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Adderley, Eboni Deanne. "Appraisal of Backyard Gardening Intentions among Bahamian Residents on the Islands of New Providence and Grand Bahama". The Ohio State University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu161902008512008.
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Richey-Abbey, Laurel Rhea. "Bush Medicine in the Family Islands: The Medical Ethnobotany of Cat Island and Long Island, Bahamas". Miami University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1335445242.
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Davis, Ancilleno Orlando. "Changing Perspectives on Citizen Science Using eBird Data on Grand Bahama Island, The Bahamas". Miami University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1544646631610586.
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Walker, Adam Dennis. "Bahamian Cave and Karst Geodatabase, and GIS Analysis of San Salvador Island, Bahamas". MSSTATE, 2006. http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-05232006-160705/.
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A geodatabase and a data management program have been created to store and manipulate cave and karst feature data from the Bahamas. A geographic information system was used to recognize any spatial patterns in the cave and karst data from San Salvador Island. Elevation data for banana holes, vadose pits and flank margin caves were obtained from a digital elevation model and are consistent with values predicted by the Carbonate Island Karst Model. The slope and aspect of the hill on which a flank margin cave is found showed no relationship to cave sizes and shapes, emphasizing the hypogenic nature of flank margin caves. The digital elevation model further demonstrated the position of lakes on San Salvador Island during the last interglacial (OIS 5e) highstand, and the lack of flank margin caves along the shores of these lakes provides evidence for a paleoclimate on San Salvador Island similar to today?s.
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Stoffle, Richard W. "Sustainability in Small Islands (Bahamas 40th Independence Celebration)". Bureau of Applied Research in Applied Anthropology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/293208.
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Russell, Jr Scot Allan. "Analysis of Fresh Water Resources at the Line Hole Well Field, San Salvador Island, the Bahamas". TopSCHOLAR®, 2010. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/164.
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A major economic constraint in the Bahamas, and other small carbonates islands world-wide, is the lack of fresh water resources. To combat these socio-economic problems on San Salvador Island I sought to gain a more detailed understanding of the extent, behavior, and controls on the island’s fresh-water lens. DC electrical resistivity tomography and time-series geochemical data are used to study the fresh water lens at the Line Hole well field. Electrical Resistivity profiles are used to image the extent of fresh water resources. Time-series geochemical data provide information on the behavior of the fresh water resources as a function of time.
The inversion models of the electrical resistivity profiles illustrate a fresh water lens less than 3 meters thick on average. The mixing zone is diffuse in nature, and substantially thicker than the fresh water lens. The geochemical results corroborate the fresh water lens dimensions predicted by the electrical resistivity model. In addition, mixed semi-diurnal and spring/neap tidal cycles are the primary control on the water level. Statistical analysis of specific conductance and temperature illustrate a positive and negative correlation with water level, respectively. Analysis of precipitation with respect to water level and geochemistry indicate low effective recharge rates during the period of study.
The current state of the water resources at the Line Hole well field is strained. Despite moderate levels of freshening since the termination of pumping in December 2006; the system continues to be in a state of disequilibrium. The problem is compounded by abnormal thickening of the mixing zone due to communication of the well field with the ocean, and a limited volume of fresh water. In conclusion, the two techniques used in conjunction provide a non-invasive method of estimating fresh water resources in this type of setting. Conversely, the high RMS and L2 values for the electrical resistivity models and limited time-series data create a high level of uncertainty in the interpretation of results.
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Walker, Lindsay N. "The Caves, Karst, and Geology of Abaco Island, Bahamas". MSSTATE, 2006. http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-03292006-153441/.
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Abaco Island is located on Little Bahama Bank at the northwestern extent of the Bahamian Archipelago. Karst features on Abaco include: flank margin caves, karren, blue holes, pit caves, banana holes, and cone karst. As part of this study all known flank margin caves on Abaco were GPS located and surveyed. The presence and locations of the other karst features were recorded as part of the karst inventory of Abaco. The cone karst is of particular interest because cone karst has not been documented on other Bahamian islands. These cones form from the dissection of an eolianite ridge due to karst, fire, and vegetative processes. Tafoni-like recesses, originally believed to be high flank margin caves, were formed during cliffing of an eolianite ridge during the OIS 5e highstand. The geologic evolution of representative depositional sequences on Abaco fits within the accepted Bahamian stratigraphy.
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Dice, Derek W. "GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE PLEISTOCENE AQUIFER, NORTHEASTERN ANDROS ISLAND, BAHAMAS". Miami University / OhioLINK, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1070340205.
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Dalman, Mark R. "Paleotempestology and Depositional History of Clear Pond, San Salvador Island, Bahamas". University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1259729072.
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Hudson, Alan Christopher. "Globalization, regulation and geography : the development of the Bahamas and the Cayman Islands offshore financial centres". Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.360016.
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Kawaley, Ian R. C. "The implications of the exclusive economic zone and EEZ management for small mid-ocean island Commonwealth Territories". Thesis, University of London, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.325013.
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Sipahioglu, Sara M. "Tracking storms through time event deposition and biologic response in Storr's Lake, San Salvador Island, Bahamas /". Akron, OH : University of Akron, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=akron1227031927.
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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Akron, Dept. of Geology, 2008."December, 2008." Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed 12/13/2009) Advisor, Lisa E. Park; Faculty Readers, Ira D. Sasowsky, John Peck; Department Chair, John P. Szabo; Dean of the College, Ronald F. Levant; Dean of the Graduate School, George R. Newkome. Includes bibliographical references.
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Ersek, Vasile. "Analyses of common elements and oxides in the paleosols of the Bahamas and of the northern Mariana Islands". Master's thesis, Mississippi State : Mississippi State University, 2004. http://library.msstate.edu/etd/show.asp?etd=etd-05062004-102739.
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Reid, Samuel B. "The Complex Architecture of New Providence Island (Bahamas) Built by Multiple Pleistocene Sea Level Highstands". Scholarly Repository, 2010. http://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/oa_theses/77.
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The present day Bahamian archipelago was deposited during sea level highstands when carbonate production was high enough to overfill accommodation space. This study unravels the complex stratigraphy and heterogeneity created by island accretion during and across the most recent Pleistocene highstands (MIS 5e, 9, and 11) using New Providence Island as a case study. Building upon the work of previous researchers, field based mapping was completed to understand the spatial relationships between ages, environments of deposition, and grainstone compositions across the island. Using the vertical and lateral relationships gained from detailed mapping, the depositional history of New Providence Island has been reconstructed for the Pleistocene MIS 5e, 9, and 11 sea level highstands. To map all of the environments of deposition, detailed criteria were created to recognize each environment observed on New Providence Island. Ages were estimated with field techniques and confirmed with dating done in previous studies and in this study, including both U-series techniques and amino acid racemization (AAR). Hand samples and short (< 1 m) cores were collected in the field and were used for petrographic analyses in the laboratory as well as whole rock AAR sampling for age determination. Detailed outcrop drawings were created, showing the lateral and vertical relationships of environments within outcrops. Meanwhile, maps and cross-sections were drafted to better understand island-wide relationships of environments, ages, and compositions. Based on age maps, New Providence formed by vertical and lateral accretion during the last three Pleistocene highstands (MIS 5e, 9, and 11), with a majority of deposition occurring during the most recent interglacial (MIS 5e, ~125 ka). Environment of deposition mapping revealed that island deposition occurred within shallow marine to eolian environments. Because of the abundance of MIS 5e deposits, the sedimentological complexity of an individual highstand (MIS 5e) reveals sub-orbital scale sea level changes. With mid-highstand sea level fluctuations apparent within the MIS 5e deposits on New Providence Island, a high level of lithofacies complexity could be expected within any individual sea level highstand. This study documents the complex vertical and lateral facies patterns associated with island building between and within sea level highstands.
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Haley, Vanessa. "Acoustic Telemetry Studies of Bonefish (Albula vulpes) Movement Around Andros Island, Bahamas: Implications for Species Management". FIU Digital Commons, 2009. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/140.
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Bonefish (Albula spp.) support an economically important catch-and-release recreational fishery, as well as artisanal harvesting, in The Bahamas. Little is known about the large-scale movement patterns of bonefish, yet such information is essential for proper species conservation and management. I used acoustic telemetry to determine large-scale movement patterns of bonefish around Andros, Bahamas, in conjunction with presumed spawning migrations. I conclude that bonefish travel long distances from shallow flats to pre-spawning aggregation sites in proximity to off-shore reef locations. Off-shore movement to deeper reef locations occurs around both new and full moons. This study has also confirmed anecdotal reports that the North Bight is an important spawning migration corridor for bonefish. This information is critical for the protection of bonefish and identifies important habitats (e.g. migration corridors and pre-spawning aggregations) on Andros that warrant protection from coastal degradation or fishing pressures.
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Pintard-Newry, Yvette Jasmine. "What is the Relationship between Civil Society and the State in Small Island States? An Examination of Social Origins Theory and The Bahamas". Diss., Virginia Tech, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/85150.
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The Bahamas has many of the challenges that come with being a small island state. The archipelagic nature of the country brings with it the necessity to duplicate service efforts to accommodate all citizens in the development process; this factor puts a strain on the government's resources, and the need for civil society to fill the gaps that exist and partner with government is more pronounced. This study is pursued to examine the relationship between civil society and government in small island states such as The Bahamas. To accomplish this, the study reviews six civil society organizations, from three different sectors — health, education and environment. An organization from each sector was chosen, formed either during the colonial period or post-colonial, to examine the nature of the organization's relationship with government at two different points in time, in an effort to see whether the relationship differs based on the particular non-profit sector (health, education or environment) or time of origin (colonial or post-colonial). This relationship is reviewed through the lens of three variables: the nature of the financial relationship the policy relationship, and structure relationship.
The relationship will be viewed through the lens of social origins theory as developed by Lester Salamon (2002) et. al. The research will be based on data collected using the same instrument applied by Salamon et al in the initial study, but the variables will be applied at the level of an organization, rather than a sector. Data is also drawn from interviews with persons associated with each organization. A review of the type of relationship government has with these civil society groups (and the implications of those relationships on performance) may provide insight in the way government should seek to foster and manage relationships with such organizations in the future for the growth and development of the country.Ph. D.
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Blauvelt, Kyle C. "Evaluation of Volume Determinations for Modern Hypogene Karst Voids, San Salvador, Bahamas". University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1329419705.
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Sipahioglu, Sara M. "Tracking Storms through Time: Event Deposition and Biologic Response in Storr’s Lake, San Salvador Island, Bahamas". University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1227031927.
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Wieg, Christina. "Geographic Variation in the Bahamian Brown Racer, Alsophis Vudii". Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1244729278.
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Sumner, Ruth L. "The literacy experiences of Family Island participants in the Bahamian Adult Literacy Program". Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ34843.pdf.
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O'Meara, Nathaniel y Richard W. Stoffle. "Mrs. Bodie and Island Life: A Short Story of Fishing, Farming and Bush Medicine in the Exuma Cays, Bahamas- As told by Ester Mae Bodie". Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, University of Arizona, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/292602.
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This document is an oral history of Ester Mae Bodie, one of the Exumas’ renowned plant experts. During the Bahamas Marine Protected Area Study, members of Richard Stoffle’s research team spent numerous hours interviewing Mrs. Bodie a range of topics including ethnobotany, traditional marine use, the proposed MPAs, and her life growing up in the Exumas. In order to honor her contributions to the overall project, members of the Stoffle team constructed this document to share her story.
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Dean, Tracey. "Second-growth habitat use and survival rates of migrant and resident land birds, North Andros Island, Bahamas". Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ54614.pdf.
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Bunt, Thomas M. "Reproductive isolation and genetic divergence in a young "species flock" of pupfishes (Cyprinodon sp.) from San Salvador Island, Bahamas". Connect to this title online, 2001. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02122002-153708/.
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Dunphy-Daly, Meagan Mná. "Temporal variation in dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima) habitat use and group size off Great Abaco Island, the Bahamas". FIU Digital Commons, 2008. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3101.
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Dwarf sperm whales, Kogia sima, are among the most commonly stranded yet least known pelagic cetaceans. I assessed seasonal and spatial variation in dwarf sperm whale group size and abundance off Great Abaco Island, the Bahamas. After correcting for survey effort and variation in sighting efficiency among sea states, I found that dwarf sperm whale group size and habitat use varied seasonally. In summer, dwarf sperm whale groups were small (median = 2.5, range = 1-8) and were found only in the two deep habitats within the study area (slope 400-900 m, deep 900-1600 in). In winter, group sizes increased (median = 4, range = 1-12) and sightings were almost six times higher in the slope habitat, where vertical relief is highest, than other habitats. My results suggest that studies of pelagic cetaceans and conservation plans must explicitly account for seasonal variation in group size and habitat use.
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Bunt, Thomas Michael. "Reproductive Isolation and Genetic Divergence in a Young "Species Flock" of Pupfishes (Cyprinodon sp.) from San Salvador Island, Bahamas". Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31212.
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The study of the process of speciation is instrumental to understanding the species diversity observed today. Diverging populations are intriguing, because speciation has not reached an endpoint, yet the process that may eventually lead to distinct species can be studied. Systems that contain many putative species and/or parallel divergences, such as many species flocks and species pairs, are extraordinary examples of divergence and therefore are critical to the understanding of the speciation process. A "miniature" species flock of pupfish (Cyprinodon variegatus) discovered in lakes on San Salvador Island, Bahamas has evolved in less than 6 000 years, and is, therefore, important to the study of the pace of evolutionary processes. The San Salvador Island pupfish flock is composed of a normal form, which resembles coastal C. variegatus, and bulldog and bozo morphs, which diverge ecologically and morphologically from the normal morph.
In Chapter 1, I sequenced the mtDNA control region and used haplotype frequency analyses to assess the level of differentiation between sympatric normals and bulldogs sampled from Osprey Lake and Little Lake on San Salvador Island. The bozo morph was too rare to include in the study. I also included samples of normals that occur in lakes without bulldog and bozo morphs to assess any differences between lakes on the island. All haplotype frequency comparisons for sympatric normals and bulldogs were highly significant, which suggests these morphs are distinct populations in sympatry and, therefore, have characteristics of biological species. Further, an estimation of Time for Speciation supports geological data that suggest this fauna is very young (6 000 years). The San Salvador Island pupfish species flock is, therefore, the youngest known species flock and presents an important model system for the study of how morphological and ecological divergence can promote speciation in Cyprinodon.
In Chapter 2, I first compared the San Salvador Island pupfishes to other Bahamian C. variegatus populations to assess the level of inter- and intra-island pupfish population differentiation in the Bahamas. The mtDNA control region was sequenced for bulldogs and normals from San Salvador Island and normals sampled from New Providence and Exuma Islands. San Salvador Island bulldogs were found to be distinct from all normal populations sampled, and comparisons of shared haplotypes suggest they originated on San Salvador Island rather than any of the other islands sampled. This was intriguing, because a "bulldog-like" morph has recently been observed in a lake on New Providence Island, which suggests parallel divergences may be occurring throughout the Bahamas. I also sequenced the mtDNA cytochrome b gene to assess the phylogeography of C. variegatus. Populations were sampled from the Bahamas and the east coast of North America, and the results suggest the Bahamas were only recently colonized by the Southern coastal lineage of C. variegatus. A distinct Northern lineage of C. variegatus, which may warrant species designation, was also supported by the cytochrome b data. Overall, the results supported a San Salvador Island origin for the Little Lake and Osprey Lake bulldog morphs, and also suggest the Bahamian C. variegatus populations are very young.Master of Science
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Schug, Malcolm D. "Invasion of a Freshwater Archipelago: Inferences From Population Genetics of Mosquitofish (Gambusia Hubbsi) in Blueholes on Andros Island, Commonwealth of the Bahamas /". The Ohio State University, 1995. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487931512618629.
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West, Patricia A. "Floral richness, phytogeography, and conservation on islandsin Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico". Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278789.
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Planners expect infrastructure development underway in Baja California to launch a wave of tourism. Managers will need information concerning the natural environment. This study focuses on the floral richness of the islands of Bahia de los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico. Results include island plant species inventories; a phytogeographic analysis evaluating the effects of island characteristics on plant species richness; a current human impact analysis, on floral richness; an evaluation of threats to floral richness and environmental health, including a non-native plant analysis; and management recommendations for preventing depletion of the native plant species richness on these islands from increased visitation. Floral richness ranges from 2 to 74 species per island. The best predictors of floral richness are the island area and the seabird presence or breeding. I recommend a combination of careful monitoring, dissemination of educational materials, and increased enforcement of current restrictions on island use to minimize human impacts.
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Petrie, Maaike. "Sedimentology of a Grain-Dominated Tidal Flat, Tidal Delta, and Eolianite System: Shroud Cay, Exumas, Bahamas". Scholarly Repository, 2010. http://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/oa_theses/31.
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Sedimentary characteristics of grainy non-skeletal tidal flats along windward platform margins have not been described in modern environments and may be misidentified or misclassified in the rock record. This study describes the sedimentology of such an environment to aid in accurate identification and characterization in the ancient. At Shroud Cay, a grain-dominated tidal flat is sheltered from the high energy of the shelf by a ring of cemented Pleistocene and partly indurated Holocene eolianite islands separated by several narrow tidal passes. Depositional texture, environment of deposition and geobody mapping, extensive sediment sampling, and vibracoring have shown that, though the cemented island provide a barrier from the high energy of the shelf, a high degree of tidal energy still occurs behind this barrier as indicated by the overwhelmingly grainy nature of all of the tidal flat sub-environments. Intertidal flats comprise the majority of the tidal flat surface. These flats are characterized by patchy Scytonema mats overlying bioturbated peloid-ooid grainstones to packstones with cemented lithoclasts. Three main tidal channels dissect the tidal flat and allow diurnal flow, one of those tidal channels does not exit the tidal flat but dead-ends behind a cemented Holocene beach dune ridge along the eastern side of Shroud Cay. Peloid-ooid-skeletal grainstone tidal bars and peloid-ooid packstones fill much of the channels. Most of the channels are bordered by low-relief grain-rich packstone levees often capped by red mangroves and algal mats. The interior-most supratidal parts of the flat, often in the lee of the windward Holocene ridge, are covered by a thick (5-~25cm) Scytonema microbial mat underlain by grain-rich ooid-peloid packstones. Ancient grain-dominated carbonate tidal flats and eolianite deposits like Shroud Cay?s are the reservoir rocks in some of today?s largest hydrocarbon fields. We develop a model for the evolution of the grain-dominated tidal flat, document and compare differences between the grain-rich tidal flat and surrounding environments of deposition, and develop a set of criteria for recognition. These criteria can be used to more accurately characterize reservoirs such as the Jurassic Smackover fields, to avoid mis-classification of similar settings, and more effectively produce those reservoirs.
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Michelson, Andrew V. "Ecological, Taphonomic, and Paleoecological Dynamics of an Ostracode Metacommunity". University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1341597923.
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Wittmer, Jacalyn M. "Quantitative approaches and applications to the sequence stratigraphy and biodiversity of Pleistocene – Holocene mollusk communities from the Po plain, Italy and San Salvador Island, the Bahamas". Diss., Virginia Tech, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/56637.
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The following chapters presented here use modern ecological data and modern marine systems to evaluate past marine depositional settings and the preservation potential of various environments in the geological record.
While the chapters in this dissertation vary in terms of study area, sedimentary systems (carbonate vs. siliciclastic), depositional environment, and organisms, all projects are based on developing and using quantitative models to evaluate the present as a means for understanding the past.
Chapter one focuses on the preservation potential of rocky intertidal environments. The rocky intertidal zone is one of the most poorly preserved fossil-rich environments in the geological record. However in most coastal marine habitats today, it is one of the most diversity rich environments. Chapter one also focuses on the analytical advantages of hierarchical sampling of gastropod communities across San Salvador Island, the Bahamas to quantify community and species level preservation potential in rocky shore environments. Chapters two and three are based on the fossil-rich sedimentary deposits from the Po coastal plain in northeastern Italy. These deposits have been widely studied in terms of their sedimentology and stratigraphy, resulting in a highly resolved sequence stratigraphic architecture. The integration of sequence stratigraphy with paleobiology can enhance our understanding of spatiotemporal biotic patterns recorded in the fossil record. Used in conjunction with the highly-resolved stratigraphic framework, biotic patterns can be used to assess depositional cycles and bathymetry through time. Chapter two integrates sequence stratigraphic patterns and paleoecological data to develop bathymetric models across fossiliferous marine successions of the Po coastal plain, Italy. Chapter three evaluates the modern ecological dataset used to derive the bathymetric models. The last chapter also explores water depth distribution for selected taxa recorded in the Quaternary sediments and observed in present-day habitats. The dissertation research explored here demonstrates that modern ecological systems are essential to evaluating past geologic events. Through direct observation and quantitative analysis, I have learned that modern and fossil communities behave differently depending on environment (e.g. energy, salinity, water depth, etc.). These variables affect the distribution of living organisms today and through my research, delineate fossil distributions through time. With these observations, new questions have arisen about the latitudinal variability of rocky intertidal fossil preservation and extrapolating the quantitative bathymetric models to deeper time intervals. These questions will lead to future endeavors and pointedly add to the field of geology and stratigraphic paleobiology.Ph. D.
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Wogsland, Brittan Valhalla. "Organomineralization of Microbialites from Storr’s Lake, San Salvador Island, Bahamas: Calcium Stable Isotope Analysis using TIMS and a 42Ca-43Ca double spike". The Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1587723502946554.
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Araújo, Mirela Carine Santos. "Conflitos e impactos socioambientais do turismo de segunda residência na vila de Barra Grande, no município de Vera Cruz - Bahia". Universidade Federal de Sergipe, 2015. https://ri.ufs.br/handle/riufs/4221.
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Tourism is a multi-dimensional activity that contributes to the transformation of many communities. In Bahia, this activity on Itaparica island is characterized by a significant portion facing the second home tourism, since 1970, by to its proximity to Salvador. However, it is possible to see some social and environmental problems on the island. One of these problems motivated the research, that is, the identification of environmental degradation, explicit in the inadequate disposal of solid waste on the margins of, on the streets of villages and sandy beaches of Vera Cruz, one of two towns in Itaparica island. The area of this research is the village of Barra Grande, in Vera Cruz, as it is located near the largest hotel in the island, Club Med Itaparica; and also for expression in this village of second residence tourism. Thus, the general objective of the research is to understand the social-environmental conflicts caused by second-home tourism in Barra Grande. To achieve this goal, we opted for the literature search, exploratory and descriptive, with an interdisciplinary approach qualitative and quantitative. The research instruments used were book report, photographic records, semi-structured interviews and questionnaires applied to the main social actors (public managers, traders, residents and second home tourists). Finally, confirmed the hypothesis that there is a disarticulate between these social actors, generated by the absence of collective organization and integrated actions for tourism and the environment in Barra Grande, that impossibility the realization of a tourism with sustainability.O turismo é uma atividade multidimensional que vem contribuindo para o desenvolvimento de muitas comunidades. O turismo de segunda residência, apesar de ser ainda pouco pesquisado, tem alavancado no Brasil, devido, principalmente, a estabilidade econômica em diversas regiões. Na Bahia, o turismo na Ilha de Itaparica se caracteriza através de uma parcela significativa da população voltada para a segunda residência desde 1970, devido a sua relação de proximidade com a capital Salvador. Dentre os problemas existentes na área, a identificação da degradação ambiental explicitada na destinação inadequada dos resíduos sólidos nas margens da rodovia, ruas das vilas e areias das praias de Vera Cruz, motivou o desenvolvimento dessa pesquisa, delineando como objetivo geral compreender os conflitos socioambientais provocados pelo turismo de segunda residência na Vila de Barra Grande, localizada no município de Vera Cruz. Para o cumprimento desse e outros objetivos específicos utilizaram-se distintos procedimentos associados a diferentes técnicas. Neste sentido, priorizou-se, inicialmente, o levantamento bibliográfico e cartográfico, sequenciado pelo trabalho de campo com aplicação de questionário e realização de entrevistas direcionadas a diversos atores sociais, destacando-se entre eles os gestores públicos, comerciantes, residentes e turistas de segunda residência. Os resultados desse estudo mostram que existe uma desarticulação entre os referidos atores, gerada pela ausência de organização coletiva e de ações integradas voltadas para o turismo e o meio ambiente em Barra Grande, impossibilitando a efetivação de um turismo sustentável.
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Ayala, de la Hoz Angélica. "Las ciudades insulares en el Caribe Occidental: desarrollo del concepto urbanístico-territorial de ciudad insular a partir del estudio comparativo de las Islas de la Bahía de Honduras y San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina - Colombia". Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/134225.
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Proponemos en este trabajo contribuir a esa reflexión universal, presentando una categoría de ciudad que se funda rodeada de mar. In this study we propose to contribute to a universal reflection, presenting a category of the city which is founded surrounded by the sea.
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Amacker, Kristin Sullivan. "Mark Catesby's The Natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands an e-etext /". 2003. http://xroads.virginia.edu/%7Ema02/amacker/etext/home.htm.
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Rossbach, Kelly Ann. "Distinguishing inshore and offshore communities of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) near Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas". Thesis, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/33822.
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Stahala, Caroline. "Demography and conservation of the Bahama Parrot on Great Abaco Island". 2005. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-09302005-102134/unrestricted/etd.pdf.
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Gonzalez, Brett Christopher. "Novel Bacterial Diversity in an Anchialine Blue Hole on Abaco Island, Bahamas". Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-12-8614.
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Anchialine blue holes found in the interior of the Bahama Islands have distinct fresh and salt water layers, with vertical mixing, and dysoxic to anoxic conditions below the halocline. Scientific cave diving exploration and microbiological investigations of Cherokee Road Extension Blue Hole on Abaco Island have provided detailed information about the water chemistry of the vertically stratified water column. Hydrologic parameters measured suggest that circulation of seawater is occurring deep within the platform. Dense microbial assemblages which occurred as mats on the cave walls below the halocline were investigated through construction of 16S rRNA clone libraries, finding representatives across several bacterial lineages including Chlorobium and OP8. In many blue holes, microbial metabolism of organic matter in the presence of seawater sulfate leads to anoxic and sulfidic conditions at or below halocline. Sunlight penetrating this sulfidic layer allows for in situ primary production to be dominated by bacterial anoxygenic phototrophs. Although water column chemistry and molecular genetic diversity of microbial mats in Cherokee Road Extension Blue Hole were investigated in this study, the full scope of the biogeochemistry of inland blue holes throughout the Bahamas Archipelago is complex and poorly understood. However, these microbial communities are clearly influenced by several factors including solar insolation, terrestrial and marine inputs of oxygen, carbon, and nutrients, water residence times, depth to the halo/chemocline, and cave passage geometry. The biogeochemistry of inland blue holes throughout the Bahamas is so distinctive which makes Abaco Island and the rest of the archipelago valuable as natural experiments, repositories of microbial diversity, and analogs for stratified and sulfidic oceans present early in Earth's history.
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Hatch, Heather E. "Harbour Island: The Comparative Archaeology of a Maritime Community". Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/151348.
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Archaeological research at Harbour Island, Bahamas, was designed to help explore and develop the concept of maritimity, or identity grounded in perceived (or imagined) shared traits deriving from a community’s relationship with the maritime environment. Maritimity can best be identified by using three broad and overlapping categories of Landscape, Maritime Resources and Maritime Material Culture. Historical documents and maritime cultural landscape elements establish the maritimity of Harbour Island in the context of these categories. Artifacts, procured through archaeological survey of nine properties inhabited since at least the eighteenth century, are analyzed to investigate whether there any notable differences in the archaeological assemblages of maritime communities that indicate maritimity. Analysis relies on Stanley South's artifact classification system and his Carolina Artifact pattern. The nine properties are compared among themselves as well as with four other sites from the western British Atlantic region.
Comparisons between the Harbour Island sites reveal a strong homogeneity of ceramic types at all households and a low representation of personal and clothing artifacts that indicate the relative poverty of the community. Maritime activities are not strongly represented in the archaeological record. When compared to four other sites from Jamaica, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Delaware, the assemblage from the Harbour Island community is relatively comparable to other sites influenced by British colonial culture.
Although the domestic artifacts contain little maritime material culture, the development of the island's built environment demonstrates maritimity in both the categories of Landscape and Maritime Material Culture. Faunal remains from Harbour Island, consisting primarily of fish and shellfish, provide archaeological evidence of the importance of the Maritime Resources category. Only when the evidence from all three categories of maritimity is considered together can Harbour Island be identified archaeologically as a community that strongly identified with both the maritime environment and the dominant British Colonial Atlantic culture.
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Westover, Meredith. "A numerical flow model for North Andros Island, Bahamas implications for circulation and dolomitization /". 1994. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/7303.
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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1994.Typescript. Title from title screen (viewed May 3, 2007). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 58-62). Online version of the print original.
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White, Suzanne. "Encrusting foraminifera from Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas taphonomy, shelf-to-slope distribution, and behavior /". 2002. http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga%5Fetd/white%5Fsuzanne%5F200212%5Fms.
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Slayton, Ian Arthur. "A Vegetation History from Emerald Pond, Great Abaco Island, The Bahamas, Based on Pollen Analysis". 2010. http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/832.
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Emerald Pond (26° 32' 12" N, 77° 06' 32" W) is a vertical-walled solution hole in the pine rocklands of Great Abaco Island, The Bahamas. In 2006, Sally Horn, Ken Orvis, and students recovered an 8.7 m-long sediment core from the center of the pond using a Colinvaux-Vohnout locking piston corer. AMS radiocarbon dates on macrofossils are in stratigraphic order and indicate that the sequence extends to ca. 8400 cal yr BP. Basal deposits consist of aeolian sands topped by a soil and then pond sediment, suggesting that the site began as a sheltered, dry hole during a Late Pleistocene low sea level stand, and became moister as climate changed and rising sea level pushed up the freshwater table.
The limestone rockland surrounding the site is presently dominated by Bahamian pine (Pinus caribaea Morelet var. bahamensis (Griseb.) W.H. Barrett & Golfari) with an understory of hardwoods and several palm species. Pollen analyses on the sediments of Emerald Pond indicate significant environmental change at the site. Pines and palms have dominated for much of the record, with some variation in relative importance. Pine pollen shows a non-uniform, general increase over the record, with highest values reached in a section of the upper meter of the record that contains abundant microscopic charcoal that may be related to anthropogenic activities. Palm pollen is well represented in all but this upper section of the core. The shifts in pollen percentages in the upper meter of the core suggest a generally drier environment during the last two millennia at Emerald Pond.
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Cerajewski, Rebecca J. "Paleoclimate reconstruction using isotopic analysis of tropical bivalves from the Pigeon Creek archaeological site, San Salvador Island, Bahamas". 2002. http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga%5Fetd/cerajewski%5Frebe%5Fj%5F200212%5Fms.
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Baeyaert, Joffrey. "Use of acoustic telemetry techniques to understand the individual variability in movement ecology of juvenile lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris, in natural conditions, around Bimini Islands, Bahamas: a comparison study with preliminary personality traits observed in mesocosms". Master's thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/8660.
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Dissertação de Mestrado, Biologia Marinha, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve, 2016Unevenness within a population is challenging to explain. It appears hazardous to interpret inter-individual dissimilarities in behavior, mainly due to a lack of information about the underlying mechanisms responsible for such expression. The key component of this study was the focus on the relationship between an intrinsic decision-making mechanism and the expression of individual movements. The uniqueness of this research laid in the study of how personality in juvenile lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris (Poey, 1868), may influence their natural behavior, providing a correlative analysis between personality and movement ecology. Twelve individuals were preliminarily exposed to a novel open field test to quantify a personality trait. Afterwards, the sharks were fitted with acoustic transmitters and monitored inside their nursery area, using an array of fifteen acoustic receivers, over an eight-month period. Movement patterns were assessed using active tracking. Home range and core area were measured using Minimum Convex Polygon (MCP) and Kernel Utilization Density (KUD). Although the two analyses produced different outputs, both revealed high individual differences in term of location and size. The results suggested an extensive use of the mangrove by the juveniles. The home range varied from 568.52m2 to 1296.01 m2 whilst using MCP approach, and ranged from 770.10 m2 to 1474.51 m2 based on the kernel-bivariate analysis. Similarly, core area estimates ranged from 85.88 m2 to 323.67 m2 (KUD). The estimation of the distance from the nearest shore captured a similar pattern and ranged from 38.16 m to 155.38 m. These inter-individual differences persisted even after effects of body size, sex or monitoring features were removed. However, multiple correlations revealed a strong relationship between personality traits and the spatial metrics (home range, Rs = 0.71; core area, Rs = 0.84; distance from the shore, Rs = 0.69). The results uncovered the likelihood of an influence of personality on the movement ecology of juvenile lemon sharks. Identifying mechanisms driving the expression of movement patterns provided crucial insight into decision-making processes at an individual level. Such observation should encourage further investigations to consider individual-based analyses for conservation purposes and advocate for the integration of behavioral ecology and movement ecology into a common framework to enhance the understanding of evolutionary and ecological processes.
É difícil explicar a ausência de uniformidade em populações. Pode ser arriscado interpretar diferenças comportamentais entre indivíduos, principalmente devido à falta de informação sobre os mecanismos subjacentes responsáveis pela expressão destes comportamentos. O principal foco deste estudo foi a relação entre o mecanismo intrínseco de tomada de decisão e a expressão dos movimentos individuais. A originalidade deste trabalho baseia-se no estudo de como a personalidade na tubarões jovens, Negaprion brevirostris (Poey, 1868), pode influenciar o seu comportamento natural, criando uma análise de correlação entre a personalidade e a ecologia do movimento. Doze indivíduos foram previamente expostos a um teste novo para quantificar traços de personalidade. Seguidamente, os tubarões foram equipados com transmissores acústicos e monitorados dentro de sua área de maternidade, usando um conjunto de quinze receptores acústicos, ao longo de um período de oito meses. Os padrões de movimento foram avaliados através de um seguimento activo. A extensão da área habitada e a área central foram medidas usando Minimum Convex Polygon (MCP) e Kernel Utilization Density (KUD). Embora as duas análises tenham tido resultados diferentes, ambas revelaram grandes diferenças individuais em termos de localização e tamanho. Os resultados sugerem um uso intensivo de mangais pelos juvenis. Utilizando a abordagem MCP, a extensão da área habitada variou entre 568.52m2 e 1 296.01 m2. Utilizando a análise bivariada de kernel, a variação foi entre 770.10 m2 e 1 474.51 m2. Da mesma forma, as estimativas da área central variaram entre 85.88 m2 e 323.67 m2 (KUD). A estimativa da distância à costa mais próxima evidenciou um padrão semelhante, com uma variação de 38.16 a 155.38 m. Estas diferenças inter-individuais persistiram mesmo depois de removidos os efeitos do tamanho, sexo e características de monitorização. No entanto, várias correlações revelaram uma relação forte entre traços de personalidade e as métricas espaciais (área habitada, Rs = 0.71; área central, Rs = 0.84; distância à costa, Rs = 0.69). Os resultados revelaram a possibilidade da personalidade influenciar a ecologia do movimento de tubarões-limão jovens. A identificação de mecanismos que impulsionam a expressão de padrões de movimento forneceu percepção crucial sobre os processos de tomada de decisão a nível individual. Estas observações devem servir de incentivo a novas investigações, para que considerem análises individuais para fins de conservação, e insistir na integração da ecologia comportamental e ecologia do movimento num plano de trabalhos comum, com o fim de melhorar a compreensão dos processos evolutivos e ecológicos.