Browsing by Author "Bullard, Stephen"

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Age frequency, growth, mortality and PAH levels of roughtongue bass, Pronotogrammus martinicensis, following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Biermann, Lindsay (2016-12-06)

The 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill and its immediate effects on the surrounding ecosystems have been extensively examined, but longer term effects are still widely unknown. Among the regions potentially affected ...

Biodiversity and Phylogenetics of Metazoan Parasites Infecting Freshwater Turtles

Dutton, Haley (2020-04-20)

There are 356 extant turtle species (Testudines), including 60 polytypic taxa that add 122 subspecies. Among the more diverse groups of metazoan parasites that infect turtles are the turtle blood flukes (TBFs) (Digenea: ...

Biodiversity of Metazoan Parasites Infecting Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus), Blue Catfish (Ictalurus furcatus), and C×B Hybrid Catfish (Female Ictalurus punctatus × Male Ictalurus furcatus) in Earthen Pond Aquaculture

Truong, Triet (2011-08-04)

This 1-year in-pond study documents the metazoan parasite biodiversity in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus), blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus), and C×B hybrid catfish (female Ictalurus punctatus × male Ictalurus furcatus) ...

Body shape evolution of African/Asian minnows of the genus Labeo Cuvier 1817 (Cyprinidae, Labeonini) and variations in Labeo parvus

Liyandja, Tobit (2018-07-30)

Morphological variation or similarities among organisms are not only a result of common evolutionary history but can also emerge because of convergent adaptations to similar habitats. Therefore, an organism’s morphology ...

Histological atlas of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) with comparison of Alabama rainbow (Villosa nebulosa), Gulf pigtoe (Fusconaia cerina), and Alabama creekmussel (Strophitus connasaugaensis), from the Mobile River Basin, Alabama

McElwain, Andrew (2012-11-12)

The “freshwater mussels” (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) are a species rich group of parasitic bivalves comprising an estimated 898 species in 6 families, 2 subfamilies, and 29 genera worldwide. Renown for its biodiversity, ...

Parasite component community of Gulf Killifish, Fundulus grandis, in an oiled Louisiana saltmarsh

Ruiz, Carlos (2013-07-01)

Fish parasites comprise a large portion of marine biodiversity but so far have been underutilized as Gulf of Mexico bioindicators. Shifts in parasite diversity, prevalence, and intensity resulting from the 2010 BP Deepwater ...

Swimming Performance of Coastal and Inland Largemouth Bass at Varying Salinities

Klimah, Carl (2015-12-04)

Coastal estuaries represent an interface between marine and fresh waters, and, as such, they are exposed to seasonal and annual fluctuations in salinity. All of the organisms that live in estuaries must emigrate or endure ...

Taxonomy and phylogenetics of fish blood flukes using morphology, life history, and molecular markers

Orélis-Ribeiro, Raphael (2016-08-05)

Fish blood flukes (Digenea: Aporocotylidae) are of rapidly progressing and emerging interest to ecology and evolutionary biologists because some lineages may have coevolved with the major lineages of non-tetrapod vertebrates ...

Taxonomy and Systematics of Early Lineage Fish Blood Flukes (Digenea: Aporocotylidae)

Warren, Micah (2019-07-15)

The monophyletic fish blood flukes (Platyhelminthes: Digenea: Aporocotylidae Odhner, 1912) comprise ~166 species assigned to 40 genera infecting freshwater, marine, and estuarine fishes. They are occasional pathogens of ...

Taxonomy and Systematics of Fish Blood Flukes (Digenea: Schistosomatoidea) using Morphology, Phylogenetics, and Life History

Warren, Micah (2023-11-06) ETD File Embargoed

The monophyletic fish blood flukes (Platyhelminthes: Digenea: Schistosomatoidea Stiles, 1898) comprise ~186 species of 46 genera infecting freshwater, marine, and estuarine fishes. They are occasional pathogens of cultured ...

Taxonomy and systematics of freshwater turtle blood flukes (Digenea: Schistosomatoidea)

Roberts, Jackson (2017-07-26)

Blood flukes (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda: Digenea: Schistosomatoidea) currently comprise three families: Schistosomatidae Stiles and Hassall, 1898 (species infecting mammals and birds and one crocodilian), Aporocotylidae ...

Taxonomy and Systematics of Myxozoans (Cnidaria: Myxozoa) and Disease Epidemiology of Myxobolus cerebralis in the Southeast United States

Ksepka, Steven (2020-04-17) ETD File Embargoed

Myxozoa (Cnidaria) comprises over 2500 species of parasitic cnidarians infecting primarily freshwater, marine, and estuarine fishes. They represent some of the most demonstrable pathogens to cultured fishes including: ...