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Freshwater Sciences Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

Ostovich, Eric D., Investigating the Phytotoxic Impacts of Next-Generation Lithiated Cobalt Oxide Nanomaterials

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Curtis, Becky J., Towards Environmental Sustainability of Nanotechnology Through Improved Evaluations of Impact and Risk to Aquatic Species: Cross-Species Comparisons from the Laboratory and Environmentally Realistic Exposure Scenarios in the Field

LaMartina, Emily Lou, Microbial Ecology of Urban Sewers

Meyers, Brigid, Influence of Nutrients and the Native on E. Coli Survival in the Beach Environment

Schumann, Peter, Molecular and Behavioral Impacts of Treated Wastewater Effluent on Fish

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

Hansen, Thomas F., The Flow Less Traveled: Documenting Independent Original Research on Fluid Flow Interactions in the Laurentian Great Lakes and Immediate Surroundings

Lin, Hui, Molecular Weight Distributions and Size-dependent Composition of Dissolved Organic Matter in the Aquatic Continuum

Niemuth, Nicholas Joseph, Investigating Mechanisms of Nanotoxicity of a Next-Generation Lithium Cobalt Oxide Nanomaterial

Schulz, Katarina, Health Goals for Perfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS): A Review of Branched Isomers, the Role of Industrial Sources, and the Implications of Pfas in Biosolids on End-of-Life Disposal Methods

Turschak, Benjamin Alan, Assessing the Trophic Positions of Lake Michigan Fishes Using Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopes

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Ponzi, Sonya, Evaluation of Sperm Cryopreservation for Yellow Perch (Perca Flavescens) Broodstock Management

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Bartlett, Sarah L., Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Bloom Ecology and Cyanotoxins in the Eutrophic Lake Winnebago-Green Bay Water System

Feng, Shuchen, Development of Indicators for Human Fecal Pollution Using Deep-Sequencing of Microbial Communities

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Bartelme, Ryan, Cultivating Ecosystems: Microbial Communities in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems

Gayner, Natalie June, River Bank Inducement Influence on a Shallow Groundwater Microbial Community and Its Effects on Aquifer Reactivity

NGOCHERA, MAXON, Carbon Dynamics in Tropical Lake Malawi

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

Cloutier, Danielle, Microbial Communities and the Diverse Ecology of Fecal Indicators at Lake Michigan Beaches

Geisthardt, Eric John, A Hemimysis Driven Novel Ecosystem at a Modified Boulder Breakwall

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

Alkharaz, Muhanad M., Applying the Water Governance Framework on Rural Water Development Projects in Guatemala

Bozich, Jared S., The Impact of Nanomaterial Functionalization and Core Chemical Composition on Toxicity to Daphnia Magna

Kort, William, An Integrated Environmental Analysis Framework for Multi-Functional Urban Food Production Utilizing Nutrient Recycling from Organic Waste Streams

LaBuhn, Shelby, A Multi-Faceted Biogeochemical Approach to Analyzing Hypoxia in Green Bay, Lake Michigan

Rumball, Natalie Ann, The Selective Survival of Escherichia Coli in Freshwater Beach Sand

Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015

Fillingham, Joseph Henry, Modeling Lake Michigan Nearshore Carbon and Phosphorus Dynamics

Mora Zamorano, Francisco Xavier, Neurobehavioral and Gene Expression Effects of Early Embryonic Methylmercury Exposure in Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) and Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Larvae

Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014

Arndt, Devrah Anne, Carbon Nanomaterials in Freshwater Ecosystems: An Chronic, Multi-generational, and Genomic Assessment of Toxicity to Daphnia Magna

Blair, Benjamin Donald, The Occurrence, Fate, Environmental Impact, and Management Implications of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products in Wastewater and the Environment

Driscoll, Zachery G., Plankton Trophic Structure Within Lake Michigan as Revealed By Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopes