Zhanna Abramovsky, 2003, MS
MSU Department: Department of Forestry
Advisor: David E. Rothstein
Thesis Title: Recovery of ecosystem processes after wildfire in Michigan jack pine forests
Meredith Bartron, 2003, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Advisor: Kim Scribner
Dissertation title: Assessment of historical and contemporary genetic diversity of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in the Lake Michigan basin
Julie Blanchong, 2003, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Advisor: Kim Scribner
Dissertation title: Genealogical relationships influence the probability of infection with bovine tuberculosis and microgeographic genetic structure in free-ranging white-tail deer
Katherine Coady, 2003, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Zoology
Advisor: John Giesy
Dissertation title: An investigation into the mechanism of action of atrazine and its effects on developing Rana clamitans and Xenopus leavis
Patrick DeHaan, 2003, MS
MSU Department: Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Advisor: Kim Scribner
Thesis title: Demographic and life history characteristics of remnant lake sturgeon populations in the upper Great Lakes basin: Inferences based on genetic analyses
Norine Dobiesz, 2003, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Advisor: James Bence
Dissertation title: An evaluation of the role of top piscivores in the fish community of the main basin of Lake Huron
Nathan Dorn, 2003, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Zoology
Advisor: Gary Mittelbach
Dissertation title: Effects of omnivorous crayfish on fish populations and the structure of littoral communities
Khara Greiger, 2003, MS
MSU Department: Department of Botany
Advisor: Peter Murphy
Thesis title: Spatial and temporal patterns of Pinus nigra spread in four Lake Michigan sand dune habitats
Joseph Harsh, 2003, MS
MSU Department: Department of Plant Biology
Advisor: Peter Murphy
Thesis title: Plan B, no title
Robert Hollister, 2003, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Plant Biology
Advisor: Pat Webber
Dissertation title: Response of tundra vegetation to temperature: Implications for forecasting vegetation change
Kristine Kern, 2003, MS
MSU Department: Department of Plant Biology
Advisor: Frank Ewers
Thesis title: The effect of mechanical perturbation on the conductivity, mechanical strength, and above ground biomass of seven hybrid poplars
Laura Lazarus, 2003, MS
MSU Department: Department of Entomology
Advisor: Deborah McCullough
Thesis title: Suitability of four conifer species for female oviposition and larval development of the white-spotted pine sawyer, Monochamus scutellatus (Say) (Coleoptera: Ceryambycidae)
Megan Mahoney, 2003, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Zoology
Advisor: Laura Smale
Dissertation title: Sex, surges, and circadian rhythms: The timing of reproductive events in a diurnal rodent
Erica McConnell, 2003, MS
MSU Department: Department of Botany
Advisor: Peter Murphy
Thesis title: Plan B, no title
Charles McKeown, 2003, MS
MSU Department: Department of Entomology
Advisor: Stuart Gage
Thesis title: Quantifying the roles of competition and niche separation in native and exotic coccinellids, and their response to an exotic prey species
Anna Monfils, 2003, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Plant Biology
Advisor: Alan Prather
Dissertation title: Phenotypes and floral variation: A phylogenetic approach
Sharon Schapel, 2003, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Advisor: Tom Coon
Dissertation title: Relationships between coastal wetland habitat and young of the year fish community characteristics, distribution, and growth
Michaet Siefkes, 2003, PH.D.
MSU Department: Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Advisor: Weiming Li
Dissertation title: Characterization of a male sea lamprey sex pheromone
Craig Stricker, 2003, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Zoology
Advisor: Tom Burton
Dissertation title: Natural lake level declines in a Great Lakes coastal marsh: Effects on hydrochemistry, resource availability, and invertebrates
Emily Szalai, 2003, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Advisor: James Bence
Dissertation title: Uncertainty in alewife (Alosa psuedoharengus) and bloater (coregonus hoyi) population dynamics and its effects on salmonine stocking strategies in Lake Michigan
Stacy Umstatter, 2003, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Advisor: James Tiedje
Dissertation title: Accelerated microbial degradation of carbofuran in soils
Russell Van Horn, 2003, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Integrative Biology
Advisor: Kay E. Holekamp
Dissertation title: Behavioral and genetic consequences of dispersal in the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
Corine Vriesendorp, 2003, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Forestry
Advisor: Richard Kobe
Dissertation title: Maintenance of diversity in a neotropical seedling community
Yi-Kuang Wang, 2003, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Zoology
Advisor: R. Jan Stevenson
Dissertation title: Ecological assessment of human disturbance on stream ecosystems with algae
Stefanie Whitmire, 2003, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Zoology
Advisor: Steve Hamilton
Dissertation title: Biogeochemical functions of wetlands in southwestern Michigan
Lei Zheng, 2003, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Zoology
Advisor: R. Jan Stevenson
Dissertation title: Assessing wetlands and their restoration using algae