Grantee Research Project Results

Lapointe BE, Barile PJ, Yentsch CS. The physiology and ecology of macroalgal blooms (“green tides”) on coral reefs off northern Palm Beach County, Florida ( USA). Harmful Algae 2004;3(3):185-268.

Barile PJ, Lapointe BE, Capo TR. Dietary nitrogen availability in macroalgae enhances growth of the sea hare Aplysia californica (Opisthobranchia:Anaspidea). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 2004;303(1):65-78.

Barile PJ, Lapointe BE. Atmospheric nitrogen deposition from a remote source enriches macroalgae in a coral reef ecosystem at Green Turtle Cay, Abacos, Bahamas. Marine Pollution Bulletin 2005;50(11):1262-1272.

Lapointe BE, Barile PJ, Matzie WR. Anthropogenic nutrient enrichment of seagrass and coral reef communities in the Lower Florida Keys: discrimination of local versus regional nitrogen sources. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 2004;308(1):23-58.

Lapointe BE, Barile PJ, Wynne MJ, Yentsch CS. Invasion of the green alga Caulerpa ollivieri in the Bahamas linked to anthropogenic nitrogen enrichment. Science (submitted, 2004).

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Barile PJ. Macroalgal blooms as bioindicators of anthropogenic nutrient enrichment on coral reefs near Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas: taxonomic, morphometric, biochemical and physiological evidence. Presented at the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium, Okinawa, Japan, June 28, 2004.

Barile PJ. Evidence for anthropogenic nitrogen enrichment of the littoral waters of East Central Florida. Presented at the Southeastern Estuarine Research Society Meeting, Wilmington, NC, October 15, 2004.

Lapointe BE. Environmental tensions: sunken versus natural treasures. Presented at the Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society and Museum, Key West, FL, April 6, 2004.

Lapointe BE. Invasive and harmful algal bloom research on coral reefs off Southeast Florida. Presented at the Indian River Lagoon Water Quality Workshop, Marine Resources Council, Stuart, FL, February 21, 2004.

Lapointe BE. Impacts of land-based nutrient pollution on eutrophication of seagrass and coral reef communities in South Florida. Presented to Sierra Club, Bonita Springs, FL, February 27, 2004.

Lapointe BE. Invasion of the green tides. Presented to Sierra Club, Broward County Chapter, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, February 3, 2004.

Lapointe BE. Green tides invade Palm Beach County’s coral reefs. Presented at the Pine Jog Environmental Center, Annual Board Meeting, West Palm Beach, FL, March 12, 2004.

Lapointe BE. Tracing land-based sewage pollution into coral reef communities of the Negril Marine Park, Jamaica, West Indies. Presented to the Negril Coral Reef Preservation Society, Negril, Jamaica, March 2, 2004.

Lapointe BE. Water quality issues in zone IX and beyond! Presented at the Garden Club of America, Zone IX Flower Show, Nashville, TN, May 18, 2004.

Lapointe BE. Invasive and harmful blooms of the green alga Caulerpa in Southeast Florida and the Bahamas linked to anthropogenic nitrogen enrichment. Presented at the 2004 International Conference on Harmful Algae, Cape Town, South Africa, November 16, 2004.

Lapointe BE. Effects of land-based sources of pollution on coral reef/hardbottom communities of Southeast Florida: An integrated monitoring approach. Presented at the Southeast Florida Coral Reef Intitiative, Nova Oceanographic Center, Dania, FL, November 8, 2004.

Lapointe BE. Anthropogenic nutrient enrichment of seagrass and coral reef communities in the Lower Florida Keys: Discrimination of local versus regional nitrogen sources. Presented at the Southeastern Estuarine Research Society, Fall Meeting, Wilmington, NC, October 15, 2004.

Lapointe BE. Invasive blooms of the green alga Caulerpa in Southeastern Florida and the Bahamas supported by anthropogenic nitrogen enrichment. Presented at the 13th Aquatic Invasive Species Conference, Ennis, Ireland, September 21, 2004.

Yentsch CS. CZCS: A historical perspective. Presented to American Geophysical Union/American Society of Limnology and Oceanography , Honolulu, HI, February 10, 2004.

Yentsch CS. The role of dispersion in establishing absorption criteria. Presented at the Ocean Optics Meeting National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Office of Naval Research , Fremantle, Australia, October, 2004.

Barile PJ. Comments on: Trophic structure and productivity of a windward coral reef community on Eniwetok Atoll. In: Proceedings of Brown MT, Hall CS, eds. Special Issue: Through the Macroscope: the legacy of H.T. Odum. Ecological Modelling 2004;178(1):51-57.