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Functional connectivity of coral reef fishes in a tropical seascape assessed by compound-specific stable isotope analyses
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
The ecological integrity of tropical habitats, including mangroves, seagrass beds and coral reefs, is coming under increasing pressure from human activities. Many coral reef fish species are thought to use mangroves and ...
Form, function and flow in the plankton : jet propulsion and filtration by pelagic tunicates
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
Trade-offs between filtration rate and swimming performance among several salp species with distinct morphologies and swimming styles were compared. Small-scale particle encounter at the salp filtering apparatus was also ...
Life cycle studies of the red tide dinoflagellate species complex Alexandrium tamarense
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Blooms of toxic species within the algal dinoflagellate species complex Alexandrium tamarense may cause Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning, a significant and growing environmental threat worldwide. However, blooms of closely ...
Phosphorus physiology of the marine cyanobacterium Trichodesmium
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
Primary producers play a critical role in the oceanic food chain and the global cycling of carbon. The marine diazotroph Trichodesmium is a major contributor to both primary production and nitrogen fixation in the tropical ...
Mark-recapture statistics and demographic analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
Mark-recapture analysis of populations is becoming an important tool in population biology. Mark-recapture methods can be used to estimate transition probabilities among life-stages from capture histories of marked individuals ...
Functional characterization and expression of molluscan detoxification enzymes and transporters involved in dietary allelochemical resistance
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Understanding how organisms deal with potentially toxic or fitness-reducing allelochemicals is important for understanding patterns of predation and herbivory in the marine environment. The ability of marine consumers to ...
Characterization of resistance to halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons in a population of Fundulus heteroclitus from a marine superfund site
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
Approaches for assessing the presence and impact of thyroid hormone disrupting chemicals in Delphinid cetaceans
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Cetacean blubber is a primary site for lipid storage, which the animal utilizes during periods of energetic stress. It is important to understand how the blubber responds to factors such as ontogeny, water temperature, ...
Migratory patterns of American shad (Alosa sapidissima) revealed by natural geochemical tags in otoliths
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Geochemical signatures in the otoliths of diadromous fishes may allow for retrospective analyses of natal origins. In an assessment of river-specific signatures in American shad (Alosa sapidissima), an anadromous clupeid ...
Biology and potential biogeochemical impacts of novel predatory flavobacteria
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
Predatory bacteria are ubiquitous in aquatic environments and may be important players in the ecology and biogeochemistry of microbial communities. Three novel strains belonging to two genera of marine flavobacteria, Olleya ...