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

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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

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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

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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 

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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 

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