Resource survey of Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary, 1983 [PDF]
Forward: Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary (LKNMS) was designated in 1981 to protect and promote the study, teaching, and wise use of the resources of Looe Key Sanctuary (Plate A).
Bello, Maria J. +2 more
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Ecological Shifts along the Florida Reef Tract: The Past as a Key to the Future
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Precht, William F., Miller, Steven
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Acanthohaustorius pansus, a New Species of Sand-Burrowing Amphipod from Looe Key Reef, Florida Keys, with Redescription and Distribution Data of Acanthohaustorius bousfieldi Frame, 1980 (Amphipoda: Haustoriidae) [PDF]
A new species of sand-burrowing amphipod, Acanthohaustorius pansus, is described from carbonate sands of the Florida Keys Reef Tract. This is the first time the predominantly cold-water genus Acanthohaustorius has been reported south of Virginia coastal ...
Barnard, J. L., Thomas, James Darwin
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Florida's Coastal and Ocean Future: An Updated Blueprint for Economic and Environmental Leadership [PDF]
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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In January 2010, reefs in the Upper and Middle Florida Keys experienced prolonged exposure to extremely cold water temperatures, below lethal thresholds for many reef organisms including corals. We examined post-disturbance juvenile assemblages of stony corals and octocorals on eight patch reefs, four of which were categorized as high impact and four ...
Bartlett, Lucy A. +6 more
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Re-evaluating Marine Isotope Stage 5a paleo-sea-level trends from across the Florida Keys reef tract
Unraveling how Global Mean Sea Level (GMSL) fluctuated during past warm periods can improve our understanding of linkages between sea-level fluctuations, orbital forcing, and ice-sheet dynamics.
Scarlette Hsia +3 more
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The Marine Fishes of Broward County, Florida: Final Report of 1998-2002 Survey Results [PDF]
We inventoried fishes associated with three hardbottom reef tracts that are separated by sand and run parallel to the coast in sequentially deeper water offshore Broward County, Florida. Using SCUBA and the Bohnsack-Bannerot visual point count method, we
Ferro, Fleur M. +2 more
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Preservation of community structure in modern reef coral life and death assemblages of the Florida Keys: Implications for the Quaternary fossil record of coral reefs [PDF]
The reef fossil record is the exclusive database from which analyses of the response of coral communities to environmental change over geological time scales may be gauged.
Greenstein, BJ, Pandolfi, JM
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Most scleractinian corals form obligate symbioses with photosynthetic dinoflagellates (family Symbiodiniaceae), which provide differential tolerances to their host. Previously, research has focused on the influence of symbiont composition and the dynamic
Cynthia Lewis +4 more
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Coral reefs provide immense ecosystem and economic value, supporting biodiversity, fisheries, tourism, and coastal protection worth billions annually.
Selena A. Johnson +3 more
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