2009 Certificate Internships

Every summer, undergraduates in the Certificate Program in Marine Biology conduct independent research with marine scientist mentors to gain real life experiences in the fields of marine ecology, biogeochemistry, conservation, or fisheries, producing a manuscript-form report and presenting their results in the Marine Biology Certificate Program Symposium held in the fall to an audience of their mentors and incoming certificate students. Here is the list of talks for Fall 2009.


 
Greg Banbury
Spatial patterns and habitat correlations for the juvenile stages of recreationally-targeted fish species of the Big Bend seagrass beds. Mentor, Dr. Chris Stallings FSUCML
 
Stephanie Bode
Determining the temporal and spatial patterns of leatherback sea turtle nesting on North Friar's beach, St. Kitts. Mentors, Dr. Kimberly Stewart, Ross University of Veterinary Medicine, and Dr. Felicia Coleman, FSUCML
 
Olivia Davis
The effect of salinity on the behavior of the crown conch, Melongena corona. Mentor, Dr. Laura Petes, FSUCML
 
Amber Ferguson
Dietary habits of Sandbar sharks Carcharinus plumbeus from Hawaiian waters. Mentor, Dr. Dean Grubbs, FSUCML
 
Brittany Hall
Ontogenetic studies of the black sea bass in seagrass meadows of the Big Ben, Florida. Mentor, Dr.Chris Stallings, FSUCML
 
Elisabeth Hibner
Feeding Preferences and Predator Avoidance of Littoraria irrorata in Spartina alterniflora marshes on the Gulf Coast. Mentor, Dr. Randall Hughes, FSUCML
 
Emily Hutchinson
Size-structure, distribution, growth, and possible host interactions of three native Unionoid mussel species in a restored wetland pond of Southwest Florida. Mentor, Ken Leber, Mote Marine Laboratory
 
Nicholas Kortessis
Environmental effects on food consumption and metabolic rate of a juvenile estuarine fish, Leiostomus xanthurus (spot). Mentor, Dr. Kevin Craig FSUCML
 
Sara Seip Predator-prey interactions in a saltmarsh community with mixed tidal regimes. Mentor, Dr. David Kimbro FSUCML
 
Elizabeth Uithoven Reattachment abilities of morphologically different sponges of the Florida Keys. Mentor, Brendan Biggs, FSU
 

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