Physis XIV - 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:
- Influence of habitat on defecation behavior of queen (Scarus vetula) and princess (Scarus taeniopterus) parrotfish
- Factors affecting the distribution and abundance of Tripneustes ventricosus on Kralendijk’s waterfront
- The effect of predation and competition on the slow population return of Diadema antillarum
- Client choice, competition, and cleaner dependence pressure cleaner fish to cooperate in mutualistic symbiosis
- Enterococci, a bacterial fecal indicator, and its correlation with coral disease abundance in Bonaire
- Effects of shore proximity and depth on the distribution of fish larvae in Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean
- Distribution, substrate preference and possible host benefits of the tropical polychaete Spirobranchus giganteus on a reef in Bonaire
- Utilization of smaller grouper species (Cephalopholis cruentata, Cephalopholis fulva, Epinephelus guttatus, Epinephelus adscensionis) densities as a coral reef health indicator
- Anthropogenic influence on sedimentation and hydrocarbon concentration by terrestrial run-off near a drain in Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean
- Invasive lionfish obesity in Bonaire
- Correlation analysis of garden and territory size of threespot damselfish, Stegastes planifrons
- Causative agent for dark spots in ocean surgeonfish (Acanthurus tractus)
- Caribbean parrotfish foraging: An interspecific comparison of algal preferences
- Effect of competition on dark spot syndrome in Stephanocoenia intersepta
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