Jeff Benefiel, 2000, MS
MSU Department: Department of Botany
Advisor: Peter Murphy
Thesis title: Plan B, no title
Timothy Bergsma, 2000, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Advisor: G. P. Robertson
Dissertation title: The relationship between denitrification and nitrous oxide flux from soil
Brian Black, 2000, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Botany
Advisor: Jeff Conner
Dissertation title: The evolution of phenotypic plasticity in a natural wildflower population
Carl Cloock, 2000, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Zoology
Advisor: Tom Getty
Dissertation title: Aggressive mimicry in the pirate spider, Minetus notius
Vaughn Cooper, 2000, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Zoology
Advisor: Rich Lenski
Dissertation title: Consequences of ecological specialization in long-term evolving populations of Escherichia coli
Joseph Gathman, 2000, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Zoology
Advisor: Tom Burton
Dissertation title: Abiotic and biotic influences on aquatic invertebrate community in a Lake Huron coastal wetland
Mike Higgins, 2000, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Entomology
Advisor: Richard Merritt
Dissertation title: Invertebrate trophic relationships in temporary woodland ponds in Michigan
Dylan Parry, 2000, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Entomology
Advisor: Dan Herms/Mark Scriber
Dissertation title: Induced responses of poplars to defoliation and their effects on leaf-feeding Lepidoptera
Danny Rozen, 2000, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Zoology
Advisor: RIch Lenski
Dissertation title: The evolution of a balanced polymorphism in a long-term laboratory population of Escherichia coli
Gary Schott, 2000, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Botany
Advisor: Andrew Jarosz
Dissertation title: The nature of infertility and response to inbreeding in blueberries
Kristin Sherfinski, 2000, MS
MSU Department: Department of Botany
Advisor: Peter Murphy
Thesis title: The ecology of interdunal wetpannes and the potential effects of the introduced Austrian pine (Pinus nigra) on their hydrology and vegetation
Ed Siuda, 2000, MS
MSU Department: Department of Zoology
Advisor: Heather Eisthen
Thesis title: Plan B, no title
Kurt Stanley, 2000, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Botany
Advisor: Peter Murphy
Dissertation title: The structure, composition, and hydrology of wet meadow plant communities fringing Saginaw Bay (Lake Huron)
Aram Stump, 2000, MS
MSU Department: Department of Entomology
Advisor: Mark Scriber
Thesis title: Lack of cryptic reproductive isolation between Papilio canadensis and Papilio glaucus; and population genetics near their hybrid zone
David Tank, 2000, MS
MSU Department: Department of Botany
Advisor: Tao Sang
Thesis title: Evolution and phylogenetic utility of low-copy nulear genes: Examples from conifers and peonies
Timothy Tibbetts, 2000, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Botany
Advisor: Frank Ewers
Dissertation title: Evolution and phylogenetic utility of low-copy nulear genes: Examples from conifers and peonies
Ray Valley, 2000, MS
MSU Department: Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Advisor: Mary Bremigan
Thesis title: The indirect effects of herbicide control of Eurasian watermilfoil on largemouth bass recruitment
Farida Vasi Attar, 2000, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Zoology
Advisor: Rich Lenski
Dissertation title: Population growth, dynamics and evolution in Escherichia coli: Theoretical and experimental studies