Marvin M. Mace's research while affiliated with University of South Carolina and other places

... The zooplankton communities of the SAB have received less attention (e.g. Paffenhöfer et al., 1984;Paffenhöfer, 1985;Paffenhöfer, 1988;Verity et al., 1998;Pfirrmann et al., 2021). The primary goal of this study was to advance the understanding of the role that environmental variability, including factors that influence nutrient delivery, plays in structuring zooplankton communities in the productive mid-shelf region of the SAB. ...

... However, newly recruited juvenile Atlantic tarpon that are found within northern Gulf of Mexico and South Carolina marshes in summer and fall could be negatively impacted by extreme temperature swings indicative of climate change, with cold winter temperatures preventing their survival within shallow water habitats (Graham et al. 2017;Mace et al. 2017Mace et al. , 2018. Thermal refugia in deeper portions of a South Carolina impounded pond, however, appeared to allow some overwinter survival of juvenile Atlantic tarpon (Mace et al. 2020). This observation suggests that increasing temperatures may actually result in an expansion of nursery habitats along the southeastern US coastline. ...

... However, beyond these few studies little is known regarding nekton seasonal, annual, and long-term use of intertidal creek pools. The relative paucity of information about nekton use of pools in intertidal salt marsh creeks contrasts starkly with an abundance of information on nekton use of pools on the marsh platform (see Mace et al. 2019). ...

... In addition to their distinct spatial distribution, the juvenile stages of both Rimicaris shrimps differed in their average settlement size, i.e. twice as large for R. exoculata compared with R. chacei (Methou et al. 2020). Numerous studies on marine fishes and shrimps have reported body size as a key factor in the survival of early juveniles, with a lower overall mortality for larger individuals (Meekan et al. 2006, Gagliano & McCormick 2007, Mace & Rozas 2018. Thus, survival of Rimicaris juveniles could fit into the 'bigger is better' hypothesis, whether larger body size would provide them a lower vulnerability against predation, a better physiological state and/or a higher competitive ability. ...

... Their vascularized swim bladder enables them to gulp air from the surface even under virtually anoxic conditions (Geiger et al. 2000), suggesting that the effect of increasing temperature on dissolved oxygen concentrations in nursery habitats may have minimal impact on respiration and post-settlement survival. However, newly recruited juvenile Atlantic tarpon that are found within northern Gulf of Mexico and South Carolina marshes in summer and fall could be negatively impacted by extreme temperature swings indicative of climate change, with cold winter temperatures preventing their survival within shallow water habitats (Graham et al. 2017;Mace et al. 2017Mace et al. , 2018. Thermal refugia in deeper portions of a South Carolina impounded pond, however, appeared to allow some overwinter survival of juvenile Atlantic tarpon (Mace et al. 2020). ...

... Based on these findings, the authors concluded that abrupt declines in water temperature in coastal flats > 7 °C due to storm events or upwelling have the potential to cause physiological and behavioral impairment that could lead to mortality in bonefish (and presumably other flats fishes). More recently, Mace et al. (2017) studied the cold tolerance of juvenile Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) with a focus on a population near the northern edge of the juvenile range (i.e., the South Atlantic Bight north of Florida). When they combined their data with all published information on the cold tolerance of juvenile Atlantic tarpon (see Moffett and Randall 1957;Howells 1985), the authors revealed an overall mean minimum lethal temperature of 12.0 °C. ...