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As of 2023, completed MS Project Presentations (in lieu of a thesis) were added. These titles are indicated with [MS Project Presentation].
Year | Candidate Name, Thesis Title |
2024 | Megan Horning. Behavioral and Physiological Responses to Seasonal Change in Maned Wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus) Living in a North American Zoo. [MS Project Presentation] |
2024 | Jane Braswell. An integrative approach to evaluate metabolic activity in maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus). |
2024 | Natalia Arcos Cano. Community Perspectives on the Function and Management of the Maijuna-Kichwa Regional Conservation Area. |
2024 | Kimberly Todd. Translocating swift foxes (Vulpes velox): Insights on personality, stress, and success. |
2024 | Katherine Saylor. “It Comes Down To Communication”: Science Communication Skills are Key for Scientists Supporting Evidence-Based Policymaking Through the COVES Fellowship. |
2024 | Samantha Cook. The Role of Symbiodiniaceae in Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Morbidity and Mortality. |
2024 | Eric Mazur. Molecular Analysis of Disease-Causing Microorganisms From Corals Using Laser Capture Microdissection. [MS Project Presentation] |
2024 | Luke Cannon. Assessing the Relationship Between Vacant Housing and Lead Soil Contamination in Baltimore, Maryland. [MS Project Presentation] |
2024 | Charlotte Dobry. Examining the Emergence of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances as a Federal Policy Topic. |
2024 | Richard Brown. Temporal trends in lionfish catch per unit effort (CPUE) transition from stable to increasing following reduced removals in 2020. [MS Project Presentation] |
2024 | Meaghan K. Caruso. A comparative review of lithium-ion battery cathode materials: Environmental impacts of mining critical minerals and potential solutions. [MS Project Presentation] |
2024 | Sarah Roth. The Foragers’ Forest: Establishing a Native Food Forest on Mason Campus. [MS Project Presentation] |
2024 | Olga N. Cheltsova. Water Resource Management Policy in Guatemala’s Rural Indigenous Context. [MS Project Presentation] |
2024 | Sandra R. Seipel. Drivers of geophagy of the lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) at Amazonian interior forest mineral licks. |
2024 | Alexia Yau. Habitat use and conservation of two species of conservation concern in Washington, D.C. – the eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) and woodchuck (Marmota monax). |
2024 | Allie Case. Profiling the hidden whales of the Smithsonian: Longitudinal hormone analyses of Antarctic blue whales and fin whales from the World War II era. |
2023 | Ashley McKenna Robertson. Spotlight on Stakeholders: Influence and Power Dynamics in South Korean Solar Energy Policy (2017 – 2022). [MS Project Presentation] |
2023 | Breanna Hart. Manuscript on the Treatment of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease on Reefs of Roatán, Honduras. [MS Project Presentation] |
2023 | Cheyenne Hawkins. Risk-based prioritization of organic chemicals within the Chesapeake Bay watershed. |
2023 | Seanessy Lyons. Optimizing threatened wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) environmental DNA surveillance with experimental control standardization. |
2023 | George Hansbrough. Drivers of geophagy of the lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) at Amazonian interior forest mineral licks. |
2023 | Jillian Jorgenson. Assessment of Wild Versus Ex Situ Managed Mountain Tapir (Tapirus pinchaque) Serum Metabolome and Implications for Conservation and Husbandry Actions. |
2023 | Sarah R. Greenberg. Does salinity influence the spatiotemporal distribution of two castrating parasites of an estuarine mud crab host? |
2023 | Hannah Wood. Mammal reactions to novel objects in their environment. |
2023 | Karl Froscheiser. The Potential for Seaweed Farming to Remove Carbon Dioxide: A Meta-analysis on Life Cycle Assessments. |
2022 | Katrina Napora. Urban stream-floodplains increase soil carbon and nutrient retention along a chronosequence of restored streams in Fairfax County, VA, USA. |
2022 | Matthew Sheik. A Floristic Checklist of Shenandoah River State Park (SHSP), Warren County, Virginia. |
2022 | Ben Stablow. Spatial Distributions of Cold-water Coral Mound Associates with Respect to Biotope Boundaries. |
2022 | Eleanor King. Global Reforestation Assessment: A Case Study of Reforestation and Species Survival in a Southeastern Madagascar Community. |
2022 | Karsyn Kendrick. The Abandoned Mine Land Program: Examining Public Participation in Decision-Making. |
2021 | Samantha Mohney. Benthic cyanobacteria abundance and production in the Tidal Potomac River. |
2021 | Farnoush H. Aloucheh. The Impact of Sanctions on Environmental Governance in Iran. |
2021 | Jacqueline Davis. Water quality in a suburban stormwater pond: a continuous monitoring study. |
2021 | Kate Ritzel. Urban mammal behavior adaptation. |
2021 | Valerie T. Nguyen. Measuring the Effect of Marine Protected Areas on Coral Disease Prevalence using a Meta-analysis Approach. |
2021 | Nicole Beetle. Mapping evidence of fishery improvements to study intervention effectiveness. |
2021 | Lara Kazo. Avian Responses to Difference Anthropogenic Disturbances and Habitats. |
2020 | Samantha B. Alexander. Assessment of Fish Passage Use and Success In Facilitating The Movement of Anadromous Fish Species In Potomac River Tributaries. |
2020 | Jessica Collins. Impacts of Sediment Exposure During Routine Handling on Nursery-Raised Acropora Cervicornis. |
2020 | Monika Conrad. Influence of Environmental Factors on Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) Welfare. |
2020 | Church Humphreys. Inhibition of Equine Sperm Motility using Sodium Tetraphenyl Borate and Reactivation with Caffeine - Potential to Improve Post-thaw Recovery. |
2020 | Keanah Turner. Analysis of Problems Affecting the Management of Municipal Recycling Programs in the United States. |
2020 | Brittany Grouge. Investigation of Microbiota Associated with Rapid Tissue Loss In Captive Indo-Pacific Corals. |
2020 | Casey Pehrson. Trophic changes in a freshwater tidal food web after water quality improvements and invasive species (Ictalurus furcatus) introduction. |
2019 | Nicole Bayne. Coral Reef Crisis Framing: An Analysis of Coral Reef Print Media News Coverage in Florida and Hawaii (1997-2019). |
2019 | Kelsey Smith. A Study In A Minimally Destructive Method of Ancient DNA Extraction in Narwhal (Monodon Monoceros) Tusk Material. |
2019 | Morgan Bragg. Identifying the Relationship Between the Gut Microbiome and Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Captive Red Wolf. |
2019 | Jessie Melton. An Evaluation of Non-Invasive Sampling Methods in Determining River Herring Abundance. |
2019 | Matthew Krcmarik. Effects Abnormal Prolactin Secretion Has on Metabolic Health of Acyclic Female African elephants (Loxodonta africana). |
2019 | Jonathan Clark. Characterizing the Genomic Signatures of Early-stage Parapatric Ecological Speciation in the Atlantic Song Sparrow. |
2019 | Andrew Sachs. Assessing the Thermal Performance of Green Roofs and the Influence of Solar Panels. |
2019 | Chelsea Gray. Support for Basking Shark Tourism in Donegal, Ireland. |
2019 | Elizabeth Ashby. Zoonotic Disease Exposure Risk in a Human-Wildlife-Livestock Interface: A Study of Laikipia County, Kenya. |
2019 | Stephanie Gordon. Population Dynamics and Pharmaceutical Contamination in Streams and Rivers Across the United States. |
2019 | Juthapathra Dechanupong. Maternal Behavior and Time Allocation of Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) in Captivity. |
2018 | Merna Saad. Comparative Study of Tourism Development in Hurghada and Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, to Access its Impact on Coral Reefs. |
2018 | W. Justin Cooper. The Relative Influences of Local Habitat Heterogeneity and Productivity on Species Richness. |
2018 | Meadhbh Molloy. The Influence of Retinoic Acid on Cell Proliferation and Differentiation in Lamb Testis Tissue. |
2018 | Olivia Taylor. The Competitive Relationship of the Ectomycorrhizal Fungus Tuber Melanosporum with Common Native Mid-Atlantic Ectomycorrhizal Fungi. |
2018 | Danielle Brown. An analysis of opportunistic data to investigate humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) sighting patterns and vessel risk in the northwestern New York Bight. |
2017 | Elizabeth T. Wood. Holocene Benthic Foraminiferal Assemblages of Tidal-Inlet Deposits Along Cedar Island, VA, USA: Insights Into Storm Impacts, Breach Dynamics, And Inlet Evolution. |
2017 | Cynthia Adams. Phylogeographic Genetic Diversity in the White Sucker Hepatitis B Virus. |
2017 | Erin Dale. An Examination of the Application of Expert Elicitation and Value Tree Analysis as a Novel Decision Support Approach on an Earth Observing Enterprise. |
2017 | Katherine Malpeli. A Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Human-Black Bear Conflict in Virginia. |
2017 | Brendan McAndrew. Sustainable stormwater management using a floating treatment wetland—a system approach. |
2016 | Patricia Greenberg. Urban Forest Implementation Plans as a Means of Achieving Urban Tree Canopy Goals: Case Studies from the Virginia Region of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. |
2016 | Loren Petruny. Biostratigraphic and Stable Isotopic Study of Selected Foraminifera from the Tanzanian Lindi Formation, Southeastern Tanzania (Tanzania Drilling Project Site 34 Drill Core). |
2016 | Carla Mere. Comparing Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Scientific Census Data on Primate Populations in the Sucusari Community, Peruvian Amazon. |
2016 | Tyler Fabian. The Effects of Habitat Fragmentation and Habitat Management in the Piedmont, Northern Virginia. |
2016 | Myra Butt. An Additionality Approach to Global Blue Carbon Conservation. |
2016 | Dana McCoskey. Investigating Trophic Linkages For A Neotropical Migratory Bird: Molecular Identification Of Food Items And Validation Of A Protocol For Molecular Studies Of Avian Diets. |
2015 | Kristen Donahue. Public Perception of Cetacean Conservation in the DC Metropolitan Area. |
2015 | Mary Means. Recovery Of Structure And Function Of The Vegetation Community After A Disturbance As Affected By Initial Planting Richness In Created Wetlands. |
2015 | William Norfolk. Histological Analysis of Threespot Damselfish (Stegastes Planifrons) Gastrointestinal Tract and Implications for Staghorn Coral (Acropora Cervicornis) Health. |
2015 | Amanda Sills. Long-Term Trends and Identification of Ichthyoplankton Assemblage Structures in a Recovering Tidal Freshwater Embayment. |
2015 | Whitney Denham. Public Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior Towards Dolphins and Dolphin Conservation. |
2015 | Caitlyn Scott. Otter Social Science Research: An Evaluation of the General Public’s Knowledge of Otter Species. |
2015 | Sarah Putman. Gonadal and Adrenal Hormone Patterns in African Lions (Panthera leo) of Diverse Age and Reproductive Success. |
2015 | Julie Sepanik. https://science.gmu.edu/media/jsepanikpdfSalt-Marsh Change in a Barrier-Island System: Parramore and Cedar Island, VA, from 1957 to 2012. |
2015 | Peter Jacobs. Evaluating Effects Of Climate Change On Nekton Distribution In The North Atlantic Using Ecosystem Models: Climate Model- And Paleoclimate-Derived Temperature Simulations Compared. |
2015 | Kara Jones. Microhabitat Selection In The Eastern Worm Snake (Carphophis Amoenus) And A Survey Of The Amphibians And Reptiles Of Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, Virginia. |
2015 | Brandy Holstein. Analyzing Photovoltaic Potential Using A Geographic Information System: A Case Study Of Prince William County Public Schools. |
2015 | Sudha Balajapalli. The Impact of the Global Tiger Recovery Program on Wildlife Crime. |
2015 | Carlos Peredo. A Statistical Analysis Of Marine Mammal Dispersal Routes Across Major Ocean Regions Using Beta Diversity At The Generic Level. |
2014 | Brandon Hack. Effects Of Regime Shift On Phytoplankton Community Composition In Gunston Cove Of The Tidal Potomac River. |
2014 | Sarah Josway. Genetic Diversity Of Two Subpopulations Of Black Rhinoceros, Diceros Bicornis Bicornis, At Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa. |
2014 | Emma Boyer. A Behavioral Investigation Of The Thermal Solar Niche. |
2014 | Katherine Gentry. An Investigation Of How Vehicular Noise Mitigation Affects Acoustic Communication In Avifauna. |
2014 | Heather Abrahams. Mitochondrial Control Region Diversity And Phylogeographic Patters Of The Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus Acutus) Along The East Coast Of The United States. |
2014 | Jeffrey Dragon. Habitat Selection, Movement, And Survival Of Hatchling Wood Turtles (Glyptemys Insculpta) In An Atypical Habitat. |
2014 | Charles Milling. Sense Of Place: Its History, Evolution, And Present Application. |
2014 | Chelia Char. How Does An Environmental Educator Address Student Engagement In A Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE)?. |
2014 | Advait Jukar. Associations Between the Diversity and Density of Herbivorous Functional Groups and Ecosystem Functioning in the Caribbean. |
2013 | Meredith Penthorn. The Effects of Fragmentation on Habitat Usage in Native Small Mammals. |
2013 | Lauren Walsh Kinne. Implementation Of Meaningful Watershed Education Experiences (Mwee’s) By Middle School Life Science Teachers. |
2013 | Anne Hansen. Early Life History, Habitat Use, and Microsatellite Allele Frequency of Two Common Reef Fishes (Stegastes partitus and Thalassoma bifasciatum) in Marine Protected Areas of the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. |
2013 | Adele Roland. Population Size And Viability Of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops Truncatus) Off The Coast Of The Parque Nacional De Este, Dominican Republic. |
2013 | Ross Bair. Assessment of the Relationship Between Standards of Learning Biology and Earth Science Courses and Environmental Literacy Among High School Students Near Haymarket, Virginia, USA. |
2013 | Lillian Parker. Using Mitochondrial DNA to Identify Primate Capture Hotspots of the Illegal Pet Trade in Belize. |
2013 | Lauren Wilson. Genetic distinction of the tundra (Cygnus columbianus columbianus) and trumpeter (Cygnus buccinator) swans by multi-locus microsatellite regions. |
2013 | Brittany North. The response of mycorrhizal fungi to competition among Microstegium vimineum, Amphicarpa bracteata, and Onoclea sensibilis in Northern Virginia. |
2013 | Serda Ozbenian. Survey of Attitudes Toward, Conflicts With, and Management Of Wolves and Bears in Rural Villages in Armenia. |
2013 | Steven Hilburger. Spring Migration Phenology of Four North American Insectivorous Bird Species in Relation to Climatic Variables. |
2013 | Katherine Busch. An Investigation into the Impact of the National Wildlife Federation’s Certified Wildlife Habitat Program on Mammalian Species Richness in Urbanized Residential Properties. |
2013 | Margaret A. Redman. Keeping Green Schoolyards Green: A Study Of Challenges And Success Strategies For The Long-Term Sustainability Of Schoolyard Habitats. |
2012 | Sean R. Tracy. Understanding Conservation: A Study Of Student Attitudes And Understanding Of The Effects Of Human Activities On Global Ecosystems. |
2012 | Mark A. Thomas. The Causes and Consequences of Habitat Occupancy During the Non-breeding Season for Black and White Warblers in Jamaica. |
2012 | Eileen C. Flynn. Individual-Based Model (Ibm) Predicting Impacts Of Climate Change On Diversity In A Representative Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (Sav) Community Of The Chesapeake Bay. |
2011 | Robert A. Johnson. An evaluation of a 6th grade environmental education experience across all schools in Prince William County, Virginia. |
2011 | Craig Beatty. Assessing the conservation status of the Zebra Swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus), in Northern Virginia forests. |
2011 | Rita Peralta. Bacterial community composition and diversity, and physicochemical properties of soils in mitigation wetlands created in the Virginia piedmont. |
2011 | Robert Andrews. Invasive Chinese Lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata [Dum.-Cours.] G. Don] Alters the Root and Rhizosphere Fungal Communities of Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) in Northern Virginia. |
2010 | Jonathan W. Witt. Interactions between habitat complexity and temporal variability in predator distributions, size structure, and prey availability: implications for coexistence in intraguild predation system. |
2010 | Sara N. Alexander. A subspecific revision of North American saltmarsh mallow, Kosteletzkya pentacarpos (L.) Ledebour. |
2010 | Katheryn Patterson. Conservation, Captivity, and Whaling: A Survey of Belize Whale-Watching Tourist Attitudes to Cetacean Conservation Issues. |
2010 | Kylie E. Zirbel. Navy sonar, cetaceans and the Supreme Court: Fairfax county public attitudes and potential ramifications. |
2010 | Dana Griffith. Waste Reduction As A Method to Meet Conservation Goals; A Comparative Analysis of Plastic Waste Management. |
2009 | Karen Akerlof. Models: The Missing Piece in Climate Change Coverage. |
2009 | Ryan Peters. Avian tick burdens across an urban to forest land-use gradient. |
2009 | Staci A. Lewis. The use of histology, molecular techniques, and ex situ feed experiments to investigate the feeding behavior of the coral reef predator hermodice carunculata, the bearded fireworm. |
2009 | Jason R. O’Bryhim. Public Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior towards Sharks and Shark Conservation. |
2009 | Dorothy “Li” Wong. Public Perception of Mammals and Mammal Conservation in Fairfax County. |
2009 | Cheryl Leonard. Above- and below-ground vegetative response to prescribed fire rotations in a tidal brackish marsh. |
2009 | Wilma Aleman-Gonzales. Coniacian – Santonian sequence stratigraphy of the Kure Beach core, southeastern North Carolina coastal plain, USA. |
2008 | Jeremy Alcorn. U.S. Environmental Security: Understanding And Enabling it To Matter. |
2007 | Sara Clark. Characterization Of Water Quality In The Tidal Occoquan River Using Continuous Monitoring. |
2007 | Todd McConchie. A comparison of equipment and methodologies for the analysis of individual bottlenose dolphin fins. |
2007 | Megan Draheim. Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Coyote? A Survey of Messaging and Existing Attitudes in the National Capital Region. |
2007 | Michael Jarcho. Use of a bi-parentally inherited marker to investigate population structure of Rattus rattus in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. |
2007 | Melissa Anne Merrill Floyd. Investigation of Natural Populations of Circumneutral, Iron-Oxidizing Bacteria. |
2007 | Kurt Mozer. Characterization of microtopography and its influence on vegetation patterns and soil nutrients in created wetlands. |
2006 | Heikel Kenneded. Dynamic links between socio-economic and institutional factors on forest cover changes across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). |
2006 | Steven Paull. Basal area increment and gap dynamics following severe Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar) defoliation on Mason Neck, Virginia. |
2006 | Ana R. Greene. Behavioral dominance relationships of American Black Ducks (Anas rubripes) and Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) wintering on the Virginia Piedmont. |
2006 | Christopher Stone. Geology of a Bayhead Delta within a Potomac River Tidal-Freshwater Estuary: Pohick Bay, Virginia. |
2005 | Amy C. Kover. Toxic Release Inventory Data on the Internet: An Evaluation of Level of Pollution, Source Credibility, and Self-reporting of Pro-environmental Attitudes. |
2005 | Allison Pipan. Identifying non-point pollution sources within an agricultural watershed using the Agricultural Non-Point Source Model. |
2005 | Daniel Kelly. Habitat selection and seasonal movements of Asian elephants in Myanmar (Burma). |
2005 | Jennifer Cordrey. A Stressor Identification to aid in the completion of a Total Maximum Daily Load of the impaired mileage of Smith Creek in Shenandoah and Rockingham Counties, Virginia. |
2005 | Kristi J.K. Robinson. Scat identification and dietary trends of coyote (Canis latrans), grey fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), and red fox (Vulpes vulpes), in a mid-Atlantic ecosystem. |
2004 | Carolyn Langdon. Managing Akebia Quinata: An Assessment of Control Methods. |
2004 | Helene Jorgensen. The Economics of Wolf Management: The Fortymile Wolf Control Program, Alaska, 1997-2001. |
2004 | J. Paige Rothenberger. A comparison of bacterial communities associated with white plague-infected Montastraea annularis corals at Sprat Hole, St. Croix, USVI. |
2004 | Jeanet Ewing. A Quantitative Study of Phytoplankton in the Tidal Freshwater Potomac River Using High Performance Liquid Chromatography. |
2004 | Jeanne Claussen. Temporal and spatial variations in bacterial community composition in the mesohaline Potomac River. |
2004 | Laura McGee. Effects of land use patterns upon benthic macroinvertebrate community structure in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, MD, USA. |
2004 | Lisa Williams A floristic survey of the eastern Goose Creek watershed, Loudoun County, Virginia. |
2004 | Shannan Wheat. Seasonal Patterns, Nutrient Concentrations, and Chlorophyll in a Shallow Mid-Atlantic Pond. |
2003 | Kristy Garnet. A comparison of methane emission among four aquatic macrophytes: fluxes and physiological control. |
2003 | Ryan Hansen. Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Communities in Two Agriculturally Impacted Streams in Northern Virginia and an Evaluation of Fencing as a Best Management Practice. |
2003 | Tanya Amrhein. The communication of sexual identity in the two-note wail call in common loons (Gavia immer) and its possible use as a management tool. |
2002 | Kevin M. Koy. Remote sensing analysis of Myanmar’s dry dipterocarp forests. |
2002 | Steve Fairchild. Social Structural Factors Influencing CITES (The Convention of International Trade of Endangered Species) Ratification. |
2001 | Amy Irby. Microbial Diversity in Solar Salterns. Characterizations of Whole Halophilic Communities by Their Carbon Utilization Patterns and Examination of Halophilic Bacteria that Grow on Elevated Magnesium Concentrations. |
2001 | Catherine M. Prichett. The Influence of Environmental Knowledge and Experiences on Environmental Values and Behaviors of High School Students. |
2001 | Claudia Locklin. Diagnosis of the Impacts of Three Human Settlements on the Buffer Zone of the Madidi National Park in Bolivia. |
2001 | Gary R. Long. Determination of environmental stressors influencing benthic invertebrate community structure: A multivariate statistical approach. |
2001 | George C. Getsinger. Comparative Analysis of Vibrio spp. Found in Association with Black Band Disease. |
2001 | Jeffrey A. Cornell. Carbon Cycle Succession in Created Salt Marshes. |
2001 | Jennifer Morse. Sediment Accumulation and Nutrient Availability in Two Tidal Freshwater Marshes Along the Mattaponi River, Virginia. |
2001 | Meredith Bondurant. The USDA Forest Service and the Northwest Forest Plan: The Beginning of a New Paradigm or the Continuation of an Old One? |
2000 | Allison Moss. Noninvasive fecal and urinary Steroid Hormone Monitoring in the Slender-Tailed Meerkat (Suricata suricatta). |
2000 | Ann Brazinski. A Measurement of Fish Recovery in a Reach of Quantico Creek that Runs Through a Recently Reclaimed Abandoned Pyrite Mine Site in Prince William Forest Park (Triangle, Virginia). |
2000 | Charles E. Chrosniak III. Effects of geologic structures on a large subsurface hydrocarbon release in Northern Virginia. |
2000 | Cheryl Vann. The Response of Woody Plant-Soil Systems to Elevated CO2 and Flooding: Carbon Allocation to Production and Methanogenesis. |
2000 | Cheryl Vann. Effects of Elevated CO2 and Flooding on Wetland Net Primary Production and CH4 Emissions. |
2000 | Craig Metrick. Toward an Implementation Framework for Regional SD and Conservation Strategies: The Mesoamerican Biological Corridor. |
2000 | Dianna Hogan. A Comparison of Phosphorus Retention and Transformation in Constructed and Natural Freshwater Wetlands. |
2000 | George Getsinger. Comparative Analysis of Vibrios Associated with Black-Band Disease. |
2000 | John E. Dodge. A Floristic Survey of the Potomac River Watershed in Westmoreland County, Virginia, from Bridges Creek to Currioman Bay. |
2000 | Keith R. Peterson, Jr.. Computer Model for the Standardization of the Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process. |
2000 | LeAnne Astin. Bioassesment of BMP Effectiveness in an Agriculturally Impacted Watershed in Clarke Co., VA. |
2000 | Leila Hamdan. Dissolved Labile Organic Carbon and Bacterial Abundance in the Potomac River. |
2000 | Sandy Spencer. Population Abundance and Habitat Requirements of the Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) at Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve: An Urban Conservation Challenge. |
2000 | Shan Sun. Radiation Hybrid Mapping of Domestic Cat Microsatellites and Comparison to the Feline Linkage Map. |
2000 | Yug, Ping. A Cost-Effective Analysis of China’s Environmental Policies in Industrial Wastewater Control. |
1999 | Cheryl L Hochman. Collaboration for Conservation: Characteristics of Effective Non-Governmental Organizations and Alliances. |
1999 | Craig Metrick. Towards An Implementation Framework for Regional Sustainable Development and Conservation Strategies: The Mesoamerica Biological Corridor (MBC). |
1999 | Joanna Arcisewski. Biological Assessment of Bull Run and its Tributaries. |
1999 | Keith R. Peterson, Jr.. Computer Model for the Standardization of the Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process. |
1999 | Leila J. Hamdan. Dissolved Labile Organic Matter, and Bacterial Abundance in the Potomac River. |
1999 | Mary Rita Prah. Effects of Two Models of Instruction of the Knowledge, Beliefs, Attitudes & Behaviors of Fifth-Grade Students. |
1999 | Sandy C. Spencer. Population Abundance and Habitat Requirements of the Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) At Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve, Virginia. |
1999 | Stuart A. Wells. Monitoring Captive Cheetah Behavior to Determine Changes Associated with Estrus. |
1998 | Amy Maher. The Effect of Land Use on Stream Quality in Prince William County, Virginia. |
1998 | Archer T. Gilliam. Compliance with International Environmental Agreements: The Unframework Convention on Climate Change. |
1998 | Cheryl Vann. Potential Oxygen Limitation of Wetland Plant Responses to Elevated CO2. |
1998 | John E. Dodge. A Floristic Survey of the Potomac Watershed in Westmoreland County, Virginia from Popes Creek to Currioman Bay. |
1998 | Sandra J. Page. Seasonal and Geographic Variations in Fish Populations of the Anacostia River. |
1998 | Sheila Ann Young. Sustainable Development Activities of USAID/Indonesia: Measuring Change in the Energy Sector. |
1997 | Alex W. Karlsen. Trends in Benthic Faunal Response to Environmental Change in the Lower Portions of the Patuxent and Potomac Rivers. |
1997 | Banu Setlur. Effectiveness of the World Wide Web (WWW) for Dissemination of Environmental Knowledge. |
1997 | Kristin Fitzgerald. Microbial Community Dynamics During the Bench-Scale Bioremediation of Petroleum-Contaminated Soil. |
1997 | Lisa M. Weimer. South Florida Ecosystems: A Vegetational History. |
1997 | Mark Stephen Kelly. Colors of Perception: The Socialization of Children into Natural Environments and Children’s Perceptions. |
1997 | Marzena Galdzicka. Identification of Pseudomonad spp. |
1997 | Paul DiBenedetto. Movement of Subsurface Hydrocarbon Vapors at the Margin of a Mixed Fuel Contamination Plume . |
1997 | Robert W. Reitsma. The Importance of Cacao Plantations in Maintaining Avian Diversity in Southeastern Costa Rica. |
1996 | Laura Rhame Tranquill. Cytokine Levels in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Patients: Correlation with Disease Activity as Assessed by Magnetic Resonance Imaging. |
1996 | Suzanne Marie Ambs. Determining Paternities in Grey Seals (Halichoerus grypus) Using Molecular Genetic Techniques. |
1995 | Andrea Robin Winnert. Quantification of Endocrine Disrupting Contaminants in the Food and Drinking Water of the Average Pregnant Woman and the Concentration of These Chemicals That May Reach the Developing Embryo/Fetus. |
1995 | Gregory R. Sykes. A Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Chaboissaea. |
1995 | Jiangfeng Chen. Dynamics of Phytoplankton In Tidal Freshwater Potomac River Based On HPLC-aided Quantitative Analysis of Algal Pigments. |
1995 | Karen Ann Bauer. An Experimental Study of Cognitive and Affective Changes in School Children Who Participated in Environmental Field Studies: An Evaluation of the PARTNERS Project. |
1995 | Michael David Southall. Analysis of Age Related Changes in Serotonergic and Dopaminergic Systems in Aplysia californica. |
1995 | Pamela M. Cole. Research and Analysis of Potential in Situ Algae Control Tecniques for Application in Lake Brarcroft, Virginia. |
1995 | Paul Balserak. Analysis of the Efficiency of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Land Disposal Restrictions Program. |
1995 | Randall P. Moore. Stopover Ecology of Neotropical Migrant Songbirds on Parramore Island, Virginia. |
1994 | Chun Hong. Changes in Serotonin and Dopamine Across the Life Span of Aplysia California. |
1994 | Deborah Lain Loffler. An Evolutionary Study of the Orbital Tissues of Horned Lizards and Their Nearest Iguanid Relatives (Reptilia, Squamata, Iguanidae) |
1994 | Jan B. Reitman. An Evaluation of Public Policy Issues Associated with the Establishment of a Defense Reserve of Ozone Depleting Substances. |
1994 | Joan Mary Zimmerman. Specific and Nonspecific DNA-binding Proteins Extracted from Etiolated and Green Maise Tissue. |
1994 | Joseph Michael Pendleton. Factors Controlling Local Temperature Variation in an Urban Heat Island. |
1994 | Laura Lynn Pyle. Effects of Disturbance on Herbaceous Exotic Plant Species in the Floodplain of the Potomac River, USA. |
1994 | Lisa Julie Counts. A Study of the Rut in Captivity: Harem Turnover, Subordinate Matings and Time Budgets of Male Pare David’s Deer (Elaphurus Dividianus). |
1994 | Paula A. Zabkar. Vegetative Trends, Landscape Quality and Educational Value of a small, Created Suburban Wetland Used for Stormwater Management. |
1994 | Thomas E. Kaufman. HIV Proviral DNA Titer in Infacts and Young Children: Quantitative Determination by PCR and Relation to Disease Progression. |
1993 | Byron P. Yarrington. Identification and Biogeography of the Subspecies of the Tessellated Darter (Eastern Johnny Darter) Etheostoma Olmstedi In Northern Virginia Streams. |
1993 | Kathryn Marie Preston. Plant Community Mapping of the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge. |
1993 | Michael Nickelsburg. The Effect of the Wetlands at Huntley Meadows Park, Fairfax County, Virginia, on the Water Quality of Dogue Creek. |
1993 | Tara D. Fuad. Phosphorous Retention on th Landscape: the role of temporarily and seasonally flooded wetland soils. |
1993 | Therese M. O’Rourke. A Socio-Economic and Environmental Analysis of Non-Timber Forest Products in Southwestern Virginia. |
1993 | Theresea Elizabeth Connor. Field and Laboratory Studies of the Population Dynamics, Survival and Reproduction by Bosmina Longirostris. |
1992 | Angela Gay Thorp. The Role of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Structuring Macroinvertebrate Communities. |
1992 | Charles Chrosniak. Geologic and Hydrologic Control on the Migration of a Large Subsurface Hydrocarbon Spill in Northern Virginia. |
1992 | Donna Marie Fox. Deletion Analysis of a Maize Polyubiquitin Gene (UBI-1) Promoter by Electroporation. |
1992 | Ingeborg Jansen Thompson. Investigation of Alternative DNA Structures. |
1992 | Jessica Michelle Kidwell. A Regional Assessment of Environmental Contamination: An Analysis of the National Contaminant Biomonitoring Program Data. |
1992 | Jillian D. Keihn. Analysis of Capillary Fringe Dynamics in Sandy, Nonswelling Wetland Soils. |
1992 | Suzanne Paige Lohr. Seasonal Effects on the Diet of Different Age Classes of the Brown Bullhead, Ictalurus nebulosus, in Gunston Cove, Virginia. |
1991 | Ruth Amneris Siaca-Colon. Growth Patterns of Giant Tortoises on Pinzon and Espanola Islands. |
1991 | Thomas H. Hollowell. Site Profile Development in the Freshwater Tidal Portion of the Potomac River for Inclusion in the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve System in Virginia. |
1990 | Arndt Friedrich Laemmerzahl. Variation in the Spotted Turtle, Clemmys guttata. |
1990 | Carol Lynn Kelloff. A Systematic Study of the Eastern North American Lady Fern, Athyrium felix-femina (L.) Roth. |
1990 | Clinton Scott McLendon. Growth Dynamics and Mineral Accumulation in Seedlings of Peltandra Virginica (L.) Kunth in a Constructed and a Natural Tidal Freshwater Marsh. |
1990 | Colleen Welsh Charles. Productivity and Vegetarian Dynamics of a Small Urban Created Wetland |
1990 | John David Kinsman. Lichens as Biomonitors of Sulphur, Nitrogen, and Metals as Whitetop Mountain in Southwest Virginia. |
1990 | William Oehrlein. Sediment Phosphorus Available to Phytoplankton as a Function of pH in Pohick Bay, Virginia. |
1989 | Joan Heath Estes. A Comparison of Shell Lengths, Colors, and Patterns Over time in Two Virginia Populations of the Conquina Clam, Donax Variabilis. |
1989 | Kathy S. Monk. The Influence of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation on Zooplankton Abundance and Diversity in the Tidal Freshwater Potomac River. |
1988 | Anita Louise Pease. Ventilatory, Cardiovascular and Acid-based Adjustments of the Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus, to Chronic Hypoxia. |
1988 | Kim D.B. Largen. The Role of Alkaloids in Plant Defense Against Herbivores: An Investigation of Lymantria Dispar-Host Tree Interactions. |
1988 | William J. Karppi, Jr.. The Identification of Thymosin Alpha-One Receptors on MCF-7 Human Breast Cancer Cells. |
1987 | Allan Hide. In Situ Enclosure Study of the Impact of Zooplankton Grazing on Phytoplankton Biomass and Species Composition in a Hyper-Euthophic Cove and River Environment. |
1987 | Severin Thomas Golojuch. Lichen Chemical Ecology: An Analysis of Two Alpine Populations of Centraria Lichens. |
1985 | Dianne N. Janczewski. Evaluation of the Genetic Distance of Orang utans (Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus and P. p. abelii) and Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes and P. paniscus) and its Implication on Conservation of the Orang utan. |
1985 | Thomas A. Davis. Perturbations in the Chemotactic, Phagocytic, and Microbicidal Activities of Polymorphonuclear Cells Following Radiation, Pseudonas Aeruginosa Infection, and Combined Injury. |