Dissertations from 2023
Coral Reproduction in the Equatorial Eastern Pacific: Reproductive Trends and Seasonal Parameters, Susan Beth Colley
Controls of Physical Drivers on the Formation and Toxicity of Harmful Cyanobacteria Blooms (CyanoHABs), Courtney N. Hammond
Atmospheric Impacts from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Charles Philip Johnson
Ecology of Viruses in Marine and Coastal Oxygen-depleted Waters, Sophie Jurgensen
Quantifying Mud Settling Velocity as a Function of Turbulence and Salinity in a Deltaic Estuary, Michael W. McDonell
Sediment Transport and Geomorphological Evolution in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Kelli Moran
Silica Concentrations in Dominant Vegetation Species of Wax Lake Delta, Louisiana, Danielle M. Soileau
A Spatiotemporal Evaluation of Estuarine-Coastal Carbon and Nutrient Interactions and Lateral Fluxes in Deltaic Regions Undergoing Growth and Deterioration Phases in Coastal Louisiana, USA, Ivan Alexis Vargas-Lopez
Theses from 2022
Characterizing Habitat Suitability for Gulf Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi) in Southern Louisiana, Jenna N. Brogdon
A Lagrangian particle model with nesting capability and its application to the modeling of plastics in the Gulf of Mexico, weiyuan dong
Assessing the Current State of Louisiana's Crawfish Fishery: Trends and Challenges in Wild Capture and Aquaculture, Mahala G. Gambill
Seasonal Variability of Carbonate Chemistry in a River Influenced Eutrophic Estuary, Sean P. Gordon
AGE AND GROWTH OF BLACKFIN TUNA (THUNNUS ATLANTICUS) IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, Elsa M. Gutierrez
Phragmites australis Haplotypic Variation and Response to Abiotic Stressors, Michael D. Jacobs
EFFECTS OF METEOROLOGIC EVENTS ON WAVE CLIMATE AND CURRENT REGIME IN A SHALLOW, MICROTIDAL BAY, Jay S. Merrill
Estimation of Economic Risk from Coastal Natural Hazards in Louisiana, Rubayet Bin Mostafiz
Changes in Heat Metrics Following a Major Hurricane and Implications on Heat Stress, Cade Reesman
A Numerical Investigation of Flood and Sediment Dynamics over the Coastal Watersheds During Hurricane Events, Dongxiao Yin
Dissertations from 2021
Evaluating Biological Carbon Pump Across Continental Margins Undergoing Accelerated Climatic Changes, Wokil Bam
Characterizing the Northern Hemisphere Circumpolar Vortex Through Space and Time, Nazla Bushra
222-RADON AS A TRACER FOR AIR-SEA CO2 EXCHANGE ACROSS THE LOUISIANA SHELF, Jocelyn A. Forsman
Fisheries Food Webs: Quantifying Habitat-use, Trophic Structure, and Energetic Pathways in Coastal Tanzania, Mario Fernando Hernandez
Penguins past and present: Trace elements, stable isotopes, and population dynamics in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic penguins and seals, Allyson K. Kristan
Penguin Proxies: Disentangling Historical and Millennial-Scale Ecosystem Shifts in the Antarctic Food Web, Chantel Irene Michelson
Hydro-Morphodynamics of Sandy Coastal Embayments, Shamim Murshid
Hydrometeorological Responses to Abrupt Land Surface Change Following Hurricane Michael, Shannon Alexis Nelson
Numerical and Field Study of Tidal and Subtidal Dynamics in a Bar-Built Estuary: Barataria Bay, Gulf of Mexico, Ali Reza Payandeh
Soil Organic Matter Accretion, Complexity, and Degradation In Eroding Coastal Wetlands, Yadav Sapkota
Ontogeny and Resource Use of Invasive Lionfish, Pterois volitans, in Shallow Water Habitats Surrounding Summerland Key, Emily Shallow
Blue Carbon in South Florida's Mangroves: The Role of Large Roots and Necromass, Zoë I. Shribman
Theses from 2020
SEASONAL TRANSPORT OF DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON AND TOTAL ALKALINITY ACROSS THE LOUISIANA SHELF, Michelle M. Anderson
HYDRODYNAMICS, SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, AND WATER QUALITY OF TWO CONTRASTING DREDGE PITS ON THE LOUISIANA SHELF, Robert Bales
Physical and Biological Factors Controlling the Fate of Nitrate in a Louisiana Coastal Deltaic Floodplain, Alexandra Christensen
Feeding Ecology of Red Snapper (Lutjanus Campechanus) and Vermilion Snapper (Rhomboplites Aurorubens) Coexisting at the Louisiana Shelf-edge Banks, Katherine M. Ellis
The Life History and Population Dynamics of Southern Flounder, Kenneth A. Erickson
Phosphorus Variability in the Area Of Influence of the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, Peter Mates
Simulating Wave Dynamics in the Northern Gulf of Mexico and Barataria Pass, Azadeh Razavi Arab
Late Holocene Environmental Changes and Ecosystem Dynamics in Louisiana's Coastal Wetlands: A Multi-Site, Multi-Proxy Investigation, Junghyung Ryu
Louisiana Southern Flounder: Commercial and Recreational Trends, David Russell Smith
Temporal and Spatial Trends of Dead Copepods in the Northern Gulf of Mexico in Relation to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Jessica L. Tolan
Identification and Quantification of Microplastic Pollution in Water Samples and Four Species of Fish from the Mississippi River, Kerrin E. Toner
Dissertations from 2019
Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Ecological Succession and Land Development Along a Coastal Deltaic Floodplain Chronosequence, Anika Abena Campbell Aarons
Surface Gravity Waves in the Gulf of Mexico and Their Role in Ocean-Atmosphere Coupling, Ehsan Abolfazli
Population Dynamics and Demographics of Spotted Seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, Through Spatial Analysis: Towards an Integrative Management Approach, Ashley Melancon Baer
Spatiotemporal Variation of Benthic Silica Fluxes in the NGOM Shelf, Byron Ebner
Iron Mediated Organic Preservation in a River Influenced Continental Margin, NEHA AJIT GHAISAS
Habitat Associations and Reproduction of Fishes on the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico Shelf Edge, Elizabeth Marie Keller
Numerical Study of Oceanic Boundary Layer Turbulence and Its Effect on Particles, Jinliang Liu
Habitat Usage Patterns of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Terrebonne and Timbalier bays, Louisiana, Mary Allison Manning
Numerical Modeling of Wave Dynamics and Sediment Transport near the Mississippi Birdfoot Delta and Barataria Estuary, Soroush Sorourian
Evaluating Seasonal Nutrient Fluxes in Emerging and Eroding Wetlands of the Louisiana Delta Plain, Kiran Upreti
Impacts of Anthropogenic Activities on Coastal Wetland Microbes and Microbially-Mediated Processes in Coastal Louisiana, Jessica Vaccare
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