Completed Student Theses at the Oliver Ecological Centre
Ph.D. Theses Completed
Gouin, Todd. 2006. Air-surface
exchange of PBDEs and PCBs: Evidence for
an “early spring pulse” and
long-range transport.
Sager, Eric: 2003.The
interactive effects of three global
stressors on the growth morphology and chemistry of Acer
saccharum and Pinus strobus seedlings.
Burke, Dawn: 1998.The relationship between forest fragmentation,
food abundance, nest site habitat, and reproductive success of forest
breeding birds:A study in the
PeterboroughrRegion of
Ontario.
Master Theses Completed
Charbonneau, Michelle. 2006. Pesticide immunotoxicity and Chrytridiomycosis in larval Rana catesbeiana and Ranviral
disease in Rana sylvatica tadpoles in central Ontario.
Duffus,
Amanda Linda Jean. 2006. Field monitoring,
transmission and influences
of immunosuppression in Ranaviral infections in native North American
amphibian species.
Reeves, Ian. 2006. The role
of Cytokinins (CK)
and Abscisic Acid (ABA
) in regulation of stomata
within a mature Sugar Maple (Acer
saccharum) forest canopy.
Richmond, Sonya. 2006. The effects of
matrix land-use on avian and insect communities in forest
fragments.
Grant, Rebecca.2005.Characterization
of the morphological,
physiological and biochemical parameters of foliage in the upper canopy
of
sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) under ambient stress conditions.
Greer, Amy. 2004. The epizootiology of
six amphibian mortality events
in south central Ontario, Canada, 1999-2002.
Ireland, David. 2004.Demographic
connectivity and sex-biased dispersal
in Bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana).
Taillon, Dan. 2004.Walleye (Stizostedion
vitreum) egg and larval production and survival on rehabilitated
spawning
sites in
Pigeon Lake, Ontario.
Bell-Allen, Rhonda. 2002. An
examination of the Milfoil Weevil (Euhrychiopsis lecontei)
within Eurasian watermilfoil
beds in
Pigeon Lake,
Canada.
Bridges,
Lisa . 2002. Spatial scale and environmental structure:
habitat
selection of the Eastern Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis ) in Central Ontario
.
Gouin, Todd. 2002.Long-range
transport of organic contaminants:
The role of air-surface exchange.
McMaster, Denise. 2002.Measurements
of ground level air pollution in
centralOntario
by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy.
Phillips, Judith. 2002. Matrix
land-use and the nesting density and breeding
success of three species of forest-nesting birds.
Undergraduate Theses
Completed
Farrow, Scott. April 2004 .Differential
effects ofABA
and
cytokinin
on stomatal conductance and transpirationamong
seedling, sapling, and mature sugar maple (Acer
saccharum).Biology
with Neil Emery
Held, Mark. April, 2003.The
relationship between cytokinins and height
class in mature Acer saccharum canopies.Biology with Neil Emery.
Dauncy, Sarah. April, 2002. Factors affecting habitat use in non-breeding
Northern Saw-whet Owls. Biology with Erica Nol.
Reeves, Ian. April, 2002. Distribution of epiphytic bryophytes in a
northeastern temperate forest. Biology
with
Neil Emery
Taillon,
Dan. April 2001. The
effects of residential development on
littoral zone fish communities. Environmental
and Resource Studies
Program with Michael Fox.
Bell, Rhonda. April, 2000.Spatial
and temporal movement of
the Aquatic Weevil (Euhrychiopsis
lecontei) within the Kawartha Lakes
: A potential biological control
for Eurasian watermilfoil. Environmental
Resource Studies with M. Fox and T. Whillans.
McLeod, Brenna, April 2000.The
influence of temperature on growth and behaviour of the adult green
frog (Rana clamitans) and the pre-metamorph
wood frog (Rana sylvatica) in
ephemeral ponds.
Biology
with Michael Berrill.
Newman, Daniel, April, 2000. Island
microhabitats in a riverine wetland near
Nogies Creek
, Ontario
: the role of logs for species and
community diversity. Biology with
Michael Berrill.
Publications
Puckrin, E., Travers, D.L., and Evans, W.F.J. 2006. Comparison of ozone concentrations at surface and in the
lower troposphere. Environmetrics 17:157-165.
Sager, E.P.S. and Hutchinson, T.C. 2006. The
interactive effects of UV-B, nitrogen fertilization, and springtime
warming on the secondary chemistry of sugar maple seedlings growing on
soils of contrasting acidity. Tree Physiology 26:1351-1361.
Bowman, J., Holloway, G.L., Malcolm, J.R., Middel,
K.R., and Wilson, P.J. 2005. Northern range boundary
dynamics of
southern flying squirrels: evidence of an energetic
bottleneck. Canadian Journal of Zoology 83:1486 - 1494.
Gouin, T., Harner, T., Blanchard, P.,
and Mackay, D. 2005. Passive and active samplers as
complementary methods for investigating persistant organic pollutants
in the Great Lakes basin. Environmental Science and Technology
39:9115 - 9122.
Gouin, T., Harner, T., Daly, G.L.,
Wania, F., Mackay, D., and Jones,
K.C. 2005.Variability of concentrations
of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and polychlorinated biphenyls in air:implications for monitoring, modelling, and
control. Atmospheric Environment
39:151-166.
Gouin, T., Bocking, S., and
Mackay, D. 2005. Policy by analogy: Precautionary principle, science, and
polybrominated diphenyl ethers.International
Journal of Global Environmental Issues
5:54-67.
Greer,
A.,
Berrill, M., andWilson
, P.J. 2005.Five amphibian mortality events associated
with ranavirus infection in south central
Ontario
,
Canada
.Diseases of Aquatic
Organisms 67:9-14.
Held, M.A., Quesnelle,
P.E., and Emery, R.J.N. 2005.Seasonal changes of cytokinins in leaves of upper and
lower
canopy
layers in a mature Acer saccharum stand.Biologia Plantarum 455-458.
Phillips, J., Nol, E.,
Burke, D.M., and Dunford, W. 2005.Impacts of housing developments on wood thrush
nesting
success
in
hardwood forest fragments.Condor
97-106.
Sager, E.P.S, Croley, T.R., and Hutchinson, T.C. 2005. Foliar phenolics in
Sugar
Maple (Acer saccharum) as a potential indicator of tropospheric
ozone
pollution. Environmental Monitoring and
Assessment. 105:419-430.
Sager, E.P.S., and Hutchinson, T.C. 2005. The effects of UV-B, nitrogen fertilization,
and springtime warming on sugar maple seedlings and the soil chemistry
of two
central Ontario
forests. Canadian
Journal of Forest
Research 35:2532-2446.
Evans, W.F.J., Ferguson, C.R.,
and Puckrin, E. 2004. Radiative forcing by tropospheric ozone. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 85:347.
Gouin, T., Mackay, D.,
Jones, K.C.,Harner, T., and Meijer, S.N. 2004.Evidence
for the
“grasshopper” effect and fractionation during long-range atmospheric
transport
of organic contaminants. Environmental
Pollution 128:139-148.
Puckrin, E., Evans, W.F.J., Li,
J. and Lavoie,
H. 2004. Comparison
of clear-sky surface radiative fluxes simulated
with
radiative transfer models. Canadian
Journal of Remote Sensing 30:903-912.
Puckrin, E. and Evans, W.F.J. 2004. Comparison of solar
variability effects with the surface
radiative
forcing of CO2. Advances in Space
Research 33:1073-1076.
Taillon, D., and Fox,
M.G.. 2004. The influence of residential and cottage
development on littoral zone fish communities in a mesotrophic Ontario lake. Env. Biol.
Fish. 71:275-285.
Watmough
,
S.A.
,Hutchinson
, T.C.
and Dillon, P. 2004.Lead dynamics in
the forest floor and mineral soil in south-central ON.Biogeochemistry 71(1):43-68.
Watmough, S. A.,
Hutchinson, T.C. 2004.The quantification
and distribution of
pollution Pb at a woodland in rural south central
Ontario
,
Canada
.Environmental Pollution,
128:419-428.
Cousins, I.T., and Gouin, T. 2003.Vegetation-air exchange
facilitates the long-range transport of some SVOCs.Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk
Assessment 17:241-243.
Gouin, T., and Harner, T. 2003.Modelling the
environmental
fate of the polybrominated diphenyl ethers.Environment
International 29:717-724.
Ireland,
D., Osborne, N., and Berrill, M. 2003.
Marking medium to
large-sized anurans with passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags.
Herpetological.
Review 34: 218-220.
Watmough
,
S.A.
,
Hutchinson, T.C. 2003.Uptake
of 207Pb and 111Cd
through bark in mature Sugar Maple, White Ash and White Pine: A field experiment.Environmental Pollution, 121:39-48.
Dunford, W, Burke, D.M.,
and Nol, E. 2002.Assessing
edge
avoidance
and area sensitivity of Red-eyed Vireos in southcentralOntario
.Wilson
Bulletin 114(1):79-86.
Gouin, T., Thomas, G.O.,
Cousins,I.
, Barber, J., Mackay, D.,
and Jones, K.C. 2002.Air-surface exchange of polybrominated
biphenyl ethers and
polychlorinated biphenyls.Environmental
Science and Technology 36:1426-1434.
Jobes, A.P. 2002.Influence
of age, sex, and weather on the timing of fall migration in northern
saw-whet owls
in centralOntario
.Ontario
Bird
Banding 33:38-50.
Watmough
,
S.A. 2002.A Dendrochemical Survey of Sugar
Maple (Acer Saccharum Marsh) inSouth-Central ON
,
Canada
.Water, Air and Soil
Pollution.136:165-187.
Burke, D.M. and Nol,
E. 2001. Age ratios and return rates of
adult
male Ovenbirds in contguous and fragmented forests. Journal of
Field
Ornithology 72:433-438.
Evans, W.F.J., and
Puckrin, E. 2001. Global warming
potentials modified for surface radiative forcing for use in surface
energy balance
models. Atmospheric Science Letters
2:81-85.
Evans, W.F.J., and
Puckrin, E. 2001. The surface radiative
forcing of nitric acid for northern mid-latitudes. Atmospheric Environment 35:71-77.
Burke, D.M. and Nol,
E. 2000 Landscape and
fragment
size effects on
reproductive success of forest breeding birds. Ecological Applications
10:1749-1761
Gouin, T., Mackay, D.,
Webster, E., Wania, F. 2000.Screening
chemicals for persistence in the environment.Environmental
Science and Technology 34:
881-884.
Evans, W.F.J., and
Puckrin, E. 1999. Combined
measurements of thermal emission and
solar absorption of atmospheric carbon monoxide. Atmospheric
Environment 33:2081-2088.
Evans, W.F.J., and
Puckrin, E. 1999. Remote
sensing measurements of tropospheric
ozone by ground-based thermal emission spectroscopy. Journal of the
Atmospheric
Sciences 56:311-318.
Burke, D.M. and Nol, E. 1998. Influence
of food
abundance, nest-site
habitat, and forest fragmentation on breeding Ovenbirds. Auk 115:96-104.
Burke, D.M. and Nol,
E. 1998. Edge
and fragment size
effects on the vegetation of deciduous forests in Ontario,
Canada. Natural Areas
Journal 18:45-53.
