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- Telegram from A. A. Semmes to George T. Camper, 1874-October-01.
- Author
- A. A. Semmes, George T. Camper, Commodore Woolsey, Pensacola Telegraph Company
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Message sent from A. A. Semmes, Commandant of the Pensacola Navy Yard, to George T. Camper in Detroit, Michigan regarding Commodore Woolsey's health dated October 1, 1874. The rates and restrictions of the Pensacola Telegraph Company, who sent the message, appear above the message itself. Some corrections to information have been made in ink over some of the written words.
- Identifier
- uwfHT_NYC_Box1_1877-1878_Correspondence_Page002
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- Image (JPEG2000)
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- Letter from A. B. Greene, September 19, 1926.
- Author
- A. B. Greene, To whom it may concern
- Abstract/Description
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Typed note dated September 19, 1926, addressed 'To Whom It May Concern'. States Fred M. Carpenter is in good standing in M 110 Pontiac Michigan is is "entitled to all privileges that may be extended to him." Typed signature: A B. Greene Kligraph Pontiac M.
- Identifier
- uwf_ht_2016.035.0382
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- Image (JPEG)
- Title
- Pensacola Maritime vs. Texas Company, October 30, 1920 Blount Correspondence.
- Author
- A. Blount, Ellis Knowles
- Abstract/Description
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October 30th, 1920 letter to Mr. Ellis Knowles in New York City from A. Blount containing his opinion on the probable outcome of the case the Texas Company vs. Pensacola Maritime Corporation.
- Identifier
- folder1207_pensacolamaritimecorpvsthetexascorp_85_86
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- Set of related objects
- Title
- Letter to T.T. Wentworth Jr. from A. L. Macon, George Berry, July 19, 1926.
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- A. L. Macon (Secretary), George Berry, T. T. Wentworth Jr.
- Abstract/Description
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Letter with typed note on one side, dated July 19, 1926, and signed A. L. Macon, Secretary. This is on a sheet of plain paper that appears to have had the top cut off. Macon informs the unnamed person that he can be reinstated by payment of $4.00, but will have to make a formal application after September 30th and the membership will vote on his acceptance. Reverse has a handwritten note to T. T. Wentworth, Jr., and is dated 7/21. It is signed by George Berry. Berry states that he is not a...
Show moreLetter with typed note on one side, dated July 19, 1926, and signed A. L. Macon, Secretary. This is on a sheet of plain paper that appears to have had the top cut off. Macon informs the unnamed person that he can be reinstated by payment of $4.00, but will have to make a formal application after September 30th and the membership will vote on his acceptance. Reverse has a handwritten note to T. T. Wentworth, Jr., and is dated 7/21. It is signed by George Berry. Berry states that he is not a member of the Pensacola Klan, but is a member of Okaloosa # 99 in Crestview, Florida.
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- uwf_ht_2016.035.0376a-b
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- Set of related objects
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- Memorandum, A.M. Allen, ca. September 1930.
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- A.M. Allen, United States Engineers Office
- Abstract/Description
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Memorandum by A.M. Allen of the U.S. Engineer Office suggesting the unnamed recipient of the memorandum request a particular survey from J.E. Turtle in Pensacola.
- Identifier
- uwf76-1_Item049
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- Image (JPEG)
- Title
- PREDICTING DIVER PERFORMANCE AT THE NAVAL DIVING AND SALVAGE TRAINING CENTER.
- Author
- Aaberg, Wayne Thomas, Kramer, Thomas J., Thompson, Carla J., White, Jill T., University of West Florida
- Abstract/Description
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This research study utilizes a one group correlational research methodology based on a conceptual framework grounded in the Human Performance Model. The purpose of the study is to examine specific personality and demographic characteristics that may be potential predictors of diving performance within a military environment. The research question for the study is "To what degree are specific personality and demographic characteristics potential predictors of diving performance?"...
Show moreThis research study utilizes a one group correlational research methodology based on a conceptual framework grounded in the Human Performance Model. The purpose of the study is to examine specific personality and demographic characteristics that may be potential predictors of diving performance within a military environment. The research question for the study is "To what degree are specific personality and demographic characteristics potential predictors of diving performance?" Identification of specific traits as a standard selection process for predicting the success of diver candidates is a potential Human Performance Model consideration for military policy. The instrument used in the study was the Millon Index of Personality Styles Revised assessment tool and was administered to Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Marine Combat Divers. The data were analyzed using multiple regression and multivariate analysis within the quantitative research design. The researcher discovered that 10 Millon Index of Personality Styles Revised scales were statistically significant in relationship to performance. Findings of the study lend strong support for this type of assessment tool for candidate selection to support the military diver training.
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- 2010
- Identifier
- WFE0000197, uwf:60857
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Exploring brand reputation in sustainable undergraduate enrollment at a public American university.
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- Aboagye, Bright Da-Costa
- Abstract/Description
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The decrease in the college-going population, along with the deregulation of the higher education sector has contributed to the consistent decline in undergraduate enrollment in several American universities and colleges, including the research site for this study. The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSC Research Center, 2019) reported that the total enrollment of college students in the United States has decreased for 8 successive years (2011-2019), resulting in the closure...
Show moreThe decrease in the college-going population, along with the deregulation of the higher education sector has contributed to the consistent decline in undergraduate enrollment in several American universities and colleges, including the research site for this study. The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSC Research Center, 2019) reported that the total enrollment of college students in the United States has decreased for 8 successive years (2011-2019), resulting in the closure or merger of some higher educational institutions. Scholars and strategic management professionals have proposed the use of strategic resources to help institutions achieve sustainable enrollment growth. Using a qualitative case study approach and the resourcebased view theory (RBV) as a theoretical framework, the study explored how select administrative stakeholders in a public university leverage brand reputation as a strategic resource for achieving sustainable undergraduate enrollment growth in the Southeastern United States. The RBV comprises four constructs (valuable, rare, inimitable, organize) that describe resources essential to distinguish an institution's brand. Eight participants were purposefully selected and interviewed. Findings from the study revealed that the administrative stakeholders employed several brand strategies including creating consistent brand messages, exploiting visual identity, highlighting high-impact practices, and leveraging the university's historic and geographic location to ensure sustainable enrollment. This study can inform higher educational leaders on how to strategically re-align their brand reputation management strategies to achieve long-term enrollment sustainability. Since this study's findings may be more relevant to public sector institutions, future studies can explore the same phenomenon among proprietary and faithbased institutions.
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- 1294314098, WFE0000771
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- WHISKEY AND WINDOW PANES: THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF A SIDE-WHEEL STEAMBOAT AT SEMINOLE, ALABAMA.
- Author
- Abrahamson, Wayne Arlen, Bratten, John R., Mitchell-Cook, Amy M., Cook, Gregory D., University of West Florida
- Abstract/Description
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During the fall of 2005, faculty from the University of West Florida (UWF) were notified of ship remains located in the Blackwater River where the Seminole Lumber Camp once operated in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. After an initial visit by faculty and students, it was determined that the remains were that of an eastern coastal paddle-wheel steamboat. The hull was intact, and the vessel was equipped with a boiler and walking beam steam engine. By the late eighteenth...
Show moreDuring the fall of 2005, faculty from the University of West Florida (UWF) were notified of ship remains located in the Blackwater River where the Seminole Lumber Camp once operated in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. After an initial visit by faculty and students, it was determined that the remains were that of an eastern coastal paddle-wheel steamboat. The hull was intact, and the vessel was equipped with a boiler and walking beam steam engine. By the late eighteenth century, steam power became prevalent in the maritime industry and helped bring about the development of the eastern coastal paddle-wheel steamboat with its distinctive walking beam engine. The information contained in this thesis is the result of several field schools conducted between 2006 and 2010 where students extensively recorded the hull and the machinery, including the walking beam engine which engineers built in New York City in 1870. The thesis is an all-embracing summary of the students' hard work and provides detailed information on the history of lumbering and steam navigation in the area and the development and construction of the eastern coastal paddle-wheel steamboat.
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- 2011
- Identifier
- WFE0000282, uwf:60894
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- ELLENFRITH'S SONG: A STORY ADAPTED FROM THE OLD ENGLISH POEM THE WIFE'S LAMENT.
- Author
- Adams, Glenda Kay
- Abstract/Description
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Ellenfrith's Song vitalizes the wife of the Old English poem "The Wife's Lament" who relates the thoughts of a woman exiled by her husband to live alone in a cave under an oak tree, but the poem gives no details of the circumstances that sentenced her to exile. Chapter One, "Exile," explores the betrayal by the trusted friend who causes the wife to be exiled and looks at her feelings of loneliness and alienation upon realizing how alone she is in the cave. Chapter Two, "First Sighting,"...
Show moreEllenfrith's Song vitalizes the wife of the Old English poem "The Wife's Lament" who relates the thoughts of a woman exiled by her husband to live alone in a cave under an oak tree, but the poem gives no details of the circumstances that sentenced her to exile. Chapter One, "Exile," explores the betrayal by the trusted friend who causes the wife to be exiled and looks at her feelings of loneliness and alienation upon realizing how alone she is in the cave. Chapter Two, "First Sighting," begins in the cave, but through a flashback, the wife remembers how she first met her husband and how she became engaged to the man who has doomed her to a life in exile. Chapter Three, "Preparations and Marriage," relates the activities that probably took place in preparation for an Anglo-Saxon marriage and finishes with the exchange of gifts and the wedding vows that might have been said at an actual Anglo-Saxon marriage. After the ceremony, the bride says goodbye to her family and leaves with her husband for her new home, her new family, and her new life with him.
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- 2011
- Identifier
- WFE0000252, uwf:60888
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The effects of box height on drop jump performance.
- Author
- Addie, Cameron Douglas
- Abstract/Description
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Depth jumps (DJ) are commonly implemented in plyometric training programs in an attempt to enhance lower extremity jump performance. However, it is unknown how different box heights affect jump height (JH) and ground contact time (GCT). PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to assess jump heights and ground contact time of depth jumps from various box heights. METHODS: Twenty college students who engaged in plyometric training (M = 13, F = 7; age: 22.80 ± 2.69 yr, height: 175.65 ± 11.81 cm,...
Show moreDepth jumps (DJ) are commonly implemented in plyometric training programs in an attempt to enhance lower extremity jump performance. However, it is unknown how different box heights affect jump height (JH) and ground contact time (GCT). PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to assess jump heights and ground contact time of depth jumps from various box heights. METHODS: Twenty college students who engaged in plyometric training (M = 13, F = 7; age: 22.80 ± 2.69 yr, height: 175.65 ± 11.81 cm, mass: 78.32 ± 13.50 kg) performed DJs from 30 cm (DJ30), 45 cm (DJ45), 60 cm (DJ60), 76 cm (DJ76), and 91 cm (DJ91). A 16 camera Vicon system was used to track reflective markers bilaterally to calculate JH (ASIS, PSIS), while a Kistler force plate was used to record GCT. JH and GCT were compared using a 2x5 (sex x box height) repeated measures ANOVA. RESULTS: There was no interaction but there was a main effect for sex where both JH (M>F) and GCT (F>M) showed a significant M bias. There was no box height main effect for JH DJ30 (.4934 ± .1126 m), DJ45 (.5003 ± .1134m), DJ60 (.4936 ± .1195 m), DJ76 (.4957 ± .1105 m), DJ91 (.4783 ± .1162 m) but there was for GCT where DJ30 (.3584 ± .0971 s), DJ45 (.3605 ± .10528 s) and DJ 60 (.3723 ± .1049) were not significantly different from each other but were all less than DJ76 (.3962 ± .1161) and DJ91 (.4209 ± .1154). CONCLUSIONS: Increasing box height beyond 60cm increased GCT but did not affect JH. Therefore, practitioners designing plyometric training programs that implement DJs in order to increase JH may stop at a box height of 60cm. This would keep GCT minimal which might play a role in other power and speed events.
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- 2019
- Identifier
- 1145027700, WFE0000682
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- SITE FIDELITY AND MOVEMENT OF REEF FISHES TAGGED AT UNREPORTED ARTIFICIAL REEF SITES OFF NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
- Author
- Addis, Dustin Tyler, Patterson, William F., Fitzhugh, Gary, Jeffrey, Wade, University of West Florida
- Abstract/Description
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A reef fish tagging study was conducted at unpublished artificial reef sites (n = 9) located between 15 and 20 miles south of Pensacola, Florida. A total of 3,110 fish was tagged with internal anchor tags on quarterly tagging trips from March 2005 to December 2007 to determine species-specific site fidelity and movement. The most frequently tagged species were red snapper (n = 2,114), red porgy (n = 422), gray triggerfish (n = 267), and gag (n = 96). Eighty-six fish were recaptured at tagging...
Show moreA reef fish tagging study was conducted at unpublished artificial reef sites (n = 9) located between 15 and 20 miles south of Pensacola, Florida. A total of 3,110 fish was tagged with internal anchor tags on quarterly tagging trips from March 2005 to December 2007 to determine species-specific site fidelity and movement. The most frequently tagged species were red snapper (n = 2,114), red porgy (n = 422), gray triggerfish (n = 267), and gag (n = 96). Eighty-six fish were recaptured at tagging reefs on subsequent tagging trips and fishers reported a total of 225 fish caught away from tagging sites. Results from joint-recapture models indicate that red snapper displayed the lowest site fidelity (11 - 21% y-1), while higher site fidelity was observed but not quantified for groupers and gray triggerfish. Red snapper displayed the greatest magnitude of movement with a mean distance (SD) moved of 24.2 km (3.85). It appears higher movement observed in red snapper made that species vulnerable to high fishing mortality at artificial and natural reefs in the region. Therefore, unreported artificial reef sites may not serve as effective no-harvest refugia for species that display low site fidelity and move between fished and unfished areas.
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- 2009
- Identifier
- WFE0000130, uwf:60830
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- SUBSQUARES IN GENERALIZED SUDOKU SQUARES.
- Author
- Adkins, Ian Eric, Kuhl, Jaromy, Dalal, Avinash, Hemasinha, Rohan, University of West Florida
- Abstract/Description
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The question for what orders does there exist a subsquare-free latin square, has not been completely solved to date. We wish to extend the problem of finding subsquare-free latin squares to generalized sudoku squares. We give an attempted solution by constructing a generalized sudoku square with no subsquares of order m, where m 62 f2; ng. Additionally, when n is not equal to 2 or 4, we give a construction for a generalized sudoku square of order n2 with no intercalates.
- Date Issued
- 2015
- Identifier
- WFE0000499, uwf:61074
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- THE EFFECTS OF CONCURRENT TRAINING ON FEMALE SOCCER PLAYERS.
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- Adlof, Lauren Elizabeth, Cosio-Lima, Ludmila M., Lee, Youngil, Drost, Daniel, University of West Florida
- Abstract/Description
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Due to the high metabolic and physical demands involved in soccer, an optimal strength and conditioning program for female high school soccer players is essential. The benefits of resistance training and high intensity interval training in young athletes has been well documented; however, the effect of a concurrent strength and metabolic conditioning program on female athletes in specific sports has yet to be investigated. The current study examined the effects of an 8-week concurrent...
Show moreDue to the high metabolic and physical demands involved in soccer, an optimal strength and conditioning program for female high school soccer players is essential. The benefits of resistance training and high intensity interval training in young athletes has been well documented; however, the effect of a concurrent strength and metabolic conditioning program on female athletes in specific sports has yet to be investigated. The current study examined the effects of an 8-week concurrent strength and metabolic conditioning program on body composition, flexibility, speed, agility, anaerobic capacity, strength, and power in female soccer players. Body composition and performance testing measures were recorded in female soccer players (n = 14, age = 16 +- 1.0 yrs) before and after an 8-week sports performance camp that combined high intensity interval training methods and periodized resistance training. Performance testing included 3-site skinfolds, sit and reach, pro agility test, 40-yd sprint, 300-yd shuttle run, and vertical jump. Strength testing included a 5-repetition maximum back squat, shoulder press, and bench press, and a 3-repetition maximum power clean. Comparisons were made using a paired samples t-test, and Pearson's correlations between variables were calculated. Significant improvements were made in vertical jump (p <0.05), pro agility test (p < 0.05), 40yd sprint (p < 0.05), squat (p < 0.05), shoulder press (p < 0.05), bench press (p < 0.05), and power clean (p < 0.05). There were significant correlations between power, agility and speed performance, as well as correlations between power and strength. An 8-week concurrent strength and conditioning program was effective for improving measures of fitness and performance in female soccer players. Overall, power and strength increased, as well as a significant decrease in time to complete the agility and speed testing. Strength and conditioning coaches can implement a preseason concurrent strength and metabolic conditioning program to improve soccer players' explosive strength and performance. Training protocols that use low volume and high loads (3 sets of 5-RM) to improve neural adaptations and avoid muscular hypertrophy can minimize the interference effect.
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- 2017
- Identifier
- WFE0000567, uwf:61189
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Letter About Adrian E. Langford's Nomination, April 1927.
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- Adrian E. Langford, Thomas Johnson
- Abstract/Description
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Undated, typed carbon copy of a statement about recent nomination of Adrian E. Langford for City Commissioner. The top portion of the paper has been torn off. States Langford is a 32nd degree Mason and the incumbent for the office is a Catholic and a member of the Knights of Columbus and that two incumbent City Commissions are Masons, but they and a number of other Masons are either supporting Johnson or are opposed to Langford, "proving that al men who wear the emblem are now true" Ends with...
Show moreUndated, typed carbon copy of a statement about recent nomination of Adrian E. Langford for City Commissioner. The top portion of the paper has been torn off. States Langford is a 32nd degree Mason and the incumbent for the office is a Catholic and a member of the Knights of Columbus and that two incumbent City Commissions are Masons, but they and a number of other Masons are either supporting Johnson or are opposed to Langford, "proving that al men who wear the emblem are now true" Ends with statement that Pensacola, "through Masons and protestants is awakening from her slumbers and is destined to become an American City."
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- ca. April 1927
- Identifier
- uwf_ht_2016.035.0432
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- Image (JPEG)
- Title
- Examining factors that influence student use of lecture capturing technology.
- Author
- Adrian, Todd Lee
- Abstract/Description
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ABSTRACT: Higher education institutions implement lecture capturing technology (LCT) to provide students access to recorded course lectures. Consequently, institutions can experience barriers implementing LCT related to lack of student use of the technology. This study's purpose was to examine whether performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions influence undergraduate nursing students' decisions to use LCT after attending face-to-face lectures at a...
Show moreABSTRACT: Higher education institutions implement lecture capturing technology (LCT) to provide students access to recorded course lectures. Consequently, institutions can experience barriers implementing LCT related to lack of student use of the technology. This study's purpose was to examine whether performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions influence undergraduate nursing students' decisions to use LCT after attending face-to-face lectures at a state college in Florida. The unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) served as the theoretical framework. This study incorporated a quantitative correlational design and used a modified UTAUT survey instrument to determine if there are statistically significant relationships among the UTAUT constructs and LCT use. A linear regression was performed, and the results suggested there was a statistically significant relationship between the performance expectancy construct and use of LCT, r(116) = .647, p < .01, two-tailed; the effort expectancy construct and use of LCT, r(116) = .249, p < .01, two tailed; and the social influence construct and student use of LCT, r(116) = .255, p < .01, two tailed. A multiple regression analysis suggested performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions statistically significantly predicted student LCT usage, F(4, 113) = 21.32, p < .001. The R2 = .430 with a large effect size (f2 = .754). The results from this study add to the limited body of knowledge on LCT use and provide technology leaders with a better understanding of factors contributing to student use of LCT, which can be used for future research.
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- 2019.
- Identifier
- 1127639386, WFE0000645
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- EFFECTS OF PRESSURE AND TMAO ON THERMAL TOLERANCE OF PINFISH (LAGODON RHOMBOIDES).
- Author
- Ahmadia, Gabriella Naimi
- Abstract/Description
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Fishes live within a thermal range, and the limits of their tolerance are defined by various factors, some of which have been well studied (salinity, oxygen, etc.). This study, for the first time examined the effects of two previously overlooked factors, pressure and the osmolyte, trimethylamine-oxide (TMAO) on thermal tolerance of fish. The specific objectives of my study were to quantify the effects and possible relationships of increasing ambient pressure (mechanical mediation) or elevated...
Show moreFishes live within a thermal range, and the limits of their tolerance are defined by various factors, some of which have been well studied (salinity, oxygen, etc.). This study, for the first time examined the effects of two previously overlooked factors, pressure and the osmolyte, trimethylamine-oxide (TMAO) on thermal tolerance of fish. The specific objectives of my study were to quantify the effects and possible relationships of increasing ambient pressure (mechanical mediation) or elevated TMAO concentrations (chemical mediation) on upper and lower thermal tolerance of pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides). Critical thermal methodology (CTM) was used to quantify thermal tolerance for pinfish exposed to increasing pressure and TMAO levels. As pressure was raised from 101.0 (ambient) to 4137 kPa, pinfish heat tolerance increased from 36.9 °C to 38.0 °C, whereas cold tolerance fell from 10.8 °C to 12.7 °C. The upward shift of thermal tolerance indicated a pressure-temperature link in a higher organism and may have ecological implications for deep-sea and hydrothermal vent organisms. Trimethylamineoxide failed to elicit an effect on pinfish thermal tolerance; however, the role of TMAO on fish thermal tolerance cannot be discounted as the results may reflect other factors not controlled for in the experiment.
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- 2008
- Identifier
- WFE0000131, uwf:60808
- Format
- Document (PDF)