GPMB Student Profiles 2009-2010
| Student | Thesis Topic | Major Advisor |
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| Jesse Alderson jesse.e.alderson@gmail.com |
Characterization of Injuries and Health of Injured Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) In Coastal Waters of the Southeastern U.S. | David Owens |
| Courtney
Arthur cdarth@gmail.com |
Mercury contamination along the eastern coast of the United States: Assessment of the diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin, as an indicator species | David Owens |
| Walter Blair waltermblair@gmail.com |
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| Tessa Bricker trbricke@edisto.cofc.edu |
The effects of sediment grain size and shell content on the burrowing rate of the surf clam, Donax variabilis | Derk Bergquist |
| Elizabeth Broyles elizbroyles@gmail.com |
Diamondback Terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) of the Ashley River: Estimated Population Size, Sex Ratios, and Distribution | David Owens |
| Samantha Bryant sambryant.sc@gmail.com |
Tom Greig | |
| Paul Cosmann paulcosmann@gmail.com |
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| Jonathan Craft craftjd@gmail.com |
A Coevolutionary Arms-Race Among Coral Reef Herbivores and Their Seaweed Prey: Are Tropical Urchins More Tolerant of Lipophilic Secondary Metabolites Than Temperate Urchins? | Erik Sotka |
| Bryan
Danson bryan.danson@gmail.com |
Estimating Reef Fish Reproductive Productivity on Artificial and Natural Reefs Off the Southeastern Atlantic Coast | Marcel Reichert |
| Casey Darling darlingcl@gmail.com |
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| Adair
Dempsey amdempse@edisto.cofc.edu |
The Effect of Salinity on Membrane Transport Proteins in the Kidney of a Euryhaline Elasmobranch (Dasyatis sabina) | Wayne Fitzgibbon |
| Cameron Doll ragnarok21386@hotmail.com |
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| Ashley Duquette amd82886@gmail.com |
A Quantitative Assessment of Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, Interactions With Crab Pots as Means of Understanding Methods of Entanglement With Fishing Gear | Laura Kracker |
| Pete Feltman peterfeltman@gmail.com |
Fran Van Dolah |
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| Daniel Fernandes daoriaf@hotmail.com |
Bob Podolsky | |
| Jason
Ferrante jaferran@edisto.cofc.edu |
Discovery of Plasma Protein Biomarkers as Indicators of Domoic Acid Exposure in California Sea Lions (Zelophus californianus) | Mike Janech |
| Jen
Fountain jenfoun10@gmail.com |
Determining Impact of Stocked Striped Bass, Morone saxatilis, in the Ashley River, South Carolina, using Microsatellite Analysis | Mike Denson |
| Joy
Gerhard joygerhard@gmail.com |
Recruitment of stocked juvenile red drum to the adult population in South Carolina | Marcel Reichert |
| Lindsay Glade lindsayglade@gmail.com |
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| Melanie Hedgespeth mlhedges@edisto.cofc.edu |
Ed Wirth | |
| Whitney Hook wfhook@coastal.edu |
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| Chris Johns cdjohns@edisto.cofc.edu |
Partitioning the Genetic and Environmental Influences on Gene Expression in the Robust Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica, From Three Locations in Mississippi | Bob Chapman |
| Nat Johnson ngjohnso@edisto.cofc.edu |
Characterization of the bacterial properties that impair respiratory function in the Atlantic blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun | Karen Burnett |
| Ryan Joyce ryanj427@gmail.com |
Nekton abundance, diversity and site fidelity of novel oyster reef restoration substrate (oyster "castles") deployed intertidally at three sites around Jeremy Island, South Carolina | Marcel Reichert |
| Jacob Kendrick jacobkendrick@gmail.com |
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| Meggie Kent meg.r.kent@gmail.com |
Isolating the Contribution of Microbial Biofloc to Litopenaeus vannamei Growth: How Do Heterotrophic Floc and Microbial Classes Representative of Photoautotrophic Floc Affect Growth When Provided as Dietary Supplements? | John Leffler |
| Allie Kreutzer allie.kreutzer@gmail.com |
The role of abandoned crab traps in oyster reef restoration | Virginia Shervette |
| Lyndsey
Lefebvre l.s.lefebvre@gmail.com |
Inshore Spawning of Cobia, Rachycentron canadum, in South Carolina | Mike Denson |
| Anna Manyak amanyak312@gmail.com |
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| Amanda
McLenon amandamclenon@gmail.com |
Identification of enzymes responsible for methionine production and subsequent Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) biosynthesis in a Clade F1 Symbiodinium sp. isolated from Scleractinian coral (Montipora verrucose) | Jack DiTullio |
| Katie Olds ktolds@gmail.com |
Substrate Composition, Vitality, and Fish Diversity on Sagharughombe Reef, Solomon Island Between 2000 and 2008 | Phil Dustan |
| Lindsey Parent lparent618@yahoo.com |
The Effects of a Synthetic Pyrethroid Pesticide on Two Estuarine Fish Species | Marie DeLorenzo |
| Joe Pollock joepwv@gmail.com |
Phylogeography of the Coral Pathogen Vibrio corallilyticus and the Development of a QPCR-Based Diagnostic Assay for its Detection | Pam Morris |
| Jared Ragland jaredragland@gmail.com |
Correlation of Endocrine Function to Concentrations of Organohalogen Toxicants and the Hydroxylated Metabolites of PBDEs and PCBs in the Plasma of Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) Along the Southeastern Coast of the United States | Jennifer Keller |
| Kolo
Rathburn Kolo_Rathburn@hotmail.com |
Molecular Physiology and Stress Responses of the Pacific Whiteleg Shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei: Impacts of Hypoxia and Hypercapnic Hypoxia | Karen Burnett |
| Rachel Rein reinr@mercury.hendrix.edu |
Isaure de Buron | |
| Katie Reiss Sharksrule2007@aol.com |
Assessment of OH-PBDEs and OH-PCBs in the Blood Plasma and their potential effects on the thyroid gland of Bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo) and Finetooth (Carcharhinus isodon) Sharks in Estuaries around South Carolina | John Kucklick |
| David Shiffman David.Shiffman@gmail.com |
Stable Isotope Analysis of the Sandbar Shark (Carcharinus plumbeus): A non-invasive method for comparison of diet and trophic relationships between genders, locations, and age classes | Gorka Sancho |
| Ray
Simpson P51MustNB@aol.com |
Comments on the genus Bregmaceros, with the description of Bregmaceros sp.5 | Tony Harold |
| Sammi Smoot scsmoot@gmail.com |
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| Jenn Stavovy juniper.stavovy@gmail.com |
The Effects of Light and Iron on Antarctic Diatom Growth Rates and Physiology | Jack DiTullio |
| Kristin Stover stokris@gmail.com |
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| Mark Stratton stratton.ma@gmail.com |
Community and trophic structure analysis of the snapper grouper complex off the southeastern U.S. Atlantic coast | Marcel Reichert |
| Nora
Sturgeon sturgeonfish52@gmail.com |
Behavior of Bottlenose Dolphins Tursiops truncatus around blue crab pots near Charleston, South Carolina | David Owens |
| Chuck Tucker chuktuk@gmail.com |
Spawning in the southern and gulf flounders (Paralichthys lethostigma and P. albigutta) off the South Carolina coast | Marcel Reichert |
| Sarah Vied sarah.vied@wku.edu |
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| Annya Walker amwalker@edisto.cofc.edu |
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| Drew Wham fcwham@edisto.cofc.edu |
The Effect of Land Based Pollution on Coral Associated Bacteria Community Structure | Phil Dustan |
| Jackie
Wilkie jacmwilkie@yahoo.com |
Characterization of the surf zone macrofauna at Folly Beach, South Carolina | Tony Harold |
| Tucker
Williamson twilliamson@mail.une.edu |
Molecular ecology of the barnacle Megabalanus coccopoma over its introduced range in the southeastern U.S. | John Zardus |
| Jena Wirth jrwirth@gmail.com |