Student Research, Summer 2003

csc fellows2003

Student

Title of Project

Advisor

Funding

Alexis Rae

Cross-species survey of brood parasitism by the brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) within Brunswick

Wheelwright

Rusack

Aliza Marks

Seeing the sea: a study of the Maine Coast

Kolster

Rusack

Amy Hodges

The effect of human selection pressure on the size of Mya arenaria

Henshaw

Rusack

Ben Chan

Development of web resources synthesizing marine science/studies core curriculum and on-going research

Johnson/Henshaw

Gibbons

Carly Knight

Baffin Island placename project

Henshaw

NSF

Chris Proctor

Sedimentary record of ecosystem changes in Merrymeeting Bay

Lea/Lichter

Rusack

Christina Souther

Wild rice community dynamics in Merrymeeting Bay

Lichter

Doherty

Grace Cho

From city lights to crashing surf: an historical and photographic survey of Maine's coastline

Chiang/Klingle

Rusack

Jeremy Katzen

The creation of fish: an historical examination of Maine's salmon aquaculture industry

Klingle

Rusack

Jon Harris

The effects of Littorina littorea habits on algal and green crab populations in the rocky intertidal zone

Whitlow

Hughes

Juliana Grinvalsky

Wild rice community dynamics and population biology of Eriocaulon parkeri Parker’s pipewort

Lichter

NSF-New England Wildflower Society

Kurt Jendrek

Bedrock controls on submarine groundwater discharge in eastern Casco Bay

Laine

Rusack

Kurt Martin

Sources of stream water flow in the Coastal Studies Center watershed area

Lea/Lichter

Doherty

Lela Stanley

Host specific genetic differentiation in eastern dwarf Mistletoe parasitizing coastal red and white spruce

Logan

Surdna

Lynne Davies

Spine length and roe quality as indicators of growth in the sea urchin

Johnson

Doherty

Rebekah Metzler

Cultural Study of Acadia National Park

Ballinger

Rusack

Sarah Fick

Effects of a marine invasion across the Gulf of Maine: examining geographic variation in green crab abundance and soft shell clam phenotypes

Whitlow

Doherty

Student research from other summers