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1. SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION OF DIATOM PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION IN LAKE ERIE BENTHOS: IMPLICATIONS FOR SEASONAL HYPOXIA

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Author:
Lashaway, Aubrey Rain
Title:
SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION OF DIATOM PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION IN LAKE ERIE BENTHOS: IMPLICATIONS FOR SEASONAL HYPOXIA
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
rejuvenation
Lake Erie
hypoxia
diatom
File:
Download Aubrey_Lashaway_Thesis_4-24-09.pdf
Committee Members:
Hunter J Carrick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hunter J Carrick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

2. AN EVALUATION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA SEX-AGE-KILL MODEL FOR WHITE-TAILED DEER

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Author:
Norton, Andrew Scott
Title:
AN EVALUATION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA SEX-AGE-KILL MODEL FOR WHITE-TAILED DEER
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
temporal variability
spatial variability
harvest rate
bootstrapping
Sex-Age-Kill
ecology
wildlife
population modeling
white-tailed deer
Odocoileus virginianus
deer
sensitivity
robustness
Pennsylvania
precision
File:
Download Final_draft.pdf
Committee Members:
Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

7. METHODS OF ESTIMATING WHITE-TAILED DEER ABUNDANCE AT GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK: TESTING ASSUMPTIONS OF DISTANCE SAMPLING

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Author:
Stainbrook, David Philip
Title:
METHODS OF ESTIMATING WHITE-TAILED DEER ABUNDANCE AT GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK: TESTING ASSUMPTIONS OF DISTANCE SAMPLING
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Lincoln-Petersen
mark-resight
Bowden
abundance
density
bias
non-uniform transects
roads
distance sampling
Odocoileus virginianus
white-tailed deer
resource selection
habitat use
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
File:
Download Thesis_DPS_final_2011_high_res.pdf
Committee Members:
Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

8. Effects of Oil and Gas Development on Songbird Abundance in the Allegheny National Forest

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Author:
Thomas, Emily Hope
Title:
Effects of Oil and Gas Development on Songbird Abundance in the Allegheny National Forest
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
fragmentation
wells
abundance
songbirds
Pennsylvania
File:
Download ANF_OGM.pdf
Committee Members:
Margaret Brittingham And Walter Tzilkowski, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margaret Brittingham, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Walter Matthew Tzilkowski, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

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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

10. HABITAT SELECTION, SITE FIDELITY, AND LIFETIME TERRITORIAL CONSISTENCY OF OVENBIRDS IN A CONTIGUOUS FOREST

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Author:
Bernard, Michael Jeffrey
Title:
HABITAT SELECTION, SITE FIDELITY, AND LIFETIME TERRITORIAL CONSISTENCY OF OVENBIRDS IN A CONTIGUOUS FOREST
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
decision rules
Ovenbird
breeding dispersal
site fidelity
habitat selection
territory shift
File:
Download Bernard_thesis_2010.pdf
Committee Members:
Margaret Brittingham, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margaret Brittingham, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor