Daniel P. Fahy, M.S.
Research Assistant
Email: "Daniel Fahy" <fahyd barney nova fred edu>

Research Work Description:
Ultrasonic telemetry tracking studies, yellow stingray reproduction, fish ecology, coral reef ecology and restoration.

Title of thesis/dissertation research project:
Diel activity patterns, space utilization, seasonal distribution and population structure of the yellow stingray, Urobatis jamaicensis (Cuvier,1817) in South Florida.

Thesis Advisor: Dr. Richard Spieler

Academic areas of interest:
Fish ecology and physiology, elasmobranch reproduction, maternal-embryonic trophic relationships and development.

Publications
Fahy, D.P., Spieler, R.E. & Hamlett, W.C. (2007). Preliminary observations on the reproductive cycle and uterine fecundity of the yellow stingray, Urobatis jamaicensis (Elasmobranchii: Myliobatiformes: Urolophidae) in southeast Florida, U.S.A. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 14: 131-139.
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Fahy, E.G., Dodge, R.E., Fahy, D.P., Quinn, T.P., Gilliam, D.S. & Spieler, R.E. (2006). Growth and survivorship of scleractian coral transplants and the effectiveness of plugging core holes in transplant donor colonies. Proceedings of the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS), June 28 ­ July 2, 2004, Okinawa, Japan, pp. 1657-1664.
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