Advisor* and/or Graduate Committee Member for Master of Science Candidates in the Biology and Water Sciences programs: Murray State University (MSU), the University of Louisville (UL), and the University of Kentucky (UK) for the following students:
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- Teresa Martin (MSU, Watershed Science). 2013
- Thesis title: You are what you eat: Macroinvertebrates and stable isotopes at Panther and Ledbetter Creeks.
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- Amy Krzton-Presson (MSU, Water Sciences). 2011
- Thesis title: Effects of Phragmites management on reptiles and amphibians at Clear Creek Wildlife Mgt. Area.
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- Brett Davis (MSU, Fisheries Biology). 2011
- Thesis title: Effects of Phragmites management on fishes at Clear Creek Wildlife Mgt. Area.
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- *Courtney (Snapp) Hunt (MSU, Water Sciences). 2008
- Thesis Title: Diatom colonization in springs of contrasting geologic origin in Land-Between-the-Lakes, western Kentucky and Tennessee.
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- *Seth Hunt (MSU, MS Water Sciences). 2005
- Thesis Title: Heterotrophic algae beneath two streams of contrasting land use in western Kentucky and Tennessee.
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- *Sara Klaus Estorer (MSU, MS Biology). 2005
- Thesis Title: Movement of nitrogen through the hyporheic zone of mid-west agricultural and forested streams.
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- Matthew Williamson (MSU, MS Water Sciences). 2005
- Thesis Title: Effects of atrazine on survival of tricopteran larvae.
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- David V. Cano (MSU, MS Biology). 2005
- Thesis Title: Community composition and phylogenetic relationships of Eubacteria from sediment soil samples of the littoral zone of Ledbetter Creek embayment, Kentucky Lake, during summer and winter pool.
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- Amanda Nelson (MSU, MS Water Sciences). 2004
- Thesis Title: Assessing the sediment quality in Kentucky Lake using gamma-scan biomonitoring and Tubifex tubifex (Oligochaeta: Tubificidae).
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- *Kelly Wills (MSU, MS Water Sciences). 2002
- Thesis Title: Phosphorus release from the sediments of two third-order streams in Kentucky and Tennessee: effects of contrasting land-use.
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- T. Scott Wright (MSU, MS, Water Sciences). 2003
- Thesis Title: Distribution patterns of hyporheic meiofauna in an agricultural stream gravel bar series.
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- Mara Lindsley Smith (MSU, MS Biology). 2002
- Thesis Title: Classification of wetland vegetation using hyperspectral and multispectral imagery and the use of GIS to detect jurisdictional wetland boundaries.”
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- Denise Moyer (MSU, MS Biology). 2002
- Thesis Title: Use of stable organic carbon isotopes (13C), C/N ratios and % C to indicate the origin of carbon in the sediments of a southeastern reservoir, Kentucky Lake, KY and distribution of benthic macroinvertebrates in a southeastern reservoir (Kentucky Lake, KY) based on spatial, temporal, and physical-chemical characteristics.
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- Karen Exton-Thompson (UK, MS Geology/Hydrology). 2002
- Thesis Title: Groundwater flow in the Ledbetter Creek watershed, Calloway County, KY.
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- Baki Billah Sadi (MSU, MS Chemistry). 2001
- Thesis Title: Temporal Trends of Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Pollutants in Ledbetter embayment, Kentucky Lake.
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- John Rundle (MSU, MS Biology). 2001
- Thesis Title: The effect of altered hydrology on the nitrate removal capacity of western Kentucky wetlands.
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- Julie Tabor (MSU, MS Biology). 2000
- Thesis Title: Seasonal patterns of phytoplankton in Ledbetter Embayment of Kentucky Lake.
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- Christopher Brooks (MSU, MS Biology). 2000
- Thesis Title: The effect of erosive land uses on the distribution and abundance of hyporheic invertebrates.
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- Jason Williams (UL, MS Biology). 1999
- Thesis Title: Regulation of phytoplankton and bacterioplankton production by nutrient availability and advective losses in a large river impoundment (Kentucky Lake).
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- Heather Richard (MSU, MS Water Sciences). 1999
- Thesis Title: Distribution of carbon dioxide and methane in Kentucky Lake: seasonal, spatial, and long-term patterns.
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- Bobby Lee (MSU, MS Biology). 1995
- Thesis Title: Littoral zones in a reservoir: groundwater flow paths and Justicia americana distributions.
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- Raquel Reinhardt (MSU, Candidate Water Sciences)
- Thesis Title: The influence of landscape on nutrient flux in a 4th order western Kentucky stream.
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- Natalie Ohl (MSU, Candidate Water Sciences)
- Thesis Title: Recolonization of macroinvertebrates in the drawdown zone and effect of leaf in-put on Ledbetter embayment, Kentucky Lake.
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OTHER STUDENTS
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Thomas Moore (Undergraduate Research (CRUI), Biology). 2000-2002
- Project Title: Nutrient cycling by benthic bacteria at Ledbetter Embayment. Paper presented at the National Science Foundation Collaborative Research in Undergraduate Institutions Symposium, MSU, and Kentucky Academy of Science, Murfreesboro, TN.
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- Joseph Gar (Faculty, West Kentucky Community and Technical College).
Summers 2002-2004
- Publication and project title: Gar, J. 2005. Assessing Water Quality of Two Creeks Using Biodegradable Dissolved Organic Carbon Analyses. J. Kentucky Acad. Sci.
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