Fisheries & Wildlife Graduate Research Projects

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List of current graduate students doing fisheries and wildlife projects - 2007-2008

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name class curr adviser Research Subject
ADAMSKI KYLE MS ZO BUCKEL Gag grouper recruitment in NC estuaries
ASPINWALL MARTHA DR FW DEPERNO/MOORMAN Movement and implications of Canada geese across an urban landscape
AYERS CHRISTOPHER MS FW DEPERNO/MOORMAN Effects of different mowing regimes on the efficacy of Anthraquinone (FlightControl Plus TM) as a Canada goose repellent
BACHELER NATHAN DR ZO BUCKEL/HIGHTOWER Estimating fishing and natural mortality rates of red drum
BAKAL ROBERT  DR FW STOSKOPF Policy development in fish health management at federal level
BREWSTER JESSICA MS FW KWAK Introduced flathead catfish trophic ecology
BREY MARYBETH DR ZO ADAY/RICE Trophic interactions and reservoir food web dynamics
BROWN CHRISTIN MS FW KWAK Gear bias, selectivity and a standardized fish sampling protocol for Puerto Rico streams
CAREY BRAD MR FW LANCIA  
CARR CINDY MS FW LANCIA Modeling highway location on birds
CERBIN ADRIANA MS FW STEELMAN Public perceptions of NC Zoological Park
CHARTIER NEIL DR FW LANCIA Roanoke River flooding effects on Swainson's Warblers
CHITWOOD COLTER MS FW DEPERNO/LANCIA Deer population assessment on Hofmann Forest
DAVIS CANDACE DR ZO POWELL  
DOUGLASS KELLY MS FW DOERR Lead shot availability to mourning doves
FAVROT SCOTT MS FW KWAK Reproductive ecology of the sicklefin redhorse
FISK MICHAEL MS FW  KWAK  Reproductive ecology and habitat relations of the robust redhorse in the Pee Dee River
FOLTA JOSEPH DR FOR   LANCIA/DEPERNO  
GARNER BRAD MS FW KWAK Effects of intensive triploid grass carp stocking on reservoir invasive plants and fish distributions
GLASS LINDSAY DR ZO RICE Effects of hypoxia-induced habitat compression on juvenile fish cohort dynamics: field and model investigations
GODBOUT JASON MS FW ADAY/RICE Trophic interactions and reservoir food web dynamics
GOLDEN KATHERINE MS FW DEPERNO/MOORMAN Surveying NC private non-industrial landowners
GRIFFITH EMILY DR ST  POLLOCK Catch curve modelling
HAIN ERNST MS FW NELSON Development of an effective fish Index of Biotic Integrity for the NC Sandhills
HARRIS JULIANNE DR ZO HIGHTOWER Movement and spawning of American shad transported above dams on the Roanoke River
HARRIS NYEEMA DR FW STOSKOPF Interactions between coyotes and red wolves
HURLEY JENNIFER DR FW NELSON/LEVINE   Characterization of watershed influences on freshwater mussels
HUTCHENS STAN  MS FW DEPERNO Inventory and assessment of the reptile and amphibian fauna of Bull Neck Swamp, Washington County, NC.
HYTON REBECCA DR  ZO SIMONS Assessing the effects of atmospheric pollution on high elevation bird and snail communities in the southern Appalachians
JOHNSON BRENDA MS FW HADAD Effects of habitat fragmentation and corridors on disease dynamics
JONES ELIZABETH MS FW LANCIA/DOERR Effectiveness of bear crossings on I-26 in Madison County
KARNS GABRIEL MS FW LANCIA/DEPERNO Movement, activity, and habitat use of adult male white-tailed deer related to hunting pressure and breeding season at Chesapeake Farms, Maryland
KRACHEY MATTHEW DR ZO POLLOCK  Bayesian tag-return models
LINDBERGH TY MS ZO HINSHAW Evaluation of genotype X environment interactions in selected rainbow trout families, cooperative project with the National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture
LOUIE JOAN MS FW NELSON Prioritizing restoration efforts for the Eastern brook trout using remote sensing-based models
MAGOWAN KEVIN MS FW HIGHTOWER Movement and spawning of American shad transported above dams on the Roanoke River
MATTHEWS CHARLOTTE  MS FW MOORMAN Changes to herpetofaunal populations three to five years after fuel reduction treatments
MAYS JASON  MS FW KWAK/COPE Platinum group metals in freshwater mussels: an indicator of transportation impacts
MIDWAY STEPHEN MS FW KWAK/ADAY Life history and reproductive ecology of the Carolina madtom
MORLEY JAMES DR ZO BUCKEL Bluefish recruitment in continental shelf waters of NC
MORRIS JAMES DR ZO RICE/GOVONI  Population growth and ecological impacts of the non-native lionfish (Pterois volitans and Pterois miles) in the Western Atlantic
MOSHER SHAD MS TOX COPE Accumulation and effects of lead on native freshwater mussels as indicators of transportation impacts
PALAMAR MARIA  DR FW STOSKOPF Deer/cattle interactions with regard to disease transmission
PANDOLFO TAMARA MS TOX COPE Sensitivity of early life stages of freshwater mussels to a range of common and extreme water temperatures
PATTANARANGSAN R. DR FW STOSKOPF Aspects of avian influenza epidemiology
PLAHUTA AMY MS FW LANCIA Swainson's warbler territory size
POTTER MATTHEW MS FW HESS/MOORMAN Urban snake ecology in Raleigh/Cary, NC Greenways
PROCHAZKA SHARON  MS TOX COPE Evaluation of the genotoxicity of selected pesticides to native freshwater mussels
RAABE JOSHUA DR ZO HIGHTOWER Assessing benefits to migratory fishes of habitat restored by dam removal
RIDDLE JASON  DR FW MOORMAN Maximizing the impact of field borders for quail and early-succession songbirds 
RITTER MATT DR   POLLOCK Wildlife disease modeling
ROACH STACEY MS FW    
ROCKHILL AIMEE DR FW DEPERNO Home range, movement, and habitat selection of adult bobcats (Lynx rufus) in pocosin wetlands of eastern NC;  Bull Neck Swamp Management Plan
SANDFOSS MARK MS FW DEPERNO/LANCIA Modeling population size and the impacts of harvest for feral hogs and white-tailed deer at Howell Woods
SAVAGE AMELIA MS FW MOORMAN Foraging habits of Swainson's warbler in a managed forest landscape
SCHULTE SHILOH DR ZO SIMONS Ecology of American Oystercatchers in NC
SEPULVEDA MAX DR FW STOSKOPF Interactions between mink and otters related to health risk management for infectious disease
SHAKE COREY MS FW MOORMAN Effects of patch perimeter: area ratio and landscape context on bird communities in CREP buffers 
SMITH JOSEPH  MS FW HIGHTOWER Spawning activity of anadromous fishes in the Cape Fear River
STANISLAV STEVE DR ST POLLOCK Capture-recapture models
SUPPLE MEGAN MS BMA POLLOCK Genetic tagging studies
TARR NATHAN  MS FW SIMONS Effects of ORV disturbance on wintering waterbirds at Cape Lookout National Seashore
WALDSTEIN ARIELLE MS ZO SIMONS Ecology of raccoons at Cape Lookout National Seashore
WALLACE BENJAMIN MS FW KWAK Stream trout ecology and management in North Carolina state parks
WEAVER DANIEL MS FW KWAK Interaction of stocked trout with native nongame stream fishes
WEN ZHI DR ST/OR POLLOCK Population level tagging models
YOSHIZAKI JUN DR ZO POLLOCK   

 

Stan Hutchens with two snakes

Stan Hutchens, Masters student in Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, conducts herpetafauna research at Bull Neck Swamp.

Key Contacts

Dr. Richard Lancia
Fisheries & Wildlife Program
Phone: 919-515-7586
richard_lancia@ncsu.edu