Lab Graduates
Steve Wolf, M.S.
"Seasonal, age and sex variations in the blood composition of the brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis."
Thesis (M.S.)--University of South Florida, 1984.
Joseph Donnelly, M.S.
"Oxygen consumption in midwater fishes and crustaceans from the eastern Gulf of Mexico."
Thesis (M.S.)--University of South Florida, 1986.
Donna Stickney, M.S.
"Chemical composition of Mesopelagic fishes from the Eastern Gulf of Mexico."
Thesis (M.S.)--University of South Florida, 1987.
Brad Weigle, M.S.
"Abundance, distribution, and movements of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in lower Tampa Bay, Florida."
Thesis (M.S.)--University of South Florida, 1987.
Iliana Quintero, M.S.
"Effects of salinity adaptation on blood osmolality and gill morphology of juvenile common snook Centropomus undecimalis (Bloch)."
Thesis (M.S.)--University of South Florida, 1988.
Susan Brown, M.S.
"Temperature and salinity effects on survival and development of early stage stone crabs, Menippe mercenaria (Say, 1818)."
Thesis (M.S.)--University of South Florida, 1990.
Shana Smith, M.S.
"Investigation of histamine in echinoderms."
Thesis (M.S.)--University of South Florida, 1992.
Gina Ruiz, M.S.
"Male reproductive anatomy of the pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps, and dwarf sperm whale, Kogia simus, based on gross and histological observations."
Thesis (M.S.)--University of South Florida, 1993.
Stephen Geiger, Ph. D.
"Respiratory physiology of juvenile tarpon, Megalops atlanticus."
Thesis (M.S.)--University of South Florida, 1993.

"A comparative assessment of biochemical measures of nutritional condition in pelagic organisms : oceanic frontal systems as natural laboratories."
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of South Florida, 1999.
Ross Brightman, Ph.D.
"Energetics and RNA-DNA ratio in larval red drum Sciaenops ocellatus."
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of South Florida, 1993.
Teresa Greely, M.S.
"Age and growth of the Antarctic lanternfish, Electrona antarctica (family Myctophidae), based on microstructural analysis of sagittal otoliths."
Thesis (M.S.)--University of South Florida, 1994.
Bishop-Pierce, Renee, Ph.D.
"Leptocephalus energetics : an examination of a unique larval developmental strategy."
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of South Florida, 1997.
Leslie Ward-Geiger, M.S.
"Blubber depth and body condition indices in the Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris)."
Thesis (M.S.)--University of South Florida, 1997.
Allen Foley, Ph.D.
"The nesting ecology of the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) in the Ten Thousand Islands, Florida."
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of South Florida, 1998.
Helena Kawall, Ph.D.
"Metabolic adaptation of antarctic organisms : responses to the ice-edge bloom and cold adaptation."
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of South Florida, 1998.
Christina Simoniello, Ph.D.
"The effect of temperature on metabolic characteristics and biochemical structure: indices of thermal sensitivity in mesopelagic fishes."
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of South Florida, 2003.
Michele Grigsby, M.S.
"Biochemical adaptation of mesopelagic fishes to the oxygen minimum zone."
Thesis (M.S.)--University of South Florida, 2003.
Joël Bellucci, M.S.
"The effects of seasonal change on copepods and Euphausiids off the Western Antarctic Peninsula: results from biochemical assays and respiration studies."
Thesis (M.S.)--University of South Florida, 2004.
Paul Thurman, M.S.
"Life history and energy budget of the Roughtongue bass, Pronotogrammus martinicensis (Serranidae: Anthiinae)."
Thesis (M.S.)--University of South Florida, 2004.
Ester Quintana-Rizzo, Ph.D.
"Group Fission-Fusion Dynamics and Communication in the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)"
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of South Florida, 2006.
Noah Lawrence Silverman, M.S.
"Assessing the Consequences of Hurricane-induced Fragmentation of Mangrove Forest on Habitat and Nekton in Big Sable Creek, Florida"
Thesis (M.S.)--University of South Florida, 2006.
Tammy Cullins, M.S.
"Antifreeze proteins in pelagic fishes from Marquerite Bay (western Antarctica)."
Thesis (M.S.)--University of South Florida, 2008.
Erica Hudson, M.S.
"Determining the Usefulness of Aerobic and Anaerobic Enzyme Assays as Proxies for Rockfish Ecological Data."
Thesis (M.S.)--University of South Florida, 2008.
Leanne Flewelling, Ph.D.
"Vectors of Brevetoxins to Marine Mammals."
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of South Florida, 2008.
Karen Burns, Ph.D.
"Evaluation of the Efficacy of the Minimum Size Rule in the Red Grouper and Red Snapper Fisheries with Respect to J and Circle Hook Mortality, Barotrauma and the Consequences for Survival and Movement."
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of South Florida, 2009.
Mandy Tyler, M.S.
"Age, Growth, and Reproduction of Calamus proridens the Littlehead Porgy, from the Northeast Gulf of Mexico."
Thesis (M.S.)--University of South Florida, 2009.
Heather Judkins, Ph.D.
"Cephalopods of the Broad Caribbean: abundance, distribution, and ecological importance."
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of South Florida, 2009.
Hussain Al-Mutairi, Ph.D.
"Non-calanoid copepods at the Bermuda Atlantic time-series (BATS) station : community structure and ecology, 1995-1999."
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of South Florida, 2009.
Nicole Dunham, M.S.
"The Life History and Energy Budget of Hippocampus erectus in Tampa Bay, Florida."
Thesis (M.S.)--University of South Florida, 2010