Master's Theses - Recently Completed
Master's Thesis Opus - theses submitted in partial fulfillment of the Master of Science in Natural Resources and Environment
Completed in 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007
2011
- Title: Interactions Between Urban Development and Spatial Distributions of Specialty and Commodity Crops in S.E. Michigan, 1992-2001
Student:Wentzloff, Karly
Advisor:Brown, Dan; Currie, Bill - Title: Municipal Water Management, Private Contracting, and Public Response: A Case Study of Water Privatization in Buffalo, NY
Student: Herz, Beth
Advisor: Bryant, Bunyan; Larsen, Larissa - Title: Life Cycle Environmental and Economic Impacts of "Cash for Clunkers"
Student: Lenski, Shoshannah
Advisor: Keoleian, Greg; Moore, Michael - Title: Ground-foraging Ant Diversity and the Role of an Aggressive Ant (Azteca instabilis) in Coffee Agroecosystems
Student: Ennis, Katherine
Advisor: Perfecto, Ivette; Vandermeer, John - Title: Environmental and Biotic Controls on the Invasion of the Exotic Shrub Elaeagnus umbellata in a Michigan Forest
Student: Brym, Zach
Advisor:Ibanez, Ines; Zak, Don - Title: Interaction Cascades in Anthropogenic Glades
Student:Donihue, Colin
Advisor: Foufopolous, Johannes; Perfecto, Ivette
2010
- Title: Richness, Abundance and Community Composition of Male Euglossine Bees in Coffee Agroecosystems
Student: Briggs, Heather
Advisor: Perfecto, Ivette;Ibanez, Ines - Title: Fish Response to Velocity-Related Flow Modifications in a Warm-Water Stream
Student: Mikus, Amy
Advisor: Webb, Paul;Cotel, Aline - Title: Distribution of Unionid Mussels and Sea Lamprey Larvae in Relationship to Habitat in Streams of Lower Michigan and the Paw Paw River
Student: Hohner, Bridget
Advisor: Adlerstein, Sara; Diana, James - Title: Status and Condition of Mysis diluviana in Lakes Michigan and Huron, 2007-2008
Student: Mida, Julia
Advisor: Scavia, Donald;Jude, David - Title: Genetic Structure of the Common Milkweed, Asclepias syriaca L.
Student: Kabat, Susan
Advisor: Hunter, Mark;Dick, Christopher - Title: Assessment of the Ecological Impacts of Two Shrimp Farms in Southern Belize
Student: Ledwin, Sean
Adivsor: Diana, James;Scavia, Donald - Title: Maintenance of Functional Ant Diversity in Coffee Agroecosystems: Disturbance, Habitat Complexity, and Implications for Spatial Pattern
Student: MacDonald, Andrew
Advisor: Perfectp, Ivette;Vandermeer, John - Title: Strategies for Enhancing Carbon Sequestration and Co-Benefits in Human Dominated Landscapes
Student: Lesch, Lauren
Advisor: Nassauer, Joan;Currie, Bill - Title: The Value of Land Use Patterns and Preservation Patterns
Student: Heintzelman, Martin
Advisor: Moore, Michael;Yaffee, Steve - Title: Effects of Food Type Patch Location on Foraging in Local Birds: A Field Test of Optimal Foraging Predictions
Student: Frens, Kathryn
Advisor: Low, Bobbi;Myers, Phil
2009
- Title: A Study of Beetle Biodiversity in the Forests, Gardens, and Vacant Lots of Detroit
Student: Julie Cotton
Advisor: Perfector, MC Hunter - Title: Development of a GIS Model to Predict Muskellunge Spawning Habitat in Northern Wisconsin Lakes
Student: Joel Nohner
Advisor: Diana, Breck - Title: Elementary Teachers' Beliefs About, Perceived Capacities for, and Reported use of Scientific Inquiry to Promote Student Learning About and for the Environment
Student: Cory Forbes
Advisor: Zint, Davis - Title: Protected Landscapes and Multiple Use: BLM's National Monuments and Conservation System
Student: Heath Nero
Advisor: Wondolleck, Yaffee - Title: Predator Presence Suppresses Immune Function in Larval Amphibians
Student
- : Sarah Seiter
Advisor
- : Low, Werner
2008
- Title: Environmental and Management Influences on Fish and Invertebrate Communities in Agricultural Headwater Streams
Student: Janssen, Jennifer
Advisors: Allan, Wiley - Title: A Combined Design Approach for Integrating Habitats in Mixed-Use Development
Student: Wang, Zhifang
Advisors: Nassauer, Hill - Title: Burn Severity and Terrain: A Spatial Analysis of Forest Fire Burn Severity Trends in the Western United States
Student: Koziol, Benjamin
Advisors: Grese, Brown, French - Title: Effects Of Land Cover On Aquatic Communities And Food Webs: A Study Of Second Order Streams In Southeastern Michigan
Student: Crane, Derek
Advisors: Johengen, Allan - Title: Nitrogen and Carbon Biogechemistry in Soil and Vegtation Along an Indirect Urban-Rural Gradiant in Southeastern Michigan
Student: Kahan, Ari
Advisors: Currie, Brown - Title: Does Atmospheric NO3 Deposition Alter Actinobacterial Abundance and Community Composition in a Northern Hardwood Forest Ecosystem?
Student: Eisenlord, Sarah
Advisors: Zak, Semrau - Title: Intensification and Infestation: Agricultural Management and the Parasites of Associated Biodiversity within Agroecosystems
Student: Goodall, Katherine
Advisors: Perfecto, Foufopolous - Title: Incorporating Carbon Storage into Forest Management in Michigan: A Modeling Based Scenario Analysis
Student: Lindauer-Thompson, Alicia
Advisors: Currie, Helfand - Title: Improvement Proposal for Environmental Management System and Environmental Branding: Solution Guide for Department of Environmental Affairs, Company X
Student: Sawai, Akira
Advisor: Gladwin - Title: A Statistical and Dynamic Modeling Analysis of Phytoplankton Changes in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron During the Zebra Mussel Invasion
Student: Fishman, Daniel
Advisors: Adlerstein, Scavia - Title: Interactions Between Sympatric Hummingbirds On The Juan Fernandez Islands: Foraging Behavior And Competition
Student: Wolf, Coral
Advisor: Low - Title: The Influence of physical habitat factors on a near-shore fish community in the lower Muskegon River, Michigan
Student: David, Solomon
Advisor: Rutherford - Title: Of Darwiní¢â‚¬â„¢s Dreams and Nightmares: The Concealed Violence of a Global Whitefish Commodity
Student: Johnson, Jennifer Lee
Advisor: Hardin - Title: Steelcase Green Product Development: An Early Stage Life Cycle Analysis Tool and Methodology
Student: Conway, Caroline
Advisor: Keoleian
2007
- Title: Ecological Characteristics of County Drains in the River Raisin, Michigan
Student: Kelley, Jill
Advisor: Allan - Title: Assessing the Vulnerability to Drought in Ceara, Northeast Brazil
Student: Brant, Simone
Advisors: Lemos, Scavia - Title: Turbidity Mapping and Prediction in Ice Marginal Lakes at the Bering Glacier System, Alaska
Student: Liversedge, Liza
Advisors: Wiley, Michael Meadows, Guy Shuchman, Robert - Title: Biological Control of Purple Loosestrife Using Gallerucella Beetles
Student: Palmer, Jessica
Advisors: Grese, Allan - Title: Ecological and Socioeconomic Characteristics of Integrated Aquaculture Practices in Yingbin Bay, Hainan Province, China
Student: Theodore, Lauren
Advisors: Diana, Webb - Title: Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Conservation of Terrestrial Mammals
Student: Roberts, Eila
Advisor: Low - Title: Adaptive Capacity of Water Management to Climate Change in Brazil: A Case Study Analysis of the Baixo Jaguaribe and Pirapama River Basins
Student: Engle, Nathan
Advisor: Bierbaum - Title: Social, Economic, and Production Characteristics of Freshwater Prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii Culture in Thailand
Student: Schwantes, Vicki
Advisor: Diana - Title: Movements & Habitat Use of Juvenile Lake Sturgeon in the North Channel of the St. Clai River
Student: Lord, Katherine
Advisor: Diana - Title: Conservation Subdivision Design: Perceptions and Reality
Student: Bosworth, Kimberely
Advisor: Kaplan