Posters - 2014 Vermont EPSCoR Student Research Symposium

• Hana Aronowitz - University of Vermont
  Missisquoi Bay: A Joint Effort
   
  

 

• Daniel Baker and Justin Barton - University of Vermont
  The National Flood Insurance Program in Vermont: Mad River Valley Case Study
   
  

 

• Hennessy Bas, Melanie Quinones, and Yiria Muniz-Costas - Jose Aponte de la Torre School
  Effect of Aluminum in Macroinvertebrate Populations
   
  

 

• Mari Caminiti, Mary Rutenbeck, Nicole Gorman, and Michele Pinaud - Champlain Valley Union High School
  Stonecat (Nourus flavus) in the upper LaPlatte
   
  

 

• Olive Capone, Shannon Collins, and Sharon Boardman - Rice Memorial High School
  Ode to Odonata: An Examination of the Odonata Population in Vermont Streams
   
  

 

• Kelsey Carrier - Mount Mansfield Union High School, Hunter Mallette - Missisquoi Valley Union High School, Mariah Mitchell - Peoples Academy, Katy Wallace - Lamoille Union High School, and Christine Languerand - Upward Bound
  Ritterbush Pond
   
  

 

• Andrew Chambers, Annika Norden, and Don McDowell - Stowe High School
  Concentrations on the Phosphorus Levels in Streams, and on the Macroinvertebrate Life Found within the Streams
   
  

 

• Hannah Choiniere, Rebecca Cross, Nakia Wighton, and Maria Dezotell - Missisquoi Valley Union High School
  Can Buffer Strips Reduce the Effects of Nutrient Run-Off from Farms on Water Quality in Vermont?
   
  

 

• Angely Cruz, Sharlene Vega, and Glenda Almodovar - Morales, Aurea E. Quiles High School
  Quality of Runoff Water in the Soil Exposed to Fire in Guánica Dry Forest Reserve
   
  

 

• Josie Curtis, Matthew Jacobs, and Ryan Bushey - Enosburg Falls High School and Upward Bound
  Deer Run Heights Landslide (TDR)
   
  

 

• Natalee Deaette - North Country Union High School, Victoria Deathrage - Missisquoi Valley Union High School, Danielle Perry - Enosburg Falls High School, Mitch Vaillancourt - Enosburg Falls High School, and Greg Tefft - Enosburg Falls High School and Upward Bound
  Blue Green Algae and Fatty Acids
   
  

 

• Michael Deganich - Norwich University
  Winooski Tactical Basin Plan Review
   
  

 

• Maria del Mar Diaz - University of Puerto Rico
  Degree of Phosphorus Saturation: A Comparison Between Mad River and Hungerford Watersheds
   
  

 

• Carey Favaloro - Middlebury College
  The effect of macrophyte position on macroinvertebrate abundance and species composition in two Vermont lakes
   
  

 

• Reine Fowajuh - University of Maryland Eastern Shore
  Nutrients found within the sediment in the Missisquoi Bay and their role during algal blooms.
   
  

 

• Arelis Girona - University of Puerto Rico
  The Effect of Water Quality in Lake Champlain on Tourism And Recreation
   
  

 

• Cristina González - University of Puerto Rico
  Adaptation levels of towns towards flood hazards responses in the Winooski River Basin
   
  

 

• Angus Guider, Kiernan Nicholls, Sarah Schneider, and Sheila Tymon - Peoples Academy
  The Effect of Precipitation Events on River Ecosystems in Commercial, Residential, and Forested Predominant Landscapes
   
  

 

• David Gullerat - Community College of Vermont
  Effects of Storm Water Runoff
   
  

 

• Sarah Guth - Middlebury College
  Sediment Characterization in Shelburne and Missisquoi Bay
   
  

 

• Edmund Harris - Johnson State College
  Land Use and Its Effect on Water Quality: A Study of the Wild Branch Tributary
   
  

 

• Garrett Hastings, Hannah Phelps, and Scott Worland - Long Trail School
  Past to Present: A Comparison of the Composition and Abundance of Macroinvertebrates in the Mettawee River
   
  

 

• Jessica Hokenberg - Johnson State College
  Antibiotic Resistance of Escherichia Coli in the Lamoille River Basin
   
  

 

• Mariah Holroyd, Melissa Robinson, and Meghan Wilson - Hartford High School
  Effects of Temperature on Mercury Content
   
  

 

• Lucas Jackson - Community College of Vermont
  Characterization of total suspended solids and total phosphorus in urban stormwater runoff at the UVM Bioretention Laboratory
   
  

 

• Patrick Jackson, Sienna Jean, and Jeffrey Robins - Harwood Union High School
  Water Flow and Water Temperature in Lozelle and Dowsville Brooks and Water Quality via Total Taxa Richness of Benthic Macroinvertebrates in the Lake Champlain Watershed
   
  

 

• Sierra Keon, Haillie Mesics, Joseph Mesics, Ryley Rodger, Matt Andrews, and David Williams - Lyndon Institute
  Renewable Energy
   
  

 

• Hannah Kittler - Saint Michael's College
  The Effect of Dreissena polymorpha on the Native Mussel Species in the Missisquoi Bay
   
  

 

• Carla López - University of Puerto Rico
  Impacts of Mollusca and Gastropoda shell production and their possible role as ecosystem engineers in Missisquoi Bay
   
  

 

• Meghan Luther - Johnson State College
  Phosphorus Levels in Relation to Land Use and Stream Hydrograph in the Lamoille River Basin, Vermont
   
  

 

• Allyson Makuch - Sterling College
  Long-term Trends in Soil Calcium and Magnesium Levels in Experimental Mesocosms at the Northern Forest Research Station, South Burlington, Vermont
   
  

 

• Verónica Matta Rosa - Universidad Metropolitana
  A Spatial Comparison of Phosphorus, pH, Temperature, and Depth Relationships in Missisquoi Bay
  
   
  

 

• Baxter Miatke - University of Vermont and Catherine Wielgasz - Castleton State College
  Analyzing Load Estimates of Dissolved Particles in the Missisquoi Watershed
   
  

 

• David Minkoff - Johnson State College
  Data Analysis Methods for Microbial Source Tracking of E. coli in the Lamoille River Watershed, Vermont
   
  
• James Moore, Jackie Nutter, and David Spero - Burr and Burton Academy
  A Computer Model for Percipitation, Stream Discharge, and Phosphorus Levels in the Mettawee River Watershed
   
  

 

• Andrew Pike, Maddy Powell, Hannah Rogers, and Kara Lenorovitz - Colchester High School
  Does the Application Method and Type of Road Salt Used Affect How it Permeates Through Soil?
   
  

 

• Katie Ritchie - University of Vermont
  Cyanobacteria Blooms and Essential Fatty Acid Transfer through the Food Web of Lake Champlain
   
  

 

• Thornton Ritz - University of Vermont
  Cyanobacteria Blooms and Their Effect on White Perch in Missisquoi Bay, Vermont
   
  


• Robert Ryan- University of Puerto Rico
  Intraspecific competition between two invasive snail species (V. piscinalis Vs. B. tentaculata) in Missisquoi Bay of Lake Champlain, Vermont and Quebec
   
  


• Paloma Rodriguez-Rivera - University of Puerto Rico
  Phosphorus availability in soils along the riparian buffer of the Mad River in Vermont
   
  


• Shelby Rosten, Brittany Shaw, Madison Smith, and Carl Hildebrandt - Oxbow High School
  The Bugs in Our Beds
   
  


• Darren Schibler - University of Vermont
  Fe and Mn as drivers of phosphorus availability in Missisquoi Bay
   
  


• Carlos Sian and Marissa Smith - Saint Michael's College
  A Comparison of Ammonium and Nitrate Levels in Forested, Urban and Agricultural Streams Within the Winooski and Missisquoi Watersheds
   
  

 

• Jessica Mailhot - University of Vermont
  Investigating the Correlation Between Algal Bloom Biodiversity, Spatial
  Distribution and Abiotic Aquatic Conditions in Missisquoi Bay, Lake Champlain