Influence of Benthic Features and Fishing Pressure on Size and Distribution of Three Exploited Reef Fishes from the Southeastern United States

2008 ◽  
Vol 137 (4) ◽  
pp. 1134-1146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew S. Kendall ◽  
Laurie J. Bauer ◽  
Christopher F. G. Jeffrey
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
Reef Fishes ◽  
Fishing Pressure

Habitat specific trade-offs in growth and survival by hogfish Lachnolaimus maximus in southeast Florida

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian A Towne ◽  
Paul T Arena ◽  
Angela B Collins ◽  
David W Kerstetter
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
Age And Growth ◽  
Fishing Pressure ◽  
Growth And Survival ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Eastern Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Average Maximum ◽  
Reef Tract ◽  
Different Depths

The hogfish Lachnolaimus maximus, an economically important, reef-associated protogynous teleost, has gained additional interest from fisheries managers due to evidence of overfishing in the southeastern United States. This study collected data on age and growth of hogfish in southeast Florida (SEFL), an understudied part of the species’ range. Hogfish (n = 227) were collected from three reef tracts at different depths between January 2016 and August 2017. The average maximum potential length (L∞) was 414 mm overall and showed evidence of Lee’s Phenomenon occurring relative to the eastern Gulf of Mexico, an area of presumed lower fishing pressure, where L∞ was 920 mm. Hogfish growth was also found to vary significantly by reef location in SEFL. Otolith-based aging revealed that SEFL hogfish growth past age 3 significantly decreased as reef depth increased between the three reef tracts [length at age 9 (L9) = 564, 405, 351 mm FL]. By L9, hogfish from the shallowest reef tract (4–6 m) were on average 61% longer and four times the weight of individuals collected from the deepest reef tract (15–25 m). Annual survival also increased with depth (42%, 65%, 73%), with a linear relationship to growth at L9 where R2 = 1.0, indicating there are inherent trade-offs between growth and longevity in hogfish of southeast Florida.

Does Enhancing Mind Perception Affect Conspiracy Belief?

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Noguera
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
Social Discourse ◽  
Psychological Processes ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Conspiracy Theories ◽  
Mind Perception ◽  
Mixed Anova ◽  
Interaction Term ◽  
The Mind

This study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of a novel mind perception manipulation. Mind perception is currently theorized to be an essential aspect of a number of human social psychological processes. Thus, a successful manipulation would allow for the causal study of those processes. This manipulation was created in an attempt to explore the downstream impact of mind perception on the endorsement of conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories are steadily becoming more and more prominent in social discourse. Endorsement of conspiracy theories are beginning to show real world ramifications such as a danger to human health (e.g., in the anti-vaccination movement). A sample of college students (valid N = 53) from a large rural institution in the southeastern United States participated for course credit. These participants completed a mind perception pretest, were randomly assigned to either the manipulation in question (in which participants are asked to consider the ‘mind’ of several targets and write their thoughts about them) or the control condition, and then they completed a posttest. The mixed ANOVA revealed that the interaction term between Time and Condition was not significant. Because the manipulation did not work, other analyses were aborted, in accord with the pre-registration. My Discussion focuses on the procedures and potential shortcomings of this manipulation, in an effort to lay the groundwork for a successful one.

Selected fluvial monazite deposits in the southeastern United States

1971 ◽  
Author(s):  
William C. Overstreet ◽  
A.M. White ◽  
P.K. Theobald ◽  
D.W. Caldwell
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Southeastern United States
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