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Interim Associate Vice President for Research & Associate Dean of Graduate Studies

# overview
Our team diagnoses how coastal systems respond to previous climate, sea-level and anthropogenic changes with the goal of predicting how these systems will respond to future changes in these forcings. This is typically achieved through a combined field (piston coring, vibracoring, advanced technical SCUBA diving, geophysical surveying) and laboratory approach (sedimentology, micropaleontology, and isotopic geochemistry). Of particular interest are climate-coastal dynamics on tropical and subtropical carbonate landscapes, where sinkholes, blueholes, and underwater caves provide a vast untapped library of paleoenvironmental information archived in their sediments. Some of the projects our team are currently investigating include: tropical precipitation and vegetation variability, cave and sinkhole sedimentology, biogeochemical cycling in the coastal carbonate zone, how aquifers in carbonate platforms respond to climate forcing, the landscape usage (e.g., groundwater, agriculture) of prehistoric populations (Mayans, Lucayans), coastal sea surface temperature variability, coastal cave ecosystem dynamics, and hurricane variability and coastal flooding.

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Associate Vice President Research and Graduate Studies and Associate Dean

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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4101 Climate Change Impacts And Adaptation

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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McMaster University - (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)

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McMaster University - (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)

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Earth and Environmental Science, summa cum laude

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - (Falmouth, Massachusetts, United States)

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Dalhousie University - (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)

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Sea-level rise and coastal circulation controlled Holocene groundwater development in Bermuda and caused a meteoric lens to collapse 1600 years ago

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Last millennium hurricane activity linked to endogenous climate variability.

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A Coastal Yucatan Sinkhole Records Intense Hurricane Events

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Coastal Education and Research Foundation

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Oceanic passage of hurricanes across Cay Sal Bank in The Bahamas over the last 530 years

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Heightened hurricane activity on the Little Bahama Bank from 1350 to 1650 AD

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Historically unprecedented Northern Gulf of Mexico hurricane activity from 650 to 1250 CE.

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Hydroclimate Dipole Drives Multi-Centennial Variability in the Western Tropical North Atlantic Margin During the Middle and Late Holocene

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Complex sedimentary processes in large coastal embayments and their potential for coastal morphological and paleo tropical cyclone studies: A case study from Choctawhatchee Bay Western Florida, USA

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Absolute and relative dating of human remains in a Bahamian sinkhole (Great Cistern, Abaco)

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Revising evidence of hurricane strikes on Abaco Island (The Bahamas) over the last 700years.

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World Register of marine Cave Species (WoRCS): a new Thematic Species Database for marine and anchialine cave biodiversity

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DAVID B. SCOTT, BS, MS, PHD 1947-2021 OBITUARY

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Middle to late Holocene paleolimnology of a sinkhole lake in the northern Bahamas and its linkage to regional climate variability

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Changing sedimentation patterns due to historical land-use change in Frenchman's Bay, Pickering, Canada: evidence from high-resolution textural analysis

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A hydraulic modelling approach to study flood sediment deposition in floodplain lakes

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Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research

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ECOLOGY OF FORAMINIFERA AND HABITAT VARIABILITY IN AN UNDERWATER CAVE: DISTINGUISHING ANCHIALINE VERSUS SUBMARINE CAVE ENVIRONMENTS

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Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research

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Holocene sedimentation in a blue hole surrounded by carbonate tidal flats in The Bahamas: Autogenic versus allogenic processes

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More Frequent Hurricane Passage Across the Bahamian Archipelago During the Little Ice Age

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Climate forcing of unprecedented intense-hurricane activity in the last 2000 years

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Northeast Yucatan hurricane activity during the Maya Classic and Postclassic periods.

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A Hydraulic Modelling Approach to Study Flood Sediment Depositions in Floodplain Lakes

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Exceptionally preserved late albian (cretaceous) arcellaceans (thecamoebians) from the Dakota formation near Lincoln, Nebraska,USA

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Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research

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THECAMOEBIANS (TESTATE AMOEBAE) AND FORAMINIFERA FROM THREE ANCHIALINE CENOTES IN MEXICO: LOW SALINITY (1.5-4.5 psu) FAUNAL TRANSITIONS

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Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research

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Increased hurricane frequency near Florida during Younger Dryas Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation slowdown

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Anthropogenic infilling of a Bermudian sinkhole and its impact on sedimentation and benthic foraminifera in the adjacent anchialine cave environment

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Author Correction: Northeast Yucatan hurricane activity during the Maya Classic and Postclassic periods.

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1,050 years of Hurricane Strikes on Long Island in The Bahamas

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Organic matter sources and lateral sedimentation in a Bahamian karst basin (sinkhole) over the late Holocene: Influence of local vegetation and climate

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QUANTIFYING EXCHANGEABLE DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON DEPOSITED BY HURRICANE RAINWATER

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SHALLOW WATER (<4 M) FORAMINIFERA AND SEDIMENT IN TWO BERMUDIAN ANCHIALINE CAVES: IMPLICATIONS FOR RECONSTRUCTING CAVE PALEO ENVIRONMENTS

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Common Era time-transgressive forcing of Caribbean water balance

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Human arrival and landscape dynamics in the northern Bahamas.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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A NEW SPECIES OF BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA FROM AN INLAND BAHAMIAN CARBONATE MARSH

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Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research

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The intertropical convergence zone modulates intense hurricane strikes on the western North Atlantic margin.

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Water-level change recorded in Lake Pac Chen Quintana Roo, Mexico infers connection with the aquifer and response to Holocene sea-level rise and Classic Maya droughts

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Subsurface Microbial Community Composition in Anchialine Environments Is Influenced by Original Organic Carbon Source at Time of Deposition

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Linkages between Holocene paleoclimate and paleohydrogeology preserved in a Yucatan underwater cave

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Drought in the northern Bahamas from 3300 to 2500 years ago

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Late Holocene sedimentation and hydrologic development in a shallow coastal sinkhole on Great Abaco Island, The Bahamas

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Plant wax evidence for precipitation and vegetation change from a coastal sinkhole lake in the Bahamas spanning the last 3000 years

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Reconstructing 7000 years of North Atlantic hurricane variability using deep-sea sediment cores from the western Great Bahama Bank

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Middle to late Holocene paleolimnology of a sinkhole lake in the northern Bahamas and its linkage to regional climate variability

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Changes in Organic Matter Deposition Can Impact Benthic Marine Meiofauna in Karst Subterranean Estuaries

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Groundwater Salinity and Particulate Organic Carbon Flux Control Benthic Habitats in Anchialine Environments on Millennial Timescales

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Unique Habitat for Benthic Foraminifera in Subtidal Blue Holes on Carbonate Platforms

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Foraminifera in elevated Bermudian caves provide further evidence for +21 m eustatic sea level during Marine Isotope Stage 11

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Intense Hurricane Activity Over the Past 1500 Years at South Andros Island, The Bahamas

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Foraminifera and testate amoebae (thecamoebians) in an anchialine cave: Surface distributions from Aktun Ha (Carwash) cave system, Mexico

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Habitat Partitioning in the Marine Sector of Karst Subterranean Estuaries and Bermuda's Marine Caves: Benthic Foraminiferal Evidence

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Sea level controls sedimentation and environments in coastal caves and sinkholes

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COMMENT: The geological legacy of Hurricane Irene: Implications for the fidelity of the paleo-storm record

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The tsunami of 13 December A.D. 115 and the destruction of Herod the Great's harbor at Caesarea Maritima, Israel

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Stable isotope record of the Eifelian-Givetian boundary Kacak-otomari Event (Middle Devonian) from Hungry Hollow, Ontario, Canada

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Multi-Proxy Paleohydrological and Paleoecological Reconstruction of a Subaquatic Cave in Western Cuba

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Palaeoenvironmental evolution of Cenote Aktun Ha (Carwash) on the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico and its response to Holocene sea-level rise

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Xibalbanus cozumelensis, a new species of Remipedia (Crustacea) from Cozumel, Mexico, and a molecular phylogeny of Xibalbanus on the Yucatan Peninsula

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Multi-proxy paleohydrological and paleoecological reconstruction of a subaquatic cave in western Cuba

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Development of anchialine cave habitats and karst subterranean estuaries since the last ice age.

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Intertidal and subtidal benthic foraminifera in flooded caves: Implications for reconstructing coastal karst aquifers and cave paleoenvironments

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Low-frequency storminess signal at Bermuda linked to cooling events in the North Atlantic region

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Controls on carbonate island formation and evolution: South Joulter Cay, Great Bahama Bank

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Yucatan Hurricane Activity Highlights Common Era Tropical Cyclone Dipole

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STRATIGRAPHIC EVIDENCE FOR HOLOCENE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN A BERMUDIAN COASTAL UNDERWATER CAVE (PALM CAVE SYSTEM): IMPLICATIONS FOR BERMUDAS SEA LEVEL HISTORY

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EVIDENCE FOR HOLOCENE HYDROCLIMATE VARIABILITY IN THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS (ABACO ISLAND) BASED ON SINKHOLE LAKE SEDIMENT RECORDS

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Detrital cave sediments record Late Quaternary hydrologic and climatic variability in northwestern Florida, USA

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Thecamoebians (Testate Amoebae) Straddling the Permian-Triassic Boundary in the Guryul Ravine Section, India: Evolutionary and Palaeoecological Implications.

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Arcellacean (Thecamoebian) Evidence of Land-use Change and Eutrophication in Frenchmans Bay, Pickering, Ontario

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Regional shifts in paleohurricane activity over the last 1500 years derived from blue hole sediments offshore of Middle Caicos Island

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RAPID: Disentangling the sedimentary storm signal in coastal submarine caves and ponds in Bermuda with implications for the entire North Atlantic Basin

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Collaborative Research: Reevaluating Precipitation Extremes and Urban Flood Risk in the Wake of Hurricane Harvey

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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PREEVENTS Track 2: Collaborative Research: Predicting Hurricane Risk along the United States East Coast in a Changing Climate

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Collaborative Research:  Holocene Tropical Cyclone Variability in the Western North Atlantic

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Collaborative Research: DIAGNOSING THE TIMING AND DRIVERS OF NORTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN HOLOCENE DROUGHTS WITH SINKHOLE LAKE RECORDS

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

# inTheNews[].label
Galveston Scientists Discover New Crustacean Species In Saltwater Caves

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Monster hurricanes struck U.S. Northeast during prehistoric periods of ocean warming

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Scattered marine cave biodiversity data to find home in new database WoRCS, Project Report

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MONSTER HURRICANES REACHED U.S. NORTHEAST DURING PREHISTORIC PERIODS OF OCEAN WARMING

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12,000 years ago, Florida hurricanes heated up despite chilly seas

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Bahamas were settled earlier than believed

# etdChairOf[].label
Tamalavage, Anne Elizabeth (2016-08). Stable Organic Isotopic (δ^15Norg, δ^13Corg) Evidence for Climate-Forced Landscape and Aquatic Change During the Late Holocene in Abaco Island, The Bahamas. Master's Thesis.

# etdChairOf[].label
Little, Shawna Nicole (2017-08). The Foraminifera, Sediment, and Radiocarbon Signal in Shallow Water (<4 m) from Two Bermudian Anchialine Caves: Implications for Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions. Master's Thesis.

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Cresswell, Jacquelyn Nicole (2019-12). Benthic Anchialine Habitat Variability in Karst Subterranean Estuaries over Space and Time. Doctoral Dissertation.

# etdChairOf[].label
Little, Shawna Nicole (2022-08). Microfossils as Hydrographic and Hydroclimate Indicators in Bahamian Blue Holes on Carbonate Tidal Flats. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Sullivan, Richard Marshall (2022-08). The North Atlantic Subtropical High Modulates Extreme Holocene Hydroclimate Variability in the Intra-American Seas. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Emmert, Jake Austin (2016-08). Sedimentation in Submerged Sinkholes in Fillman’s Creek, A Microtidal Estuary in Western Florida, USA. Master's Thesis.

# etdChairOf[].label
Keeton, Victoria Kay (2017-08). The Control of Both Climate and Holocene Sea-Level Rise on Aquatic Environmental Conditions in a Coastal Sinkhole on Andros Island, the Bahamas. Master's Thesis.

# etdChairOf[].label
Winkler, Tyler Scott (2021-08). Near-Annual History of Subtropical North Atlantic Hurricane Activity Recorded in Blue Hole Successions. Doctoral Dissertation.