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Facilitation and Dominance in a Schooling Predator: Foraging Behavior of Florida Pompano, Trachinotus carolinus by Schrandt, Meagan N, Powers, Sean P

“…Presumably an individual's risk of predation is reduced by group membership and this 'safety in numbers' concept has been readily applied to investigations of…”
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Sampling design modifications to a fishery-independent monitoring survey balance the maintenance of long-term data with emerging management needs and funding limitations by Schrandt, Meagan N., MacDonald, Timothy C., Winner, Brent L., Blewett, David A., Paperno, Richard, Onorato, Gregory V., Gandy, David A., Switzer, Theodore S.

“…Development of Florida’s marine Fisheries-Independent Monitoring (FIM) program began in 1985, and it initiated long-term monitoring in Tampa Bay in 1989 with…”
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Long-Term Stability of the Faunal Community of a Subtropical Estuary: Evaluating Disturbances in the Context of Interannual Variability by Schrandt, Meagan N., MacDonald, Timothy C.

“…Estuarine and coastal marine ecosystems can have significant intra-and interannual variability in faunal community structure, complicating management response…”
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A multimetric nekton index for monitoring, managing and communicating ecosystem health status in an urbanized Gulf of Mexico estuary by Schrandt, Meagan N., MacDonald, Timothy C., Sherwood, Edward T., Beck, Marcus W.

“…[Display omitted] •A multimetric index of ecosystem health was developed for a subtropical estuary.•The index was validated against a red tide event and…”
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Evidence of short-term burial response by benthic macrofauna associated with the Mediterranean seagrass Cymodocea nodosa by Schrandt, Meagan N, Cebrián, Just, Darrow, Elizabeth S, Dalrymple, D Joseph, Marco-Méndez, C, Ferrero-Vicente, LM, Heck Jr, Kenneth L, Sánchez-Lizaso, José Luis

“…Sedimentation and burial affect a variety of habitats worldwide, especially within coastal marine systems. In the Mediterranean, seagrasses like Cymodocea…”
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Novel Infection Site and Ecology of Cryptic Didymocystis sp. (Trematoda) in the Fish Scomberomorus maculatus by Schrandt, Meagan N, Andres, Michael J, Powers, Sean P, Overstreet, Robin M

“…An undescribed, cryptic species of Didymocystis, as determined from sequences of 2 ribosomal genes and superficially similar to Didymocystis scomberomori…”
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Habitat Use and Fishery Dynamics of a Heavily Exploited Coastal Migrant, Spanish Mackerel by Schrandt, Meagan N, Powers, Sean P, Mareska, John F

“…Spanish Mackerel Scomberomorus maculatus support important commercial and recreational fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). Although federally managed…”
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Age, Growth, and Mortality of Atlantic Tripletail in the North‐Central Gulf of Mexico by Jefferson, Amanda E., Jargowsky, Matthew B., Schrandt, Meagan N., Cooper, Pearce T., Powers, Sean P., Dindo, John J., Drymon, J. Marcus

“…In the southeastern USA and the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), Atlantic Tripletail Lobotes surinamensis are increasingly targeted by recreational anglers, indicating…”
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Habitat-associated intraspecific variation in behavior and stress responses in a demersal coral reef fish by Schrandt, Meagan N., Lema, Sean C.

“…Habitat heterogeneity has been linked to species diversity and abundance, but can also generate intraspecific behavioral variation that has functional…”
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Physical habitat and social conditions across a coral reef shape spatial patterns of intraspecific behavioral variation in a demersal fish by Schrandt, Meagan N, Hardy, Kristin M, Johnson, Kaitlin M, Lema, Sean C

“…As coral reef ecosystems decline in health worldwide, reef‐associated fishes are being impacted by changes to their coral reef habitats. While previous studies…”
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Evidencia de la respuesta a un enterramiento a corto plazo de la fauna macrobentónica asociada a la fanerógama marina del Mediterráneo Cymodocea nodosa by Schrandt, Meagan N, Cebrián, Just, Darrow, Elizabeth S, Dalrymple, D Joseph, Marco-Méndez, Ferrero-Vicente, LM, Heck, Kenneth L, Sánchez-Lizaso, José Luis

“…La sedimentación y el enterramiento afectan a una gran variedad de hábitats en todo el mundo, especialmente en los sistemas costeros marinos. En el…”
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Amending survey design to improve statistical inferences: Monitoring recruitment of juvenile reef fish in the eastern Gulf of Mexico by Schrandt, Meagan N., Shea, Colin P., Kurth, Benjamin N., Switzer, Theodore S.

“…[Display omitted] •Power simulations were conducted for a multiple-gear-type juvenile reef fish survey.•Catch information was somewhat redundant between two…”
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Differential Predictors of Adult versus Juvenile Distributions of Two Coastal Pelagic, Surf Zone Fishes along the Northern Gulf of Mexico by Schrandt, Meagan N., Gregalis, Kevan C., Powers, Sean P.

“…As coastal human populations increase and offshore fishery regulations become more stringent in the northern Gulf of Mexico, nearshore fisheries may be…”
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A laboratory study of potential effects of the invasive round goby on nearshore fauna of the Baltic Sea by Schrandt, Meagan, Stone, Laura, Klimek, Brian, Mäkelin, Saara, Heck Jr, Kenneth, Mattila, Johanna, Herlevi, Heidi

“…In the Baltic Sea, species diversity is relatively low and the introduction of new predator species can have large direct and indirect impacts on native…”
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Connectivity and Habitat Use of Two Coastal Pelagic Species, Spanish Mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus) and Florida Pompano (Trachinotus carolinus) by Schrandt, Meagan N

“…Spanish Mackerel and Florida Pompano are two schooling coastal migratory pelagic fishes that are commercially and recreationally harvested in the northern Gulf…”
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