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Dissertations from 2024
To Eat or Not To Eat? That is the Question: Nutrient Source Shifts in Carnivorous Plants, Emmi Kurosawa
Dissertations from 2022
Beyond the Single Story: Integrating Human and Natural Systems to Understand Environmental Change, Michael Steven Roy
Dissertations from 2021
Response of Socio-Ecological Systems to Climate Change in the Alpine Ecosystems of the Himalaya, Tenzing Ingty
Of Bivalves and Bacteria: Oyster Microbiomes and Oyster-Associated Vibrio Species in the Aquaculture Environment, Casandra J. Lyons
Population Genetics, Clonal Diversity, and Molecular Evolution of Weedy Dandelions (Taraxacum Sp.), Lisa Bhattacharyya Mazumder
Dissertations from 2020
Using Passive Acoustic Data to Track Changes in Baleen Whale Distribution Throughout the Western North Atlantic Ocean, Genevieve E. Davis
Identifying Drivers of and Quantifying North Atlantic Right Whale Local Abundance, Laura C. Ganley
Cross-Ecosystem Predators Control Species Interactions, Multifunctionality and Resilience in Coastal Marshes, Marc J.S. Hensel
Impact of Disturbance Regimes on Community and Landscape Biodiversity in Atlantic Coastal Pine Barren Ecoregion Streams, Sean T. McCanty
Mosquito Microbiomes: Understanding the Interface Between Microbiome, Environment, and Human Pathogens, Amanda G. Tokash-Peters
Dissertations from 2018
The Effects of Global Change Drivers on Water Quality in an Urban Northeastern Coastal Ecoregion, Nicole D. Henderson
Evolutionary Effects of Urbanization on the Tropical Lizard Genus Anolis, Kristin M. Winchell
Dissertations from 2017
The Effect of Abiotic Conditions on Microbial Community Structure and the Genes Responsible for Several Geochemical Processes in Salt Marsh Sediments, John H. Angell III
Microbial Communities inside Permeable Reactive Barriers Designed to Stop Eutrophication and their Effects on Nitrous Oxide and Methylmercury Production, Kenly A. Hiller
Dissertations from 2016
Examining the Relationship between Microorganisms and Seafood: A Focus on the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea Virginica) and American Lobster (Homarus Americanus), Sarah G. Feinman
Evolution in the Deep Sea: Scales and Mechanisms of Population Divergence, Amanda E. Glazier
When Carbon Becomes a Commodity: Ecological, Economic and Social Impacts of Community Forestry in the Age of Climate Change, Sujata Shrestha
Dissertations from 2015
Identifying Regional Shifts in Complex Species Interactions in the Gulf of Maine Mid-Intertidal, Scott L. Morello
Critical Forces that Structure Subtidal Ecological Communities in the Gulf of Maine, and the Integration of Invasive Species into these Communities, Martine C. Wagstaff
Dissertations from 2014
Chasing Interconnections: Mountains, Mushrooms and People, Uttam Baba Shrestha
Dissertations from 2012
Dissertations from 2011
Plant Invasion: An Experimental and Mathematical Look at Plant-Soil Feedbacks, Anna Gray Aguilera
Evolutionary Patterns in Deep-Sea Mollusks, Elizabeth Ellen Boyle
Transboundary Conservation in Kangchenjunga Landscape in the Eastern Himalayas, Pashupati Chaudhary
The Conservation and Habitat Ecology of Antillean Manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) in the Drowned Cayes Area of Belize, Central America, Katherine Spencer LaCommare