Theses from 2014
Plant Community Development of Isle Royale's Moose-Spruce Savannas, Michael C. Rotter
SEED BANK DYNAMICS WITHIN A METAPOPULATION FRAMEWORK: A STUDY OF AN ANT-DISPERSED SPECIES, Emily E. Sprengelmeyer
A PHYLOGENETIC REEVALUATION OF THE GENUS GAVIA (AVES: GAVIIFORMES) USING NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING, Quentin D. Sprengelmeyer
CHARACTERIZATION OF HCMV-ENCODED CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR US28 TRANSDUCED MSU1.1 HUMAN FIBROBLAST CELLS, Danielle R. VanBeckum
Theses from 2013
AN ECOSYSTEM SERVICE-BASED APPROACH TO TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATE SPECIES CONSERVATION IN MICHIGAN’S UPPER PENINSULA, Kristin Anne Denryter
ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF CHEWING LICE IN A NORTHERN MICHIGAN POPULATION OF BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS, Emily Shea Durkin
OVERWINTERING OF BROOK TROUT (SALVELINUS FONTINALIS) IN SEVENMILE CREEK, LAKE SUPERIOR, MICHIGAN, USA, Chris R. Gagnon
URBANIZATION EFFECTS ON OVERWINTERING BROOK AND BROWN TROUT: FISH CONDITION AND MOVEMENT, Rachael A. Guth
DIET COMPARISON AMONG NATIVE AND INTRODUCED SALMONIDS IN A TRIBUTARY TO LAKE SUPERIOR, Julie L. Howard
THE USE OF AN ANIONIC POLYACRYLAMIDE BLEND TO CONTROL THE CYANOBACTERIA MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA, Kyla Jayne Iwinski
GENETIC INVESTIGATION OF BROOK TROUT (SALVELINUS FONTINALIS) POPULATION STRUCTURE IN LAKE SUPERIOR TRIBUTARIES LOCATED IN PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE, MICHIGAN, USA, Jonathan J. Pearce
THE ROLE OF MUSCLE-SYNTHESIZED BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR (BDNF) IN THE HEALTH AND MAINTENANCE OF MOTORNEURONS, Emily J. Pomeroy
INDUCTION OF T CELL APOPTOSIS BY GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME, Keith Zachary Sabin
Theses from 2012
THE POPULATION STATUS OF THE FEDERALLY THREATENED PITCHER’S THISTLE (CIRSIUM PITCHERI) IN THE GRAND SABLE DUNES AT PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE, MICHIGAN, Kimberly Sue Danielson
A MOLECULAR GENETIC ASSESSMENT OF SEX RATIOS FROM BREEDING, MIGRATORY AND OVERWINTERING COMMON LOONS, Abigail Leigh Debiak
The Flora and Ecology of a Neotropical Savanna, Utila, Bay Islands, Susan Fawcett
SEED TYPE, PREDATOR, AND SOCIAL INFLUENCES ON FORAGING BLACKCAPPED CHICKADEES (POECILE ATRICAPILLUS), Sayako Iwanaga
AN OVERVIEW OF CURRENT BROOK TROUT (Salvelinus fontinalis) AGING PRACTICES INCLUDING ANALYSES OF CALCIFIED STRUCTURES AND THE VALIDITY OF USING DIGITAL PICTURES FOR AGING, Christopher Kovala
SPECIATION OF THE HOUSE MOUSE: GENE FLOW AND MOLECULAR EVOLUTION IN A HYBRID SYSTEM, Matthew R. Lindeman
EFFECTS OF 1α,25-DIHYDROXYVITAMIN D3 (CALCITRIOL) ON CULTURED GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME CELLS, Justine M. Pinskey
A SEARCH FOR AN ENDEMIC POPULATION OF IXODES SCAPULARIS IN SELECT AREAS OF PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE, Steven J. Schaar
INHIBITION OF MIR26A MICRORNA RESTORES SENSITIVITY TO TEMOZOLOMIDE, Angela G. Stewart
Theses from 2011
METHYLATION AND PATTERNS OF EVOLUTION IN IMPRINTED GENES IN THE MOUSE, Tori A. LaFleur
MIGRATION OF MURINE SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE ISOLATED NEUROSPHERES, Danny C. LeBert
EFFECTS OF PATCH SIZE, ISOLATION, AND HABITAT CHARACTERISTICS ON SMALL MAMMAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE IN THE GRAND SABLE DUNES OF PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE, Sarah Lou Malick
A TWO-YEAR TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL INVESTIGATION OF QUESTING TICKS IN MARQUETTE COUNTY, MICHIGAN, Tiffany J. Opalka
AMERICAN BEAVER FORAGING ECOLOGY: PREDATION AVOIDANCE, DIET, AND FORAGE AVAILABILITY, William J. Severud
METHODS TO INCREASE TEMOZOLOMIDE SENSITIVITY IN GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME: MANIPULATING PARP-1 AND MGMT, Vanessa Loraine Thibado
Theses from 2010
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE R&R CONSENSUS REGION USING IN SILICO MOLECULAR MODELING, Nethaniah Dorh
Factors Affecting Predation on Wood Turtle (Glyptemys Insculpta) Nests in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Jenny Lynn Rutherford
A MULTI-SCALED HABITAT ANALYSIS OF LICHEN COMMUNITIES ON GRANITE ROCK IN THE HURON MOUNTAINS, MARQUETTE COUNTY, MICHIGAN, Ryne Douglas Rutherford
NON-INVASIVE GENETIC SAMPLING IN THE ANALYSIS OF WHITE-TAILED DEER POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS, Grant Montgomery Slusher
Theses from 2009
THE EFFECTS OF FALL VERSUS SPRING FIRES ON HERBACEOUS PLANTS IN NORTHERN HARDWOOD FORESTS, Zeko McKenzie
SEASONAL CHANGES IN GROWTH AND THYROID HORMONES IN LAKE SUPERIOR BROOK TROUT, Carla A. Serfas
THE COMPARISON OF CO-STIMULATORY SURFACE MOLECULE EXPRESSION ON HUMAN MONOCYTE-DERIVED DENDRITIC CELLS INFECTED WITH TWO STRAINS OF INFLUENZA VIRUS, Jessie M. Simmon
OPTIMIZING HER2 ANTIGEN PRESENTATION IN THE MHC I, Trisha Rene Sippel
EVALUATION OF THE TROPHIC ECOLOGY OF A FRESHWATER SPONGE AND TWO SPONGE PREDATORS VIA STALE ISOTOPE ANALYSES, James Skelton
MANIPULATION OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO INCREASE ANTI-TUMOR RESPONSE AGAINST OVEREXPRESSED HER-2/NEU PROTEIN, Horacio Soto
Theses from 2008
IDENTIFICATION OF YEAST AND YEAST-LIKE FUNGAL SPECIES IN THE UPPER MIDWEST USING PHYSIOLOGICAL AND DNA SEQUENCE DATA, Scott Eric Danneman
Theses from 1977
Ethnobotany of Michigan's Upper Peninsula: A Limited Survey of Current Plant Uses, Steven J. Gill
Theses from 1969
Physiological and Ecological Responses of Spruce Grouse (Canachites canadensis) to Blood Parasitism in Northern Michigan, Mark J. Leider
Theses from 1967
A Checklist of the Fleshy Fungi of Hancock County, Ohio, as Related to Soil Associations, Fred J. Crates