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 |
