Ocean Pulse

Dr John T. Tanacredi is Chief, Division of Natural Resources for the National Park Service at Gateway National Recreation Area. He is a Research Associate in the Department of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History and at the Aquarium for Wildlife Conservation. He holds Adjunct Full Professor of Environmental Sciences at Hofstra University and Polytechnic University.

Overview.- I: Aquaculture of the World Oceans: Is the Future at Our Doorstep?.- 1. Fish as a Foodstuff—a Catch 22: Is Aquaculture a Solution?.- 2. The Business of Aquaculture in the Mediterranean.- 3. Aquaculture in the Sea.- 4. Shellfishing in an Urban National Wildlife Refuge: Contamination, Conflicts, Consensus.- II: Underwater Technology Applications to Ocean Exploration.- 5. The Impact of Armed Forces on the Development of Marine Technology: A Look Back—A Look Ahead.- 6. Precise Target Strength Pattern Measurement in an Indoor Tank.- 7. Use of Advanced Mixed-Gas Diving Technology to Explore the Coral Reef “Twilight Zone”.- III: Advances in the Practical Application of Underwater Technology.- 8. A Comparison of the Lost Hydrogen Bomb (1966) and TWA Flight 800 (1996) Search and Recovery Operations and Technologies.- 9. Human Diving Technology: From Ocean Exploitation to Marine Science.- IV: New Biotechnological Applications to Fisheries’ Aquaculture.- 10. The Current Status of Brain—Pituitary—Gonad Axis Physiology in Fishes and Its Manipulation during Controlled Reproduction.- 11. Rearing of Larval Solea vulgaris (Quensel, 1806) in Lake Quarun, Egypt.- 12. Fisheries Acoustics: Contribution and Challenge.- 13. Effects of Exogenous Hormone Injection on Growth and Maturation of Mugil cephalus Oocytes in Captivity.- V: Underwater Archaeological Applications and Advances.- 14. Marine Archaeology on the White Sea.- 15. Maritime Archaeology at Dry Tortugas National Park: Research Domains, Framework, and Perpectives.- 16. From Mountain Top to Ocean Bottom: A Comprehensive Approach to Archaeological Research.- 17. History of the Underwater Archaeology in the Kimmerian Bosphorus on the Black Sea.- VI: Conclusion.- 18. Ocean Beats Out Space, Four to One!.- AuthorBiographies.