Posters - 2012 Vermont EPSCoR Student Research Symposium

• Addonizio, Erica, Kayla Iuliano, Yanni Kaliakin, and Seth Olson - University of Delaware
  Shad Restoration on the White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic River
   
  

 

• Boardman, Evelyn - University of Vermont
  Evaluating the Hilsenhoff Biotic Index as a Biological Monitoring Indicator in Stream Ecosystems
   
  

 

• Borsari, Jacob, Sydney Whipple, and Ellen Swenson - United Christian Academy
  The Relationship Between Land Use and Phosphorus Loading: A Sampling of Forested and Agricultural Land Use
   
  

 

• Brooks, Ben, Zoe D'Olimpio, Haillie Mesics, Nick Ruede, Heather LaPointe and David Williams - Lyndon Institute
  Comparison of Stream Water Characteristics within Agricultural and Forested Watersheds
   
  

 

• Burnham, Anne - Saint Michael’s College
  Trophic Cascades in Artificial Ponds
   
  

 

• Burridge, Sarah, Rachel Emerson and Carl Hildebrandt - Oxbow Union High School
  What Bugs Bugs?
   
  
• Chambers, Kelly, Conner Meehan and Don McDowell - Stowe High School
  The Use of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Chironomidae as Indicators of Total Phosphorus Water Quality in the Winooski and Lamoille River Basins
   
  
• Cifferi, Alix, Julia Rigothi and Bryan Woods - Poughkeepsie High School
  What Types of Correlations are There Between Precipitation, E. coli, Phosphorus, and Total Suspended Solids in the 2011 Sampling Period
   
  
• Costa, Amanda - Saint Michael’s College
  A Water Quality Analysis of E. coli, Suspended Solids, and Total Phosphorus Levels of Streams Draining to Shelburne Bay
   
  
• Elman, Dan, Jaclyn Ryan and Rick Marshall - Massena High School
  Testing for Tetracycline Resistance Genes in Macroinvertebrate and Sediment Samples
   
  
• Elmstrom, Elizabeth - University of Vermont
  Beaver Ponds as Potential Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  
   
  

 

• Hauke, Alayna, Basha Zvarova and Sharon Boardman - Rice Memorial High School
  Weather and Water Quality - A Correlation of Precipitation and Water Quality Metrics
   
  

 

• Huntley, Elise, Jonathan Caplan and Christine Colella - Home School/Mt. Snow Academy
  Are Macroinvertebrates Vermont Strong? Monitoring One Stream's Recovery and Water Quality after Tropical Storm Irene; Investigating the Conventional Belief that Flooding and Stream Dredging have an Inverse Impact on the Overall Health of a Stream
   
  
• Lebron, Dayanara - Universidad Metropolitana
  Community Productivity with Sand Exposure in Urban and Forested Streams and the Effects of Fine Sediments in Grazers and Scrapers
   
  
• Levine, Bridget - Saint Michael’s College
  The Effects of Shoreline Development on Macroinvertebrate Communities in Lake Champlain
   
  

 

• Maurice, Ashley, Kassandra Morse and David Schilling - Cabot School
  Tropical Storm Irene: Effects on Stream Ecosystem
   
  

 

• Menken, Jacob - University of Vermont
  Effects of Extreme pHs on the Growth and Survival of Leptophlebiidae Mayfly Nymphs
   
  

 

• Mitchell, Chelsea - University of Vermont
  Total phosphorus and Escherichia coli levels in small streams of the Centennial Brook Watershed
   
  

 

• Murphy, Abigail – Johnson State College
  Sources of E. coli compared to habitat assessments of streams in the Lamoille Valley, Vermont
  
   
  

 

• Ortiz, Greisha - Universidad Metropolitana
  Comparing the Overall Width and Water Quality of the Riparian Habitat Between Sites
   
  

 

• Perez-Byer, Gabriel - Universidad Metropolitana
  Identifying Source of Fecal Pollution in 19 Stream Sites of the Lamoille River Basin with MST Method and Enlarge the Ribotyping Library to Identify E. coli
   
  

 

• Quiñones, Mariana - University of Puerto Rico
  Comparison of TSS and Sources of Fecal Coliforms in Streams Surrounded by Forested and Agricultural Land Uses
   
  

 

• Rios-Rodriguez, Karoline - Universidad Metropolitana
  The Effects of Urban and Forested Land Use on Escherichia coli and Total Suspend Solids in Potash Brook and Snipe Island Brook in Vermont
   
  

 

• Rivera, Juan Pablo - Universidad Metropolitana
  Understanding the Effect on the Population of E. Coli with the Impact of the Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) in Ely Brook
   
  

 

• Rivera, Mariana - University of Puerto Rico
  Hydraulic Geometry of Various Sites in Thatcher Brook, Vermont, and the Relationship with Riparian Vegetation, 2011
   
  
• Rosario, Gabriela, Jean Carlos Torres, and Frank Torres - University Gardens High School
  Two-years Comparative Study of Water Quality Levels of Two Streams in San Juan, Puerto Rico
  
   
  

 

• Salazar, Laura - Universidad Metropolitana
  The Effect of Multi Parameter Nutritional Regime on Escherichia coli strains
   
  
   
  

 

• Strella, Steve - University of Vermont
  Effects of Hurricane Disturbance on Leaf Breakdown and Metabolic Processes in Neotropical Headwater Systems
  
   
  
• Sullivan, Ian - Saint Michael`s College
  Using Stepwise Multiple Regressions to Analyze the Relative Impacts of Land Feature Variables on Benthic Macroinvertebrate Community Metrics
  
   
  
• Welsh, Molly - University of Rhode Island
  Beaver Ponds and Transient Headwater Streams: Hidden Hotspots of Biogeochemical Cycling