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March 2004 Institution

Grants from the March 15, 2004 Deadline
Alphabetical by Institution

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College/ University Subject Title Student Mentor
Appalachian State University Ecology Effects of a Hyperalkaline Spill on the Macroinvertebrate Community Structure in a Fourth Order Stream Jeffrey Alan Moore Shea Tuberty
Arizona State University Anthropology Patterns of dimorphism and allometry of the hominoid forelimb and the relationship of phylogeny, allometry, and function with interspecific pattern similarity Laura Kathryn Stroik Kaye Reed
Auburn University Systematics / Evolutionary Biology Co-evolution of visual photoreceptors and plumage ornamentation in Neotropical manakins (Aves: Pipridae) Stephanie M. Doucet Geoffrey Hill
Ben Gurion University of the Negev Behavioral Ecology A risky mating: constraints on male reproductive success in a widow spider Michal Segoli Yael Lubin
Boise State University Cell Biology / Biochemistry Intraocular inflammation: Induction of epithelial cell-secreted proteases by neutrophil-derived Oncostatin M. Marisa Marie Queen Cheryl Jorcyk
Boston University Psychology Declarative Memory in Color-Graphemic Synesthesia Veronica Catherine Gross Alice Cronin-Golomb
Boston University Ecology What determines the invasive success of Alliaria petiolata and Hesperis matronalis? Vikki Lynne Rodgers Adrien Finzi
Bowling Green State University Ecology Biodiversity of diatoms in Forney Creek, Great Smokey Mountains National Park Paula C. Furey Rex Lowe
Brandeis University Anthropology The Role of maize in the development of sociopolitical complexity in the Central Mississippi Valley, A.D. 800-1200 Kimberly Oakberg Allegretto Robert Zeitlin
Brooklyn College of the City University of New York Behavioral Ecology A potential mechanism for detecting water-born vibrations in the Chambered Nautilus Christian Paul Soucier Jennifer Basil
Brown University Paleontology / Sedimentation Shoulder Mechanics and the Evolution of Avian Flight David Bradley Baier Stephen Gatesy
Brown University Physics / Astronomy Analysis of Photometric Redshifts of Galaxies with BLAST Susanna Catherine Finn Gregory Tucker
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Ecology Biological Assessment of Karst Water Ecosystem in the Ponor Mountains, Western Bulgaria: Role of Crustaceans as Bioindicators Vesela Vasileva Evtimova Ivan Pandourski
California State University Northridge Behavioral Ecology Reproductive Behavior of Black Perch (Embiotoca jacksoni) Bridgette Faye Nace Larry Allen
California State University San Marcos Ecology Effects of increased carbon dioxide on calcification rates in magnesian calcite producers Linnae Nicole DeCamp Victoria Fabry
Cambridge University Ecology Fire as a disturbance mechanism in small mammal communities of the Okavango Delta, Botswana Militsa Justine Plavsic Tim Coulson
Carleton College Psychology The Effects of Cholecystokinin-8S on Memory in Female Rats Jamie Lynn Uejima Gretchen Gotthard
Central Michigan University Ecology Genetic Evaluation of Black-Footed Ferrets for Reintroduction Purposes Cynthia King Maddox Bradley Swanson
Central Michigan University Ecology Impacts of Road Salt Runoff on Population Size, Development, and Survival Rates of the Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica) Jane Loretta Murawski James Gillingham
Central Michigan University Behavioral Ecology Predation and Nesting Activity of the Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) on Beaver Island, Michigan Ellen K. Ter Haar James Gillingham
Central Missouri State University Ecology Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Vertical Distribution of Lichen Growth Forms in Canopies of Selected Tree Species Erin Renée Fanning Harold Keller
Central Washington University Hydrology / Geomorphology The Role of Geomorphic and Hydrologic Features on Sediment Clusters in Gravel-Bed Streams, Washington: A Field-Based Approach Ross R. Hendrick Lisa Ely
Clark University Behavioral Ecology The evolution of phenotypically-plastic behavioral syndromes in the threespine stickleback adaptive radiation Katherine Aina Shaw Susan Foster
College of William and Mary Ecology Trophic Upgrading in Marine Food Webs Adriana Judith Veloza Kam Tang
Colorado School of Mines Tectonics / Geophysics Structural analysis of soft-sediment deformation in a paleo-submarine slump and slide complex and prediction of overlying deep-water sandstone architecture Robert Harry Amerman Eric Nelson
Colorado State University Petrology / Geochemistry Determining molybdenite behavior during deformation and it’s effect on the Re-Os geochronometer Parham Perkins Gardner Judith Hannah
Colorado State University Ecology The Persistence of Wildlife Communities on Urban Habitat Islands in the Colorado Front Range Seth Besterveldt Magle Kevin Crooks
Colorado State University Ecology The effect of non-native riparian vegetation on stream invertebrate communities Angela B. Moline N. Poff
Cornell University Systematics / Evolutionary Biology Comparative phylogeography of a co-evolving system: tracing the genetic signature of late Quaternary climate change in the pika (Ochotona princeps) and its helminth parasites Kurt E. Galbreath Kelly Zamudio
Cornell University Ecology What Happens When Pathogens Meet a Novel Host? Malaria In An Avian Host Across Its Native and Introduced Range Mari Kimura Irby, Lovette,
Cornell University Physiology / Functional Morphology Decoding the Function of Secondary Olfactory Structures by Manipulating Behavioral Context Ann Marie McNamara Christiane Linster
Dartmouth College Hydrology / Geomorphology Climatic Controls on Soil Erosion: Investigation of quantified erosion rates along a climate gradient in the Sierra Nevada, California Jean Louise Dixon Arjun Heimsath
Duke University Physiology / Functional Morphology A comparative analysis of temporalis muscle fiber architecture in tree-gouging (Callithrix jacchus) and non-gougin (Saguinus oedipus) callitrichids Carolyn Margaret Eng Andrea Taylor
Duke University Anthropology Vertical climbing efficiency in primates Jandy Barbara Hanna Daniel Schmitt
Duke University Systematics / Evolutionary Biology Effects of rafting and Pleistocene glaciation on intraspecific genealogies of North Atlantic amphipods (Crustacea: Amphipoda) Christine Marie Henzler Clifford Cunningham
Duke University Anthropology Investigation of the Anatomy of the Muscles of Mastication in Extant Strepsirhines and Reconstruction of these Muscles in Extinct Strepsirhines Jonathan Marcus Perry Christine Wall
Duke University Ecology Remaining habitat for Two Threatened Birds endemic to Northern Amazon Mariana Moncassim Vale Stuart Pimm
East Carolina University Ecology Osprey as a Model of Mercury Accumulation in Top Predators in Aquatic Ecosystems Heidi Lynn Alderman Roger Rulifson
East Carolina University Ecology The effects of competition on seabeach amaranth (Amaranthus pumilus, Raf.) Sarah Elizabeth Johnson Claudia Jolls
East Carolina University Cell Biology / Biochemistry The Use of E-selectin antagonist peptide to investigate the migration of exogenous endothelial cells to tumor vasculature Molishree Umesh Joshi Kathryn Verbanac
Eckerd College Ecology Relative flood tolerance of a Spartina native and invasive hybrid in San Francisco Bay Julie Lynn Turt Jeannine Lessmann
Emporia State University Cell Biology / Biochemistry Interaction between Hyperinsulinemia and Depressed Levels of Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 on Neuronal Cell Survival in Alzheimer's Disease Dragos Mihael Galusca Leland Sudlow
Florida Institute of Technology Ecology Testing false-color satellite imaging of Los Amigos, Peru for trends in vegetative structure Aaron Francis Collins Mark Bush
Florida International University Ecology Marine productivity and gecko populations in the Peruvian coastal desert: the importance of marine food subsidies as revealed by stable isotopes and dietary analyses Alessandro Marco Catenazzi Maureen Donnelly
Florida State University Behavioral Ecology The aposematic function of sound production in spiny lobsters Peter Edward Bouwma William Herrnkind
Florida State University Systematics / Evolutionary Biology Evolution of symbiosis in zoanthids Timothy David Swain Janie Wulff
Gannon University Behavioral Ecology The influence of condition factor and body size on the vocalizations of male round gobies (Neogobius melanostomus) Nicole Renee Abel Greg Andraso
George Washington University Systematics / Evolutionary Biology Diversification in a biodiversity hotspot: an example from the Western Ghats’ (India) herpetofauna Sayantan Biswas James Clark
Georgia Southern University Ecology Beaver (Castor canadensis) Impacts on Herbaceous Plant Communities in Southern Georgia Jessica Rae Brzyski Bruce Schulte
Grand Valley State University Ecology Selective predation by yellow perch: are round gobies equal to native prey? Dana Lynn VanHaitsma Carl Ruetz
Harvard University Anthropology Distribution and Movement Patterns of Capuchin Monkeys on Barro Colorado Island, Panama Margaret Chatham Crofoot Richard Wrangham
Harvard University Chemistry Single Particle Tracking Reveals Evidence of Spatial Organization in the Regulation of Complement Activation on the Erythrocyte Membrane Pallop Karnchanaphanurach David Golan
Hobart and William Smitth Colleges Physiology / Functional Morphology The Retinal Morphology of Microchiropteran and Megachiropteran Bats Alyssa Marie Carlson James Ryan
Humboldt State University Ecology The effects of the rodenticide Ramik Green on the non-target slug Limax maximus in Ola’a Forest on the island of Hawaii Melissa Kaye Dean Michael Camann
Idaho State University Petrology / Geochemistry Petrology and Geology of the East Butte area, Bingham County, Idaho: Implications for Bimodal Volcanism on the eastern Snake River Plain Reuben Rudy Ganske Michael McCurry
Idaho State University Behavioral Ecology Mating Strategies in the Female Burying Beetle, Nicrophorus investigator : a case of Intraspecific Brood Parasitism Erin Amelia Olson Rosemary Smith
Idaho State University Cell Biology / Biochemistry Discovery, characterization, and specificity of antimicrobial activities found in burying beetle (Nicrophorus) secretions Nicholas K. Wadsworth Larry Farrell
Indiana University Tectonics / Geophysics Timing of Assembly of Tectonic Terranes in Eastern Massachusetts Miriam Barbara Attenoukon Robert Wintsch
Indiana University Ecology Mechanisms underlying complex interactions between plants, herbivores, and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Alison Elizabeth Bennett James Bever
Indiana University Behavioral Ecology Maintenance of the female color polymorphism in damselflies by negative frequency-dependent selection Idelle Alvaree Cooper Curtis Lively
Indiana University Ecology The Role of Soil Nitrogen Heterogeneity in Enhancing the Diversity and Productivity of Prairie Communities William Brett Mattingly Heather Reynolds
Indiana University Behavioral Ecology Static and dynamic sexual traits in dark-eyed juncos: evolutionary integration or alternative mating strategies? Joel William McGlothlin Ellen Ketterson
Indiana University Anthropology Subsistence Patterns as Markers of Cultural Exchange: Spanish and Taíno Interactions at La Isabela James Michael VanderVeen Geoffrey Conrad
Indiana University Paleontology / Sedimentation Study on the Extinction Pattern of Late Cretaceous Corals from the Rio Maton and Cotui Formations, Puerto Rico Liming Zhu Claudia Johnson
Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Ecology The consequences of rainforest fragmentation and the loss of howler monkeys on seeds dispersal and seedling recruitment in Dialium guianense Alberto Anzures Dadda Robert Manson
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Ecology Paleoecological Inferences on Paleocene-Eocene Condylarths using Dental Morphometrics Tonya Ann Penkrot Mark Teaford
Kent State University Engineering Development of Landslide Hazard Potential Rating System for Selected Counties in Northeast Ohio Ahmad yousef Dalqamouni Abdul Shakoor
Kent State University Systematics / Evolutionary Biology Request for Support for a Short Research Visit to the Australian Museum in Sydney Sadie Kathleen Reed Stephen Weeks
Kenyatta University Chemistry Phytochemical and Biological Studies of Selected Kenyan Croton Species Used in Traditional Medicine Isaac Ong'weno Onyango Sumesh Chhabra
Lebanon Valley College Cell Biology / Biochemistry Examination of the sequence requirements for the dimerization of guanosine-5'-monophosphate synthetase (GMPS) Jordan Mark Newell Walter Patton
Lee University Ecology Population status of eastern hellbenders Cryptobranchus alleganiensis in the southern Cherokee National Forest Scott Everett Stavely Michael Freake
Lorain County Community College Cell Biology / Biochemistry Construction and Characterization of Synechocystis PCC 6803 mrgA and Phosphoglucomutase Bioreporters to be used to Detect Nutrient Availability in Natural Aquatic Environments Mark Jeremy Rozmarynowycz Kathryn Durham
Louisiana State University Systematics / Evolutionary Biology Determining the relative importance of natural selection and genetic drift: an empirical investigation of genetic, morphological, and