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Effects of venting and recompression on post-release behavior of snapper-grouper species
Many traditional fisheries management regulations result in regulatory discards, which may experience mortality due to factors such as barotrauma. This study investigated the effects of common catch-and-release procedures ... -
SPERMATOGENESIS ZONALITY AND AGE OF SEXUAL MATURITY IN MALE COMMON BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS (<i>Tursiops truncatus</i>) STRANDED IN SOUTH CAROLINA, USA
The common bottlenose dolphin (<i>Tursiops truncatus</i>) is the most frequently stranded marine mammal in the southeastern United States. Age of sexual maturity is an important life history parameter used to plan and ... -
POPULATIONS OF THE GREEN PORCELAIN CRAB, <i>Petrolisthes armatus</i>, VARY IN COLD TOLERANCE WITHIN THE SPECIES’ NORTHERNMOST INVADED RANGE
The green porcelain crab, <i>Petrolisthes armatus</i>, is a highly abundant invader of intertidal oyster reef habitats in Atlantic waters of the southeastern US. Cold water temperatures likely limit the species’ poleward ... -
Free Algebras
In this thesis, we develop a useful framework for studying the free (nonassociative) algebra on a set. This framework will be used to prove several results regarding subalgebras of a free algebra and quotient algebras of ... -
A GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRIC APPROACH TO IDENTIFY PATTERNS OF TOOTH SHAPE IN EXTANT AND FOSSIL ELASMOBRANCHS
Isolated chondrichthyan teeth are among the most abundant vertebrate fossil represented in the fossil record, and are widely distributed along the southeastern United States. The coastal plain in South Carolina contains ... -
RAPID EVOLUTION OF THERMAL TOLERANCE AND GENOMIC DIVERGENCE DURING THE INVASION OF A PROLIFIC NON-NATIVE RED SEAWEED, Gracilaria vermiculophylla
Biological introductions have rapidly increased during the 20<sup>th</sup> century and can negatively impact recipient communities by homogenizing biodiversity. Commonly, colonization success has been attributed to ... -
EVALUATING BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA HORSESHOE CRAB FISHERY: A FIELD APPROACH TO DETERMINE PHYSIOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF THE BIOMEDICAL BLEEDING PROCESS
Over 550,000 horseshoe crabs (HSCs; <i>Limulus polyphemus</i>) are harvested annually by the biomedical industry to produce Limulus Amebocyte Lysate, a medical product used to detect endotoxins in pharmaceutical drugs and ... -
TOP-DOWN AND BOTTOM-UP CONTROLS ON PHYTOPLANKTON ASSEMBLAGES IN TWO CONTRASTING ESTUARIES
Coastal environments are vulnerable to land development due to human population growth that has increased nitrogen and phosphorus loading into receiving estuaries. As a result, phytoplankton blooms have proliferated as ... -
REFORM AT KKBE SYNAGOGUE AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT: ACTIVISM, CONFLICT, AND THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY
As the Civil Rights Movement spread rapidly throughout the South it would eventually make its way to Charleston, South Carolina. Southern Reform rabbis were actively supporting and working to assist the Civil Rights Movement ... -
INTERGENERATIONAL EFFECT OF EXPOSURE TO CRUDE OIL AND DISPERSANTS ON THE ESTUARINE SHEEPSHEAD MINNOW, <i>Cyprinodon variegatus</i>
As dependency on fossil fuels continues into the 21st century, oil spills and their remediation remain areas of concern. Understanding how crude oil affects marine life, both in dispersed and non-dispersed forms, is crucial ... -
Hydrological Assessments of Tidal Creeks to Inform Nutrient Management Recommendations
The purpose of this study was to collect and model hydrology data in four ebb-dominant tidal creeks in the central coast of South Carolina to inform regulators and managers about numeric criteria for nitrogen and phosphorus. ... -
ASSESSING THE EFFECT OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY ON THE SOUTH CAROLINA RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL BLUE CRAB FISHERY
Blue crabs are an important commercial fishery in South Carolina, but landings have decreased over the past 15 years, sparking debate about how to effectively manage this population. It is unclear whether this decline is ... -
Race, Gender, and British Anthropology in Nineteenth Century New Zealand
A popular, though nascent, field of study in nineteenth century Britain, anthropology pioneered research into the interaction of humans with the environment, religion, disease, and culture. In the case of New Zealand, ... -
Feminist Shakespeares: Adapting Shakespeare for a Modern Audience in the Hogarth Shakespeare Project
The Hogarth Shakespeare Project presents a way to view Shakespeare’s plays through a different lens. These books allow for a feminist reading of Shakespeare, looking at some of Shakespeare’s ill-treated female characters ... -
MEASURING THE SOCIAL VALUE OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN THE MISSION-ARANSAS NERR: COUPLING THE SOLVES TOOL WITH HABITAT AND SPECIES DATA
Recent reviews have called attention to the lack of empirical research addressing theorized linkages between supporting ecosystem services, biodiversity, and cultural ecosystem services in estuarine and marine settings. ... -
Toxicity Comparison of the Shoreline Cleaners Accell Clean SWA and PES-51 in Two Lifestages of the Grass Shrimp, <i>Palaemonetes pugio</i>
Each year, oil spills contribute to a significant amount of crude and refined oil coastal pollution. Shoreline cleaners are used to remove oil from solid surfaces such as rocky shorelines and beaches. Two life stages of ... -
"Preaching the Gospel of Vaccination": Smallpox Vaccination and Imperial Instabilities in the Cape Colony, 1880-1905
In the late nineteenth-century Cape Colony, smallpox vaccination both destabilized the western medical community and became a vehicle through which Cape doctors and politicians influenced movements in the Boer Republics. ... -
"Nobody's Ever Told Me That": Women's Experiences with Shared Decision Making When Accessing Contraception
Half of all pregnancies in the United States are unintended, and the rates are similarly high in South Carolina. Contraceptive methods are an effective way to reduce the burden of unintended pregnancy. The shared decision-making ... -
“MORE?! MORE?!” CHARLESTON’S POOR, CHARLESTON’S ORPHAN HOUSE, AND CHARLESTON IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
This thesis examines the Charleston Orphan House, a welfare institution within the City of Charleston, South Carolina, and the community of the white poor which it served from the beginning of Reconstruction through to the ... -
"Not McCarthy's Job": McCarthyism and the Anglo-American Relationship
Abstract: The era of McCarthyism, and the consistent persecution of suspect Communists in the United States during the early 1950s has traditionally been considered by historians as a political and cultural phenomenon ...
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