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Salamander Project 2020

Plight of the Monarch 

Thiamine Deficiency in Lake Ontario

Click below to see one of our Graduate student projects!
Click below to see Tiffany Clay's butterfly project! 
Click below to see Matt Futia's research project!
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​Megan Aubertine

Advisor: D​r. Kathryn Amatangelo
Thesis: An investigation into the success of slender false-brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum) and its relationship with plant communities in New York State.
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Lexie Belleville
Advisor: Dr. Rachel Schultz
​Thesis: Assessing survivorship of planted and seeded species within restored Great Lakes coastal wetlands
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Thomas Blowers
Advisor: Dr. Jacques Rinchard
Thesis: Great Lakes lake trout egg thiamin status and influencing factors in Lake Ontario
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Paige Buchholz

Advisor: Dr. Michael Chislock
Thesis: 
Low density polyethylene sorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and implications for Daphnia pulicaria
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Joshua Cronland

Advisor: Dr. Christopher Norment
Thesis: HoRary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) habitat preferences in New York State: Determining a model for management purposes
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Christopher DiGuardi
Advisor: Dr. Michael Chislock
​Thesis: TBD
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​Jacob Hewitt
Advisor: Dr. Jacob Straub
Thesis: Estimating annual fecundity of sea ducks in the Atlantic Flyway using age ratios
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Kevin Killigrew

Advisor: Dr. Rachel Schultz
Thesis: Using floating treatment wetlands to filter nutrients and restore meadow marsh habitats in natural systems
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​​Andrew Leonardi

Advisor: Dr. Kathryn Amatangelo
Thesis: Exploring the effects of invasive slender false-brome (Brachypodium sylvativum) on forest ecosystem function
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Ray Marszalek
Advisor: Dr. Kathryn Amatangelo
Thesis: The use of 3 Japanese knotweed psyllid (Aphalara itadori) as a biological control agent of Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) in Western New York
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Christopher Mitchell

Advisor: Dr. Rachel Schultz
Thesis: Evaluation waterfowl use and habitat quality following wetland restoration in Lake Ontario coastal wetlands at Braddock Bay Wildlife Management Area
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Jakob Scholeno 
Advisor: Dr. Michael Chislock
​Thesis: TBD
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Andrew Spagnuolo
Advisor: Dr. Paul Richards
Thesis: Historical ecologic changes in Hemlock and Conesus Lakes through sediment geochemical profiling 
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Daniel Beers

Advisor:  Dr. Michael Chislock
Thesis: Assessing post-implementation of agricultural best management practices on watersheds of Conesus Lake: Effects on biogeochemistry, erosion and phytoplankton 
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Tammy Bleier

Advisor: Dr. Michael Chislock
Thesis: Abundance and composition of microplastic in ten south central Lake Ontario tributaries 
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Charlotte Buechi
Advisor: Dr. Rachel Schultz and Dr. Katie Amatangelo
Thesis: Effects of land history and deer browsing in spring ephemeral plants
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Colin Clark 
​Advisor: Dr. Jacques Rinchard
Thesis: Do lake trout eggs and free embryos acquire thiamine during development in wild population? 

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Alexis Davis

Advisor: Dr. Katheryn Amatangelo
​Thesis: An investigation into the control European Dewberry (Rubus caesius) and the genetic and phonetic differences across population in the Finger Lakes region of New York
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Nicholas Farese
Advisor: Dr. Jacques Rinchard
Thesis: Assessing Otsego Lake lake trout diets using stomach content, fatty acids analysis, and stable isotope ratios
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Erica Mackey

Advisor: Dr. Kathryn Amatangelo
Thesis: Understanding mile-a-minute (Persicaria perfoliata) in western New York
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Kyle Morton

Advisor: Dr. Matthew Altenritter
Thesis: Telemetry and mark-recapture data characterize juvenile lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) in the lower Genesee River of Lake Ontario, NY
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Dawn Newman

Advisor: Dr. Christopher Norment
​Thesis: How does water quality affect anti-Bd bacterial species on the skin of northern leopard frogs and their susceptibility to Bd infection
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Courtney Scoles

Advisor: Dr. Rachel Schultz
Thesis: Assessing how invasive cattail treatment affects methane emissions in Lake Ontario meadow marshe
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Lydia Sweeney
Advisor: Dr. Katie Amatangelo
Thesis: Evaluating floristic quality and carbon storage potential in floodplains wetlands of New York

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Kylee Wilson

Advisor: Dr. Matthew Altenritter
Thesis: Movement and life history of Lake Ontairo yellow perch (Perca flavescens​) 
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