2019/2020 Undergraduate Research Projects
Samantha Beck
Turnover and trust within collaborative natural resource management groups
Luke Cutter
Zooplankton ecology of Lake Champlain: Vertical distribution and storm events
Isabel Gomez & Linh Le
Impacts of plastic weed fabric on growth of crop plants
Tristan Jaeger
Camera trap monitoring of wildlife following a wildfire at the Altona Flat Rock forest
Leonard Kennedy
Breaking down the terrestrial planets
Linh Le
Edgy Pines: The effects of climate change on growth trends of Pinus banksiana and Pinus rigida at opposing range margins
Brandon Lenberger
Evaluating the potential for floating treatment wetlands to remove excess nutrients
Tierney Mayette
Paleoecology of the Altona Flat Rock
Jay Nickols
Common problems pedagogy: Increasing student learning through cooperative problem solving
Harleigh Green
Regen on the Rock: Post-fire recovery of a jack pine barren ecosystem
Megan Grega
Measuring elevation range shifts of tree species in the Adirondack Mountain High Peaks
Mark Heyer
Wetland stability in Jamaica Bay, New York
Kierstyn Higgins
Short-term and long-term dynamics in soil carbon storage in a fire dependent ecosystem
Luke Cutter & Linh Le
Every duck has its day: Comparison of waterfowl resource availability following moist-soil management
Carlee Koritkowski
Examining the presence of microplastic in wastewater-derived soil amendments
Fuji Maneesai
Aerosols and climate change during early 20th century
Teresa Moran
Growth patterns of spiny water flea in Lake Champlain
Graduate Research Projects
Zach Cutter
Research of invasive zooplankton in Lake Champlain
Lily Delmarsh
How the ecology of Mysis diluviana has changed following a series of species invasions in Lake Champlain
Molly Russell
Where are they going, and can they even get there? Predicting range-shifts for jack and pitch pine in northern New York
Heather Thompson
Insect community responses following the summer 2018 fire at Altona Flat Rock State Forest in Altona, New York
Thomas Whaley
Influence of smooth cordgrass (Spartina Alterniflora) and ribbed mussels (Geukensia demissa) on nitrogen cycling and restoration success in urban wetlands