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DIALOG: Programs for Recent PhD's: 1997

72 total abstracts.


Ahmed, Mahmoud H.M  1997. An Environmental Impact Assessment of Pollution on the Arabian Gulf. Alexandria University (Egypt), 218 pp.

Basu, Ben  K 1997. Plankton Development and Trophic Interactions in Rivers. University of Ottawa (Canada), 212 pp.

Bath, Kulbir  S 1997. Limnological Studies on the Harike Wetland Ecosystem. Punjabi University Patiala (India), 259 pp.

Blumenshine, Steven  C 1997. Responses of benthic macroinvertebrates to whole lake manipulations of fish and nutrient loading rates.. University of Notre Dame (USA), 193 pp.

Bochdansky, Alexander  B 1997. Feeding physiology of the cold water appendicularian Oikopleura vanhoeffeni (Tunicata) . Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada), 205 pp.

Boetius, Antje   1997. Microbial Enzymatic Degradation of Organic Matter in Deep-Sea Sediments. University of Bremen (Germany), 196 pp.

Booth, Melissa  G 1997. Solar Ultraviolet Radiation and the Role of RecA in Marine Bacteria. Oklahoma State University (USA), 106 pp.

Bremigan, Mary  T 1997. Zooplankton dynamics and gizzard shad recruitment in Ohio reservoirs: exploring the generality of food web theory. The Ohio State Univeristy (USA), 184 pp.

Buckel, Jeffrey  A 1997. Impact of bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) predation on estuarine and continental shelf fishes. State University of New York at Stony Brook (USA), 199 pp.

Caceres, Carla  E 1997. Egg Bank Dynamics and Daphnid Species Diversityin Oneida Lake, New York. Cornell University (USA), 177 pp.

Chen, Zhen   1997. The bioavailability of heavy metals in sediments. University of Maine (USA), 103 pp.

Dana, Gayle  L 1997. Radiative and hydrological fluxes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. University of Nevada (USA), 213 pp.

Davidsson, Torbjörn  E 1997. Nitrogen transformations in wetlands: Effects of water flow patternsIn this thesis, I have studied nitrogen turnover processes in watermeadows. A watermeadow is a wetland where water. University of Lund (Sweden), 114 pp.

de Haas, Henk   1997. Transport, preservation and accumulation of organic carbon in the North Sea. Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (Netherlands), 149 pp.

De La Rocha, Christina  L 1997. Measurement of silicon isotope ratio variations in dissolved silicon and in biogenic silica: Demonstration of isotopic fractionation by marine diatoms and utility as a tracer of silicic acid utilization. University of California Santa Barbara (USA), 104 pp.

DeLorenzo, Marie  E 1997. Agricultural pesticide runoff in tidal creeks: effects on microbial food web communities. Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA (USA), 162 pp.

Dilling, Lisa   1997. Consumption and Fragmentation of Marine Snow by Euphausiids and Copepods. University of California, Santa Barbara (USA), 161 pp.

Drake, Lisa  A 1997. Distribution of free marine viruses of lower Chesapeake Bay and their effects on life-history parameters of the estuarine copepod Acartia tonsa Dana. Old Dominion University (USA), 120 pp.

Finelli, Christopher  M 1997. The influence of behavior and physics on ecological processes. University of South Carolina (USA), 217 pp.

Fischer, Janet  M 1997. Zooplankton community responses to acidification: the role of rapid evolution and compensatory dynamics. University of Wisconsin (USA), 114 pp.

Fradkin, Steven  C 1997. Asexual diapause in the rotifer Synchaeta pectinata: Fitness costs and trade-offs associated with phenotypic variation in a natural population. Dartmouth College (USA), 132 pp.

Friday, Nancy  A 1997. Evaluating Photographic Capture-Recapture Estimates of Abundance of North Atlantic Humpback Whales. University of Rhode Island (USA), 173 pp.

Fritz, Jennifer  J 1997. Growth Dependence of Coccolith Detachment, Carbon Fixation and Other Associated Processes by the Coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi. University of Miami (USA), 178 pp.

Gao, Yu   1997. Nitrate Assimilation in the Marine Diatom SKELETONEMA COSTATUM: Biochemical Characterization and Environmental Regulation. University of Southern California (USA), 211 pp.

Garrison, Lance  P 1997. THE INFLUENCE OF PHYSICAL TRANSPORT AND NUTRITIONAL STRESS ON THE ZOEAE OF ESTUARINE CRABS. The College of William and Mary (USA), 246 pp.

Garvey, James  E 1997. Strong Interactors and Community Structure: Testing Predictions for Reservoir Food Webs. The Ohio State University (USA), 235 pp.

Goser, Brigitte  E 1997. Density dependent life history in Daphnia - a change in life history strategy (Dichteabhängige Änderungen der Entwicklung und Reproduktion bei Cladoceren). RWTH Aachen (Aachen University of Technology), Germany (Netherlands), 210 pp.

Grottoli, Andrea  G 1997. Interpretation of Stable Carbon Isotopes in Reef Coral Skeletons and Applications for Paleoclimate Reconstruction.. University of Houston (USA), 225 pp.

Grønkjær, Peter   1997. The recruitment process in Baltic cod (Gadus morhua L.): Larval survival in a stratified environment. University of Aarhus (Denmark), 112 pp.

Guentzel, Jane  L 1997. The Atmospheric Sources, Transport, and Deposition of Mercury in Florida. Florida State University (USA), 177 pp.

Haddock, Steven  H 1997. Bioluminescence in the deep-sea and open ocean: gelatinous zooplankton and marine snow. University of California at Santa Barbara (USA), 145 pp.

Handley, Sean   1997. Spionid polychaete worm infestations of the Pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas in New Zealand. University of Auckland, New Zealand (New Zealand), 151 pp.

Hatch, Lorin  K 1997. The generation, transport, and fate of phosphorus in the Lake Tahoe ecosystem. U. California at Davis (USA), 212 pp.

Helmuth, Brian  S 1997. The physical ecology of sessile marine invertebrates: flows, fluxes and morphology. University of Washington (USA), 191 pp.

Hunt, Heather  L 1997. Structure and dynamics of intertidal mussel (Mytilus trossulus, M. edulis) assemblages. Dalhousie University (Canada), 296 pp.

JAIN, YATISH   1997. Eco-microbiological Studies of a lentic water body of Jabalpur city with special reference to its pollution stressess. RANI DURGAVATI UNIVERSITY,JABALPUR,INDIA (India), 142 pp.

Jonsson, Anders   1997. Whole lake metabolism of allochthonous organic material and the limiting nutrient oncept in Lake Ortraesket, a large humic lake in northern Sweden. Umea University (Sweden), 95 pp.

Kaldy, James  E 1997. Production dynamics, reproductive ecology and demography of Thalassia testudinum (Turtle grass) from the Lower Laguna Madre, Texas. University of Texas at Austin (USA), 143 pp.

Kinnunen, Ronald  E 1997. The effect of Lake Superior surface water temperature on lake herring (Coregonus artedi) length and year-class strength. Michigan Technological University (USA), 99 pp.

Kristijanto, Augustinus  I 1997. The ecology of the Javanese mountain stream: Awu-Gung System. University of Vienna (Austria), 210 pp.

Larned, Scott  T 1997. Nutrient-limited growth and sources of nutrients for coral reef macroalgaeBenthic macroalgae are often abundant and highly productive in oligotrophic coral reef systems. In these systems, the rates at which dissolved inorganic. University of Hawaii (USA), 200 pp.

Litchman, Elena  G 1997. Competition and coexistence of phytoplankton under fluctuating light . University of Minnesota (USA), 115 pp.

Liu, Hongbin   1997. Estimating the Growth Rates of Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus in the Sea from Diel Cell Cycle Analysis. University of Hawaii at Manoa (USA), 248 pp.

Logerwell, Elizabeth  A 1997. Trophic Interactions in Pelagic Systems: Distributional and Behavioral Patterns of Seabirds and Their Prey. University of California, Irvine (USA), 159 pp.

Lucas, Lisa  V 1997. A numerical investigation of coupled hydrodynamics and phytoplankton dynamics in shallow estuaries . Stanford University (USA), 314 pp.

Mitchell, Suzanne (Sue)  E 1997. Clonal Diversity and coexistence in Daphnia magna populations. University of Hull, England (United Kingdom), 248 pp.

Morgan, Lance  E 1997. Spatial variability in growth, mortality and recruitment in the northern California red sea urchin fishery. University of California, Davis (USA), 128 pp.

Nodder, Scott  D 1997. Particulate fluxes in the Subtropical Convergence region and other marine environments of New Zealand. University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand (New Zealand), 196 pp.

Noon, Philippa  E 1997. Recent environmental change at Signy Island, maritime Antarctic: quantitative lake-sediment studies as a basis for reconstructing catchment ice-cover. . University of London (United Kingdom), 460 pp.

Olson, Julie  B 1997. Community composition of nitrogen fixing heterotrophic bacteria in microbial mat systems. Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA), 155 pp.

ORGANO, Catherine   1997. Origin and Geochemical Behaviour of Uranium in Marine Sediments - Use of the 234U / 238U activity ratio measured by TIMS. Centre des Faibles Radioactivites, CFR-CEA (France), 201 pp.

Petrenko, Anne  A 1997. Detection and Characterization of the Sewage Plume at Sand Island, Hawaii. University of Southern California (USA), 249 pp.

Pilditch, Conrad  A 1997. Effects of hydrodynamics on sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) production. Dalhousie University (Canada), 170 pp.

Pos, Willer  H 1997. On the processes and mechanisms affecting carbon monoxide (CO) and carbonyl sulfide (OCS photoproduction in natural waters . Georgia Institute of Technology (USA), 246 pp.

Psenakova, Petra   1997. Influence of acidification on phosphorus concentration in lakes. Charles University (Czech Republic), 89 pp.

Reavie, Euan  D 1997. Diatom ecology and paleolimnology of the St. Lawrence River. Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada (Canada), 207 pp.

Robertson, Deborah  L 1997. Characterization of glutamine synthetase from the marine diatom, Skeletonema costatum.. The University of Chicago (USA), 164 pp.

Roelke, Daniel  L 1997. Managing Phytoplankton Community Composition: Can We Do It?. Texas A&M; University (USA), 298 pp.

Sauer, Peter  E 1997. Records of Climate and Late Quaternary Paleoclimate from Stable Isotopes in Lakes and Lake Sediments, Eastern Canadian Arctic. University of Colorado at Boulder (USA), 224 pp.

Schloss, Irene  R 1997. Temporal and spatial scales of variability in coastal Antarctic phytoplankton . University of Buenos Aires (Argentina), 209 pp.

Schwenk, Klaus   1997. Evolutionary Genetics of Daphnia Species Complexes - Hybridism in Syntopy. University of Utrecht (Netherlands), 141 pp.

SEIDL, Martin   1997. The fate of organic matter in river Seine after a combined sewer overflow. ENPC - University Paris Val de Marne Paris XII (France), 181 pp.

Steinke, Michael   1997. Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) metabolism in marine algae: Production of dimethylsulfide (DMS) via DMSP cleaving enzymes (DMSP lyases). University of Bremen (Germany), 127 pp.

Suzuki, Marcelino  T 1997. The Effect of Protistan Bacterivory on Bacterioplankton Community Structure . Oregon State University (USA), 222 pp.

Swarzenski, Peter  W 1997. Non-conservative behavior of select naturally-occurring radionuclides and metals in coastal waters. Louisiana State University (USA), 257 pp.

Taillefert, Martial   1997. The distribution of trace elements cobalt and lead at the oxic-anoxic transition of a stratified lake: analytical speciation and modeling. Northwestern University (USA), 336 pp.

Thiel, Martin   1997. Extended parental care in estuarine amphipods . University of Maine (USA), 188 pp.

Urban-Rich, Juanita  L 1997. Latitudinal variations in the contribution by copepod fecal pellets to organic carbon and amino acid flux. University of Maryland at College Park (USA), 188 pp.

Varela, Diana  E 1997. Nitrogenous nutrition of phytoplankton from the northeastern subarctic Pacific Ocean. University of British Columbia (Canada), 198 pp.

Vrede, Katarina   1997. Bacterioplankton production and biomass in two lakes of different trophic status. Uppsala University (Sweden), 33 pp.

Yee, Donald   1997. Cobalt Substitution for Zinc in Marine Phytoplankton. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA), 167 pp.

Zhang, Xinsheng   1997. CARBON DYNAMICS OF THE PLANKTONIC FOOD WEB IN THE CENTRAL EQUATORIAL PACIFIC. University of Connecticut (USA), 150 pp.

 

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DISCCRS V
Symposium

March 13 - 20, 2010
Saquaro Lake Ranch

Eligibility

PhD completed between
April 1, 2007 -
July 31, 2009
in any discipline

Application Deadline
August 31, 2009

Selection will favor applicants who plan to engage in interdisciplinary research careers in any subject within or relevant to climate change and its impacts. A committee will select 34 scholars based on the submitted applications.

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  Last updated: February 12, 2009