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Author:

Salvesen, Kelley Elizabeth

Title:

Lake Trout Restoration in the Great Lakes: From Hatchery to Natural Reproduction

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

lake trout
microsatellites
hatchery
great lakes

File:

Download KSalvesen.Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Tyler Wagner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Meredith Bartron, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Pickett, Shelly Collette

Title:

Determining the Benthic Macroinvertebrate Community Composition of Freshwater Streams from Fish Gut Analysis

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

benthic macroinvertebrate communities
gut contents of fishes
White Suckers
Bluespotted Sunfish
Redbreast Sunfish

File:

Download Shelly_Pickett_Final_M.S._Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ferguson, Bryan Daniel

Title:

Effect of Enrichment in the Hatchery on the Performance of Brook Trout and Atlantic Salmon

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

brook trout
atlantic salmon
hatchery
enrichment
rearing environment
post-stocking survival

File:

Download FergusonBthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Victoria Anne Braithwaite Read, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Faulk, Evan Adams

Title:

Patterns in distribution of stream fishes in the Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network: a multi-species occupancy approach

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

streams
fish
occupancy
habitat
distribution
hierarchical models

File:

Download EF_Thesis_9mar15.pdf

Committee Members:

Tyler Wagner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Vreeland, Wendy Christine

Title:

Dispersal timing, distances, and rates of Pennsylvania black bear

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

black bear
dispersal rates
dispersal distances
dispersal timing
Pennsylvania
population density
range expansion

File:

Download Dispersal_timing_distances_and_rates_of_Pennsylvania_black_bear.pdf

Committee Members:

Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Munoz, David Jonathan

Title:

Using Quantitative Approaches to Estimate Space-use, Population Dynamics, Behavior, and Climate Change Adaptive Potential for the Red-backed Salamander Plethodon Cinereus

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

Population ecology
Capture mark-recapture
Study design
Adaptive Capacity
Climate Change

File:

Download Munoz_MS_Thesis_2015_FinalForma.pdf

Committee Members:

David Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Abramson, Sidney Caleb

Title:

Population genetics structure and morphometric analyses of Round Goby Neogobius melanostomus collections from Lake Erie, Presque Isle Bay, and three Erie County, Pennsylvania, streams

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

round goby
neogobius melanostomus
Erie
Pennsylvania
morphometrics and meristic characters

File:

Download FINAL_Thesis_Draft_Nme.pdf

Committee Members:

Stauffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Lee King, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeanette Lane Schnars, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lutz, Clayton Lee

Title:

Dispersal Behavior in Female White-tailed Deer

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

barriers
chronic wasting disease
disease spread
dispersal
foray
movement
Odocoileus virginianus
Pennsylvania
proximate causes
ultimate causes
white-tailed deer

File:

Download Lutz_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
C Paola Ferreri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael John Sheriff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher S Rosenberry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Gerard Messina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Forman, Nicholas Sean

Title:

River otter population monitoring in northeastern Pennsylvania using non-invasive genetic sampling and spatial capture-recapture models

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

River otter
non-invasive genetic sampling
spatial capture-recapture
population size
population density
Pennsylvania

File:

Download ThesisFinalSubmission_12092015.pdf

Committee Members:

William David Walter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cassandra Michaela Miller Butterworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor