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Author:

Lorson, Benjamin D.

Title:

DISTRIBUTION AND THE PUTATIVE ORIGIN OF FISHES IN THE ALLEGHENY RIVER, PENNSYLVANIA

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

fishes
fish distribution
zoogeography
Allegheny River
benthic trawl

File:

Download Benjamin_D_Lorson_Masters_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Hutchison, Brianna

Title:

Fish and Macroinvertebrate Assemblages Following the Removal of Low-Head Dams in Two Pennsylvania Streams

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

dam removal
biomonitoring
assemblage structure
freshwater fishes
benthic macroinvertebrates
impoundment
river restoration

File:

Download BriannaHutchison_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

C Paola Ferreri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
C Paola Ferreri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Walter Matthew Tzilkowski, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Fischer, Douglas Paul

Title:

LIFE HISTORY ASPECTS OF THE BURBOT LOTA LOTA (LINNAEUS) IN THE UPPER ALLEGHENY RIVER

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

zoogeography
burbot
endangered fish
Pennsylvania

File:

Download DPF_Final_PDF_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Goldstein, Howard M.

Title:

TAXONOMIC REVIEW OF THE GENUS TROPHEOPS (CICHLIDAE) WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES FROM LAKE MALAŴI, AFRICA

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

lake malawi cichlids
species descriptions
Tropheops

File:

Download Howard_Goldstein_FINAL_THESIS_4.17..pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Ciccotto, Patrick

Title:

DESCRIPTIONS OF FIVE NEW SPECIES IN THE GENUS METRIACLIMA (TELEOSTEI: CICHLIDAE) FROM LAKE MALAŴI, AFRICA

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

LAKE MALAŴI
SPECIES DESCRIPTIONS
METRIACLIMA

File:

Download CICCOTTO_THESIS_FINAL_version3jrs2.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Li, Shan

Title:

An examination of Petromyzontidae in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

Petromyzontidae
ammocoete
substrate
backpack electrofishing
distribution
PA

File:

Download Shan_Li_Master_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
C Paola Ferreri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donna Jean Peuquet, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Dananay, Kacey Lynn

Title:

Morphological and Physiological Effects of Ecological Light Pollution on Mammals and Amphibians in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

Ecological Light Pollution
Peromyscus leucopus
Desmognathus fuscus
artificial light
anthropogenic pollution

File:

Download Dananay_Final_Thesis_2013_4_19.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Taylor, Richard B

Title:

Distribution of Young of Year Darters in the Ohio River Basin, Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

darters
Ohio River
lock and dam
PSU Benthic Trawl

File:

Download Taylor__Thesis_21nov_2013.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Shank, Matthew Kenneth

Title:

Impacts of natural gas industry water withdrawals on fish and macroinvertebrate communities in the Susquehanna River Basin

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

Susquehanna River
water withdrawal
consumptive use
fluvial specialist
erosional
natural gas industry
mixed effect model

File:

Download Shank_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Weathers, Thomas Casey

Title:

Morphological Comparison of Southern Appalachian Brook Trout (salvelinus fontinalis) Relegated to Allopatric Headwater Streams in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

Brook Trout
Morphometric
Meristic
Sexual Dimorphism
Phenotypic Plasticity
Great Smoky Mountains National Park

File:

Download Weathers_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew David Hurteau, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeanette Lane Schnars, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Phiri, Titus Bandulo

Title:

Review of the genus Diplotaxodon with a description of two new species

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

Diplotaxodon
endemic
Lake Malawi
offshore
description
new species

File:

Download 1-finalfinalfinal2tbp.pdf

Committee Members:

Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Walter Matthew Tzilkowski, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Wilson Jere, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeremy Likongwe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Nickoloff, Andrea Lee

Title:

Atlas and Key to the Hair of Terrestrial Pennsylvania Mammals

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

mammals
hair
atlas
dichotomous key
light microscope
photography
MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry
cuticula
medulla

File:

Download Andrea_Nickoloff_Final_Masters_Thesis_11-21-13.pdf

Committee Members:

Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Gerard Messina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew David Hurteau, 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:

Wisor, Joshua Michael

Title:

The Invasion of the Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus) and its effect on the Habitat Partitioning of Benthic Fishes in French Creek.

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

Fish
microhabitat
invasive species
Round Goby

File:

Download Wisor_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Weeks Boyer, Committee Member
Julian D Avery, Committee Member