Physis XI - Journal of marine science
As part of CIEE's Bonaire semester programs, each student conducts an independent research project on a topic of their choice. The projects culminate with a public presentation and publication of a research paper in the CIEE journal Physis: Journal of Marine Science.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- Examining the effect of different grazers on algal biomass
- Density of benthic meiofauna and macrofauna, with relationship to depth in sandy coral reef substratum
- Physical and behavioral differences between the three color morphologies of Aulostomus maculates
- Diver impact on coral and fish communities: A comparison of sites with varying intensities of diving at Yellow Submarine, Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean
- The effects of damselfish on coral reef benthic composition
- Temporal use of two artificial reef morphologies by coral reef fishes
- Herbivory and predatory pressures on artificial reefs in Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean
- Brood location preference and paternal care behavior by sergeant majors (Abudefduf saxatilis)
- Incidence of disease in Acanthurus bahianus population, Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean
- Diel vertical migration and luminescent activity of bioluminescent dinoflagellates in Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean
- Circadian rhythms and food entrainment of lionfish (Pterois volitans)
- The effects of Stegastes planifrons gardening on the prevalence of yellow band disease in the Montastrea annularis species complex
- Comparison of fish assemblages of branching artificial reef habitat to adjacent habitats on the leeward coast of Bonaire, Dutch Carribean
- Habitat preference of coral dwelling gobies, and the effects of coral disease
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