2024 Summer Projects
- Generating Genomic Resources for Four Conservation Relevant Species – Kerissa Tarpley
- How Soil Organic Carbon Pools Differ Between Natural and Created Wetlands – Raina Clements
- Assessing Dietary Overlap and Trophic Relationships of Two Generalist Sportfish in Florida – Reagan Oller
- What Influences Citizen Science Observations of American Bumblebees Visiting Flowers in Florida? – Helen Tarrau
- Examining the distribution of juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in a man-made basin – Whitney Maxfield
- Quantifying Clay Removal Efficiency of the Red Tide Karenia brevis – Ivett de la Rosa
- Monitoring the Viability of Samples for Metabarcoding – Stephanie Lievano
- Categorization of Boat Wake Risk to Shorelines of Florida Estuarine Lagoons – Winter Seppala
- Un-earthing Connections: A Temporal Analysis of Shoreline Biodiversity – Rowan Wyss
- The Influence of Prey Base on Invasive Raillietiella orientalis Infection Prevalence in Native Snakes – Myzell Amaro
- Biological assessment of Northern Indian River Lagoon Restoration Suitability Model in Canaveral National Seashore – Maura Collins
- Macro- vs Micro-: Examining Novel Bio-degradable Restoration Materials – Otis Woolfolk
2024 Student Publications
Peer-reviewed journal publications associated with this award to date. REU author student names are both bold and underlined.
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Sharkey E, Onorato DP, Roelke-Parker ME, Ochoa A, Culver M, and Fitak RR. 2024. Prion gene sequencing in Florida panthers (Puma concolor) suggests no differential susceptibility to transmissible spongiform encephalopathy. Journal: Journal of Wildlife Diseases.
- Chambers, L.G., Mirabito, A.J., Brew, S., Nitsch, C.K., Bhabha, J.H., Hurst, N.R. and Berkowitz, J.F. 2024. Evaluating permanganate oxidizable carbon (POXC)’s potential for differentiating carbon pools in wetland soils. Journal: Ecological Indicators.