September 6, 2024

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.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.