Presentations from the VCU Rice Rivers Center Research Symposium.

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Submissions from 2017

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Spatial Distribution Modelling of Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) on Breeding Grounds, Elli Bosch, Caitlin M. Vigneau, Rolang Piocuda, Catherine Viverette, and Jessica Reese

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The effects of inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus enrichment on herbaceous species growth of the Kimages Creek wetland (VA), Kristen Burton and Scott C. Neubauer

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Projecting habitat of the nonbreeding Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) under various climate scenarios, Hannah Byrne, Lindsey Flanary, Ernesto Gagarin, Jessica A. Reese, and Catherine B. Viverette

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Characterization of Legacy Sediment variations in accretion and carbon dynamics following dam removal in a recently restored tidal freshwater wetland, Melissa J. Davis, Christopher D. Gatens, Edward R. Crawford, and Arif Sikder

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Offspring Sex Ratio in Double Brooding Prothonotary Warblers, Radleigh Herschel, Anthony G. Kouri, Rebecca Vareed, Stephanie Warshawsky, and Matthew DeSaix

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The effect of combined sewer overflow (CSO) on the abundance of antibiotic resistant bacteria in the James River, Enjolie Levengood, Sunauz Moezzi, and Rima B. Franklin

The Effect of Forest Fire on the Growth and Development of Tree Frog Tadpoles, Haley Lin, Logan McDonald, James R. Vonesh, and Kristine Grayson

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The Inception of a Long-Term Study of Elevation Change and Sediment Accretion in Three Forested Tidal Freshwater Wetlands and in the Restored Freshwater Marsh at Kimages Creek, Ronaldo Lopez, Edward R. Crawford, Scott C. Neubauer, Jessica Anne Powell, and Sean Weber

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Biophysical drivers of carbon dioxide and methane fluxes in a restored tidal freshwater wetland, Ellen Stuart-Haëntjens, Scott C. Neubauer, William Shuart, and Christopher M. Gough

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Identifying biotic determinants of historic American eel (Anguilla rostrata) distributions, Taylor E. Woods and Daniel J. McGarvey

Submissions from 2016

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Assessing how disruption of methanogenic communities and their syntrophic relationships in tidal freshwater marshes via saltwater intrusion may affect CH4 emissions, David J. Berrier, Scott C. Neubauer, and Rima B. Franklin

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Persistence of carry-over effects in the spotted salamander., Julie Charbonnier, Ann H. Stewart, Kristine Grayson, and James R. Vonesh

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Characterization of Current and Historical Variations in Sediment Accretion and Carbon Dynamics at the Rice Rivers Center Kimages Creek Wetland Restoration, Melissa J. Davis, Christopher D. Gatens, Edward R. Crawford, and Arif Sikder

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An Analysis of Particulate Matter in Central Virginia, Elizabeth Garrett and Arif Sikder

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Using the past to restore the future: Quantifying historical vegetation to assist in tidal freshwater wetland restoration, Christopher D. Gatens, Richard Ward, and Edward R. Crawford

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Wood Frog and Spotted Salamander Abundance Across Pool Types and Wetland Networks at Fort A.P. Hill, VA, Logan McDonald, Will Fields, Katelyn Horn, James R. Vonesh, and Kristine Grayson

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Over a Tidal Cycle in a Freshwater Wetland, Joseph C. Morina and Rima B. Franklin

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Effects of olfactory cues on the foraging behavior of a Carabid beetle, Calosoma wilcoxi, a predator of a forest defoliator., Kennesha J. Myrick-Bragg, Karen Kester, and Derek M. Johnson

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Tower-based greenhouse gas fluxes in a restored tidal freshwater wetland: A shared resource for research and teaching., Ellen J. Stuart-Haëntjens, Scott C. Neubauer, and Christopher M. Gough

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Foraging and Song rate of Prothonotary Warblers in High and Low Density Breeding Sites, Denney Turner, Amanda McGhee, and Lesley Bulluck

Submissions from 2015

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Vegetation Structure of Mangrove Ecosystems in Panama, Christopher L. Arrington, Cole Gandee, and Spencer R. Parkinson

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A Baseline Study of Edaphic Characteristics, Vegetation Structure, and Recruitment of Native Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum (L). Rich. Var. distichum) in the Newly Restored Wetland of the VCU Rice Rivers Center, Melissa J. Davis and Matthew S. Schibner

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Using the past to restore the future: Quantifying historical vegetation to assist in tidal freshwater wetland restoration Former Lake Charles at the VCU Rice Rivers Center, Christopher D. Gatens and Edward R. Crawford

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Analysis of standard DNA procedures on feathers of late 19th to late 20th century Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), Alia A. Hamdan, Catherine B. Viverette, and Rodney J. Dyer

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Communicating the overall experience of research through various approaches using art: a case study of the Prothonotary Warbler, Hannah Huddle, Lesley P. Bulluck, and Sarah E. Faris