SDSU Field Stations Program Scholarships:
Jordan Dale Covin Memorial Travel Scholars

  • 2006/2007
  • Laura Carney
  • Delayed Development in Kelp Forest Systems
  • Presented at Phycological Society of America (PSA), Juneau, Alaska, July 2006
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  • 2006/2007
  • William Mauck III
  • Molecular Phylogenetics, Biogeography, and the Evolution of Nectar Robbing in Flowerpiercers (Genus: Diglossa and Diglossopis)
  • Presented at Fourth North American Ornithological Conference, Veracruz, Mexico, October 2006
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  • 2006/2007
  • Paul Schuette
  • Carnivore Community Response to a Large Wildfire in San Diego County, California
  • Presented at Defenders of Wildlife Sixth Annual Carnivore Conservation Conference, St. Petersburg, Florida, November 2006
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  • 2006/2007
  • Seung Suk
  • Trophic ecology of pelagic sharks from the eastern north Pacific inferred from δ13C and δ15N
  • Presented at the Fifth International Conference on Applications of Stable Isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies, Belfast, Northern Ireland, August 2006
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  • 2005/2006
  • Toni Mizerek
  • The Effects of Density Dependence and Habitat Fragmentation on Blue Crab Populations
  • Presented at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology, Brasilia, Brazil, July 2005
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  • 2005/2006
  • Hongyan Luo
  • Long-Term Patterns and Controls on Intra- and Inter-Annual Variation in Net Ecosystem Carbon Exchange and Water Exchange over Chaparral Ecosystems at Different Succession Stages
  • Presented at the International Symposium on Ecosystem Carbon Balance and Cycle: Theory and Application, Guangzhou, China, July 2005
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  • 2005/2006
  • Lisa Markovchick-Nicholls
  • Building Management Capacity for Tecate Cypress (Cupressus forbesli) Using Risk Assessment
  • Presented at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology, Brasilia, Brazil, July 2005
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  • 2004/2005
  • David Bailey
  • Plant Communities Associated with the Endangered Laguna Mountains Skipper
  • Presented at the Ecological Society of America's (ESA) annual meeting in Portland, Oregon, August 2004
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  • 2004/2005
  • Amy Larson
  • The Role of Physical Structure and Chemical Defense in Structuring an Infaunal Mudflat Community.
  • Presented at the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, February 2005
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  • 2004/2005
  • Patrick McConnell
  • Influences of the homopteran Opsius stactogalus on its host Tamarix ramosissima under varying edaphic factors.
  • Presented at the Ecological Society of America's (ESA) annual meeting in Portland, Oregon, August 2004
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  • 2004/2005
  • Leslie Smith
  • Vegetation Community Parameters in Reserve Design Modeling, Kingdom of Tonga
  • Presented at the 47th Annual Symposium of the International Association of Vegetation Science in Kona, Hawaii, July 2004
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  • 2003/2004
  • Shelby Howard
  • Effects of food variability on the plasticity of age and size at metamorphosis of porcelain crab larvae, Petrolisthes cabrilloi
  • Presented at the Benthic Ecology Meeting in Groton, Connecticut, March 28-30, 2003.
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  • 2003/2004
  • Mya Breitbart
  • Diversity, Distribution, and Population Structure of Uncultured Environmental Phage
  • Presented at the Fifteenth Evergreen International Phage Biology Meeting in Mount Rainier, Washington, July 23-27, 2003.
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  • 2003/2004
  • Hyojung Kwon
  • Long-term pattern of and controls on intra and inter-seasonal variability in net ecosystem CO2 exchange over wet coastal sedge tundra
  • Presented at the First International "Young Scientist" Global Change Conference in Trieste, Italy, November 16-19, 2003.
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  • 2001/2002
  • Derek Campbell
  • Harbor seal microsatellites reveal strong geographic structuring in the North Pacific
  • Presented at the 14th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, November 28-December 3, 2001.
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  • 2001/2002
  • Brian Sharp
  • Factors influencing the incidence of brood parasitism by Brown-headed Cowbirds on Least Bell's Vireos
  • Presented at the 119th Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union in Seattle, Washington, August 16-18, 2001.
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  • 2001/2002
  • Jennifer Neuwald
  • Genetic Consequences of Natural Habitat Fragmentation on the Endangered Amargosa Vole, Microtus californicus scirpensis.
  • Presented at the Evolution 2001 Meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee, June 26-30, 2001.
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  • 2000/2001
  • Jonathan Richmond
  • Foraging ecology of coastal horned lizards in the wake of an Argentine ant invasion.
  • Presented at the 80th Annual Meeting of the American Society Ichthyologists and Herpetologists in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, June 14-20, 2000.
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  • 2000/2001
  • Dustin Wood
  • Preliminary Analysis of the Phylogeography and Conservation Genetics of the Rosy Boa (Charina trivirgata)
  • Presented at the 80th Annual Meeting of the American Society Ichthyologists and Herpetologists in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, June 14-20, 2000.
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  • 2000/2001
  • Yufu Cheng
  • Ecosystem carbon flux under elevated CO2 by CO2 LT Chambers in southern California chaparral
  • Presented at the 85th Annual Ecological Society of America (ESA) Meeting in Snowbird, Utah, August 6-10, 2000
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  • 2000/2001
  • Andrea Thorpe
  • Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Salinity and Moisture Tolerance in a Rare Sale Marsh Plant
  • Presented at the Society of Conservation Biology Annual Meeting in Missoula, Montana, June 9-12, 2000; and the Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting in Snowbird, Utah, August 6-10, 2000.
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  • 1999/2000
  • Sarah Andrews
  • Microorganism degradation of metal-complexed cyanide
  • Presented at the 99th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology in Chicago, Illinois, May 30-June 3, 1999.
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  • 1999/2000
  • Cara Hinkson Cario
  • The effects of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on southern California native oak woodlands.
  • Presented at the Soil Ecology Society Conference in Chicago, Illinois, May 1999.
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  • 1999/2000
  • Georgeann H. Keer
  • The effects of species richness on the development of salt marsh canopy architecture.
  • Presented at the Estuarine Research Federation 15th Biennial International Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, September 1999.
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  • 1999/2000
  • Jennifer Lansing
  • Cross-site experiment comprised of four North American ecosystems; mycorrhizal fungal communities.
  • Presented at the Ecological Society of America Meeting in Spokane, Washington, August 1999.
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  • 1998/1999
  • Kristin M. Ward
  • The expansion of cordgrass (Spartina foliosa) onto intertidal mudflats at Tijuana Estuary.
  • Presented at the ASLO/ESA 1998 Meeting in Saint Louis, Missouri, June 1998.
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  • 1998/1999
  • Janelle Johnson
  • The uniqueness of southern California coastal wetlands and their functional importance to estuarine fishes.
  • Presented at the American Fisheries Society Meeting in Hartford, Connecticut, August 1998.
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  • 1998/1999
  • Meghan Fellows
  • Salt marsh bird's beak.
  • Presented at the Southern California Academy of Sciences Meeting, May 1998.
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  • 1997/1998
  • Sally J. Trnka
  • Studies of environmental effects on the growth of Spartina foliosa.
  • Presented at the Ecological Society of America Meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 1997.
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  • 1997/1998
  • Alex Cheroske
  • Algal turf communities of Hawaii.
  • Presented at the 1997 Benthic Ecology Meeting in Portland, Maine.
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  • 1996/1997
  • Julie Desmond
  • Interaction between tidal creeks and salt marshes by trapping fishes.
  • Presented at the Ecological Society of America meeting in Providence, RI in August, 1996
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  • 1995/1996
  • Greg Noe
  • Spartina foliosa, above ground and below ground growth. Response to nitrogen fertilization in microcosms.
  • Presented at the 13th Biennial International Meeting of the Estuarine Research Federation in Corpus Cristi, Texas, November 12-16, 1995.
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  • 1994/1995
  • Kathy Boyer
  • Scale insect damage to constructed cordgrass marshes: Nitrogen and other factors.
  • Presented at the Society of Wetland Scientists Meeting in Portland, Oregon, May/June 1994.
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  • 1994/1995
  • Keith Sockman
  • Relative male attendance in the California Gnatcatcher.
  • Presented at the Cooper Ornithological Meeting in La Paz, Mexico, April 1995.
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  • 1993/1994
  • Lorraine Parsons
  • Reestablishment of salt marsh bird's beak at San Diego Bay.
  • Presented at the Center for Plant Conservation Meeting in Saint Louis, Missouri, April 1993.
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  • 1993/1994
  • Kevin Gibson
  • The effects of organic and inorganic nitrogen additions on constructed southern California salt marsh sediments.
  • Presented at the Estuarine Research Foundation Meeting in Hilton Head, South Carolina, November 1993.
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