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USC REU Site in Geobiology 2003-2005

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2003
Lisa Eccles Linfield Col. OR Bauer “Determining Boat-Wake-Induced Levee Erosion using Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter Measurements”
Aaron      Guggenheim UC Boulder CO Fuhrman “A comparison of nonpoint fecal contaminants in the Santa Monica Bay”
Laran    Kaplan Clark Univ. MA Edmands Sex ratio and morphology studeis of the intertidal copepod, Tigriopus Californicus
Jamie       Riches Hartwick NY Jacobson    Capone "Effect of Inorganic Nitrogen Addition to Mangrove Sediments from Twin Cayes, Belize
Eric      Rogers Purdue IN Manahan Marine Larval Development and the Effects of Changing Culture Conditions
Neal        Vora USC CA Caron Effects of Extreme Low Temperature on Microbial Growth Rate and Growth Efficiency
Krsytal    Watkins Roger Williams University RI Manahan Effects of Varying Food Concentrations on Echinoderm Larval Development
2004
Roxanne Beinart Cornell University NY Fuhrman An Investigation of Microbial Community Patterns within Bioturbated Sediment
Sarah Q. Foster Hampshire College MA Capone A Study of the Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera and Associated Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria in Southern California
Amie Hacker Central Oklahoma University OK Stott Applications of Mg/Calcium Ratios and Delta O-18 Values of Benthic Foraminifera to Reconstruct Pleistocene Ocean Climate Changes”,
Ryan Joyce Roger Williams University RI Hedgecock Tracking the Genetic Causes of Growth and Survival in the Pacific Oyster, Crassostrea gigas
William Shyy St. Olaf's College MN Edmands Molecular Variation of the Intertidal Copepod, Tigriopus californicus.
Vanessa Sippel Scripps College CA Caron Physiological Studies on Antarctic and Temperate Strains of a Heterotrophic Protist with Various Prey Types

Lani Stinson Bates College ME Jacobson   Ziebis  The effects of bioturbation by the green shore crab, Hemigrapsus oregonensis, on sediments at Cat Harbor, Catalina Harbor
Stephanie Stoner UC Berkeley CA Nealson Following the Nitrogen to Life on Mars
Liz Walker MIT MA Hammond Establishing Nitrogen Fractionation in Simulated Ocean Sediments
2005
Carly Buchwald MIT MA Hammond Trapping Information on Ocean Biogeochemical Cycles
Philip Grupe St. Olaf's College MN Hedgecock "Mapping genes for shell color & shape in
Crassostrea gigas"
Liz Hoffman Pacific Lutheran WA Ziebis Re-visiting the resurgent population of the clam species Donax gouldii at La Jolla Beach, California
Trish Hredzak Chatham College PA Stott Reconstruction of Indian Monsoon Rainfall for the late Pleistocene/Early Holocene
Michelle Maier Oregon State University OR Fuhrman Archaeal community variations in the San Pedro Channel
Kelsey Poulson Universiy of Wisconsin Milwaukee WI Capone Tracking Nitrogen Fixation in Decomposing Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera.
Ange Wang U. Penn PA Manahan Parameters Affecting the Growth of Pacific Oyster Larvae, Crassostrea gigas
Melissa Wetkowski Loyola Marymount CA Edmands Male Mating Mistakes in the Intertidal Copepod, Tigriopus californicus

This REU site program will be directed by Dr. Linda Duguay, Deputy Director of the USC Wrigley Institute (contact Linda Duguay, 213-821-1335, duguay@usc.edu) and Prof. Donal Manahan, Director of the USC Wrigley Institute.