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Year	Candidate Name, Dissertation Title
2021	Layne E. Bolen. Ecosystem-Condition Evaluation of the Complex, Critically-Endangered Pine Rockland Ecosystem: Indicators, Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs), and an Emphasis on Herbaceous Ground Cover Diversity.
2021	Kristyn DeMarco. Quantifying Mixing at Various Temporal Scales and its Effect on Phytoplankton Development in a Small Suburban Reservoir.
2021	Sujata "Suzee" Poudel. Phenology and Water Quality Impacts of an invasive Water Chestnut (Trapa bispinosaRoxb.var iinumai Nakano) in Northern Virginia, USA, and evaluation of Early Detection/Rapid Response (EDRR) practices in its control.
2021	Deborah Shaffer. Population Genetic Structure of the Red-Spotted Newt (Notophthalmus Viridescens) in Virginia.
2021	Vera Solovyeva. Climate Change In Oymyakon: Perceptions, Responses And How Local Knowledge May Inform Policy.
2020	Rupalben Mangukiya. The Relationship Between Economic and Non-Economic Aspects Of Sustainable Development At Sub-National Scales Within The United States Of America.
2020	Derric Tay. Evaluating the Forest Protection Benefits of Costa Rica's Payment for Environmental Services Program.
2020	Ken Sandler. The Impact of Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Program on Proposed New Coal-Fired Power Plants at the Turn of the 21st Century.
2020	Peter Jacobs. Interrogating Late Cenozoic Proxy-Model Agreement Through Novel Climate and Ecological Model Simulations.
2020	Brian Griffiths. Assessing the Drivers and Implications of Hunting Pressure in An Indigenous Amazonian Community.
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.