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Theses/Dissertations from 2026 2026

Identifying Major Sources of Leptospira interrogans in San Juan Bay and Río Grande de Loíza Estuaries of Puerto Rico, Logan McCullers and Dave Bachoon

Distribution of Subtidal Crustaceans at Sapelo Island, Georgia, Elise C. Mirabella*

Effects of field observation on the movement behaviour of secretive species: a biologging case study with Timber Rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus), Ozzy Price

LONG-TERM BIOLOGGING REVEALS A THERMAL-ACTIVITY SYNDROME IN WILD-RANGING ECTOTHERMIC MESOPREDATORS (TIMBER RATTLESNAKES, CROTALUS HORRIDUS), Amber A. Stubbs, Nickolas A. Gulotta, John R. Powers, and Dominic L. DeSantis

Theses/Dissertations from 2025 2025

Primary producers in biodiversity assessment through time and hydrological variation, Anna Agi

First Checklist to the Diplopod Species of Georgia, USA with Notes on Distribution and a Key to Genus, Lance Andrew

Genetic Characterization and High-resolution total mRNA sequencing of the Millipede Cherokia georgiana Bollman, 1889, Elena Cruz

THE IMPACTS OF NEST BOX TEMPERATURE ON EASTERN BLUEBIRD (SIALIA SIALIS) CLUTCH SIZE, HATCH RATES, AND INCUBATION DURATION IN CENTRAL GEORGIA, Mathew Gordon, Katie J. Stumpf, and Wayne Powell

Behavioral and Thermal Correlates of Alternative Overwintering Strategies in a Southeastern Population of Timber Rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus), John Powers

Theses/Dissertations from 2024 2024

Mammalian Roadkill Trends in Central Georgia, Lucy Beck

CHANGES IN MORPHOLOGY, PHENOLOGY, DEMOGRAPHY OF SEVERAL AVIAN SPECIES OVER 18 YEARS AT A RESTORED GRASSLAND, Ashley McMahon, Katie Stumpf, and Charlie Muise

THE INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ON GORDONIA TERRAE -SPECIFIC BACTERIOPHAGE DISTRIBUTION AND DIVERSITY, GT M. Moore

DISTRIBUTION & ABUNDANCE OF HARVEYI CLADE PATHOGENS AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AS DRIVERS & PREDICTORS FOR THEIR CONCENTRATION DYNAMICS IN WATER, SEDIMENTS, & BIVALVES, Karagan X. Royer

Mechanisms Underlying Novel Roles of Rpt-1 in Long-term Synaptic Plasticity, Logan Timm

Cherokia georgiana mitogenome sequencing and analysis, William Wittstock

Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

Examining Protein Localization via Fluorescence Microscopy in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Lewis Barr, Richard H. Adams, and Ellen France PhD

Heterogeneity Among Harveyi Clade-Specific Virulence Genes and Attribution of These Genes to Possible Environmental Carriers, Cameron Brown

Community and Population Dynamics of Diatoms in Recovering Agricultural Stream and Ubiquitous Taxon in Low-Impact Sites Across Southeastern United States, Sydney Brown

The Effect of Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana) on Soil Macrofauna (Diplopoda and Oligochaeta), Joseph M. McGee

TOWARD ACCELEROMETER RECORDING OF PIT VIPER FORAGING BEHAVIOR IN NATURE: VALIDATION AND CASE STUDY WITH TIMBER RATTLESNAKES (CROTALUS HORRIDUS), Morgan L. Thompson

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

The Nuclear Role of Rpt1 in Long-Term Synaptic Plasticity, Lindsey Duke

Exploring New Methods for Quantifying Soil Reduction, Redox Potential, and Iron Reducing Bacteria Using the IRIS Method in Wetland Soils., Jessica Everett

Temperature Affects Nest Box Occupancy, Nest Success, and Nestling Size in a Southeastern Population of Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis), Christopher G. Horacek

The Impact of Processing Body Proteins on an Adenovirus Infection, La`Quita Randolph

Tracking the Source of Helicobacter pylori in Watersheds of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Mary Elizabeth Sailors