Selected Theses by Lakewatch Graduate Students
Click on the name of each candidate to download their thesis as a PDF.
| Candidate Name | Topic |
|---|---|
| Alexis Jordan Caffrey | Factors affecting the maximum depth of plant colonization by submersed macrophytes in Florida lakes |
| Chao Xiong | Assessing the influence of land use and climate variability on nutrient concentrations in Florida lakes |
| Charles Hanlon | The current trophic status and primary sport fish populations in two Central Florida lakes thirteen years after the introduction of Grass Carp(Ctenopharyngodon idella) |
| Christopher Charles Anderson | Assessing Factors That Influence Lake Water Column Total Phosphorus Variability in Florida’s Nutrient Zones |
| Dana Lynne Bigham (PhD) | Analyses of Temporal Changes in Trophic State Variables in Florida Lakes |
| Dana Lynne Bigham (MS) | Statewide assessment of toxic algal (microcystin) threat in Florida lakes |
| Darren Pecora | Effects of stocking wild-adult largemouth bass on the fishery at Lake Griffin, Florida |
| Dawn Kimberly Davis | Using the fluid-imaging FLOWCAM to analyze phytoplankton communities in Florida freshwaters of different trophic status |
| Eric Flynt Thomas | An evaluation : the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Lake Vegetation Index (LVI) |
| Ivelisse Ruiz Bernard | Effects of a catastrophic forest fire on trophic parameters of an outstanding Florida water system |
| Jason R. Childress | Identification of Micropterus salmoides floridanus populations in barrow pit ponds using cellulose acetate electrophoresis |
| Jenney Kellogg | Factors influencing partial pressure carbon dioxide levels in Florida lakes : pH, aquatic macrophytes, and geology |
| Jennifer Lauren Donze | Factors affecting total coliform and Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacterial counts at 30 lakes in Hillsborough County, Florida |
| Julia Bishop | Evaluation of the removal of treated municipal effluent on water chemistry and the abundance of submersed vegetaion in Kings Bay - Crystal River, Florida |
| Kevin George Johnson | 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 |
| William A. Strong | Temporal water chemistry trends within individual springs and within a population of Florida Springs |