composition from the Late Pleistocene to the present in the Florida Keys

open access: yesThe Depositional Record
The ongoing global‐scale reassembly of modern coral reefs is unprecedented compared with the observed stability of most late Quaternary reef assemblages.
Lauren T. Toth   +3 more
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Ocean Acidification: Effects on Sponges

open access: yesEDIS
Approximately 30% of the carbon dioxide (CO2) released into the atmosphere has been absorbed by the world’s oceans. As CO2 emissions increase due to human activities so does the amount of CO2 absorbed by the oceans.
Lena A. Donnarumma   +5 more
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Biofilms as potential reservoirs of stony coral tissue loss disease

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2022
Since 2014, corals throughout Florida’s Coral Reef have been plagued by an epizootic of unknown etiology, colloquially termed stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD).
James S. Evans   +2 more
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Florida's Coastal and Ocean Future: An Updated Blueprint for Economic and Environmental Leadership [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Florida's coastal and marine habitats and numerous ecological and economic resources provide invaluable assetsto the millions of people who live in Florida or visit the state each year. The coast is Florida's economic engine.

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Cuban Land Use and Conservation, from Rainforests to Coral Reefs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Cuba is an ecological rarity in Latin America and the Caribbean. Its complex political and economic history shows limited disturbances, extinctions, pollution, and resource depletion by legal or de facto measures.
Ahamed, Sonya   +7 more
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A review of the historic and present ecological role of aquatic and shoreline wood, from forest to deep sea

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The ecology of forests, their losses, and terrestrial wood decomposition dynamics have been intensively studied and reviewed. In the aquatic realm, reviews have concentrated on large wood (LW) in rivers and the transition from freshwater to marine environments in the Pacific Northwest of North America. However, a comprehensive global synthesis
Jon Dickson   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coral Reef Protection May Help Avert Risks to People, Property, and Economic Activity Caused by Projected Reef Degradation

open access: yesEarth's Future
Degradation of coral reefs over the past several decades has caused regional‐scale erosion of the shallow seafloor that serves as a protective barrier against coastal hazards along southeast Florida, USA.
Curt D. Storlazzi   +7 more
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Biotechnology's new wave in Florida [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Marine biotechnology is a new economic sector globally, and is in its infancy in Florida. As an industry, it is still a very small part of biotechnology overall, but one where Florida has potential and real advantages over many areas for developing a

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