• AGE STRUCTURE, REPRODUCTION, AND RECRUITMENT OF ATLANTIC STURGEON (<i>Acipenser oxyrinchus</i>) AND SHORTNOSE STURGEON (<i>Acipenser brevirostrum</i>) IN THE COOPER RIVER, SOUTH CAROLINA 

  Ruddle, Victoria Kate

  This study investigated the age structure, recruitment, and reproduction of two endangered anadromous fish species, Atlantic Sturgeon (<i>Acipenser oxyrinchus</i>) and Shortnose Sturgeon (<i>Acipenser brevirostrum</i>), ...

• Investigation of the population genetic structure, salinity tolerance, and occurrence of a parasite in the island apple snail, <i>Pomacea maculata</i>, in South Carolina, USA 

  Underwood, Elizabeth

  The island apple snail, <i>Pomacea maculata</i> (Gastropoda:Ampullariidae), is an invasive freshwater gastropod native to South America that is currently established in several southeastern states, including South Carolina. ...

• Age and Size Dependency of Spawning, and Effects on Egg Production, in Gag and Scamp Grouper off the Southeastern U.S.A. 

  Gamboa, Keilin Rebeca

  Stock assessments have historically used spawning stock biomass as a proxy for reproductive output in marine fishes, assuming an invariant number of batches spawned per female fish. The number of batches spawned has been ...

• Cryptic lineages and hybridization in a cosmopolitan marine invertebrate 

  Harper, Katherine Elizabeth

  Some biological invasions pose a severe threat to marine coastal ecosystems, but can be difficult to track due to inaccurate species identifications and unrecognized cryptic diversity. Expanding on the published work of ...

• The Removal of Microplastics by Wastewater Treatment Plants in Charleston, SC and a Survey of Treatment Processes 

  Conley, Kenda

  Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) serve to collect and treat wastes that are known to include microplastic (MP) particles, fibers and microbeads. WWTPs are often suspected as a source of MPs into the marine environment, ...

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