Publications and Reports
MASTERS THESES
| 1. | Parnell, Ellen. 1988. Physical model and in-depth profile studies of Kentucky Lake. Master of Science, Chemistry. | |
| 2. | Marocchi, Abdelaziz. 1990. A probability model to study primary productivity of Kentucky Lake. Master of Science, Geosciences. | |
| 3. | Eggering, Luke. 1991. The effect of aquatic macrophytes on the available prey/predator ratio of fishes in the littoral area of Kentucky Reservoir. Master of Science, Biological Sciences. | |
| 4. | Babbs, Scott. 1991. A study of manganese dynamics in northern and middle Kentucky Reservoir sediments, benthic waters and mussels. Master of Science, Chemistry. | |
| 5. | Sweeney, Mary. 1992. Sediment reworking by tubificids along a carbon gradient in Ledbetter Embayment, Kentucky Lake. Master of Science, Biological Sciences. | |
| 6. | Johnson, Kelly. 1992. The chemistry and productivity of Ledbetter Embayment in comparison with a tributary and the main stem of Kentucky Lake. Master of Science, Biological Sciences. | |
| 7. | Gano, Amanuel. 1992. Topographic effect correction of Landsat TM data by piece-wise transformation using a hyper spherical direction cosine model. Master of Science, Geosciences. | |
| 8. | Feeney, Robert. 1992. Determination of turbidity in Kentucky Lake and West Point Lake based on coincidence, sample sites and Landsat Thematic Mapper data. Master of Science, Geosciences. | |
| 9. | Rister, Paul. 1993. Spawning period and fecundity of white crappie (Pomoxis annularis) and white crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatis) in Kentucky Lake, Kentucky. Master of Science, Biology | |
| 10. | Harrison, Jennifer. 1993. Utilization of a geographic information system to study non-point source pollution potential in a portion of the Kentucky Lake drainage basin. Master of Science, Geosciences. | |
| 11. | Anderson, Michael. 1993. Distribution, abundance, and production of young-of-the-year fish in littoral areas dominated by aquatic macrophytes in Kentucky Lake. Master of Science, Biological Sciences. | |
| 12. | Ravelo, Patricia M. 1993. Geographic information system-based erosion analysis of Kentucky Lake watersheds. Master of Science, Geosciences. | |
| 13. | Hughbanks, Tyrone. 1993. Mortality and exploitation of paddlefish, Polydon spathula, in Kentucky Lake, Kentucky-Tennessee. Master of Science, Biological Sciences. | |
| 14. | Brouder, Mark J. 1994 Food habits and distribution of larval bluegill, Lepomis macrochirus, in Ledbetter Embayment, Kentucky Lake. Master of Science, Biological Sciences. | |
| 15. | Anderson, Michael. 1994. Distribution, abundance, and production of young-of-the-year fish in littoral areas dominated by aquatic macrophytes in Kentucky Lake. Master of Science, Biological Sciences. | |
| 16. | Ali, Abdella Y. 1994. An application of a geographic information system (GIS) for the evaluation of groundwater pollution potential using DRASTIC. Master of Science, Geosciences. | |
| 17. | Sharp, Brian. 1994. Zooplankton of Kentucky Lake with emphasis on Daphnia lumholtzi. Master of Science, Biological Sciences. | |
| 18. | Fisher, G. Gregory. 1994. Evaluation by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry of Chlorpyrifos organothiophosphate pesticide levels in the sediments, benthic water, and fathead minnows of Blood River Embayment, Kentucky Reservoir. Master of Science, Chemistry. | |
| 19. | Workman, Robert D. 1994. Spawning and movement of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) in Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee. Master of Science, Biological Sciences. | |
| 20. | Lee, Bobby A. 1995. Littoral zones in a reservoir: groundwater flow paths and Justicia americana. Master of Science, Biological Sciences. | |
| 21. | Shaefer, Jeff. 1996. Aquatic herbicide use and its effects on abundance, growth, and mortality of young-of-the-year fishes in littoral areas of Kentucky Lake. Master of Science, Biological Sciences. | |
| 22. | Kazwell, Jennifer L. 1996. Comparison of two non-point source pollution models utilizing Geographic Information Systems. Master of Science, Geoscience | |
| 23. | Frey, Kevin. 1996. Distribution and food habits of larval gizzard and threadfin shad in Ledbetter Embayment, Kentucky Lake. Master of Science, Biological Sciences. | |
| 24. | Weston, Cynthia R. 1997. The effect of the herbicide, Tebuthuron, on three species of green algae, Scenedusmus sp., Selenastrum capricornutum, and Dictyosphaerium planctonicum, and a blue-green alga, Anabaena sp. Master of Science, Biological Sciences. | |
| 25. | Dreves, David P. 1997. Relationships among diet, fluctuating reservoir level, and growth of age-0 largemouth bass in Ledbetter Embayment of Kentucky Lake. Master of Science, Biological Sciences. | |
| 26. | Butrick, Jeremy. 1999. Analysis of noise reduction routines applied to LandSat TM datasets. Master of Science, Geociences. | |
| 27. | Rao, Matha. 1999. Mapping of total suspended sediments in Kentucky Lake using LandSat TM data. Master of Science, Geociences. | |
| 28. | Williams, Jason. 1999. Regulation of phytoplankton and bacterioplankton production by nutrient availability and advective losses in a large river impoundment (Kentucky Lake), Master of Science, Department of Biology, University of Louisville. | |
| 29. | Hoe, Heather. 1999. Distribution of carbon dioxide and methane in Kentucky Lake: seasonal, spatial, and long-term patterns. Master of Science, Water Science. | |
| 30. | Tabor, Julie. 2000. Seasonal patterns of phytoplankton in Ledbetter Embayment of Kentucky Lake. Master of Science, Biological Sciences. | |
| 31. | Brooks, Christopher. 2000. The effect of erosive land uses on the distribution and abundance of hyporheic invertebrates. Master of Science, Biological Sciences | |
| 32. | Seo, Jinwon. 2000. Comparisons of fish communities in Ledbetter Creek and Ledbetter embayment of Kentucky Lake. Master of Science, Biological Sciences. | |
| 33. | Richard, Ken. 2000. Total suspended solids, turbidity, and chlorophyll-a relationships in Kentucky Lake Reservoir defined with monitoring and remotely sensed data. Master of Science, Water Science. | |
| 34. | Sadi, Baki Billah. 2000 Temporal Trends of Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Pollutants in Ledbetter Embayment, Kentucky Lake. Master of Science, Chemistry. | |
| 35. | Lewis, Chad. 2001. Fertilization success in Amblema plicata, Quadrula quadrula, and Megalonaias nervosa (Bivalvia: Unionidae) based on population density in Kentucky Lake. Master of Science, Water Science. | |
| 36. | Rundle, John. 2001. The effect of altered hydrology on the nitrate removal capacity of western Kentucky wetlands. Master of Science, Biological Sciences. | |
| 37. | Lindsley-Smith, Mara. 2002. Classification of wetland vegetation using hyperspectral and multispectral imagery and the use of GIS to detect jurisdictional wetland boundaries. Master of Science, Biological Sciences. | |
| 38. | Reed, Darren. 2002. Spawning and larval development in the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) in Tennessee and Ohio River water. Master of Science, Biological Sciences | |
| 39. | Bush, Kelly. 2002. Biotic and abiotic sorption and desorption of phosphorus from Midwest forested and agricultural streams. Master of Science, Water Science. | |
| 40. | Moyer, Denise. 2002. Use of stable organic carbon isotopes (13C), C/N ratios and % C to indicate the origin of carbon in the sediments of a southeastern reservoir, Kentucky Lake, KY and distribution of benthic macroinvertebrates in a southeastern reservoir (Kentucky Lake, KY) based on spatial, temporal, and physical-chemical characteristics. Master of Science, Biological Sciences. | |
| 41. | Monroe, J. 2002. Comparison of classification approaches to improve grassland classification using multi-temporal LandSat TM Data. Master of Science, Geosciences. | |
| 42. | Meredith, Christy S. 2002. Embryonic and larval response of three amphibian species to increasing nitrate concentrations. Master of Science, Water Science. | |
| 43. | Hunteman, Justin. 2003. Analysis of high-gain Landsat ETM+ band 6 for the prediction and mapping of chlorophyll-a in Kentucky Lake. Master of Science, Geosciences. | |
| 44. | Davis, Christy. 2003. Mapping sediment deposition in the lower reaches of Kentucky Lake Based on historic and contemporary transects and multivariate regression. Master of Science, Geosciences. | |
| 45. | Jeong, Y. 2003. Predictive capability of Landsat ETM+ thermal band in the estimation of land surface temperatures for the same seasons of different years. Master of Science, Geosciences. | |
| 46. | Wright, T. Scott. 2004. The distribution of meiofauna in a gravel bar in Calloway County, Kentucky. Master of Science, Water Science. | |
| 47. | Boynton, Jessica. 2004. Utilization of remote sensing to model current and future threats to amphibian population. Masters of Science, Biology | |
| 48. | Lambrix, Joseph M. 2004. Sediment analyses: a physical and geochemical investigation of the benthic region in Kentucky Lake Reservoir. Master of Science, Geosciences. | |
| 49. | Seaford, Kosta. 2004. Chlorinated hydrocarbon pollutants in pine needles: An atmospheric evaluation of western Kentucky. Master of Science, Chemistry. | |
| 50. | Nelson, Amanda. 2004. An assessment of manganese and iron in the Kentucky Lake reservoir using Tubifex tubifex (Oligochaeta:Tubificidae), Master of Science, Water Science. | |
| 51. | Perry, Guy. 2004. Multitemporal classification of a portion of McCracken County, Kentucky using Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper+ data and canonical correlation analysis. Master of Science, Geosciences. | |
| 52. | Baker, Paxton. 2004. Identification of 16S rDNA Clones, Amplified From Kentucky Lake Sediment Samples, by Nucleotide Sequencing. | |
| 53. | Pafford, John. 2005. Nutrient stress detection in corn using hyperspectral RDACS-3 imagery. Master of Science, Geosciences. | |
| 54. | Hill, Jason. 2005. Analysis of sedimentation in the Ledbetter basin: A geomorphologic study focusing on mudflat growth in Ledbetter Creek. Master of Science, Geosciences. | |
| 55. | Wilhelm, Kenneth J. 2005. An assessment of macroinvertebrate community susceptibility to hydrologic disturbances using a GIS curve number procedure, Master of Science, Water Science. | |
| 56. | Williamson, Matthew R. 2005. Effects of environmental and laboratory exposure to atrazine (2-chloro-4-ethylamino-6-isopropylamins-s-triazine) on larval Cheumatopsyche sp. LC50 values. Master of Science, Water Science. | |
| 57. | Estorer, Sara, K. 2005. Nitrification Rates within Gravel Bars in Forested and Agricultural Streams. Master of Science, Biological Sciences. | |
| 58. | Preechaya Thaosuwan. 2005. Spatial and vertical distribution of organotin compounds in the lowermost Tennessee River and Kentucky Lake. Master of Science, Chemistry. | |
| 59. | Hunt, Seth. 2005. The hyporheic zone as a refugium for algae. Master of Science, Water Science | |
| 60. | Cano, David. 2005. Community Composition and Phylogenetic Relationships of Eubacteria from Sediment Soil Samples of the Littoral Zone of Ledbetter Creek Embayment, Kentucky Lake, during Summer and Winter Pools. | |
| 61. | Hsin Hua Lin. 2005. Archeal Diversity in Sediments of the Littoral Zone of Ledbetter Embayment, Kentucky Lake. | |
M.S. in Geoscience | M.S. in Chemistry | M.S. in Biology | M.S. in Water Science | Ph.D. in Environmental Biology
 College of Science, Engineering, and Technology |
 Chemical Analysis Laboratory |
 Hancock Biological Station |
 Mid-America Remote Sensing Center |