Associations Between Vibrio and the Planktonic Community Throughout Tampa Bay

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dc.contributor.advisorDr. Bridgette Froeschke
dc.contributor.advisorDr. Rebecca Waggett
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Heather
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-08T16:53:43Z
dc.date.available2020-04-08T16:53:43Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionRecommended Citation: Johnson, Heather. “Associations Between Vibrio and the Planktonic Community Throughout Tampa Bay.” Acta Spartae, 2019. https://doi.org/10.48497/ZGTC-BE07.
dc.description.abstractVibrio is a genus of bacteria whose species naturally inhabit warm, marine waters throughout the world. Many of these species are pathogenic to humans, which makes predicting outbreaks of vital importance. Considerable information is still being discovered about Vibrio ecology, therefore additional studies of Vibrio in the marine environment are necessary. Previous relationships between Vibrio species, the planktonic community, and environmental factors have been described, but these relationships have not been explored in Tampa Bay. Zooplankton tows were performed at six different locations in Tampa Bay. Three sites were located in the inner bay, while three were closer to the Gulf of Mexico. Whole water samples and environmental parameters were also collected from each site. Zooplankton samples were separated into two classes: copepods and copepod nauplii and resuspended in sterile saline. Whole water samples were diluted to 10􀀀1, 10mL, and 20mL. Zooplankton and water samples were vacuum filtered, and the filter paper plated on Thiosulfate-Citrate-Bile-Sucrose (TCBS) agar plates. The plates were incubated at 37 C for 24 hours and assessed for growth. Associations between Vibrio and the planktonic community, as well as patterns in environmental factors provide valuable insight to the bacterial community of Tampa Bay.en_US
dc.identifier.citationJohnson, Heather. “Associations Between Vibrio and the Planktonic Community Throughout Tampa Bay.” Acta Spartae, 2019. https://doi.org/10.48497/ZGTC-BE07.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.48497/zgtc-be07
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11868/993
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherDepartment of Biology, College of Natural and Health Sciences, The University of Tampaen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::NATURAL SCIENCES::Biology::Terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecologyen_US
dc.subjectVibrioen_US
dc.subjectBay ecology--Florida--Tampa Bay Regionen_US
dc.subjectBacteriaen_US
dc.titleAssociations Between Vibrio and the Planktonic Community Throughout Tampa Bayen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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