Theses

Many graduate students have performed all or part of their dissertation research at the Huron Mountains.  Here are some of the resulting theses:

Farrand, William R.. 1960. Former shore-lines in western and northern Lake Superior basin. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Michigan

Brubaker, L.B. 1973. Ancient and modern forest patterns associated with glacial till and outwash in northcentral Upper Michigan. Doctoral dissertation. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

Weise, Thomas F.. 1974. An experimental translocation of the eastern timber wolf. M.S. Thesis, Northern Michigan University

Willis, Gary L.. 1974. Description and ordination of climax stands of eastern hemlock and sugar maple in the Huron Mountains, Michigan. M.S. Thesis, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI

Enk, Michael David. 1977. Instream over-head bank cover and trout abundance in two Michigan streams. M.S. Thesis, Michigan State University

Brogie, Mark A.. 1980. An analysis of raptor populations at the Huron Mountain Club, Marquette County, Michigan. M. S. Thesis, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI

Christopher, Kent L.. 1980. A survey of peregrine falcon habitat in Upper Michigan with emphasis on reintroduction potential. M.S. Thesis, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI

DeBlaay, Terry J.. 1980. A survey of marten (Martes americana) habitat and prey availability in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. M.S. Thesis, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI

Woods, Kerry D.. 1981. Interstand and intrastand pattern in hemlock-northern hardwood forests. Ph.D. Thesis, Cornell University

Elody, Balazs I.. 1983. Technique for capturing, marking, monitoring and habitat analysis for the barred owl in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. M.S. Thesis, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI

Fody, John W.. 1989. Relationships between vegetation and groundwater chemistry in a northern Michigan peatland. M.S. Thesis, University of Michigan

Wilson, Gregory C.. 1990. Late Archean structural evolution and Keweenawan and Cambrian structure and sedimentation in the Huron Mountains, Marquette County, Michigan. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Wisconsin – Madison

Stribley, John Matthew. 1993. Factors influencing cowbird distributions in forested landscapes of northern Michigan. M.S. Thesis, Michigan State University

Yanoviak, Stephen P.. 1993. A comparison of benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in lake-outlet and dendritic streams of the Huron Mountain region of Michigan. M.S. Thesis, Purdue University

Negri, Stephen J.. 1995. Analysis of habitat suitability models for primary cavity-nesting birds in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. M.S. Thesis, Michigan State University

Andersen, J.S.J. 2005. Patterns of late Holocene invasion of yellow birch in central upper Michigan: a new record from the Huron Mountains. M.S. Thesis, University of Wyoming.

Blankenheim, J. E.. 2005. Relationships between stream characteristics and juvenile salmonid community composition in six Northern Michigan streams. M. S. Thesis, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI

Kramer, D.R.. 2005. Seasonal Migrations and Biology of brook trout in the Salmon Trout River, Marquette County, Michigan. M.S. Thesis, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI

Marx, Laura M.. 2005. Substrate limitations to Tsuga canadensis and Betula alleghaniensis. Ph.D. Thesis, Michigan State University

McClure, Jason D.. 2006. Hydrologic contributions to baseflow for a northern old-growth riparian area.. M.S. Thesis, Michigan Technological University

Poor, Allison Patricia. 2006. Changes in the small mammal fauna of the Huron Moutain Club, Marquette County, Michigan: an effect of global warming?. M.S. Thesis, University of Michigan

Reeves, Kelly. 2006. Holocene vegetation development of. M.S. Thesis, University of Wyoming

Scharenbroch, B. C.. 2007. Soils and biogeochemical cycling in gaps of old growth northern hardwood-hemlock forests.. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Wisconsin – Madison

Nitz, K.K.. 2008. Environmental Factors Related to Adfluvial Migration by Coaster Brook Trout in the Salmon Trout River in Northern Michigan. M.S. Thesis, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI

Burtner, A.M. 2009. The influence of carbon subsidies on stream chemistry and function in northern Michigan streams. M.S. Thesis, University of Michigan.

Van Grinsven, Matthew 2010. Estimation of vertical groundwater fluxes into a streambed through continuous temperature profile monitoring and the relationship of groundwater fluxes to coaster brook trout spawning habitat, Master’s Thesis, Michigan Technological University.

Fahey, Robert T. 2011. Establishment and persistence of early successional pine species in late-successional landscapes of the Great Lakes region. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Igleski, Matthew. 2011. “What environmental factors affect Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection of green frogs (Lithobates clamitans) in Michigan?” M.S. Thesis, Central Michigan University.

Schliemann, Sarah. 2011. “Effects of treefall gap size and age on carbon and nitrogen biogeochemical cycling in northern hardwood-hemlock forests. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Sessa, Emily. 2012. Phylogenetics and physiological ecology of Dryopteris (Dryopteridaceae). Ph.D. Thesis, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Shartell, L.M. 2012. Invasion patterns of emerald ash borer and European earthworms in forested ecosystems. Ph.D. Thesis, Michigan Technological University

Williams, Evelyn. 2012. “Exploring cryptic species in Botrychium s.s. ferns using genetics, morphology, and demography.” Ph.D. Thesis, University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Willis, J.L. 2014. Substrate effects on seedling dynamics in managed northern hardwood forests. Ph.D. Thesis, Michigan State University.

Hill, L.A. 2015. Habitat use by spruce grouse in a fragmented ecosystem. M.S. Thesis, Northern Michigan University.

Knoll, Kayla M. 2015 The Effect of Isolation by Waterfalls and Dams on Stream Fish Morphology. M.S. Thesis, Northern Michigan University.

Muscarella, Mario E. 2016. Microbes and molecules: Resource variation affects populations, communities, and ecosystem functions. Ph.D. Thesis, Indiana University.

Matthys, T. 2017. Estimating fish habitat selection and monitoring stream habitat quality requires more than simply counting fish. Ph.D. Thesis, Michigan Technological University

Dye, Alex. 2018. Annual Aboveground Biomass Growth of Temperate Forests in Eastern North America. Ph.D. Dissertation, West Virginia University.

Lambrecht, N. L. 2019. Insights into early Earth ocean biogeochemistry from intensive monitoring of two ferruginous meromictic lakes. PhD thesis. Iowa State University.

Fleissner, E. R. 2021. Investigating the Changes in Fish Behavior in Response to Anthropogenic Sound. M.S. Thesis, University of Minnesota-Duluth.

Warner, S.M. 2021. Tree Rings and Climate in the Great Lakes Region—Past, Present, and Future, Ph.D. Thesis, Michigan State University

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