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Agricultural Engineering

• Integrated Watershed Management for Improved Food Security in the Ethiopian Highlands
  Oloro V. McHugh, Berihun Abebe, and Tammo S. Steenhuis, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, NY
  (PDF) (1 pp, 261 K) | Project Abstract

Aquatic Ecology and Ecosystems

• Success of a non-indigenous crab threatens salt marsh function
  Bengt J. Allen, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY
  (PDF) (1 pp, 144 K) | Project Abstract

• The Feasibility of Using Stable Isotopes to Monitor Nitrate Sources to Long Island Sound
  Rebecca Barnes, Yale University, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT
  PDF (1 pp, 179 K) | Project Abstract

• Population Dynamics & Movements of the Endangered Wood Stork
  Rena Borkhataria, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
  (PDF) (1 pp, 121 K) | Project Abstract

• Trophic Interactions of Two Invasive Crab Species, Carcinus maenus and Hemigrapsus sanguineus, and Their Effects on Indigenous Mollusc Populations
  Elizabeth Callaghan, Smith College, Northampton, MA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 112 K) | Project Abstract

• Of Humans and Limpets: Size-Selective Harvesting and the future of Lottia gigantea
  Phillip B. Fenberg, University of California, San Diego, CA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 143 K) | Project Abstract

• Testing the Effects of Regional Species Pool Dynamics on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function
  Kristin E. France, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 164 K) | Project Abstract

• Using Ecological Theory to Predict Invasion Dynamics in a Pacific Northwest Marine Fouling Community
  Erin Grey, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
  (PDF) (1 pp, 161 K) | Project Abstract

• Invasive reefs as structural habitat for introduced species
  Kimberly W. Heiman, Nicholas Vidargas, and Fiorenza Micheli, Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station, Pacific Grove, CA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 159 K) | Project Abstract

• Managing with uncertainty: California's threatened delta smelt
  Kristen T. Honey, University of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 308 K) | Project Abstract

• Biodiversity and Habitat Complexity: Niche Differentiation in an African Lake
  Brittany Huntington, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 133 K) | Project Abstract

• Behavioral shifts in predators and prey due to sub-lethal pesticide exposure
  Jake Kerby, University of California, Davis, CA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 119 K) | Project Abstract

• Living with Stress: Genetic Adaptation or Environmental Acclimation?
  Tanya McKitrick, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 164 K) | Project Abstract

• Investigating the Ecological Impacts of Anadromous Alewife Restoration in New England
  Eric P. Palkovacs, Yale University, New Haven, CT
  (PDF) (1 pp, 138 K) | Project Abstract

• Consequences of Native Pollinator Loss on Plant Species
  April M. Randle, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Biological Sciences, Pittsburgh PA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 251 K) | Project Abstract

• Tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA) Biotransformation in Vegetated and Non-Vegetated Salt Marsh Sediments
  Beth Ravit, Max M. Haggblom, and Joan G. Ehrenfeld, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
  (PDF) (1 pp, 80.5 K) | Project Abstract

• Tracing Nitrogen Movement in Forested Watersheds: Preliminary Results from the Sleepers River Research Watershed, VT
  Stephen D. Sebestyen, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science & Forestry, Syracuse, NY
  Elizabeth W. Boyer, University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
  James B. Shanley, US Geological Survey, Montpelier, VT
  Nobuhito Ohte, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
  Daniel H. Doctor and Carol Kendall, US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 312 K) | Project Abstract

• Environmental Stressors Driving the Global Decline of Coral Reefs: Identifying Context-Specific Effects
  Elizabeth Selig, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
  (PDF) (1 pp, 149 K) | Project Abstract

• Predictive modeling of stream ecosystem processes: can we assess the integrity of stream ecosystems directly?
  Trey Simmons, Utah State University, Logan, UT
  (PDF) (1 pp, 122 K) | Project Abstract

• River networks influence patterns of productivity and soil respiration in arid landscapes
  Ryan A. Sponseller, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
  (PDF) (1 pp, 96.3 K) | Project Abstract

• Genetic variation of the noxious cyanobacterium, Microcystis aeruginosa, within and among lakes: implications for harmful algal blooms.
  Alan E. Wilson, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Biology, Atlanta, GA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 230 K) | Project Abstract

• Indirect selection for antibiotic resistant bacteria in heavy metal contaminated streams
  Meredith S. Wright, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 381 K) | Project Abstract

• Do phytoplankton use more NH₄⁺ or NO₃^-?
  Joanna K. York and Ivan Valiela, Boston University Marine Program
  Daniel J. Repeta, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  (PDF) (1 pp, 2.84MB) | Project Abstract

Atmospheric Sciences

• Atmospheric Ar/N₂ Measurements as a Tracer for Air-Sea Heat Flux
  Tegan Blaine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 668 K) | Project Abstract

• Processing of Atmospheric Nitrogen by Clouds in a Forest Environment
  Kimberly A. Hill, Paul B. Shepson, Sonia Lasher-Trapp, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
  (PDF) (1 pp, 124 K) | Project Abstract

• Photoelectron Resonance Capture Ionization Aerosol Mass Spectrometry: A New Method for the Study of Organic Aerosols
  Brian LaFranchi, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
  (PDF) (1 pp, 1.15MB) | Project Abstract

• Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN) Properties of Ambient Aerosol
  Tracey Alayne Rissman, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 182 K) | Project Abstract

• Chemical Speciation of Secondary Organic Aerosols
  Jason Douglas Surratt, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 274 K) | Project Abstract

Behavioral/Social Sciences

• The History and Ecology of the Wetlands of California's Great Central Valley
  Philip Garone, University of California, Davis, CA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 114 K) | Project Abstract

• Incorporating Environmental Decision Making into a Framework for Farm Policy
  Glenda Humiston, University of California, Berkeley, CA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 171 K) | Project Abstract

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Development Biology, and Genetics

• Endocrine Disruptors and Growth in the Tilapia, a Euryhaline Fish
  Lori Berg, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Kaneohe, HI
  (PDF) (1 pp, 148 K) | Project Abstract

• Self-seeding of a Field-scale MTBE Treatment Bioreactor by Native Aquifer Bacteria
  Kristin A. Hicks and Kate M. Scow, Land, Air, and Water Resources, University of California, Davis, CA
  Sue Boyle, Alyson Tighe, and Paul Tornatore, Haley & Aldrich Environmental Consulting, Inc. Rochester, NY
  Jeff Baker, Tesoro Petroleum, Inc. San Antonio, TX
  (PDF) (1 pp, 69.4 K) | Project Abstract

• Enhanced Sensitivity to Toxicants via Inhibition of ABC Transporters
  Rebecca Lisette Vega, Stanford University Hopkins Marine Station, Pacific Grove, CA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 132 K) | Project Abstract

Biology

• Creating and maintaining biodiversity: Understanding the dynamics of reproductive isolation
  Leanna M. Birge, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
  (PDF) (1p. 98.4 K) | Project Abstract

Chemistry and Materials Science

• Solid-State NMR Studies of Hydroxyl-Promoted Kaolinite Dissolution under Simulated Tank Waste Conditions
  Garry S. Crosson and K.T. Mueller, Penn State University, University Park, PA
  S. Choi, M. Amistadi, and J. Chorover, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  (PDF) (1 pp, 107 K) | Project Abstract

• The Impact of Land Use Change on the Carbon Flux to the World's Oceans
  Nicholas Drenzek, MIT/WHOI Joint Program, Woods Hole, MA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 289 K) | Project Abstract

• Aqueous Reductive Dehalogenation of Chlorinated Ethylenes for Groundwater Remediation
  Joseph M. Fritsch and Kristopher McNeill, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
  (PDF) (1 pp, 203 K) | Project Abstract

• Chlorine Atom Reaction Kinetics Under Lower Stratospheric and Upper Tropospheric Conditions
  Andy W. Ho, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 838 K) | Project Abstract

• Nanoscale Chemistry Platforms in Perfluoropolyether-Based Microfluidic Devices
  Aaryn D. Jones, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
  (PDF) (1 pp, 124 K) | Project Abstract

Ecological Risk Assessment

• Hierarchical Population Structure in the Pacific jumping mouse
  Sacha N. Vignieri, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 172 K) | Project Abstract

• Apparent sex reversal of male Fall-Run Chinook salmon in California
  Kevin S. Williamson, University of California, Davis, CA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 498 K) | Project Abstract

Economics

• The Effect of Tailpipe Emissions Regulation on Vehicle Attributes, Cost, and Price
  Belinda S. Chen, University of California, Davis, CA
  (PDF) (1p. 168 K) | Project Abstract

• Economic Valuation of Environmental Resources
  Jeffrey R. Czajkowski, Florida International University, Miami, FL
  (PDF) (1 pp, 179 K) | Project Abstract

Entomology

• Insect Population Growth: Hotter is Better
  Melanie Frazier, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 111 K) | Project Abstract

• Can the Ecological Constraints Model inform us about nesting tactics in a primitively eusocial wasp?
  Charles W. Gunnels IV, Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
  (PDF) (1 pp, 358 K) | Project Abstract

• The Genetics and Biological Control of Hyalopterus pruni, an Invasive Aphid Pest in California
  Jeffrey D. Lozier, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
  (PDF) (1 pp, 992 K) | Project Abstract

• Genetic structure of a world-wide ant invasion
  Alexander S. Mikheyev, University of Texas at Austin
  (PDF) (1 pp, 130 K) | Project Abstract

Environmental Chemistry and Environmental Material Science

• Monitoring Mercury Transport in Estuarine Sediments Using Novel Reactive Membranes
  Karen A. Merritt, University of Maine, Orono, ME
  (PDF) (1 pp, 177 K) | Project Abstract

• Abiotic Fate of Disinfection By-Products in the Drinking Water Distribution System
  Carrie R. Pearson, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN
  (PDF) (1 pp, 121 K) | Project Abstract

• POPs and other Anthropogenic SOCs in Eurasian Air Masses Measured at a Rural Site in Okinawa, Japan
  Toby Primbs, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
  (PDF) (1 pp, 178 K) | Project Abstract

• A new generation of materials for fuel cells and the hydrogen economy
  Scott Warren, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
  (PDF) (1 pp, 3.03MB) | Project Abstract

Environmental Engineering

• Is Bioremediation Feasible Following Physical-Chemical Treatment at Chloroethene-Contaminated Sites?
  Benjamin K. Amos, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 1.1MB) | Project Abstract

• Comparison of Vegetable and Petroleum Base Oils in Metalworking Fluids
  Andres F. Clarens, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  (PDF) (1p. 117 K) | Project Abstract

• Ecological Engineering to Promote the Degradation of Estrogens in Wastewater
  Michael Wayne Falk Jr., University of California, Davis, CA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 170 K) | Project Abstract

• Stability of Function and Microbial Community Structure in a Denitrifying Fluidized Bed Reactor
  Margaret Gentile, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 163 K) | Project Abstract

• Sustainable Use of Vermicompost in Containerized Crop Production
  Michelle McGinnis, Ted Bilderback, and Stu Warren, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
  (PDF) (1 pp, 117 K) | Project Abstract

• Reducing the Bioavailability of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) from Sediment to Clams
  Pamela McLeod, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 127 K) | Project Abstract

• Simultaneous Precipitation and Flocculation in Water Treatment: Modeling and Experiments
  Jeffrey A. Nason, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
  (PDF) (1 pp, 216 K) | Project Abstract

• Byproduct formation in lean NO_x traps for diesel exhaust aftertreatment
  Josh Pihl, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
  (PDF) (1 pp, 141 K) | Project Abstract

• Numerical and Experimental Studies of a Membrane-Aerated Biofilm Reactor
  John William Shanahan, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
  (PDF) (1 pp, 172 K) | Project Abstract

• Groundwater Remediation through Environmental Biotechnology: Transgenic Phytoremediation of Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether
  Kristin M. Skinner, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
  (PDF) (1 pp, 82 K) | Project Abstract

Environmental Science

• Birds in Agricultural Areas
  Susan A. Heath, Department of Environmental Science and Public Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 148 K) | Project Abstract

• Are Parents of AD/HD Children More Susceptible to Environmental Exposures Than Controls?
  Lynne Parsons Heilbrun, UT Health Science Center-Houston, School of Public Health, San Antonio Regional Campus, TX
  (PDF) (1 pp, 170 K) | Project Abstract

• Does Horizontal Swimming Behavior Affect Patch Dynamics of Larval Crabs?
  Letise T. Houser, University of Delaware, College of Marine Studies, Lewes, DE
  (PDF) (1 pp, 148 K) | Project Abstract

• Effects of Low Tide Rainfall on the Development and Stability of Intertidal Salt Marsh Landscapes
  Glendon B. Hunsinger, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
  (PDF) (1 pp, 97.7 K) | Project Abstract

• Road De-icing Salt and Amphibians: Assessing Impacts on Demography and Ecological Genetics
  Nancy E. Karraker, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY
  (PDF) (1 pp, 252 K) | Project Abstract

• Investigating potential human risk and preventive measures to exposure to Baylisascaris procyonis in Texas
  Amy E. Kresta and Scott E. Henke, Texas A&M University - Kingsville, Kingsville, TX
  (PDF) (1 pp, 481 K) | Project Abstract

• Early Life History Exposures to Cadmium in Fathead Minnows: Effects on Reproduction
  Marlo Sellin, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE
  (PDF) (1 pp, 97.9 K) | Project Abstract

• Effects of land-use & management practices on stream ecosystems in the Andean Amazon, Peru
  Lindsey A. Waggoner, Florida International University, Miami, FL
  (PDF) (1 pp, 148 K) | Project Abstract

Environmental Science and Engineering

• Conservation Implications of the Reproductive Biology of the Endangered Vine Ipomoea microdactyla Griseb. (Convolvulaceae)
  John H. Geiger, Florida International University, Miami, FL
  (PDF) (1 pp, 179 K) | Project Abstract

• Solar Radiation a Predictor of Solenopsis invicta The Red Imported Fire Ant
  Audrey Marie Hernando, University of Texas at El Paso
  (PDF) (1 pp, 153 K) | Project Abstract

• Impact of State Tobacco Control Policies on Malignant Neoplasm of the Bronchus and Lung, Unspecified
  Jimmie H. Smith, Jr., Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, GA, and Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, GA
  Ike Okosun, Institute of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 248 K) | Project Abstract

• Using Passive Air Samplers to Assess Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Alaska
  Ted H. Wu and Catherine F. Cahill, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK
  (PDF) (1 pp, 138 K) | Project Abstract

Forestry

• Social Capital and Policy in Agroforestry Systems of Southern Minnesota and Peruvian Amazon
  Nadine Lehrer, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
  (PDF) (1 pp, 128 K) | Project Abstract

Geography

• Flow and Habitat Dynamics Associated with Entrenched Channels
  Michelle A. Luebke and David S. Leigh, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 441 K) | Project Abstract

• Landscape Whole-System Sensitivity to Land Use Influences, Kentucky River, KY
  Linda L. Martin, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  (PDF) (1 pp, 4.36MB) | Project Abstract

Geology

• Probing Carboxyl "Structural Environments" in Natural Organics Using Infrared Spectroscopy
  Michael B. Hay, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
  (PDF) (1 pp, 3.33MB) | Project Abstract

Microbiology

• Quorum Sensing affects Rhizosphere Microbial Community Function and Plant Nutrition
  Kristen DeAngelis, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 138 K) | Project Abstract

• Bacteria-mediated Bioremediation of Benzene in a Shallow, Stratified Lake
  Meredith C. Fisher, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 153 K) | Project Abstract

• Presence and Fate of Estrogenic Alkylphenols in Sewage Sludge
  Abigail E. Wise, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
  (PDF) (1 pp, 100 K) | Project Abstract

Molecular Biology/Genetics

• Identifying the genetic components of plant disease resistance
  Lisa K. Anderson, Duke University, Durham, NC
  (PDF) (1 pp, 159 K) | Project Abstract

Natural and Life Sciences

• The flip side of biodiversity: How do new species arise?
  W. Evan Braswell, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
  (PDF) (1 pp, 110 K) | Project Abstract

• Assessment of Deforestation Process in the Arsi Region of Ethiopia: A GIS and Remote Sensing Approach
  Aziz K. Carrell, Department of Geography and Earth Science, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC
  (PDF) (1 pp, 384 K) | Project Abstract

• Pollination and fruit set of apples in home gardens of the Kyrgyz Republic
  Robin C.D. Currey, Florida International University, Miami, FL
  (PDF) (1 pp, 1.28MB) | Project Abstract

• The Effects of the Herbicide Atrazine on the Sexual Differentiation of the Brain of Bufo marinus
  Lisa R. Ganser, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
  (PDF) (1 pp, 1.66MB) | Project Abstract

• Role of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition in Forests of New York
  Heather E. Golden and Rene H. Germain, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science & Forestry, Syracuse, NY
  Elizabeth W. Boyer, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
  Carol A. Kendall, US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 637 K) | Project Abstract

• Role of ocean water in the eco-hydrology of coastal sand dune ecosystems
  Tara Lin Greaver, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
  (PDF) (1 pp, 222 K) | Project Abstract

• Potential edaphic effects of buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare) invasion
  Mari-Vaughn V. Johnson, Texas A&M University - Kingsville, Kingsville, TX
  (PDF) (1 pp, 94.7 K) | Project Abstract

• Identification of Genes from Mycobacterium smegmatis Involved in the Decolorization of the Triarylmethane Dye Malachite Green
  Denise L. Lopez and Mamta Rawat, California State University, Fresno, CA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 112 K) | Project Abstract

• Soil Moisture Patterns in Sierra Nevada Mixed Conifer Forest
  Ryan P. Lopez and Ruth Ann Kern, Department of Biology, California State University, Fresno, CA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 143 K) | Project Abstract

• The Role of Endothelin-1 in Cardiac Hypertrophy Observed in Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AhR) Null Mice
  Amie K. Lund, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
  (PDF) (1 pp, 146 K) | Project Abstract

• Daphnia as a Biosensor: Understanding the Sensory Biology of a Sentinel Species for Improved Toxicological Assessments
  D. Carolina Penalva-Arana, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
  (PDF) (1 pp, 1.37MB) | Project Abstract

• Leaf thickness and canopy region accounts for carbon, nitrogen, and carbon stable isotope contents in two co-occurring species of subtropical hardwood trees
  Jed R. Redwine and C. Pascale William, Florida International University - Miami, FL
  (PDF) (1 pp, 1.22MB) | Project Abstract

• Soil nitrogen cycling in riparian forests: Driver of non-native plant invasion?
  Jennifer J. Follstad Shah and Cliff N. Dahm, University of New Mexico, Department of Biology, Albuquerque NM
  (PDF) (1 pp, 185 K) | Project Abstract

Oceanography

• Relationship between stand-replacing fire and stand age in subalpine forests
  Toby Gass, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
  (PDF) (1 pp, 160 K) | Project Abstract

• Controls on Methane Hydrate Formation and Decomposition
  Laura Lapham, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Marine Sciences, Chapel Hill, NC
  (PDF) (1 pp, 343 K) | Project Abstract

Oceanography and Coastal Processes

• Use of Native Seaweeds for Bioremediation of Coastal Waters in the Gulf of Maine
  Nicolas Achille Blouin, University of Maine, Orono, ME
  (PDF) (1 pp, 129 K) | Project Abstract

• Uptake of Inorganic and Organic Nitrogen by Plankton Over Two Diel Periods in the Mid-Atlantic Bight
  Paul B. Bradley, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 147 K) | Project Abstract

• Persistent Organic Pollutants in Seabirds Breeding on the Antarctic Peninsula
  Heidi N. Geisz, College of William and Mary, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 825 K) | Project Abstract

• Assessing decadal change in zooplankton community function: a case study from the subtropical North Pacific Ocean
  Cecilia C. Sheridan Hannides, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
  (PDF) (1 pp, 186 K) | Project Abstract

• Biological Border Patrols: does inter-specific competition exclude bio-invaders from otherwise optimal habitat?
  Mia Steinberg, University of Delaware, Lewes, DE
  (PDF) (1 pp, 102 K) | Project Abstract

• The presence of Domoic Acid in Pseudo-nitzschia from the Choptank River, a Chesapeake Bay tributary
  Anne E. Thessen and D.K. Stoecker, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge, MD
  P. Tango, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Annapolis, MD
  S. Morton, NOAA/NOS, Marine Biotoxins Program, Hollings Marine Laboratory, Charleston, SC
  D. Caron, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 5.95MB) | Project Abstract

Other Engineering

• Pilot Plant for CO₂ Capture using Aqueous Piperazine/Potassium Carbonate
  Eric Chen, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
  (PDF) (1 pp, 136 K) | Project Abstract

Public Health Sciences

• Analysis of Air Pollution and Lung Function in 20 European Cities
  Thomas Gotschi, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 825 K) | Project Abstract

• Partitioning the Effects of Weather and Air Pollution on Human Mortality in Santiago, Chile
  David Grass, Columbia University in the City of New York, NY
  (PDF) (1 pp, 523 K) | Project Abstract

• Assessing Synergy: Mapping the Response Surface
  Gregory Howard, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 212 K) | Project Abstract

• Variability in Sample Concentrations, Biomarkers and Total Exposures to Pb, Cd and As among Population Subgroups in the National Human Exposure Assessment Survey in Arizona
  Seumas P. Rogan, Mary Kay O'Rourke, Robin B. Harris, Michael D. Lebowitz, Epidemiology Graduate Program, Mel & Enid Zuckerman Arizona College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  (PDF) (1 pp, 1.08MB) | Project Abstract

• School environmental exposures and risk of exacerbations in pediatric asthmatics - a pilot study
  Elanor A. Sidman, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 154 K) | Project Abstract

Terrestrial Ecology and Ecosystems

• Noninvasive Wildlife Health Monitoring Using Molecular Detection of Fecal Pathogens
  Anne Acton, North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine
  (PDF) (1 pp, 127 K) | Project Abstract

• Responses of Carbon Accumulation to Microtopography and Fire: Complex Interactions in Boreal Peatlands
  Brian W. Benscoter and Dale H. Vitt, Department of Plant Biology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
  R. Kelman Wieder, Department of Biology, Villanova University, Villanova, PA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 2.77MB) | Project Abstract

• Understanding chimpanzee seed dispersal: do microhabitat influences and post-dispersal seed fate matter?
  Nicole Gross-Camp, Antioch New England Graduate School, Keene, NH
  (PDF) (1 pp, 230 K) | Project Abstract

• Explaining plant diversity in wetlands: The role of mosses in fen nutrient dynamics
  Katherine Crowley, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
  (PDF) (1 pp, 176 K) | Project Abstract

• Using Species Life History Traits to Design Landscape-Scale Reserve Networks
  Melanie Gogol-Prokurat, University of California, Davis, CA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 119 K) | Project Abstract

• Contrasting the effects of native versus exotic grazers in an East African savanna: establishment of the whistling thorn tree (Acacia drepanolobium)
  Jacob R. Goheen, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico and Mpala Research Centre
  Felicia Keesing, Department of Biology, Bard College and Mpala Research Centre
  Brian F. Allan, Department of Biology, Washington University
  Darcy Ogada, Mpala Research Centre
  Richard S. Ostfeld, Institute of Ecosystem Studies
  Truman P. Young, Ecology Group, University of California Davis and Mpala Research Centre
  (PDF) (1 pp, 110 K) | Project Abstract

• Tracing Calcium in Forest Ecosystems: Ca/Sr and Ca isotopes
  Claire J. Hoff, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
  (PDF) (1 pp, 192 K) | Project Abstract

• Determining the role of species abundance in invasion dynamics: An investigation of Yellow Starthistle (Centaurea soltitialis) invasion in California grasslands
  Kristin B. Hulvey, University of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
  (PDF) (2p pp, 163 K) | Project Abstract

• Mapping Regional Salinity with Remote Sensing
  David B. Lobell, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 174 K) | Project Abstract

• Assessing Impacts of Anthropogenic Habitat Alteration on a Bahamian Lizard
  Erin Marnocha, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 106 K) | Project Abstract

• Effects of Habitat Fragmentation and Nest Predation on Maternal Stress in a Neotropical Migratory Bird
  Dana Morris, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
  (PDF) (1 pp, 118 K) | Project Abstract

• Testing and Building on a Dispersal-Assembly Theory of Ecological Communities
  Annette Ostling, University of California at Berkeley
  (PDF) (1 pp, 316 K) | Project Abstract

• Climate & Modern Neotropical Plant Distributions: Macroecological and Macroevolutionary Implications
  Surangi Punyasena, University of Chicago/Field Museum, Chicago, IL
  (PDF) (1 pp, 235 K) | Project Abstract

• Bridging Science with Management to Optimize Habitat Quality for Black Bears
  Melissa Reynolds, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
  (PDF) (1 pp, 273 K) | Project Abstract

• An Integrated GIS Model of Bovine Tuberculosis in African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer): Exploring Management Options in Kruger National Park, South Africa
  Sadie J. Ryan, Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) and the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (MVZ) University of California at Berkeley
  (PDF) (1 pp, 362 K) | Project Abstract

• The Effects of Urbanization on Nitrate Removal Capacity of Urban Wetlands
  Emilie Kaye Stander, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
  (PDF) (1 pp, 171 K) | Project Abstract

• Invasive Escaped Ornamental Impatiens: Prospects for new varieties and better control
  Eric J. von Wettberg, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, RI
  (PDF) (1 pp, 124 K) | Project Abstract

• The Effects of Urbanization on the Dispersal of Native Forest Songbirds
  Kara A. Whittaker, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 434 K) | Project Abstract

Toxicology

• Disturbance of Cellular Iron Homeostasis by Soluble Nickel
  Todd Davidson, New York University, Institute of Environmental Medicine, New York, NY
  (PDF) (1p. 111 K) | Project Abstract

• Toxicological Effects of Methylmercury on Fishes in Inland Lakes of Isle Royale National Park
  Paul E. Drevnick, Miami University, Oxford, OH
  (PDF) (1 pp, 112 K) | Project Abstract

• Deltamethrin, a Pyrethroid Insecticide, Increases Dopamine Transporter Levels and Locomotor Activity
  Thomas S. Guillot III, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 135 K) | Project Abstract

• Raising Transgenic Lines of Caenorhabditis elegans for the Study of Stress-Inducible Genes
  Deanna L. Howarth, Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Durham, NC
  (PDF) (1 pp, 228 K) | Project Abstract

• Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to Obtain Shapes and Sizes of Pinniped and Cetacean Brain Regions that Depend on Thyroid Hormones for Maturation
  Eric Wilson Montie, WHOI/MIT Joint Graduate Program in Oceanography, Woods Hole, MA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 224 K) | Project Abstract

• The Effects of Xenoestrogens on Mate Choice and Offspring Fitness in the Gulf Pipefish
  Charlyn Partridge, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
  (PDF) (1 pp, 152 K) | Project Abstract

• Maternal PCB Exposure Alters Thyroid Hormone Mediated Oligodendrocyte Development
  David S. Sharlin, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 186 K) | Project Abstract

• Reproductive Toxicity of TNX in Laboratory Deer Mice
  Jordan Ned Smith, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
  (PDF) (3p pp, 230 K) | Project Abstract

• Cancer prevention through dietary compounds – a novel approach using fish models
  Petra Tsuji, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
  (PDF) (1 pp, 146 K) | Project Abstract

• 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin (TCDD) Induces Organ-specific Differential Gene Expression in Male Japanese Medaka (Oryzias latipes)
  David C. Volz, Integrated Toxicology Program and Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC
  (PDF) (1 pp, 430 K) | Project Abstract

Urban and Regional Planning

• New York City's "Urban Heat Island" Effect: Temperature Trends and Public Health Impacts
  Joyce Klein Rosenthal, Columbia University, New York, NY
  (PDF) (1 pp, 186 K) | Project Abstract

Zoology

• Tracing a bottleneck: comparative phylochronology of C. sociabilis and C. haigi through 10,000 years
  Y.L. Chan, U. Ramakrishnan, O.P. Pearson, and E.A. Hadly, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 154 K) | Project Abstract

• Parasite Population Genetics: Illustrated Uses in the Environmental and Conservation Sciences
  Charles D. Criscione and Michael S. Blouin, Oregon State University, Department of Zoology, Corvallis, OR
  (PDF) (1p. 164 K) | Project Abstract

• Water flow reduces bleaching and thermal stress on photosystem function in the coral Porites divaricata
  Sean Kinane, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
  (PDF) (1 pp, 912 K) | Project Abstract

• Genetic Variation Increases During Biological Genetic Variation Increases During Biological Invasion by a Cuban Lizard
  Jason J. Kolbe, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
  (PDF) (1 pp, 1.57MB) | Project Abstract

• Influence of Natal Habitat Type on Dispersal and Habitat Selection Behavior in a Heterogeneous Landscape
  Karen E. Mabry, University of California, Davis, CA
  (PDF) (1 pp, 117 K) | Project Abstract

• Measuring the Rate of Heat Loss in Wild Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
  Erin Meagher, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
  (PDF) (1 pp, 172 K) | Project Abstract

• Does agriculture affect avian migration and distribution?
  Mark S. Ogonowski, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  (PDF) (1 pp, 171 K) | Project Abstract

• Exploration of complex interactions between multiple pathogens and environmental stress, using amphibians as model hosts
  John Matthew Romansic, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
  (PDF) (1 pp, 121 K) | Project Abstract

• Evolution and Conservation of Biological Diversity in South American Headstanding Fishes
  Brian Sidlauskas, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
  (PDF) (1 pp, 180 K) | Project Abstract

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