Advisor: Mark J. Brush & Iris C. Anderson.
M.S. Thesis, Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences, 2009.
Michael J. O'Connell Ecohydrology of Delmarva Peninsula barrier island forests and the application of lidar to
measure and monitor forest structure. PDF file
Advisor: H. Shugart
Ph.D Dissertation, University of Virginia, 2009.
2008
Spencer Nathaniel Bissett.
Avian dispersal of the actinomycete Frankia across a barrier
island landscape.
Advisor: Donald Young.
MS Thesis, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2008.
Loreto Herraiz Gomez Spatial analyses and repletion of
Gargathy coastal lagoon. PDF file
Advisor: George Oertel
M.S. Thesis, Old Dominion University, 2008.
Andrew C. Hume Dissolved oxygen fluxes and ecosystem metabolism in an eelgrass (Zostera
marina) meadow measured with the novel eddy correlation technique. PDF file
Advisor: Peter Berg & Karen McGlathery.
M.S. Thesis, University of Virginia, 2008.
Sarah E. Lawson Physical and biological controls on sediment and nutrient fluxes in a temperate lagoon. PDF file
Advisor: Pat Wiberg & Karen McGlathery.
Ph.D Dissertation, University of Virginia, 2008.
Julie C. Naumann Linking physiological responses, chlorophyll fluorescence and
hyperspectral imagery to detect environmental stress in coastal plants. PDF file
Advisor: Donald Young.
Ph.D Dissertation, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2008.
Sheri Shiflett Avian seed dispersal on Virginia barrier islands: potential influence on vegetation
community structure and patch dynamics. PDF file
Advisor: Donald Young.
MS Thesis, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2008.
James C. Kathilankal Carbon and Energy Flow Dynamics in a Coastal Salt Marsh . PDF
file
Advisor: Jose Fuentes.
Ph.D Dissertation, University of Virginia, 2008.
2007
Gina Marie Casciano
Soil fungal community patterns in a Virginia salt marsh.
Advisors: Linda Blum
M.S. Thesis, University of Virginia, 2007.
Chuanhui Gu
Hydrological Control on Nitrate Delivery through the Groundwater-Surface Water Interface. PDF file
Advisors: Aaron Mills, Janet Herman & George Hornberger.
Ph.D Dissertation, University of Virginia, 2007.
Joel Martin
A test of conditioned food aversion to control raccoon predation on the eggs of
ground-nesting shorebird species on the barrier islands of Virginia.
PDF file
Advisor: Raymond Dueser.
MS Thesis, Utah State University, 2007.
Jeremy D. FennellPhragmites australis patch characteristics in relation to watershed landcover patterns on the Eastern
Shore of Virginia.
PDF file
Advisor: Donald Young.
MS Thesis, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2008.
Jaclyn Kimber Vick Corticular photosynthetic dynamics for a coastal evergreen
shrub: Myrica cerifera.
PDF file
Advisor: Donald Young.
MS Thesis, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2008.
Brett A. McMillan Plant assemblage structure on barrier island
"pimple" dunes at the Virginia Coast Reserve
Long-Term Ecological Research site. PDF
file
Advisor: Frank Day.
Ph.D Dissertation, Old Dominion University, December 2007.
Effects of Inundation Regime and Plant Community on Soil Bacterial Communities in an
Eastern Shore, VA Salt Marsh. Advisor: L.K. Blum.
M.S. Thesis, Univerisity of Virginia. May 2007.
Seasonal and spatial variation in leaf area index, litter production and light levels in
Myrica cerifera shrub thickets across a barrier island chronosequence.
Advisor: D. Young. Virginia Commonwealth University. July 2005.
Evaluation of ecological network analysis for
ecosystem-based management. Advisor: Dr. Robert R.
Christian. Ph.D. Program in Coastal Resources Management,
East Carolina University. December 2005.
Utilization of dissolved organic nitrogen by the macrophytes Spartina alterniflora and Phragmites australis
Advisor: Jay Zieman, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia. May 2005.
Spatial and temporal variaions in dune vegetation, orthopteran
abundance, and herbivory damage on a Virginia Barrier Island. Advisor:
Donald Young, Virginia Commonwealth University. April 2005
The effects of Uca pugnax on pore water biochemistry in a
Spartina alternifora salt marsh. Advisor:
Jay Zieman, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia. May 2004.
Use of benthic macroinvertebrates to assess impacts of agricultural land use
in nontidal coastal plain streams. Advisors:
K. McGlathery and Jay Zieman, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia). August 2004.
Sediment suspension as a control on light availability in a coastal lagoon. Ph.D Dissertation, University of Virginia (Under direction of Dr.
K. McGlathery, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia). January 2004.
Macroalgal distribution patterns and ecological performances in a tidal coastal lagoon,
with emphasis on the non-indigenous Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides. Ph.D Dissertation, University of Virginia (Under direction of Dr.
K. McGlathery, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia). August 2004.
Controls on benthic biodiversity and trophic interactions in a temperate
coastal lagoon. Ph.D Dissertation, University of Virginia (Under direction of Dr.
K. McGlathery, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia). May 2004.
Interactions between endosymbiont-bearing infaunal bivalves and the biogeochemistry of
Thalassia testudinum sediments. University of Virginia (Under direction of Dr.
J.C. Zieman, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia). May 2004.
The influence of the marsh grasshopper, Orchelium fidicinium, on nutrient cycling and productivity of Spartina alterniflora in a salt marsh environment. University of Virginia (Under direction of Dr.
J.C. Zieman, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia). May 2004.
Salt Marsh Biogeochemistry and Sediment Organic Matter Accumulation
(Under the direction of Dr. L.K. Blum) Department
of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia. January 2004.
Spatial patterns in microbial communities. Ph.D. Dissertation.
(Under the direction of Dr. A.L. Mills) Department
of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia. 2004.
Spatial profiles of sediment denitrification at the ground water
– surface water interface in Cobb Mill Creek on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
M.S. Thesis. (Under the direction of Dr. A.L. Mills) Department of
Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia. 2004.
Relationships between watershed characteristics and
base flow nutrient discharges
to eastern shore coastal lagoons, Virginia (Under direction of Dr. Iris Anderson, Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences). May 2003.
Nest-Site Selection and Hatching Success of Four Waterbird Species
in Coastal Virginia (Under the direction of Dr. R.M. Erwin) Department
of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia. January 2003.
Impact of Benthic Algae on Dissolved Organic Nitrogen
in a Temperate, Coastal Lagoon. University of Virginia (Under direction of Dr.
Karen McGlathery, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia).
May 2002.
Long term residual effects of a nutrient addition on a barrier
island dune ecosystem. Old Dominion University (Under direction of Dr.
Frank Day, Dept. of Biology, Old Dominion University). August 2002.
Comparison of the fate of dissolved organic matter in two coastal
systems: Hog Island Bay, VA (USA) and Plum Island Sound, MA (USA). M.S.
Thesis, Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences, College of William and
Mary (Under direction of Dr.Iris Anderson). December 2002.
Pattern
and process of headward erosion in salt marsh tidal creeks. M.S. Thesis,
East Carolina University. (Under the direction of Mark M. Brinson)
Department of Biology. December 2002.
The effects of deer trampling in a salt
marsh. M.S. Thesis, East Carolina University. (Under the direction of
Dr. Robert R. Christian) Department of Biology. September 2002.
The effect of nitrogen fertilization on
short-term fine root dynamics in a barrier
island dune community. Old Dominion University (Under direction of Dr.
Frank Day, Dept. of Biology, Old Dominion University). May 2001.
High marsh plant community response to sea-level induced high marsh
subsidence and ecosystem state change. (Under the direction of Dr.
Robert R. Christian) Department of Biology, East Carolina University.
July 2001.
Mammalian Predator Distribution and Abundance on the
Virginia Barrier Islands in Relation to Breeding Habitats of Colonial
Birds. Utah State University, advisor Raymond D. Dueser.
Abundance and distribution variation of dragonflies in a salt marsh
in response to hydrology and daily ambient temperature (Undergraduate
Thesis under the direction of Dr. Robert R. Christian) Department of
Biology, East Carolina University. 2001.
An analysis of the energetic budgets of grasses to
assess the effectiveness of different competitive
strategies. Ph.D dissertation, under the direction of Dr. Frank Day) Department of
Biology, Old Dominion University. 2001.
Controls on Near-Surface Soil Moisture Dynamics within a Tidal Marsh-Forested Upland
Coastal Environment. M.S. Thesis, University of Virginia. Advisor Patricia Wiberg. August
2001.
Primary production of Distichlis spicata and Spartina patens and effects of increased inundation on a salt marsh. (under the direction of Dr. Robert R. Christian) Department of Biology, East Carolina University, May 2000.
Stable Isotope Analysis of Intrapopulation, Spatial, and Temporal
Variation of Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla) Diets in the Virginia Coast
Reserve and Jamaica Bay, New York, MS. Thesis, Univerisity of Virginia,
advisors Steven Macko and R. Michael Erwin
The Use of Network Analysis to Compare The Nitrogen Cycles of Three
Salt Marsh Zones Experiencing Relative Sea-Level Rise.
1998. East Carolina University, advisor Dr. Robert Christian.
Low marsh succession along an over-wash salt marsh chronosequence. 1998. PhD. Dissertation. University of Virginia.
Charlottesville VA, 211 pp. Advisor: Jay Zieman
Geomorphological and Hydrological Controls on Pattern and Process in a
Developing Barrier Island Salt Marsh. 1997. University of Virginia, advisors
Jay C. Zieman, Bruce Hayden, Steven Macko, Jeff Raffensperger.
Fish Assemblage Structure in Shallow Water Habitats on the Eastern Shore of Virginia Barrier Islands. 1996.
M.S. Thesis, University of Virginia. advisor: David E. Smith
Effects of Increased Inundation and Wrack Deposition on a
Saltmarsh Plant Community. 1996. East Carolina University, advisors
Robert R. Christian, Dr. Mark M. Brinson, Claudia L. Jolls, Kevin O'Brien
Allozymic
Variation in the Marsh Rice Rat, Oryzomys palustris, and the White-footed
Mouse, Peromyscus leucopus, on the Virginia Barrier Islands and Southern
Delmarva Peninsula. 1995. Virginia Commonwealth University, advisors
John F. Pagels, Nancy Moncrief, and Donald Young.
A Stable C and N Isotope Study of Marsh Sediments Cattleshed Creek,
Virginia Coast Reserve. 1995. University of Virginia, advisors
Stephen A. Macko and Linda Blum.
The Effects Of Altered Inundation And Wrack Deposition
on Nitrification, Denitrification, and the Standing Stocks
of NO 3 - and NO 2 - . (Under the direction of Robert R. Christian, Ph.D.) Department
of Biology, August 1995.
The role of nitrogen availability, hydroperiod and litter quality in
root decomposition along a barrier island chronosequence. Ph.D
Dissertation under the direction of Dr. Frank Day, Department of
Biology, Old Dominion University. 1994
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Aboveground biomass and net primary productivity along a Virginia barrier island dune chronosequence. 1994. M.S. Thesis, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA. pp. 50. Advisor: F. Day.
The effect of nitrogen fertilization on the phenology of roots in a barrier island sand dune community. 1994. M.S. Thesis, Old Dominion University. Advisor: F. Day.
Patterns of Habitat Use by Sub-Adult Marsh Nekton: Comparison
Between Tidal Freshwater and Salt Marshes. 1994. University of
Virginia, advisor Dave Smith.
Interactions between passerines and woody plants at a migratory stop over site: fruit consumption and the potential for seed dispersal.
Advisor: A. Bulger, M.S. Thesis, Univerisity of Virginia. August 1993.