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2025
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2020
John Alfirevich - A rapid site selection assessment as an indicator of stony coral microfragment outplant success. 2023 (MS Thesis)
Marina Garmendia - Restoration of stony coral tissue loss disease susceptible species in the Arrecife de Puerto Morelos National Park, Mexico using colony microfragmentation. 2023 (MS Thesis)
Daniel Perez - Twenty years of change in a Southeast Florida Acropora cervicornis thicket. 2023 (MS Thesis)
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Shane Wever - Ship groundings and boulder deployment: a study on restoration of ship grounding sites in the Kristin Jacobs Coral Reef Conservation Area. 2022 (MS Thesis)
Nick Jones - Benthic community dynamics and stony coral demographics in Florida in relation to acute disturbances and chronic pressures. 2022 (PhD Dissertation)
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Cassie VanWynen - An Investigation into the Factors Influencing Growth and Survival of Caribbean Acroporid Corals in a Floating Nursery. 2020 (MS Thesis)
Michelle Mair - A spatiotemporal analysis of population change in Gorgonia ventalina on Florida's Coral Reef. 2025 (MS Thesis)
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2019
Nicole Hayes - A characterization of a Southeast Florida stony coral assemblage after a disease event. 2019 (MS Thesis)
Ellen Goldenberg - Outplanted Acropora cervicornis enhances the fish assemblages of Southeast Florida. 2019 (MS Thesis)
Alanna Waldman - Spatial and temporal trends in the Xestospongia muta (giant barrel sponge) population on the Southeast Florida Reef
Alexandra Hiley - Spatial and Temporal Trends of Southeastern Florida's Octocoral Community. 2019 (MS Thesis)
2018
​Elizabeth Goergen - Population dynamics of the threatened staghorn coral, Acropora cervicornis, and the development of a species-specific monitoring protocol. 2018 (PhD Dissertation)
Nick Jones - Spatiotemporal change in the benthic community of Southeast Florida. 2018 (MS Thesis)
2017
​Charles Walton - Bacterial Communities Associated with Healthy and Diseased Acropora cervicornis (Staghorn Coral) Using High-Throughput Sequencing. 2017 (MS Thesis)
Mauricio López-Padierna - Distribution and Condition of Stony Corals in The Veracruz Reef System National Park: A Management Perspective. 2017 (MS Thesis)
2016
Lystina Kabay - Population Demographics and Sexual Reproduction Potential of the Pillar Coral, Dendrogyra cylindrus, on the Florida Reef Tract. 2016 (MS Thesis)
2015
​Meaghan Johnson - Staghorn Coral, Acropora cervicornis, Restoration in South Florida: Growth and Survivorship of Outplanted Nursery Corals. 2015 (MS Thesis)
Bradley Cody Bliss - Translocation of Acropora cervicornis Across Geographic Regions: Investigating Species Recovery and Restoration. 2015 (MS Thesis)​​
2014
Ariel Halperin - Distribution, Growth, and Impact of the Coral-Excavating Sponge, Cliona delitrix, on the Stony Coral Communities Offshore Southeast Florida. 2014 (MS Thesis)​
Theresa Elizabeth Robitaille - Long-Term Stony Coral Transplantation Success Offshore Southeast, Florida, USA. 2014 (MS Thesis)
2013
Nicole D'Antonio - Effects of Habitat Characteristics on Population Dynamics of Acropora cervicornis in the Near-Shore Environment of Southeast Florida. 2013 (MS Thesis)
Zachary Ostroff - Evaluating Acropora cervicornis Growth and Survivorship in a Line Nursery. 2013 (MS Thesis)
Paola Espitia - Survivorship, Growth, and Fecundity of Eunicea flexuosa (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) Transplants. 2013 (MS Thesis)
2012
​Emily Christine McGrath - The Feasibility of Rubble-Binding Sponge Propagation for Use in Reef Restoration. 2012 (MS Thesis)
Stephanie Bush - Post-Injury Recovery, Reattachment, Survival and Growth of the Giant Barrel Sponge, Xestospongia muta, Offshore Southeast Florida. 2012 (MS Thesis)
Jennifer Stein - Juvenile Scleractinian Coral Density, Composition, and Influence on the Adult Coral Population in Southeast Florida. 2012 (MS Thesis)
2011
​Jenna Lueg - Gametogenesis and Spawning of Solenastrea bournoni and Stephanocoenia intersepta and the Fecundity of Four Common Transplanted Coral Species Offshore, Southeast Florida. 2011 (MS Thesis)
2010
Elizabeth Anne Larson - Establishment of an Acropora cervicornis (Staghorn Coral) Nursery: an Evaluation of Survivorship and Growth. 2010 (MS Thesis)
Allison Brownlee - Transplantation and parrotfish predation: a study on small Siderastrea siderea colonies offshore Broward County, FL USA. 2010 (MS Thesis)
2009
​Vanessa Brinkhuis - Assessment of Gorgonian Transplantation Techniques Offshore Southeast Florida. 2009 (MS Thesis)
2008
​Melissa Sathe - Factors Influencing Southeast Florida Coral Reef Community Composition. 2008 (MS Thesis)
Joanna Walczak - The Colonial Zoanthid Palythoa caribaeorum: Population Dynamics on Southeast Florida Reefs. 2008 (MS Thesis)
2007
​Lindsey Habakuk Klink - Review of International Coral Reef Mooring Programs and the Effect of Mooring Use on Coral Reefs Offshore Broward County, Florida, USA. 2007 (MS Thesis)
Nicole Stephens - Stony Coral Transplantation Associated with Coastal and Marine Construction Activities. 2007 (MS Thesis)
Lauren Floyd - The Biology and Ecology of Shallow Tropical Western Atlantic Gorgonians. 2007 (MS Capstone)​
2006
Shaun Gill - Comparison of Stony Coral Cover Data Obtained by In Situ Measurements and Image Analysis. 2006 (MS Thesis)
Jamie Monty - "Coral of Opportunity" Survivorship, Growth, and Use with "Coral Nurseries" and "Integrated Stakeholder Involvement" in Coral Reef Restoration. 2006 (MS Thesis)
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