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Melissa Marburger

Aquatic Ecology Laboratory
226 Research Center
1314 Kinnear Road
Columbus, OH 43212-1156

Phone: 614.292.1613

Fax: 614.292.0181

Dr. Elizabeth A. Marschall's graduate students

Graduate Students: Completed

Natalie Dingledine (M.S., 1996). Thesis: The effect of fish on invertebrates: the importance of spatial location in streams.

Karen Blocksom (M.S., Zoology; M.A.S., Statistics; 1998). Thesis: Effects of community experience on the response to a generalist invertebrate predator. (Statistician, EPA, Ecosystems Research Branch)

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Mark W. Kershner (Ph.D., 1998). Dissertation: Walleye predatory demand and prey supply in Lake Erie: exploring environmental variation and its historical effects. (Assistant Professor, Kent State University)

Stephanie Micucci (M.S., 2000). Thesis: Wetland habitats and their influence on fish assemblage characteristics. (Biological consultant, Foster Wheeler Environmental Corporation)

Rick Silk (M.S., 2001). Thesis: Movement of stocked saugeye from reservoirs: impact on native fish communities. (Attorney, Freund, Freeze, & Arnold)

Jeffrey Spoelstra (M.S., 2001) Thesis topic: Implications of stocking riverine fish into onstream impoundments. (Biological consultant, Kieser & Associates)

Felix Martinez (Ph.D., 2003) Dissertation topic: Consequences of optimal decisions to settlement patterns in coral reef fish. (Program Analyst, NOAA, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science)

LeAnn Southward (M.S., 2003). Thesis topic: Trophic transfer of mercury and lead to top predators: quantifying the role of non-native species in Lake Erie. (Sea Grant Knauss Fellow 2004, U.S. State Department, Marine Conservation)

Geoffrey Steinhart (Ph.D., 2004) Dissertation topic: Understanding early life dynamics of smallmouth bass in Lake Erie. OSU Presidential Fellow 2003-2004. (Postdoctoral Researcher, Cornell University)

James Yoder (Ph.D., 2004) Dissertation topic: Ruffed grouse dispersal: correlations with landscape and consequences for survival. (Assistant Professor, Eastern Mennonite University)

 Gene Kim (Ph.D., 2007) Dissertation topic: Interactions between food web and contaminants in Lake Erie. (Ecosystem Research Program Coordinator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, MD).

Joe Beuchel (M.S., 2006). Thesis topic: Seasonal patterns in energy allocation across latitudes and life histories. (Biology Instructor, Triton College, Chicago, Il).

Graduate Students: Current

Jason Van Tassell (Ph.D. expected 2007) Dissertation topic: Influence of parental attributes on characteristics and success of early life stages of walleye.

Paris Collingsworth (Ph.D. expected 2008). Dissertation topic: Differential contributions of spawning stocks to Lake Erie yellow perch populations

Cassie May (M.S. expected 2007). Thesis topic: Habitat mapping and predator-prey dynamics in Ohio reservoirs

Jahn Kallis (Ph.D. expected 2013)

Adam Thompson (M.S. expected 2010)