| MARINE SCIENCE | ||||
| INDEPENDENT RESEARCH | ||||
| 1991-2003 | ||||
| FALL 1991 | ||||
| Sonya Skoog | Worm Tube Distribution | Dr. Simpson | 3 credits | |
| FALL 1992 | ||||
| Scott Higman | Aquaculture | Dr. Bahorik | 3 credits | |
| John Vetter | Aquaculture: The Benefits and | Dr. Bahorik | 3 credits | |
| Problems With | ||||
| SPRING 1993 | ||||
| Christopher Brown | What is the Influence of Grain Size on | Dr. Simpson | 3 credits | |
| the Density of Diopatra cuprea in | ||||
| Tom's Cove | ||||
| SUMMER 1993 | ||||
| Jeff Miller | Determination of Sediment Source for | Dr. Simpson | 3 credits | |
| Dune Sand on Assateague - A | ||||
| Comparison with Tom's Cove | ||||
| Stephen Bartos | Determination of Sediment Source for | Dr. Simpson | 3 credits | |
| Dune Sand on Assateague - A | ||||
| Comparison with Tom's Cove | ||||
| Ralph Matos | The Influence of Tidal Velocity on | Dr. Rowell | 3 credits | |
| Suspended Sediment Load in Cockle | ||||
| Creek, Wallops Island, VA | ||||
| Gary Yarnall | Mr. Answini | 3 credits | ||
| FALL 1993 | ||||
| Katherine Maier | Survey of Kanawha River Water Quality | Dr. Bacon | 3 credits | |
| SPRING 1994 | ||||
| Theodore Arnhold | The Growth of Fishing Point, | Dr. Rowell | 3 credits | |
| Assateague Island, VA | ||||
| Patricia Hainey | Decompression of Articular Cartilage | Dr. Ryan | 3 credits | |
| Michael Megella | The Feeding Response of Zebrasoma | Dr. Ryan | 3 credits | |
| flavescens to the green anemone, | ||||
| Anthopleura | ||||
| James Scarboro | Energy Costs in Wave Riding & Free | Dr. Ryan | 3 credits | |
| Bottlenose Dolphins | ||||
| SUMMER 1994 | ||||
| Michael Pascoe | Formation of Hawaiian Emperor Chain | Dr. Rowell | 3 credits | |
| by Hot Spots | ||||
| David Summers | Flushing Time of Chincoteague Bay | Dr. Rowell | 3 credits | |
| Mark Schadler | Meiofauna of Assateague Island, VA | Dr. Ryan | 3 credits | |
| Melissa Steffy | The Feeding Habits of the Mummichog | Mr. Gray | 3 credits | |
| and Striped Killifish | ||||
| FALL 1994 | ||||
| Audrey Gable | Feeding Activity of the Glossy Ibis | Mr. Gray | 3 credits | |
| Jack Abrevaya | A Technical and Comparative Study of | Dr. Ryan | 3 credits | |
| a Controlled Coral Reef to a Native | ||||
| Coral Reef | ||||
| Stephen McCandless | Dr. Ryan | 2 credits | ||
| FALL 1995 | ||||
| Laurie Dellicker | The Current Status of the Florida | Mr. Answini | 3 credits | |
| Everglades with a Focus on the Wood | ||||
| Stork | ||||
| Christine Herb | Lead Levels in Shellfish | Dr. Betts | 3 credits | |
| SPRING 1996 | ||||
| Stacey Williams | Habituation in Fish | Dr. Bahorik | 3 credits | |
| Alex Haydt | Electrorecognition of Lobsters | Dr. Bahorik | 3 credits | |
| Christopher Raleigh | Study of Gas Bubbles Formation of Sea | Dr. Ryan | 3 credits | |
| Urchin Larva Skeletons and | ||||
| Gastrointestinal Tracts | ||||
| SUMMER 1996 | ||||
| Megan Krotz | The Social Interactions of Marine | Dr. Towne | 3 credits | |
| Pinnipeds in an Artificial Environment | ||||
| Jill Guldin | Habituation by Tactile Stimuli of an | Dr. Ryan | 3 credits | |
| East Coast Sea Anemone and Sea Urchin | ||||
| FALL 1996 | ||||
| Makoto Kizuka | Measurement of Sea State and Wind | Dr. Simpson | 3 credits | |
| Speed by Satellite Altimeter | ||||
| Kristoffer Lubas | Species Abundance and Diversity in | Dr. Mellinger | 3 credits | |
| Hereford Inlet, Stone Harbor, NJ | ||||
| Lisa Litzenberger | Tolerance for Gas Bubble Formation in | Dr. Ryan | 3 credits | |
| Japanese medaka eggs and embryos | ||||
| Kimberly Wilson | Sensory Perception in Octopus | Dr. Ryan | 3 credits | |
| Adrienne Baum | A Comparison of Buffering Capacities | Dr. Betts | 3 credits | |
| of Synthetic Sea Salt Blends | ||||
| BREAK 1997 | ||||
| Ty Marr | Driessena polymorpha (Zebra mussel) | Dr. Ryan | 3 credits | |
| and the Problem Surrounding this species | ||||
| SPRING 1997 | ||||
| Frank Acque | What are the Comparisons Between | Dr. Bahorik | 3 credits | |
| Surveys of Parasite Population Densities | ||||
| Found in Menidia menidia, Fundulus | ||||
| majalis, and Fundulus heteroclitus | ||||
| Melissa Wood | Feed and Growth Studies in Captive Fish | Dr. Bahorik | 3 credits | |
| Carl Stoltz | A Quantitative Assessment of Air-Sea | Dr. Rowell | 3 credits | |
| Interactions as Related to El Nino | ||||
| Joel Bell | Impact of Overfishing, Habitat | Dr. Ryan | 3 credits | |
| Destruction, and Debris on Marine | ||||
| Mammals | ||||
| Randal Kalisik | Computer Generated Models to Assess | Dr. Rowell | 3 credits | |
| the Potential Erosion of the US East | ||||
| Coast | ||||
| Scott Schiefer | Social Behavior of Fish | Dr. Towne | 3 credits | |
| SUMMER 1997 | ||||
| Michael Berger | To Determine if Shell Selection by | Mr. Answini | 3 credits | |
| Hermit Crabs is Due to Actual Preference | ||||
| for a Shell of a Particular Species or | ||||
| Based on Shell Size | ||||
| Michael Mele | Cockle Creek, VA, Channel Hydraulics | Dr. Rowell | 3 credits | |
| FALL 1997 | ||||
| Lori Watkins | Behavior of Humpback Whales | Dr. Ryan | 3 credits | |
| Correlated with Environmental Factors | ||||
| Jamie Marinari | Analysis of Marine Mammal Strandings | Dr. Ryan | 3 credits | |
| and Rehabilitation | ||||
| Lisa Loughery | A Study of the Plankton at the Eco-Pond | Dr. Mellinger | 3 credits | |
| George Gasper | What is the Influence of the Pellet | Mr. Gray | 3 credits | |
| Protein/Fat Ratio on the Growth of | ||||
| Rainbow Trout in a Controlled Environ. | ||||
| SPRING 1998 | ||||
| Sarah Alwine | What is the Projected longevity of Blue | Dr. Rowell | 3 credits | |
| Marsh Lake, PA | ||||
| Scott Rutzmoser | Physical Oceanography | Dr. Rowell | 3 credits | |
| Crystal Dow | Photoremediation of Aquatic Plants | Dr. Mapes | 3 credits | |
| Amy Iatesta | Circadian Rythms in Brachydanio rerio | Dr. Towne | 3 credits | |
| Amy Sue Remaley | Attached Micro-communities on | Mr. Answini | 3 credits | |
| Submerged Artificial Substrates | ||||
| Rebecca Kozlow | Attached Micro-communities on | Mr. Answini | 3 credits | |
| Submerged Artificial Substrates | ||||
| Christopher Price | How Declining Temperatures and | Dr. Rhein | 3 credits | |
| Salinities Effect the Feeding Behavior | ||||
| of Seastars | ||||
| L.Bruce Fahs | How Does the Seasonal Change and | Dr. Mellinger | 3 credits | |
| Water Temperature Affect the | ||||
| Biological Diversity in Greenlane | ||||
| Reservoir | ||||
| SUMMER 1998 | ||||
| Russell Jones | Social Behavior of Migratory Bottlenose | Dr. Ryan | 3 credits | |
| Dolphins Evaluated Over 3 Seasons at | ||||
| Wallops Island, VA | ||||
| Robert Ondeck | Historical Study of Fishing Point | Dr. Martin | 3 credits | |
| Coastline, Assateague Island, VA | ||||
| FALL 1998 | ||||
| Amy Dreibelbis | Comparison of Mineral Heavies Along | Dr. Rowell | 3 credits | |
| the Delmarva Peninsula | ||||
| Josh Miller | Past, Present and Future Erosion Along | Dr. Rowell | 3 credits | |
| Assateague Island, VA (southern tip) | ||||
| Christopher Tayler | Detection of Micron-Size Water Waves | Dr. Rowell | 3 credits | |
| SPRING 1999 | ||||
| Sheri Peters | Impact Waves on Suspended Sediment | Dr. Rowell | 3 credits | |
| in a Northern Lake | ||||
| Dana Cianfrani | Diversity, Size, and Number of | Dr. Ryan | 3 credits | |
| Organisms in Tide Pools at Pelican | ||||
| Point, CA | ||||
| Ryan Moyer | Photo Identification and Seasonal | Dr. Ryan | 3 credits | |
| Migrations of Coastal Bottlenose | ||||
| Dolphins | ||||
| Brittony Smith | Water Quality | Dr. Simpson | 3 credits | |
| SUMMER 1999 | ||||
| Jacob Sofinowski | Adverse Affect of Nitrate on Goldfish | Mr. Answini | 3 credits | |
| FALL 1999 | ||||
| Tim Fisher | Comparison/Evaluation of Feeding and | Dr. Ryan | 3 credits | |
| Non-Feeding Behaviors in Captive Sharks | ||||
| Lisa Mignogna | Behavior Patterns Among Captive and | Dr. Ryan | 3 credits | |
| Wild Bottlenose Dolphins | ||||
| Kim Scatchard | Gas Bubble Disease in Eggs and Embryo | Dr. Ryan | 3 credits | |
| of the Japanese Medaka | ||||
| BREAK 2000 | ||||
| Collette Caprio | Feeding Behavior of Bottlenose Dolphins | Dr. Ryan | 3 credits | |
| SPRING 2000 | ||||
| David Ennis | Comparing mercury concentrations | Dr. Rowell | 3 credits | |
| SUMMER 2000 | ||||
| Lorraine Longo | Bottlenose Dolphins at Wallops Island, VA | Dr. Ryan | 3 credits | |
| FALL 2000 | ||||
| Karen Davis | Behavior Patterns of Captive | Dr. Rowell | 3 credits | |
| California Sea Lions | ||||
| Ryan Mazur | Nutrient Loading within Leaser Lake, PA | Dr. Rowell | 3 credits | |
| Jean Monchik | Environmental Effects on Aeromonas | Dr. Zayaitz | 3 credits | |
| hydrophilia Growth | ||||
| Beth Brady | Gas Bubble Disease | Dr. Ryan | 3 credits | |
| William Colin | Effects of Varying Salinities on the | Dr. Ryan | 3 credits | |
| Development of Sea Urchin Larvae | ||||
| Holly Swaney | Tactile Response and Oxygen | Dr. Ryan | 3 credits | |
| Consumption of Sea Urchins | ||||
| SUMMER 2001 | ||||
| Hans Bockelman | Coral Reef Band Diseases | Mr. Answini | 3 credits | |
| Nathan Storms | Diseases in Coral Reefs | Mr. Answini | 3 credits | |
| BREAK 2002 | ||||
| Jennifer Marye | Remote sensing wetlands of Cape | Dr. Rowell | 3 credits | |
| Henelopen, Delaware | ||||
| MARINE SCIENCE | ||||
| INTERNSHIPS | ||||
| 1992-2003 | ||||
| Summer 1992 | ||||
| Philip Gipe | Dr. Rowell | |||
| Summer 1996 | ||||
| Jamie Marinari | National Aquarium in Baltimore | Dr. Ryan | ||
| Spring 1997 | ||||
| Frank Acque | Ocean Gallery II | Dr. Rowell | ||
| Summer 1997 | ||||
| Melissa Brown | National Aquarium in Baltimore OR | Dr. Ryan | ||
| Aquarium for Wildlife Conservation | ||||
| Amy Iatesta | Clearwater Marine Aquarium | Dr. Ryan | ||
| Spring 1998 | ||||
| Angela Kell | Fort Wayne Children's Zoo | Dr. Towne | ||
| Spring 2000 | ||||
| Collette Caprio | National Aquarium in Baltimore | Dr. Rowell | ||
| David Ennis | GLA Labs - Chemical Analysis | Dr. Rowell | ||
| Break 2001 | ||||
| Karen Davis | Aquarium of Niagara Falls | Dr. Rowell | ||
| Michelle Leahy | Aquarium of Niagara Falls | Dr. Rowell | ||
| Fall 2002 | ||||
| Allison Renard | Zoo America-N.American Wildlife Park | Dr. Ryan | ||