GPMB Student Profiles 2008-2009
| Student | Thesis Topic | Major Advisor |
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| Jesse Alderson jesse.e.alderson@gmail.com |
Regional and Temporal Distributions of Injured Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) In the Southeastern United States | 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 |
| Jenn Bennett bennee21@hotmail.com |
The Effects of Light and Iron on Antarctic Diatom Growth Rates and Physiology | Jack DiTullio |
| 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 |
| Tessa Bricker brickte@earlham.edu |
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| Elizabeth Broyles elizbroyles@gmail.com |
David Owens | |
| Samantha Bryant sambryant.sc@gmail.com |
Isaure de Buron | |
| Kathleen
Clancy keclancy@edisto.cofc.edu |
Loren Coen | |
| Jonathan Craft craftjd@gmail.com |
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 | Marcel Reichert |
| Adair
Dempsey amdempse@edisto.cofc.edu |
Localization of facilitated urea transporters in the kidney of the euryhaline elasmobranch, Dasyatis sabina | Wayne Fitzgibbon |
| Ashley Duquette amd82886@gmail.com |
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| Peter Feltman peterfeltman@gmail.com |
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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 |
| Jennifer
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 |
Population dynamics of adult red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) in offshore waters of South Carolina | Marcel Reichert |
| Hannah Giddens hbgiddens23@yahoo.com |
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| Melanie Hedgespeth mlhedges@edisto.cofc.edu |
Ed Wirth | |
| 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 |
| Chris Johns cdjohns@edisto.cofc.edu |
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| Nat Johnson ngjohnso@edisto.cofc.edu |
Karen Burnett | |
| Ryan Joyce ryanj427@hotmail.com |
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| Suzie
Kacenas sklunsfo@edisto.cofc.edu |
Investigating Reproductive Plasticity in Three Populations of an Intertidal Mollusc | Bob Podolsky |
| Meggie Kent meg.r.kent@gmail.com |
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 |
Identifying spawning habitat of cobia, Rachycentron canadum, in Port Royal Sound and St. Helena Sound, South Carolina | Mike Denson |
| 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 | |
| Lindsey Parent lparent618@yahoo.com |
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| Joe Pollock joepwv@gmail.com |
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 |
Transcriptional Profile of the Penaeid Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei to Hypoxia and Hypercapnic Hypoxia | Karen Burnett |
| Rachel Rein reinr@mercury.hendrix.edu |
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| 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 |
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| Ray
Simpson P51MustNB@aol.com |
Comments on the genus Bregmaceros, with the description of Bregmaceros sp.5 | Tony Harold |
| Mark Stratton stratton.ma@gmail.com |
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 |
| Drew Wham fcwham@edisto.cofc.edu |
Phil Dustan | |
| Jacquelyn
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 |