GPMB Student Profiles 2007-2008
| Student | Thesis Topic | Major Advisor |
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| Jesse Alderson jesseca20@gmail.com |
David Owens | |
| Courtney
Arthur cdarth@gmail.com |
Mercury contamination along the eastern coast of the US: Assessment of the diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin, as a sentinel species | David Owens |
| Tom
Baird t_d_baird@yahoo.com |
Toxicity of selected conazole fungicides to the halotolerant chlorophyte Dunaliella tertiolecta: Sublethal effects on osmoregulatory function and lipid composition | Marie DeLorenzo |
| Jenn Bennett bennee21@hotmail.com |
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| Carole
Berini carole_berini@yahoo.fr |
Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogia breviceps, De Blainville 1838) Strandings along the Southeastern Coast of the United States: Geographic Information System-based Analysis of Correlation with Environmental Factors | Laura Kracker |
| Elizabeth Broyles eabroyle@coastal.edu |
David Owens | |
| Samantha Bryant sajenkin@svsu.edu |
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| Kathleen
Clancy keclancy@edisto.cofc.edu |
Loren Coen | |
| Jonathan Craft craftjd@gmail.com |
Erik Sotka | |
| Beth
Cushman elcushma@yahoo.com |
Population Structure of the Gag Mycteroperca microlepis (Goode and Bean) in the Southeastern United States With Reflections on Statistical Analysis in a High Gene Flow Species | Erik Sotka |
| Bryan
Danson bryan.danson@gmail.com |
Contribution of some reef fish species on artificial reefs to the potential annual fecundity of populations in the southeastern United States | Pat Harris |
| Adair
Dempsey amdempse@edisto.cofc.edu |
Localization of facilitated urea transporters in the kidney of the euryhaline elasmobranch, Dasyatis sabina | Wayne Fitzgibbon |
| 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 |
| Jennifer
Fountain jenfoun10@gmail.com |
Determining Impact of Stocked Striped Bass, Morone saxatilis, in the Ashley River, South Carolina, using Microsatellite Analysis | Mike Denson |
| Claudia
Friess elasmophile82@yahoo.com |
Life History and Population Structure of Beryx decadactylus (Berycidae) in the Western North Atlantic Ocean | George Sedberry |
| Joy
Gerhard joygerhard@gmail.com |
Population dynamics of adult red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) in offshore waters of South Carolina | Marcel Reichert |
| Anna
Greene akg317@yahoo.com |
Characterization of the Communities of Macrofaunal Organisms Associated with the Invertebrate Epifauna of Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary | Jeff Hyland |
| Melanie Hedgespeth mlhedges@edisto.cofc.edu |
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| Eric
Hiltz erhiltz370@hotmail.com |
Assessment of the Flounder (Paralichthys spp.) Gigging Fishery in South Carolina | Marcel Reichert |
| Jessalyn
Ierardi jessalyn.ierardi@gmail.com |
Quantitative Expression of Target Immune and Stress Response Genes within the Skin and Kidney Cell Line of the North Atlantic Right Whale, Eubalaena glacialis: A Microarray Approach for Health Assessment | Greg Warr |
| Nat Johnson ngjohnso@edisto.cofc.edu |
Karen Burnett | |
| Sara
Jones sejones2@edisto.cofc.edu |
Changes in the food web structures in tidal creeks across a range of levels of impervious cover of tidal creek watersheds | Guy DiDonato |
| Meggie Kent kentmr@eckerd.edu |
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| Allie Kreutzer allie.kreutzer@gmail.com |
Virginia Shervette | |
| Luis
Leandro lfleandr@edisto.cofc.edu |
Accessing the exposure of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis), to the neurotoxin Domoic Acid | Greg Doucette |
| Lyndsey
Lefebvre l.s.lefebvre@gmail.com |
Identifying spawning habitat of cobia, Rachycentron canadum, in Port Royal Sound and St. Helena Sound, South Carolina | Mike Denson |
| Ammon
Lesher ammonlesher@hotmail.com |
An Analysis of Larval Dispersal and Retention within the South Atlantic Bight using Satellite-Tracked Drifters Released on Reef Fish Spawning Grounds | George Sedberry |
| Suzie
Lunsford sklunsfo@edisto.cofc.edu |
Investigating Reproductive Plasticity in Three Populations of an Intertidal Mollusc | Bob Podolsky |
| Amanda
McCarty amandatmccarty@yahoo.com |
Ecology and Phylogeography of Feeding Preference of the Marine Herbivore, Ampithoe longimana | Erik Sotka |
| 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 |
| Juliana
Miller juliana.r.miller@gmail.com |
Effects of Environmental Stress on Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) in Zooxanthellae | Jack DiTullio |
| Steven
O'Connell oconnell.steven@gmail.com |
Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Perfluorinated Substances in Two Long-Lived Marine Species: Loggerhead Sea Turtles, Caretta caretta, and Beluga Whales, Delphinapterus leuca | Jennifer Keller |
| Katie Olds ktolds@gmail.com |
Phil Dustan | |
| Joe Pollock joepwv@gmail.com |
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| Jared Ragland jaredragland@gmail.com |
Jennifer Keller | |
| Kolo
Rathburn Kolo_Rathburn@hotmail.com |
Karen Burnett | |
| Katie Reiss Sharksrule2007@aol.com |
John Kucklick | |
| Jamie
Rudisill jrrudisi@edisto.cofc.edu |
Effect of Increased CO2 on Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) Lyase Activity in the Coccolithophorid Emiliania huxleyi | Jack DiTullio |
| Claire
Samaha csamaha@gmail.com |
The Effect of Temperature on the Vertical Movement and Swimming Behavior of Larval Southern Flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma) and Implications for Inshore Migration | Marcel Reichert |
| Ray
Simpson P51MustNB@aol.com |
Comments on the genus Bregmaceros, with the description of Bregmaceros sp.5 | Tony Harold |
| Nora
Sturgeon sturgeonfish52@gmail.com |
Behavior of Bottlenose Dolphins Tursiops truncatus around blue crab pots near Charleston, South Carolina | David Owens |
| Lindy
Thibodeaux lindy.thibodeaux@gmail.com |
Respiration and Energy Metabolism During Exercise in Callinectes sapidus, the Atlantic Blue Crab: Effects of the Bacterial Pathogen Vibrio campbellii | Lou Burnett |
| Chuck Tucker chuktuk@gmail.com |
Marcel Reichert | |
| Artur
Veloso abveloso@gmail.com |
The Genomic Response of Two Strains of the Pacific White Shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei Boone 1931), Different in their Resistance to Taura Syndrome Virus, to Infection with Taura Syndrome Virus and Yellow Head Virus | Bob Chapman |
| Travis
Washburn twwashbu@edisto.cofc.edu |
The Effects of Human Development on Macrobenthic Communities in Tidal Creeks of the Southeastern United States, and the Spatial Distribution of the Oligochaete Monopylephorus rubroniveus | Denise Sanger |
| Drew Wham fcwham@edisto.cofc.edu |
Phil Dustan | |
| Kim
Wieber wieberki@msu.edu |
Habitat Associations of Demersal Fishes on the Charleston Bump and Adjacent Blake Plateau | George Sedberry |
| Jacquelyn
Wilkie jacmwilkie@yahoo.com |
Characterization of the surf zone macrofauna at Folly Beach, South Carolina | Tony Harold |
| Heidi
Williams heidrwilliams@gmail.com |
The Immune Response of the Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica: Effects of Cadmium and the Localization and Bacteriostasis of Introduced Vibrio | Karen Burnett |
| Tucker
Williamson twilliamson@mail.une.edu |
Molecular ecology of the barnacle Megabalanus coccopoma over its introduced range in the southeastern U.S. | John Zardus |
| Ginger
Winder gingwinder@hotmail.com |
Fluoxetine in the Marine Environment: Effects on Sheepshead Minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus) Locomotor and Reproductive Behavior | Ed Wirth |
| Gabe
Ziskin glzisk@gmail.com |
Age, growth and reproduction of speckled hind, Epinephelus drummondhayi, off the Atlantic coast of the southeastern United States | Pat Harris |
| Marcus
Zokan mzokan@yahoo.com |
The Life History of Morays (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) off the Southeastern Atlantic Coast of the United States | George Sedberry |