Theses and dissertations published by graduate students in the Department of Biological Sciences, College of Sciences, Old Dominion University, since Fall 2016 are available in this collection. Backfiles of all dissertations (and some theses) have also been added.
In late Fall 2023 or Spring 2024, all theses will be digitized and available here. In the meantime, consult the Library Catalog to find older items in print.
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
Thesis: Aboveground Biomass and Net Primary Production Along a Virginia Barrier Island Dune Chronosequence, John Joseph DiLustro
Dissertation: Biosystematics and Diversification in the Genus Striga Lour. (Scrophulariaceae) in Africa, Kamal-Eldin Ibrahim Mohamed
Thesis: Seasonal Phytoplankton Dynamics in the Pagan River, David Wade Seaborn
Thesis: Benthic Community Responses to Hypoxic Conditions in the Lower Rappahannock River, Virginia, Mary Elaine Smith
Thesis: The Effect of Nitrogen Fertilization on the Phenology of Roots in a Barrier Island Sand Dune Community, Everett P. Weber
Thesis: Reproductive Biology of Chesapeake Bay Black Drum, Pogonias cromis, with an Assessment of Fixatives and Stains for Histological Examination of Teleost Ovaries, Brian K. Wells
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
Thesis: The Influence of Temperature Salinity and Postlarval Transport on the Distribution of Juvenile Spiny Lobsters, Panulirus argus, in Florida Bay, Jennifer Marie Field
Thesis: The Distribution and Occurrence of Aerobic Heterotrophic Antimicrobic-Producing Bacteria Isolated from the Lower Chesapeake Bay, Linda Lea Gilmer
Thesis: Evaluation of Long Term Changes in the Macrobenthic Community of the Southern branch of the Elizabeth River, Virginia, William S. Hunley
Dissertation: Population Dynamics in Response to Fire in Quercus laevis - Pinus palustris Barrens and Related Communities in Southeast Virginia, Allen E. Plocher
Thesis: Pheromonal Composition of Two Species of African Amblyomma Ticks: Similarities, Differences and Possible Species Specific Components, Thomas Lem Price Jr.
Thesis: Phytoplankton Assemblages Associated with a Bloom of Ptychodiscus brevis off the North Carolina Coast, Traycie Lea West
Thesis: Evaluation of the Gross Anatomy Seasonal Changes Function and Histology of the Perineal Gland in the Hispid Cotton Rat, Sigmodon hispidus, Julie Anne Winchell
Theses/Dissertations from 1992
Thesis: Seasonal Changes in Brown Adipose Tissue and Pelage of the Southern Short-Tailed Shrew Blarina carolinensis, Elisa Michelle Dew
Thesis: Biodegradation of Crude Oil by Marine Higher Fungi, Brian J. Dyer
Thesis: Retention of Cellular Viability and Growth Potential in Cryopreserved Bovine Arterial Tissue: Implications for Clinical Use of Cryopreserved Vascular Allografts, Kip G. Gardner
Dissertation: Differential Utilization of Allochthonous and Autochthonous Carbon By Aquatic Insects of Two Shrub-Steppe Desert Spring-Streams: A Stable Carbon Isotope Analysis and Critique of the Method, Alfred Lynn Mize
Dissertation: Evidence for the Sensory Receptor(s) of the Mounting Sex Pheromone in Two Species of Ixodid Ticks, Dermacentor variabilis (Say) and Dermacentor andersoni Stiles, James Stephen Phillips
Thesis: A Multivariate Characterization of Assemblages of Planktonic Mysids Decapods and Sergestids in the Chesapeake Bay Mouth Area, John Charles Seibel
Dissertation: Mat Movement in Coastal Louisiana Marshes: Effect of Salinity and Inundation on Vegetation and Nutrient Levels, Christopher Martin Swarzenski
Theses/Dissertations from 1991
Thesis: Population Dynamics of Feral House Mice and Meadow Voles on a Dredge Disposal Site, Georgia E. Kratimenos
Thesis: Community Structure of the Macrobenthos in Back Bay, Virginia, Michael F. Lane
Thesis: Fertilization and Mouse Embryo Development in the Presence of Midazolam, Maria Leavitt
Dissertation: Nitrogen Dynamics of the Acacia Senegal Agroforestry System in the Sudan, Zakaria Abdalla Mohammed Saad
Thesis: Computer Simulation Techniques to Assess Bias and Precision in the Roving Creel Survey Estimator, David L. Wade
Thesis: Osteoinductivity of Demineralized Bone: A Quantitative In Vitro Assessment, Yihong Zheng
Theses/Dissertations from 1990
Dissertation: Seasonal and Diel Patterns of Abundance and Productivity of Phototrophic Picoplankton in the Lower Chesapeake Bay, Lewis Francis Affronti Jr.
Thesis: An Autecological Study of Pyxidanthera Barbulata in the Blackwater Ecologic Preserve Virginia, John Marc Lowenthal
Thesis: An Analysis of External Features as Predictors of Reproductive Status in Small Mammals, Kenneth Wayne McCravy
Dissertation: Investigations of the Trophic Relationships, Feeding Ecology and Feeding Behavior of Larval Spot, Leiostomus Xanthurus Lacepede, and Atlantic Croaker, Micropogonias Undulatus (Linnaeus) (Pisces:Sciaenidae), Dirk Edward Peterson
Thesis: Root Biomass and Production in Four Communities Within the Great Dismal Swamp, Susan West Powell
Thesis: Effects of Chemical Aneuploidogens on Taxol Purified Drosophila and Mouse Brain Microtubules Polymerization and Depolymerization In Vitro, Anil Sehgal
Thesis: A Study of Striga Chromosome Numbers with a Comparison to Those of Some Genera in the Rhinathoideae and the Orobanchaceae, Cynthia White
Theses/Dissertations from 1989
Thesis: Electrostatic Effects on Airborne Asbestos Monitoring, Roxanne Francis
Thesis: Changes in Caloric Content as a Result of Sub-Lethal Stress in Neanthes Virens (SARS), Phyllis J. Friello
Thesis: Studies on the Giant Mealie Witchweed, Striga forbesii Benth., in Zimbabwe, David Allen Knepper
Dissertation: Evidence for the Role of Ecdysteroids in the Genital Sex Pheromone of Two species of Hard Ticks, Dermacentor variabilis (Say) and Dermacentor andersoni Stiles, DeMar Taylor
Dissertation: The Remipedia (Crustacea): A Study of Their Reproduction and Ecology, Jill Yager
Theses/Dissertations from 1988
Dissertation: Effects of Ammonia, Salinity and Oxygen on the Growth and Energetics of the Grass Shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio, Ahmad Mohammed Altayaran
Thesis: The Development and Comparative Morphology of the Mandibular Symphysis in Salamanders, Jennifer Lorenz Elwood
Thesis: Effects of Ethanol and Caffeine Administered Maternally on Neonatal Adrenocortical Function, Rhonda L. Mullins Rohlfing
Thesis: Seasonal Phytoplankton Assemblages in the Nansemond River, Virginia, Cindy Eleanor Shomers
Thesis: A Simple Solid-Phase Electrophoretic Procedure for the Separation of Plasmid DNA, Linda Ann Simurra
Thesis: Decomposition of Roots in the Great Dismal Swamp, Edward G. Tupacz
Thesis: Vertical Distribution of Phytoplankton Populations Along the Northeastern Continental Shelf Margin of the United States, Bruce Burwell Wagoner
Thesis: A Light and Electron Microscopic Study of the Rat Olfactory Tubercle: Normal Morphology and Acetylcholinesterase Localization, James Curtis Woodley
Theses/Dissertations from 1987
Thesis: An Annual Study of Phytoplankton Composition and Associated Environmental Conditions of Lake Trashmore, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Seba B. Sheavly
Thesis: Evaluation of Two Methods for Estimating Belowground Production in the Great Dismal Swamp, Millie Symbula
Theses/Dissertations from 1986
Thesis: The Pollen Exostructure of Striga (Scrophulariaceae), Mark A. DeLeonardis
Thesis: The Effect of Pre-Sterile Medium PH Photoperiod and N6-(2-Isopentenyl)-Adenine (2IP) on Shoot Production During Stage II Micropropagation of Rhododendrons, Lori Longo Smith
Theses/Dissertations from 1985
Thesis: Acetylcholinesterase in the Neonatal Rat Brain: The Effects of Prenatal Ethanol Exposure, Linda M. Boland
Thesis: The Relationship Between Habitat Structure and Small Mammal Communities in Southeastern Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina, Roger Keith Everton
Thesis: A Biochemical and Genetic Analysis of the American Shad Alosa Sapidissima Migrating into the Chesapeake Bay, Edward Norbert Sismour
Thesis: The Distribution of Ceratia Over the Mid-Atlantic Bight, Paul V. Zimba
Theses/Dissertations from 1984
Thesis: Evaluation of Peptide Assimilation in Ehrlich Ascites Tumor Cells, John M. Castellano
Thesis: Determinants of Variation in Avian Mobbing Behavior, Charles Ray Chandler Jr.
Thesis: Life History Aspects of Reithrodontomys humulis in Southeastern Virginia, Michelle Cawthorn Chandler
Thesis: Germination and Host Range of Branched Broomrape (Orobanche ramosa) from Texas, Robert D. Coffin
Thesis: The Role of Colonization Predation and Season in Determining Macroinvertebrate Community Structure in a Temperate Lake, Cheryl Lynn Frew
Thesis: A Molecular Phylogeny of the Grunts (Perciformes: Haemulidae) Inferred from Nuclear RAG1 Gene Sequences, Millicent D. Sanciangco
Thesis: Demographic Analysis and Microhabitat Relationships of a Small Mammal Community in Clearings of the Great Dismal Swamp, Jean Ferguson Stankavich
Thesis: Activity Levels of Arboreal Rodents Peromysus and Ochrotomys Evaluated with Nest Cans in Seasonally Flooded Forests, John W. Walke
Theses/Dissertations from 1983
Thesis: The Effects of Dredged Materials on the Copeod, Acartia Tonsa, Renee Suzanne Crouch
Thesis: A Quantitative Study of the Aquatic Macroinvertebrates in an Irregularly Flooded Salt Marsh, Smith Island, Virginia, Leon L. Robert Jr.
Theses/Dissertations from 1982
Thesis: An Ecological Study of the Troglobitic Cirolanid Isopod Antrolana lira Bowman from Madisons Saltpetre Cave and Stegers Fissure, Augusta Co., Virginia, T. Lynn Collins
Thesis: Determining the Uptake and Possible Assimilation of the Plant Component of Spartina Detritus by Palaemonetes Pugio Using a Rapid Radiolabeling Method, Michael Peter Crosby
Thesis: Food Habits and Ecology of Beavers in Southeastern Virginia, John Lennox Echternach Jr.
Thesis: Myology and Osteology of Lupinoblennius Herre (Pisces: Blenniidae, William A. Roumillat
Thesis: A Structural Analysis of Phytoplankton in the Chesapeake Bay Plume and Adjacent Shelf Waters, Charles K. Rutledge
Thesis: Feeding Behavior of Three Species of Spionid Polychaetes, Thomas Lane Stokes Jr.
Thesis: The Effects of Kepone on the Estuarine Copepod Acartia tonsa, Judith Marie Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 1981
Thesis: The Seasonality of Occurrence of Larval and Juvenile Sciaenids in a Virginia Seaside Estuary, James Howard Cowan Jr.
Thesis: The Effects of Copper on Skeletonema Costatum (Greville) Cleve, Susanne Sybille Jackman
Thesis: Petroleum-Utilizing Bacteria: The Biological Line Defense Against Oil Pollution, Steven W. Sokolowski
Thesis: Breeding Birds of Two Atlantic White Cedar Stands in the Great Dismal Swamp, Karen Terwilliger
Thesis: The Use of Microscopic Vegetative Characteristics and Leaf Characteristics and Leaf Deterioration Rates in the Formulation of Keys of Some Wetland Plants, Bruce Foy Williams
Thesis: Decay Rates and Nutrient Dynamics in Confines and Nonconfined Leaf Litter in the Great Dismal Swamp, R. Frederick K. Yates
Theses/Dissertations from 1980
Thesis: The Feasibility of Commercial Scale Culture of Atlantic Sturgeon, Acipenser Oxyrhynchus, Christopher John Coffing
Thesis: The Effect of the Herbicide Metolachlor on Nutrient Levels in Zea Mays L., Tamsey Dawn Warren Ellis
Thesis: Litter Production and Nutrient Content of Litter in the Seasonally Flooded Dismal Swamp, Marta M. Gomez
Thesis: Germination and Haustorial Development in Orobanche Minor Smith (Orobanchaceae), David L. Spelce
Theses/Dissertations from 1979
Thesis: Structure of a Subtidal Benthic Community Near Cape Charles, Virginia, R. Michael Ewing
Thesis: The Development of Techniques for the Enumeration of Selected Pathogenic Bacteria in Lynnhaven Estuarine Sediments, Mark T. Frank
Thesis: Detection of Unique Tumor-Associated Proteins in the Urine of Patients with Transitional Cell Carcinoma by High Resolution Two-Dimensional Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis, Robert David Lehman
Thesis: Seasonal Feeding Habits of the River Otter (Lutra canadensis) in Ditches of the Great Dismal Swamp, Ronnie M. Pierce
Thesis: Animal-Sediment Relationship Study of the Western Branch of the Lynnhaven River, Charles Perry Seymour
Thesis: Studies on the Anatomy of the Parasitic Gymnosperm Parasitaxus Ustus (Podocarpaceaea), Evelyn Wilkinson
Theses/Dissertations from 1978
Thesis: The Fall and Winter Food Habits of the Black Bear (Ursus Americanus) in the Great Dismal Swamp of Virginia, Francis Leonard Daniel
Thesis: Herbaceous Production in Burned-Cut Burned-Uncut and Control Areas of a Chamaecyparis Thyoides (L.) BSP (Cupressaceae) Stand in the Great Dismal Swamp, Caroline Elisabeth McKinley
Theses/Dissertations from 1977
Thesis: Duck Plague Virus an Investigation of Cytopathic Effects, in-vitro Host Range, and Inhibition by Phosphonoacetic Acid, Ronald Attanasio
Thesis: A Seasonal Study of Phytoplankton Composition Abundance and Productivity in Back Bay, Virginia, Robert Ringgold Comegys
Thesis: Contributions to the Reproductive Biology and Natural History of the Pirateperch, Aphredoderus Sayanus, Edward O. Murdy
Thesis: Plant Distribution and Succession Within Interdunal Depressions on a Virginia Barrier Dune System, Robert Wayne Tyndall
Theses/Dissertations from 1976
Thesis: Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoretic Studies Demonstrating Cytoplasmic Protein Components Unique to the Mycelial Phase and to the Yeast Phase of Candida albicans, Theresa Catherine Burgess
Thesis: Sex Pheromone Activity in the Foveal Glands in the Two Species of Ixodid Ticks: Dermacentor Andersoni (Stiles) and Dermacentor Variabilis (Say), Lynn Anne Collins
Thesis: The Pathophysiology of Acute Venous Occlusion, Lewis H. Curd Jr.
Thesis: Structural Comparisons of Four Plant Communities in the Great Dismal Swamp, Claire Virginia Dabel
Thesis: The Distribution of Submersed Hydrophytes in Currituck Sound, Steven Harry Davis
Thesis: Variation in the Ecology Morphology and Behavior of the Troglobitic Amphipod Crustacean Crangonyx Antennatus Packard (Crangonchidae) from Different Habitats, Gary Wayne Dickson
Thesis: An Investigation of the Nucleotide Cyclic 3'5' Adenosine Monophosphate in Young Hypocotyls of Pisum sativum L., Gary Marsh Hilton