Geomorphic Characterization of Reef Fish Aggregation Sites in the Upper Florida Keys, USA, Using Single-Beam Acoustics

This paper presents the design, fabrication and characterization of single beam for latching electrothermal microswitch. This microswitch consists of two cantilever beams using bimorph electrothermal actuator with mechanical latching for performing low power bistable relay applications. A stable state can be acquired without continuous power which is only needed to switch between two stable states of the microactuator. The single beam is discussed mainly to judge the possibility of realizing the designed function. First, reasonable shape of the resistance is designed using finite element analysis software ANSYS. Then, mechanical performance was characterized by WYKO NT1100 optical profiling system, the tip deflection of single beam can meet the designed demand.

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Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of the coral reef fish, Hemigymnus melapterus (Pisces: Labridae) and its phylogenetic implications

Mitochondrial DNA Part B ◽

10.1080/23802359.2019.1693302 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 4168-4169 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Murong Yi ◽

Sui Gu ◽

Zhisen Luo ◽

Hung-Du Lin ◽

Yunrong Yan

Keyword(s):

Coral Reef ◽

Mitochondrial Genome ◽

Reef Fish ◽

Coral Reef Fish ◽

Complete Mitochondrial Genome ◽

Phylogenetic Implications

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Temperature-mediated variation in early life history traits and recruitment success of the coral reef fish Thalassoma bifasciatum in the Florida Keys

Marine Ecology Progress Series ◽

10.3354/meps308001 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 308 ◽

pp. 1-15 ◽

Cited By ~ 110

Author(s):

S Sponaugle ◽

K Grorud-Colvert ◽

D Pinkard

Keyword(s):

Life History ◽

Coral Reef ◽

Reef Fish ◽

Coral Reef Fish ◽

Early Life ◽

Life History Traits ◽

Florida Keys ◽

Early Life History ◽

Thalassoma Bifasciatum ◽

Recruitment Success

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Validation and characterization of thirteen microsatellite markers for queen conch, Lobatus gigas

10.7287/peerj.preprints.2559v1 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Nathan K Truelove ◽

Loong Fai Ho ◽

Richard F Preziosi ◽

Stephen J. Box

Keyword(s):

Microsatellite Markers ◽

Microsatellite Loci ◽

Null Allele ◽

Florida Keys ◽

Illumina Miseq ◽

Allele Frequencies ◽

Null Alleles ◽

Queen Conch ◽

Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium

We report the development and characterization of 13 novel microsatellite loci for the Caribbean queen conch, Lobatus gigas, an ecologically and commercially important marine gastropod. Paired-end sequencing was carried out on genomic DNA from a single queen conch using half a flow cell lane of an Illumina MiSeq. A total of 48 potentially amplifiable loci containing microsatellites were tested on 45 individuals from the Florida Keys and Bahamas. In total, 13 consistently amplifying and polymorphic microsatellite loci were identified. The number of alleles ranged from 4 to 26 and observed heterozygosities ranged from 0.340 to 1.00. There was no evidence of scoring error, large allele dropout, or evidence of linkage disequilibrium at any locus. Four loci deviated from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium due to moderate levels of null alleles (null allele frequencies ranged from 0.081 to 0.230). Although null alleles were detected at four microsatellite loci, the high levels of polymorphism and moderate null allele frequencies suggest that these 13 novel microsatellite markers will be useful for researchers carrying out conservation genetic studies of L. gigas.

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