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Author:: Cordes, Erik E
Title:: THE ECOLOGY OF SEEP COMMUNITIES IN THE GULF OF MEXICO: BIODIVERSITY AND ROLE OF LAMELLIBRACHIA LUYMESI
Graduate Program:: Biology
Keywords:: Gulf of Mexico
cold seep
biodiversity
deep-sea
vestimentiferan
chemosynthesis
File:: Download cordes_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Charles Raymond Fisher Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katriona Shea, Committee Member
Peter John Hudson, Committee Member
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member

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Author:: Becker, Erin Leigh
Title:: Food web ecology in Gulf of Mexico hydrocarbon seep communities
Graduate Program:: Biology
Keywords:: oil seep
hydrocarbon seep
Gulf of Mexico
community ecology
stable isotope
methane
food web
trophic
File:: Download Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Charles Raymond Fisher Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles Raymond Fisher Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katriona Shea, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tracy Lee Langkilde, Committee Member
Douglas Alan Miller, Committee Member

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Author:: Mena-Ali, Jorge Ivan
Title:: Dynamics of the self-incompatibility alleles in populations of Solanum carolinense
Graduate Program:: Biology
Keywords:: breakdown in SI
inbreeding depression
Self-incompatibility
Solanum
invasive weed
File:: Download Mena-AliD2006.pdf
Committee Members:: Andrew George Stephenson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Committee Member
Katriona Shea, Committee Member
Teh Hui Kao, Committee Member

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Author:: Rubbo, Michael
Title:: The Influence of Natural and Human-Induced Environmental Change on the Community Composition of Temporary Ponds
Graduate Program:: Biology
Keywords:: amphibians
urbanization
environmental change
leaf-litter
File:: Download Rubbo_PhD_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Katriona Shea, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hunter Carrick, Committee Member
Charles Raymond Fisher Jr., Committee Member
Peter John Hudson, Committee Member

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Author:: Zhang, Rui
Title:: Biological invasions in a changing world: responses of two invasive thistles to disturbance and climate change
Graduate Program:: Biology
Keywords:: Carduus acanthoides
biological invasion
climate change
warming
disturbance
Carduus nutans
File:: Download Rui_Zhang_dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Katriona Shea, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katriona Shea, Committee Member
Eric S Post, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Member
David A Mortensen, Committee Member

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Author:: Sen, Arunima
Title:: Community structure, physiological ecology and succession of deep=sea hydrothermal vent communities of the Lau Basin
Graduate Program:: Biology
Keywords:: hydrothermal vents
Lau Basin
succession
phyciological ecology
community structure
File:: Download sen_thesis_post_defense_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Charles Raymond Fisher Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katriona Shea, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Todd C Lajeunesse, Committee Member
Denice Heller Wardrop, Committee Member
Monika Bright, Special Member

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Author:: Boulay, Jennifer Nicole
Title:: Population connectivity and species diversity of Pacific coral reefs
Graduate Program:: Biology
Keywords:: dispersal
connectivity
niche
Porites
Eastern Tropical Pacific
Guam
Acropora
cryptic species
File:: Download Boulay_thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Iliana Brigitta Baums, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katriona Shea, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Todd C Lajeunesse, Committee Member
George H Perry, Committee Member
Dr Jorge Cortés, Special Member

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Author:: Mckee, Amalie Elena
Title:: Modelling Management for the Maintenance of Measles Elimination
Graduate Program:: Biology
Keywords:: measles
routine immunization
vaccine policy
disease elimination
mathematical models
modelling management
File:: Download McKee_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Katriona Shea, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Fraser Read, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew Joseph Ferrari, Committee Member
Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Member
Rachel Annette Smith, Outside Member

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Author:: Girard, Fanny Apine
Title:: INSIGHTS FROM LONG-TERM MONITORING OF DEEP-SEA CORAL COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY THE DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL
Graduate Program:: Biology
Keywords:: Deep-sea corals
Octocoral
Image analysis
Monitoring
Resilience
Oil spill
File:: Download Thesis_FGirard_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Charles R. Fisher, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katriona Shea, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Todd C. LaJeunesse, Committee Member
Keith Shapiro, Committee Member
Keith Shapiro, Outside Member

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Author:: Lohay, George Martin
Title:: ELEPHANTS WITHOUT BORDERS: HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY GENETIC CONNECTIVITY IN TANZANIA
Graduate Program:: Biology
Keywords:: African Savanna elephants
Population structure
genetic connectivity
corridors
fecal-centric
microsatellite markers
simple sequence repeats (SSRs)
mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)
habitat loss
habitat fragmentation
wildlife corridors
age and sex structure
Amelogenin gene (AMELX/Y)
File:: Download Lohay_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Douglas Cavener, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katriona Shea, Committee Member
George H Perry, Committee Member
John Edward Carlson, Outside Member
Anna Bond Estes, Special Member

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