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Jessica Adams: “Age and growth of three coastal pelagic tuna
species in the Florida Straits.” Committee: David Kerstetter,
Ph.D., chair; Richard Spieler, Ph.D.; and Patrick Hardigan,
Ph.D. Thesis. March 21, 2013.
Diana Aranda: “Historical analysis of recreational beach
Enterococci
levels using logistic regression as an advisory
tool.” Committee: Jose Lopez, Ph.D., chair; Jay Fleisher, Ph.D.;
and Helena Solo-Gabriele, Ph.D. Thesis. March 18, 2013.
Tiffany Babcock: “The use of forest restoration techniques
in the restoration of coral reefs.” Committee: Joshua
Feingold, Ph.D., chair, and Michael Andreu, Ph.D. Capstone.
April 24, 2013.
William Baxley: “Ocean current measurements: challenges and
opportunities in the Florida current.” Committee: Alexander
Soloviev, Ph.D., chair, and Richard Dodge, Ph.D. Capstone.
March 26, 2013.
Ashley Lancaster Burgos: “A review of lobomycosis (
Lacazia lobo
i)
and its role as an environmental indicator.” Committee:
Caryn Self-Sullivan, Ph.D., chair, and Eduardo Veliz, Ph.D.
Capstone. April 26, 2013.
Robin Cascioli: “Density and diversity of penaeid shrimp and fish
species in near-shore sea grass beds of northern Biscayne
Bay, Florida (USA).” Committee: Amy Hirons, Ph.D., chair;
Silvia Maciá, Ph.D.; and Richard Spieler, Ph.D. Thesis.
November 29, 2012.
Daniel J. Crossett: “Coral propagation: A growth and survivorship
comparison among six scleractinian boulder corals
employing
in situ
and
ex situ
nursery techniques.” Committee:
Dave Gilliam, Ph.D., chair; Amy Hirons, Ph.D.; and Amanda
Bourque, Ph.D. Thesis. November 1, 2012.
Christopher Dougherty: “A review of the economic importance,
engineering techniques and federal management strategies
related to coastal stabilization in the United States.”
Committee: Steffen Schmidt, Ph.D., chair; and Richard Spieler,
Ph.D. Capstone. May 23, 2013.
Megan Flora: “Diel, tidal, and sex-based differences in time
spent feeding by the Florida manatee.” Committee: Caryn
Self-Sullivan, Ph.D., chair; Curtis Burney, Ph.D., and Charles J.
Deutsch, Ph.D. Thesis. October 19, 2012.
Brielle Friedman: “Mass cetacean strandings in the United
States—Comparison of northeast and southeast strandings
1997–2011.” Committee: James Thomas, Ph.D., chair; Patrick
Hardigan, Ph.D.; and Dan Odell, Ph.D. Thesis. April 26, 2013.
Ryan Goldman: “Small mammal survey of John U. Lloyd State
Park, Dania Beach, Florida.” Committee: Caryn Self-Sullivan,
Ph.D., chair; Richard Spieler, Ph.D.; and Carmelo J. Duesler,
Ph.D. Thesis. April 26, 2013.
Natalie Hall: “Shoreline change caused by sea level rise over the
next 100 years—Predictions, economics, and policy: Broward
County, Florida.” Committee: Ken Banks, Ph.D., chair, and
Steffen Schmidt, Ph.D. Capstone. November 5, 2012.
Kathleen Hollowell: “A review of predator-prey interactions
within marine ecosystems with a focus on top predator
influences on ecosystem stability and fisheries management
implications.” Committee: Tamara Frank, Ph.D., chair, and
Ken Banks, Ph.D. Capstone. April 19, 2013.
Sarah Jasper: “Trophic trends and general ecology of the lionfish
series complex,
Pterois miles
and
Pterois volitans
, in Broward
County, FL.” Committee: James Thomas, Ph.D., chair;
David Kerstetter, Ph.D.; and Richard Spieler, Ph.D. Thesis.
April 17, 2013.
Thaddeus Kendziora: “A review of Florida’s manatee protection
plans: A comprehensive review of boat facility citing plans
and recommendations for unifying manatee subpopulation
zone citing plans.” Committee: Caryn Self-Sullivan, Ph.D.,
chair, and Curtis Burney, Ph.D. Capstone. April 25, 2013.
Rachel Krasna: “A comprehensive literature review and
assessment of The Clean Marina Program in the state of
Florida.” Committee: Donald McCorquodale, Ph.D., chair,
and Samuel Purkis, Ph.D. Capstone. June 24, 2013.
Naoka Kurata: “Sea surface microlayer microbial observation
system.” Committee: Alexander Soloviev, Ph.D., chair; Silvia
Matt, Ph.D.; Aurelien Tartar, Ph.D.; and Mahmood Shivji, Ph.D.
Thesis. November 26, 2012.
Iman Isabel Olguin-Lira: “The effects of ocean outfalls in the
marine environment.” Committee: Donald McCorquodale,
Ph.D., chair, and Curtis Burney, Ph.D. Capstone. December
6, 2012.
Zachary Ostroff: “Evaluating
Acropora cervicornis
growth and
survivorship in a line nursery.” Committee: Dave Gilliam,
Ph.D., chair; Richard Dodge, Ph.D.; and Diego Lirman, Ph.D.
Thesis. January 10, 2013.
Kelly Parks: “Examination of trophic dynamics of the mangrove
ecosystem in Port Everglades, Florida, U.S.A., using stable
isotope ratios.” Committee: Amy Hirons, Ph.D., chair;
Charles Messing, Ph.D.; and Richard Spieler, Ph.D. Thesis.
April 24, 2013.
Melissa Paschke: “Seabird foraging ecology in polar, temperate,
and tropical ecosystems.” Committee: David Kerstetter,
Ph.D., chair, and Amy Hirons, Ph.D. Capstone. June 17, 2013.
Nicole Paul: “Variable recovery of the massive coral,
Porites
lobata
, in response to El Niño-Southern Oscillation events at
the Devil’s Crown patch reef, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.”
Committee: Joshua Feingold, Ph.D., chair; Bernhard Riegl,
Ph.D.; and Peter Glynn, Ph.D. Thesis. November 30, 2012.
Joseph Penta: “Changes in a tropical sea grass environment after
installation of small artificial reefs.” Committee: Michael
Haley, Ph.D., chair; Dave Gilliam, Ph.D.; and Richard Spieler,
Ph.D. Thesis. January 30, 2013.
Emily Smith: “
De novo
transcriptome analysis of the marine
sponge
Cinachyrella
spp: A potential model organism for
oil and dispersant ecotoxicology.” Committee: Jose Lopez,
Ph.D., chair; Scott Nichols, Ph.D.; and Patricia Blackwelder,
Ph.D. Thesis. April 23, 2013.
Recent Graduate Student Defenses
The following graduate degree defenses have taken place during the academic year 2012–2013.
