Student Theses

2024

Determan, Kiarra. “BENTHIC MACROINVERTABRATE COMMUNITY RESPONSES TO CLIMATE AND DISTURBANCE GRADIENTS: TESTING PREDICTIONS OF THE STREAM BIOME GRADIENT CONCEPT”. MS Thesis, Texas State University, 2024.

Krellenstein, Eleanor. “ASSESING THE DISTRIBUTION AND SURVIVAL OF MUSSEL COMMUNITIES IN THE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN, TEXAS AFTER EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT CONDITIONS”. MS Thesis, Texas State University, 2024.

Sams, Miranda. “PATTERNS OF BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE DIVERSITY AND COMPOSITION IN A SPATIALLY COMPLEX BASIN: tAXONOMIC AND FUNCTIONAL TRAIT APPROACHES”. MS Thesis, Texas State University, 2024.

2023

Austin-Bingamon, Eryl E. "HYPORHEIC INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY COMPOSITION AS A FUNCTION OF FLOW REGIME IN THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN, TX." MS Thesis, Texas State University, 2023.

Cushway, Kiara. “GO WITH THE FLOW: IMPACTS OF HIGH AND LOW FLOW CONDITIONS ON FRESHWATER MUSSEL ASSEMBLAGES AND DISTRIBUTION.” MS Thesis, Texas State University, 2023.

Lorkovic, Emily. “TWO INVADERS, ONE ECOSYSTEM: EXPLORING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN DREISSENA POLYMORPHA AND HYDRILLA VERTICILLATA.” MS Thesis, Texas State University, 2023.

Martinski, Meghan E. “CHOOSING SIDES: FRESHWATER MUSSELS VARY ALONG A GRADIENT OF SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE AND MOBILITY IN A BEHAVIORAL CHOICE EXPERIMENT.” MS Thesis, Texas State University, 2023.

Pustka, Lucas. "RELATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ECOLOGICAL AND SPATIAL FACTORS TO GENETIC VARIATION AMONG HYPORHEIC POPULATIONS OF LIRCEOLUS SPP. ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS." MS Thesis, Texas State University, 2023.

Rodriguez, Jasmine. “TROPHIC ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AFFECT MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS IN INMATURE SHARKS IN TEXAS BAYS”. MS Thesis, Texas State University, 2023.

Santee, Noah. “DETERMINING STREAM FISH TRAIT- ENVIRONMENT RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS SYSTEMS, SCALES, AND FORMS OF ALTERATION”. MS Thesis, Texas A&M University, 2023.

Sparks, Kenneth. “DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE OF STYGOBIONTS IN HYPORHEIC SYSTEMS DOWNSTREAM OF KARST SPRINGS.” MS Thesis, Texas State University, 2023

Sweet, Ethan. “HYPORHEIC ZONE HYDRODYNAMICS, BIOGEOCHEMISTRY, AND MICROBIAL COMMUNITY DISTRIBUTIONS FOR THE SAN SABA RIVER, TEXAS”. MS Thesis, University of Tennesse, 2023.

Wright, Kirby L. “SPATIAL VARIATION IN MACROINVERTEBRATES IN GROUNDWATER-DOMINATED RIVERS: IS COMMUNITY COMPOSITION EXPLAINED BY DISCRETE OR CONTINOUS RIVERINE MODELS?” MS Thesis, Texas State University, 2023.

2022

Elkins, Lindsey. “ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL REGULATORS OF FISH COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AND POPULATION SIZE IN SEMI-ARID RIVERSCAPES.” MS Thesis, Texas A&M University, 2022.

Stehle, Matthew R. “SEASONAL INFLUENCE OF LIGHT AVAILABILITY ON METABOLISM IN AN URBAN, SPRING-FED RIVER.” MS Thesis, Texas State University, 2022.