2006 Research Experience for Undergraduates

Congratulations to this year’s crop of REU fellows. For more information on how to apply for the 2007 DISL program, funded by the National Science Foundation, visit www.disl.org.

Meghan Cook
Salem College
Mentor: Dr. John Valentine
Impacts of amphipod grazing on seagrass biomass.

Karen Fisher
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mentor: Dr. Ken Heck
The effects of nutrient enrichment on growth, fecundity and stoichiometry of epiphyte grazers in Thalassia testudinum beds.

Emily Foley
Mount Union College
Mentor: Dr. Kyeong Park
The concept of eutrophication: a tool for outreach to the general public.

Sara Heintzman
University of Virginia
Mentor: Dr. Ron Kiene
Searching for the missing sulfur: seawater to ctenophores.

Matt Kenworthy
North Carolina State University
Mentor: Dr. Sean Powers
Multiple predator effects within oyster reefs: foraging behavior of oyster drills and stone crabs.

Kelsey Pickard
Colorado College
Mentor: Dr. Just Cebrian
Effects of short-term shading and sediment fertilization on
seagrass growth and density.

Ryan Sacksteder
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Mentor: Dr. Rich Aronson
Fecal energetics and dietary assimilation of the blue crab
Callinectes sapidus in Alabama state marshes.