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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:

Tzilkowski, Caleb J

Title:

Native brook trout and naturalized brown trout effects on two Pennsylvania headwater stream food chains

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

food chains
indigenous species
introduced species
streams
predator-prey interactions
trophic cascade

File:

Download etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
C Paola Ferreri, Committee Member
Hunter J Carrick, Committee Member
Eric S Post, Committee Member

Author:

Mason, Doris A

Title:

INFLUENCE OF STREAM CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY, STREAM HABITAT, AND LANDSCAPE FEATURES ON BROOK TROUT DENSITIES IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA STREAMS

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

thalweg
stream channel morphology
brook trout
stream habitat

File:

Download MasonThesis_09.pdf

Committee Members:

C Paola Ferreri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Paola Ferreri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tyler Wagner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Victoria Anne Braithwaite Read, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Sweka, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Freedman, Jonathan Adam

Title:

DAMS, DREDGING, AND DARTERS: EFFECTS OF ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCES ON BENTHIC FISH ECOLOGY

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

stable isotope analysis
multivariate analysis
benthic trawl

File:

Download FreedmanJA_Dissertation_Final2.pdf

Committee Members:

Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert F Carline, Committee Member
C Paola Ferreri, Committee Member
Charles Raymond Fisher Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Schnars, Jeanette L.

Title:

Effects of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Mercury on the Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina serpentina)

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

Chelydra
mercury
PCB
maternal transfer
hatchling
respirometry

File:

Download JLSchnars_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hunter J Carrick, Committee Member
C Paola Ferreri, Committee Member
Charles Andrew Cole, Committee Member

Author:

Black, Kristin Elizabeth

Title:

TAXONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE METRIACLIMA ZEBRA SPECIES COMPLEX IN LAKE MALAŴI WITH FIVE NEW SPECIES DESCRIPTIONS

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

Lake Malawi
cichlid
mbuna
Metriaclima
M. pambazuko
M. lundoensis
M. midomo
M. tarakiki
M. nigrodorsalis

File:

Download Black_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
C Paola Ferreri, Committee Member
Walter Matthew Tzilkowski, Committee Member
Ke Chung Kim, Committee Member
Ad Konings, Committee Member

Author:

Lisy, Matthew R.

Title:

SYSTEMATICS AND BOWER-BUILDING BEHAVIOR OF THE TRAMITICHROMIS ECCLES AND TREWAVAS (TELEOSTEI:CICHLIDAE) FROM THE SOUTHEAST ARM OF LAKE MALAWI, AFRICA

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Tramitichromis
Lake Malawi
cichlid
bower

File:

Download MatthewLisyThesis3.pdf

Committee Members:

Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
C Paola Ferreri, Committee Member
Ke Chung Kim, Committee Member
Ganapati P Patil, Committee Member

Author:

Lundeba, Mary

Title:

TAXONOMIC STUDY OF THE GENUS PETROTILAPIA TREWAVAS 1935 (TELEOSTEI: CICHLIDAE) FROM LAKE MALAŴI, AFRICA

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

melanin pattern
cichlid
mbuna
Petrotilapia
Malawi
radiation

File:

Download Doctoral_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
C Paola Ferreri, Committee Member
Walter Matthew Tzilkowski, Committee Member
Ke Chung Kim, Committee Member
A Konings, Committee Member

Author:

Williamson, Neihl Adam

Title:

EVALUATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE EASTERN RIVERS AND MOUNTAINS NETWORK’S BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE SAMPLING PROTOCOL: EFFECT OF SAMPLING EFFORT ON ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

National Park Service
Macroinvertebrate
Sampling Effort
Bioassessment

File:

Download MS_Thesis_NAW.pdf

Committee Members:

C Paola Ferreri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
C Paola Ferreri, 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:

Jere, Wilson Wesley Lazaro

Title:

SNAIL-EATING FISHES OF LAKE MALAŵI: (1) AGE AND GROWTH OF TREMATOCRANUS PLACODON REGAN; (2) SYSTEMATICS OF CICHLID GENUS MYLOCHROMIS REGAN

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

Malawi
Trematocranus
placodon
Mylochromis
age
species

File:

Download JERE_Wilson_Wesley_Lazaro.pdf

Committee Members:

Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
C Paola Ferreri, Committee Member
Walter Matthew Tzilkowski, Committee Member
Timothy Michael Ryan, Committee Member

Author:

Grant, Christopher James

Title:

Mercury bioaccumulation in aquatic ecosystems of forested streams in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

mercury
bioaccumulation
bioconcentration
fish
brook trout
aquatic mosses
bed sediments
stream water
aquatic ecosystems

File:

Download FinalDiss.pdf2.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Weeks Boyer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Russell Dewalle, Committee Member
C Paola Ferreri, Committee Member
Andrew Cole, Committee Member

Author:

Grassie, Oonagh C

Title:

Environmental Stress Shapes the Neurobiology and Behavior of Fish

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

animal behavior
spatial learning
brain plasticity
behavioral ecology
environmental enrichment

File:

Download OCGRASSIE_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Victoria Anne Braithwaite Read, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
C Paola Ferreri, Committee Member
Tyler Wagner, Committee Member
Tracy Lee Langkilde, Special Member

Author:

Deweber, Jefferson Tyrell

Title:

Potential Climate and Land Use Change Effects on Brook Trout in the Eastern United States

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

brook trout
river habitat
climate change
water temperature
thermal suitability

File:

Download Dissertation_Final_DeWeber.pdf

Committee Members:

Tyler Wagner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
C Paola Ferreri, Committee Member
Douglas Alan Miller, Committee Member
William David Walter, Committee Member

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:

Bonshock, Brianna

Title:

Farming A Sustainable Fish: Exploring Consumer Support of Aquaponics and Preference for Aquaponic Tilapia

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

Aquaculture
Aquaponics
Tilapia
Sustainability
Perceptions
Knowledge
Consumer Acceptance

File:

Download BriannaC.Bonshock_Final_Thesis_2021.pdf

Committee Members:

Judd Harrison Michael, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
C Paola Ferreri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Kreye, Committee Member
Bradley Cardinale, Special Signatory