Students
CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS
Nicole Henderson. Environmental Biology doctoral student: The effects of land use on water quality in the Neponset River Watershed, Massachusetts: aquatic geochemistry, aquatic invertebrates, and microbial communities.
Helemary Hotz, Environmental Sciences doctoral student: The effects of global change on the limnology and watershed of Etang Saumatre, Haiti.
Edgar Franck, Environmental Sciences MS student: Habitat, Freshwater Fish and Macro-invertebrate Assemblage, and Ecosystem responses to cranberry bog restoration
Christina Ciarfella, Biology MS student. Water quality assessment in the Charles River Watershed and citizen science opportunities.
CURRENT UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Deirdre Burke, 2012-2013 Biology Honors Student: The effects of land use on microbial community structure in the Neponset River watershed.
Gregg Cothias, CREST REU 2012 and Biology undergraduate: The Paleolimnology of Etang Saumatre, Haiti: Primary and secondary production proxies
Thomas Dimino, 2012-2013 Biology Honors Student: The effects of land use on aquantic macroinverebrate assemblages in the Neponset River watershed.
Llewin Froome, 2012-2013 Environmental Sciences Honors Student: Habitat quantification in the Neponset River Watershed.
Ebony Nottingham, CREST REU 2012: Water quality above, within, and below Massachussetts impoundments using aquatic macroinvertebrates
Jessica Panzorino, 2010-2013 Biology Honors Student: Paleolimnology of Tispaquin Pond, Massachusetts using sediment cores
FORMER GRADUATE STUDENTS
O'Brion, Kevin. 2012. Physical and biological assessment of the Eel River Headwaters restoration Site in Plymouth, Massachusetts, MS Environmental Sciences. University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. 114 pages.
Poudel, Sujata. 2012. Species richness, distribution, and relative abundance of freshwater mussels (Unionidae) of the Strawberry River, Arkansas. MS Biology. University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. 129 pages.
Fallon, Nicole. 2011. Ecological stoichiometry and cnsuer driven nutrient recyclign of Elliptio complanata (Lightfood 1786) in a Northeastern Coastal Zone Pond. MS Biology University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. 66 pages.
FORMER UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Bonilla, Karolyn. 2012. Host fish immunilogical suitability for freshwater mussels in Tispaquin Pond, Massachusetts. University Honors Program. University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. 38 pages
Courtmanche, Amiee. 2012. Stable istope analysis of Eleven Point River, Arkansas hellbenders, fish, and crayfish: Who is eating who?. Biology Honors. University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. 25 pages
Garate, Melanie. 2012. Spatial variation in microbial community functional composition in surface water and sediments in Dorchester Bay of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. Environmental, Earth, and Ocean Sciences Honors. University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. 28 pages
Ruan, Allie. 2012. Bioassessment of the Neponset River watershed using aquatic macroinvertebrates as indicators of water quality at different land-use sites. McNair Program. University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
Canesi, Kelly. 2011. Aquatic macro-invertebrate composition as indicators of water quality in the Neponset River watershed. Biology Honors. University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. 15 pages.
Cross, Denzell 2011. The effects of active and passive restoration on the physical and chemical habitat and aquatic macrophytes in Northeastern Coastal Zone streams. Coastal Research in Environmental Sciences and Technology REU. University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
Tsacogianis, Theodore. 2011. Onogenic, spatial, and temporal variability in freshwater mussel [Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot 1786)] stable isotopes in a Northeastern Coastal Zone pond. University Honors. University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. 18 pages.
Garate, Melanie. 2010. The influence of land use on the Neponset River watershed. Biology REU program. University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts.
Holzwagner, Erik. 2010. Population genetic analysis of the freshwater mussel Lampsilis radiata (Gmelin 1791) in a New England Coastal pond. University Honors. University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. 32 pages
Kocjan, Paulina. 2010. Population genetic analysis of the freshwater mussel Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot 1786 ) in a New England Coastal pond. University Honors. University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. 34 pages
Leavens, Moses. 2009. Physical-chemical analysis of the Neponset River along the river continuum. Biology REU program. University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts.