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Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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Genetic Diversity of the Pathogen Streptococcus parauberis Isolated from Bovine and Piscine Hosts, Stephen Douglas Cole

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Searching for the Seed Plant Ethylene Pathway in a Basal Plant Lineage: A Genomic Approach, Ashley R. DeCarme

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SUMO-Dependent Substrate Targeting of the SUMO Protease Ulp1, Zachary Cole Elmore

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An Investigation of the Polymorphic arsS Gene of Helicobacter pylori, Daniel Ross Hallinger

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Behavioral and Mechanical Particle Selectivity in a Suspension-Feeding Detritivorous Fish, Matthew Kyle Heidman

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The Effects of Methylmercury on Corticosterone and Thyroid Hormones in a Breeding Songbird Model Organism, Sarah Ross Lemelin

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The Influence of Golf Course Landscapes on the Occupancy and Reproductive Success of Eastern Bluebirds, Marie Louise Pitts

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The SUMO-Targeted Ubiquitin Ligase Subunit Slx5 Functional Interacts with the SUMO E3 Ligase Siz1, Jason William Westerbeck

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Mate-Guarding in the Australian Zebra Finch, Taeniopygia guttata: for Males, Protecting Paternity is More Important Than Extra-Pair Copulations, Leah Catherine Wilson

Theses/Dissertations from 2010

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Flow Cytometric Analyses on the Activation, Proliferation, and Differentiation State of B Cells in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), Maggie Jeanne Barr

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The Lateral Extent and Spatial Variation of Mercury Exposure in Birds and their Prey Near a Polluted River, Mikaela Gioia Selene Howie

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Survival in an Urbanized Landscape: Radio-Tracking Fledgling Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis) on Golf Courses, Allyson Kathleen Jackson

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Assessing the Functional Status of Created Wetlands in Eastern Virginia Via a Soil and Vegetative Developmental Trajectory, Sara Elizabeth Kreisel

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In Vitro Application of Gold Nanoprobes in Live Neurons for Phenotypical Classification, Connectivity Assessment, and Electrophysiological Recording, Karl C. Mendoza

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The Pax-5 Gene is Alternatively Spliced in Trout B Cells, Raaj Mahendra Talauliker

Theses/Dissertations from 2009

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Targeting the Sodium Iodide Symporter for in Vivo Detection and Characterization of Mammary Tumors in the Murine Model using a Novel Gamma Camera, Randall Eric Blue

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Evolutionary Analysis of the Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase 67 Immediate Upstream Region in African Clawed Frogs, Jonathan Lomax Boyd

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Songbirds, Pesticides, and Golf Courses: Exposure and Effects, Ryan Brennan Burdge

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Using an Occupancy Modeling Framework to Test the Effects of Habitat Variables on Pond Occupancy of Mabee's Salamander (A mabeei) and Marbled Salamander (A opacum), Christy Michelle Fairman

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Water Quality in Headwater Streams: A Test of Best Management Practices, Jonathan Worth Holley

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Female Plumage Coloration in Eastern Bluebirds, Sialia sialis: Is it a Sexually Selected Trait?, Joanna Kay Hubbard

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Mud and Mucus: Feeding Selectivity in a Suspension-Feeding Detritivorous Fish, Marie Louise Lammons

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Prey Utilization and Energy Demand of a Breeding Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) Population, Elizabeth Claire Long

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Previous Experience Shapes Mate Preferences of Female Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata), Kelly Caroline Minton

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Mortality of Diamondback Terrapins in Blue Crab Traps: Population Changes and Conservation in Southeastern Virginia, Megan Ann Rook

Theses/Dissertations from 2008

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Mercury Levels in Newly Independent Songbirds, Anne Moire Condon

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Broad Spatial Trends in Osprey Provisioning, Reproductive Success, and Population Growth Within Lower Chesapeake Bay, Kenneth andrew Glass

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Nuclear Export of the Thyroid Hormone Receptor [Alpha], Matthew Edward Grespin

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Interactions between Feather-Degrading Bacteria and Feather Coloration, Alexander Rahn Gunderson

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Effects of Urban Development on Breeding Bird Diversity: The Role of Diet and Migration, Elise Anne Larsen

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Analysis of Sequence Variation at Two Helicobacter pylori Genetic Loci Potentially involved in Virulence, George Warren Liechti

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Nucleocytoplasmic Shuttling of the Thyroid Hormone Receptor, Vincent R. Roggero

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Status, Distribution and Reproductive Rates of American Oystercatchers in Virginia, Alexandra Lee Wilke

Theses/Dissertations from 2007

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The Effects of Mercury on the Nesting Success and Return Rate of Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor), Rebecka L. Brasso

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Inactive Sulfide Mounds of the Manus Basin: Invertebrate Composition and Potential for a Chemoautotrophic Food Web, Kristin Lynn Erickson

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Mercury Exposure in Terrestrial Insectivorous Birds, Scott Lawrence Friedman

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Repeatability of Mate Preferences and Mate-Choice Copying in Female Zebra Finches, Amanda Karen Houck

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Effects of Mercury on Condition and Coloration of Belted Kingfishers, Ariel Elizabeth White

Theses/Dissertations from 2006

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Community Structure and Biogeography of Mussel Bed Communities at Pacific Hydrothermal Vents: Lau and North Fiji Back-Arc Basins, 32° S---East Pacific Rise, and 38° S---Pacific Antarctic Ridge, Elizabeth Anne Blake

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The Influence of Predation on the Nesting Ecology of Diamondback Terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) in the Lower Chesapeake Bay, Victoria Ann Ruzicka

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Particle Retention in Suspension-Feeding Fish: Kinematics, Oral Flow Speed, and Particle Retention during Tilapia Suspension Feeding with Gill Rakers Intact vs Removed, Jennifer Claire Smith

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Variation in Egg Size and Number in Drosophila subobscura, Minyoung Janet Yi

Theses/Dissertations from 2005

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The Effects of Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide on the Neurons of the Preoptic Anterior Hypothalamus: A Mechanism of a Hot Flash, Daniel Cameron Braasch

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Kinematics and Fluid Dynamics of the Ventilatory Cycle in Carp (Cyprinus carpio), William Todd Callan

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Characteristics of Vesicomyid Clams and their Environment at the Blake Ridge Cold Seep, Taylor Perrine Heyl

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Effects of Human Disturbance on the Breeding Success of Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis), Caitlin Rebecca Kight

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Effects of Salinity and Nitrogen on the Distribution and Growth of Phragmites australis along the Rappahannock River, Carmen Rebekah Packett

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Response to Selection of Peromyscus leucopus: Response of Spermatogenesis and Reproductive Behavior to Selection on Gonadal Development in an Outbred Population of White-Footed Mice (Peromyscus leucopus), Kathleen Rathbun Sharp

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Reproductive Attributes of Polynoid Polychaetes from Hydrothermal Vents on the East Pacific Rise, Jessica Lynn Wallace

Theses/Dissertations from 2004

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Natural Neuronal Variation in a Complex Neuroendocrine Pathway: Effect of Selection for Photoperiod Responsiveness on the Density and Location of Mature GNRH-Releasing Neurons in Inhibitory and Excitatory Photoperiods, Mauricio Avigdor

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Effects of Overexpressing Alternative Isoform Pax-5E in Vivo, Suzanne Elizabeth Cole

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Energetically Costly Mate Sampling and Female Zebra Finch Choice, Timothy Ryan Crabtree

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Stability at Hydrothermal-Vent Mussel Beds: Dynamics at Hydrothermal Vents: Evidence for Stable Macrofaunal Communities in Mussel Beds on the Northern East Pacific Rise, Jennifer Carolyn Dreyer

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Neuronal Responses to Melatonin in Peromyscus leucopus: A Candidate Mechanism for Circadian and Seasonal Temperature Regulation, Christopher Robert Fetsch

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Do Sulfide-Oxidizing Bacteria Produce Light?, Rachel Elizabeth Ann Horak

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Bird Conservation Value of Golf Courses, Joshua Elliott LeClerc

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Specification and Determination of GABAergic and Glutamatergic Neural Phenotypes in Xenopus laevis, Mei Li

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The Influence of Salinity on Diet Composition, Provisioning Patterns, and Nestling Growth in Bald Eagles in the Lower Chesapeake Bay, Ann Catherine Markham

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Sperm-Oocyte Membrane Interactions during Fertilization in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, Alissa Gale Richmond

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Parasitism in Deep-Sea Chemosynthetic Mussels: Parasitism in Bathymodiolus Mussels from Deep-Sea Seep and Hydrothermal Vents, Megan E. Ward

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Plumage as a Habitat for Bacilli, Justine M. Whitaker

Theses/Dissertations from 2003

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Characterization of the xGAT-1 Gene in Xenopus laevis, Lisa Layne August

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Role of the Cytoskeleton in Nucleocytoplasmic Shuttling of the Thyroid Hormone Receptor, Mandi Leigh Payne Brock

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Avian Communities of Created and Natural Wetlands: Saltmarshes of Southeast Virginia, David William DesRochers

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Analysis of Prey Selection in Black Skimmer, Rynchops niger, Adults and Chicks using Continuous Video Monitoring, Renae Joyce Held

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Homing Success of Migrants Versus Nonmigrants: Do Differences in Spatial Memory Generalize Across Spatial Scales?, Jeffrey T. Keiser

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Comparison of Mussel-Bed Faunas at Blake Ridge and Florida Escarpment Seeps, Kathleen Elizabeth Knick

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Long Term Permanent Vegetation Plot Studies in the Matoaka Woods, Williamsburg, Virginia : Establishment and Initial Data Analysis of Plots Established with the North Carolina Vegetation Survey Protocol, Resampling of Single Circular Plots and a Comparison of Results from North Carolina Vegetation Survey Protocol and Single Circular Plot Methods, Jacob Robert George Kribel

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Metal Concentrations in Deep-Sea Mussels from a Hydrothermal Vent and Cold Seep, Shana Rapoport

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Transmission and Nutritional Contribution of Dual Bacterial Symbionts in Deep-Sea Mussels, Jennifer L. Salerno

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Cloning and Functional Characterization of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1alpha Upstream Regions in Xenopus laevis, Conor W. Sipe

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Use of Ponds and Lakes by Resident Canada Geese, Phillip D. West

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Distribution, Abundance, and Home Range of the Whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus) in a Managed Forest Landscape, Michael Daniel Wilson

Theses/Dissertations from 2002

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The Effects of Prostaglandin E2 on the Neurons of the Ventromedial Preoptic Area of the Hypothalamus: A Mechanism of Fever, Heather J. Ranels

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Patch use of Winter Resident and Migrant American Kestrels (Falco sparverius) in the Coastal Plain of Virginia, Rhonda Lynn Hardesty Sipe

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Comparisons of Community Structure between Seep and Vent Mussel-Beds, Mary Parker Turnipseed

Theses/Dissertations from 2001

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Age-Related Differences in the Prey-Dropping Behavior of Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus), Eric G. Dunlavey

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Allozyme Variation in American Ginseng, Panax quinquefolius L (Araliaceae): Implications for Management of Wild and Cultivated Populations, Holly Jean Grubbs

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Differential Migration, Molt and Departure Date in White-Throated Sparrows, Zonotrichia albicollis, Kendell Jenkins

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Adrenal Expression of cyp17 and hsd3b1 mRNA in Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii, Brian Thomas Lovitt

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TR Phosphorylation & Nuclear Import, James B. Nicoll

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The Energetics of Seasonal Reproductive Inhibition in White-Footed Mice, Michelle E. Rightler

Theses/Dissertations from 2000

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Suboptimal Foraging Behavior by Herring Gulls, Jennifer R. Gamble

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Function and Regulation of Alternative Isoforms of the Transcription Factor Pax-5 during B Lymphocyte Differentiation, Marina A. Lowen

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Plant Species of the Virginia Coastal Plain Flora that Are Disjunct from the Mountains: their Distribution, Abundance and Substrate Selectivity, Leah E. McDonald

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Quantitative Analysis of Oral Movements in a Mouthbrooding Chichlid, Orcochromis esculentus, Erin Van Lieu

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Stopover Ecology of the Blackpoll Warbler, Dendroica striata, during Spring Migration on the Coastal Plain of Virginia, Magill Weber

Theses/Dissertations from 1999

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Frequencies of Suspension-Feeding Actions Vary with Prey Type in Oreochromis niloticus (Pisces: Cichlidae), K. Lara Ackermann

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Phylogenetic Implications of Sporangial Ultrastructure in the Subfamily Lithophylloideae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta), Mark T. Bedell

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Reproductive Success of Black Skimmers on an Artificial Island: Effects of Hatching Date and Feeding Rate, Christopher Alan Gordon

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Timing of Spring Migration in White-Throated Sparrows, Karen M. Johnson

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Circadian Rhythms and Melatonin Receptors as Sources of Individual Variation in Reproductive Photoresponsiveness, Sean Bradford Majoy

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Characterization of the Defensive Efficacy of the Sternal Secretion of Eurycotis floridana (Walker) (Dictyoptera: Blattidae), Matthew William Turnbull

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Nest Site Selection of the Brown-Headed Nuthatch in Virginia, Valerie A. Weiss

Theses/Dissertations from 1998

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Ethanol Preference in Peromyscus: An Association with Compromised Ethanol Metabolism, James Scott Lowman

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The Effects of Increased Inundation and Wrack Deposition on Photosynthesis and Respiration in a Virginia Salt Marsh, W. David Miller

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Cell-Cell Interactions in the Development of the Vascular System of Xenopus, Krista Marie Stimson

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Variation between Sparrows in the Ability to Extract Buried Seed, David Michael Whalen

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Calcium as a Limiting Factor in the Distribution of the Amphipod Gammarus pseudolimnaeus, John Kinsley Zehmer

Theses/Dissertations from 1997

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Day and Night Differences in Water Regulation of Peromyscus leucopus, Haejin Erin Chae