Graduate Students
Since the start of Florida LAKEWATCH in 1986 there have been a total 40 graduate students (1-PhD, 32 Masters thesis required and 8 Masters thesis not required) who finished degrees in some aspect of lake management under the LAKEWATCH umbrella. Many of these students are now professional working throughout Florida protecting our valuable aquatic resources.
Below is a list of their theses titles and they can be found at https://web.uflib.ufl.edu/etd.html
| Candidate Name | Year | Topic | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davis, Dawn K. | 2015 | Using the fluid-imaging FLOWCAM to analyze phytoplankton communities in Florida freshwaters of different trophic status | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| Bigham, Dana L. | 2012 | Analyses of Temporal Changes in Trophic State Variables in Florida Lakes | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| Anderson, Christopher Charles | 2013 | Assessing Factors That Influence Lake Water Column Total Phosphorus Variability in Florida’s Nutrient Zones | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| Ruiz, Ivelisse | 2012 | Effects of a catastrophic forest fire on trophic parameters of an outstanding Florida water system | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| Sandrey, Stacey A. | 2012 | Spatial and Temporal Differences in Nutrient Concentrations at the Devil's Eye Spring and Devil's Cave System, Florida | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| Larson, Kurt William | 2009 | Stocking wild-adult largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides floridanus to improve fishing and associated economic activity at Lake Griffin, Florida | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| Pecora, Darren John | 2009 | Effects of stocking wild-adult largemouth bass on the fishery at Lake Griffin, Florida | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| Thomas, Eric Flynt | 2009 | An evaluation : the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Lake Vegetation Index (LVI) | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| Bigham, Dana L. | 2008 | Statewide assessment of toxic algal (microcystin) threat in Florida lakes | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| Kellogg, Jenney L. | 2007 | Factors influencing partial pressure carbon dioxide levels in Florida lakes : pH, aquatic macrophytes, and geology | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| Caffrey, Alexis Jordan | 2006 | Factors affecting the maximum depth of plant colonization by submersed macrophytes in Florida lakes | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| Johnson, Kevin George | 2005 | Dietary exposure to organochlorine pesticides p,p'-DDE and dieldrin and their effects on steroidogenesis and reproductive success in Florida largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides floridanus), Florida | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| Murphy, Stephen J. | 2005 | Assessment of fish and plant communities in Lake Apopka, Florida | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| Childress, Jason R. | 2004 | Identification of Micropterus salmoides floridanus populations in barrow pit ponds using cellulose acetate electrophoresis | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| Donze, Jennifer Lauren | 2004 | Factors affecting total coliform and Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacterial counts at 30 lakes in Hillsborough County, Florida | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| Notestein, Sky K. | 2001 | Physical, chemical, and vegetative characteristics of the Chassahowitzka River | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| Lamb, Jeanette Marie | 2000 | Wind-induced sediment resuspension in relation to varying submerged macrophyte coverage in two shallow Florida lakes (Lake Istokpoga and Lake Hatchineha) | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| Willis, Daniel J. | 2000 | Training grass carp to respond to sound as a fish removal technique | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| Hanlon, Sandra G | 1999 | Evaluation of macrophyte control in 41 Florida lakes using triploid grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) at different stocking rates | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| Horsburgh, Christine Ann | 1999 | Lake regions of Florida: water chemistry and aquatic macrophyte data | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| Munson, Adam B. | 1999 | Water clarity in Kings Bay/Crystal River Florida | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| Nagid, Eric J. | 1999 | A limnological assessment of Lake Newnan, Florida, August 1997-July 1998 | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| Brown, Claude D. | 1997 | Factors influencing the variability of chlorophyll concentrations in Florida lakes : an evaluation of nutrient-chlorophyll models for Florida | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| Schulz, Eric J. | 1997 | The index of biotic integrity : a test using limnological and fish data from 60 Florida lakes | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| Korhnak, Lawrence Victor | 1996 | Water, phosphorus, nitrogen, and chloride budgets for Lake Alice, Florida, and documentation of the effects of wastewater removal | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| Romie, Kenneth F. | 1989 | Trophic status and fish populations in five lakes of low pH in Northern Florida | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| Lamia, Judith A. | 1987 | The limnological and biological characteristics of Cue Lake, an acidic lake in North Florida | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| Flannery, Michael S. | 1984 | Seasonal variations in water chemistry and zooplankton communities in four macrophyte infested central Florida lakes | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |