Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Application of Acoustics and Optics for the Characterization of Suspended Particulate Matter within an Estuarine Observing System, Grace M. Cartwright
The Development of Ecological Functions in Created Forested Wetlands, Sean P. Charles
Distribution and Impacts of Invasive Bivalve Corbicula fluminea in Tidal Freshwater York River Tributaries, Matthew Ryan Freedman
Effects of Episodic Turbulence on Diatoms: with Comments on the use of Evans Blue Stain for Live-Dead Determinations, Haley S. Garrison
Modeling the formation of periodic hypoxia in partially mixed estuaries and its response to oligotrophication and climate change, Samuel J. Lake
Submarine Groundwater Discharge to the York River Estuary: Quantifying Groundwater Flux and Potential for Biogeochemical Cycling, Jenna Lynn Luek
Habitat and Fish Population Dynamics: Advancing Stock Assessments of Highly Migratory Species, Patrick D. Lynch
Post-Release Mortality of School-Size Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in the U.S Recreational Troll Fishery, Benjamin Jon Marcek
Composition, Sources, and Age of Dissolved and Particulate Organic Matter in the Delaware River and Estuary, Hadley Allaben McIntosh
Phytoplankton Growth Rates in the Ross Sea, Antarctica, Anna Ford Mosby
Investigations of the Life Cycle of the Peritrich Ciliate Zoothamnium intermedium in Chesapeake Bay, Sikai Peng
Detection and infectivity of human adenovirus in wastewater effluent, biosolids, and shellfish, and its persistence in estuarine water, Wenda Lee Quidort
Food Availability and Utilization for Cultured Hard Clams, Richard Garrik Secrist
Foraging ecology and habitat use of the northern diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin terrapin) in southern Chesapeake Bay, Diane C. Tulipani
Analysis of Extreme Water Levels in the Lower Chesapeake Bay, Carissa N. Wilkerson
Holocene Sedimentation on the Lanyang Plain and Adjacent Continental Shelf, Northwestern Taiwan, Chia-Yu Wu
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Seed Burial in the Seagrass Zostera marina: The Role of Infauna, Natalia J. Blackburn
Effects of Anthropogenic Stressors and Changes in Biodiversity on Lower Chesapeake Bay, VA USA Seagrass Systems, Rachael E. Blake
The Consequences of Shoreline Development for Near-Shore Communities in Chesapeake Bay, USA: A Before-After Control-Impact Study, Theresa M. Davenport
Relationships among Fine Sediment Settling and Suspension, Bed Erodibility, and Particle Type in the York River Estuary, Virginia, Kelsey A. Fall
Positive and Negative Feedbacks Within Zostera marina Beds Within the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, Lance M. Gardner
Movements, Growth, and Mortality of Chesapeake Bay Summer Flounder Based on Multiple Tagging Technologies, Mark J. Henderson
A Community-Based Participatory Assessment of Fish Consumption and Dietary Mercury Exposure along the Lower James River, Virginia USA, Erica Lynnette Holloman
Myctophid Feeding Ecology and Carbon Transport along the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Jeanna M. Hudson
Habitat Utilization and Trophic Interactions by Fauna in a Shallow Estuary: Comparisons between Clam Aquaculture and Natural Sites, Lara Gates Kling
Quantifying Watershed Loads to a Low Relief, Coastal Plain Estuary, the New River Estuary, N.C, Brittani J. Koroknay
Shedding Light on the Estuarine Coastal Filter: The Relative Importance of Benthic Macroalgae in Shallow Photic Systems, Johnathan Daniel Maxey
Transport and Fate of Sediment on the Waipaoa River Continental Shelf: Implications for the Formation and Reworking of Flood Deposits, Julia M. Moriarty
Poverty Shelf, New Zealand from the Holocene to Present: Stratigraphic Development and Event Layer Preservation in Response to Sediment Supply, Tectonics and Climate, Lila Eve Rose Pierce
Microzooplankton Community Structure and Grazing Impact along the Western Antarctic Peninsula, Lori M. Price
A Study of Vertical Patterns and Mechanisms of Along-Channel Estuarine Circulation, Qubin. Qin
A Case Study in the Effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs): the Islands of Bonaire and Curacao, Dutch Caribbean, Noelle J. Relles
Interannual and Regional Differences in Krill and Fish Prey Quality along the Western Antarctic Peninsula, Kate E. Ruck
Effects of Life History and Physical Variables on Winter Distribution of Blue Crabs in Chesapeake Bay, Gabrielle G. Saluta
Unprecedented Restoration of a Native Oyster Metapopulation, David M. Schulte
Mobile Animals as a Potential Dispersal Mechanism in Zostera marina (Eelgrass), Sarah E. Sumoski
Distribution and Feeding Ecology of Bathylagus euryops (Teleostei: Microstomatidae) along the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge from Iceland to the Azores, Christopher J. Sweetman
Developing an Unstructured Grid, Coupled Storm Surge, Wind Wave and Inundation Model for Super-regional Applications, Yi-Cheng Teng
Patterns of Population Structure and Historical Dispersal in Squaloid Sharks: A Species-Level Approach using Molecular Markers, Ana Christina Pimenta Verissimo
The Role of Benthic Nitrogen Fixation as a Source of New Nitrogen to the New River Estuary, NC, Meaghan L. Whitehead
Evaluating the Impact of Stock Structure Uncertainty in Stock Assessments of Sailfish in the Atlantic Ocean, Catarina Wor Lima
The Effects of Salinity Pulses of Varying Duration and Intensity on Three Freshwater Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Species, Rebecca Wright
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
The Impacts of Shoreline Development on Shallow-Water Benthic Communities in the Patuxent River, MD, Cassie D. Bradley
Deep-Pelagic (0-3000m) Fish Assemblage Structure Over the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the Area of the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone, April B. Cook
Abiotic Release of Low Molecular Weight Nitrogen from Effluent Organic Nitrogen, Carolina P. Funkey
Net Microbial Activity, Vegetation Dynamics, and Ecosystem Function in Created and Natural Palustrine Forested Wetlands in Southeastern Virginia, USA, Christian A. Hauser
Understanding the Origins, Dispersal, and Evolution of Bonamia Species (Phylum Haplosporidia) Based on Genetic Analyses of Ribosomal RNA Gene Regions, Kristina M. Hill
Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Fecal Coliform Distribution in Virginia Coastal Waters, Jie Huang
Development of a Method for Quantifying the Air-Sea Flux of Volatile Organic Carbon, Emily A. Jayne
A Tale of Two Blooms: Dynamics of Nitrogen Uptake by Harmful Algae in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico and York River, Virginia, USA, Lynn M. Killberg-Thoreson
Molecular genetic studies of Hematodinium sp., a parasitic dinoflagellate of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, Katrina M. Pagenkopp Lohan
The Effects of Seagrass Species and Trophic Interactions in Experimental Seagrass Communities, Althea F. P. Moore
Effects of Concurrent Phenathrene and Mycobacterium marinum Exposure in the Zebrafish (Danio rerio), Christopher M. Prosser
Evaluating the use of Flow-Through Larval Culture for the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica, Stephanie L. Reiner
Dynamics and Composition of the Extracellular Polymeric Substances Produced by Benthic Microalgae: An in Situ 13C and 15N Approach, Stephanie Kara Salisbury
Fine Sediment Dynamics in Dredge Plumes, Stanley Jarrell Smith II
Molecular Marker Development for the Discrimination of Atlantic and Pacific Blue Marlin (Makaira nigricans), Laurie Sorenson
The Development and Application of an Antibody-based Biosensor for the Detection of the Petroleum-derived Compounds, Candace Rae Spier
The Effects of Hypoxia on Macrobenthic Production and Function in the lower Rappahannock River, Chesapeake Bay, USA, S. Kersey Sturdivant
Mercury Exposure Assessment of South River Floodplain Birds, Jincheng Wang
Basal Food Web Dynamics in a Natural Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Community: Cage-Free Field Experimentation, Matthew A. Whalen
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Integrating space-and time-scales of sediment-transport for Poverty Bay, New Zealand, Aaron J. Bever
Alternative substrates as a native oyster (Crassostrea virginica) reef restoration strategy in Chesapeake Bay, Russell Paul Burke
Migration Dynamics, Within-Estuary Behaviors and Cardiorespiratory Responses of Summer Flounder to Selected Estuarine Conditions, Karen M. Capossela
The Effect of Salinity on Experimental Hematodinium sp Infections in the Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus, Anna Huntley Coffey
Age, growth, and reproductive biology of deep-water chondrichthyans, Charles F. Cotton
Habitat Utilization and Dive Characterization of Blue Marlin (Makaira nigricans) and White Marlin (Kajikia albida) in the Western Atlantic Ocean, Daniel J. Dutton
Copepod carcasses, mortality and population dynamics in the tributaries of the Lower Chesapeake Bay, David Thomas. Elliott
Bioavailability of biosolids- and consumer product-associated polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants to terrestrial invertebrates, Michael O. Gaylor
Persistent Organic Pollutants(POPs) as Tracers of Environmental Change and Antarctic Seabird Ecology, Heidi N. C. Geisz
Effects of habitat quality on secondary production in shallow estuarine waters and the consequences for the benthic-pelagic food web, David James Gillett
Habitat complexity and habitat function of native (Crassostrea virginica) and non-native (C. ariakensis) oysters in the Chesapeake Bay region, Heather D. Harwell
Exploring the Potential for Bay Scallop Restoration in the Lynnhaven River Sub-Estuary of Chesapeake Bay, Ana Liza Hernandez Cordero
The life history of longnose gar, Lepisosteus osseus, an apex predator in the tidal waters of Virginia, Patrick E. McGrath
Modeling Shoreline Change and Resulting Wetland Response Due to Erosion and Sea-Level Rise: A Case Study in Dorchester County, Maryland, Mirtha Karinna Nunez
Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Erosional and Depositional Processes: Physical and Biological Controls in the York River, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, Cielomar Rodríguez-Calderon
Incorporating industry based dredge surveys into the assessment of sea scallops, Placopecten magellanicus, David B. Rudders
The role of copepods and heterotrophic dinoflagellates in the production of dissolved organic matter and inorganic nutrients, Grace Kathleen Saba
Accounting for undesirable outputs in productivity measurements: Application to the California-Oregon drift gillnet fishery, Tara L. Scott
Photobiological studies of Ross Sea phytoplankton, Sasha Tozzi
Partial Year Tagging Models: Accounting for Changing Tag Visibility and Delayed Mixing, Lynn Waterhouse
Estimating Detection Probabilities in Beach Seine Surveys for Estuarine Fishes, Branson D. Williams
Quantifying the Ecosystem Role of a Suspension and a Facultative Deposit Feeding Bivalve in the New River Estuary, NC: with Responses to Changes in Nutrient and Sediment Inputs, Heather Marie Wiseman
Characterization and deposition of aerosol organic matter in the eastern United States, Andrew S. Wozniak
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Anthropogenic Causes of Copepod Mortality and Bacterial Decomposition of Copepod Carcasses, Samantha L. Bickel
Multi-system analysis of nitrogen use by phytoplankton and heterotrophic bacteria, Paul B. Bradley
Cultural eutrophication and the clam Macoma balthica: Evidence for trophic disruption and effects on blue crabs, Bryce J. Brylawski
Bayesian belief networks for decision analysis in environmental management, John Fletcher Carriger Jr
Polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants in birds of prey from the U.S. and China, Da Chen
A numerical modeling study on barotropic and baroclinic responses of the Chesapeake Bay to hurricane events, Kyoung-Ho Cho
Quantifying the Overwash Component of Barrier Island Morphodynamics: Onslow Beach, NC, Amy C. Foxgrover
Hydrography and Phytoplankton Distribution in the Amundsen and Ross Seas, Glaucia M. Fragoso
Egg Capsule Hatching Success in Rapana venosa and Urosalpinx cinerea in Relation to Temperature and Salinity, Stephanie M. Gera
Nutrient Loading and System Response in the Coastal Lagoons of the Delmarva, Juliette Christina Poleto Giordano
