On this page:

2014 Cohort

2014 TCBES Cohort

Thesis-Track (2014)

Student	Thesis	Advisor
Abaya, Leilani Maijastina	Identifying hotspots of sewage pollution in coastal areas with coral reefs	Dr. Tracy N. Wiegner
Armstrong, Ellie	Comparative genomics and host plant adaptation in Hawaiian Picture-wing Drosophila	Dr. Jonathan Price
Fernandez, Nicole	The influence of landscape configuration on ‘ōma‘o (Myadestes obscurus) song diversity	Dr. Patrick J. Hart
Gayle, Stephanie	Thermal dependence of Eleutherodactylus Hilo coqui vocalization on Hawaiʻi Island	Dr. William J. Mautz
Haggerty, Jacqueline	Thermal tolerance of the common coqui frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui) in East Hawaiʻi along an elevation gradient	Dr. William J. Mautz
Kimball, Heather	Development of decision support systems for ecosystem management: A case study on Hawaiʻi Island	Dr. Jonathan Price
Hiraide, Liliuokalani	Characterizing the pathogenicity profiles of Phytophthora colocasiae	Dr. Michael H. Shintaku
Kittle, III, Ronald Paul	Identification of gastrointestinal microflora in Hawaiian green turtles (Chelonia mydas Linnaeus), and effects of glyphosate herbicide on their gastrointestinal bacteria	Dr. Karla J. McDermid Smith
Stephenson, Nathan Michael	High resolution habitat suitability modeling for a narrow-range endemic alpine Hawaiian species	Dr. Ryan Perroy
Stever, Heather	Arthropod diversity estimates for three native subalpine plant species on the Maunakea Volcano of Hawaiʻi Island	Dr. Jesse Eiben
Ulloa, Wesley James	Isolation of mimosine-degrading endophytic bacteria from the invasive plant: Leucaena leucocephala	Dr. Jonathan “Jon” Awaya
Zarders, Jorden Alexander	Invasive arthropod monitoring assessments of construction and facility activities on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi	Dr. Michael H. Shintaku

---

2013 Cohort

2013 TCBES Cohort

Internship-Track (2013)

Student	Project	Internship Advisor
Knight, Laura	Quantitative analysis of the mesophotic coral ecosystem benthos	Dr. Jason Turner

Thesis-Track (2013)

Student	Thesis	Advisor
Beck, Angela	Variability in the repertoires and singing behavior of male and female ‘i‘iwi (Drepanis coccinea)	Patrick J. Hart
Collins, Topaz Palakika	Evaluating techniques of quantifying lipid yield and cell density of Chlorella protothecoides (Kruger) grown on waste glycerol	Dr. Jason Adolf
Hart, Kendra	Responses of native Hawaiian calcifying macroalgae to naturally occurring ocean acidification conditions	Dr. Karla J. McDermid Smith
Howe, Mary Kathleen	Addressing angiostrongyliasis on Hawaiʻi Island with research, education outreach, and host control	Dr. Susan Jarvi
Kalei, Heather Nahaku	Understanding kūpeʻe (Nerita polita) gonad development and demography for continued use at two sites on Hawaiʻi Island	Dr. Marta deMaintenon
Petersen, Forrest	Addressing obstacles to developing oyster culture in Hawaiʻi	Dr. Maria Haws
Pihana, Hokuokahalelani	Effects of coral disease on exosymbiotic invertebrate assemblage examining exo-symbiont assemblage on healthy and diseased Porites species throughout shallow water reef systems on Hawaiʻi Island	Dr. Misaki Takabayashi
Roy, Kylle	Diet analysis of Hawaiʻi Island’s Blackburnia hawaiiensis (Coleoptera: Carabidae) using stable isotopes and high-throughput sequencing	Dr. Donald Price
Stout, Ilana	Perpetuating agricultural heritage: Saving seeds and stories on Hawaiʻi Island	Dr. Kathryn Besio
Yakym, Christopher James A.V.	Microbial diversity of two Hawaiian picture wings and their host plants: Microbes, mortality and epicuticular hydrocarbons	Dr. Donald Price

2012 Cohort

2012 TCBES Cohort

Internship-Track (2012)

Student	Project	Internship Advisor
Short, Christine	Graduated from program	Dr. Elizabeth Stacy

Thesis-Track (2012)

Student	Thesis	Advisor
Akau, James Jacob	North Hilo (Hilo Palikū) coastal fishery assemblages: Global climate change impacts modeled along a highly constrained hydrological and precipitation gradient	Dr. Tracy N. Wiegner
Ben, Tishanna	Investigating the growth periodicity, stable carbon isotope trend and climate reconstruction potential of 'akoko (Euphorbia olowaluana), a native Hawaiian C4 tree on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, using tree ring analysis	Dr. Patrick J. Hart
Brill, Eva	Speciation mechanisms in Hawaiian Drosophila: Hybrid male sterility, mating behavior, and differential gene expression in D. planitibia and D. silvestris	Dr. Donald Price
Collins, Colton	Large-scale diversity and endemism patterns of neotropical Heliconia (Heliconiaceae)	Dr. Jonathan Price
Ekar, Jill	Drivers of incipient sympatric speciation in a long-lived tree in a riparian zone	Dr. Elizabeth Stacy
Fezza, Thomas	The genetic inheritance of epicuticular hydrocarbons and their role in pheromonal communication in two sympatric species of Hawaiian Drosophila (D. heteroneura and D. silvestris)	Dr. Donald Price
Frazier, Monika	Impact of the growth anomaly disease on gene expression in the coral, Montipora capitata, at Waiʻōpae, Hawaiʻi	Dr. Misaki Takabayashi
Heu, Linnea 'Ihilani	Effects of nutrient enrichment on microbial biomass and class structure in groundwater-fed oligotrophic waters off west Hawaiʻi Island: An experimental investigation	Dr. Jason Adolf
Kissinger, Karma	Use of proteins and oils from soybeans and microalgae to maximize fish meal and fish oil replacement in diets for juvenile giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus) and longfin yellowtail (Seriola rivoliana)	Dr. Armando García-Ortega
Mueller, Matthew	Islands within islands: The effects of habitat fragmentation, novel community interactions, and climate on Hawaiian Drosophila populations	Dr. Donald Price
Nguyen, Hoang-Yen Xuan	Phylogeny, bioactivity, and physiology of unique bacterial isolates from Hawaiian marine sponges from Hawaii Island: Insights into the bacteria-sponge relationship	Dr. Jonathan “Jon” Awaya
Parish, George Rod	Quantifying digestion in California yellowtail (Seriola lalandi dorsalis): Technological advances towards the development of the aquaculture sector	Dr. Armando Garcia-Ortega
Pinzari, Corinna	Genetic variation, population structure, and morphology of an endemic bat, Lasiurus cinereus semotus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) across the Hawaiian Islands	Dr. Donald Price
Riney, Michael	The impacts of stream flow rates on food resource quality and diets of native endemic Atyid shrimps (Atyoida bisulcata) in Hawaiian streams	Dr. Rebecca Ostertag
Sakishima, Tomoko	Local adaptation of the Hawaiian endemic tree (Metrosideros polymorpha) across a long elevation gradient	Dr. Elizabeth Stacy
Rosam, Jodie Ray	Assessment of light quality, variability, and seedling presence in Hawaiian lowland wet forests	Dr. Rebecca Ostertag
Sullivan, Timothy Olson	Estimating and applying biological parameters to enhance management of Rauvolfia vomitoria, an invasive tree in North Kohala, Hawaiʻi	Dr. Kathryn Besio
Wang, Alex	Juvenile dispersal and adult home range size of an endangered Hawaiian honeycreeper, the Akohekohe (Palmeria dolei)	Dr. Patrick J. Hart
Weisz, Caree	Spatial and temporal microbial pollution patterns in a tropical Hawaiian estuary between high and low river flow conditions	Dr. Tracy N. Wiegner
Yanger, Corie Melissa	Impacts of introduced leaf-galling insects on reproduction and seedling survival of Myoporum sandwicense, a native Hawaiian tree	Dr. Rebecca Ostertag

2011 Cohort

2011 TCBES Cohort

Internship-Track (2011)

Student	Project	Internship Advisor
Gallagher, Lynx	Islands in stone: Fungal community structure with Hawaiian kipuka	Dr. Brian Perry

Thesis-Track (2011)

Student	Thesis	Advisor
Annandale, Senifa	Diel movement patterns of Scarus rubroviolaceus and Scarus psittacus examined using acoustic telemetry in Puakō, Hawaiʻi	Dr. Jason Turner
Aslan, Austin	Implications of a novel mutualist for fecundity metrics of two endemic Hawaiian plants	Dr. Patrick J. Hart
Aue, Asa	Islands – underground and undercover: Subterranean habitat and obligate communities in the Hawaiian archipelago	Dr. James Juvik
Bierwagen, Stacy Lynn	Home range ecology of Naso unicornis (Bluespine Unicornfish): Use of acoustic telemetry to define foraging interactions with an invasive alga, Gracilaria salicornia, in a marine reserve	Dr. Fiona McCormack
Carlson, Kaile‘a	Effects of submarine groundwater discharge on bacterial growth efficiency in coastal Hawaiian waters	Dr. Tracy N. Wiegner
Daw, Adam	Phylogenetics, biology, and ecology of two unclassified species of small near-shore octopuses in Hawaiʻi	Dr. Maria Haws
Kettwich, Scarlett	Epiphytes as a bioclimatic indicator in Hawaiʻi	Dr. James Juvik
Mickelson, Aaron	Defining culture requirements for reproduction and growth of Asparagopsis taxiformis, a Hawaiian native red alga	Dr. Maria Haws
Pang-Ching, Joshua	Documenting acoustic variability among windward Hawaiʻi ʻAmakihi (Hemignathus vierens vierens) populations on Hawaiʻi Island	Dr. Patrick J. Hart
Rushing, James	Indigenous Microorganism 4 (IMO 4) as a soil inoculant	Dr. Norman Arancon
Tanimoto, Ann	The vocal repertoire of the ‘alalā (Corvus hawaiiensis) during breeding season: A comparison between current captive and past wild populations of the native Hawaiian crow	Dr. Patrick J. Hart
Vandruff, Stephanie	Variation of subterranean fungal community structure across substrate age and elevation in native forests on Hawaiʻi Island, USA	Dr. Brian Perry
Walsh, Cecile	Re-attachment and transplantation of native Hawaiian macroalgae: A potential tool for reef management and alien algae mitigation	Dr. Karla J. McDermid Smith
Wasser, Mark	Decadal scale vegetation response of Metrosideros polymorpha-dominated communities to wildfire on Hawaiʻi Island	Dr. Rebecca Ostertag

2010 Cohort

2010 TCBES Cohort

Internship-Track (2010)

Student	Project	Internship Advisor
Gaertner, Julie	Big Island Invasive Species	Dr. Tracy N. Wiegner
Spina, Catherine	Ahupua'a (watershed) educator to students K-12	Dr. Jon-Pierre Michaud
Tavares, Melissa	Graduated from program	Dr. Jonathan Price
Wang, Jason	Graduated from program	Dr. Jonathan Price
Yost, Carey	Graduated from program	Dr. Jason Adolf

Thesis-Track (2010)

Student	Thesis	Advisor
Atkins, Alizon	An experiment in the transportation of culturally significant plant propagules on Polynesian voyaging canoes	Dr. Peter Mills
Giddens, Jonatha	Experimental removal of the introduced predator Cephalopholis argus in Puakō, Hawaiʻi: A community-based approach to coral reef system restoration	Dr. Jim Beets & Dr. William J. Mautz
Gregg, Toni Makaniokekai Kamai	Effects of water quality and coral community structure on the prevalence and severity of coral diseases and afflictions on Hawaiʻi Island	Dr. Misaki Takabayashi
Lowe, Carley	Using GIS to investigate trends in humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) habitat use off West Maui, HI (1997—2008)	Dr. Adam Pack
Nelson-Ka‘ula, Kehauwealani	A comparison of organic matter and nutrient subsidies between the invasive, N2-fixing tree Prosopis pallida, and the native tree, Thespersia populnea, to Hawaiian anchialine ponds	Dr. Rebecca Ostertag
Pelep, Peltin	Population phylogeography and habitat fragmentation at island-wide and local scales in two endemic Hawaiian Drosophila: D. tanythrix and D. yooni	Dr. Donald Price
Rhoades, Alicia	The evolution of reproductive barriers within an endemic Hawaiian tree species (Metrosideros polymorpha) across environmental extremes	Dr. Elizabeth Stacy
Sakihara, Troy	Endemic grazer (Halocaridina rubra) forces and obscured nutrient effects on benthic autotrophy in Hawaiian anchialine pools	Dr. Jim Beets
Soares, Trisha	Effects of coral affliction prevalence and severity on fish populations around Hawaiʻi Island	Dr. Misaki Takabayshi
VanZandt, Marie Lee Ann	Distribution and habitat selection of the endangered Hawaiian petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis), from the island of Lanā‘i	Dr. Donna Delparte
Vicente, Davin	Elucidating unique iron uptake pathways by an environmental bacterium, Rhizobium sp. strain TAL1145	Dr. Jonathan “Jon” Awaya
Walker, Judy	Vertical structure among microbial communities in groundwater-influenced west Hawaiʻi coastal waters	Dr. Jason Adolf
Wright, Tani	Genotypic and reproductive analyses of species barriers in two closely related Hawaiian picture-winged Drosophila, D. sproati and D. murphyi	Dr. Donald Price
Wu, Joanna	Movement patterns of the ‘Ōma‘o and Japanese White-eye and implications for seed dispersal in Hawaiʻi	Dr. Donna Delparte

2009 Cohort

2009 TCBES Cohort

Internship-Track (2009)

Student	Project	Internship Advisor
DeBenedet, Robyn	B-WET: Hawaiian Ahupuaʻa Bay and Watershed Education Training Program (August 2010-May 2010) Connections Public Charter School	Dr. Karla J. McDermid Smith

Thesis-Track (2009)

Student	Thesis	Advisor
Classen, Stephan M.	Physiological ecology of the Hawaiian oyster (Dendostrea sandvicensis) in varying thermal conditions	Dr. Maria Haws
Cornett, Christina	Habitat selection of the endangered Hawaiian Goose: A multi-scale approach	Dr. Patrick J. Hart
Dendy, Julian	Low input methods of forest restoration and observations of native birds and flying foxes in savanna habitat in the Lake Ngardok Nature Reserve, Palau	Dr. Yiqing Li
Dupuis, Cindy	Vegetation patterns in lowland wet forests in Hawaiʻi	Dr. Jonathan Price
Francisco, Kainana	Investigating the growth dynamics of māmane (Sophora chrysophylla) on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi using radiocarbon dating and classical dendrochronology methods	Dr. Patrick J. Hart
Hansen, Eric	The anatomy of light precipitation events and their influence on cloud forest water balance at the Alakahi, Kohala, Hawaiʻi	Dr. Jim Juvik
Johnson, Erik	Surface water metabolism potential of groundwater-fed nearshore waters on the leeward coast of the Island of Hawaiʻi	Dr. Tracy Wiegner
Johnson, Melissa	Evolution of reproductive isolation within Hawaiian Cyrtandra (Gesneriaceae): The roles of allopatry and reinforcement	Dr. Elizabeth Stacy
Kovach, Tony	Determinants of avian diversity across a fragmented landscape	Dr. Patrick J. Hart
Manton, Jessica	Development of a real-time PCR assay for the toxic dinoflagellate, Gambierdiscus toxicus	Dr. Jason Adolf
McFarland, Thomas	Avian malaria resistance in birds	Dr. Susan Jarvi
Mokiao-Lee, Ambyr	Tracing nitrogen inputs to thermal tide pools in Kapoho, Hawaiʻi, using a multi-stable isotope approach	Dr. Tracy Wiegner
Morrison, Keenan	Intraspecific divergence and a life-history trade-off along a successional gradient within Hawaiʻi's Metrosideros polymorpha	Dr. Elizabeth Stacy
Moss, Andrea	Searching for speciation genes in two Hawaiian picture-winged Drosophila, Drosophila heteroneura and Drosophilia silvestris	Dr. Donald Price
Most, Rebecca	Nutrient and herbivory effects on benthic marine algal biomass and community structure on the Kona coast of Hawaiʻi	Dr. Jim Beets
Phifer, Colin	Pollination ecology of Broussaisia arguta (Hydrangeaceae) in a fragmented forest on the Island of Hawaiʻi	Dr. Elizabeth Stacy
Spies, Narrissa	The effects of growth anomalies on the expression of organic matrix gene galaxin and oncogene homologs, in the endemic Hawaiian coral Montipora capitata	Dr. Misaki Takabayashi
Uy, Karen Lizel	Climate change and Hawaiian Drosophila: A comparison of temperature and desiccation tolerance in sympatric populations of Hawaiian Picture-winged Drosophila, D. silvestris, and D. sproati	Dr. Donald Price

2008 Cohort

2008 TCBES Cohort

Internship-Track (2008)

Student	Project	Internship Advisor
Donmoyer, Kevin	United States Fish and Wildlife Service	Dr. William J. Mautz

Thesis-Track (2008)

Student	Thesis	Advisor
Bernard, Riley	Potential competitive dietary overlap between the invasive coqui frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui) and the endemic Hawaiian hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus) on the island of Hawaiʻi	Dr. William J. Mautz
Burns, John	Pathology and epizootiology of skeletal growth anomalies affecting Montipora capitata corals in Hawaiʻi	Dr. Misaki Takabayashi
DiManno, Nicole	Is reproductive response to fertilization in plants driven more by the nature of soil nutrient limitation or by the specific nutrient added?	Dr. Rebecca “Becky” Ostertag
Ehrhard, Seamus Patrick	Dietary behavior of the mangrove monitor lizard (Varanus indicus) on Cocos Island, Guam, and strategies for Varanus indicus eradication	Dr. William J. Mautz
Garriques, Daren	Seasonal patterns of gonadal development and condition index of Dendostrea sandvicensis	Dr. Maria Haws
Jones, Thomas	The relationship between strawberry guava and feral pigs in a Hawaiian wet forest	Dr. Patrick J. Hart
Tom, Shauna Kehaunani	An investigation of the cultural use and population characteristics of ‘opihi (Mollusca: Cellana spp.) at Kalaupapa National Historical Park	Dr. Jim Beets
Kropidlowski, Stefan Jozef	Investigating the efficacy of commercial baits for the control of yellow crazy ants (Anoplolepis gracilipes) and their impacts on red-tailed tropicbirds (Phaethon rubricauda)	Dr. Patrick J. Hart
Motomura, Sharon	Effect of soil amendments on the survival of Ralstonia solanacearum in Hawaiian soils	Dr. Michael H. Shintaku
Nekoba-Aragaki, Whitney	Detection of susceptibility to risk factors for type-2 diabetes mellitus in a multi-ethnic sample of children in Hawaiʻi	Dr. Cam Muir
Tagawa, Anya	Spatial and seasonal aspects of plant-based food resources for Hawaiian forest birds	Dr. Jonathan Price
Rodomsky, Brett	Lava roughness, aridity, and early ecosystem development across a topo-climatic gradient: The 1855-56 Mauna Loa lavaflow, Hawaiʻi	Dr. Jim Juvik

2007 Cohort

2007 TCBES Cohort

Thesis-Track (2007)

Student	Thesis	Advisor
Atwood, Trisha	Effects of hydrological forcing on the structure of a tropical estuarine food web	Dr. Tracy N. Wiegner
Chaney, Nancy	The population structures of three Hawaiian marine gastropod species	Dr. Marta deMaintenon
Deringer, Cary	Breeding phenology of Hawaiian petrels (Pterodroma sandwichensis) and Newell’s shearwaters (Puffinus auricularis newelli) on Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi: Using ornithological radar, auditory, and visual surveys	Dr. Donald Price
Eldon, Jon	Population divergence in an endemic Hawaiian Drosophila: Phylogeographic patterns and local adaptation	Dr. Donald Price
Fa'anunu, Kalisi	Fishing pressure and benthic associations: Herbivorous fishes on reef flats in Fiji	Dr. Craig Severance
Holitzki, Tara	Impacts of invasive Poeciliid fish on Hawaiian stream ecosystems	Dr. Karla J. McDermid Smith
Judge, Seth	Interisland comparison of behavioral traits and morphology of the endangered Hawaiian petrel: Evidence for character differentiation	Dr. Patrick J. Hart
Kaye, Springer	Effects of natural fragmentation on native forest structure, invasive rat distributions, and stable isotope signatures after 150 years	Dr. Christian Giardina
Manuel, Mark	Investigating survival, movement, and spillover of juvenile yellow tang (Zebrasoma flavescens) from a Marine Protected Area in West Hawaiʻi	Dr. Jim Beets
Netze, Melissa	Maternal strategies of Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus schauinslandi) inhabiting the main Hawaiian Islands	Dr. Jason Turner
Tango, Lori	The effect of salinity and temperature on survival of the orange-black Hawaiian damselfly, Megalagrion xanthomelas	Dr. Jim Beets
Tobiason, Sierra Marie	Fisheries & aquaculture of bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) in Hawaiʻi: Potential interactions & opportunities	Dr. Kevin Hopkins
Todd, Christopher	Effects of prey abundance on seasonal movements of the Hawaiian hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus)	Dr. Patrick J. Hart
Walsh, Andrew	Effects of nutrient enrichment on the growth of epiphytic algae at Keahole Point	Dr. Kevin Hopkins
Wills, Kate'Lyn Elaine	The foraging ecology of the green sea turtle (Cheloni mydas) on the east coast of Hawaiʻi Island	Dr. Jason Turner

2006 Cohort

2006 TCBES Cohort

Internship-Track (2006)

Student	Project	Internship Advisor
Kettl, Brian	Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center (PACRC)	Dr. Karla J. McDermid Smith

Thesis-Track (2006)

Student	Thesis	Advisor
Adams, Lisa	Free-living Symbiodinium: Genetic diversity and availability for acquisition by asymbiotic coral larvae	Dr. Misaki Takabayashi
Benitez Antar, David	The evolution of invasiveness: Testing the EICA hypothesis with three weeds of Hawaiian forests	Dr. Rebecca “Becky” Ostertag
Brooks, Samuel	The effects of invasive riparian trees on hīhīwai (Neritina granosa): A freshwater Hawaiian gastropod	Dr. Patrick J. Hart
DeBoer, Nick	The roles of elevation, distance, and phenotype on the neutral genetic structure of Metrosideros polymorpha on east Hawaiʻi Island	Dr. Elizabeth Stacy
Gaudioso, Jackie	Quantification of plumage coloration of a Hawaiian honeycreeper (Hemignathus virens virens) along gradients of biogeography: Does variation exist between sub-populations on the island of Hawaiʻi?	Dr. Patrick J. Hart
Graham, Shannon	Analysis of the foraging ecology of hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) on Hawaiʻi Island: An investigation utilizing satellite tracking and stable isotopes	Dr. Jason Turner
Lamson, Megan	One year at Honu‘apo Bay: A social and biological monitoring project in SE Hawaiʻi (Ka‘ū)	Dr. Craig Severance
Mead, Lucas	Surface water metabolism in a tropical estuary, Hilo Bay, Hawaiʻi, USA, during storm and non-storm conditions	Dr. Tracy N. Wiegner
Perry, Cheyenne	Light management for landscape restoration: Suppression of a model weedy light-demanding pioneer shrub, Ulex europaeus on Mauna Kea, Hawaiʻi	Dr. Rebecca “Becky” Ostertag
Powless, Douglas	Evolution of ‘ōhi‘a (Metrosideros polymorpha Gaud.) across Hawaiʻi’s island-age gradient	Dr. Elizabeth Stacy
Sugishita, Junichi	Habitat use by Hawaiʻi ‘amakihi (Hemignathus virens) in low-elevation suburban habitat on the Island of Hawaiʻi: Neighborhood and local-scale perspectives	Dr. Michael Steinberg
Timmers, Molly	Gene flow and connectivity of the crown-of-thorns sea star, Acanthaster planci, in the central Pacific	Dr. Marta deMaintenon
Vaduvescu, Simona	Development of a passive diffusive sampling device for time-integrated assessment of atrazine in Hawaiian streams	Dr. JP Michaud
Warrington, Miyako	Monitoring coqui frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui) populations using sound pressure levels	Dr. William J. Mautz

2005 Cohort

2005 TCBES Cohort

Internship-Track (2005)

Student	Project	Internship Advisor
Crane, Laura	Implementation of a project designed to restore salmon habitat in a southern Oregon stream	Dr. Rebecca “Becky” Ostertag

Thesis-Track (2005)

Student	Thesis	Advisor
Chapin, Brandon	Integrating literature, industry participant knowledge, and fishery data to formulate management recommendations for a targeted marine aquarium species, Centropyge potteri (Pomacanthidae), in the Hawaiian Islands	Dr. Kevin Hopkins
Gaut, Katie	Application of the nonpoint source pollution and erosion comparison tool (N-SPECT) model for resource management in the Waiulaula watershed, island of Hawaiʻi	Dr. Jene Michaud
Hsu, Bobby Huang-suo	Transfer and effects of maternal anti-Plasmodium antibodies in Hawaiʻi ‘amakihi (Hemignathus virens) and common canary (Serinus canaria)	Dr. Patrick J. Hart
Jessop, Holly	Sibling sea urchin species of the genus Echinothrix in Hawaiʻi: Unification of morphological characters and genetic clades	Dr. Marta deMaintenon & Dr. Misaki Takabayashi
Kearns, Colby	Recreational use and impact assessment for Richardson’s Ocean Park, Hilo, Hawaiʻi	Dr. Michael Parsons
McGuire, Raymond	Does the invasive tree, Falcataria moluccana, facilitate high population density of the invasive Puerto Rican frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui?	Dr. William J. Mautz
McNaughton, Blake	A biological and social examination of opelu (Decapterus spp.) fisheries in West Hawaiʻi, Hawaiʻi Island	Dr. Craig Severence
Norman, Michelle	An invasive producer (Albizia) and predator (Coqui frogs) alter decomposition processes in a Hawaiʻi tropical forest	Dr. Rebecca “Becky” Ostertag
Pagarigan, Lauren	Molecular assessment of sub-lethal stress in the Hawaiian coral, Pocillopora meandrina, exposed to elevated inorganic nutrient concentrations and an acute temperature increase	Dr. Misaki Takabayashi
Patch-Highfill, Leayne	Estimating genetic diversity of palila (Loxioides bailleui) and familial relationships of helper males	Dr. Susan Jarvi
Shimabakuro, Amy	Tropical tree plantation rotation effects on fertility, earthworm abundance, and biomass of a Hydrudand soil in Hawaiʻi	Dr. Bruce Mathews
Souder, Steven Kazunori	Host specificity and biology of Syphraea uberabensis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) for the potential biological control of Tibouchina herbacea (Melastomataceae) in Hawaiʻi	Dr. Donald Price
Souza, Evann	Field control of the invasive little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in tropical fruit orchards	Dr. Donald Price
Tait, James	Variation of sediment trace elements and stream nitrate isotope ratios with land use in the Waiulaula and Hilo Bay watersheds, Hawaiʻi Island, Hawaiʻi	Dr. Jene Michaud

2004 Cohort

2004 TCBES Cohort

Thesis-Track (2004)

Student	Thesis	Advisor
Doratt, Rogelio	The effects of skin and body hydration on the susceptibility of the frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui, to citric acid as a control agent	Dr. William J. Mautz
Farias, Margaret	Variation in the trap gene of Plasmodium relictum: Prevalence of single nucleotide polymorphisms in infected ʻamakihi (Hemignathus virens) on the east side of Hawaiʻi Island	Dr. Susan Jarvi
Frayne, Roland	Examining the comparative foraging proficiency of captive-bred and wild Palila (Loxioides bailleui), an endangered Hawaiian honeycreeper	Dr. Don Price
Glendon-Baclig, Cybil	Distribution and inorganic speciation of arsenic in Waiākea Mill Pond and Wailoa River Estuary, Hawaiʻi Island	Dr. Debra Weeks
Marr, Shenandoah	The role of parasites in the invasional success of the Puerto Rican tree frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui) in Hawaiʻi	Dr. William J. Mautz
McDaniel, Sierra	Effects of light availability on the germination, growth, and survival of alien grasses and native trees and shrubs	Dr. Rebecca “Becky” Ostertag
Purell, Melora	Predicting the potential distribution of an invasive plant using stratified sampling and habitat modeling	Dr. Rebecca “Becky” Ostertag
Osada, Kara	Relationship of zooplankton emergence, manta ray abundance, and SCUBA diver usage in Kona, Hawaiʻi	Dr. Michael Parsons
Rojas-Umana, Abelardo	Genetic characterization of sturgeons (Genus Acipenser): A molecular survey in the mtDNA control region gene and its potential applications to fish breeding for conservation aquaculture	Dr. Kevin Hopkins
Russ, Atlantis	Population genetics of an anchialine shrimp, Metabetaeus lohena, in the Hawaiian Islands	Dr. Cam Muir
Tubal, Randee	Comparison of dissolved organic carbon bioavailability from native and invasive vegetation along the Wailuku River, Hawaiʻi	Dr. Tracy N. Wiegner
Veillet, Anne	Investigation of inbreeding and inbreeding depression in Nēnē (Branta sandvicensis) using microsatellite DNA fingerprinting and pedigree information	Dr. Donald Price
White, Darla	Ciguatoxin in Hawaiian archipelago fishes: Toxicity identified by N2a bioassay	Dr. Michael Parsons

Later TCBES Cohorts