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Theses and Dissertations 1990-Present

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1990 back to top

MS - Edward D. Koch - Effects of Temperature and Angling on Brown and Rainbow Trout Populations in the Firehole River, Yellowstone National Park. Sp. 1990. 58 p. J. Griffith.

MS - Joseph M. Sirotnak - Intraspecific and Interspecific Competition in Leymus cinereus and Chrysothamnus nauseosus in a Cold-Desert Environment. Sp. 1990. 64 p. J. Anderson.

MS - Bruce E. Olenick - Breeding Biology of Burrowing Owls Using Artificial Nest Burrows in Southeastern Idaho. Sp. 1990. 54 p. C. Trost.

MS - Steven J. Pew - Arthropod Succession in Pig Carcasses in Southeastern Idaho. Sp. 1990. 28 p. R. Anderson.

MS - Bruce H. Rittenhouse - Distribution and Life History of Challis Milkvetch (Astragalus Amblytropis Barneby), an Endemic of East-Central Idaho. Sp. 1990. 75 p. K. Holte.

MS - Shelley J. Williams - Characterization and Comparison of Mycelial and Yeast Phase Lysate Antigens of Histoplasma capsulatum. Sp. 1990. 86 p. G. Scalarone.

MS - Debra E. Engelgau - Development of a Procedure for Enumerating Bacteria Attached to Solid Particles. Sp. 1990. 49 p. V. Winston.

PhD - Betty Wright Seawell - Comparative Evaluations of Blastomyces Dermatitidis Lysate Antigens for the Immunodiagnosis of Blastomycosis. Sp. 1990. 132 p. G. Scalarone.

MS - John Dayton Boone - Ecological Characteristics and Preferential Edge Use of Small Mammal Populations Inhabiting a Radioactive Waste Disposal Area. Su. 1990. 101 p. B. Keller.

MS - Michael J. McDonald - The Activity Patterns of Mule Deer in Response to Hunting in Southeastern Idaho. Su. 1990. 67 p. B. Keller.

MS - Mauritz C. Sterner, III - Studies of Five New Species of Myxozoan Parasites of the Mottled Sculpin From Southeastern Idaho. Su. 1990. 74 p. R. Spall.

MS - Martha C. Wackenhut - Bat Species Overwintering in Lava-tube Caves in Lincoln, Gooding, Blaine, Bingham, and Butte Counties, Idaho with Special Reference to Annual Return of Banded Plecotus Townsendii. Su. 1990. 64 p. B. Keller.

PhD - Theodore Robert Angradi - Foraging Ecology of Wild Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in the Henry's Fork of the Snake River, Idaho. Dec. 1990. 164 p. J. Griffith.

PhD - Lisa M. Reed - Genetic and Morphological Variation and the Evolution of Social Signals in the Black-Billed Magpie (Pica pica hudsonia). Dec. 1990. 177 p. C. Trost.

MS - Sandra L. Eastman - Biosorption of Copper by Immobilized Algin Biosorbents. Dec. 1990. 109 p. V. Winston.

MS - Blaine Lin Parker - Effects of a Decade of Catch-and Release Regulations on a Rainbow Trout Population in Silver Creek, Idaho. Dec. 1990. 43 p. J. Griffith.

MS - Teresa D. Ratzlaff - Postfire Vegetation Development in Seeded and Unseeded Areas of Sagebrush/Steppe Near Pocatello, Idaho. Dec. 1990. 65 p. J. Anderson.

MS - Michael D. Riehle - Changes in Habitat Utilization and Feeding Chronology of Juvenile Rainbow Trout at the Onset of Winter in Silver Creek, Idaho. Dec. 1990. 61 p. J. Griffith.

MS - J. Scott Spaulding - Habitat Use, Growth, and Movement of Chinook Salmon and Steelhead in Response to Introduced Coho Salmon in the Wenatchee River, Washington. Dec. 1990. 73 p. J. Griffith.

MS - Lynn R. VanEvery - Anacanthorus (Dactylogyridae) of Piranha (Characidae, Serrasalminae) From the Central Amazon, Their Physogeny, and Aspects of Host-Parasite Coevolution. Dec. 1990. 68 p. R. Anderson.

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PhD - Tracy W. Hillman - The Effect of Temperature on the Spatial Interaction of Juvenile Chinook Salmon and the Redside Shiner and Their Morphological Differences. Sp. 1991. 90 p. J. Griffith.

MS - Nancy L. Bauer - Medicinal, Edible, Poisonous, and Injurious Flora of Deep Creek Peak, Power County, Idaho. Sp. 1991. 220 p. K. Holte.

MS - Donna N. Gallagher - Comparative Studies on Histoplasma capsulatum Antigens: Detection of Antibodies and Delayed Hypersensitivity. Sp. 1991. 61 p. G. Scalarone.

MS - Brady D. Lee - Characterization of an Acidophilic Facultatively, Iron-oxidizing Bacterial Culture. Sp. 1991. 86 p. V. Winston.

MS - Jeffrey W. Snyder - The Wintering and Foraging Ecology of the Trumpeter Swan, Harriman State Park of Idaho. Sp. 1991. 145 p. C Trost.

PhD - Eric R. Stone - The Sociology of North American Black-billed Magpies (Pica pica hudsonia). Su. 1991. 71 p. C. Trost.

MS - Glenn Carlson - The Feasibility of Individual Identification and Sex determination of Whooping Cranes (Grus americana) by Analysis of Vocalizations. Su. 1991. 60 p. C. Trost.

MS - Robert C. Glapinski - The Effects of Ovariectomy and Exogenous 17-Beta Estradiol on Uterine Prolactin Receptor Concentration in Mink (Mustela vison). Su. 1991. 91 p. J. Rose.

MS - Janet R. Mihuc - An Experimental Study of the Impact of Shorebird Predation on Benthis Invertebrates in American Falls Reservoir, Idaho. Su. 1991. 61 p. C. Trost.

MS - Tim B. Silkey - Serologic Diagnosis of Coccidioidomycosis: Comparative Enzyme Immunoassay Using Two Solid-Phase Techniques and Two Antigens From the Parasitic Cycle fo Coccicioides immitis. Su. 1991. 44 p. G. Scalarone.

MS - Kaye Yearsley - Characterization and Comparison of Yeast and Cycelial Phase Lysate Antigens of Blastomyces dermatitidis Canine Isolate, T-58. Su. 1991. 68 p. G. Scalarone.

MS - Deron E. Lawrence - Postfire Woody Debris Dynamics in Headwater Streams of Yellowstone National Park. Dec. 1991. 96 p. G. W. Minshall.

MS - James M. Glennon - Flora of the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, Idaho. Dec. 1991. 91 p. K. Holte.

MS - M. Ganga Hematillake - Neural Tissue Transplants and Methylprednisolone to Promote Recovery From Spinal Cord Injury in Rats. Dec. 1991. 71 p. R. Spall.

MS - Michael James McIntyre - Effects of Fire on Retention of Coarse Particulate Organic Matter in Streams. Dec. 1991. 61 p. G. Wayne Minshall.

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PhD - John D. Pinsof - The Late Pleistocene Vertebrate Fauna From the American Falls Area, Southeastern Idaho. May 1992. 399 p. William A.Akersten.

PhD - Christopher Thomas Robinson - Influence of Flow Regime on Macroinvertebrate Community Structure and Life Histories. May 1992. 117 p. G. Wayne Minshall.

MS - Raed O. Abuodeh - Induction and Elisa Detection of Antibodies to Blastomyces Dermatitidis Canine Isolate T-58 Yeast and Mycelial Phase Antigens. May 1992. 56 p. Gene Scalarone.

MS - Lisa M. Boyd Cobb - Reproductive Tactics of Two Sympatric Species of Pardosa (Araneae, Lycosidae). May 1992. 59 p. Robert Anderson.

MS - Scott H. Huber - Characterization of Prolactin Receptors in Hepatic Tissue of the Domestic Chicken. May 1992. 104 p. Steven Fehrer.

MS - James L. Bono - Purification and Characterization of Blastomyces dermatitidis Yeast Phase Lysate Antigens. Aug. 1992. 53 p. Gene Scalarone.

MS - Allison J. Brody - The Sociality of Pinon Jays With and Without Pinon Pine. Aug. 1992. 179 p. Charles Trost.

MS - Frank G. Harmon - Cloning and Expression of the Soluble Methane Monooxygenase Gene Cluster From Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b in Escherichia coli NM554. Aug. 1992. 50 p. Vern Winston.

MS - Greg C. Mladenka - The Ecological Life History of the Bruneau Hot Springs Snail (Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis). Aug. 1992. 116 p. G. Wayne Minshall.

MS - Jill M. Moller - Construction of a cDNA Library From Physarum polycephalum Microplasmodia. Aug. 1992. 50 p. Joan McCune.

MS - C. Brian Villalobos - Small Animal Distributions n Riparian and Adjacent Habitats of Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Aug. 1992. 82 p. Barry Keller.

MS - Paul D. Dey - Food Quality of Ultrafine Seston: Growth of a Stream Filter Feeded Simulium vittatum. Dec. 1992. 67 p. G. Wayne Minshall.

MS - Scott Grothe - Red-Tailed Hawk Predation on Snakes: The Effects of Weather and Snake Activity. Dec. 1992. 103 p. Charles Trost, Charles Peterson.

1993 back to top

MS - Frances Louise Stites Anderson - Development of a Rapid Non-Culture Method for Identifying Microorganisms Capable of Degrading Aromatic Compounds. May 1993. 70 p. Vern Winston.

MS - Karen B. Barrett - Evaluating the Efficacy of Biocides for Controlling the Activity of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria in Petroleum Reservoirs. May 1993. 93 p. Joan McCune.

MS - Marshall Ellis - Factors Affecting Establishment and Performance by Lodgepole Pine Following the 1988 Fires in Yellowstone National Park. May 1993. 82 p. J. Anderson.

MS - Cynthia Sills - Effects of Supplemental Feeding on Hatching Synchrony of Burrowing Owls. May 1993. 59 p. Trost.

MS - Ronald W. Smith - Effects of Concealment Cover Availability and Water Temperature on Overwinter Survival and Body Condition of Juvenile Rainbow Trout in the Henry's Fork of the Snake River, Idaho. May 1993. 72 p. Griffith.

MS - L. Bryan Zaccardi - Comparative Immunoassay Studies of Yeast and Mycelial Phase Lysate Antigens from Histoplasma capsulatum Using Alkaline Phosphatase and Peroxidase ELISA Systems. May 1993. 61 p. Scalarone.

MS - Joni Marie Barnes - Selenate Reduction by Pseudomonas stutzeri JB1. August 1993. 59 p. J. McCune.

MS - David Charles Moser - Effects of Disturbance Frequency on Macroinvertebrate Community Structure in Relation to Mode of Colonization and Season. August 1993. 45 p. Minshall.

MS - Penny Nichols Pink - An Evaluation of Potential Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Applicability to Spent Nuclear Fuel. August 1993. 113 p. Watwood.

MS - James F. Smothers - Phylogenetic Analysis of Five Species of Myxozoans Using 18S rRNA Gene Sequences. August 1993. 29 p. Spall.

PhD - Peter Koetsier, III - Direct and Indirect Effects of Predator Type on the Structure and Function of a Lotic Benthic Community. Dec. 1993. 156 p. Minshall.

MS - Michael M. Morse - Fate of TCE in a Dual Stage Column Bioreactor Influence of Environmental Factors, Biodegradation and Metabolic Uptake. Dec. 1993. 68 p. Maribeth Watwood.

MS - Nancy L. Sirotnak - Training Effects on Functional Neuroplasticity and Behavior Following a Focal cortical Lesion to Adult Rat Barrell Cortex. Dec. 1993. 59 p. Carol Hand.

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MS - William Robert Bosworth - Characteristics of Winter Activity in Plecotus townsendii in Southeastern Idaho. May 1994. 74 p. Keller.

MS - Edward F. Burg, III - Cloning and Characterization of BYPS1, A Temperature Dependent cDNA Specific to the Yeast Phase of the Pathogenic, Dimorphic Fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis. May 1994. 28 p. Laurens Smith.

MS - Michael R. Stark - A Study in Comparative Avian Embryology. May 1994. 76 p. Stephens.

MS - Philip McK. Woutat - Biogeography of Avian Community Composition in the Hebrides, Orkney, and Shetland. Aug. 1994. 131 p. Inouye.

MS - Pamela J. Goodman - Maternal Effects in Two Desert Annuals: Indirect Environmental Effects on Germination Behavior. Aug. 1994. 79 p. Huntly.

MS - Deborah A Hackett - The Polar Coordinate Model Applied to Chick Limb Development. Aug. 1994. 44 p. Stephens.

MS - Stephen R. Shoemake - Rock Squirrels (Spermophilus variegatus) Prior to and During Hibernation. Aug. 1994. 81 p. Keller.

MS - Mark W. Livingston - Influences on the Axial Polarity of the Developing Chick Wing. Aug. 1994. 28 p. Spall.

MS - Michael Orr - Comparison and Optimization of Yeast and Mycelial Phase Lysate Antigens in the Detection of Canine Blastomycosis. Dec. 1994. 49 p. Scalarone.

PhD - Vincent Allen Cobb - The ecology of Pregnancy in Free-ranging Great Basin Rattlesnakes (Crotalus viridus lutosus). Dec. 1994. 82 p. Peterson.

MS - Barbara R. North - Chick Provisioning and Fledging Success of Three Sympatric Species of Terns in the Gulf of Maine. Dec. 1994. 78 p. Trost.

1995 back to top

MS - Charlotte S. Burton - Blackleg and Soft Rot Response to Erwina carotovora SSP. Atrosepica by Solanum tuberosum CV. Russet Burbank Clones Transformed with an Antibacterial Cecropin B Gene. May 1995. 88 p. Farrell.

PhD - Michael E. Dorcas - Tesing the Coadaptation Hypothesis: The Thermoregulatory Behavior and Thermal Physiology of the Rubber Boa (Charina bottae). May 1995. 122 p. Peterson.

MS - Kevin A. Meyer - Experimental Evaluation of Habitat Use and Survival of Rainbow Trout During Their First Winter in the Henry's Fork of the Snake River, Idaho. May 1995. 78 p. Griffith.

MS - Christina Sonja Veverka - Ecological Restoration of Degraded Rangelands. May 1995. 105 p. Holte.

PhD - Raed Omar Abuodeh - Comparative Studies in Cellular Immunity with Blastomyces dermatitidis Antigens. May 1995. 107 p. Scalarone.

MS - Jeffrey C. Davis - Functional Rrocesses in Three Wilderness Streams. May 1995. 111 p. G. Wayne Minshall.

MS - Jim S. Gregory - Winter Behavior of Subyearling Rainbow Trout: Space Size Selection, Concealment Behavior and Aggression in Concealment Habitat. May 1995. 44 p. Griffith.

MS - Monte C. Hibbert - Development of a Simplified solid-phase Enzyme Immunoassay for Antibody Detection in Dogs with Blastomycosis. May 1995. 49 p. Scalarone.

MS - Devyn M. Smith - Analysis of the Effects of the Mesonephros and Hensen's Node Upon Limb Development. May 1995. 81 p. Spall.

MS - Derek B. Kuda - Factors Influencing the Distribution, Habitat Use, and ReproductiveActivity of the Shoshone Sculpin (Cottus greenei). Aug. 1995. 110 p. Griffith.

MS - Raymond J. Clark - Effects of Seasonal Body Temperature Variation on Behavioral Performance and the Blood Chemistry of great Basin Rattlesnakes (Crotalus viridis lutosus). Aug. 1995. 64 p. Peterson.

MS - Gerald A. Wasley - The Effects on Productivity on Mound Production and Burrow Geometry of the Plains Pocket Gopher (Geomys bursarius), in an Old-Field in East-Central Minnesota. Aug. 1995. 56 p. R. Inouye.

MS - David F. Gianotto - Nutrient Loading and Water Quality on the Snake River Between American Falls and Minidoka Dams. Dec. 1995. 141 p. Inouye.

MS - Adam T. Porth - Movements of Black-tailed Jackrabbits (Lepus californicus) and Effects of High population Densities on the Nitrogen Budget of Sagebrush-Steppe. Dec. 1995. 111 p. Huntly.

MS - Todd V. Royer - The Decomposition of Plant Material in the Middle Reach of the Snake River, Idaho. Dec. 1995. 63 p. Minshall.

MS - Jill G. Wood - The Use of Expression Cloning Techniquest to Identify the BYS1 Protein in Blastomyces dermatitidis. Dec. 1995. 27 p. L. Smith.

1996 back to top

PhD - James L. Bono - Blastomyces dermatitidis: Development of Immunological and Molecular Approaches for its Characterization and Diagnosis. May 1996. 109 p. Scalarone.

MS - Robert W. Doering - Thermal Implications of Roost Site Selection in Hibernating Plecotus townsendii. May 1996. 110 p. Keller.

MS - Jason S. Nelson - Responses of the Mayfly Baetis tricaudatus and Stonefly Hesperoperia pacifica to Temperature Stress. May 1996. 118 p. Minshall.

MS - Christina Noftsker - Fate of Perchloroethylene in an Anaerobic Column Bioreactor. May 1996. Hazaradous Waste Program. 94 p. Watwood.

PhD - Richard D. Torres - A Cervical Contribution to the Development of the Avian Pectoral Girdle (Scapula). May 1996. 85 p. Stephens.

MS - Catherine S. Black - Effects of Copper and Cobalt Exposure on Deer Mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) and Other Small Mammals Inhabiting Riparian Areas Along Contaminated Streams in The Salmon National Forest of Idaho. August 1996. 105 p. Keller.

MS - Benjamin M. Fryer - Development of a Protocol for the Detection of Blastomyces dermatitidis Antigen. August 1996. 60 p. Scalarone.

MS - Akiko Wakamoto - Comparative Studies on the Detection of Antibodies and Delayed Hypersensitivity With Blastomyces dermatitidis Yeast Lysate Antigens. August 1996. 57 p. Scalarone.

MS - Mark A. Fisher - Immunologic Evaluation and Chemical Characterization of Isoelectric Focusing Fractions of Blastomyces dermatitidis Yeast Phase Lysate Antigen. Dec. 1996. 41 p. Scalarone.

PhD - Kaylie E. Rasmuson - Population and Individual Responses of Bromus tectorum to Environmental Stresses: A Study of Factors That May Limit its Distribution in Cold Desert Habitats. Dec. 1996. 156 p. J. Anderson.

MS - Jill Evans - Anaerobic Biodegradation of DDT. Dec. 1996. 114 p. Watwood.

MS - Kari N. Myler - Influence of Channel Confinement and Hyporheic Storage on Nutrient Retention in a Southeast Idaho Stream. Dec. 1996. 58 p. Minshall.

1997 back to top

MS - Jonathan M. Beck - Distribution, Relative Abundance, Habitat Characteristics, and Movements of Three Snake Species at the C.J. Strike Reservoir in Southwestern Idaho. May 1997. 101 p. Peterson.

DA - Allison J. Brody - Recycling in SE Idaho: Attitudes, Actions, and Awareness. May 1997. 76 p. Nancy Huntly.

MS - Dane Matthew Higdem - The Biodegradation of P-Xylene. May 1997. 62 p. J. McCune

MS - Kimberly Ann Hitchcock-King - Designing a Gene Transfer System for Blastomyces dermatitidis. May 1997. 47 p. Winston.

MS - Michael D. Kennedy - Serum Concentrations of Adrenal and Gonadal Hormones During the Summer and Winter Fur Growth Cycles of Mink (Mustela vison). May 1997. 113 p. W.J. Rose.

MS - R. Daniel Lawson - Patterns of Woody Plant Encroachment on a Minnesota Sandplain. May 1997. 79 p. Inouye.

MS - Kyle W. Merriam - Habitat and Water Availability Effects on Soil Nitrogen and the Winter Annual Plant Community in a Chihuahuan Desert Ecosystem. May 1997. 134 p. Nancy Huntly

MS - Radhika Desineni Naidu - Isolation of an Ornithine Transcarbamylase Gene From a cDNA Library of Physarum polycephalum. May 1997. 68 p. J. McCune.

MS - Debra A. Patla - Changes in a Population of Spotted Frogs in Yellowstone National Park Between 1953 and 1995: The Effects of Habitat Modification. May 1997. 215 p. C.R. Peterson.

MS - Susan M. Patla - Nesting Ecology and Habitat of the Northern Goshawk in Undisturbed and Timber Harvest Areas on the Targhee National Forest, Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. May 1997. 164 p. Charles H. Trost.

MS - Feng-jie Sun - Developmental Correlations Between the Pistil and Stamens in Nicotiana tabacum CV. Xanthi (Solanacheae). May 1997. 60 p. Jeffrey P. Hill.

MS - Stefania Strzalkowka - Monitoring the Avifauna of the Masoala Peninsula, Madagascar. May 1997. 106 p. Charles H. Trost.

MS - Michele M. Thornton - Use of Geomorphic Variables to Predict Riparian Vegetation Patterns: A Comparison of Field and GIS Techniques. May 1997. 111 p. G. Wayne Minshall.

MS - Kate Ingrid Gabler - Distribution and Habitat Requirements of the Pygmy Rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis) on the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory. July 1997. 117 p. John Laundre.

MS - Kelly Beth Altendorf - Assessing the Impact of Predation Risk by Mountain Lions (Puma concolor) on the Foraging Behavior of Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus). December 1997. 107 p. John Laundre.

PhD - Suma Sukesan - Biodegradation of gaseous Trichloroethylene (TCE) using finished compost as filtration matrix: Effects of hydrocarbon enrichment and microbiology factors. December 1997. 153 p. Mary E. Watwood.

1998 back to top

MS - Patrick Lee Buckwalter - Habitat Selection and Population Distributions of Small Mammals In Central Minnesota. May 1998. 51 p. Richard Inouye.

MS - Heidi Sebring Hawkins - Use of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) in Identification of Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus, Specifically the Nucleocapsid Gene, in a Possible Alternate Invertebrate Host. May 1998. 52 p. Vern Winston.

MS - John Russell Hayes - Characterization of BYS1: A Novel Protein of the Dimorphic Fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis. May 1998. 37 p. Laurens H. Smith.

MS - Bradley David Johnston - Prolactin and Adrenal Hormone Interactions in Regulating Onset of the Winter Fur Growth Cycle in Mink (Mustela vision). May 1998. 105 p. Jack Rose

PhD - Tanya Kinney LaPier - Hemodynamic, Cardiac, and Metabolic Effects of Captopril Treatment, Development, and Exercise Training in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHR). May 1998. 161 p. Kenneth Rodnick.

MS - Michael T. Monaghan - Mechanisms Determining Filter-Feeder Distributions in Lake Outlet Streams. May 1998. 117 p. G. Wayne Minshall.

MS - W. John Roach - Habitat Characteristics, Predation Risk, and Trophic Interactions: Talus Fragmentation Reduces the Effect of Pikas (Ochotona princeps) on the Structure of a High Alpine Meadow. May 1998. 60 p. Nancy Huntly.

PhD - Jeanine L. Kay-Shoemake - Microbiological Fate of Polyacrylamide (PAM) in Agricultural Soils. May 1998. 107 p. Mary E. Watwood.

PhD - Joseph M. Sirotnak - The Effects of Voles (Microtus) on Nitrogen Dynamics in Riparian Ecosystems. May 1998. 71 p. Nancy J. Huntly.

MS - Kastli Schaller - Stimulation of Microbially Mediated Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) Reductive Dechlorination by Porphyrin Catalysts. May 1998. 96 p. M. Watwood.

MS - Laura T. Heady - Home Range, Habitat, and Activity Patterns of Pygmy Rabbits (Brachylagus idahoenis) in Southeast Idaho. June 1998. 72 p. John Laundre.

MS - Mary Elizabeth Thompson Flint - Evolution of the Hind Limb and Degree of Aquatic Adaptation in the Pliopotamys-ondatra Lineage. August 1998. 127 p. William A. Akersten.

MS - Sarah Joan Mothershead - Comparison of Antigens and Immunoassays for the Detection of Blastomycosis. August 1998. 37 p. Gene Scalarone.

MS - Hugh J. Sakols - Postfire Floristic Development in Lodgepole Pine Communities of Yellowstone National Park. August 1998. 78 p. Karl E. Holte.

MS - Jennifer C. Merriam - Community Wildlife Management by Mayangna Indians in the Bosawas Reserve, Nicaragua. December 1998. 154 p. Interdisciplinary Degree. Anthony Stocks/John Laundre.

1999 back to top

PhD - Basem M. Jaber - A Comparative Study of Differential Gene Expression in the Dimorphic Pathogenic Fungus Blastomyces of Dermatitidis: Identification and Characterization of Three Yeast Phase Specific cDNAs. March 1999. 113 p. Laurens H. Smith

PhD - Raymond J. Clark - Morphological, Biochemical, and Functional Aspects of Ventricular Hypertrophy in Reproductively Mature Male Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). May 1999. 108 p. Kenneth J. Rodnick

PhD - Xiaohong Wang - Dispersal Pattern and Mating Behavior of Black-Billed Magpies (Pica pica hunsonia) Interpreted by Molecular Techniques. May 1999. 98 p. Charles H. Trost.

MS - Robert K. Brassfield - Effects of Hatchery Trout on Wild Cutthroat Trout Habitat Use and Behavior, and on Catch and Angler Satisfaction in an Idaho Stream. May 1999. 69 p. Jack Griffith.

MS - Lawrence L. Cook - Biofiltration of Asphalt Emissions - Full Scale Operation Treating Off-Gases from Polymer-Modified Asphalt Production. May 1999. 145 p. Maribeth Watwood.

MS - Robert Q. Maroney - A Vegetational Study of the Blackfoot River Wildlife Management Area. May 1999. 79 p. Karl Holte.

MS - D. Gigi Ostrow - Plant-Mediated Interactions Between Above-ground Herbivorous Insects and the Northern Pocket Gopher, Thomomys Talpoides. June 1999. 65 p. Nancy Huntly.

MS - Kirsten M. Bohn - Day Roost Selection by Silver-Haired Bats (Lasionycteris noctivagans) and the Effects of a Selective Timber Harvest on Bat Populations in Caribou National Forest. July 1999. 91 p. Barry Keller.

PhD - James D. Paruk - Behavioral Ecology in Breeding Common Loons (Gavia immer): Cooperation and Compensation. July 1999. 137 p. Charles H. Trost.

MS - Karen J. Dixon-Hoskins - Purification and Characterization of Blastomyces dermatitidis Yeast and Mycelial Lysates by Isoelectric Focusing and Gel Electrophoresis. August 1999. 53 p. Gene M. Scalarone.

MS - Bradley J. Fillmore - The Angiogenic Integrin v3 as a Site of the Teratogenic Action of Thalidomide. August 1999. 68 p. Trent D. Stephens.

MS - Jed N. Lampe - Allelic Variation in BYSI, a Unique Genetic Determinant of Blastomyces Dermatitidis. August 1999. 32 p. Gene M. Scalarone.

MS - Kathleen S. Lynch - Factors Affecting Parental Behaviors and Reproductive Success of Worm-eating Warblers (Helmitheros vermivorus). August 1999. 75 p. Charles H. Trost.

MS - Shelley R. Webster - Detection, Analysis, and Evolutionary Implications of Hox-Family Homeotic Genes in the Phylum Myxozoa. August 1999. 72 p. Richard Spall.

MS - Jeffrey Alan Lacey - Formation, Characterization, Quantification, and Respiratory Effects of Methemoglobin in Fish. September 1999. 75 p. Kenneth J. Rodnick.

MS - Rebecca Davis - The Reductive Dechlorination of Tetrachloroethylene, Trichloroethylene, and Carbon Tetrachloride Mixtures by Anaerobic Bacteria. September 1999. 181 p. Maribeth Watwood.

PhD - Todd V. Royer - Factors Controlling Leaf Processing in Stream Ecosystems and a Hierarchical Model of their Interactions. December 1999. 82 p. G. Wayne Minshall.

MS - Jeffrey Taddeo Varricchione - Vertical and Seasonal Distribution of Hyporheic Invertebrate Communities in Several Idaho and Montana Stream. December 1999. 210 p. G. Wayne Minshall.

MS - Aaron M. Prussian - Effects of Recreational Suction-dredge Gold Mining on Benthic Invertebrates and Substratum in Some Alaskan Stream. November 1999. 55 p. G. Wayne Minshall.

2000 back to top

Phd - Arnold T. Gerstell - Breed Biology of Black-Billed Magpies (Pica pica hudsonia) in Southeastern Idaho. May 2000.101 p. Charles H. Trost.

MS - Amber Reese Miller - The Development of a Fluorescence-Based Assay for Soluble Methane Monooxgenase. May 2000. 86 p. Maribeth Watwood.

MS - William Aaron Smith - Impacts of Polyacrylamide (PAM) Treatment on the Microbial Ecology and Nitrogen Cycling in Agricultural Soils. May 2000. 99 p. Maribeth Watwood.

PhD - Paul E. Bartelt - A Biophysical Analysis of Habitat Selection in Western Toads (Bufo boreas) in Southeastern Idaho. May 2000. 112 p. Charles R. Peterson.

MS - Leslie Campbell - Identification of a Histidine Kinase in the Dimorphic Pathogenic Fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis. May 2000. 52 p. Gene Scalarone.

PhD - Steven A. Thomas - Transport, Deposition, and Processing of Fine Organic Particles in Lotic Ecosystems. May 2000. 7.17 p. G. Wayne Minshall.

MS - Jeremy E. Hawk - Amphibian Declines in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: Do Thermally Influenced Waters Protect Boreal Toads From Bacterial Disease? May 2000. 36 p. C. R. Peterson.

MS - Jayne Chipman - A Preliminary Floral Key of Indian Rocks Area of Critical Environmental Concern, a Sagebrush Steppe Community of Southeast Idaho. June 2000. 220 p. Karl E. Holte.

PhD - Jaclyn L. Schnurr - The Relationships Among Habitat Distribution, Small Mammal Activity Patterns, Seed Survival and Seedling Recruitment in Temperate Deciduous Forests. June 2000. 106 p. Richard S. Inouye.

MS - Brian Russell Holmes - The Mountain Lion in Southeastern Idaho: Population Characteristics and a Test of Optimal Foraging Theory. May 2000. 96 p. John W. Laundre.

MS - J. Jason Clark - Effects of Ventricular Enlargement on the Growth and Perfusion of the Coronary Microvasculature and on the Oxygenation Potential of Cardiomyocytes in the Male Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). July 2000. 69 p. Kenneth J. Rodnick.

MS - Mark L. Oamek - Molecular Genetic Studies of Blastomyces dermatitidis. August 2000. 50 p. Gene M. Scalarone.

MS Guy Cameron Pratt - Components of Habitat Selection, Predation Risk and Biobarrier Design For Use in Managing Populations of Ground Squirrels on Low-level Radioactive Waste Landfill Caps. August 2000. 41 p. John Laundre.

DA Dwight D. Wray - The Effectiveness of Undergraduate Researchers and the Effect of Undergraduate Research on the Student. August 2000. 65 p. Rod R. Seeley.

MS - Cary D. Myler - Habitat Improvement for an Endangered Springsnail in Southwest Idaho. September 2000. 45 p. G. Wayne Minshall.

MS - Nancy L. Hampton - Hostplant Selection and Egg Placement as Factors Influencing Egg Survival in Hemileuca hera hera (Saturniidae: Lepidopter). 81 p. Stefan Sommer.

MS - W. Christopher Witt - Effects of Isolation on Small Mammal Populations (Clethrionomys gapperi and Peromyscus maniculatus) in a Desert Matrix. December 2000. 30 p. Nancy Huntly.

2001 back to top

DA - Stephen R. Burton - Amphibian Declines in Southeast Idaho: Using Modeling to Assess the Habitat Loss Hypothesis. May 2001. 72 p. Charles R. Peterson.

PhD - David Scot Pilliod - Ecology and Conservation of High-Elevation Amphibian Populations in Historically Fishless Watersheds with Introduced Trout. May 2001. 125 p. Charles R. Peterson.

PhD - Christopher E. Tripler - Linkages Between Soil Nitrogen Dynamics, Herbivory by White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus L.), and Forest Dynamics of Southern New England. May 2001. 116 p. Richard S. Inouye.

MS - Erin Mary Simons - Predicting Suitable Habitat for the Pygmy Rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis) using a Geographic Information System. June 2001. 56 p. John Laundre.

DA - Christopher Dobson - Measuring Higher Cognitive Development in Anatomy and Physiology Students. July 2001. 66p. Rod Seeley.

MS - Jason Lynn Hunt - Prolactin Receptor Concentrations in Mink (Mustela vision) Skin During Natural and Artificially Induced Growth of the Winter Fur. July 2001. 81 p. Jack Rose.

MS - Jacob E. Landmesser - Relationships Between Plant and Small Mammal Communities on an Experimental Hazardous Waste Burial Site. August 2001. 57 p. Richard S. Inouye.

PhD - Janet L. Loxterman - The Impact of Habitat Fragmentation on the Population Genetic Structure of Pumas (Puma concolor) in Idaho. August 2001. 177 p. Margaret B. Ptacek.

PhD - Amy N. Morris - The Effects of Changes in Timing and Amounts of Precipitation on Vegetation Dynamics and Nitrogen Mineralization in a Sagebrush-Steppe Ecosystem. August 2001. 98 p. Jay Anderson.

MS - Heather Gwen Silverman - An Investigation into Glucose Tranporter Proteins in Fish. August 2001. 136 p. Kenneth Rodnick.

MS - Erik J. Wenninger - Insect Community Response to Plant Diversity and Productivity in a Sagebrush Steppe Ecosystem. August 2001. 55 p. Richard Inouye.

MS - Becky A. Nield - Molecular Genetic Studies of Gender Expression in Angiosperms: Early Ovule Development in Nicotiana tabacum. August 2001. 52 p. Jeffrey P. Hill.

MS - Adjoa Otuakua Ahedor - Microsatellite Analyses of Broad Hybrid Zone in the Buckeye Genus Aesculus L. (Hippocastanaceae). December 2001. 50 p. Jenny Xiang.

Joshua Thomas BIllingsley - Keratinocyte Growth Factor (KGF) mRNA Expression in Mink (Mustela vision) Sking During Natural and Artificially Induced Winter Fur Growth. August 2001. 113 p. Jack Rose.

PhD - Michael P. Kreuzer, Jr. - Evidence and Potential Mechanisms for Source-Sink Population Structures: A Study of Pikas (Ochotona princeps) on the Beartooth Plateau. August 2001. 108 p. Nancy J. Huntly.

MS - Julie M. Konvalinka - The Effects of Ambient Ultraviolet-B Radiation on Growth, Morphology and Photosynthesis on Douglas-fir Seedlings and the Implications for Environmental Stress Tolerance. August 2001. 123 p. Mary E. Poulson.

MS - Steven E. Hanser - The Diversity and Abundance of Small Mammals in Sage-steppe Habitat Fragments within Agricultural and Lava-flow Matrices. December 2001. 45 p. Nancy Huntly.

PhD - Gui-Chuan Hou - Developmental and Molecular Genetic Studies of Roots in the Fern Ceratopteris richardii. December 2001. 86 p. Jeffrey P. Hill.

PhD - Eric Benjamin Snyder - The Effect of Anthropogenic Alteration on Large River Structure and Function Measured by Algal Response to Nutrient Regime, Ecosystem Metabolism, Carbon Cycling, and Energy Flow. December 2001. 239 p. G. Wayne Minshall.

MS - Mary E. Kauffman - Effect of Bacterial Attachment to Basalt on Production of Toluene Oxygenase Enzymes. December 2001. 121 p. Maribeth Watwood.

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MS - Ashley R. Hayes - Effects of Wind on the Call Transmission and Behavior of Pikas (Ochotona Princeps). January 2002. 32 p. Nancy Huntly.

MS Melissa J. Merrick - Thermal Ecology and Thermoregulatory Ability of Three Nicrophorus Species in Idaho and Colorado, U. S. A. May 2002. 71 p. Rosemary Smith.

MS Patrick D. Murphy - The Effects of Different Species of Introduced Salmonids on Amphibians in Headwater Lakes of North-central Idaho. May 2002. 54 p. Charles Peterson.

MS Nicolas Jack Charter - The Use of Rotofor ief Fractions as a Strain Differentiation Tool for Blastomyces dermatitidis. Summer 2002. 30 p. Gene Scalarone.

MS Joel D. Sauder - Factors Influencing Avian Abundance and Diversity in Sagebrush Steppe, Juniper Woodland and Aspen Woodland Communities of Southeast Idaho. June 2002. 87 p. Charles Trost.

MS Gretchen I. Fowles - Habitat Use and Population Characteristics of Newly Reintroduced California Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) in south-central Idaho. July 2002. 103 p. John Laundre.

DA Jennifer Merriam - Movement and Habitat Selection in Northern Leopard Frogs (Rana pipiens)in Southeaster Idaho. July 2002. 59 p. Charles R. Peterson.

DA Mark Lung - The Influence of Herd Size, Conspecific Risk, and Predation Risk on the Vigilance of Elk(Cervus elaphus) in Yellowstone National Park. August 2002. 99 p. Rosemary J. Smith

MS Scott E. Relyea - Effects of Substrate Reflectance, Light Intensity, and Time of Season on Stream Periphyton Biomass and Pigment Levels. August 2002. 64 p. G. Wayne Minshall.

MS Seanne Patrick Buckwalter - Postfire Vegetation Dynamics in Sagebrush Steppe on the Eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho. August 2002. 160 p. Jay E. Anderson.

MS Ryan David Peck - Seasonal Changes in Foraging Behavior and the Roles of Plant Abundance, Nitrogen and Phenolics in the Diet Choice of Pikas (Ochotona princeps). December 2002. 55 p. Nancy Huntly.

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MS Scott Blum - Habitat use by Mountain Lions (Puma concolor) in the Northern Great Basin. January 2003. 78 p. John Laundre.

MS Cassondra Ann Bauer - Adaptations in the Plantar Soft Tissue in the Foot of Plantigrade Apes and Humans. May 2003. 82 p. Jeff Meldrum.

DA John Olen Cossel, Jr. - Changes in Reptile Populations in the Snake River Birds of Prey Area, Idaho Between 1978-79 and 1997-98: The Effects of Weather, Habitat and Wildfire. May 2003. 133 p. Charles R. Peterson.

MS Richard Scott Farrar - Effects of Steroids on Performance of Isolated Ventricle Strips from Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). May 2003. 34 p. Ken Rodnick.

MS Shannon Nichole Larson - The Role of Prolactin in Regulating Summer Hair Growth Cycles of Mink (Mustela vison). May 2003. 102 p. Jack Rose.

MS Michael K. Lucid - Phylogeography of Keen's Mouse (Peromyscus keeni) in a Naturally Fragmented Landscapre. May 2003. 42 p. Joseph A. Cook.

MS G. Scott Owen - Microbial Development and Treatment Efficiency of a Newly Constructed Wetland. May 2003. 95 p. Maribeth Watwood.

MS Heather L. Ray - Macroinvertebrate Community Composition and Decomposition of Cattail and Bulrush Litter in a Newly Constructed and an Established Wetland. May 2003. 52 p. G. Wayne Minshall.

MS Lorena Bobinski - Use of Table-Top Job Analysis to Determine Staffing Qualifications in a Clinical Microbiology Laboratory. July 2003. 104 p. Kathleen Spiegel.

MS David Robert Johnson - Species, Composition, Diversity and Productivity of Plant Communities on Prehistoric Aleut Village Sites on the Western Alaska Peninsula. August 2003. 75 p. Nancy Huntly.

MS Maia L. Peterson - Diversity of the Temperature-Dependent Bysi Gene in Blastomyces dermatitidis Isolates of Varied Geographic Origins. August 2003. 47 p. Gene Scalarone.

MS Jack Fred Shurley - Detection of Blastomyces dermatitdis Antigen in Urine Specimens From Dogs With Blastomycosis. August 2003. 38 p. Gene Scalarone.

MS Vanessa Anne Tanner - Construction of a Genomic Library from Physarum polycephalum Microplasmodia. August 2003. 69 p. Joan McCune.

MS Joanna L. Taylor - Stimulation of Microbial Urea Hydrolysis in Groundwater for Remediation of Metal Contaminants. August 2003. 79 p. Maribeth Watwood.

MS Jason W. Pappani - Treatment of Agricultural Water Pollution by a Wetland Designed and Managed for Waterfowl and Wildlife Habitat. August 2003. 69 p. Richard Inouye.

DA Jill E. Petrisko - Identification of Saprolegnia and Achlya Isolated from Aquatic Habitats Throughout the Pacific Northwest Using a Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis & Diseases and Amphibian Declines: What Are the Implications for Saprolegnia Spp. In Amphician Declines? September 2003. 65 P. Vern Winston.

MS Aren Andrew Eddingsaas - The Effects of Pleistocene Glacial Precesses on Beringia: The Evolutionary History of the Arctic Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus parryii). November 2003. 105 p. Joseph Cook.

MS Pamela Paasche O'Hearn - Breeding Biology of Chukar (Alectoris chukar) and the Suitability of Subcutaneously Implanted Telemetry Devices as a Research Tool. December 2003. 87 p. David Delehanty.

MS Robin L. Llewellyn - Distribution of Amphibians and Reptiles on Craig Mounting, Idaho: A Test of the Gap Analysis Models. December 2003. 108 p. Charles Peterson.

MS Eric Tomasik - Mitochondrial Phylogeography and Conservation Genetics of Wolverine (Gulo gulo) in Northwestern North America. December 2003. 42 p. Joseph A. Cook.

MS Byron Vance Weckworth - Phylogeography and Population Dynamics of Wolves (Canis lupus) in the Pacific Northwest. December 2003. 94 p. Joseph A. Cook.

2004 back to top

MS Karie L. Pappani - Water Relations of a Sagebrush Steppe Community: Performance of Stipa comata (Needle and Thread Grass) and Agropyron dasytachyum (Thick-spiked Wheatgrass. February 2004. 97 p. Richard Inouye.

MS Niles J. Hasselquist - Interactions of Fungal Symbionts and Conifer Seedlings Near Alpine-treeline. May 2004. 73 p. Terence P. McGonigle and Matthew J. Germino.

MS Amy R. Jenkins - Net Energy Intake as a Predictor of Habitat Quality for Stream-dwelling Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout. May 2004. 62 p. Ernest R. Keeley.

MS Todd D. Perkins - Comparative Studies on the Ability of Nine Blastomyces dermatitidis Antigens to Elicit a Delayed Dermal Hypersensitivity Response in Immunized Guinea-pigs. May 2004. 39 p. Gene Scalarone.

MS Jeremy Paul Shive - Mapping Amphibian Habitat Distribution in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness, Id, Using Multiple Scale of Remotely Sensed Data. May 2004. 89 P. Charles R. Peterson.

MS Stephen Spear - Landscape Effects on Genetic Structure in Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum melanostictum) Populations Across the Northern Range of Yellowstone National Park. May 2004. 96 p. Charles R. Peterson.

MS Brian Kevin Schuetz - Floristic Study of the Woody Species of a High Andean Cloud Forest on Bomboli Mountain, Ecuador. June 2004. 206 p. Karl E. Holte.

MS Lyla Carol Lipscomb - Creation of a Genomic Library of SN1: A Bacteriophage Specific for Sphaerotilus natans. July 2004. 91 p. Larry D. Farrell.

MS Michael W. Swenson - the Potential Effects of Polyacrylamide (PAM) on an Experimental Agricultural Wetland. August 2004. 88 p. Vern Winston.

PhD Tina Lynn Tyler - Detection and Characterization of Urease Genes in Groundwater Bacterial Communities. August 2004. 117 p. Peter P. Sheridan.

MS Eliza L. Maher - Effects of Surrounding Vegetation on Establishment of Conifer Seedlings in Alpine-Treeline Ecotones of the Rocky Mountains. September 2004. 63 p. Matthew J. Germino.

MS Katherine M. DiCristina - The Effects of Neighboring Vegetation and Soil Moisture on Establishment of Mountain Big Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana) Seedlings after Fire in Sagebrush Steppe. December 2004. 47 p. Matthew J.Germino.

MS Sabrina N. Derusseau - Effects of Bat-friendly Gates on Bat Species Richness and Behavior. December 2004. 35 p. Nancy Huntly.

MS Nicholas K. Wadsworth - Identification of Soil Bacteria and Yeasts Collected from Mouse Carcass Skin Samples Processed by Burying Beetles and Discovery, Characterization, and Specificity of Antimicrobial Activities Found in Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus) Secretions. December 2004. 49 p. Larry D. Farrell.

2005 back to top

PhD Eric Charles Walteri - Evolution of High-latitude Mammals: Phylogeography and Historical Demography of Arctic Hares (Lepus spp.) and Shrews of the Sorex cinereus Complex. March 2005. 15 p. Joseph Cook.

DA Karen Emily Austin - Skeletal Adaptations in Bison latifrons to Accommodate Larger Horn Cores and Vertebral Sexual Dimorphism in Bison bison. April 2005. 86 p. William A. Akersten.

MS Christopher Arthur Leeseberg - Prey Size and Abundance, and Temperature as Predictors of Growth Efficiency for Stream-Dwelling Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarki). April 2005. 45 p. Ernest R. Keeley.

MS Pahresah L. Roomiany - Morphological Transition of Blastomyces dermatitidis from Mycelia to Yeast Cells; the Inhibitory Effects of Estrogen Compounds. April 2005. 34 p. Gene Scalarone.

MS Sherri Jean Stacey - Analysis of the Natural Physical and Biological Processes Affecting the Long-term Performance of the Compacted Soil Barriers on the Central Facility Area Landfills. May 2005. 113 p. Richard Inouye.

MS Nicola R. Selfa - Investigation of Radiation-Induced Bystander Effects in the Model Signaling Organism Distyostelium discoideum. June 2005. 53 p. Linda DeVeaux.

PhD Linda Marie Qvarnemark - Guild-Specific Effects of Granivores on the Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of a Desert Seed Bank. May 2005. 144 p. Nancy Huntly.

MS Robert S. Gerrish - Bacterial Hosts of Ehec Virulence Genes. August 2005. 90 p. Malcom Shields.

MS Sarah Cooper Doering - Modeling Rattlesnake Hibernacula on the Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho. July 2005. 73 p. Charles R. Peterson.

MS Heather A. Bechtold - Distribution of Total Carbon Total Nitrogen and Nitrogen Mineralization Pool Following Shrub Removal and Nitrogen Additions in Sagebrush Steppe. July 2005. 63 p. Richard Inouye.

MS Kelli Jo Daw - Effects of Sex and Food Deprivation on Energy Substrates in Tissues of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). August 2005. 84 p. Kenneth J. Rodnick.

PhD Mary Elizabeth Thompson - Evolution of Pacing in the Family Camelidae. August 2005. 111 p. D. Jeff Meldrum.

PhD Andrew M. Ray - Physical, Chemical, and Biological Interactions in Wetlands: a Case Study Using Fairview Constructed Wetland in Southeastern Idaho. December 2005. 144 p. Richard S. Inouye.

MS Reuben J. Snyder - Nutrient Spiraling Uptake Lengths and Livestock Grazing Effects in Idaho High Desert Mountain Streams. December 2005. 74 p. G. Wayne Minshall.

2006 back to top

MS Minchung Yoo - Hip Structure and Locomotion in Terrestrial Ambulatory Carnivores. January 2006. 108 p. D. J. Meldrum.

MS Lynn S. Durtschi - Bystander Effects in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. March 2006. 54 p. Linda C. DeVeaux.

MS Jonathan R. Knudsen - The Influence of Prehistoric Aleut Occupation on Modern Bird and Mammal Assemblages and the Influence of Raptors on the Food Web of Sanak, Alaska. April 2006. 101 P. Nancy Huntly.

PhD Christine M. Sestero - Immunological and Molecular Characterization of Blastomyces dermatitidis Isolates From Multiple Geographic Locations. May 2006. 106 p. Gene Scalarone.

DA Jason Shaw - The Assessment of Critical Thinking Skills in Anatomy and Physiology Students Who Practice Writing Higher Order Multiple Choice Questions. May 2006. 55 p. Rodney Seeley.

MS Denim Jochimsen - Ecological Effects of Roads on Herpetofauna: A Literature Review and Empirical Study Examining Seasonal and Landscape Influences on Snake Road Mortality in Eastern Idaho. May 2006. 199 P. Charles Peterson.

MS Gregory P. Schoby - Home Rand Analysis of Bull Trout (Salvelinus confluentus) and Westslope Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi) in the Upper Salmon River Basin, Idaho. May 2006. 76 p. Ernest R. Keeley.

MS Joel David Williams - Detection to Shiga Toxin-Producing Genes in Escherichia coli Samples using Polymerase Chain Reaction Protocols. May 2006. 38 p. Kathleen Spiegel.

MS Kayce Chanay Bell - Historic and Contemporary Genetic Patterns in Desert-Dwelling Ground Squirrels, Subgenus Xerospermophilus. June 2006. 64 p. Marjorie Matocq.

MS Lynn M. Petzke - Quantification of Bacterial Urease Genes in the Environment. July 2006. 61 p. Malcolm Shields.

MS Smith Rebekah Lee Shiga Toxin Positive Bacteris Isolated From Environmental Specimens Using a New Algorithm for Detection 2006 July 55 Spiegel, K.

MS Jonathon R. Smith - Isolation and Characterization of Extremely Radiation Resistant Strains of the Model Archaeon Halobacterium sp NRC-1. August 2006. 79 p. Linda C. DeVeaux.

MS Heather Jean Roy - Clinical Laboratory Scientists Perception of Participating with Clinical Laboratory Science Students During Summer 2005 Clinical Rotation. August 2006. 48 p. Gene M. Scalarone.

MS Brandon W. Atkins - Utilization of a Chemiluminescent Substrate in Elisa Methodology for Detection of Blastomyces dermatitidis Antibodies. August 2006. 30 p. Gene Scalarone.

MS Svetlana V. Leake - Assessment of Factors Influencing Reported Incidence of Non-01157:H7 Shiga Toxin Producing E. coli in Idaho. September 2006. 67 p. Kathleen M. Spiegel.

MS Brad S. Lowe - Greater Sage-Grouse Use of Threetip Sagebrush and Seeded Sagebrush-Steppe. October 2006. 52 p. David J. Delehanty.

MS Kimberly D. Gilliland - Effects of Ancient Aleuts and Contemporary Introduced Grazers on Vegetation and Soils of Sanak Island, AK. November 2006. 72 p. Nancy Huntly.

MS Amanda T. Rugenski - The Effects of a Riparian Fertilization with an 15N-Labbelled Tracer on Stream Processes in Two Idaho Streams. December 2006. 157 p. G. W. Minshall.

DA Paul A. Cotter - Hemodynamics and the Influence of Anesthetics on the Electrical Properties of the Rainbow Trout Heart. December 2006. 114 p. Kenneth Rodnick.

PhD Rene Noel Horton - Characterization of Psychrotolerant Bacterial Communities, Isolates and Enzymes. December 2006. 130 p. Peter Sherdian.

PhD Amy Marie Runck - After the Ice: Post-Glacial Colonization and Hybridization in Red-Backed Voles (Benus Myodues). December 2006. 156 p. Marjorie Matocq.

MS Ivor Noa Sparks - Clutch Dynamics and Incubation Response to Experimental Partial Clutch Loss in Amican Coots (Fulica americana). December 2006. 58 p. David J. Delehanty.

MS Zhen Li - Analyzing dissoved Microbial DNA in Aquifer Water. November 2006. 86 p. Malcolm S. Shields.

2007 back to top

MS Brandon R. Briggs - Characterization of Biofilm Formation in Acidiphilium cryptum JF-5. April 2007. 83 p. Timothy Magnuson.

MS James A. Lamansky - The Use of Hoop Nets With Mature Brook Trout to Capture Conspecifics. April 2007. 81 p. Ernest Keeley.

MS Joseph Nathanael Warwick - Assessing Functional Bilateral Asymmetry in Chukar (Alectoris chukar) Testes. April 2007. 69 p. David Delehanty.

MS Deepika Khatri Chhetri - Phylogenetics and the Origin of Enterohemorrhagic E. coli Genes in Idaho. May 2007. 57 p. Scot Kelchner.

PhD Peter Samuel Coates - Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus Urophasianus) Nest Predation and Incubation Behavior. May 2007. 181 p. David Delehanty.

PhD Lawrence L. Cook - Cesium in Soils and Plants of the Sagebrush Steppe Ecosystem. May 2007. 161 p. Richard Inouye

PdD Deborah Alongi Johnson - Evolution of the Monosaccharide Transporter Gene Family in Land Plants. May 2007. 138 p. Jeffrey Hill and Michael Thomas.

PdD James E. Lee- Detection Methods and Analysis of Pathogenic Genes in Escherichia coli. May 2007. 115 p. Peter Sheridan.

DA Meredith Burnett Seiler - Subspecies and Ecologically Based Categories Predict Morphological Divergence Among Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii SSP.) Populations. May 2007. 49 p. Ernest Keeley.

PhD Scott R. Clingenpeel - Development and Application of Methods for Biomediation Site Assessment and Monitoring Involving Toluene Oxygenase Pathways. June 2007. 159 p. Peter Sheridan.

MS Nichole Catherine Turek - Mechanisms and Motivations in Avian Copulation. June 2007. 115 p. David Delehanty.

MS Cody A. Schroeder - Sexual Segregation and Foraging Ecology of Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep During Winter. June 2007. 50 p. R. Teryy Bowyer.

DA R. Todd Hartle - A Collection of Research Reporting, Theoretical Analysis, and Practical Applications in Science Education: Examining Qualitative Research Methods, Action Research, Educator-Researcher Partnerships, and Constructivist Learning Theory. August 2007. 157 p. Rosemary Smith.

DA Jessica M. Hopkins - Spatial and Temporal Evaluations of Macroinvertebrate Communities in the Portneuf River, Idaho, & An Inquiry-based Field and Laboratory Exercise on In-stream Leaf Litter Decay. August 2007. 185 p. G. Wayne Minshall.

PhD Pavan Kumar Battiprolu - Sex Differences in Cardiac Function and Glucose Metabolism in Immature Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). August 2007. 206 p. Kenneth Rodnick.

MS Rhesa Ledbetter- Microbial "Life Signatures" Novel Biogenic Mineral Production and Enzyme Detection in Microorganisms. August 2007. 80 p. Gene Scalarone.

PhD Jack Fred Shurley- Blastomyces dermatitidis: Antigenic Evaluation of Yeast Phase Lysates. August 2007. 113 p. Gene Scalarone.

PhD Christopher L. Jenkins - Ecology and Conservation of Rattlesnakes in Sagebrush Steppe Ecosystems: Landscape Disturbance, Small Mammal Communities, and Great Rattlesnake Reproduction. August 2007. 148 p. Charles R. Peterson.

MS Sarah J. Bruer - The Epidemiology of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the Boreal Toad (Bufo boreas boreas). September 2007. 75 p. Charles R. Peterson.

PhD Mitchell D. Day - Applications of Comparative Genomics to Prokaryotic Phylogenetics and Metagenomics. September 2007. 167 p. Michael Thomas.

MS Janet W. Bala - Effects of Nutrient Limitations on Allocation to Male and Female Function in Gynodioecious Geranium richardsonii (GERANIACEAE). November 2007. 147 p. Charles Williams.

MS Katie Erin G. Miller - Connectivity, Relatedness and Winter Roose Ecology of Townsend's Big-Eared Bat (Corynorhinus townsendii). December 2007. 74 p. Marjorie Matocq.

MS Kira E. Pontius - Changes in Reproductive Strategy in Response to Elevation in a Burying Beetle. December 2007. 88 p. Rosemary Smith.

PhD Allison Elizabeth Ray - Discovery and Characterization of a Novel Anaerobe with a Potential Role in Bioremediation of Metal-Contaminated Subsurface Environments. December 2007. 141 p. Timothy Magnuson.

PhD Steven Michael Seiler - Ecological and Environmental Investigations of Competitions Between Native Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri,) Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), and their Hybrids. December 2007. 154 p. Ernest Keeley.

PhD Tiffany Jo Whitney - Sage: A Powerful Technique used to Analyze Transcription Profiles in Lymphangioleiomyomatosis-Derived Cells and in Dictyostelium Amoeba. December 2007. 88 p. Maureen Brandon.

PhD Christina D. Relyea - Fine Inorganic Sediment Effects on Stream Macroinvertebrates. December 2007. 265 p. G. Wayne Minshall.

2008 back to top

MS Jason Leon Jones - A "Tail of Two Streams: Factors Influencing Rocky Mountain Tailed Frog (Ascaphus montanus) Tadpole Distribution and Abundance in Idaho and Montana. February 2008. 104 p. Charles R. Peterson.

MS Scott Cambrin - Body Condition and Over-Winter Survival in Neonatal Rattlesnakes: An Experimental Test. April 2008. 39 p. Charles R. Peterson

MS Debra Kay Kumasaka - Investigating the Role of Caspase-Mediated Cleavage of the Amyloid Precursor Protein Following Overexpression of BCL-2 in a Novel Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease. April 2008. 48 p. Malcolm Shields.

MS Tracey Ann King - A Predictive GIS Model of Bushy-Tailed Woodrat (Neotoma cinerea) Range and Preliminary Model of It's Habitat Within the Conterminous United States. April 2008. 106 p. Marjorie Matocq.

MS Rachel L. Malison - Effects of Wildfire on Aquatic Insect Assemblages, Emerging Adult Insects, and Riparian Consumers in a Wilderness Watershed. May 2008. 110 p. Colden Baxter.

MS Nishant Mohan - Domain Specific Regulation of Deactivation in Skeletal Muscle Sodium Channels. May 2008. 58 p. James R. Groome.

MS William Sidney Blackmore - Effects of Thermal Treatment on an Actively Dechlorinating Microbial Community Within a Chlorinated Solvent Contaminated Groundwater System. May 2008. 80 p. Gene M. Scalarone. MS Sarra L. Todd - Trophic Biomass and Abundance Relationships in Streams of the Panther Creek Watershed, Idaho: Implications for Drift-Feeding Fishes. May 2008. 74 p. Ernest R. Keeley.

MS David Preston Hiliard - Modeling and Mapping Reptile Distributions on the Idaho National Laboratory. May 2008. 121 p. Charles R. Peterson.

MS Achut Raj Poudel - The Detection of Antibodies Against Shiga Toxins in Human Serum by an Elisa Method. June 2008. 51 p. Kathleen M. Spiegel.

MS Kritika Chaudhari - Rose of Sex and Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase in Modulating the Expression of Cystathionine-Gamma-Lyase in Heart, Brain and Skeletal Muscle of Mouse. July 2008. 33 p. Shawn E. Bearden.

MS Joshua Eric Schultz - Anaerobic Reduction of Selenium Oxyanions Using Zero-Valent Iron. July 2008. 115 p. Malcolm Shields.

PhD Scott M. Smidt - Does Harassment by Unpaired Males Influence Egg-laying Behavior in the Damselfly Enallagma boreale? August 2008. 72 p. Rosemary J. Smith.

MS Wayne O. Hatch - Comparison of Colorimetric and Chemiluminescent ELISAs for the Detection of Antibodies to Blastomyces dermatitidis. August 2008. 33 p. Gene Scalarone.

MS Christina Kavran - Establishing the Link Between Antibiotic and Radiation Persistence in Escherichia coli. August 2008. 48 p. Linda C. DeVeaux.

MS Chang Liu - Phylogenetic Investigations in Myoporum (Scrophulariaceae: Myoporeae): Sequence Analysis of One Nuclear and Six Chloroplast Loci. August 2008. 123 p. Scot A. Kelchner.

MS Faith Rudebusch - Impact of the Introduction of Cattle on the Food-Web of Sanak Island, AK. August 2008. 129 p. Nancy Huntly.

MS Nicole Ann Sheeley - Evolutionary Trends in Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli: Interactions Between the Bacterial Chromosome and Temperate Shiga Toxin-transducing Phage. November 2008. 73 p. Peter Sheridan.

PhD Sheel Bansal - The Role of Carbon Balance During Establishment of Conifer Trees in the Timberline Ecotone. December 2008. 164 p. Matthew J. Germino..

MS Anna Karlson - Gene Toxin Profiles of Staphylococcus aureus in Relation to Disease State. December 2008. 29 p. Kathleen Spiegel

MS Sarah K. Schoen - Interactions of People, Foxes, and Birds in the Aleutian Islands: The Case of the Sanak Archipelago, Alaska. December 2008. 122 p. Nancy Huntly.

PhD Jericho Condie Whiting - Behavior and Ecology of Reintroduced Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep. December 2008. 123 p. R. Terry Bowyer.

2009 back to top

MS Janet Prevey - Loss of Foundation Species and Invasion by Exotic Plants in Sagebrush Steppe: The Role of Soil Water Partitioning. February 2009. 90 p. Matthew J. Germino

MS Judson P. Hill - Ecophysiological Characteristics Associated with Plant-Soil Water Relations that Contribute to the Success of the Invasive Forb Bentaurea maculosa. April 2009. 83 p. Matthew J. Germino.

DA Erin Naegle - Patterns of Thinking About Phylogenetic Trees: A Study of Student Learning and the Potential of Tree Thinking to Improve Comprehension of Biological Sciences. April 2009. 166 p. Paul Beardsley and Michael A. Thomas.

MS Heidi Marie Alexander - Investigation of a Voltage-gated Sodium Channel betal-Subunit Mutation: Contributions to Hyperexcitability in Generalized Epilepsy. May 2009. 51 p. James R. Groome.

DA Noah J. Anderson - Biomechanics of Feeding and Neck Motion in the Softshell Turtle, Apalone spinifer, Rafinesque. May 2009. 89 p. Curt Anderson.

DA Sharee Anderson - Selection of Next Site by Temperature to Maintain the Sex Ration and Determining the Stage of Egg Oviposition in the Leopard Gecko, Eublepharis macularius. May 2009. 49 p. Trent D. Stephens

MS Aynur Emil Gojayeva - The Effects of Thalidomide on Angiogenesis of the Vasculature in Developing Chicken Limb Buds. May 2009. 75 P. Trent D. Stephens.

MS James Arthur Jackson - Evaluation of the Recovery of Microbial Populations in a Trichloroethene Contaminated Environment After Thermal Treatment. May 2009. 110 p. Gene M. Scalarone and Vern Winston.

DA Kelsey J. Metzger - Phylogenetic and Molecular Analysis of Human CC Motif Chemokin Receptors and Molecular Evolution Analysis of Highly Conserved Sex-Determining Gene in Amniotic Vertibrates. May 2009. 136 p. Michael Thomas and Rosemary Smith.

MS Jared Rex Wortham - Identification and Isolation of Persistent Subpopulations in Deinococcus radiodurans. May 2009. 42 p. Linda C. DeVeaux.

MS Rakesh Mandal - Anatomical Organization of Brainstem Circuits Mediating Feeding Motor Programs and Identification of Muscle Spindles in the Submentalis Muscle of the Marine Toad, Bufo marinus. June 2009. 45 p. Curtis W. Anderson.

MS Mandira Manandhar - Comparative Studies on alpha-(1.,3)-Glucan in Blastomyces dermatitdis Yeast Lysate Antigens and use of the Lysates for the Detection of Antibodies. June 2009. 40 p. Gene Scalarone.

PhD Quinn Rodney Shurtliff - Genetic, Behavioral, and Ecological Dynamics of a Woodrat Hybrid Zone (Genus neotoma) in Southern California. June 2009. 216 p. Marjorie Matocq and Charles F. Williams.

DA Sandhya N. Baviskar - Molecular Genetic Approach to the Functional Analysis of a Regulatory Protein in Dictyostelium discoideum & Research on Assessments and Constructivism in Science Education. July 2009. 222 p. Malcolm Shields.

MS Mark Thomas Bolinger - Glycogenolytic Activity in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Liver, Ventricle, and White Muscle Tissue. July 2009. 84 p. Kenneth J. Rodnick.

MS Susan Bancroft Parsons - Landscape Genetics of Great Basin Rattlesnakes, Crotalus oreganus lutosus, on the Idaho National Laboratory. July 2009. 95 p. Charles R. Peterson.

MS Sara Elizabeth Kaiser - Relationships of the Invasive Plant, Sisymbrium altissimum L., with the Plants and Butterflies of Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve. July 2009. 64 p. Nancy Huntly.

MS Murray Paul Atwood - Interactions Between Mule Deer and Elk on Winter Range at the Tex Creek Wildlife Management Area, Idaho. August 2009. 91 p. John G. Kie.

MS John Wayne Thorne - The De Novo Design and Construction of a Knockout Gene for the ApcA Cytochrome in Acidiphilium cryptum JF-5. August 2009. 46 p. Timothy Magnuson.

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