Theses from 2018
From the River to the Gulf: An Investigation of Biogeochemical Cycling in Wetland Soils and Coastal Shelf Sediments, Katie Bowes
An Evaluation of Sciaenid Growth in the Gulf of Mexico, Shane Flinn
The Tensile Root Strength of Emergent Coastal Macrophytes, Lauris Olivia Hollis
Carbon Dioxide Fluxes and Plants Interactions across the Succession of a Created Brackish Marsh in Southwestern Louisiana, Andy T. Muench
Influence of Black Mangrove Expansion on Salt Marsh Faunal Communities of Eastern Coastal Louisiana, Christina Powell
The Influence of River Discharge on Fishes and Invertebrates Associated with Small Oil and Gas Platforms in Nearshore Louisiana, David Bradley Reeves
Using Local Fishery Monitoring to Understand Small-Scale Coastal Fisheries in Tanzania, Matthew Robertson
Effects of Oil on Mollusk and Crustacean Populations, Behavior, and Predator-Prey Interactions, Elizabeth Marie Robinson
Effects of Natural and Anthropogenic Forcing on Marsh Channel Evolution, Jeremiah Robinson
Sediment and Plant Dynamics in a Degrading Coastal Louisiana Landscape, Glenn Michael. Suir
Theses from 2017
Blue Carbon Accumulation and Microbial Community Composition in a Chronosequence of Created Coastal Marshes in the Chenier Plain, Louisiana, Katherine Mary Abbott
Ecotoxicological Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the Mississippi River Coastal Watershed and Offshore Shoaling Regions of the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Laura Marie Basirico
Differential Responses of Soil Greenhouse Gas Production and Denitrification to Salinity Alterations Along a Wetland Salinity Gradient, Natalie Ceresnak
Development and Application of a MODIS Inorganic Sediment Model during the 2016 Mississippi River Diversion in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, Robert Lee Iles IV
Characterization of Carbon Flow in a Barataria Bay, Louisiana, Salt Marsh Using Trophic Biomarkers, Jessica J. Johnson
Estuarine Water Quality and Dynamics in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Using Field and Satellite Observations, Ishan Joshi
Sediment Transport and Slope Stability in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Jeffrey Blake Obelcz
How Dredge Pits Evolve Over Time: A Look At Their Geomorphologic Evolution and Infilling Processes, Patrick Robichaux
Examining the benefits of a large, intermittent river diversion into the Maurepas Swamp, Jeffrey Scott Rutherford
Modeling the Influence of Energy and Climate Megatrends on Future Costs and Benefits of Marsh Creation in the Mississippi Delta, Adrian R. H. Wiegman
Biogeochemical Processes Linked to Important Ecosystem Services in Restored and Natural Louisiana Wetlands, Sarah Elizabeth Wood
Theses from 2016
The Effect of Artificial Light on the Community Structure and Distribution of Reef-Associated Fishes at Oil and Gas Platforms in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Victoria Anne Barker
Dynamics of Land Building and Ecological Succession in a Prograding Deltaic Floodplain, Wax Lake Delta, LA, USA, Azure Elizabeth Bevington
Everglades Mangrove Forest Response to Large-Scale Disturbance: Long-Term Assessment of Structural and Functional Properties, Tess Marie Danielson
Interactions among Hydrology, Sediment and Vegetation in Accreting Wax Lake Delta: Physical and Biogeochemical Implications for Coastal Louisiana Restoration, Courtney Erin Elliton
The Role of Upper Ocean Heat Content and Sea Surface Temperature on Northeast Pacific Hurricane Evolution during Average and Active Years, Victoria Lauren Ford
Feeding Ecology of Red Snapper and Greater Amberjack at Standing Platforms in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Disentangling the Effects of Artificial Light, Kristin Leanne Foss
Investigating Species and Population Level Foraging Variation and Individual Specialization in Pygoscelis Penguins Using Stable Isotope Analysis, Rachael W. Herman
A Contemporary Approach to a Classic Model: Exploring the Influence of Local Interactions and Disturbance on Mangrove Forest Dynamics with a Spatially-Explicit Version of FORMAN, Kieley Shannon Hurff
Simulating Behavioral Microcystin Impairment in Fish, Nicholas Richard Keeney
Modeling the Effects of Hypoxia on Fish Movement in the Gulf of Mexico Hypoxic Zone, Elizabeth Dawn LaBone
Implications of the Long-term Presence of Crude Oil from the Deepwater Horizon Spill on Salt Marsh Biogeochemistry, Brian Michael Levine
Plankton Communities and Marine Snow in the Gulf of Mexico as Estimated by the Video Plankton Recorder (VPR) During Spring 2011, Fredrick Donald Marin
Coastal Ecosystem Resiliency after Major Disturbances, Giovanna McClenachan
Fishes Associated with Oil and Gas Platforms in Louisiana's River-Influenced Nearshore Waters, Ryan Thomas Munnelly
Comparison of Group Size, Abundance Estimates and Movement Patterns of Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Mississippi Sound, Mississippi, Carrie Sinclair
Dissertations from 2015
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Dynamics in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Puspa Lal Adhikari
Effects of Oil Spill and Recovery of Terrestrial Arthropods in Louisiana Saltmarsh Ecosystem, Wokil Bam
Habitat Preferences of Adult Spotted Seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, Noelle Marie Bramer
Otoliths Then and Now: A Study of Ancient and Modern Fish Populations in Louisiana's Coastal Waters, Marshall James Kormanec
Fish Assemblage Structure, Distribution, and Trophic Ecology at Northwestern Gulf of Mexico Banks, Todd Langland
Oil and Gas Platforms on Ship Shoal, Northern Gulf of Mexico as Habitat for Reef-Associated Organisms, David Bradley Reeves
Fish Biomass and Community Structure Around Standing and Toppled Oil and Gas Platforms in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Using Hydroacoustic and Video Surveys, Emily Marissa Reynolds
Anthropogenic Impacts on Soil Microbial Processes in Coastal Wetlands: Nutrient Loading and Rising CO2 Levels, Havalend Ellen Steinmuller
Holecene Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction from the Shark River Estuary, Everglades, Florida, Qiang Yao
Numerical Simulation of Cold Front-Related Hydrodynamics of Wax Lake Delta, Qian Zhang
Dissertations from 2014
Numerical Experiments of Hurricane Impact on Vertical Mixing and De-Stratification of the Louisiana Shelf Waters, Mohammadnabi Allahdadi
Holocene Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction From Mexico's Pacific Coast-A Paleotempestological Investigation, Thomas Bianchette
Temporal Variability of Particulate Organic Carbon Fluxes in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Somiddho Bosu
Does Reproductive Potential of Red Snapper in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Differ Among Natural and Artificial Habitats?, Hilary Day Glenn
Polonium-210 dynamics in the northern Gulf of Mexico, Patrick Robert Jones
Addressing the land loss-fish production paradox, Kristy A. Lewis
CDOM optical properties near DWH site, Gulf of Mexico: pot oil spill, Zhi Li
Effects of Storm Surge and Nutrient Loading on Coastal Wetland Soil Processes: Implications for Ecosystem Function, Morgan McKee
Hurricane-Induced Geologic Change and Palynological Assessment of a Rapidly Subsiding Deltaic Environment in Coastal Louisiana, James Dustin Naquin
Legacy Phosphorus Implications in the Lake Pontchartrain Estuary Sediment Due to the 2011 Bonnet Carre Spillway Opening, Nhan Thanh Nguyen
Failed Agricultural Impoundments: An Interdisciplinary Assessment of Community Structure and Social Resilience, Stacy Nicole Peterson
Effect of the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Critical Marsh Soil Microbial Functions, Jason Paul Pietroski
Nutrient and Sediment Effects on Oligohaline Marsh Plant Community in Mississippi River Delta, Sareh Poormahdi
Assessment of Habitat Quality for Red Snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico: Natural vs. Artificial Reefs, Brittany Dawn Schwartzkopf
Methods for the Characterization of Deep-Sea Benthic Megafauna in the Vicinity of the Deepwater Horizon Macondo Well, Stephanie Marie Sharuga
Cyanobacteria harmful algal blooms in South Louisiana estuaries : a synthesis of field research, management implications, and outreach, Emily Anne Smith
Dissertations from 2013
Incorporating science-based approaches into the rapid assessment of wetlands and streams : validation, restoration trajectory, and method development, Jacob Franklin Berkowitz
Spatial structure and dynamics of the plant communities in a pro-grading river delta : Wax Lake Delta, Atchafalaya Bay, Louisiana, Melissa Carle
Depositional history of the Trinity-Tiger Shoals region : a transgressed delta complex of the middle Holocene Mississippi Delta, Clint Hoyt Edrington
Decade-scale Nutrient Enrichment Effects on Wetland Plant Community Structure, Function, and Stability, Sean A. Graham
Acoustic biomass of fish associated with an oil and gas platform before, during, and after "reefing" it in the northern Gulf of Mexico, Grace Elizabeth Harwell
The Feasibility of Using Vanadium and Nickel to Track Oil Spills in Coastal Environments, Sean Patrick Kenny
Oligohaline wetland response and recovery following storm-driven saltwater intrusion in coastal Louisiana, Whitney Marie Kiehn
Impacts of artificial reef addition on the nekton community of Louisiana marsh ponds: a before-after-control-impact analysis, Kari Elizabeth Klotzbach
A Study of the Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Ichthyoplankton and Post-larval Penaeids Recruiting into a Louisiana Tidal Pass, Matthew John Kupchik
Vibrio Parahaemolyticus Interactions With Chitin In Response To Environmental Factors, Vanessa Molina
A multi-scale investigation of nutrient dynamics in the Lake Pontchartrain Estuary and Basin, Eric Daniel Roy
Reef fish demographics on Louisiana artificial reefs : the effects of reef size on biomass distribution and foraging dynamics, Kirsten A. Simonsen
Patterns and Pathways of Wetland Sedimentation and Landscape Change in Coastal Louisiana, Andrew William Tweel
Characterization of Epibenthic and Demersal Megafauan at Mississippi Canyon 252 Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Marla Maxine Valentine
Inertial oscillations in the Gulf of Mexico during 2005 hurricane season, Fan Zhang
Dissertations from 2012
Factors Affecting Short-term Oxygen Variability in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Hypoxic Zone, Brenda Leroux Babin
Nitrogen biogeochemistry in a restored Mississippi River delta: a modeling approach, Benjamin Lee Branoff
Investigation of Colored Dissolved Organic Matter and Dissolved Organic Carbon Using Combination of Ocean Color Data and Numerical Model in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Nazanin Chaichitehrani
Effects of mimic artificial oyster reefs on the ecology of juvenile fishes in marsh ponds: a before-after-control-impact analysis, Steven B. Garner
Function and diversity of the Ship, Trinity, and Tiger Shoal Complex, with emphasis on macrofauna and spawning blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus), Carey George Gelpi Jr.
Linking nitrogen biogeochemistry to different stages of wetland soil development in the Mississippi River Delta, Louisiana, Kelly Marie Henry
Habitat- and region-specific reproductive biology of female red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) in the Gulf of Mexico, Dannielle Helen Kulaw
Developing A Geospatial Protocol For Coral Epizootiology, Jennifer Anne Lentz
Greenhouse gas emissions and nutrients dynamics in restored wetlands of the Mississippi River Basin, Christopher Lundberg
Identification and incorporation of quantitative indicators of ecosystem function into single-species fishery stock assessment models and the associated biological reference points, Melissa Hedges Monk
What does the ¹⁴C method for estimating photosynthetic rates in the ocean really measure?, Shaofeng Pei
Biomass and mass balance isotope content of mussel seep populations, Philip Martin Riekenberg
Skill assessment and optimization of the third generation wave models for applications in Gulf of Mexico, Seyed Mostafa Siadatmousavi
The effects of carbon on nitrogen transformations in restored wetland and wastewater soils, Jared M. Theriot
An evaluation of alternative approaches for simulating animal movement in spatially-explicit individual-based models, Katherine Shepard Watkins
Effect of hurricane forward speed and approach angle on coastal storm surge, Chenguang Zhang
Dissertations from 2011
Microphytobenthos of the northern Gulf of Mexico hypoxic area and their role in oxygen dynamics, Melissa Millman Baustian
Spatial ecology of adult spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, in Louisiana coastal waters, Jody Lynn Callihan