REU Participants

Summer 2008


B. Evan Carlson
Bethel University, Minnesota

Temperature Dependence of Antipredator Behaviors in Centruroides vittatus (Scorpionida: Buthidae)

MENTOR: Dr. Dr. Matthew P. Rowe

Alexandra M. Hernandez
Texas A&M InternaltionalUniversity, Texas

Characterization of rbcS in Parasitic Plant Family Orobanchaceae

MENTOR: Dr. Christopher P. Randle

Jacob B. Landis
University of Kansas, Kansas

Predator-induced Phenotypic Plasticity In The Western Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis)

MENTOR: Drs. P. Raelynn Deaton and Chad W. Hargrave

Edward Realzola
Sam Houston State University, Texas

Key to the North American genus Dineutus (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae) with Gyrinid Distributional Records from the Texas Big Thicket

MENTOR: Dr. Jerry L. Cook

Andrea L. Heim
Unity College, Maine

Effects of Biotic Nutrient Enrichment on Growth of a Secondary Consumer

MENTOR: Dr. Chad W. Hargrave

Elizabeth A. Lamb
University of Miami, Florida

Male Gonopodium Length and its Influence on Female Mate Choice in Live-bearing Fishes Gambusia affinis and Poecilia latipinna

MENTOR: Dr. P. Raelynn Deaton

Priscilla Ortiz
Sam Houston State University, Texas

Isolation of Microsatellite Loci in The Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)

MENTOR: Dr. Diane L.H. Neudorf

Gabriela Rios-Sotelo
University of California - Berkeley, California

The Benthic Macroinvertebrate Fauna of Harmon Creek Sampled within the Center For Biological Field Studies, Walker County, Texas and a Survey of their Eugregarine Parasites

MENTOR: Dr. Tamara J. Cook