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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Cat Island"”.
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Configuration of the Pleistocene Surface Beneath Cat Island, Mississippi and Implications for Barrier Island Formation and Evolution
… Holocene barrier formation aids in determining island geomorphologic responses to modifying climatic processes of the surrounding environment. The geometry and composition of local antecedent topography plays a role in barrier formation by providing an elevated base, nucleus for sedimentation …
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Mapping the Distribution of Barrier Island Slash Pine Woodland and Determining Growth Responses of Pinus elliottii to Hurricane Katrina (2005) on Cat Island, Mississippi
<p>Barrier islands are ubiquitous features along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico North American coastline and are subjected disturbances such as extreme episodic events. The wind, waves, and storm surges of Hurricane Katrina heavily impacted the Mississippi–Alabama barrier island chain on August …
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Describing and Characterizing Potential Lemon Shark (Negaprion brevirostris) Nursery Habitat in Mississippi Coastal Waters
… a focused gillnet study predominantly around Cat Island, MS was used to identify depth as the main factor influencing capture. Lemon Sharks were acoustically tagged to monitor movements throughout the system and individuals were observed around Cat Island as well as other MS barrier islands. …
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Geomorphologic evolution of a rapidly deteriorating barrier island system with multiple sediment sources: Eastern Isles Dernieres, Louisiana, 1887 to 2006
<p>Trinity, East, and Wine Islands make up the eastern half of the Isles Dernieres barrier arc in south-central Louisiana. Formed following the abandonment of the Lafourche delta complex, subsidence and storm erosion have led to rapid deterioration of the system. Since 1887, the land area of the …
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INVESTIGATING THE CONTRIBUTION OF MARINE VIRUSES TO OPTICAL BACKSCATTER IN THE <0.2 µM FRACTION OF SEAWATER
… properties (IOP) of seawater, specifically backscatter. All particles produce backscatter, with their contribution dependent on particle size, concentration, and composition. Living particles contribute 10-20% of the total backscatter with the remaining 80% of unclassified backscatter, “missing …
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Temporal and Spatial Variability of Phytoplankton Biomass in Coastal Mississippi Waters
… of phytoplankton. Nutrients (nitrate, silicate, phosphate), river discharge, temperature, salinity, stratification, tides, currents and winds were measured in concert with the phytoplankton concentrations. The purpose of this study was to determine the seasonal variability in phytoplankton …
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Seagrass Carbon Standing Stock in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: The Role of Seagrass Beds in Mississippi as Potential Blue Carbon Sinks
… persistent seagrass meadows surrounding barrier islands in the northcentral Gulf of Mexico contribute to long-term blue carbon standing stocks. Subaqueous sediment cores were collected to 1-m depth in seagrass meadows and bare sediment habitats surrounding Cat Island, Mississippi to characterize …
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Examining the Impact of Bonnet Carré Spillway Opening on Hypoxia Evolution in the Mississippi Sound and Bight: A 2019 Case Study
… temperature (r<sup>2</sup> > 0.9). Results indicate that BCS inflows enhanced stratification within the MSAB and strengthened two-layer circulation, rapidly freshening surface waters while isolating oxygen-poor bottom layers. Biogeochemical responses showed increased nitrate import from the …
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Bacterioplankton Production in the Western Mississippi Sound and the Role of Photosynthetic Extracellular Release as a Driver of Bacterial Production
… of the Bay of St. Louis and the other site was located in the transition zone (offshore) between the MS and Mississippi Bight, just south of Cat Island. Bacterial production (BP) was analyzed using the addition of <sup>14</sup>C leucine to natural water samples. In addition, samples were augmented …