Theses/Dissertations from 2023
PREDICTING HABITAT SUITABILITY OF MIGRATORY SHARKS USING MACHINE LEARNING METHODS, Daniel Daye
HOME IS WHERE THE HABITAT IS: MODELING SHORTFIN MAKO HABITAT SUITABILITY VIA MACHINE LEARNING METHODS, Julian Garrison
FORM AND FUNCTION OF THE LATERAL LINE SYSTEM IN THREE NORTH AMERICAN FISHES: DEVELOPMENT, EVOLUTIONARY INSIGHTS, AND IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, Aubree E. Jones
ELUCIDATING THE MECHANISMS OF STRESS TOLERANCE IN REEF-BUILDING CORAL HOLOBIONTS, Emma Strand
ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF MEDICALLY IMPORTANT HARD TICKS AND ASSOCIATED IXODES-BORNE PATHOGENS IN RHODE ISLAND, Thomas Kinser Wallace
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
ASSESSING HORSESHOE CRAB (LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS) POPULATION STRUCTURE WITHIN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND, Natalie Ameral
ADVANCED DETECTION OF MICROPLASTICS AND PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES IN SEDIMENTS FROM THE NARRAGANSETT BAY WATERSHED, Michaela A. Cashman
THE IMPACTS OF THE INVASIVE GREEN IGUANA (IGUANA IGUANA) ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND THE COMMUNITIES OF PUERTO RICO — AN INTERDISCIPLINARY ASSESSMENT, Christina N. De Jesus Villanueva
CONTROL OF VARROA DESTRUCTOR USING POWDERED SUGAR AND HEAT, Casey L. Johnson
THE EFFECTS OF AUDITORY PREDATION RISK CUES ON CATERPILLAR GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, AND FITNESS, Zachary A. Lee
DEFINING EVOLUTIONARY AND DEVELOPMENTAL PATTERNS OF LATERAL LINE SCALE MERISTICS AMONG TELEOSTS, Jenna Nadia O'del
INVESTIGATION INTO THE IMPACT OF PARASITIC APICOMPLEXANS ON THE GUT MICROBIOME OF MARINE TUNICATE CIONA INTESTINALIS, Evelyn Anna Spencer
BUMBLE BEES (BOMBUS SPP.) OF RHODE ISLAND: RELATIVE ABUNDANCE, DIVERSITY, AND FLORAL VISITATION, Elizabeth Varkonyi
MECHANISMS AND CONSEQUENCES OF CROSS-GENERATIONAL ACCLIMATIZATION IN REEF-BUILDING CORALS, Kevin Harrison Wong
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
BIODIVERSITY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY OF PROTIST COMMUNITIES IN COASTAL MARINE ECOSYSTEMS ACROSS INDONESIA, Erin Borbee
TRANSITIONING FIELD COURSES IN PLANT IDENTIFICATION TO REMOTE INSTRUCTION: AN ANALYSIS, Emma Brown
CONTRIBUTION OF MATERNAL mRNA PROVISIONING TO EMBRYONIC STRESS RESPONSE IN A REEF-BUILDING CORAL, Erin Elizabeth Chille
PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY IN ACROPORA PULCHRA UNDER VARIED ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, Dennis A. Conetta
POST-EMERGENCE MOVEMENTS AND HABITAT USE BY HATCHLING DIAMONDBACK TERRAPINS (MALACLEMYS TERRAPIN), Carolyn Decker
HYBRIDIZATION BETWEEN A NATIVE LIZARD (ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS) AND A CRYPTIC INVADER (A. PORCATUS) ACROSS AN URBAN LANDSCAPE, Tyler B. DeVos
THE EFFECT OF MORPHOLOGY, SUBSTRATE AND WIND ON THE CLINGING ABILITY OF ANOLIS LIZARDS DURING HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS, Emma DiPaolo
STRESS CONDITIONING TO HYPERCAPNIC SEAWATER IN THE PACIFIC GEODUCK PANOPEA GENEROSA, Samuel J. Gurr
EFFECTIVENESS OF ROADSIDE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMPS) ON MAINTAINING STORMWATER QUALITY THROUGH MONITORING AND MODELING, Khurshid Jahan
FOREST STRUCTURE SHAPES TROPICAL TERRESTRIAL AND ARBOREAL MESOMAMMAL COMMUNITIES UNDER MODERATE DISTURBANCE, Juliana Masseloux
PASSIVE ACOUSTICS AS A SENTINEL INDICATOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AT A COLD-WATER CORAL REEF, Alexandria C. Rhoads
FROM CATCH TO CONSUMPTION: FOOD SECURITY DYNAMICS IN AN INDONESIAN FISHING COMMUNITY, Nicole Roberts
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY OF MARINE DIATOMS, BACTERIA, AND THEIR BIOLOGICALLY-ACTIVE COMPOUNDS, Alexa R. Sterling
SELF-REGULATED LEARNING IN FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS IN AN INTRODUCTORY BIOLOGY COURSE AND THE STUDENT EXPERIENCES AND ACADEMIC IMPACTS OF A CAMPUS-WIDE METACOGNITIVE INTERVENTION, Holly Joan Swanson
A PHYLOGENOMIC APPROACH TO EXPLORE PHOTOSYNTHETHIC STRAMENOPILE EVOLUTION, Kristina Xenia Terpis
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
THE FREQUENT FLYER’S GUIDE TO MIGRATION: HOW SONGBIRD METABOLISM AND OXIDATIVE STATUS RESPOND TO ENDURANCE FLIGHT AND DIET QUALITY, Kristen J. DeMoranville
INVESTIGATION OF THE IMPACT OF BACTERIAL ENDOSYMBIONTS ON HOST PARASITE RELATIONS IN APICOMPLEXANS, Elizabeth Sage Hunter
HOW MODIFIED TROPHIC INTERACTIONS CREATE SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL TRADEOFFS: A CASE STUDY OF NARRAGANSETT BAY FISHERIES, Anne A. Innes-Gold
INTERACTIONS BETWEEN HEMLOCK WOOLLY ADELGID, EASTERN HEMLOCK, AND GYPSY MOTH, Ian Gerard Kinahan
DEWLAP EVOLUTION AMONG NON-NATIVE POPULATIONS OF THE LIZARD ANOLIS SAGREI, Jessica N. Pita-Aquino
ASSESSING TREATMENT PERFORMANCE OF ADVANCED NITROGEN-REMOVAL ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS, Bianca Noelle Ross
REVERSE BANK FILTRATION FOR CLEANING WATER IN A REMOTE VILLAGE IN SOUTH INDIA, Miles Schelling
COMBINED EFFECT OF HERBIVORY AND SALINITY STRESS ON THE COMMON REED, PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS, Jennifer Soukup
NITROGEN-REMOVING WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS: MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, Sara Katherine Wigginton
FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE CSLD GENES IN PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS BY CRISPR/CAS9 GENE KNOCKOUT, Kai Yuan
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
MOLECULAR AND MORPHOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE EVOLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF RED ALGAL PARASITES, Jillian Freese
ONTOGENY OF THE LATERAL LINE AND VISUAL SYSTEMS OF A CARIBBEAN REEF GOBY, ELACATINUS LORI, Katie R. Nickles
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
The Effects of Urbanization on Performance, Habitat Selection, and Persistence of Anolis Lizards, Andrew Clark Battles
IMPACTS OF URBANIZATION AND INVASIVE SPECIES ON FORAGING BEHAVIOR AND BODY SIZE IN ANOLIS SAGREI, Zachary Chejanovski
NITROGEN LOADING, CLIMATE CHANGE, PATHOGENS: IMPACTS OF MULTIPLE STRESSORS ON RHODE ISLAND SHELLFISH, Ashley Paige Hamilton
A stratigraphic and microfossil record of coseismic land-level changes and tsunami deposits from Old Harbor, Central Kodiak Island, Alaska, Greta Janigian
A GENOMIC APPROACH TO THE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AN APICOMPLEXAN ENDOSYMBIONT AND ITS HOST, Christopher Paight
THE IMPACT OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ON CORAL REEF FISH COMMUNITIES AND LIFE-HISTORY CHARACTERISTICS, Diky Suganda
CARPENTER BEE NECTAR ROBBERY EFFECTS ON FRUIT QUALITY AND NESTING PROVISIONS IN RHODE ISLAND, Sara K. Tucker
Impact of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid and Elongate Hemlock Scale on Early Seasonal Development of Eastern Hemlock, Elizabeth Whitney
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Biological Nutrient Removal During Wastewater Treatment, Elizabeth Quinn Brannon
The Influence of Altered Habitat: Landscape Ecology of Freshwater Turtles in Rhode Island, Scott W. Buchanan
Simulating Thermal Stress in Rhode Island Coldwater Fish Habitat Using SWAT, Britta Marie Chambers
Conserving Milkweed: The Effects of Environmental Change and Viral Prevalence on Asclepias syriaca, Courtney Devoid
Assessment of Salt Marsh Shoreline Degradation and Restoration on Benthic Invertebrate Infaunal Community, Anna Gerber-Williams
Investigating Lateral Line Canal Morphogenesis as a Bone Remodeling Process in Lake Malawi Cichlids, Julia W. Johnstone
Characterization of Cellulose Synthesis Complexes in Physcomitrella patens, Xingxing Li
A Native Lepidopteran is Impacted by Host Defenses Induced by Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges tsugae), Mary M. Mallinger
Organellar Genome Evolution in Red Algal Parasites: Differences in Adelpho- and Alloparasites, Eric Salomaki
Genetic, Demographic and Ecological Factors Contributing to the Evolution of Anolis Lizard Populations, Johanna E. Wegener
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
A Study of the Regulatory and Environmental Factors Affecting Trimethylamine Oxide Accumulation in Marine Organisms, Abigail Brittany Bockus
Biosolids as a Roadside Soil Amendment, Edwin M. Fava III
Nitrogen and Warming Effects on Nitrous Oxide Production Associated with Coastal Macroinvertibrates, Melanie H. Gárate
Reconstructing Common Era Relative Sea-Level Changes on the Gulf Coast of Florida, Matthew Gerlach
Dropping Behavior in the Pea Aphid: How Does Environmental Context Affect Anti-Predator Responses?, Katharine Van Nostrand Harrison
Agonistic Behavior and Costs of Aggression in Decapod Crustaceans, Niels-Viggo Schou Hobbs
Temperature Effects on the Proteome of Ciona intestinalis, Chelsea Lopez
Flow Sensing in the Deep Sea: Morphology of the Lateral Line System in Stomiiform Fishes, Ashley Marranzino
The Response of Molting Homarus Americanus to Ocean Acidification Projections, Erin Lyn McLean
The Effects of Climate Change on Macroalgal Growth, Trophic Interactions and Community Structure, Gordon Ober
Correlating Behavior with Non-Invasive Physiological Measures to Evaluate Mating Strategies in Belugas, Justin Thomas Richard
Three-Dimensional Kinematics of the Jaws and Hyoid During Feeding in White-Spotted Bamboo Sharks, Bradley Scott
Using Subaqueous Soils Data to Manage Coastal Ecosystems: Implications for Bivalve Recruitment, Aquaculture, and Restoration, Brett Matthew Still
Phylogenetic Analysis of a Cryptic Microscopic Red Alga, Katelyn Wadland
Effects of Residual Waste Material as Agricultural Soil Amendments on Soil Greenhouse Gas Fluxes, Ashley Waggoner
Long-Term Impacts of Invasive Herbivores on Tree Physiology, Growth, and Phenology: A Whole-Tree Perspective, Claire M. Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
DO URBAN ENVIRONMENTS INFLUENCE ANTIPREDATOR AND FORAGING BEHAVIOR OF THE LIZARD ANOLIS CRISTATELLUS?, Kevin J. Aviles-Rodriguez
Inducing Heterochronic Shift in Ciona Intestinalis, Bonnie Colantuono
Assessing the Pathogenic Cause of Sea Star Wasting Disease in Asterias Forbesi Along the East Coast of the United States, Caitlin Jessica DelSesto
Effects of Light and Water Availability on the Performance of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges Tsugae), Mauri Hickin
ISOLATION, MOLECULAR & PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SULFATE-REDUCING, HETEROTROPHIC, DIAZOTROPHS, Annaliese Katrin Jones
ORGANIC WASTE AMENDMENTS AS SOURCES OF CARBON AND FERTILITY FOR VEGETABLE, Rebecca Long
Mensurative and Manipulative Experiments Test Effects of Global Change Drivers on Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Coastal Marshes, Rose Marie Martin
INTEGRATING MOLECULAR AND TRADITIONAL SYSTEMATIC TECHNIQUES TO REDEFINE RED ALGAL (RHODOPHYTE) DIVERSITY IN THE BERMUDA ISLANDS, Thea Ruth Popolizio
PREDATORY BEHAVIOR AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE OF CHINESE MANTIDS TO TOXIC AND NON-TOXIC LEPIDOPTERAN PREY, Jamie L. Rafter
Evaluating Seedlings of Eastern Hemlock Resistant to Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges tsugae), Elwood Scott Roberts
Uncovering Orthologous Genes of the Ciona Intestinalis Fanconi Anemia Pathway, Edward Stanley
Cellulose synthesis in Physcomitrella patens: gene expression and mutational analysis, Mai Linh Tran
The Effects of Reduced Mowing in Roadside Medians on Stormwater Filtration and Invasive Species Management, Sara Wigginton
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
EFFECTS OF INTRODUCED GREEN IGUANAS (IGUANA IGUANA) ON TROPICAL PLANT COMMUNITIES THROUGH SEED DISPERSAL AND GERMINATION, Jhoset A. Burgos-Rodriguez
A COMPARISON OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LATERAL LINE CANAL PORES IN TWO SPECIES OF CICHLID FISHES WITH FUNCTIONALLY DISTINCT CANAL MORPHOLOGIES, Lauren E. Carter
ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION OF THE BAMBOO PIT VIPER: NATURAL HISTORY, DEMOGRAPHY AND EFFECTS OF TRANSLOCATION, Elizabeth Anne Devan-Song
EVALUATION OF A TOPLESS BOTTOM-TRAWL DESIGN FOR FISH CAPTURE IN THE SUMMER FLOUNDER FISHERY, Meghan P. Gahm
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
THE MORPHOLOGY AND BIOMECHANICS OF JAW STRUCTURES IN CHONDRICHTHYES, Jordan Balaban
Soil Quality in Rhode Island Pastures Grazed by Different Types of Livestock, Alissa H. Becker
The Distribution and Ontogeny of Neuromast Receptor Organs and a Comparison of Methods for Chemical Albation of the Lateral Line System in Two Cichlid Fishes, Emily Anne Becker
Effects of Ciona Intestinalis Distal-Less-B Nonexpression and Overexpression on Phenotype and Downstream Targets, Matthew David Blanchette
Beauveria bassiana and Elisa Determination of Neonicotinoids to Improve Management of Listronotus maculicollis, Christopher D. Clavet