2005 Student Reports

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Adam Akullian
Brown University
Tracking eelgrass loss in estuarine sediments of West Falmouth Harbor
Kate Fiedler
Dickinson College

The influence of topography and temperature on Quercus ilicifolia succession

Katie Harrold
Middlebury College

Long-term retention and loss of heavy metals from experimental salt marsh plots

Ellen Herbert
Kenyon College

Plant and soil community interactions: Litter carbon quality and functional microbial community in New England forests

Natalie Levy
University of California, Berkeley
not currently available
Will Longo
Haverford College
The effects of benthic organic matter quality on aerobic and anaerobic sediment metabolism in West Falmouth Harbor
Cara Machacek
Colorado College

Breaking the habit: The role of mycorrhizae in nitrogen-saturated soils

Craig McGowan
Brown University

Benthic metabolism and nitrogen cycling in West Falmouth Harbor

Sabrina Moreau
Hampshire College

Influence of NIRTEX barrier on groundwater flow paths, dissolved organic carbon and nitrate concentrations

Laura Nagel
Allegheny College

Use of soil carbon amendments on a Martha’s Vineyard grassland restoration site

Jennifer Peters
Bard College

Modeling the water budget and annual carbon balance for  Martha’s Vineyard

Jennifer Reimer
Clark University
Nitrogen dynamics in flow-through microcosms of NITREX® reactive media
Courtney Shannon
Colorado College

Effects of flooding on the carbon and nitrogen cycles in the cedar, maple, and pine bogs of western Cape Cod

Hilary Smith
Ripon College

Microcosm analysis of the impact of nutrients and allochthonous carbon on microbial production of autotrophic and heterotrophic biomass

Rowan Spivey
Haverford College

Nitrogen loading and attenuation in the West Falmouth Harbor watershed

Nicole Travis
Brown University
Affects of nutrient load on habitat structure and foraging behavior of Grass Shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio
Jeff Walker
Cornell University
Estimating the whole ecosystem metabolism of West Falmouth Harbor