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Legacy Theses
Bat Species Richness and Edge Habitat Use on a Coastal Island in South Carolina, Travis Ford Scott
Examining the Conservation Implications of Fire Management on Plant Assemblage Structure in Isolated Wetlands and Longleaf Pine Uplands at Sandy Island, South Carolina, Laura Jean Shappell
The Comparison of Large Nekton Between a Pristine and Urbanized Estuary and Between Two National Estuarine Research Reserve Systems in South Carolina, Christopher Anthony Smith
Relationship of Filamentous Fungi and Yeast Abundance to Level of Human Use in Beach Sand of Horry County, SC, Julia L. Stevens
Atmospheric and Oceanographic Processes Controlling the Formation of Hypoxic Water in Long Bay of the Carolinas, Danielle Rae Nicole Tarpley
Competition Between Littoraria irrorata (Say) and Melampus bidentatus (Say) in the High Marsh on Waties Island, South Carolina, Elizabeth B. Trott
Effects of Inter-tributary Dissolved Organic Carbon Variability on Heterotrophic Microbial Communities in Upper Winyah Bay, SC, Emma K. Wear
Connections Between Bivalve Settlement, Growth, Survival and the Water Quality within South Carolina Inlet and Swash Tidal Creeks, Caitlin C. Wessel
The Effects of Nest Thermal Stratification on Predictive Models for Temperature-dependent Sex Ratios and Survivorship of the Leatherback Turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, In Pacuare Reserve, Costa Rica, Rebecca Alice Xiques
Habitat Utilization by Multiple Shark Species in a Southeastern Salt Marsh Estuary, Bree KaraBeth Yednock
Effects of Shoreline Development on Plant Composition and Physical Structure in a South Carolina High Marsh, Zofia Zaplatynski
Ecological Characterization of Plant Communities in Nine Carolina Bays of Northeastern South Carolina, Danielle C. Zoellner
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Effects of warming on decomposition of submerged plant litter and associated microorganisms in streamside channels, Kaity Ackerman
An Examination of Plant Community Composition in Six Carolina Bays on the Coastal Plain of South Carolina, Katherine L. Altman-Goff
Temporal transport dynamics of the Amazon River Plume revealed using radium isotope analysis, Elana J. Ames
Use of Multibeam and Split-beam SONAR to Observe Changes in Fish School Biomass in Relation to Dolphin Abundance, Reece Eleanor Aponte
Residency, Diel Movement, and Tidal Patterns of Large Juvenile Bull Sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) in Winyah Bay, SC, Jeremy Lee Arnt
Temperament and Screen Time into Adulthood, Kareem Barbis
Quantifying population-level effects of warm-water catch-and-release mortality on Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) in the James River, Virginia, Cory J. Bauerlien
Inter-Annual to Inter-Decadal Spatiotemporal Effects of Storm and Nourishment Events in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Christina Mary Boyce
Distribution and Social Structure of an Estuarine Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Population in Northern South Carolina, Jamie L. Brusa
Cluster Analysis of Opioid Accessibility in the Carolinas Using Data from the ARCOS Database and an Enhanced Two-Step Floating Catchment Area Method, Michael T. Bunker
Effects of Dissolved Nutrient Ratios and Concentrations on Litter-associated Microbial Activity in Streamside Channels, Timothy Burns
Depredation of Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) Nests in North Inlet, SC: Nest Predator Community and the Cues Used by Raccoons to Locate Nests, Samuel Al Buzuleciu II
Seasonal Habitat Use of Diamondback Terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) in North Inlet, Winyah Bay, Georgetown, South Carolina, Danielle Elizabeth Capella
Investigation into Mycorrhizae Associated with Native Venus' Flytrap Root Tissue, Anna Carnaggio
An EEMD Approach to Non-Stationary, Non-Linear Environmental Long- and Short-term Time Series Data of Charleston, SC, with a 2009 Flood Anomaly Case Study, Dylan David Carpenter
Characterization of Groundwater Discharge in a Back Barrier Tidal Creek, Matthew L. Carter
Geochemical Tracers Linking Submarine Groundwater Discharge to Hypoxia Formation in Long Bay, South Carolina, USA, Sarah Lynn Chappell
FLOW FIELD SURROUNDING BLUEGILL (LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS) DURING SUCTION-FEEDING, Jensine Caroline Coggin
Seasonal Occurrence, Relative Abundance, and Migratory Movements of Juvenile Sandbar Sharks, Carcharhinus plumbeus, in Winyah Bay, South Carolina, Caroline Collatos
Estimating Density and Residency of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in three estuarine sites in South Carolina, Jessica Nicole Conway
Reconstructing a Centennial-scale Extreme Paleoflood History of the Pee Dee River using Oxbow Lake Sediments, Nicholas William Conway
Quantifying Water Budgets to Evaluate the Hydrologic Performance of Two Stormwater Detention Ponds in Coastal South Carolina, Samantha Corley
Late Cenozoic Evolution of Sedimentation and Slope Stability Along the U.S. Atlantic Margin, Bradley Kevin Craig
Migratory patterns of juvenile Shortfin Makos (Isurus oxyrinchus): evidence of a nursery in the western North Atlantic, Julia A. Crews
Investigating Stormwater Drainage Basin Sediments as a Means of Bacterial Accumulation and Transport Within a South Carolina Estaurine Watershed, Matthew Kyle Curtis
Enzootic trends of Crassostrea virginica and Perkinsus marinus in North Inlet estuary, South Carolina, Nico Martin D'Amico
Young-of-the-year spot (Leiostomus xanthurus) recruitment timing, age, and growth in a polyhaline Southeastern estuary, Annamaria Deitz
Comparison of Nutrient Concentrations and Primary Production Indicators Across Plume Fronts, Taylor Dishon
Investigating Coastal Erosion Variability and Framework Geology Influence Along the Grand Strand, South Carolina, Aundrea Marie Dolan
Impact of Development on Freshwater Turtle Populations of Coastal South Carolina: An Examination of Land Use and Road Density, Andre Dominguez
A Comparison of Whole Body Mercury Concentrations of Mummichogs (Fundulus heteroclitus) and Atlantic Silversides (Menidia menidia), Daniel P. Ferons
20th and 21st Century Sea-Level Variability in Winyah Bay, SC, Madison Schemery Fink
Dissolved Nutrient Ratios and Concentrations Affect Fungal Reproduction and Community Structure Associated with Submerged Leaf Litter and Wood, Jennifer Fitzgerald
Development of Three Novel eDNA Assays for Detecting Coastal Sharks, Kristina Dawn Flanigan
Tidal Creek and Substrate Effects on Oyster Reef Associated Fish and Decapod Condition and Density, Thomas S. Funk
Shell Repair in Geukensia demissa and Predation Preferences of Callinectes sapidus: Do Crabs Target Mussels with Weakened Shells?, Madeleine S. Gillis
Variability in Nutrient Concentrations Across Regions of the Winyah Bay River Plume, Anne Mackenzie Gossman
Parametric Model Development For Heterogeneous Atmospheric Conditions, Daniel Paul Greenway
Testing the Potential of Environmental DNA: Genetic Monitoring of Estuarine and Coastal Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Stocks in South Carolina, Kathryn Greiner-Ferris
The Fish Kill Mechanism of the Harmful Raphidophyte Chattonella Subsalsa, Amy E. Grogan
Furthering Ascidian Taxonomy Using Molecular Biology, Nicholas Gulnick
Machine Learning-Based Models for Assessing Impacts Before, During and After Hurricane Events, Julie L. Harvey
Tide-dependent Predation Patterns of Piscivorous Fishes in Shallow Estuarine Creeks, Matthew Ross Helms
Assessment of Land Use and Neotropical Herpetofauna Along Steep Gradients of Elevation in an Ecuadorian Ramsar Wetland Site #1143, Nicholas K. Henke
Development of a habitat model for an endemic leuciscid, the Sandhills Chub (Semotilus lumbee), Garrett Mitchell Herigan
Next-generation sequencing shows increasing temperatures affect stream fungal communities, Regan Hodgson
Linking Water Quality and Beach Morphodynamics in a Heavily Impacted Tidal Creek in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Brittany Lynne Hoffnagle
Community Involvement in Flood Mitigation: A Survey-Based Approach in Marion County, SC, Lillian C. Howie
An Ensemble Study of the Sea Level Rise Impact on Storm Surge and Inundation in the Coastal Bangladesh, Mansur Ali Jisan
Historical Catch Trends and Efficacy of Video Surveillance Monitoring of Catch Per Unit Effort at Recreational Fishing Piers in South Carolina, Charles Christian Johnson
POPULATION TRENDS AND TROPHIC ECOLOGY OF THE INVASIVE PEACOCK EEL (MACROGNATHUS SIAMENSIS) IN THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES, Grace Kahmann
The Application of Proper Orthogonal Decomposition to Numerically Modeled and Measured Ocean Surface Wave Fields Remotely Sensed by Radar, Andrew Joseph Kammerer
Characterizing Coastal Marsh Groundwater Hydrology with Multichannel Electrical Resistivity Tomography, Matthew R. Kestner
Holocene Formation History of Mud Depocenters on the Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Cadiz, Southwestern Spain, Mary Lee King
Fine-scale site selection of strand-feeding common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and their prey, Deborah Kleinclaus
The Effect of Radium Partitioning on Hydrothermal Fluid Flow Determination across Guaymas Basin, Charlotte R. Kollman
Loggerhead shrike detectability and occurrence in coastal South Carolina urban areas, Michelle Krauser
The potential of radium-224 as a tracer of timescales of Gulf of Mexico crude oil exposure to the marine environment, Matthew T. Kurpiel
Semi-Quantitative Assessment on Winyah Bay's Microplastic Contamination Levels, Samantha Ladewig
Winter use of Winyah Bay, SC by the Spiny Dogfish (Squalus acanthias), and their movements south of Cape Hatteras, NC, Meredith L. Langford
Unique Osmoregulatory Morphology in Primitive Sharks: An Intermediate State Between Holocephalan and Derived Shark Secretory Morphology, Matthew Eric Larsen
Macgillivray's Seaside Sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus macgillivraii) Breeding Biology & Population Density at Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center, Yianni P. Laskaris
The role of a permeable sand column in modifying tidal creek geochemistry and land-derived inputs to the coastal ocean, Nicholas Anthony Legut
A Numerical Study Investigating Sensitivity of Radar Wave Propagation to the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer Environment, Nathan E. Lentini
Impact of Macroconsumers on Leaf Breakdown and Detritivores in Wet and Dry Wetlands on a Southeastern US Coastal Plain Floodplain, Bryanna Libby
Use of space and foraging behavior of loggerhead shrikes in urban areas, Katie Anne Maddox
Impact of Data Selection on the Accuracy of Atmospheric Refractivity Inversions Performed over Marine Surfaces, Ian Joseph Matsko
Site fidelity, seasonality, movement, and fish associates of sand tigers Carcharias taurus in North Carolina, Ara L. McClanahan
Silting dynamics and metal contaminants in the Georgetown Inner Harbor, Ezekiel Wil Meyers
Sediment Impact on the Formation of Hypoxic Waters in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: A Synthesis of Sediment Texture, Composition, Erodibility and Transport, Rangley Claude Mickey
A Tangle Net Study on Relative Abundance and Habitat Preference of Elasmobranchs in North Inlet Estuary, South Carolina, Moriah Heather Moore
Tidal Creeks as Conduits of Land-Derived Nutrients to the Coastal Ocean, Christianna R. Morton
Using Predator Vocalizations to Deter Raccoon Predation on Nests of Diamondback Terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin), Colleen Elizabeth Naeger
The Spatial Ecology of the Southern Copperhead in a Fragmented and Non-Fragmented Habitat, Megan Veronica Novak
Ecological Effects and Genetic Diversity of the Invading Rhizocephalan Parasite Loxothylacus panopaei in the Flatback Mud Crab Eurypanopeus depressus, Kathryn A. O'Shaughnessy
Hydrodynamic Drivers of Dissolved Oxygen Variability Within a Highly Developed Tidal Creek in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Douglas Matthew Pastore
Effects of temperature on microbial parameters associated with decaying plant litter in a stream microcosm experiment, Hunter David Pates
Constructing Water Budgets for a Coastal Stormwater Catchment to Examine Temporal Dynamics Between Urban Groundwater and Surface Runoff, Leigha E. Peterson
Life history inhibits deleterious effects of dams on genetic health and structure of a headwater stream fish, Riley Phelps
Late Holocene Spit Evolution on Centennial Timescales in the Southeast Delaware Bay, USA, Ryan Eli Phillip