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- The relationship between test-taker characteristics and initial teacher certification examination performance.
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- Stevenson, Nathan James
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Basic teacher certification examinations serve as the primary tool for assessing the academic readiness of candidates to enter teacher education programs in many parts of the United States. However, data indicate that teacher examinations disproportionately hinder diverse individuals. Current research has linked Florida's General Knowledge, Florida Teacher Certification Examination (FTCE) with the stagnation of qualified teacher education applicants but has failed to investigate the...
Show moreBasic teacher certification examinations serve as the primary tool for assessing the academic readiness of candidates to enter teacher education programs in many parts of the United States. However, data indicate that teacher examinations disproportionately hinder diverse individuals. Current research has linked Florida's General Knowledge, Florida Teacher Certification Examination (FTCE) with the stagnation of qualified teacher education applicants but has failed to investigate the examination specifically. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine the relationship between test-taker characteristics and the number of attempts test-takers required to pass the General Knowledge FTCE at a Southeastern U.S. public university. Astin's (1993) input-environment-outcome (I-E-O) model guided the study by suggesting test-taker characteristics may be related to the test-taker outcome of passing the General Knowledge FTCE. I utilized Spearman's rank-order correlation and Pearson's chisquare test to analyze the relationship between academic and demographic characteristics of the sample (N = 623) and the number of General Knowledge FTCE attempts. The study did not find a statistically significant relationship or difference between grade point average (GPA), firsttime-in-college (FTIC) status, transfer status, or gender and the number of General Knowledge FTCE attempts. A small negative monotonic relationship between age and the number of General Knowledge FTCE attempts and a statistically significant difference between race and the number of test attempts were found. I discuss implications pertaining to the need for further research on the relationship between age and teacher certification examination success, alternative teacher certification assessments, and General Knowledge FTCE score reporting.
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- 1298717951, WFE0000794
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- Assessment of bancs and streambank erosion rates in the northwest Florida Panhandle.
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- Finch, Bryce Douglas
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A previous study performed in the Northwest Florida Panhandle found the bank assessment of non-point source consequences of sediment (BANCS) model to be a relatively poor predictor of streambank erosion rates. Concern for whether these errors were related to how the project was constructed prompted the need for additional research. Some of the presumed errors were associated with the size of the study area and sites' exposure to extreme weather events during the study period. This study aims...
Show moreA previous study performed in the Northwest Florida Panhandle found the bank assessment of non-point source consequences of sediment (BANCS) model to be a relatively poor predictor of streambank erosion rates. Concern for whether these errors were related to how the project was constructed prompted the need for additional research. Some of the presumed errors were associated with the size of the study area and sites' exposure to extreme weather events during the study period. This study aims to utilize the BANCS model across a smaller study area than previously practiced with a focus on identifying specific flow events and drainage watersheds that are primarily undeveloped. Flow events were identified through the use of constructed gages and watersheds were verified with aerial imagery. Erosion incurred at the 18 study sites selected was measured over a given year following identified flood and bankfull events. These practices resulted in an improvement of BANCS' ability to predict streambank erosion rates. In particular, the bank erosion hazard index (BEHI) demonstrates strong relationships with erosion rates when plotted independently. The findings of the study indicate that a better understanding of return intervals of specific flow events, such as bankfull and floods, would enhance the capability to predict streambank erosion.
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- 2020, 2020
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- 1232475100, WFE0000738
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- Effects of 4-H youths' prosocial development on academic achievement in north Florida counties.
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- Hancock, Emily Baxter
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Placing youths' academic achievement over prosocial skill development is stunting youths' social and emotional growth. Research shows that the 4-H youth organization promotes prosocial skill development in youth. The purpose of this cross-sectional correlational study was to examine the relationship between the intensity of participation in a 4-H youth program and the development of prosocial behavior in nine to 12-year-olds in three North Florida counties. The research is framed by Arnold's...
Show morePlacing youths' academic achievement over prosocial skill development is stunting youths' social and emotional growth. Research shows that the 4-H youth organization promotes prosocial skill development in youth. The purpose of this cross-sectional correlational study was to examine the relationship between the intensity of participation in a 4-H youth program and the development of prosocial behavior in nine to 12-year-olds in three North Florida counties. The research is framed by Arnold's 4-H thriving model which operationalizes the outcome variables that contribute to positive youth development. The researcher used Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory to support Arnold's model. The researcher sampled public school, 4-H youth from three North Florida counties between the ages of nine and 12. A convenience sample of 4- H youth (N = 72) completed the Bridge-PYD survey to evaluate their presentation of positive development while the 4-H leaders and corresponding classroom teachers completed the Child Trends Survey to reveal youths' prosocial presentation in the two environments. Included in the data collection are measures of youths' most recent reading and math scores on the Florida Standards Assessments (FSA). Moderation analysis demonstrated a significant moderation effect, p < .001, indicating that the relationship between prosocial development and academic achievement is moderated by the intensity of 4-H participation. The results conclude that North Florida 4-H youths presented high prosocial skill development in addition to academic success as measured by the FSA. This study serves as a resource for youth development practitioners and an examination of current education mandates.
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- 2020, 2020
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- 1202024515, WFE0000715
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- Abandon all ships!: Economic changes and their relation to intentional vessel abandonment at the Shields Point Cove.
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- Roy, Michael Dillon
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The site of an intentionally abandoned vessel will differ greatly from the site of a shipwreck lost unintentionally. Relatedly, the processes of site development will also differ greatly between these two types of sites. This research illustrates these differences by studying historical contexts of four abandoned vessels located in a cove known as Shields Point found on the Blackwater River in Santa Rosa, Florida. Previous models of shipwreck site development are adapted to include sites of...
Show moreThe site of an intentionally abandoned vessel will differ greatly from the site of a shipwreck lost unintentionally. Relatedly, the processes of site development will also differ greatly between these two types of sites. This research illustrates these differences by studying historical contexts of four abandoned vessels located in a cove known as Shields Point found on the Blackwater River in Santa Rosa, Florida. Previous models of shipwreck site development are adapted to include sites of intentionally abandoned vessels.
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- 2020, 2020
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- 1220930685, WFE0000731
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- Characterizing elasmobranchs in Pensacola Bay system using environmental DNA metabarcoding.
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- Hebert, Melissa M.
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Estuaries are often used as foraging habitats and nursery grounds by many elasmobranch species due to the protection as well as an abundance of nutrients and available prey that estuaries provide. However, identifying essential habitats for elasmobranchs has been a challenge due to frequent migrations of elasmobranchs into estuaries and coastal waters. Therefore, essential habitats for many elasmobranchs have not been identified. Traditional survey methods make it difficult to obtain accurate...
Show moreEstuaries are often used as foraging habitats and nursery grounds by many elasmobranch species due to the protection as well as an abundance of nutrients and available prey that estuaries provide. However, identifying essential habitats for elasmobranchs has been a challenge due to frequent migrations of elasmobranchs into estuaries and coastal waters. Therefore, essential habitats for many elasmobranchs have not been identified. Traditional survey methods make it difficult to obtain accurate results because elasmobranchs are highly mobile; thus the resolution lies with using molecular tools such as environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding. Environmental DNA metabarcoding refers to the identification of multiple species from a single environmental sample using a generalist molecular marker. This molecular tool has shown to represent the biodiversity present in a collected sample and has been more efficient than traditional in situ sampling. Environmental DNA metabarcoding revealed 266 total fish detections from 57 different species with only three elasmobranch species (Rostoraja eglanteria, Hypanus sabinus, Rhinoptera bonasus) being detected. Elasmobranch DNA was primarily detected in spring, with only one detection in both winter and summer and no detections in fall. These results imply that elasmobranchs may not be utilizing the Pensacola Bay System often or they were not present during time of sampling.
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- 2020, 2020
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- 1233042127, WFE0000741
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- Document (PDF)
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- Ropa, herramientas, y armas: comparison of the material assemblages of 16th-century Spanish probate records to the artifact assemblages at the Luna Settlement site and the Emanuel Point I Shipwreck.
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- Bleuel, Casey Elizabeth
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Probate records, documents including wills and estate inventories and auctions, are excellent tools for historical archaeologists who want to better understand the material possessions of past peoples. Probate and archaeological data are particularly amenable to comparison because they both quantify material culture. This thesis compares a sample of 76 16th-century Spanish probate records (both inventories and auctions) compiled in Spanish America to the archaeological assemblages of the 1559...
Show moreProbate records, documents including wills and estate inventories and auctions, are excellent tools for historical archaeologists who want to better understand the material possessions of past peoples. Probate and archaeological data are particularly amenable to comparison because they both quantify material culture. This thesis compares a sample of 76 16th-century Spanish probate records (both inventories and auctions) compiled in Spanish America to the archaeological assemblages of the 1559-1561 Luna Settlement site and Emanuel Point I (EPI) Shipwreck in Pensacola, Florida excavated by the University of West Florida. The probate records of a variety of Spanish individuals were chosen to reflect the types of people that would have inhabited the site including soldiers, sailors, carpenters, blacksmiths, doctors, artisans, women, etc. This work involves the transcription and translation of historical Spanish documents and the creation of a Probate Inventory Database and an artifact database. The primary goal is to demonstrate the utility of synthesizing material culture data from both the documentary and archaeological records as well as provide an analysis of the similarities and differences between these data sources using the Luna Site and EPI as case studies. An emphasis is made on the idea of "personal property" in 16th-century Spanish America. This project is a model for synthesizing quantitative data from documentary and archaeological sources.
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- 1298231842, WFE0000783
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- Document (PDF)
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- Comparisons of mortuary data and demography for AME Zion cemetery and the Poor Farm in Pensacola, Florida.
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- Hutson, Allison M.
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Populations from two historic cemeteries in Pensacola, Florida were researched, analyzed, and compared through the use of archival and site survey records in order to understand connections between causes of death, ages at death, and socioeconomic status (SES). A total of 1,267 individuals were analyzed within this research (404 from AME Zion and 863 from the Escambia County Poor Farm) to answer 1) how the socioeconomic status (SES) of a selection of a population connects to their eventual...
Show morePopulations from two historic cemeteries in Pensacola, Florida were researched, analyzed, and compared through the use of archival and site survey records in order to understand connections between causes of death, ages at death, and socioeconomic status (SES). A total of 1,267 individuals were analyzed within this research (404 from AME Zion and 863 from the Escambia County Poor Farm) to answer 1) how the socioeconomic status (SES) of a selection of a population connects to their eventual cause of death and age at death; and 2), how SES is or is not reflected in the burial practices evident through extant surface material at cemetery site(s). The goal of this research was to better understand how the life experiences of people in the past affected their representations in death. Initial analysis of the overall populations (AME Zion n=404; Poor Farm n=863) showed higher rates of infant deaths and males at the Poor Farm than was seen in the AME Zion Pre1970 population sample of all ages. For these full samples, susceptibility to the most frequent causes of death categories (Illness and Disease) were the same at each site. With these similar levels however, individuals at neither site were living substantially longer than the other even when individuals at the Poor Farm had a significantly average SES. Analysis of the cause of death and age at death analysis samples (AME Zion n=240; Poor Farm n=419) as well as analysis of the SES subsamples (AME Zion n=133; Poor Farm n=408) highlighted sex and SES differences between the sites where the Poor Farm had a higher frequency of males and higher wages, on average. Conclusions found no connection between SES and the existence or absence of extant surface materials at AME Zion or the Poor Farm but brought to light the possibility of other cultural factors such as church affiliations and burial associations.
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- 1298231672, WFE0000782
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- I can barrel-ly contain myself: identifying types of wooden casks within the Emanuel Point II artifact assemblage.
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- Elmore, John Robert III
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Wooden casks served as essential tools for economic development for thousands of years by storing and transporting various commodities. Though they no longer play as significant of a role for commerce in the modern era, their utility is still remembered because of their long-lasting reign of use. Historians and archaeologists alike study both casks as well as the individuals who make them (coopers) to further understand the significance each held as contributors toward economic growth....
Show moreWooden casks served as essential tools for economic development for thousands of years by storing and transporting various commodities. Though they no longer play as significant of a role for commerce in the modern era, their utility is still remembered because of their long-lasting reign of use. Historians and archaeologists alike study both casks as well as the individuals who make them (coopers) to further understand the significance each held as contributors toward economic growth. Archaeologists have recovered numerous types of wooden casks from across the globe, with each discovery shedding light on the cultural significance held by different cask types during different eras. Though archaeologists have yet to recover a fully intact cask from any of the archaeological sites affiliated with the Tristan de Luna expedition of 1559, one of the site's artifact assemblages (the Emanuel Point II's (EPII)) contains a collection of objects identified as wooden cask components. An analysis of these components contributes toward the identification of cask types within the EPII artifact assemblage, thereby shedding light on the types of casks utilized by 16th-century Spanish colonists.
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- 1296381613, WFE0000780
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- Document (PDF)
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- Mahogany and iron: the construction of the Nuestra Senora del Rosario y Santiago Apostol: the construction of the Nuestra Señora del Rosario y Santiago Apostòl.
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- Henderson, Kad Michael
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Constructed in 1696 in Alvaredo, Mexico, the Nuestra Señora del Rosario y Santiago Apostòl was created to protect Spanish shipping and colonies in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. Rosario served in this purpose for nine years until it was wrecked on the shores of Santa Rosa Island in September of 1705. Between 1998 and 2002 the University of West Florida excavated the remains of Rosario. The information recovered from these excavations has allowed for a detailed analysis of the...
Show moreConstructed in 1696 in Alvaredo, Mexico, the Nuestra Señora del Rosario y Santiago Apostòl was created to protect Spanish shipping and colonies in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. Rosario served in this purpose for nine years until it was wrecked on the shores of Santa Rosa Island in September of 1705. Between 1998 and 2002 the University of West Florida excavated the remains of Rosario. The information recovered from these excavations has allowed for a detailed analysis of the construction of the vessel. From this analysis it appears that while Rosario was constructed in the New World using local materials and labor, the design of the ship aligns closely with the historical record of Spanish warships constructed in that era in Spain.
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- 2020, 2020
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- 1202025487, WFE0000717
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- Document (PDF)
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- Temporal variation of groundwater nutrient flux dynamics into Santa Rosa Sound, North West Florida.
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- Leach, Dana J.
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Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) is a pathway of nutrient loading into marine systems. SGD is described as the direct discharge of fresh or recirculated groundwater into the near-shore environment. This study aims to qualitatively identify nutrient transformation within the subterranean estuary (STE), which is a point of mixing between fresh groundwater and seawater where several chemical reactions occur. The biogeochemical conditions in porewater were identified using a push point...
Show moreSubmarine groundwater discharge (SGD) is a pathway of nutrient loading into marine systems. SGD is described as the direct discharge of fresh or recirculated groundwater into the near-shore environment. This study aims to qualitatively identify nutrient transformation within the subterranean estuary (STE), which is a point of mixing between fresh groundwater and seawater where several chemical reactions occur. The biogeochemical conditions in porewater were identified using a push point piezometer. A pieozomanometer survey was conducted to determine the nutrient flux into Santa Rosa Sound, Gulf Breeze, Florida. Nutrient concentration data were obtained by analyzing porewater samples from two sampling dates, June 16, 2019, and September 29, 2019. Upward velocity measurements were made on January 27, 2020. When comparing the two sampling dates, the subterranean estuary shifts from freshwater input into the system and salinity plots mimic the distribution of nitrogen within the STE. Phosphorus, pH, and oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) profiles were compared. In areas with low ORP and low pH, they indicate the possibility of iron oxidation and the possible presence of an "iron curtain". In this area, dissolved phosphorus is likely to precipitate from solution. Total dissolved inorganic nitrogen from porewater averaged 0.7 mmol d-1 per m shoreline. Upward velocity measurements showed that velocity increased with distance offshore, a trend that could be explained by a change of hydraulic conductivity and the patchiness of porewater substrate, where preferential flow through SGD favors sediments further offshore.
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- 2020, 2020
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- 1202025463, WFE0000718
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- Document (PDF)
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- Infant mortality and structural determinants of health in Northwest Florida.
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- Atwell, Ashley Lena Marie
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The Northwest Florida Counties of Escambia, Santa Rosa, and Okaloosa are connected by land and industry but possess very different public health outcomes. In this study, I examine the possible causes behind a greater-than national level infant mortality rate for two of the counties and why one of these counties possesses a much lower rate. Through semi-structured interviews and geospatial analysis, I examine indicators of health that contribute to higher infant mortality. A theoretical lens...
Show moreThe Northwest Florida Counties of Escambia, Santa Rosa, and Okaloosa are connected by land and industry but possess very different public health outcomes. In this study, I examine the possible causes behind a greater-than national level infant mortality rate for two of the counties and why one of these counties possesses a much lower rate. Through semi-structured interviews and geospatial analysis, I examine indicators of health that contribute to higher infant mortality. A theoretical lens of structural violence, habitus, and structural determinants of health brings attention to the invisible violence that is causing infant death within Northwest Florida. Research questions include the following: What factors are contributing to infant mortality in NWFL? How might health care access and literacy contribute to poor infant health outcomes? What interventions could help improve health literacy and health care access for those experiencing significant barriers to care in NWFL? Indicators that were found as possible contributors to higher infant mortality rates were poor health literacy, poor access to resources like health care, transportation, education, and poverty.
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- 2019, 2019
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- 1152891788, WFE0000688
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- Document (PDF)
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- Late Neogene to quaternary soil evolution across relict terraces in Northwest Florida.
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- Randall, Chelsea Joel
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Delineation of relict terraces along the Northwest Florida coast can facilitate investigation of soil development within the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) coastal plain. Previous work to define terraces has primarily relied on topographic studies with little consensus on the number and extent of terraces. Research investigating soil development within the GOM coastal plain is also limited. The present study utilizes Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and a LiDAR derived Digital Elevation Model (DEM)...
Show moreDelineation of relict terraces along the Northwest Florida coast can facilitate investigation of soil development within the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) coastal plain. Previous work to define terraces has primarily relied on topographic studies with little consensus on the number and extent of terraces. Research investigating soil development within the GOM coastal plain is also limited. The present study utilizes Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and a LiDAR derived Digital Elevation Model (DEM) to apply a Surface Classification Model (SCM) for selection of terrace surfaces based on slope and surface roughness. The SCM output was analyzed for peaks in pixel count by elevation. Five terraces were defined between the following elevation ranges: 0-3.6 m, 4-9 m, 16-27 m, 29.5-51 m, and 57-64 m. Soil properties known to exhibit time related trends were analyzed across the delineated terraces. At increasing elevations, and presumably ages, soils exhibited a thickening of both the solum and Bt horizon, an increase in clay content, and a decrease in organic matter content. Bt horizons were observed at increasingly greater depths, with the exception of terrace 5, which was at shallower depth. Likely due to erosion associated with the high elevation and greater exposure of the surface.
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- 2019, 2019
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- 1153152792, WFE0000697
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- Document (PDF)
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- Habitat use of seagrass-associated fauna in St. Joseph Bay.
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- Czaja, Raymond Edward
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Anthropogenic disturbances, such as habitat fragmentation, can disrupt seagrass microhabitat availability and increase the availability of seagrass bed edges. This research focused on microhabitat selection and substrate use of seagrass-associated invertebrates in St. Joseph Bay, Florida, emphasizing edge effects and habitat selection of the sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus. Monthly field surveys were conducted in Thalassia testudinum beds in St. Joseph Bay, Florida, in 2017 and 2018....
Show moreAnthropogenic disturbances, such as habitat fragmentation, can disrupt seagrass microhabitat availability and increase the availability of seagrass bed edges. This research focused on microhabitat selection and substrate use of seagrass-associated invertebrates in St. Joseph Bay, Florida, emphasizing edge effects and habitat selection of the sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus. Monthly field surveys were conducted in Thalassia testudinum beds in St. Joseph Bay, Florida, in 2017 and 2018. Microhabitat use pertained to edge effects and substrate use pertained to usage of pen shells, mussels, and seagrass by sea urchins. Settlement plates were deployed to analyze the importance of the semi-infaunal bivalve Atrina rigida (pen shells) for sessile invertebrates in seagrass habitat. Results show that L. variegatus prefers interior seagrass habitat compared to edge habitat, whereas other epibenthic macrofauna displayed mixed results for microhabitat selection. Sea urchins displayed a preference for Modiolus americanus mussel substrate. A sea urchin mortality event occurred during a cold spell. Results also suggest that sessile fauna utilize A. rigida as hard substrate due to a lack of alternative options. The results have implications for seagrass overgrazing events, seagrass-associated faunal responses to climate change, and habitat destruction.
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- 2019, 2019
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- 1152893868, WFE0000691
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- Document (PDF)
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- The steamer Columbia: recreating the life history of a Pensacola sidewheeler.
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- Dvorscak, Christopher Kevin
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In March of 2013, faculty and students from the University of West Florida discovered an unknown shipwreck in the Blackwater River. After multiple seasons of investigation and intensive historical research, the shipwreck is determined to be the sidewheel steamer Columbia, of Pensacola. It was built in 1900 by the W. B. Wright Company, towed lumber, and functioned as an excursion vessel. A fire of unknown origin caused it to burn to the waterline and sink on March 13, 1911. This project...
Show moreIn March of 2013, faculty and students from the University of West Florida discovered an unknown shipwreck in the Blackwater River. After multiple seasons of investigation and intensive historical research, the shipwreck is determined to be the sidewheel steamer Columbia, of Pensacola. It was built in 1900 by the W. B. Wright Company, towed lumber, and functioned as an excursion vessel. A fire of unknown origin caused it to burn to the waterline and sink on March 13, 1911. This project focuses on the discovery and investigation of Columbia, describes the life history of the vessel and the region in which it functioned, and provides convincing evidence to confirm its identity.
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- 1129014911, WFE0000654
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- Document (PDF)
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- Soil health in Northwest Florida: the effects of agricultural land use.
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- Hopko, Michael Nicholas
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The conversion of land for agriculture is known to degrade certain characteristics of soil health, but the rate of change is not described in detail. Northwest Florida offers the opportunity to study soils that have been converted to agriculture over varying timescales to provide insight into (a) the rate of change of soil health indicators; (b) the minimum time needed for significant impacts to develop; and (c) the magnitude of change that results from conversion to agriculture. Samples were...
Show moreThe conversion of land for agriculture is known to degrade certain characteristics of soil health, but the rate of change is not described in detail. Northwest Florida offers the opportunity to study soils that have been converted to agriculture over varying timescales to provide insight into (a) the rate of change of soil health indicators; (b) the minimum time needed for significant impacts to develop; and (c) the magnitude of change that results from conversion to agriculture. Samples were analyzed to quantify the effect of conversion from pine forest to agriculture on soil pH, electrical conductivity, particle size, carbon content, aggregate stability, soil respiration, color, and bulk density. With the exclusion of the 30 series soils from the dataset, carbon content, electrical conductivity, and silt content had relatively linear trends over time (R² > 0.6). When including this series, no trendline had an R² > 0.2. Aggregate stability, pH, carbon content, bulk density, and clay content were all significantly different between land uses after 33.5 years of agriculture, silt content after 75 years. The overall differences between land uses are significant for every soil characteristic tested except sand content, demonstrating the impact that agricultural management has on soil conditions.
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- 2021
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- 1293872265, WFE0000757
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- Document (PDF)
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- Shipwreck Tagging Archaeological Management Program (STAMP): a model for coastal heritage management based on community engagement and Citizen Science.
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- Burkhard, Austin Leonard
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The Florida Public Archaeological Network began the Shipwreck Tagging Archaeological Management Program (STAMP) in 2019 and utilizes citizen scientists to assist archaeologists in tracking the movement and degradation of beached/coastal shipwreck sites and disarticulated timbers. Historically Florida's coastal regions have been some of the most treacherous navigable waterways for mariners due to high wave turbidity, oceanic currents, and meteorological phenomena. As such, thousands of ships...
Show moreThe Florida Public Archaeological Network began the Shipwreck Tagging Archaeological Management Program (STAMP) in 2019 and utilizes citizen scientists to assist archaeologists in tracking the movement and degradation of beached/coastal shipwreck sites and disarticulated timbers. Historically Florida's coastal regions have been some of the most treacherous navigable waterways for mariners due to high wave turbidity, oceanic currents, and meteorological phenomena. As such, thousands of ships have ultimately met their demise along Florida coasts. The program, partnering with the National Park Service at Gulf Islands National Seashore, has collected data in the continued enhancement of public archaeological programs.
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- 2020, 2020
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- 1233072902, WFE0000746
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- Document (PDF)
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- A temporal study of marine microbial ecology in the coastal waters of Pensacola Beach.
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- Simmering, Arianna Lee
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Microbial communities are greatly influenced by natural environmental factors as well as disturbance and recovery due to anthropogenic effects and events. Of equal interest is their resiliency and recovery from those disturbances. For the purpose of this study, temporal was defined in three ways: seasonal variation, daily diel variation, and disturbance event effects and response. For the past three years, we maintained a bi-weekly sampling of water from the Pensacola Beach Pier to address...
Show moreMicrobial communities are greatly influenced by natural environmental factors as well as disturbance and recovery due to anthropogenic effects and events. Of equal interest is their resiliency and recovery from those disturbances. For the purpose of this study, temporal was defined in three ways: seasonal variation, daily diel variation, and disturbance event effects and response. For the past three years, we maintained a bi-weekly sampling of water from the Pensacola Beach Pier to address long term seasonal variability in biomass, productivity community structure, and physico-chemical parameters. Diel variation was measured using periods of increased sampling frequency to every six hours over a fifty-hour timespan. These diel samples were conducted quarterly in one year to compare seasonal variation. Temperature was the largest driving force in both long term and short-term variability for Pensacola Beach for the three years studied. Response to Hurricane Nate and Hurricane Michael was evaluated in years 2 and 3. Sampling was increased to once daily before, during, and after each storm either made landfall or passed by Pensacola Beach. Data from these storm events was compared to the previously defined typical values for that time of year using the time series to determine the disturbance effect and recovery period specific to the microbial ecology due to these storms. Data from both storms showed an immediate response in microbial communities with an equally rapid recovery period.
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- 2020, 2020
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- 1233074794, WFE0000747
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- Document (PDF)
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- Andragogy of workplace essential skills in a community college in south Florida.
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- Smith, Nayrie Lashawn
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Adult learners are returning to school to acquire and enhance workplace essential skills needed to meet changing job market expectations. Adequately preparing adult learners for the workforce necessitates understanding their views and experiences. The problem explored in this study was the lack of research regarding business school stakeholders' perceptions of the andragogy of workplace essential skills in a community college setting. The purpose of this qualitative instrumental case study...
Show moreAdult learners are returning to school to acquire and enhance workplace essential skills needed to meet changing job market expectations. Adequately preparing adult learners for the workforce necessitates understanding their views and experiences. The problem explored in this study was the lack of research regarding business school stakeholders' perceptions of the andragogy of workplace essential skills in a community college setting. The purpose of this qualitative instrumental case study was to explore the perceptions of business school stakeholders of the andragogy of workplace essential skills in a community college in South Florida. Participants were six adult students enrolled in business courses, three professors, and a business department chair. The five key assumptions (self-directedness, valuable past experiences, readiness and willingness to learn, problem-centered and practical interests to learning, and intrinsic motivation) and four principles (adult students' involvement in the learning process, integration of past experiences and new knowledge, relevance and impact of the adult learning experience, and incorporating problem-centered instruction) of Knowles's theory of andragogy guided the formulation of the research question. Although adult learners acquired and enhanced workplace essential skills within a positive learning environment incorporating andragogical strategies, adult learners desired enhanced workplace essential skills, such as technological, written, and oral communication, to adequately prepare for the workforce. Participants described andragogy strategies as an effective model of how they learn, supporting the key principles of Knowles's theory of andragogy. Suggestions for future research include exploring workplace essential skills related to other majors and disciplines and including a larger, diverse sample.
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- 2021
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- 1293883939, WFE0000766
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- Document (PDF)
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- The violence comes soon after: LGBTQ+ perceptions of safety and its effects on mental health in Pensacola.
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- Harshman, Brenna
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In Pensacola, Florida, there are many conservative residents who object to the presence of LGBTQ+ members in the community despite the long, rich history of relative LGBTQ+ tolerance. Due to the outward display of intolerant behavior, many LGBTQ+ people question their ability to safely express their sexual orientation and gender identity. This paper explores the primary data on main stressors that affect the perception of safety among the LGBTQ+ community in the Pensacola area as well as the...
Show moreIn Pensacola, Florida, there are many conservative residents who object to the presence of LGBTQ+ members in the community despite the long, rich history of relative LGBTQ+ tolerance. Due to the outward display of intolerant behavior, many LGBTQ+ people question their ability to safely express their sexual orientation and gender identity. This paper explores the primary data on main stressors that affect the perception of safety among the LGBTQ+ community in the Pensacola area as well as the mental health consequences linked with the stress of feeling unsafe. Data was gathered through participant observation and semi-structured interviews. I hypothesize that the LGBTQ+ community in Pensacola is more likely to have poor mental health and this inequity is linked to discrimination and feeling unsafe.
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