VIMS Best Student Paper Awards

 

 

2007

Masters : Emily Yam

Yam, Emily M; Tang, Kam W. (2007) Effects of starvation on aggregate colonization and motility of marine bacteria. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. Vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 207-215.
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PhD : Joel Hoffman

Hoffman, Joel C; Bronk, Deborah A; Olney, John E. (2007) Contribution of Allochthonous Carbon to American Shad Production in the Mattaponi River, Virginia, Using Stable Isotopes.
Estuaries and Coasts. Vol. 30, no. 6, pp. 1034-1048.
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2006

Masters : Julia Ellis

Ellis, JK, Musick, JA. (2006) Ontogenetic changes in the diet of the sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus, in lower Chesapeake Bay and Virginia (USA) coastal waters. Environmental Biology of Fishes. Published online August 22, 2006.
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PhD : Jason See

See, JH, Bronk, DA, Lewitus, AJ. (2006) Uptake of Spartina-derived humic nitrogen by estuarine phytoplankton in nonaxenic and axenic culture. Limnology and Oceanography. Vol 51(5) : p.2290-2299.
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2005

Masters : Adriana Veloza

Veloza, A, Chu F-LE, Tang, KW. (2005) Trophic modification of essential fatty acids by heterotrophic protists and its effects on the fatty acid composition of the copepod Acartia tonsa. Marine Biology. Vol 148(4): p.779-788
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PhD : Kristen France

France, KE, Duffy, JE. Diversity and dispersal interactively affect predictability of ecosystem function. Nature. Vol 441: p.1139-1143.
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Other Awards

2005 SETAC Global Award
Best Student Paper in the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry :

Ciparis, S; Hale, RC. (2005) Bioavailability of polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants in biosolids and spiked sediment to the aquatic oligochaete, Lumbriculus variegatus. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Vol 24(4): p.916-925.
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2004

Masters : Amy Chiuchiolo

Chiuchiolo, AL, Dickhut, RM, Cochran, MA, Ducklow, HW. (2004)  Persistent Organic Pollutants at the Base of the Antarctic Marine Food Web. Environmental Science & Technology. Vol. 38(13): 3551-3557.
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PhD : Leigh McCallister

McCallister, SL, Bauer, JE, Cherrier, JE, Ducklow HW. (2004) Assessing sources and ages of organic matter supporting river and estuarine bacterial production: A multiple-isotope approach. Limnology and Oceanography. Vol. 49(5) :1687-1702.
Abstract | Article

 

2003

Masters : Tara Kniskern

Kniskern, TA, Kuehl, SA. (2003) Spatial and temporal variability of seabed disturbance in the York River subestuary. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. Vol. 58(1) : 37-55. Sep 2003.
Abstract & Article

PhD : Christopher Earnhart

Earnhart, CG; Vogelbein, MA; Brown, GD; Reece, KS; Kaattari, SL. (2004) Supplementation of Perkinsus marinus Cultures with Host Plasma or Tissue Homogenate Enhances Their Infectivity. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Vol. 70(1) : 421-431.
Abstract | Article Open Access

 

2002

Masters : Matt Church

Church, M.J., Ducklow, H.W., Karl, D.M. (2002) Multiyear increases in dissolved organic matter inventories at Station ALOHA in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Limnology and Oceanography 47(1) : 1-10.
Abstract | Article Open Access

PhD : Kevin Hovel

Hovel, K.A., Lipcius, R.N. (2001) Habitat fragmentation in a seagrass landscape: Patch size and complexity control blue crab survival. Ecology 82: 1814-182.
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