Summer 2012:Amanda Kehr-Smith – Assimilation of dissolved organic materials by larvae of Nematostella vectensis (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) Michele Larson – Measurement of rates of "drinking" by nauplius larvae of Artemia salina. Jiwon Lee – Does the removal of intracapsular materials influence the development of Physa acuta (Mollusca: Gastropoda)? Sarah Takushi (co-supervised with Dr. R. Given Harper) – Measurement of water vapor conductance through the eggshell of birds (cont.). |
2011-2012Brittany Childs (co-supervised with Dr. R. Given Harper) – Intraspecific and interspecific comparisons of eggshell porosity and water vapor conductance among the brown-headed Cowbird and its hosts. Sarah Takushi (co-supervised with Dr. R. Given Harper) – Measurement of water vapor conductance through the eggshell of birds. |
2010-2011Lauren Awdziejczyk –The effect of maternal provisioning on juvenile size in Physa acuta (Mollusca: Gastropoda) Kristina Bennet – Uptake of dissolved organic materials by pilidium larvae from Antarctica and the Caribbean Ocean. Brittany Childs and Miranda Kiefer – (co-supervised with Dr. R. Given Harper) Comparison of Eggshell Porosity and Estimated Gas Flux Between the Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) and its Hosts: the Dickcissel (Spiza americana) and the Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus). Lauren Knaack – Causes of asexual reproduction by larvae of the echinoid echinoderms Lytechinus variegatus and Arbacia punctulata. Andrew McDonald – Uptake of macromolecular dissolved organic material by larvae of the echinoid echinoderms Lytechinus variegatus and Arbacia punctulata. Travis Rosenkranz – Uptake of dissolved polysaccharides by spionid larvae from Antarctica. |