- Research Work Description:
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Several projects examine compositional changes of reef fish assemblages resulting from habitat variability and habitat
alteration while others involve examination of spatio-temporal recruitment/settlement patterns. Data from natural and
artificial reefs are primarily collected using underwater visual surveys. Current projects examine: 1) Depth-variable predation
intensity on newly settled Haemulon (Haemulidae), 2) mitigation effectiveness for buried nearshore hardbottom fish habitat, 3)
differences in reef fish assemblages in Veracruz Coral Reef System National Park (Veracruz, Mexico), and 4) reef fish
assemblage structure and larval supply variability in Eleuthera, The Bahamas.
In addition to the fish research, I analyze coastal sedimentation along Broward County, Florida to monitor the effects of beach
renourishment activities. I also teach undergraduate biology for NSU as an adjunct professor.
- Title of thesis/dissertation research project:
- Multiexperimental examination of spatial recruitment and settlement patterns of grunts of the genus Haemulon (Pisces:
Haemulidae)
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Richard Spieler
- Academic areas of interest:
- Reef fish ecology, fisheries science, visual census, artificial reefs, Haemulidae, fish pathology, larval fishes,
biostatistics, resource management
- Publications:
- Banks, K.W., Riegl, B.M., Richards, V.P., Walker, B.K., Jordan, L.K.B., Spieler, R.E., Shivji, M.S, and Dodge, R.E. The Reef
Tract of Continental Southeast Florida (Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties, USA). In: “Coral Reefs of the USA.”
Eds. B. Riegl and R. Dodge. In press.
- Arena, P.T., Jordan, L.K.B., and Spieler, R.E. (2007) Fish assemblages on sunken vessels and natural reefs in southeast
Florida, U.S.A. Hydrobiologia. 580, 157-171.
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- Jordan, L.K.B., and Spieler, R.E. (2006) Implications of natural variation of fish assemblages to coral reef management.
Proc. 10th Int. Coral Reef Sym., Okinawa, Japan. June 28-July 2, 2004. pp. 1391-1395.
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- Jordan, L.K.B., Gilliam, D.S., and Spieler, R.E. (2005) Reef fish assemblage structure affected by small-scale size
and spatial variations of artificial patch reefs. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 326, 170-186.
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- Ferro, F., Jordan, L.K.B, and Spieler, R.E. (2005) The marine fishes of Broward County, Florida: final report of 1998-2002
survey results. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS SEFSC-532.
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- Baron, R.M. Jordan, L.K.B. and Spieler, R.E. (2004) Characterization of the marine fish assemblage associated with
the nearshore hardbottom of Broward County Florida, USA. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 60, 431-433.
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- Jordan, L.K.B, D.S. Gilliam, R.L. Sherman, P.T. Arena, F.M. Harttung, R. Baron, R.E. Spieler (2004) Spatial and
temporal recruitment patterns of juvenile grunts (Haemulon spp.) in South Florida. Proc. 55th Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Meeting, Xel-Ha, Mexico. pp. 322-336.
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- Arena P.T., L.K.B. Jordan, R.L. Sherman, D.S. Gilliam, F. Harttung and R.E. Spieler (2004) Presence of juvenile blackfin
snapper, Lutjanus buccanella, and snowy grouper, Epinephelus niveatus, on shallow-water artificial reefs. Proc. 55th Annual
Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Meeting, Xel-Ha, Mexico. pp. 700-712.
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