- Research Work Description:
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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
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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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