PhD Dissertations
Completed PhD Dissertations
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| Year | Candidate Name, Dissertation Title |
| 2020 | Susan Howard. The Loop Trail “Quest”: Use of a choice-based digital simulation, an interactive video and booklet to analyze decision-making of park visitors. |
| 2020 | Natalie Hall. The Presence of Denitrifiers in Bacterial Communities of Urban Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs). |
| 2019 | Nick Walker. Conservation of the American Eel (Anguilla rostrata): A new framework for analyzing watersheds using ArcGIS. |
| 2019 | Rachel Golden Kroner. The impermanence of protected areas in Amazonia and implications for conservation science and policy. |
| 2019 | Treda Grayson. Responses of Benthic Macrofauna to Environmental Stressors: A Synthesis of Chesapeake Bay Data. |
| 2019 | Carlos Peredo. From teeth to baleen: morphological adaptations associated with the loss of teeth and the evolution of baleen in mysticete cetaceans. |
| 2019 | Adam Carpenter. A Framework for Locally Driven Sea Level Rise Policy and Action. |
| 2018 | Nathan Dougan. Antibiotic Usage in Poultry and Eggs: Perception of Risk and Willingness to Pay for Alternatives. |
| 2018 | Kimberly A. Marshall McLean. U.S. Fishery Disasters: Trends, Causes, and Impacts of Pacific Salmon Declines on Native American Communities. |
| 2018 | Christine Gleason. A socio-economic and management evaluation of whale-watching in Samaná, Dominican Republic. |
| 2018 | Advait Jukar. Temporal turnover in Neogene and Quaternary mammal assemblages. |
| 2018 | Harry Castelly. Conversion of Fatty Acids Methyl Esters (FAMEs) into Hydrocarbon Fuels. |
| 2018 | Cynthia A. Kearns. The Mineralogy and Mineral Chemistry of the Henryton Pegmatite, Patapsco State Park, Carroll County, Maryland. |
| 2018 | Paul Philippe Razafinjatovo. Establishing Marine Spatial Planning in Madagascar, drawing lessons from experience in the US and Europe. |
| 2017 | Adele Roland. Impacts of Ambient Noise on Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) Habitat Use and Behavior. |
| 2017 | Elizabeth Romano. Caenorhabditis Elegans as a Model to Determine the Molecular Effects of Plausible Environmental Risk Factors of Breast Cancer. |
| 2017 | Alicia Korol. Effects of a Macrophyte Community on Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Wetland Mesocosm Experiments and Hydrogeomorphic and Landscape Features on Denitrification in Nontidal and Tidal Floodplains of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. |
| 2017 | Adrian Dahood-Fritz. Conserving Biodiversity in the Western Antarctic Peninsula Region: Marine Protected Area Design and Policy Implications. |
| 2017 | Tunde Adebola. Investigating Anthropogenic Impacts in Nigerian Coastal Waters Using Fisheries Ecosystem Modeling Approaches. |
| 2017 | Chelsie Romulo. Sustainability and Conservation of the Ecologically, Culturally, and Economically Important Palm Tree Mauritia flexuosa in the Peruvian Amazon. |
| 2017 | Mirian Tsuchiya. Evolutionary History of Procyonidae (Mammalia, Carnivora): Integrating Genomics, Morphology and Biogeographic Modeling. |
| 2017 | Sonya Graves Zawada. Variation of Borrelia burgdorferi Strains in the White-footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) in Fairfax County, Virginia. |
| 2017 | Laurie Allen. Bacterioplankton Communities In Relation to Environmental Variables in Four Mid-Atlantic Estuaries (Potomac, Delaware, Neuse and Chowan). |
| 2017 | Caroline Boules. Climate Adaptation and Agricultural Livelihoods: Public Irrigation Access In Northeastern Tunisia. |
| 2017 | Amy Johnson. Conservation and Land Management Practices and Their Impact on Sustaining Breeding and Non-Breeding Grassland Bird Populations in the Southeast. |
| 2017 | J. Neil Ransom. Informal Innovation and Climate Change: The Role of Kenyan Jua Kali Metal Workers in Developing and Distributing Fuel-Efficient Cookstoves. |
| 2017 | C. E. Jane Dudik. Integrating the Technology Acceptance Model and Diffusion of Innovation: Factors Promoting Interest in Energy Efficient and Renewable Energy Technologies at Military Installations, Federal Facilities, and Land-Grant Universities. |
| 2017 | Ryan Richards. Economic and spatial aspects of forest restoration in tropical agricultural landscapes: Evaluating landowner incentive programs in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. |
| 2017 | Katherine Gentry. The Role Of Anthropogenic Noise On Song Behavior: Implications For Individual Fitness In Territorial Songbirds. |
| 2017 | Richard Groover. Temporal and Spatial Aspects of the Colonization and Re-Colonization of Dragonflies in Lentic Habitats. |
| 2016 | Alexandra (Zan) Shah. An Evaluation of Social Goals in Philippine Marine Protected Areas. |
| 2016 | Jenell Walsh-Thomas. An Evaluation of Metaphors in Climate Change Discourse. |
| 2016 | Karen Kohanowich. From Cousteau to Cameron: A Quadrant Model for Undersea Marine Research Infrastructure Management. |
| 2016 | Allison Richards. Physical, Regulatory and Reputational Water Risks as Predictors of Corporate Water Stewardship. |
| 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 | Milton Muldrow Jr. Assessing Reef Expert’s Baseline and Values Regarding the Florida Keys Coral Reef Ecosystem: Implications for Historical Ecological Knowledge of the Region. |
| 2016 | Stacie Bickley. Evaluating Human Threats to Three Canid Species of the Brazilian Cerrado. |
| 2016 | CJ Schlick. Life History Traits and Population Dynamics of River Herring, Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus and Blueback Herring Alosa aestivalis. |
| 2016 | Jilian Fazio. Assessment of current captive management of the fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus). |
| 2016 | John Orr. The Eastern Box Turtle, Terrapene carolina carolina; Population Ecology, Growth, Relocation, and Soil pH of Resting Forms. |
| 2016 | Antonio Castro. Fisheries Co-management: Evaluation and Long-term Outcomes in Tárcoles, Costa Rica. |
| 2016 | Haile Tadesse. Land Use Classification and Change Detection Combining Radar and Landsat Measurements in Ethiopia. |
| 2016 | Chris Seminack. Morphostratigraphy, Dynamics, And Reconstruction Of Former Tidal Inlets Along Assateague Island, Maryland-Virginia: Impacts On Barrier-Island Evolution. |
| 2015 | Parker Pennington. The Influence Of Pregnancy, Metabolic Status And Diet On Uterine Protein Secretions In The Domestic (Equus Caballus) And Endangered Przewalski’s Horse (Equus Ferus Przewalskii). |
| 2015 | Ryan Valdez. Influence of Habitat and Anthropogenic Disturbance on the Diverstiy, Distribution and Abundance of Large Mammals: A Case Study Across Four Adjacent Widllife Conservation Areas in Laikipia County, Kenya. |
| 2015 | Jessye Wojtusik. Studies on the reproductive biology of the critically endangered Addra gazelle (Nanger dama ruficollis). |
| 2015 | Carmen Bernett. Fungal Biodiversity of Acer Rubrum Varies By Seasons, Host Tissue, Wetland Type, And Region. |
| 2015 | Richard Friesner. Adaptive Management In The Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (Tmdl): How Do Local Watershed Managers Address Uncertainty and Use Adaptive Management? |
| 2015 | J. Thomas Hanley. Stratigraphic architecture, morphodynamics, and evolution of breaches along Cedar Island, VA: a low-profile, washover-dominated, trangressive barrier island. |
| 2015 | Jason R. O’Bryhim. The Shark Trade in Costa Rica: Genetic, Mercury Contamination and Human Dimensions and the Implications for Conservation. |
| 2015 | J. Michelle Ryan. Histological And Geospatial Analysis Of The Mystery Snail (Bellamya Spp.) Populations In The Potomac And Occoquan Rivers Utilizing Citizen Scientist Participation. |
| 2015 | Morgan Gostel. Systematics and Evolution of Commiphora Jacq. (Burseraceae) in Madagascar. |
| 2015 | Melissa Hawkins. Biogeography and Phylogeography of Mammals of Southeast Asia: A Comparative Analysis Utilizing Macro and Microevolution. |
| 2015 | Katheryn Patterson. The Microbiology And Molecular Ecology Of Tissue-Loss Diseases Affecting Acropora Cervicornis In The Upper Florida Keys. |
| 2015 | Ashley Milton. Forest Resilience For Healthy Livelihoods And Ecosystem Services: A Transdisciplinary Analysis Of Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response To Forests Of The Congo Basin. |
| 2015 | Roshani Dangi. REDD+ And Biodiversity Conservation In Nepal. |
| 2015 | Ashley Sitar. Is Dolphin-Watching Sustainable In Bocas Del Toro, Panama? |
| 2015 | Jill Lewandowski. Transforming Conflict into Effective Action: A Case Study on the Effects of Anthropogenic Sound on Marine Mammals. |
| 2015 | Lila Fleming. An Epidemiological and Geographic Analysis of Healthcare Provider Choice in Urban Bo, Sierra Leone. |
| 2015 | Manuela Dal Forno. Evolution And Diversity Of The Tropical Basidiolichen Clade Dictyonema Sensu Lato (Agaricales: Hygrophoraceae). |
| 2015 | Douglas Warnock. U.S. Army Sustainability: A Study Of Organizational Characteristics And Their Impact On Sustainability Efforts At Army Installation. |
| 2015 | Emily Cella. Understanding Residents’ Knowledge Of, Attitudes Toward, And Participation In Sea Turtle Conservation In Tortuguero, Costa Rica And Near The Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, USA. |
| 2015 | Emily Pindilli. An Economic Analysis Of The Potential ‘Voluntary’ Reductions Of Nutrients From Agriculture To The Chesapeake Bay From The Shenandoah Soil And Water Conservation District, Virginia. |
| 2014 | Alexander Wooten. “Fixing” The Urban Soil Lead Predicament: The Applicaton Of In Situ Fixation Technology As An Ecologically Sustainable Method Of Lead Abatement In Urban Soils. |
| 2014 | Albert Johnson. Experiential and Emotional Basis For Sense-Of-Place. |
| 2014 | Karin Schwartz. Integration of In Situ and Ex Situ Data Management for Biodiversity Conservation via the Isis Zoological Information Management System. |
| 2014 | Robert Slate. Environmental Protection Agency Regulation of Asbestos and Carbon Nanotubes Under the Toxic Substances Control Act: Investigating the Role of Politics, Science, and Policy in Administrative Rulemaking and Implementation. |
| 2014 | Chaitanya Ravi. A technological history of the debate over THE US-INDIA NUCLEAR COOPERATION AGREEMENT in India (2005-2007). |
| 2014 | Mike Hallworth. The Influence of Migratory Connectivity and Seasonal Interactions on Individual- and Population-Level Dynamics of a Long Distance Migratory Songbird. |
| 2014 | Jennifer L. Thornhill. Bridging the Gap between Research and Decision-Making: Empirical Evidence from a Case Study of Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) Management in the U.S. |
| 2014 | Richard S. Groover. Temporal And Spatial Aspects Of The Colonization And Re-Colonization Of Dragonflies In Lentic Habitats. |
| 2014 | Diana Koester. The effect of environment on the reproductive potential of ex situ cheetahs (acinonyx jubatus). |
| 2014 | Jennifer Sevin. Factors affecting the distribution of the endangered Shenandoah salamander (Plethodon shenandoah). |
| 2013 | Robin Fitch. An Appraisal Of The U.S. Navy Marine Mammals And Sound Research And Monitoring Programs. |
| 2013 | Tammy Wilbert. Patterns And Processes Of Genetic Diversity In The Endangered San Joaquin Kit Fox. |
| 2013 | Kari A. Morfeld. Investigating Body Condition and Metabolic Hormones in Relationship to Reproductive Cyclicity in Zoo Female African Elephants, Africana Loxodonta. |
| 2013 | Mohamed Ashiq Yusuf. Effects Of Stakeholder Involvement In Reduction Of Sedimentation In Northern Virginia Streams. |
| 2013 | Joseph Greenblott. Quantitative Analysis Of Regulatory Discourses On Agricultural Genetic Engineering: An Exploration And Empirical Application Of Critical Theory. |
| 2013 | Craig L. Shafer. Grizzly Emigration And Land Use: An Interdisciplinary Case Study Of The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. |
| 2013 | Iliriana Mushkolaj. The Science-Policy Interface For Developing Climate Change Adaptation Strategies In Maryland, USA. |
| 2012 | Siddiq Kalaly. Remote Sensing Analysis Of Selected Wetlands In Dasht-E-Nawar Basin, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. |
| 2012 | Jolanda A. Luksenburg. The Cetaceans of Aruba: A Multidisciplinary Study. |
| 2012 | Herlitz Davis. The economic potential of fruit trees and the abundance, foraging ecology and performance of birds along precipitation and shade gradients in Blue Mountain coffee agroecosystems, Jamaica W.I. |
| 2012 | Brent Kurapatskie. Financial Performance, Production Costs, Transaction Costs, Capabilities And The Adoption Of Environmental Sustainability Practices. |
| 2012 | Karen Akerlof. Risky Business: Engaging the Public in Policy Discourse on Sea-Level Rise and Inundation. |
| 2012 | Larissa Mark. Moderating Influence Of Uncertainty On The Adoption Of Green Building Practices – The Determinants Of Institutionalization Of Green Building Practices In The Residential Construction Industry. |
| 2012 | Norman J. Meres. Epizootic Shell Disease in the American Lobster (Homarus americanus H. Milne Edwards, 1837). |
| 2012 | Bradley Petru. Impacts of construction practices on soil properties and water budget prediction in created mitigation wetlands. |
| 2012 | Lorelei D. Crerar. Genetics of the Steller’s Sea Cow (Hydrodamalis gigas): A Study of Ancient Bone Material. |
| 2012 | Budoin-Brutus Cooper. Identification, Quantification and Distribution of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in sediments of the Rappahannock and York River Watersheds. |
| 2012 | Megan Draheim. Social Conflict and Human-Coyote Interactions in Suburban Denver. |
| 2012 | Trent M. Richardson. Morphodynamic Changes of the Parramore–Cedar Barrier-Island System and Wachapreague Inlet, Virginia from 1852 To 2011: A Model of Barrier Island and Tidal Inlet Evolution Along the Southern Delmarva Peninsula, USA. |
| 2012 | Trishna Dutta. Patterns of genetic structure and gene flow of leopards (Panthera pardus) in central India. |
| 2012 | Kevin M. Morley. Evaluating Resilience In The Water Sector: Application Of The Utility Resilience Index (URI). |
| 2012 | Sandeep Sharma. Landscape Genetics of Tigers (Panthera tigris) in Satpura-Maikal Landscape of India. |
| 2012 | Andmorgan R. Fisher. Comparison Of The Gut Microbiomes Of Pigs, Mice, And Humans. |
| 2012 | Loretta B. Cummings. Life cycle cost comparison of traditional stormwater management And low impact development. |
| 2011 | James Martin. Mycorrhizal colonization and overall fungal communities Change in response to upland and wetland site conditions in Acer forests of the Virginia Coastal Plain. |
| 2011 | Albert K. Smith. A mid-Atlantic stream suitability index for Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis). |
| 2011 | C. Scott Allen. Detecting And discriminating petroleum and petroleum products from water on terrestrial backgrounds with hyperspectral remote sensing. |
| 2011 | Wendy Kiso. Semen biology and sperm cryopreservation in elephants. |
| 2011 | Kathryn Kulaga. A Content analysis of environmental security studies within the U.S. military community. |
| 2011 | Jennifer Ambler. Whales and the people who watch them: Baleen whales in Virginia’s near-shore waters and the educational and conservation potential of whale watching. |
| 2011 | Jennifer Biddle. Does collaborative governance lead to environmental improvements? An empirical assessment of the critical elements affecting watershed partnerships’ capacity to achieve their environmental improvement goals. |
| 2011 | Maction Komwa. The impact of HIV/AIDS on rural agricultural households in Mayuge district in southeastern Uganda. |
| 2011 | Seema K. Schappelle. Fishing for information: evaluating characteristics of web sites used to convey environmental risk information through fish advisories. |
| 2011 | Smriti S. Bhattarai. Source identification of fecal pollution and characterization of microbial communities in urban streams using molecular techniques. |
| 2011 | Vivek Prasad. Exploring the Challenges and the Potentials of Adaptation to Climate Change: A Bottom up Approach. |
| 2011 | Sameer Bhattarai. The response of streams to land use and urban best management practices in the Piedmont region of Virginia, USA. |
| 2011 | Jennifer L. Mickelberg. Understanding and managing isolation in a fragmented population of golden lion tamarins, leontopithecus rosalia. |
| 2011 | Swati S. Dalmet. A study of the microbial diversity in the north arm of Great Salt Lake. |
| 2011 | Kevin D. Brittingham. Benthic macroinvertebrate communities of reconstructed freshwater tidal wetlands in the Anacostia River, Washington, DC. |
| 2011 | Thomas B. Huff. Fate and transport of herbicides and their transformation products in the Potomac River basin, Virginia, USA. |
| 2011 | Harold White, Jr. Efficacy of risk-based corrective action (RBCA) for cleaning up fuel releases from leaking federally-regulated underground storage tank systems. |
| 2011 | John Christmas, Jr. A comparative assessment of aquatic invasive species management capacity in Maryland and Virginia. |
| 2011 | Sean Donahoe. Effects of wood harvesting on forest biomass and carbon sequestration in West Virginia. |
| 2011 | Deborah A Kopsick. Predictive factors to explain the export of hazardous waste by parties to the Basel Convention. |
| 2010 | Kristin L. Wolf. The effects of hydrologic connectivity, age-related soil properties, and microtopography on nitrogen dynamics in created wetlands of the Virginia Piedmont. |
| 2010 | Fred Jenkins. A study of the relationship between ecological risk communication and lay public participation in federal rulemaking concerning ecological risks. |
| 2010 | Bonny L. Dodson. Connecting poor occupant respiratory health with the presence of fungi in indoor environments. |
| 2010 | Christine Bozarth. Phylogeography and non-invasive molecular monitoring of coyote (canis latrans) and gray fox (urocyon cinereoargenteus) in Northern Virginia and the eastern United States. |
| 2010 | Haiying Lin. Strategic alliances for environmental improvements. |
| 2010 | Younsung Kim. Responding to climate change: How corporate carbon management initiatives relate to firms’ positions towards mandatory climate regulation. |
| 2009 | Geoffrey M. Cook. A comparative analysis of bacterial communities associated with apparently healthy and diseased corals inhabiting the wider Caribbean region. |
| 2009 | Sarah Johnson. Population Genetics of the Native Rodents of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. |
| 2009 | George N. F. Siaway. Evaluation of the relationship between indoor radon and geology, topography and aeroradioactivity. |
| 2009 | Rafael A. Sanchez. Institutional pressures affecting a firm’s decision to visit United States Environmental Protection Agency Compliance Assistance websites : a study of the organic chemical industry. |
| 2009 | Irina Stoyanova. Theorizing the origins and advancement of indigenous activism: the case of the Russian north. |
| 2009 | Monica S. Hawkins. An assessment of awareness of fish consumption advisories concerning mercury among women of childbearing age. |
| 2009 | Kwame Boakye-Agyei. Fostering civic engagement : stakeholder participation in rural projects in Ghana. |
| 2009 | Jeanne L. Hartzell. The fate of phosphorus along estuarine salinity gradients. |
| 2008 | Eleanora Babij. Geographic variation and ecology of three pantropical seabirds: masked booby (Sula dactylatra), brown booby (Sula leucogaster), and red-footed booby (Sula sula). |
| 2008 | David C. Kersey. Reproductive and adrenal endocrinology of the giant panda (Alluropoda melanoleuca). |
| 2008 | Candice L. A. Dorsey. Investigating ulcerative lesions in captive black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis. |
| 2008 | Odean Serrano. The assemblage of water quality parameters and urban feature parameters, utilizing a geographic information system model for the use of watershed management in the Dardenne Creek Watershed, St. Charles County, Missouri. |
| 2008 | Christopher S. Farabaugh. Assessment of potential relationships between microclimate variables measured within a forest patch and the presence of interior forest birds. |
| 2008 | Joseph A. Smith. The non-breeding ecology of a neotropical migratory songbird : the influence of habitat quality on spatial and social behavior and consequences for individual performance. |
| 2008 | Mary E. Greene. Climate change policy : issue characterization, policy frames and processes, and preferred policy components. |
| 2008 | Jahan Mazhari. Concentration and removal of radon in well water. |
| 2008 | Erwin J. Villiger. Radar and multispectral image fusion options for improved land cover classification. |
| 2008 | Susan A. Heath. Birds in agricultural areas : reducing pesticide risks to birds using a risk assessment analysis. |
| 2007 | Allison M. Clay. The causation of reproductive synchrony in the wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus). |
| 2007 | Peter T. Pesenti. Adaptive response in the halophilic archaea : the role of ionic salt composition, concentration, and temperature on protein expression. |
| 2007 | Muhammad E. Haque. Manganese enhanced functional magnetic resonance imaging of endogenous pancreas and isolated human islets. |
| 2007 | Saleha Husain. Pyrene metabolic pathways, biosurfactants, and siderophores in pseudomonas fluorescens strain 29L. |
| 2007 | Jean-Phillipe Bordelais. Environmental policy development in the Caribbean : Barbados, the Dominican Republic and Guadeloupe. |
| 2007 | Vivian P. Nolan. The relationship between climate variability and wildlife diseases: a retrospective study of avian botulism outbreaks. |
| 2007 | Marci M. Robinson. Paleo-inlet dynamics and the genesis of shelf sand ridges using benthic foraminifera: Old Currituck Inlet, VA/NC Outer Banks. |
| 2007 | E. Terrence Slonecker. Remote sensing investigations of fugitive soil arsenic and its effects on vegetation reflectance. |
| 2007 | Joanna Cornell. Creating environmetal stewardship: evidence from a community-based adult education program. |
| 2007 | Michael Krimmer. Measuring the impacts of traffic flow improvement programs with instrumented vehicles. |
| 2007 | Ryan J. Albert. The influence of past and future urbanization on watershed nitrogen export and hydrology dynamics in two mid-Atlantic watersheds in Fairfax, Virginia. |
| 2007 | Mitchell T. Baer. The emotional response to commuting. |
| 2007 | Joy W. Bauserman. The determination, distribution, and analysis of organic nitrogen compounds in refined fuels from a world-wide survey. |
| 2007 | Kalim U. Shah. Determinants of corporate environmental responsibility in emerging economies: evidence from the oil, gas and chemical sectors of Trinidad and Tobago. |
| 2007 | Fiorella V. Simoni de Cannon. A descriptive spatial analysis of the relationship between geology, aeroradioactivity and incidence of cancer with indoor radon measurements for the state of Virginia. |
| 2007 | Hari B. Dulal. Role of microcredit in rural poverty alleviation: a case study of Grameen Bikas Bank in eastern development region, Nepal. |
| 2006 | Mohamed Habibi. Effects analysis of international cooperation on environmental water policy and quality trends in Moroccco (1972-2002). |
| 2006 | Richard Troast. A study of changes in metabolic profiles in Caenorhabditis elegans cultured in the presence of inorganic lead: determining the bioavailability of lead and the case for a biomarker of environmental lead. |
| 2006 | Todd Tupper. Variables influencing vocalization and breeding effort in the Fowler’s toad, Bufo fowleri, in southern New England, USA. |
| 2006 | Boripat Siriaroonrat. Development of in vitro fertilization for the endangered eld’s deer (Cervus eldi thamin): effects of in vitro maturation, fertilization and culture on developmental competence. |
| 2006 | Alan C. Rush. Quantification and delineation of the nonattainment boundary for fine particulate matter: using geographic information system (GIS), remote sensing data, and in situ monitoring. |
| 2005 | Thomas H. Hollowell. Plant community structure, fire disturbance, and recovery in mangrove swamps of the Waini Peninsula, Guyana. |
| 2005 | Rachel M. Santymire. Optimizing sperm cryopreservation methods for the conservation and management of the endangered black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes. |
| 2005 | Elizabeth W. Freeman. Behavioral and socio-environmental factors associated with ovarian acyclicity in African elephants. |
| 2005 | Nancy N. Kanbar. Analyzing individual behavior in commons dilemmas: a study of collective action in source separation of wastes. |
| 2005 | Joseph W. Witt. Shrub and grassland birds at Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Northern Virginia and the influence burning and mowing has had upon their distribution and abundance. |
| 2005 | Theodor V. Jordan. Genetic analyses of the N60g11 mutation in Drosophila melanogaster. |
| 2005 | Clint B. Smith. Spectral and microspatial effects of altering light intensity on flourescent proteins of Porites furcata : a hard coral from the tropical Western Atlantic. |
| 2005 | William J. Shaughnessy. Ambient levels of respirable particulate matter and health outcomes in a healthy, young-adult population. |
| 2005 | Dianna M. Hogan. The effects of urbanization on wetland ecosytem structure and function: a case study of freshwater riparian wetlands in Fairfax County, Virginia. |
| 2005 | Ellen K. Carson. Composition, population dynamics, and ecology of the anuran community at Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Woodbridge, Virginia. |
| 2005 | Theresa E. Connor. Temperature and food as factors affecting the population ecology of Bosmina longirostris (O.F. Muller, 1785) and Diaphanosoma brachyurum (Lieven, 1848). |
| 2005 | Rebecca Romsdahl. Public participation in federal land management: an examination of the ’chilling effects’ of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972. |
| 2005 | Michael Komelasky. Metal survey of stream sediments in Prince William Forest Park. |
| 2004 | Robin L. Sweeney. Environmental risk decision-making: risk professionals and their use of analytic-deliberative processes. |
| 2004 | Paul I. Lewis. Comparison of the incidence and severity of neurotoxic effects among neurotoxic pesticides and between neurotoxic and other pesticides. |
| 2004 | Judith Buchino. Impact of land use on fecal coliform levels in surface waters of Fairfax County, Virginia. |
| 2004 | Cynthia B. Smith. Distribution and abundance of macroinvertebrate communities in artificial beds of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV). |
| 2004 | Robert W. Kaminski. Immunological and functional characterization of a novel mucosal adjuvant isolated from Shigella SPP. |
| 2004 | Leslie Orzetti. Stream community structure: an analysis of riparian forest buffer restoration in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. |
| 2004 | Tyrus L. Smith. Discourses of environmental justice: a Q study. |
| 2004 | Cassi L. Walls. Sedimentary fatty acids and sterols in the Potomac river. |
| 2004 | Mark T. Strong. An electron microscopy study of the outer pericarp surface of achenes (fruits) of Rhynchospora (Cyperaceae) in the Guianas, South America, bearing on the delimitation of species and sections, and to clarify the taxonomy and distribution of species occurring in the Guianas. |
| 2004 | Tyrone P. Wilson. Agricultural biotechnology and environmental discourse: evaluation of the environmental regulatory framework and policy process for insecticidal transgenic – Bacillus Thuringiensis – corn in the United States, Germany, and Mexico. |
| 2003 | Desiree Di Mauro. The effects of urbanization on butterfly species diversity. |
| 2003 | Michael Brandhagen. Monitoring of the North American river otter (Lontra canadensis) using molecular analysis of scat: a noninvasive technique and its potential application to otter management and conservation. |
| 2003 | Michael W. Slimak. Personal values, beliefs, and ecological risk perception. |
| 2003 | Lou Ellen Brademan. The effect of gender and ecology club or environmental camp participation on ecological orientation, beliefs, attitudes, and behavior: a study of middle and high school students. |
| 2003 | Leila Hamdan. Source, chemical composition and bacterial utilization of dissolved labile organic carbon in the Potomac River estuary. |
| 2003 | Gordon Wilson. Reproductive ecology of the eastern box turtle, Terrapene carolina carolina (Linnaeus, 1758) in an oak pine woodland of the Central Virginia Piedmont. |
| 2003 | Charles Kirby. Benthic macroinvertebrate response to post-development stream hydrology and hydraulics |
| 2003 | Joseph Ivers. Distribution and abundance of fishes relating to artificial aquatic macrophytes in the tidal Potomac River. |
| 2003 | Henrietta Bullinger. Public participation and Chesapeake Bay Watershed restoration policies : mechanisms and development of E-participation. |
| 2003 | Annette P. Hanada. Environment, values, and policy making : a cross cultural study. |
| 2002 | Johanna Weiss. Microbially-mediated iron cycling in the rhizosphere of wetland plants. |
| 2002 | Thomas S. B. Akre. Growth, maturity, and reproduction of the wood turtle, Clemmys insculpta (Le Conte, 1830) in Virginia. |
| 2002 | Marzena Galdzicka. A molecular genetic characterization of Ellis-van Creveld (EvC) syndrome. |
| 2002 | Timothy Brophy. Variation and systematics of the Malayan snail-eating turtle, Malayemys subtrijuga (Schlegel and Müller, 1844). |
| 2002 | Thomas P. Wilson. Microhabitat parameters and spatial ecology of the Spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata): a comparison among populations . |
| 2002 | Thomas E. J. Leuteritz. Distribution, status, and reproductive biology of the radiated tortoise, Geochelone radiata (Shaw, 1802) in southwest Madagascar. |
| 2002 | Kampol Ruchiwit. The ecological dynamics of bacterioplankton and related organic compounds in the Chao Phraya Estaury [sic], Thailand. |
| 2002 | Chulaporn Muniganondh. The Spatial Analysis of Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics of Leaking Petroleum Underground Storage Tanks in Arlington County, Virginia. |
| 2002 | Brenda Pillari-Soheily. Bridging the gap : linking for-profit organizations to the public health initiative of combating antimicrobial resistance. |
| 2001 | Janet Marie Marshall Hughes. The relationship between naturally occurring basic extractable species found in middle distillate fuel and its lubricity. |
| 2001 | Carol A. Pollio. Amphibian community structure and breeding utilization of artificial pools created on an abandoned pyrite mine site in Prince William County, Virginia. |
| 2001 | Paige Brown. Trophic transfer of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the food web of the Anacostia River. |
| 2001 | Robert Shumaker. An examination of numerical competence within the family Hominidae with an emphasis on orang utans (Pongo pygmaeus). |
| 2001 | Saiful Islam. Seasonal dynamics of micro-, nanno-, and picoplankton in the tidal freshwater Potomac River in and around Gunston Cove. |
| 2001 | William Eckel. The secondary lead smelting industry. |
| 2001 | Patrick Dougherty. A dendroecological study of eastern hemlock decline in the Shenandoah National Park . |
| 2001 | Corey McDaniel. Development and application of a regulatory compliance improvement (RCI) approach to environmental remediation operations and maintenance (ERO&M). |
| 2000 | Faisal Al-Hothali. Study of hazardous material transportation in Fairfax County : response of emergency personnel & risk analyses. |
| 2000 | DeEtta Kay Mills. Molecular monitoring of microbial populations during bioremediation of contaminated soils. |
| 2000 | Daniel M. Sklarew. Tidal freshwater Potomac River eutrophication: patterns and relations to climate change, nutrient management and in situ factors. |
| 2000 | James H. Wynne, Jr. Synthetic approaches to 3-alkyl indoles and γ-carbolines. |
| 2000 | James Wilgenbusch. The influence of incubation conditions and hatchling body size on growth and survivorship of the common snapping turtle (Chelydra-serpentina) . |
| 2000 | Jeffrey M. Clayton. Life history aspects of three minnow species of the subgenus Hydrophlox (Pisces: Cyprinidae), Notropis chiliticus, N. chlorocephalus, and N. lutipinnis. |
| 2000 | Kay Frances Marano Briggs. Water chemistry, bacterial abundance and anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria in an estuarine blue hole, Andros Island, the Bahamas. |
| 2000 | Nancy B. Rybicki. Relationships between environmental variables and submerged aquatic vegetation in the Potomac River, 1985-1997. |
| 2000 | Susan Dey Cohen. A comparative population ecology study of the fungal pathogen Discula umbrinella (Syn=Discula quercina), on Quercus alba and Quercus rubra. |
| 1999 | Antoinette L. Pepin. The relative importance of hydrology and substrate in the vegetation dynamics of restored freshwater wetlands. |
| 1999 | Cynthia Warrick. A theory of environmental justice success : when impacted communities are likely to prevail. |
| 1999 | David E. Guggenheim. Management of forest fires to maximize carbon sequestration in the boreal forest of North America. |
| 1999 | Kevin G. Garrahan. Factors affecting community response to toxic waste cleanups. |
| 1999 | Laura Graham. Studies on the use of oral melatonin to control ovarian follicular activity in the domestic cat. |
| 1999 | Louis Nieves. Ecological study of the freshwater stream fishes of the Upper Mameyes River (Bisley) in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico. |
| 1999 | Malcolm M. Bliss. Reengineering the Superfund remedy selection process. |
| 1999 | Subhashini Karra. Liposome initiated immune amplification to reduce the severity of bacterial infection. |
| 1999 | Susan Norton. Using biological monitoring data to distinguish among types of stress in streams of the Eastern Corn Belt Plains ecoregion. |
| 1999 | Timothy P. Boucher. Population, growth and thermal ecology of the eastern box turtle, Terrapene carolina carolina (L.), in Fairfax County, Virginia. |
| 1998 | Carla J. Dove. Microscopic variation in downy feather characters of Charadriiformes (Aves) : a descriptive and phylogenetic analysis. |
| 1998 | Danny C. Lazenby. Environmental and health indicators : a new role for the animal disposition reporting system. |
| 1998 | Josephine R. Axt. Phosphorous retention and distribution in non-tidal palustrine forested wetlands and adjacent uplands of Virginia. |
| 1998 | Paul Merolla. Evaluation of the effects of water table fluctuations on soil radon gas emanations. |
| 1998 | Rebecca B. Wright. The effects of experimental and natural flooding on the distribution and availability of soil phosphorus in a southeastern floodplain forest. |
| 1998 | Stephen C. Whitfield. The public side of the nuclear waste issue : risk perception and value orientations. |
| 1997 | Arlene K. Darke. The effects of artificial flooding and seasonal hydroperiod variation on aluminum and iron crystallinity and phosphorus sorption capacity in a forested floodplain. |
| 1997 | Catherine J. Morrow. Studies on the reproductive biology of the female scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah). |
| 1997 | Charles C. Chusuei. X-ray photoelectron (XPS) and mass spectral (MS) studies of N,N’-disalicylidene 1,2-propanediamine (MDA on oxidized and oxide-free 304 stainless steel (304SS) surfaces. |
| 1997 | Gunnar G. Lauenstein. Temporal trends of trace element and organic contaminants in the conterminous coastal and estuarine United States, 1965-1993. |
| 1997 | JoAnn M. Schrass. The purification of a coal solubilizing agent from Trametes versicolor. |
| 1997 | Judith Ann Okay. Polygonum perfoliatum : a study of biological and ecological features leading to the formation of a management policy. |
| 1997 | Julie Mann Edge. Riverine wetland function and human-induced ecological disturbance : a watershed perspective. |
| 1997 | Linda S. Gayle. Evaluation of the restoration success of a riparian forested wetland in Virginia. |
| 1996 | Edward W. Odenkirchen. Trends in lead concentrations of roadside media. |
| 1996 | Jennifer H. Allen. Institutions, culture, and the role of scientific information in wetland policy development : a comparative study of the United States and Canada. |
| 1996 | John E. Anderson. Spectral measurements and detection of acid mine drainage precipitates and their relationship to water quality parameters at Contrary Creek, Mineral, Virginia. |
| 1996 | Kirk J. Havens. The formation of hypertrophied lenticels, adventitious water roots and an oxidized rhizosphere by Acer rubrum seedlings over time in three different hydrologic regimes. |
| 1996 | Susan Youngren. Policy implications of the use of a process to describe the uncertainty in quantitative risk assessment. |
| 1996 | Thomas C. Wood. Functionality of domestic cat ooctyes [sic] matured, fertilized and cultured as embryos in vitro. |
| 1995 | Delma Bratvold. Methodological development and distribution analysis of flagellate grazing on fluorescently labeled bacteria. |
| 1995 | Janet C. Remmers. The relationship between dioxin levels in fish or human tissues and the locations of environmental point sources. |
| 1995 | Janet M. Ruth. Effects of vegetative structure and surrounding land-uses on avian communities in the floodplain forests of Maryland. |
| 1995 | Jose V. Lopez. Molecular evolution of Numt, a recent transfer and tandem amplification of mitochondrial DNA into the nuclear genome of the domestic cat (Felis catus). |
| 1995 | Lisa G. Bates. Species indentification [sic] of sipunculan larvae by analyses of RAPD DNA polymorphisms. |
| 1995 | Roy S. Jacobson. Modeling functional properties of constructed wetlands for treating acid mine drainage. |
| 1994 | Chun Hong. Changes in serotin and dopamine across the life span of Aplysia californica. |
| 1994 | Ellie Azizsoltani. An investigation of the mechanism(s) in silicone breast implant-associated inflammation. |
| 1994 | James F. Coles. The effects of temperature and light on the four species of phytoplankton from the tidal freshwater Potomac River. |
| 1994 | Janis C. Kurtz. Structural and functional effects observed in sulfate reducing bacterial communities responding to perturbation. |
| 1994 | Jerome M. Blondell. Relationship between pesticide toxicity and poisoning occurrence in children five and under in the United States. |
| 1994 | Malcolm S. Field. Radon concentrations and their use in estimating fissure porosities and recharge areas in the karst aquifers of Walkersville, Maryland. |
| 1994 | Marta A. Bittner. The effect of dissolved natural organics on the chronic toxicity of cadmium to Mysidopsis bahia molenock (Crustacea: Mysidacea). |
| 1994 | Paul L. Knechtges. A knowledge-based system for assessing occupational exposures. |
| 1994 | Stephen J. Zylstra. Community structure indicators for monitoring tidal freshwater marsh systems on the Potomac River, Virginia. |
| 1994 | Timothy G. Standish. Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) as a tool for strain identification and systematic analysis of the nematode genus Caenorhabditis. |
| 1993 | Claudia Hamblin-Katnik. USEPA Water Quality Criteria for copper : I. Exceedence of criteria in freshwater streams ; II. Influence of dissolved organic matter on toxicity. |
| 1993 | James W. Wright. Effects of fish predation on macroinvertebrate community structure. |
| 1993 | Steven L. Monfort. Endocrine control of testis function in the endangered Eld’s deer (Cervus eldi thamin). |
| 1992 | Thalia Loukidou-Kafatou. Diurnal simulation models of weather data for improved predictions of global climate changes. |
| 1991 | Jolanda N. Janczewski. An assessment of potential contamination, exposure, and policy relating to large-scale production and purification of HIV-1. |
| 1990 | Barry R. Flamm. Silvicultural effects on biological diversity in the George Washington National Forest. |
| 1990 | Candy Coogan Bartoldus. Revegetation and production in a constructed freshwater tidal marsh. |
| 1990 | Leslie W. Touart. Effects of selected insect growth regulators on ecdysteroid titers in the grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio. |
| 1990 | Linda J. Phillips. A regional assessment of toxics exposure in the United States. |
| 1990 | Robert F. Shepanek. Application of relational database theory and techniques in support of the analysis of selected trophic relationships in Chesapeake Bay. |
| 1988 | Jackson D. Harper. Effects of summer storms on the phytoplankton of a tidal Potomac River embayment. |
| 1988 | Larry J. Puckett. Biological, chemical, and physical factors controlling the chemistry of throughfall precipitation. |