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Graduate Students and other lab personnel
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Adam Crane
(2007 - present): Laboratory Supervisor Fun stuff with salamanders (and sometimes fishes) |
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Brian Gall (2007 - present): MS student Predator-prey interactions between hellbenders and native and non-native predators |
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David Woods (2007-present): MS student Effects of copper on antipredator behavior of darters (MS) |
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Carly McGrane
(2007-present): Undergraduate Antipredator behavior of terrestrial salamanders (BS) |
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Completed |
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Kaye Goddard*. Opercular flaps as sexual ornaments for male longear sunfish. Master of Science, 1996. *Best Master's Thesis Award, MO chapter of the American Fisheries Society. Current: Biologist, General Pet.
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David Woody. The role of alarm pheromones in predation avoidance by adult central newts, Notophthalmus viridescens. Master of Science, 1996.
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Daria Maksimowich. A role for parasites in the behavior of the Ozark zigzag salamander, Plethodon angusticlavius. Master of Science, 1998.
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Ethan Prosen*. Status of the eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) in Missouri: a comparison of past and present populations. Master of Science, 1999. *Missouri State Biology Department Distinguished Thesis Award. Ph.D. (2004), University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Current: Faculty, New Jersey City University.
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Aaron Sullivan. Reproduction, body condition and dietary variation of the lesser siren (Siren intermedia). Master of Science, 1999. PhD (2004), State University of New York at Binghamton. Current, Faculty, Houghton College (New York).
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Benjamin
Wheeler. Status of the Ozark hellbender (Cryptobranchus
alleganiensis bishopi): a long-term assessment.
Master of Science, 1999. PhD (2007), Arkansas State University.
Current, Faculty, Univ of Arkansas Community College at Batesville
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Todd Watson. The influence of predation risk on the foraging and territorial behavior of the Ozark zigzag salamander (Plethodon angusticlavius). Master of Science, 2001.
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Paul Frese. Spatial activity, growth, and population characteristics of Siren intermedia in an intensively managed wetland. Master of Science, 2000. Current: Biologist, USDA
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Amy Commens. Response of three species of darters of the genus Etheostoma to chemical alarm signals from conspecifics and congeners. Master of Science, 2000. Current: Biologist, U.S. Forest Service, Southern Research Station
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Caleb Hickman*. Response of salamanders to chemical stimuli from predators in natural habitats. Master of Science, 2002. *Finalist, Herpetologists' League Jaeger Award. Current: Field Biologist, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
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Shem Unger*. Sperm production and larval development in hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis and C. a. bishopi): a comparison of declining and stable populations. Master of Science, 2003. * Missouri State Biology Department and University-wide Distinguished Thesis Award
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Angela Gibson. Experience with chemical cues influences subsequent behavior of rainbow darters, Etheostoma caeruluem. Master of Science, 2004. Current: Curator of Africa exhibit, Dickerson Park Zoo, Springfield, Missouri |
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Nathan Windel*. Behavioral and metabolic responses of the southern red-backed salamander (Plethodon serratus) to predatory stimuli: influence of body size. Master of Science, 2005. *Missouri State Biology Department and University-wide Distinguished Thesis Award. Herpetologists' League Jaeger Award for Graduate Research |
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Kyle Shull. Influence of physical stress, sex, and body size on metabolic rates of Ozark zigzag salamanders, Plethodon angusticlavius. Master of Science, 2007. Current: Dental School |
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