Browsing OU - Theses by Author "Vaughn, Caryn"
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Beta Diversity of Stream Fish Communities: Partitioning Variation Between Abiotic and Spatial Factors
Zbinden, Zachery (2016)Variation in species composition of assemblages within a region is known as beta diversity. Beta diversity contributes to regional diversity (gamma), and understanding the factors that maintain it and explain variation of ... -
Co-Occurrence and Dispersion Patterns of Mussel Species Within Beds
Murphy, Kathryn (2017-07)To aid in the conservation of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia, Unionidae), a better understanding of how mussel communities are structured is needed. While we know a great deal about the distribution and abundance of mussels ... -
EFFECT OF THE TOXIGENIC ALGA PRYMNESIUM PARVUM ON A NATURAL ZOOPLANKTON COMMUNITY
Witt, Brenda (2016-05-13)Harmful algae blooms (HABs) have the ability to produce profound changes to aquatic communities through a variety of factors, most commonly their propensity to produce toxins that can harm co-existing organisms. Many ... -
Electrosensory and Metabolic Responses of Weakly Electric Fish to Changing Water Conductivity
Wiser, Shannon (2022-12-16)South American weakly electric fishes (Gymnotiformes) use self-generated electric fields, known as electric organ discharges (EODs), for sensory processes such as navigation and communication. EOD production incurs significant ... -
Epizoic Diatom Assemblages on Freshwater Turtles
Wu, Shelly (2016-05)Although freshwater turtles and their epibiotic hosts are a good model for studying epibiotic interactions (including basking, the effects of turtle species, and geographic variation), information on diatom-turtle relationships ... -
EXPERIENCE, NEIGHBHORHOODS, AND HABITATS: BREEDING DISPERSAL OF MALE BLACK-CAPPED VIREOS (VIREO ATRICAPILLA)
Cimprich, Paula (2019-08-01)1. Mechanisms driving breeding dispersal are complex and potentially interactive. These mechanisms are of general interest because dispersal strongly links individual fitness to population dynamics. We examine the ... -
Insights on the translocation of a critically endangered crocodylian: Diet and body condition of headstart and wild Philippine crocodiles (Crocodylus mindorensis)
Brown, Joseph (2019)Studies of diet are fundamental to understanding a species’ ecology, and in relation to conservation translocations, dietary studies of headstart populations are particularly rare and valuable. These studies can yield ... -
Phylogenetic Relationships, Taxonomic Revision, and Conservation of Mountain Dragons of the Genus Japalura sensu lato from Asia
Wang, Kai (2017)Mountain Dragons of the genus Japalura sensu lato (sensu lato means “in the broad sense”) are small-to-medium sized, insectivore lizards of the family Agamidae. Although similar to the Iguanaian lizards of the New World ... -
Population genetic structure and effective population size of the threeridge mussel (Amblema plicata) in southeast Oklahoma assessed using microsatellites.
Olson, Patrick (2017-07-17)A myriad of anthropogenic factors have led to substantial declines in North America’s freshwater mussel populations over the last century. A greater understanding of mussel dispersal abilities, genetic structure, and ...