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GPMB Student Profiles 2011-2012


Student Thesis Topic Major Advisor
Carly Altizer Community Structure of Demersal Temperate Reef Fish at Artificial and Natural Reefs in South Carolina as a Function of Reef Age and Season Joey Ballenger
Melissa Bernhard    
Vanessa Bezy Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) Embryo Mortality as a Function of the Nest Microbial Community at Ostional, Costa Rica
Craig Plante
Catherine Bridges Characterization of the Red Fluorescence Associated with the Tissue Pigmentation Response (TPR) Observed in Cultured Porites lobata Sylvia Galloway
David Coles Scuba and Video Documentation of Fish Spawning at Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary Marcel Reichert
Callie Crawford Linking Molecular and Morphological Relationships in the Chondrichthyan Tree of Life Gavin Naylor
Hannah Day A Mark-Recapture Study of the Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina David Owens
Alyssa Demko   Erik Sotka
Becca Derex The Role of Hydrogen Sulfide as a Signaling Molecule in the Hypoxia Response of Callinectes sapidus, the Atlantic Blue Crab Karen Burnett
Sarah Doty Diet Composition and Repopulation Rates of Lionfish on South Carolina Artificial Reefs Gorka Sancho
Liz Duermit    
Kelly Fridey    
Courtney Gerstenmaier   Erik Sotka
Zaida Hager    
Whitney Hook Antagonistic Interactions among Bacterial Populations of Marine Intertidal Sediments Craig Plante
Sharleen Johnson   Tanya Darden
Amanda Kelly Life history trends of gray triggerfish Balistes capriscus in the South Atlantic Bight Virginia Shervette
Nicole Kollars The Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences of an Association Between the Invasive Seaweed Gracilaria vermiculophylla and the Native Polychaete Diopatra cuprea Erik Sotka
Jackie Leidig Genetic Population Structure of Black Drum, Pogonias cromis, in U.S. Waters and Life History in South Carolina Virginia Shervette
Adam Lytton Use of Bomb Radiocarbon in Age Validation on the North Atlantic Population of Polyprion americanus, Including Re-calculation of Natural Mortality Estimates from Life History Parameters Marcel Reichert
Dominique Maldonado   Dianne Greenfield
Andrea Margiotta    
Weatherly Meadors Distribution and Health Assessment of Red Drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, Exhibiting External Lesions Within South Carolina Estuaries Isaure de Buron
Megan Meek    
Tamara Morris    
Bec Mortensen Development of a Novel Genetic Tool for Rapid Identification of Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) Eggs Dianne Greenfield
Michelle Reed The Influence of Macronutrient Form on Spatial and Seasonal Variability of Phytoplankton Community Composition in Coastal South Carolina Waters Dianne Greenfield
Nicole Schanke    
Ashley Shaw Dietary Niche Overlap of an Estuarine Predatory Fish Community in South Carolina Gorka Sancho
Jason Smith Effects of Irradiance Levels on the Expression of Ice-Binding Proteins in the Sea-Ice Diatom, Fragilariopsis cylindrus Mike Janech
Sammi Smoot Antimicrobial Activity of Molluscan Egg Masses in the San Juan Islands, WA Bob Podolsky
Meredith Smylie Mercury Bioaccumulation in the Longnose Gar (Lepisosteus osseus): A Model Species for Examining Patterns of Hg Uptake Along a Salinity Gradient Virginia Shervette
Jessica Snyder    
Sarah Song The Effects of a Sub-Lethal Injection of the Bacterium Vibrio campbelli on Metabolism in the Penaeid Shrimps Litopenaeus setiferus and Litopenaeus vannamei During Sustained Exercise Lou Burnett
Anna Tommerdahl Aerobic Capacity and Metabolic Costs Associated with Chronic Hypoxia and Hypercapnic Hypoxia Exposure in Pacific Whiteleg Shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei Lou Burnett
A.J. Turner   Peter Etnoyer
Jason Wang    
Hope Wertz   John Weinstein
Leslie Wickes Growth, Distribution and Skeletal Structure of Deep-Water Constructional Scleractinia Under 'Acidified' Conditions in the Southern California Bight Peter Etnoyer