Graduate Student Presentations
(* dentontes graduate student participant)
*Blyveis, E. and J. Shaw. 2010. A preliminary flora of the Tennessee River Gorge, Hamilton and Marion counties, Tennessee. Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Ashville, NC.
*Blyveis, E. and J. Shaw. 2009. A preliminary flora of the Tennessee River Gorge, Hamilton and Marion counties, Tennessee. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 85(1):15 (presented at the 119th Annual Meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Science, Knoxville, Tennessee, October 30, 2009).
Chatzimanolis, S., I. Cohen,* A. Schomann, and A. Solodovnikov. 2009. A preliminary multi locus phylogeny of the mega-diverse rove beetle tribe Staphylinini: Molecular data and their evaluation (Insecta, Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana.
*Cohen, I. M. and J. Shaw. 2010. DNA barcoding: testing the utility of one coding and three noncoding chloroplast DNA. Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Ashville, NC.
*Cohen, I. M. and J. Shaw. 2009. Testing the Utility of Three Noncoding Chloroplast DNA regions for DNA barcoding using Prunus (Rosaceae). Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Birmingham, Alabama.
*Colson, M. and T. P. Wilson. 2010. Landscape Patterns and Patch Dynamics in Hamilton County, Tennessee, Over a Forty Year Period: Applicability to the Conservation of the Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina). Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Ashville, NC.
*Cookson, N. and M. S. Schorr. 2010. Correlations of watershed housing density with environmental conditions and fish assemblages in a Tennessee Ridge and Valley stream. Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Ashville, NC.
*Evans, J. and J. Shaw. 2009. A Preliminary Flora of Sequatchie Valley in Sequatchie County, Tennessee. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 85(1):15 (presented at the 119th Annual Meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Science, Knoxville, Tennessee, October 30, 2009).
*Evans, J. and J. Shaw. 2009. A Preliminary Flora of Sequatchie Valley in Sequatchie County, Tennessee. Poster presented at the Association of Southeastern Biologists meeting in Birmingham, Alabama.
Gaudin, T. J., S. E. Eichler,* and J. C. Brinson.* 2009. New Records of the Nine-banded Armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Dasypodidae), in Southeast Tennessee. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 85(1):26 (presented at the 119th Annual Meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Science, Knoxville, Tennessee, October 30, 2009).
*Huser, D. and M. S. Schorr. 2009. Local effects of culverts on habitat features and fish assemblages in Blue Ridge streams. Southeastern Biology 56(3):312-313. 70th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Birmingham, Alabama, April 2009.
*Kile, M., J. Shaw, E. Blyveis*, and J. Boyd. 2009. Scutellaria montana (Lamiaceae) 2009 monitoring at the Volunteer Training Site, Tennessee Army National Guard, Catoosa Co., Georgia. Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Ashville, NC.
*Manis, C., T. P. Wilson and M. Schorr. 2010. Relative Abundance and Species Richness of Aquatic Turtle Species in the Tennessee River Gorge. Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Ashville, NC.
*Montgomery, M. C., and J. Shaw. 2009. Phylogeography of Clematis fremontii (Ranunculaceae) in eastern North America. Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Birmingham, Alabama.
Shaw, J., J. Wen, I. Cohen,* R. Haberle3, C. Siew-Wai3, And D. Potter. 2010. Chloroplast DNA phylogeny of Prunus L. (Rosaceae) using trnS-trnG-trnG, psbA-trnH, trnL-trnL-trnF, and matK cpDNA Sequences. Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Ashville, NC.
Shaw, J., J. Wen, I. Cohen,* R. Haberle, C. Siew-Wai, And D. Potter. 2009. Phylogeny of 130 Prunus L. (Rosaceae) using three noncoding chloroplast DNA regions. Presented at Botany and Mycology 2009 in Snowbird, Utah.
Shaw, J., M. Binkley,* and J. H. Craddock. 2009. Phylogeography of North American Chestnuts and Chinquapins (Castanea Mill. Fagaceae). Presented at Botany and Mycology 2009 in Snowbird, Utah.
Shaw, J. and M. Montgomery.* 2009. Phylogeography of Clematis fremontii S. Wats. (Ranunculaceae) in eastern North America using nrDNa ITS and G3pdh. Presented at Botany and Mycology 2009 in Snowbird, Utah.
*Simpson, J. F. and T. P. Wilson. 2010. Community Structure, Life History and Demography of pond-breeding salamanders at an isolated wetland in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Ashville, NC.
*Simpson, J. F. and T. P. Wilson. 2010. An Assessment of the Dynamics of a Small Vertebrate Community in an Isolated Wetland in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Presented to legislators in Nashville, Tennessee, February 3, 2010 as part of an annual “Posters at the Capital” event.
*Smith, J. and M. S. Schorr. 2009. Effects of urbanization on instream habitat and fish assemblages in the Chattanooga metropolitan area, Tennessee-Georgia. Southeastern Biology 56(3):312-313. 70th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Birmingham, Alabama, April 2009.
Spratt, H., I. Howlett,* and G. Brodie. 2010. Microbial processes occurring in a constructed wetland treating acidic seep waters at the Tennessee Valley Authority, Widows Creek Fossil Plant, Stevenson, Alabama. Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Ashville, NC.
Spratt, H. G., A. Eiler,* J. Bates,* L. Koby,* C. Terney,* A. John,* B. Switter,* and C. Cole.* 2009. Impacts of human activities on microbial activities of two natural southeast Tennessee ponds. Southeastern Biology 56:272. 70th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Birmingham, Alabama, April 2009.
Wilson, T. P., C. B. Manis,* and M. Schorr. 2010. Sex Ratios and Size Dimorphisms in the Tennessee River Gorge Turtle Community. Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Ashville, NC.
Wilson, T. P. and J. F. Simpson.* 2009. Using Pond-Breeding Salamanders as Model Organisms to Promote a Grass-Roots Conservation Initiative in the Greater Chattanooga Metropolitan Area. Annual Meeting of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, Portland, Oregon, September 2009.
*Woodworth, G. and J. Shaw. 2010. Establishment of Permanent Plots and Analysis of Woody Vegetation in the Tennessee River Gorge, Marion and Hamilton Counties, TN. Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Ashville, NC.
*Woodworth, G. and J. Shaw. 2009. Establishment of Permanent Plots and Analysis of Woody Vegetation in the Tennessee River Gorge, Marion and Hamilton Counties, TN. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 85(1):15 (presented at the 119th Annual Meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Science, Knoxville, Tennessee, October 30, 2009).
Richards, S. and *M. Campbell. 2006. PAH exposure assessment of small mammals inhabiting Chattanooga Creek. Chattanooga Creek Environmental Research and Community Action Conference. Alton Park and Piney Woods Environmental Health and Justice Collaborative. Sep 22nd, 2006.Chattanooga, TN.
Kindelberger, S.*, J. Conley*, S. Richards, S. Symes. Quantitation of Trace Level Pharmaceuticals in the Tennessee River Valley using UPLC-Tandem Mass Spectrometry. Presented at The 58th Southeast/62nd Southwest Regional Meeting of American Chemical Society. November 1-4, 2006. Augusta, GA
Sapp, J.*, T. Wilson, S. Richards, K. Johnson. Chlorinated insecticides, PCBs, and PBDEs in plasma collected from riverine turtles of the Tennessee River near Chattanooga, TN. Abstracts of the 2006 Society of Environmental Toxicologists and Chemists. November 5-9, 2006. Montreal, Quebec.
Conley, J*, Kindelberger, S.*, Symes, S., Richards, S. Rapid Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry Method For The Determination Of Pharmaceuticals In Aquatic Matrices. Abstracts of the 2006 Society of Environmental Toxicologists and Chemists. November 5-9, 2006. Montreal, Quebec.
Campbell, M.*, Hussa. E.*, Johnson, K., Lin, Z., Morris, C. *, Richards,S. Exposure Assessment Using Small Mammals as Surrogates for Human Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Metals. Abstracts of the 2006 Society of Environmental Toxicologists and Chemists. November 5-9, 2006. Montreal, Quebec.
Campbell, M.* and S. Richards. Exposure assessment using small mammals as surrogates for human exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Bat Diversity Network and Sixteenth Colloquium on Conservation of Mammals in the Southeastern United States. February 16-17th, 2006. Chattanooga, TN
Cookson, N.* and M. Schorr. 2006. Landscape influences on fish assemblages in a Ridge and Valley stream in Tennessee. The 67th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
Huskins, S.* and J. Shaw. 2006. Preliminary Flora of the North Chickamauga Creek Gorge and Adjacent Areas, Hamilton County, TN. Poster Presentation at Tennessee Academy of Sciences, Clarksville, TN.
Miller, R.*, J. Shaw, A. Carroll. 2007. GIS Applications of a Dynamic, Online Herbarium Dataset. Presented (R. Miller) at 2007 ASB Annual Conference, Columbia, SC.
Miller, R.* and A. Carroll. 2007. GIS Applications of a Dynamic, Online Herbarium Dataset. Presented (R. Miller) at 2007 Tennessee Geographic Information Council (TNGIC) Annual Conference, Chattanooga, TN.
Miller, R.*, J. Shaw, A. Carroll. 2007. UTC Graduate Research and Scholars Day.
Miller, R.* and J. Shaw. 2006. Development and Applications of Georeferenced Herbarium Data. Presented at Tennessee Academy of Sciences annual meeting in Clarkesville, TN. First Place: Botany Student Oral Presentation
Miller, R.* and J. Shaw. 2006. Development and Applications of Georeferenced Herbarium Data. Presented at 13th Annual Geospatial Information Technology Association professional conference in Marietta, GA. Award for outstanding oral presentation
Miller, R.* and J. Shaw. 2006. Development and Applications of Georeferenced Herbarium Data. Presented at project meeting for UTC/UTK/Appalachian State University/NBII/SERNEC joint conference in Knoxville, TN.
Bennett, P.*, S. Hales*, R. Huggins*, L. Hutchings*, D. Seder*, and H. G. Spratt, Jr. 2006. Mineralization of the herbicide metolachlor by microbes in urban and rural streams. Abstracts of Ann. meeting, Assoc. SE Biologists, Gatlinburg, TN (Southeastern Biology 53:177-178).
Campbell, M.*, I. Howlett*, J. Nihill*, J. Slack*, P. Thornton*, and H. G. Spratt, Jr. 2006. The effects of prior exposure and biostimulation on the mineralization of naphthalene from two wetland sites in southeastern Tennessee. Abstracts of Ann. meeting, Assoc. SE Biologists, Gatlinburg, TN (Southeastern Biology 53:178).
Wells, M.J.M., J.C. Tucker, and *M. Belka, Chemometric study of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soils of the Chattanooga Creek Floodplain. 231st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Atlanta, GA.
Jagger, M.*, and T.P. Wilson. 2006. Asian Turtle Ethics: An Analysis of the Religious, Ethical, Cultural and Ecological Factors Influencing the Current Decline in Asian Turtle Populations. Joint Annual Meeting of the IUCN Turtle Survival Alliance and the IUCN Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group.
Manis, C.*, and T.P. Wilson. 2006 Ecological Aspects of a Turtle Assemblage in the Tennessee River. Joint Annual Meeting of the IUCN Turtle Survival Alliance and the IUCN Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group.
Minton, R.*, Wilson, T.P., and C. Manis*. 2006. An Analysis of Trap Captures on a Riverine Turtle Assemblage in Tennessee. Joint Annual Meeting of the IUCN Turtle Survival Alliance and the IUCN Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group.
Moss, S.L.*, Wilson, T.P., Keller, J.M., and S. Richards. 2006. Levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in plasma from two species of riverine turtle. Joint Annual Meeting of the IUCN Turtle Survival Alliance and the IUCN Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group.
Wilson, T.P., Manis C.*, Minton, R.*, Moss, S.*, and D. Collins. 2006. Using Turtles to Promote a Grassroots Environmental Education Program in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia. Joint Annual Meeting of the IUCN Turtle Survival Alliance and the IUCN Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group.
Keller, J.M., Carlson, B.*, Swarthout, R.*, Alava, J.J.*, Moss, S.*, Steward, K.*, Aleska, K.*, Wilson, T.P., and J.R. Kucklick. 2007. PBDE Concentrations and Congener Profiles among Different Turtle Species, Locations, and Sample Types. 2007. Fourth International Workshop on Brominated Flame Retardants, Amsterdam, The Netherlands April 24-27, 2007.
