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Student
Research Grant Recipients
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SAC awards four $750 grants to support student research on
wetlands within the Chapter's boundaries. Applicants must
follow the rules and procedures of the
SWS Student Grant Program (including submission
deadlines), with a few modifications specific to the SAC
Student Research Grants.
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2012
Grant Recipients:
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Jaimie Gillespie,
Virginia Commonwealth University -
Structure-Function Relationships Of Methane-Cycling
Microorganisms In Tidal Wetlands Of The Eastern United
States
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Thomas Luhring, University
of Missouri - Of
Fish And Drought: Modeling Influences Of Hydroperiod And
Predators On Amphibian Productivity In Wetlands Of The
Southeastern United States
2011
Grant Recipients:
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Rupesh Bhomia, University of Florida - Accretion and
Stability of Phosphorus in Recently Accreted Soils (RAS)
in the Stormwater Treatment Areas of the Everglades
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Jaclyn E. Koehn, University
of South Carolina - Hydrologic Functions Between Upland
and Flood Plain Shallow Water Dynamics of Four Hole Swamp
Fringe
2010
Grant Recipients:
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Ricardo Colón-Rivera, Texas A&M University - Saltwater
intrusion into a rare freshwater forested wetland in
Puerto Rico
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Matthew Semcheski, Old Dominion University - Seasonal
patterns of microphytobenthic potential primary production
in intertidal wetlands of lower Chesapeake Bay
2009
Grant Recipients:
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Christy M. Crace, University of North Florida -
Seeking generalities in salt stress effects on herbivores:
A multi-species approach
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Gabriel F. Strain, West Virginia University -
Amphibian reproductive success, cell phenology, and diet
composition in mitigation wetlands of the Central
Appalachians
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Thomas P. Smith, College of Charleston - Predictive
capabilities of GIS for the distribution of specialist
wetland skippers (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) in
South Carolina
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Rita M. Peralta, George Mason University - Bacterial Community Composition and
Physicochemistry of Soils in Mitigation Wetlands Created
in the Piedmont Region of Virginia as Affected by
Hydroconnectivity and Age
2008
Grant Recipients:
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Dena Clink, University of Puget Sound - Exploring
the effects of phosphorus enrichment on periphyton pigment
signatures using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
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Mark Galatowitsch, University of Georgia -
Mechanisms driving mayfly movements between river channels
and floodplain wetlands
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Jeffrey Feaga, Virginia Tech - A comparison
of soil physiochemical properties in geographically
distant bog turtle occupied wetlands
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Brian Greene, Cornell University - Patterns of
Privet: human land use and invasive species in Piedmont
floodplain forests of South Carolina
2007
Grant Recipients:
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Azure
E. Bevington, Institute of Marine Science at The College
of William and Mary - The influence of environmental
factors and nutrient availability on Typha spp.
dominance in created wetlands
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Pamela
Marsh, University of South Carolina - Tracing sea level
variation using a palynomorphic fingerprint to identify
former Juncus roemerianus locations in cores
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Thomas
J Mozdzer, University of Virginia - Latitudinal variation
in the availability and utilization of dissolved organic
nitrogen by the smooth cordgrass Spartina alterniflora
2006
Grant
Recipients:
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Julie
DeMeester, Duke University - An invasive species,
Microstegium vimineum, in Southeastern wetlands: the
role of nitrogen promoting invasion and subsequent changes
to the nitrogen cycle with invasive establishment
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Dawn
Reinhold, Georgia Institute of Technology - Effects of
plant activity on uptake of persistent organic pollutants
by the wetland plant Lemna minor
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Lucero
Sevillano, University of Miami - The effects of two
biocontrol agents on the population dynamics and rate of
spread of the Floridian invasive tree Melaleuca
quinquenervia
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Alani
Taylor, University of Georgia - How does invertebrate
function vary among wetland types?
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