Grantee Research Project Results

Associated Project Details for RFA: STAR Graduate Fellowships (2001)

U915882	The Impact of pH on the Toxicity of Nickel to Burkholderia cepacia PR1301: Implications for Degradation of Trichloroethylene	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915883	Response of Terrigenous Vegetation in North America to Climate Variation	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through August 1, 2004
U915884	Ecosystem Consequences of Alteration in Stream Community Composition: Interpreting Measures of Biological Integrity	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915885	Building Links Between Water Quality and Fishery Resources: Investigations of Feeding, Growth, and Behavior Among Planktivorous Fishes in a Eutrophying Estuary	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915886	Wetland Development: Are There Ecological Assembly Rules?	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915887	The Contribution of Chlorine Radicals to Tropospheric Ozone Formation in Southeastern Texas	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through May 1, 2003
U915888	Impact of Land-Use Change on Vernal Pool Ecosystems in the Ipswich River Watershed: A Spatial Analytical Perspective	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2002
U915889	Modeling Wildfire Mitigation and Ecological Restoration on the Urban-Wildland Interface of Colorado	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915890	Iron Geochemistry and Cyanobacterial Interactions	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915891	Modeling of Salt Accumulation in Unsaturated Vertical Fractures in Arid Regions Subject to High Evaporative Potentials	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915892	Bioaccumulation of Arsenic, Chromium (VI), and Lead by Barnacles of the Species Semibalanus Eburneus	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915893	The Effects of Pesticides on the Health of Children Living in the Salinas Valley of California	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2002
U915894	Identification of Genes That Regulate Systemic Acquired Resistance (SAR) in Arabidopsis thaliana	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915895	Comparative Genomics in European Corn Borer Moths: The Genetic Consequences of Intercross Progeny Production in an Introduced Species	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915896	Plant Defense Strategies Against Herbivores: Tolerance and Resistance in Populus tremuloides	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915897	Bioavailability and Toxicity of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene in Sediments	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915898	Predicting the Identity and Probability of Establishment for Potential Aquatic Invaders of the North American Great Lakes: A Risk Assessment	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915899	Statistical Methods for Assessing Environmental Justice	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915900	Ships' Ballast as a Potential Vector for the Transfer of Antibiotic Resistance Genes Among Estuarine Environments	Fellow	August 20, 2001 through August 19, 2004
U915913	Using Integrated Radar/Seismic Datasets To Detect and Characterize DNAPLs	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915918	Biogeochemistry of Methylmercury in Lacustrine and Coastal Marine Sediments	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915919	Trophic Ecology and Morphology in a Desert Fish Species in Cuatro Ciengas, Mexico	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915920	Investigating Applied Stream Restoration: Can We Locally Protect Aquatic Ecosystems from Large-Scale Disturbances in Urban Areas?	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915921	Microbial Community Composition and Organic Carbon Cycling Processes of Permanently Cold Marine Sediments	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915922	Conservation Genetics at the Species Boundary: Case Studies From African and Caribbean Crocodiles (Genus: Crocodylus)	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915924	Human Exposure to Metals, Pesticides, VOCs, and PAHs Along the U.S.-Mexico Border in Arizona	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915928	Ecosystem Economics of Rural Landscapes and Land-Use Change	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2003
U915929	In-home Formation of Halogenated Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs): Implications for Human Exposure and Indoor Air Quality	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2002
U915930	A Composite Membrane for High-Temperature Operation of Fuel Cells Based on Polymer Electrolytes	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2002
U915932	Influence of Chemical Behavior on the Fate and Transport of Hormonal Compounds in Agricultural Systems Receiving Animal Waste	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915934	Industrial Chemists as Environmental Decision Makers: The Case of Chlorine	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915935	Towards an Understanding of Discursive Hegemony: Water Conservation "Talk" in a Globalized Field	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2003
U915936	Transboundary Water Resources: Opportunities for International Cooperation	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2003
U915937	Spatial Analysis and Environmental Justice Investigation of Air Pollution in California's South Coast Air Basin	Fellow	August 1, 2001 through August 1, 2004
U915938	Use of Population Genetics in Cost/Benefit Analysis of Habitat Restoration and Landscape Development	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915939	Can Free Markets Deliver the Goods and Services? Quality in the Market for Household Solar Electric Systems in Kenya	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915940	Effect of Operating Conditions on the Efficiency of Microbial Contaminant Removal by Low-Pressure Membranes	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2003
U915941	Integration Framework for Municipal Sanitation Systems	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915942	Prosecuting for the Environment: Legalistic Enforcement and the Rule of Law in Brazil	Fellow	August 21, 2001 through August 1, 2004
U915943	Illusions of Abundance: Culture and Urban Water Use in the Arid Southwest	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915944	Climate Change: The Dynamics of Policy Reform	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2003
U915946	An Interdisciplinary Study of Environmental Equity Analysis	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915947	Bacterial Adhesion and Transport in the Subsurface Environment	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through May 1, 2004
U915948	The Development of a Waste-Degrading Catalyst Based on the Metalloenzyme Nitrile Hydratase	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2002
U915950	High-Pressure, High-Temperature Sintering: A Novel Approach Towards Recycling of Vulcanized Rubber Powders Derived From Scrap Tires	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915951	Chemical Recycling of Plastics to New End-Products	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915952	Agrarian Reform and Environmental Management in Developing Countries: Indigenous Territorial Rights and Land Management in Amazonian Bolivia	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915955	Riparian Forest Cover at Multiple Scales: Influences on Instream Habitat, Aquatic Assemblages, and Food Webs in Headwater Streams	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2003
U915956	The Role of Aluminum and Organic Acids in the Regulation of Tropical Forest Nutrient Cycles	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915958	Examining Lakes at Multiple Spatial Scales: Predicting the Effects of Landscape Context and Aquatic Plants on Lake Characteristics	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915959	Conservation's Imprint on the Landscape: Private Land Management on Yellowstone's Periphery	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915960	An Individual-Based Modeling Approach To Predict Multiple Stressor Effects on Swamp Productivity and Forest Dynamics in a Coastal Landscape	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2002
U915961	Towards Understanding the Spatial Representativeness of Point Measurements of Snow Water Equivalent in Mountainous Regions	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2003
U915962	Photocatalytic Oxidation of As(III) to As(V) by TiO2	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2003
U915963	Fisheries Oceanography	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2003
U915964	Watershed and Channel Recovery Processes Following Extreme Sediment Loading	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2006
U915965	Mechanisms of Ingestion of Protistan Prey by Brachyuran Crab Larvae	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2002
U915966	Native Bee Conservation Across Wild and Agricultural Lands	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through September 1, 2002
U915967	Connectivity in a Heterogeneous Landscape: The Genetics and Population Dynamics of the Olympic Marmot	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915972	Potential Underlying Mechanisms Leading to the Association of Burrowing Owls With Agriculture	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through October 15, 2003
U915973	Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) in Central California	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915974	Population Genetic Structure of Two Blackfly (Simuliidae) Species in High-Elevation Headwater Streams of the Colorado Rocky Mountains	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915976	Adaptation of White Sands Pupfish (Cyprinodon tularosa) to Different Environments	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915977	The Behavior and Conservation of Sea Turtles in Virginia, USA	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915978	Effects of an Endocrine Disrupter on the Development of Behavior	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2003
U915979	A Multiscale Approach to the Study of Biotic Response to Climate Change	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915981	Evolution of Defense Chemistry in Alliaria petiolata Since Introduction Into North America	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915983	Effects of Human Disturbance on Primate-Disease Dynamics	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915986	Exotic Bird Invasion Into Forests of Hawaii: Competition, Demography, and Impacts	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915987	Morphological Diversification of Anostomid and Curimatid Fishes	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915988	Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Natural Disturbance in Old-growth Forests of Northern Maine	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915989	The Effects of Manganese Exposure on Mitochondrial Respiration and the Consequential Alteration of Mitochondrial Iron Uptake and Energy Production	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2003
U915990	Use of Thinning and Prescribed Fire for Ecological Restoration of Fire-Maintained Oak Woodlands; A Rare, Historic Habitat Type in Massachusetts Forests	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2003
U915992	Species Diversity and Genetic Diversity: Parallel Processes and Correlated Patterns	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915994	The Effect of Urban Environments on the Ecology and Evolution of a Bird Species	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915995	Chemical Signaling in the Plankton: Multiple Factors Contribute to the Success of the Nuisance Bloom-Forming Alga, Phaeocystis	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915997	The Role of Wolves as a Keystone Species: Examining the Ecological Effects and Conservation Implications of a Reintroduced Top Predator on the Scavenger Guild, Yellowstone National Park	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915998	Search Dogs, Scats, and DNA: A Noninvasive Approach for Monitoring Endangered Species	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U915999	Chronic Effects of Cadmium and Copper on Palaemonetes pugio and Leptocheeirus plumulosus at the Levels of the Individual, Population, and Assemblage	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U916000	Disturbance-Induced Changes in the Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Atmospheric CO2 at High Northern Latitudes	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U916002	The Integration of GIS and Dynamic Modeling as the Basis for Alternative Codling Moth Management Strategies at a Regional Level in California	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U916004	Trophic Interactions and Biological Control	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U916005	Implications of Genetic Structure in Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Populations for Ecological Processes and Habitat Restoration	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2003
U916007	Effects of Season and Frequency of Prescribed Fire on the Demography of Centaurea maculosa, (Spotted Knapweed), in a Midwest Prairie Restoration	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U916008	Flavonoid Phytochemicals Regulate Activator Protein-1 Signal Transduction Pathways in Endometrial and Kidney Stable Cell Lines	Fellow	August 1, 2001 through August 1, 2004
U916010	Effects of Maternal Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyls on Notch Signaling in the Fetal Rat Brain	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2003
U916011	Energetic Costs and Consequences of Environmental Stressors in Birds	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U916012	Mechanisms Contributing to Pathogen Survival in Drinking Water Distribution Systems	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U916013	Automotive Fuel Cells and Related Electrochemical Processes	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U916014	Biological Activated Carbon: Understanding the Role of Cometabolism in Extending Service Life and Improving Process Performance	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2003
U916017	Global Studies of Ephemerellidae (insecta: Ephemeroptera)	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2003
U916018	Heavy Metal Reduction by Desulfitobacterium	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U916019	Detecting Alternate States in Ecological Systems: Threshold Effects of Riparian Development and Angling on Fish Population Stability	Fellow	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004

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