Research - College of Marine Science, University of South Florida

THESES & DISSERTATIONS

Below is a list of our recently defended Dissertations and Master's Theses. You can gain access to all manuscripts produced by the College of Marine Science at the USF Library. [use the advanced search, and choose "manuscript" as the format, "marine science" and "usf" as keywords].

Dissertations

Year	Last Name	First Name	Dissertation Title
2010	Ithier-Guzman	Warner	Assessing the Ability of Soils and Sediments to Absorb and Retain Cs-137 in Puerto Rico
2010	Richey	Julie	Late Holocene Climate Variability from Northern Gulf of Mexico Sediments: Merging Inorganic and Molecular Organic Geochemical Proxies
2010	Locascio	James	Passive Acoustic Studies of Coastal Fish Populations
2009	Anastasiou	Christopher	Characterization of the Underwater Light Environment and its Relevance to Seagrass Recovery and Sustainability in Tampa Bay, Florida
2009	Bell	Ryan	Development and Deployment of an Underwater Mass Spectrometer for Quantitative Measurements of Dissolved Gases
2009	Al-Mutairi	Hussain	Non-Calanoid Copepods at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-Series Study (BATS) Station: Community Structure and Ecology, 1995-1999
2009	Havens	Heather	Towards the Development of a Coastal Prediction System for the Tampa Bay Estuary
2009	Dixon	Laura "Kellie"	Tracing Anthropogenic Wastes: Detection of Fluorescent Optical Brightners in a Gradient of Natural Organic Matter Fluorescence
2009	Judkins	Heather	Cephalopods of the Broad Caribbean: Distribution, Abundance and Ecological Importance
2009	Ayoub	Lore	Can Colored Dissolved Organic Material Protect Coral Reefs by Reducing Exposure to Ultraviolet Radiation?
2009	Ivey	James	Closure Between Apparent and Inherent Optical Properties of the Ocean with Applications to the Determination of Spectral Bottom Reflectance
2009	Dupont	Jennifer	Ecological Dynamics of Livebottom Ledges and Artificial Reefs on the Inner West Florida Shelf
2009	Burns	Karen	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
2009	McCloskey	Bryan	Foraminiferal Responses to Arsenic in a Shallow-Water Hydrothermal System in Papua New Guinea and in the Laboratory
2009	Souder	Heidi	Shell Abnormalities in Archaias angulatus (Foraminifera) from the Florida Keys: an Indication of Increasing Environmental Stress?
2008	Neely	Merrie	Benthic microalgae and nutrient flux in Florida Bay,USA
2008	Delong	Kristine	Paleoclimatic reconstruction and evaluation of sub-centennial climate variability in the late Holocene using records from massive corals (New Caledonia), tree-rings (New Mexico) and speleothems (China)
2008	Flewelling	Leanne	Vectors of brevetoxins to marine mammals
2008	Marrari	Marina	Characterization of the Western Antarctic Peninsula Ecosystem: Environmental Controls on the Zooplankton Community
2008	Darrow	Brian	Effects of nutrients from the water column on the growth of benthic microalgae in permeable sediments
2008	Remsen	Andrew	Evolution and field application of a plankton imaging system
2008	Conmy	Robyn	Temporal and spatial patterns in optical properties of colored dissolved organic matter on Florida's Gulf Coast: shelf to stream to aquifer
2007	Boehme	Linae	Trace metals and stable isotopes as tracers of life history and trophic connections in estuarine-dependent fish from Tampa Bay, Florida
2007	Milroy	Scott	A three-dimensional biophysical model of light, nutrient, and grazing controls on phytoplankton competition affecting red tide maintenance on the west Florida shelf
2007	Fisher	Elizabeth	Assessing the health of coral reef ecosystems in the Florida Keys at the community, individual, and cellular scales
2007	Leverone	James	Comparative effects of the toxic dinoflagellate Karenia brevis on bivalve mollusks from Florida
2007	Adornato	Lori	Oceanic interfaces: Investigations of biogeochemical changes across nutriclines and frontal boundaries
2006	Hill (Cook)	Mandy	Bahavioral and Auditory Evoked Potential (AEP) hearing Measurements in Odontocete Cetaceans
2006	Palandro	David	Coral Reef Habitat Change and Water Clarity Assessment (1984-2002) for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Using Landsat Satellite Data
2006	Quintana-Rizzo	Ester	Group Fission-Fusion Dynamics and Communication in the Bottlenose Colphin (Tursiops Truncatus)
2006	Burghart	Scott	Micronektonic Community Composition and Trophic Structure Within the Bathypelagic Zone in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico
2006	Chen	Zhiqiang	Monitoring Water Quality in Tampa Bay: Coupling in situ and Remote Sensing
2006	Vanderbloemen	Lisa	Satellite Analysis of Temporal and Spatial Chlorophyll Patterns on the West Florida Shelf (1997-2003
2006	Casper	Brandon	The Hearing Abilities of Elasmobranch Fishes
2006	Kilbourne	Kelly	Tropical Atlantic and Caribbean Climate Variations During the Past Eight Centuries
2006	Smith	Jennifer	Geochemical Signatures in the Coral Montastraea: Modern and Fossil Perspective
2006	Quinn Deister	Kelly	Influence of Solution and Surface Chemistry on Yttrium and Rare Earth Element Sorption
2006	Hill (Heinze)	Heather	Abrupt Climate Change During the Last Glacial Period: A Gulf of Mexico Perspective
2006	Serebrennikova	Yulia	Ammonium Distribution and Dynamics in Relation to Biological Production and Physical Environment in the Marguerite Bay Region of the West Antarctic Peninsula
2006	Liu	Yonggang	Patterns and Dynamics of Ocean Circulation Variability on the West Florida Shelf
2006	Lenes	Jason	Saharan Dust and Phosphatic Fidelity: A Three Dimensional Biogeochemical Modeal of Trichodesmium on the West Florida Shelf
2005	Lester	Kristen	Zooplankton of the West Florida Shelf: Relationships with Karenia Brevis Blooms
2005	Masserini	Robert	Ammonium, nitrate and nitrite in the oligotrophic ocean: Detection methods and usefulness as tracers
2005	Nababan	Bisman	Bio-optical variability of surface waters in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico
2005	McDaniel	Lauren	Lysogeny: Practical applications and new discoveries
2005	Virmani	Jyotika	Ocean-atmosphere interactions on the West Florida Shelf

Master's Theses 2005 - 2010

Year	Last Name	First Name	Thesis Title
2010	Doran (Sedwick)	Kara	Addressing the Problem of Land Motion at Tide Guages
2010	Dunham	Nicole	The Life History and Energy Budget of Hippocampus erectus in Tampa Bay, FL
2010	Montie (Nelson)	Misty	Sound Production and Behavior of Red Grouper (Epinephelus morio) on the West Florida Shelf
2009	Brown	Catalina	Ovarian Morphology, Oogenesis and Changes through the Annual Reproductive Cycle of the Female Blue Crab Callinectes Sapidus Rathbun, in the Tampa Bay Area
2009	Murasko	Susan	Particulate Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorus Stoichiometry of South West Florida Waters
2009	Powell	Jessica	Depredation and Angler Interaction Involving Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Sarasota Bay, Florida
2009	Spear	Adam	The Characterization and Interpretation of the Spectral Properties of Karenia Brevis Through Multiwavelength Spectroscopy
2009	Tyler-Jedlund	Amanda	Age, growth, and reproduction of Calamus proridens, the littlehead porgy, from the northeast Gulf of Mexico
2009	Uhlenbrock	Kristan	Nutrient Distribution Effects From Freshwater Discharge at Franklin Lock and Dam (S-79) on the Caloosahatchee Estuary and San Carlos Bay, Fort Myers, FL
2009	Wenner	Peter	Measurement of Dissolved Gas Concentrations in Natural Waters Utilizing an In-Situ, Membrane Inlet, Linear Quadruple Mass Spectrometer
2009	Williams	Clare	Meltwater and Abrupt Climate Change During the Last Deglaciation: A Gulf of Mexico Perspective
2009	Williams	Ryann	Testing Bioindicators on Reef off Southeast Florida
2008	Anderson	Kelley	Can waters around Durney Key, Pasco County, FL support coral recruitment to artificial substrates?
2008	Atwood	Karen	Brevetoxin Body Burdens in Seabirds of Southwest Florida
2008	Baker	Rebekah	Distribution patterns of larger symbiont-bearing Foraminifera of the Florida Reef Tract, USA
2008	Cullins (Sorge)	Tammy	Antifreeze proteins in pelagic fishes from Marquerite Bay (Western Antarctica)
2008	Dietz	Marianne	Investigating Environmental Change Due to Hypoxic Conditions on the Louisiana Continental Shelf: A Geochemical Approach
2008	Dow	Ian	Epifaunal assemblage of a newly established oyster reef with two substrates
2008	Flannery	Jennifer	A 1400 Year Multi-Proxy Record of Hydrologic Variability in the Gulf of Mexico: Exploring Ocean-Continent Linkages During the Late Holocene
2008	Hudson	Erica	Determining the usefulness of aerobic and anaerobic enzyme assays as proxies for rockfish ecological data
2008	Maupin	Christopher	Extracting a Climate Signal from the Skeletal Geochemistry of the Caribbean Coral Siderastrea siderea
2008	Ramirez	Alexa	Patch reefs in Biscayne National Park, FL: Sediments, Foraminiferal Distributions, and a comparison of three biotic indicators of reef health
2008	Sopkin	Kristin	Heat Fluxes in Tampa Bay, Florida
2008	Symonds	Erin	Viruses in Raw Sewage and Their Potential to Mark Fecal Pollution in Coastal Environments
2008	Whitaker	Jessica	Orbital- to Millennial-Scale Variability in Gulf of Mexico Sea Surface Temperature and Salinity During the Late Pleistocene
2007	Bailey	Kathryn	The use of microarrays in the detection of the gene expression of ribulose-1,5-biposphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO) in the marine environment
2007	Ciembronowicz	KatherineT	The relationship of the initial flooding depositional facies to global sea level and climate on the Marion Plateau, NE Australia (ODP Leg 194)
2007	De la Paz	Lucia	Changes in the abundance and distribution of humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, in Hervey Bay Marine Park, Australia, based on aerial surveys conducted in 1992 and 2004
2007	Dunn	Shane	Acoustic sediment classification of benthic habitats in Tampa Bay
2007	Linville	Amanda	Bathymetric alterations due to urbanization and their effect on salinity, flow field, and transport time for Tampa Bay, FL
2007	Mobberley	Jennifer	Molecular and genomic studies of temperate phages from Halomonas aquamarina and Bacillus spp. isolates from the Gulf of Mexico
2007	Rathmell	Katie	The influence of the loop current on the diversity, abundance, and distribution of zooplankton in the Gulf of Mexico
2007	Richey	Julie	A 1400-year multi-proxy record of climate variability form the northern Gulf of Mexico
2007	Saleem	Shihadah	Geomorphology of submarine springs west of Fort Myers, FL
2007	Stair	Kristine	Assessing the reproducibility of skeletal geochemistry records in Atlantic corals using Montastraea annularis heads from the Dry Torugas, Florida
2007	VanDeventer	Michelle	Brevetoxins in marine birds: Evidence of trophic transfer and the role of prey fish as toxin vector
2007	Wilson (Carrasco)	Monica	Effects of extreme events on residual circulation for Tampa Bay, Florida
2006	Ault (Spence)	Danylle	Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Chlorophyll on the West Florida Shelf
2006	Caesar	Nicole	An Evaluation of the Along Track Reef Imaging System (ATRIS) for Efficient Reef Monitoring and Rapid Ground Truthing of Eaarl Lidar
2006	Cross	Eric	Hydrogen isotopic ratios of algal and terrestrial organic matter in Lake Tulane, FL: from a modern calibration to the reconstruction of paeloclimatic and paleohydrologic conditions.
2006	Delong	Kristine	Reconstructing 20th Century SST Variability in the Southwest Pacific: A replication Study Using Multiple Coral Sr/Ca Records from New Caledonia
2006	Gaydos	Dana	Modeling the Advantages and Disadvantages of Coral-Algal Symbiosis
2006	Gustafson	Steven	(Previous Admission 8/95-1/97) Post-Dirturbance Growth of Montastracea annularis and Porites astreoids in the Caye Caulker Marine reserve, Belize, 2002-2003
2006	Henson	Joshua	Strategic Geographic Positioning of Sea Level Gauges To Aid In Early Detection of Tsunamis in the Intra-Americas Sea
2006	LoDico	Jenna	Sub-Millennial Scale Climatic and Hydrologic Variability in the Gulf of Mexico During the Early Holocene
2006	Long	Amy	Control of Lysogeny in Marine Bacteria: Studies with Ohsic and Natural Populations
2006	Palmer	Denise	Late Holocene Planktic Foraminifera Assemblages from Orca Basin; Effects of Dissolution on Faunal Assemblages
2006	Silverman	Noah	Assessing the consequences of hurricane induced fragmentation of mangrove forest on habitat and nekton in Big Sable Creek, Florida
2006	Soto Ramos	Inia	Environmental Variability in the Florida Keys: Impacts on Coral Reef Health
2006	Wall	Carrie	Linkages Between Envrironmental Conditions and Recreational King Mackerel Catch off West-central Florida
2005	Broadbent	Heather	Development of a CTD System for Environmental Measurements Using Novel PCB MEMS Techniques
2005	Callahan	Michael	Distribution of clionid sponges in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS)
2005	Carnahan	Elizabeth	Foraminiferal assemblages as bioindicators of heavy metal concentrations in Biscayne Bay, Florida
2005	Daniels	Camille	Development and Application of the SEDCON Index for Coral Reef Ecosystems
2005	Du	Chunzi	Autonomous Optical Measurements in Bayboro Harbor (St. Petersburg, Florida)
2005	Farmer	Andrew	Bottom albedo derivations using hyperspectral spectrometry and multispectral video
2005	Fauver	Laura	Toward predicting barrier island vulnerability: simple models for dune erosion
2005	Hill	Randy	Standardizing the auditory evoked potential technique: Ground-truthing against behavioral conditioning in the goldfish Carassius auratus
2005	Lorenzoni-Gonzalez	Laura	The influence of local rivers on the Eastern Cariaco Basin, Venezuela
2005	Montes	Martin	Monte Carlo Simulations as a Tool to Optimize Target Detection by AUV/ROV Laser Line Scanners
2005	Nichols	Bryan	Characterizing sound production in near shore rockfishes (Sebastes spp.)
2005	Quigley	Wendolyn	Variations in sedimentation rates and depositional controls of the open-marine, marsh-dominated coastline from Bayonet Point to the Suwannee River, Florida
2005	Singh Schlansky	Elizabeth	Seasonal and spatial trends of Karenia brevis blooms and associated parameters along the 10-m isobath of the West Florida Shelf
2005	Suthard	Beau	A siliciclastic-filled sedimentary basin in a mid-carbonate platform setting, Tampa Bay, Florida
2005	Walters	Sarah	Mapping Tampa Bay Cynoscion nebulosus Spawning Habitat Using Passive Acoustic Surveys
2005	Wolfson	Monica	Multibeam observations of mine scour and burial near Clearwater, Florida, including a test of the VIMS 2D Burial Model.