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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Mississippi coastal waters"”.
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Characterizing the Persistence of Sewage Enterococci in Mississippi Coastal Waters
… at a beach site in Longbeach and Pass Christian, Mississippi. Samples were analyzed for eight days using membrane filtration to enumerate enterococci, and Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction ( qPCR) to quantify enterococcal DNA. To assess genetic diversity, BOX-PCR fingerprints of sewage and …
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Describing and Characterizing Potential Lemon Shark (Negaprion brevirostris) Nursery Habitat in Mississippi Coastal Waters
… brevirostris</em>) is a member of the large coastal shark complex found throughout North and South American coastal waters in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico (GoM), and Pacific. The species is currently known to use Louisiana waters as their northernmost nursery habitat within the GoM, but …
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Life History and Distribution of Two Species of Cownose Ray, Rhinoptera bonasus and Rhinoptera brasiliensis, in Mississippi Coastal Waters
… history and distribution of both species within Mississippi waters, an area that previously represented a data gap for both species. From April 2016 – July 2025, 193 <em>R. bonasus</em> and 94 <em>R. brasiliensis</em> were analyzed to describe the reproductive biology. Reproductive timing, …
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Reassessment of the Red Drum Stock in Mississippi Coastal Waters: The Role of Ages 3-5 Year-Class Fish
… are highly sought after by sport fishermen in Mississippi coastal waters. In 2016, Mississippi anglers made over 180,000 fishing trips targeting Red Drum, making it the second most targeted marine species. The current Fishery Management Plan of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, …
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Sensitivity of the Estuarine-shelf Exchange in Mississippi Coastal Waters to River Diversions and Linkage Pathway Bathymetry: A Modeling Study
<p>The exchange flow between the Mississippi (MS) Sound and Bight is an intricate circulation pattern that affects many important regional processes, including flushing time, sediment transport, and larval dispersion. This study examines the exchange flow in the MS Sound by estimating the volume …
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Fishery and Population Dynamics of Mississippi’s Spotted Seatrout
… the most popular recreational inshore fishery in Mississippi coastal waters. Because of the popularity of Spotted Seatrout in Mississippi as a recreational target and the magnitude of harvest, quantitative approaches to describe the population and fishery dynamics of the Mississippi stock are …
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Characterization of Rain and Stormwater Nitrogen Inputs to the Mississippi Sound: A Landscape Approach
<p>Urbanization in coastal watersheds is becoming an increasingly important issue in the world. Increased impervious surface cover, a factor of urbanization, has drawn more attention to stormwater runoff as a source of contamination to receiving waters. In this study, nitrogen species from rain and …
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Temporal and Spatial Variability of Phytoplankton Biomass in Coastal Mississippi Waters
… concentrations were measured in western Mississippi coastal waters to determine the spatial and temporal variability of phytoplankton. Nutrients (nitrate, silicate, phosphate), river discharge, temperature, salinity, stratification, tides, currents and winds were measured in concert with …