The Island School Poster Series
The Island School is a High School abroad program located in the Bahamas on the island of Eleuthera. Each semester, all of its students participate in a field based research project run in conjunction with its sister institution, the Cape Eleuthera Institute. The CEI is a university level biological institute that hosts research projects covering a wide array of topics. The Island School students work on these projects conducting hands-on independent group projects. Each year at the end of the semester, the students present a summary of their findings to the public and government officials of The Bahamas. This special module within the Fisheries Presentation Library presents the posters produced by these students each semester summarizing the results of these studies.
Fall 2019 
Fall 2019
The Buddy Reading Program: Monitoring the effect one-on-one tutoring can have in an educational setting
Authors: Matt Aiello, Nolan Delehey, Adam Figler, Julia Igoe, Elle McGould, Lily Russian, Reed Taylor, and Lilli Ward
Advisors: Kelsey Goodwin, Ariel Potter, and Kimberley Probin
Structure in the Pelagic Ecosystem
Authors: Asher Brownstein, Riley Cannady, Tess Frazer, Antonia Gomez, Samuel Gryska, Kiele Mader, Charlie Mottur, and Audrey Wallner
Advisors: Eric Schneider, Anita Wray, and Natasha Hinojosa
Assessing Sustainable Waste Management at The Island School
Authors: Ethan Bossenbroek, Abigail Bromberger, Minata Conde, Regan Krist, Owen Platt, and Matthew Switzer
Advisors: Dorlan Curtis, Jr. and María Claudia Fontes
Assessing Sustainable Waste Management at The Island School
Authors: Ethan Bossenbroek, Abigail Bromberger, Minata Conde, Regan Krist, Owen Platt, and Matthew Switzer
Advisors: Dorlan Curtis, Jr. and María Claudia Fontes
The Horizontal and Vertical Movement Behavior of Silky Sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis) in the Western Atlantic
Authors: Will Altenburg, Mariposa Beane, Makonnen Blessed, Veronica Fakult, Nate LaRhette, and Peyton Reynertson
Advisors: Brendan Talwar, Candace Fields, and Railey Zantop-Zimlinghaus
Assessing the Impact of Animal-Borne Cameras on Juvenile Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas)
Authors: Harper Hollander, Jack Kosoff, Will Kucera, Wyatt Lyons, Olivia Nachman, Ava Roche, Kalie Taylor, and Jadyn Thibodeau
Advisors: Laura St. Andrews, Sara Gillis, and Nathan Robinson
Food Security: Being Vocal About Eating Local
Authors: Zach Alin-Hvidsten, Jane Goodrich, Cam Guttell, Alex Halaby, Max Mallett, and Mishara Nozea
Advisors: Katlin Tilly and Grainne Burrows
Spring 2019
Spring 2019
Nuggets of Hope: Using coral microfragments to determine best practice reef-rebuilding techniques
Authors: Katelyn Cambridge, Sophie Cappello, Jack Kenney, Henry Kuck, Haya Firas, and Austin Anderson Interns: Hannah Lochan and Eliza Thomas
Advisors: Valeria PIzarro and Lily Haines
Food Security: Supporting Roots in Eleuthera
Authors: Betsy Balbuena, Caleb McDonough, Sophia Moore, Lucy Swedberg, Ben Tolpa, and Eleanor Wilson
Advisors: Katlin Tilly and Jacob Nelson
Biomass Accumulation around FADs in the Exuma Sound
Authors: Aidan Hayre, James McCullough, Isabella Pitarresi, Harrison Thebaud, Catherine Webber, and Louisa Wright
Advisors: Samantha Russell and Eric Schneider
Junk Food: The Role of Discards from the Spiny Lobster Fishery in Sustaining Marine Scavengers
Authors: Stacy Pinder Jr., Owen DiNicola, Devon Tyrie, Fuller Clement, Lucy Pike, Grey Jones, and Tyler Walker
Advisors: Nick Higgs and Alex Smith
Mrcoremediation: Waste to Fuel to Food
Authors: Maddy Bridge, Ella Buchanan, Ben Davenport, Oliver Kendall, Sage McGinley-Smith and Tia Peterson
Advisors: Alex Cook and Dorlan Curtis, Jr.
Reading Outreach: One Tutoring Session at a Time
Authors: Leilani Elkaslasy, Layton Harding, Izzy Ingram, Anthony Nakhle, Emma Rohrer, Rowan Reilly, Isadora Rivera-Janer, and Lucy Shepard
Advisors: Lydia Felty and Trinity Foreman
Investigating the abundance and habitat use of pelagic fishes in the Exuma Sound
Authors: Jules Holland, Gus Martens, Filip Engstrom, Caroline Kevin, Peter Napoli, and Celine Romero Garcia
Advisors: Brendan Talwar, Savannah Ryburn, Alexa Hoffman and Jawanza Small
Aquaponics: The Future Of Farming
Authors: Holden Present, Amy Xu, Gray Foster, Anna Candee, Julia Beitel,Ava Guleserian, and Caroline Forman
Advisors: Iona Hamilton Stubber and Sam Chronert
Fall 2018
Fall 2018
Aquaponics: A New Age Solution to Food Insecurity
Authors: Jack Henehan, Bobby Gould, Andrew McGaffigan, Delphine King, Jillian Cudney, and Kai Goode
Advisors: Katlin Tilly, Walter Neely, Iona Hamilton Stubber and Sam Chronert
Casuarina Textiles: Wearing Out an Invasive Species
Authors: Adriana Kyncl, Sofia Sharp, Dylan Lyons, Sam Bebergal, Sam Alvin, and Damian Hendricks
Advisors: Dorlan Curtis Jr. and Alex Cook
Behavioral Effects of Ecotourism on Green Sea Turtles
Authors: Blake Haden, Bronwyn Jensen., Drew Tyska., Jake Lockwood, JJ Murphy, Riley Clark, and Rori Avelar
Advisors: Bill Bigelow
Powering and Empowering a Community: Designing and Implementing a Microgrid for The Cape Eleuthera Island School
Authors: Ian Cook, Lucy Day, Crashonda Garvey, Taylor Overy, Will Towle, David Hooper, and Sophia Witt
Advisors: Bryan Carroll
Multi-directional Cameras as Tools to Quantify Biodiversity Around Fish Aggregation Devices
Authors: Isabel Olson, Carver Rodman, Thea Keene, Will Lisle, Trevonte Decoteau, Aidan Hoffman, and Luke Sadhwani
Advisors: Eric Schneider and Samantha Russell
Connecting Communities at Lighthouse Point
Authors: Coco Drinkard, Ruby Platt, Giana De La Cruz, Ellie Sabet, Elijah Kaplan, and Rowan Curley
Advisors: Lydia Felty and Stan Burnside
Characterizing the Pelagic Fish Community of The Exuma Sound
Authors: Fisher Clark, Daniel Eyal, Lyla Forman, Lucy Hensley, Wyatt Huggins, Summer Stagman, and Carlton Taylor II
Advisors: Brendan Talwar and Candace Fields
Investigating The Behavior Of Juvenile Green Sea Turtles Using Animal-Borne Cameras
Authors: Reed J. Vanacore, Tess A. McCormick, Alexis S. OLeary, Lyla E. Kirkpatrick, Andrew L. Huffman, Henry W. Ingrassia, and Kate Z. Long
Advisors: Nathan J. Robinson and Jack Cuffley
Spring 2018
Spring 2018
Permaculture: Planting Seeds of Sustainability on the Island School Campus
Authors: Susanna Cabot, Isabel Cullen, Maeve Goodrich, Kelvin Monje, Kate Pausic, Ezra Stern, Nora Verdier
Advisors: Joseph Plant, Leigh Schmitt
Principles of Bioremediation: Engineering Wastewater Solutions in Remote Locations
Authors: Sophia Glazer, Nick Healy, Haley Hockin, Arlo Reilly, Alexis Saunders, and Ezra Smith
Advisors: Bryan Carroll and Sarah Emrich
Increasing Tomato Plant Production Using Bato Buckets and Mineralization
Authors: Annie Muggia, Casey Pope, D’layla Paulino, Eliot Kimball, Matt Arigo, Sienna Henderson, Tucker Simonsen
Advisors: Alex Cook and Celine Terfloth
Alternative Fuels: Repurposing Waste Motor Oil into a Biodiesel Fuel Supplement at The Island School
Authors: Charlie J. Bohnsack, Michael J. Braithwaite, Owen J. Cirilli, Maddie R. Eve, Jason T. Stillerman and Dorothy J. Thompson
Advisors: Cam G. Krasovich and Alex D. Perkins
Abundance and Population Assessment of Sea Cucumbers in South Eleuthera
Authors: Eliza Bradford, Ryan Davis, Georgi Dorward, Ginger Highman, Bryn Stillwell, Jack Tyrie
Advisors: Sierra Ison, Sam Gierhart
Colonization patterns of fish on fish aggregation devices (FADs)
Authors: Wyatt Balderson, Brendan Collins, Garret Dyckman, Ben Easton, Sarah Gray, and Ilana Koppel
Advisors: Olivia Eisenbach, Danielle Orrell, and Eric Schneider
Investigating the Vertical Distribution of Deep-Sea Fauna in Exuma Sound
Authors: Grace Wetsel, Leighton Graham, Tobias Wynn, Anna Weisel, Jessie Hill, Bella Garfield, Krystynia Pyfrom
Advisors: Brendan Talwar and Nathan Robinson
Investigating the population dynamics of the spider crab Mithrax spinosissimus in southern Eleuthera
Authors: Ivy Allen, Olivia Heimann, Will Nipon, Sydney Saunders, Andrew Sim, Mary Carmen Springs, Katie Storer
Advisors: Logan Zeinert and Ami Adams
Fall 2017
Fall 2017
Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) production using Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia Illucens) larvae-based aquafeed in a recirculating aquaculture system
Authors: Sofi Morales, Oliver Moss, Tyler Murphy, Jack Nixon, Bella Philip, and Michael Tetreault
Advisors: Celine Terfloth and Molly Denning
ARE DRONES A VIABLE TOOL FOR MONITORING MARINE MEGAFAUNA IN MANGROVE CREEKS: A COMPARISON BETWEEN DRONE AND SNORKELLING SURVEYS
Authors: Mitch Bereznay, Lili Boulogne, Nalani Dziama, Claire Gorden, Ben Lisle, Jason Petty, and Grace Zachau
Advisors: Nathan J. Robinson and Giulia Cardoso
Evaluating germination and growth of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) amended with biochar innoculated with fermented organic seaweed liquid extract
Authors: Gabi Cantero, Jada Rudolph, Jordi Bertran, Max Nonnenmacher, Clare Cornelius, Mattie Ruby, and Max Gryska
Advisors: Mark Young and Sarah D. Richardson
SMALL ISLAND RESILIENCY STUDY: Energy Matters at the Local Level
Authors: Ruby Bagwyn, Matthew Brown, Cecilia Compton, Martine Lavelle, Everett Moore, and Cecelia Pilgrim
Advisors: Bryan Carroll and Sarah Emrich
FADs AS A CONSERVATION TOOL IN PELAGIC OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS
Authors: Bella Lundeen, Kenaro Malcolm, Bryce Gell, Hayden Martin, Zander Gomez, and Quinn Keefe
Advisors: Eric Schneider and Reid Webb
Permaculture: The Island School’s Journey to Food Security
Authors: Clea Guerrand-Hermès, Mac Grosscup, Lila Saligman, Zahely Felix, Nick Bower, and Hailey Bernstein
Advisors: Joseph Plant and Leigh Schmitt
Waste Plastic to Fuel Using Pyrolysis
Authors: Leah Arias, Tea DiPrima, Kellie Navarro, Henry Neuman, Alex Park, Eileen Porterfield, and Annie Small
Advisors: Alex Cook and Alex Perkins
Assessing diurnal foraging patterns in green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas)
Authors: Ethan Bankowski, Liam Carroll, James Cummings, Annabel Dewing, Bryson Lipson, and Isabel Markey
Advisors: Meagan Gary and Chelsea Begnaud
Spring 2017
Spring 2017
An assessment of trophic resource partitioning between two sympatric batoid species in Eleuthera
Authors: Lucia Bolles, Grace Crenshaw, Grace Fogarty, Katie Grogan, Patrick Howard, David Keene, Luke Weinstein
Advisors: Tanja Schwanck & Casey Sullivan
Black Soldier Fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) as an alternative protein source for Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) feed in an aquaponics system
Authors: Asha Delcogliano, Troy Dillon, Donovan Hepburn, Maggie Kearney, Brenna Kerin, and Shaw Miller
Advisors: Michael Bowleg, Mark Young, and Celine Terfloth
An investigation into the potential anthropogenic impact on growth rate and biomass of Turtle Grass, Thalassia testudinum, in South Eleuthera.
Authors: Addy Brown, Olive Cowan, Claire de Cordova, Will Enterline, Sawyer Gouldman, Annie McGill, Alex Weber
Advisors: Izzy Lake and Logan Zeinert
At the heart of the invasion: Exploring the use of heart rate loggers as a proxy for feeding rates of lionfish in their (un)natural habitat
Authors: Martina Cappellano, Natalie Edman, Katherine Kosoff, Laela Lunt, X Prince, Hayden Stein, and Abby Wright
Advisors: Dr. Travis Van Leeuwen and Jodie Ball
The Lion, The Fish, and The Mangrove: Quantifying the Interactions Between Schoolmaster Snapper and Invasive Lionfish in a Mangrove Ecosystem
Authors: Aukai Elkaslasy, Ainsley Green, Nevin Ketchum, David Mohamed, Nina Sanchez, and Andrew Treat
Advisors: Rebekah Trehern and Cameron Raguse
Permaculture at The Island School: Conducting a Comprehensive Food Audit to Establish an Environmentally and Socioeconomically Sustainable Food System
Authors: Meg Barnes, Sophie Colantuono, Oliver Parizeau, Sam Peck, Margot Solvay and Caroline Woodard
Advisors: Joseph Plant and Leigh Schmitt
Pyrolysis: a Solution to the Plastic Problem
Authors: Dani Abouhamad, Sibley Dickinson, Elizabeth Felderman, Henry Howe, Jack Johnston, Thomas Markusen, and Jarrett Young
Advisors: Alex Cook, Sarah Emrich, and Alex Perkins
Homing Behavior of Displaced Juvenile Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas)
Authors: Emmett de Kanter, Keenan McMorrow, Brad Stanton, Julia Forman, Megan Long, Michael Freeman and Ellie Adams
Advisors: Jessica Rudd and Christian Daniell
Fall 2016
Fall 2016
The Use of Black Soldier Fly Larvae (Hermetia illucens) as an Alternative Feed Source in Aquaponics
Authors: Eve Brewer, Corley deTuro, Cam Kloeppel, Abigail Mottur, Samantha Tiede, Quinn Waldron
Advisors: Michael Bowleg and Leigh Schmitt
Coral Monitoring and Gardening in South Eleuthera
Authors: Colin Braun, Frannie Dellacqua, Reilly Edgar, Austin Hoffman, Taylor Robertson, Ana Tessier
Advisors: Dr. Kristine Stump, Drew Hitchner
Assessment of biodiversity, distribution, and abundance of deep sea scavenging megafauna
Authors: Nick Catlin, Allyson Henry, Emily Lawson, Megan McCullough, Oscar Platt, Madeleine Rondestvedt, and Nick Byrne
Advisors: Mackellar Violich and Georgiana Burruss
Quantifying Plastics and its Biological Impacts in teh Northern Exuma Sound, The Bahamas
Authors: Kyra Hall, Kit Shaw, Isly Van Dusen, Isabella Brown, Sam Resetarits, Gabriela Inoa
Advisors: Dr. Travis Van Leeuwen and Cameron Raguse
Assessing shark movements locally and internationally
Authors: Ellie Jester, Lilah McCormick, Emily Engebretson, Matt McGaffigan, Jesse Sweeting, Sam Cowles, Margaret Staller
Advisors: Dr. Heather Marshall and Maggie Winchester
Plastic Pyrolysis and Waste-to-Energy Potential at The Island School
Authors: Alex Ackerman, Soren Barclay, Gabriel Garcia Rulfo Vazquez, Morgan Krasovich, Chisana Monson, Romaris Moquete
Advisors: Alex Cook, Mike Cortina, Alex Perkins
An Assessment of the Dietary Preferences in Two Species of Coastal Stingrays from The Bahamas
Authors: Ellie Jones, Cianan Gamble, Garrett Pilgrim, Claire Rattan, Neila Connaughton, Ethan Skelly and Jake Weinstein
Advisors: Ethan Wrigglesworth, Molly Meadows and Dr. Owen R. O Shea
Spring 2016
Spring 2016
Characterizing a prespawning aggregation of bonefish, Albula vulpes
Authors: Quentin Andersen, Lily Bermel, Josie Cummings, Toby Ketchum, Andrew Muggia, Ceci O'Marah, and Rob Titsworth
Advisors: Georgiana Burruss
Broad-scale migratory behavior and fine-scale habitat use of the Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) in the sub-tropical Western Atlantic
Authors: Mark McCullough, Zoe Nichols, Taylor Herrick, Mahamadou Bala, Emily Bhatt, Samuel Burnham, and Noah Wagner
Advisors: Oliver Shipley and Christina Grossi
Would you sleep in a graveyard? Assessing the behavior of queen conch (Strombus gigas) to knocked shells
Authors: Charlotte Hagerty, Ellie Fredrickson, Caroline Peters, Greg Pizzurro, Renee Farquharson, Justin Allinson, and Austin Halstead
Advisors: Helen Conlon and Cara Thompson
Taste the Waste: Quantifying Plastic Pollution in Our Oceans
Authors: Sophie Meyer, Will Jackowitz, Zoe-Maud Alic, Lizzie Feldmann-DeMello, Cooper Allen, Charlie Widing, and Kyron Thomas Jr.
Advisors: Dr. Owen O'Shea and Miguel Furtado
Abundance and Distribution of Juvenile Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) and Sharks around South Eleuthera
Authors: Aaron Bogin, Ian Connelly, Doris Gasic, Nick Giordano, Sam Lundeen, and Emma Springs
Advisors: Loreto Vila and Luke Sundquist
Characterization of seagrass beds used by green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) in South Eleuthera, The Bahamas
Authors: Annika Goldman, Meg Manning, Amelia Patterson, Brooke Raffone, Khalil Ryan, Ruby Spitz, Ellie Storey, and Ethan Weiss
Advisors: Ninive Espinoza & Rob Drummond
Thermal Niche Preference of the Southern Stingray, Dasyatis americana
Authors: Emily Ambargis, Baker Casagrande, Gracen Hecht, Talia Hoffman, Lily Kaye, Azam Janmohamed, and Allie White
Advisors: Dr. Owen O'Shea and Dan Montgomery
Fall 2015
Fall 2015
Physiological Recovery of Bonefish (Albula vulpes) to Multiple Catch and Release Angling Events
Authors: Robert Zintl, Alex Ulm, Jon Charette, Sam Palmisano and Cam Risinger
Advisors: Georgie Burruss and Dr. Aaron Shultz
The Physiological and Behavioral Responses of Lemon Sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) to Capture
Authors: Elizabeth Irving, Helen Roosevelt, Brianna Auray, Callie Junkin, Jack Megrue, and Justin Box
Advisors: Ian Bouyoucos and Cameron Raguse
The Density and Consumption of Plastic in the Northern Exuma Sound
Authors: Melanie Carr, Coleman Gould, Anneke Sherry, Jack Stroud, Max Thebaud, & Hannah Van Alstine
Advisors: Zach Zuckerman
Ontogenetic Habitat Use & Spatial Resource Partitioning Between Two Sympatric Stingrays
Authors: Menatallah N. Bahnasy, David F. Ball Jr., Rikki Borkowski, Isabelle L. Buroker, Charles J. Gleberman, Nicloas P. L'Archevesque
Advisors: Dr. Owen R. O’Shea and Chris Ward
Vertical Habitat Utilization of Cuban Dogfish in the Exuma Sound
Authors: Mihir Edulbehram, Theo Mack, Mikey Petersen, Lizzy Soranno, Tessa Vetter
Advisors: Oliver Shipley and Flora Weeks
The abundance and distribution of juvenile queen conch (Strombus gigas) in The Schooner Cays
Authors: Olivia Gomez, Clara Hoffman, Katie Koch, Kai O’Connor, Owen Ryerson, Ethan Vitaz
Advisors: Candice Brittain and Alanna Waldman
Gathering Baseline Information on Anchialine Ponds of Eleuthera, The Bahamas
Authors: Andrieka Burrows, Skyler Heller, Charles Rigby Knox, Amanda Madsen, Christian McIntosh, and Lyle Prockop
Advisors: by Dr. Jocelyn Curtis-Quick and Alexio Brown
Understanding Local Bahamians’ Knowledge and Attitudes
Authors: Aissatu Bah, Valerie Jackman, Jessica Bermudez- Deane, Meam Hartshorn, and Katelyn Schwartz
Advisors: Rachel Miller
Home Range and Habitat Use of Immature Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas)
Authors: Maisie MacMillen, Paityn Wedder, Hannah Wakeman, Vanessa Pinney, and Lillian Nystrom
Advisors: Meagan Gary and Brittney Parker
Spring 2015
Spring 2015
The Assessment of Deep Sea Distribution and Abundance of Scavenging Fauna in the Exuma Sound
Authors: Wyatt Hill, Margaret Kelly, Ian Mauck, Scott Meggit, Whitney Swanson and Haley Taft
Advisors: Mackellar Violich
The Effects of Light Pollution on the Activity of Juvenile Bonefish (Albula vulpes)
Authors: Tallis Blossom, G. William Bonnie, Locke Curtis, Lily Supovitz, and Hal Triedman
Advisors: Petra Szekeres and Nick Balfour
The presence of plastic in the marine ecosystem of the Exuma Sound
Authors: Sophie Moore, Jessie Gray, Ethan Pierce, Delphine Carroll, Tristian Ketterer, Jeremy Diaz
Advisors: Zach Zuckerman
The Assessment and Exploration of Anchialine Ponds on Eleuthera, The Bahamas
Authors: Ella Fishman, Brendan Hughes, J.J. L'Archevesque, Madeline Parker, Crawford Patton, and Ben Skinner
Advisors: Dr. Jocelyn Curtis-Quick and Alexio Brown
Assessing the current status of grouper, snapper and parrotfish in South Eleuthera
Authors: Nat Davenport, Douglas Vetter, Hayden Davis, Patrick Henderson, and Gus Dellacqua
Advisors: Candice Brittain and Luanettee Colebrooke
Assessing Important Invertebrate Populations Within the Proposed Marine Protected Area in South Eleuthera
Authors: Raynooka Kabir, Colleen McGuinness, Hanna Pierce, Danaldo Pinder, Dakota Sexton, and Cole Triedman
Advisors: Claire Thomas and Matthew Smith
Activity of juvenile green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) in their foraging grounds through the use of accelerometry
Authors: Ali Boutros, Nick Brittain, Nelle Cabot, Lane Kearney, Arielle Leeman, and Jessa VanderWeide
Advisors: Annabelle Brooks and Rachel Miller
The Post-Release Survivorship of Gulper Sharks and Cuban Dogfish
Authors: Noelle Henderson, Lucy Zachau, Khalil Addams-Pilgrim, Stephen Gallagher, Maya Abouhamad, Olivia Rask
Advisors: Alp Gokgoz and Brendan Talwar
Ontogenetic Habitat Use and Specificity in Stingrays (Dasyatidae) in South Eleuthera, The Bahamas
Authors: Leo Batali, Cameron St. Onge, Robert Crenshaw III, Maddie Nystrom, Ellie Corbett, and Hadley Gouldman
Advisors: Dr. Owen O'Shea
Fall 2014
Fall 2014
Climate, salinity and pH changes: their impact on the aerobic scope of schoolmaster snapper, Lutjanus apodus
Authors: Sachi Elias, Kerwin Mullings, Deneé Rankine, Paige Roepers, Peter Knudsen, Samantha Furlong, and Natalie Benoit
Advisors: Zach Zuckerman and Nick Balfour
Identifying effects of accelerometers on the swimming performance of juvenile lemon sharks
Authors: Thomas Nugent, Brian Baker, Dean Piersiak, Henry Swain, Gavin Siegert, Heather Paget-Brown, ElizaSchmidt
Advisors: Ian Bouyoucos and Candice Brittain
Assessing Relative Abundance and Biodiversity of Deep-Sea Fauna in the Exuma Sound, Eleuthera, The Bahamas
Authors: Sierra Welly, Jack Diggins, Julian Moulton, Jamie Frost, Inna Oh, Eliot Brett and Devin Gilmartin
Advisors: Mackellar Violich and Sunghee Kim
The post-release survivorship of cuban dogfish caught on longlines
Authors: Courtney Close, Melinda Edie, Abby Heher, Alexa Hoffman, Hugh Lavelle, Maggie Rogers
Advisors: Brendan Talwar
Assessing the Body Condition of Juvenile Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Tidal Creeks across South Eleuthera
Authors: Michael Brown, Tom Cummins, Peter Ellinger, Bridger Royce, and Shannon Zink
Advisors: Annabelle Brooks and Rachel Miller
Assessing the Current Population of Florida Stone Crabs (Menippe mercenaria) in South Eleuthera, The Bahamas
Authors: Christian Denis, Eliza Eddy, Camille Lopez-Silvero, Max Porter, Ellie Rubinstein and Simi Sonubi
Advisors: Claire Thomas and Alicia Hendrix
Offshore Renewable Energy Developments: The effects of artificial electric fields on lemon sharks and yellow rays
Authors: Alex Weinstein, Peter Aronson, Jack Kimball, Libby Schwab, Téa ValeTe, Elsa Seterdahl, and Kaleigh Gillen
Advisors: Dr. Owen O’Shea and Kate McClellan Press
Experimentation with Sustainable Alternative Feeds for Nile Tilapia
Authors: Noah Sonnenberg, Elizabeth Diehl, Jade Moses, Eliza Judson, Rachylle Hart, and Hendricks Delva
Advisors: Adam Dusen and Eric Schneider
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Assessing Anthropogenic Impacts on Mangrove Ecosystems
Authors: Abbe Easton, Abby Gordon, Grace Forelle, Josh Lachs, Carlos Sanni, and Hugo Wasserman
Advisors: Zach Zuckerman and Kelly Hannan
Comparing Metabolic Rates and Acceleration to Understand the Effects of Commercial Longlining on Sharks
Authors: Bailey DeLoache, Josh Manning, Sam Parizeau, Renee Perkins, Tristin Wakeman, Olivia Wigon
Advisors: Ian Bouyoucos and Candice Brittain
Evaluating the abundance and distribution of juvenile green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) in South Eleuthera
Authors: Anya Ham, Avery Vanacore, Catherine Argyrople, Greta Poler, Robin Grathwohl, and Tess Bialobrzeski
Advisors: Meagan Gary and Eric Schneider
An Assessment of the Trophodynamics of Yellow Stingrays (Urobatis jamaicaensis) via Electrosensory Detection
Authors: Faith Isham, Kayleen Rice, Kaveen Solanki, Ian Devlyn, Marta Sola Pfeffer, and Boden Franklin
Deep Sea Scavenging Fauna in the Northeast Exuma Sound
Authors: Krista Church, James McAlevey, Cole Valente, Charlie Mounts, Julia Forster, and Leah Charash
Advisors: Mackellar Violich & Oliver Shipley
Fishing and Conservation: Interviewing Fishermen in Eleuthera
Authors: Kevin Barry, Braden Brown, Patrick Friend, Marion Goldberg, Fiona Ross and Scott Voigt
Advisors: Kate Kincaid
Dietary preference of the invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans and Pterois miles) in South Eleuthera
Authors: William F. Cannistraro, Maxwell C. Carty, William J. Cembalest, Sarah E. Davis, Colin F. Horgan, and Madison M. Howe
Advisors: Jocelyn A. Curtis-Quick and Vienna R. Saccomanno
Surveying queen conch (Strombus gigas) populations off Cape Eleuthera, Bahamas: Has the density changed since 2012?
Authors: Jake Atwood, Charlie Austin, Zach McCloskey, Sophia Strautmanis, Baylor Tyrie, and Bella Walton
Advisors: Claire Thomas, Alicia Hendrix, and Sunghee Kim
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
An Assessment of the Biodiversity and Abundance of Deep-Water Species in Exuma Sound
Authors: Leo Janigian, Liam Macartney, Caroline Lewis, Gray Hill, Collin McNeely, Alliea Campbell
Advisors: Owen O'Shea and Mackellar Violich
The Effects of Lionfish, Pterois volitans, on Spiny Lobster, Palinurus argus, condo displacement
Authors: Ella Hartshorn, Matthew O'Connor, Clement Titsworth, Gibson Cushman, Samantha Jensen and Summer Wrobel
Advisors: Jocelyn Curtis-Quick & Vienna Saccomanno
The Behavioral and Physiological Response of the Caribbean Reef and Nurse Sharks to Longline Capture
Authors: Lexi Merison, Lyndsey Silverstein, Morgen Montgomery, Griffin Andres and Nora Teter
Advisors: Edward Brooks and Ian Bouyoucos
Settlement Patterns of Post-Larval Reef Fish in Eleuthera, Bahamas
Authors: Lyndell Giffenig, Sophie Ochs, Max Thompson, Elsa Davis, Chase Haylon and Anita Wray
Advisors: Skylar Miller
Target Finfish Assessment and Fishers' Perceptions in South Eleuthera
Authors: Liah Burbridge, Peter Keefe, Eliza Keene, Carly Shea, Will Sherwin, Cristopher Teufel
Advisors: Kate Kincaid and Kristal Ambrose
The Effects of Climate Change on the Behavior of Nearshore Fish Species
Authors: Authors: Andrew Todaro, Cam Gordon, Charlie Zachau, Dale Lattanzio, Haeyeon Jang, Inayah Bashir and Krissy Truesdale
Advisors: Aaron Shultz and Kylie Bloodsworth
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Coral Reef Health and Herbivore Biomass on Patch Reefs.
Authors: Ben VanderWeide, Brad Driscoll, Caroline Muggia, Cole Vanacore, Michael Banks, and Sarah Haselton
Advisors: Kristal Ambrose and Maria White.
Effects of Temperature Increases on Bonefish.
Authors: Anna Marsh, Ashley Ryan, Charlie Mauck, Marcus Gould, Shanika Foster, Willis Zetter.
Advisors: Liane Nowell.
Factors Affecting Distribution, Size and Abundance of Green Sea Turtles.
Authors: George Crawford, Helena Janulis, Sarah Taft, Maria Springs, James Boelkins and Tiger Henderson.
Advisors: Taylor Hoffman.
Habitat Displacement Between the Caribbean Spiny Lobster and Lionfish.
Authors: Dana Biddle, Dale Eddy, Daniel Goldman, Madeleine Kelly, Michael Mahacek, and Elizabeth Whitson.
Advisors: Dr. Jocelyn Curtis-Quick and Rachel Fry.
Identifying Juvenile Queen Conch Nurseries.
Authors: Noelle Anderson, Taylor Fasolo, Charlotte de Vaulx, Julia Baker, Greta OMarah, and Tim Sommerfield.
Advisors: Claire Thomas.
Interspecific Stress Responses of Sharks to Longline Capture.
Authors: Read Frost, Isabel Jamerson, Sally Johnson, Megs Malpani, Jack Martin, and John Norfleet.
Advisors: ATyler Sanford and Brendan Talwar.
Settlement Patterns of Lionfish Using SMURFs.
Authors: Brayden Beardsley, Franchesca Bethell, Peter Cusack, Peter Kite, Anya Pforzheimer, and Ivy Wapper.
Advisors: Skyar Miller.
The impacts of Global Climate Change on Flats Fishes.
Authors: Bailey Wessel, Zach Lewellyn, Tsering Skeele, Ann Gray Jumper, Hannah Resetarits, and Matt Topman.
Advisors: Zack Zuckerman.
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Biocontrol of Lionfish on South Eleutheran Reefs.
Authors: Chapin Atwood, Fiona Cerf, Hannah Lessels, Jesse Courtemanche, Macky Pesch, Lilly Ganske
Climate Change Effects on Bonefish Swimming Performance.
Authors: Spencer Goodwin, Tom Erdmann, Remington Gerst, Logan Smith, Jack Rumery, Eric Jacobson.
Green Sea Turtles in Half Sound, Eleuthera, The Bahamas.
Authors: Kaitlin Ball, Lauren Catena, Hope Logan, Jacob Varsano, and Alexis Welch.
Population Density and Substrate Preference in Queen Conch.
Authors: Brian Byun, Nora Cullen, Connor Konynenbelt, Eunna Oh, Christina Roberts and Maren Roberts.
Predation and Growth Rate of Lemon Sharks.
Authors: Hadley Edie, Harrison Glatt, Nathaneal Matlack, Nicole McCallum, Emily Robinson, Ryan Schendel
Reef Fish Abundance in South Eleuthera.
Authors: Atalanta von der Schulenburg, Sam Hastings, Korinna Garfield, Nathaniel Millard and Maggie Bland.
Stress Response of Nurse Sharks Captured by Longlines.
Authors: James Boyce, Lauren Gould, Caroline Jones, Tatum Nugent, Phoebe Shaw and Isabelle Swearingen.
The Effects of Climate Change on Behavior of Tropical Flats Fish.
Authors: Reilly Simmons, Campbell Peck, Cate Ellison, Kelly McCarthy, Christopher Foote, & Katie Holmes.
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Deep Water Biodiversity in Exuma Sound.
Authors: Abby Anderson, Greg Ledingham, Lauren Maida, Annie Obrecht, Will Gold & Tai Massimilian.
Fish Abundance and Habitat Structure of Patch Reefs.
Authors: Anna Jenkins, Liz Ellinger, Casey Rutherford, Sarah Allison, Francisco Diaz, Kyle Titsworth.
Habitat Variation in Mangrove Creeks in relation to Bonefish.
Authors: Alexia Knowles, Amnahir Pena-Alcantara, Emma Barbera, Joe Eynck, Mac McDonald, Max Spencer, Zachary Dellacqua.
Ocean Acidification and Bonefish.
Authors: Hannah Piersiak, Matti McAlpin, Surayya Diggs, Taylor Lundeen, Peter Graham and Jenna Zwanger.
Predator Prey Abundance of Lemon Sharks in Mangrove Creeks.
Authors: Kira Akka-Seidel, Nina Brander, Paul Henderson, Brendan James, Emma Kimball, Conor Smith.
Queen Conch Population Density in Cape Eleuthera.
Authors: Shelby Ambargis, Robert Balloch, Maxwell Gordon, Amelia Patsalos-Fox, Shane Wetmore, Sterling Wright.
Recolonization of Lionfish on South Eleutheran Patch Reefs.
Authors: Lucy Cram, Natalie Grune, Kyle Forness, Gabriel Taliaferrow, Ann-Marie Carroll, and Eric Witte.
The Abundance and Distribution of Sea Turtles around South Eleuthra
Authors: Levi Chandler, Rachel Cohen, Dana Colihan, Felipe Gomez, Brandon Jennings, and Tamara Pletzer.
Fall 2011
Fall 2011
Effects of Fish Waste as Silage for Use in Aquaponics.
Authors: Alexandra Spring, Alexandra Wetherald, Grace Fowler, Griffin Hunt, Helen Russell, and Marius Udnaes
Advisors: Ashley Akerberg and Joshua Shultz.
Deepwater Sharks in Exuma Sound.
Authors: Anna Belk, Devin Caccavaro, Erik Canfield, Jane Drinkard, James Murray, and Carter Wight
Advisors: Brooks, A., Brooks, E., Kilfoil, J., and Piersiak,M .
Effects of Glycerol on Biogas Production.
Authors: Tyler Courville, Anabelle Florio, Ihna Mangundayao, Simon Mauck, and Katie Tapper
Advisors: Dave Burnham, Sam Kenworthy, and Matt Poss.
Effects of Grouper and Reef Type on Lionfish Distribution.
Authors: Katie Harpin, John Morris, Maddy Philipp, Forrest Rappaport, Tessa Tracy, and Lincoln Zweig
Advisors: Steve Auscavitch, Teschna Christie, Skylar Miller, and Jason Selwyn.
Ideal Nursery Mangrove Habitats in Eleuthera.
Authors: Annie Blanc, Kate Maroni, Brendan McDonnell, Franklin Rodriguez, Samantha Saccomanno, and Tori Suslovitch
Advisors: Liane Nowell, Ally Waters, and Justin Millar
Mangrove Filtering Efficiency.
Authors: Jack Foote, Brian Higgs, Jamie Perritt, Emily Peters, Eliott Wellenbach, and William Sturrup
Advisors: Marie Tarnowski and Alicia Barlow.
Population Densities of Queen Conch in Cape Eleuthera Sound.
Authors: Ellen Eberhardt, Claire Russell, Annie Bryan, Hallie Coon, Benjamin Beardsley, and Charles Sandor
Advisors: Erin Cash and Julie Claussen.
Species on Patch Reefs in South Eleuthera.
Authors: Anika Ayyar, Harry Cantelmo, Ian Huschle, Tori O’Connor, Connor Sullivan, and Zeke Tuszynski
Advisors: Dani Owen and Peter Zdrojewski.
Spring 2011
Spring 2011
Movement and Growth of Bonefish in Bahamian Archipelago
Authors: Nathan Klarr, Christie Ledingham, Mario Sacca, Lindsey Springs, Mia Thomas, and Jon Vredenburg.
Advisors: Justin Symington.
Habitat Preference of Juvenile Lemon Sharks in South Eleuthera.
Authors: Georgianna Anderson, Samantha Essig, Nick Manning, Brett McQuaide, Caroline Schoen, Anne Vetter.
Advisors: Ian Hamilton and Al Pickard.
Species Populations in Patch Reefs in Eleuthera.
Authors: Lizzie Ayoub, Damian Bleiberg, Aidan Dempsey, Katie Johnson, Hannah Jones, Annie Morris, Matt Dawson, Elyssa Longo.
Advisors: Elyssa Longo & Matt Dawson.
Effects of Fish Feed on Cobia Growth Rates.
Authors: Emma Beecher, Izza Drury, Aldis Gamble, Bronte McGarrah, Marco Murphy, Elizabeth Tell.
Advisors: Marie Tarnowski, Dani Owen, Katelynne Wolf, Luis Ojeda-Aripez.
Effects of Current Velocity on Lionfish Distribution.
Authors: Trueranda Cox, Ellie Cutchin, J.P. Ferro, Jack Kempner, Holly Porter, Jessica Resnick.
Advisors: Avery Goelz, Skylar Miller, Peter Zdrojewski.
Comparing Growth with Aquaponics vs Bahamian Soil.
Authors: Kelly Duggan, Austin Frank, Alec Green, Teddy Lamont, Haley McCalpin, and Caroline Vanacore.
Advisors: Ashley Akerberg and Josh Shultz.
Biodigestion: Quantifying Glycerol to Maximize Biogas Production.
Authors: Sarah Becker, Nicholas Elvinger, Eliza Hazen, Hannah Twombly, Arben Ukperaj, Evan Wood
Advisors: Jacob Archbold, David Burnham, Taylor Fargo, Samuel Kenworthy.
Archeological Study of Pre-Columbian Lucayan Inhabitation.
Authors: A. Adams, J. Curland, E. Sarantschin, T. Thran, T. VanGessel, A. Wriggins, J. Symington, Lucky.
Advisors: Liane Nowell, Alexis Anjomshoaa, Aaron Shultz.
Fall 2010
Fall 2010
Deepwater Shark Diversity.
Authors: Taylor Schendel, Liam Donovan, Aubrey Faggen, Clay Bales, Dorothy Long, Aly Boyce.
Advisors: Annabelle Oronti and Sean Williams.
Improving Nile Tilapia Flavor.
Authors: Brandon Gell, George Giannos, Perry Leavitt, Garneisha Pinder, Ashlie Thompson, Sasha Whittle.
Advisors: Ashley Akerberg, Joshua Shultz.
Lighthouse Point Archaelogy.
Authors: Tucker Beckett, Brigid Carr, Charlie Fichtner, Rachael Pridmore, Sarah Sasek, Daisy Spencer.
Advisors: Justin Symington, Gabe Wofford, Taylor Fargo, Francesca Perkins.
Metabolic changes in bonefish due to climate change.
Authors: Ellen Doughty, CJ Easton, Chris Daniell, Noah Boskey, Hannah Leeman, and Heather Seeley.
Advisors: Aaron Shultz and Liane Nowell.
Pairing behaviors of sharknose gobies.
Authors: Augie Cummings, Gian Paul Graziosi, Lea Luniewicz, Catharine Pirie, Nate Smith-Ide.
Advisors: Tyler Sclodnick, Marie Tarnowski, Rachel Shapiro, Galen Haas, Lisa Ailloud.
Spatial Ecology of Lemon Sharks.
Authors: Jack DeVries, Scott Endzel, Sarah Francisco, Megan Osborn, Louise Shiverick, & Hamby Wallace
Advisors: Ian Hamilton and Al Pickard.
Sustainable Fisheries in South Eleuthera.
Authors: Margaux Burnham, Hunter Foote, Julia Rew, Chamon McIntosh, William Overman, Allegra Rumbough.
Advisors: Brady Wheatley and David Miller.
Visual Surveys of Patch Reef Species.
Authors: Phoebe Fitz, Marianne Foss-Skiftesvik, Meaghan Kachadoorian, Chris Lorient, Chris Pibl, Jackson Rafter.
Advisors: Matt Dawson and Skylar Miller
Spring 2010
Spring 2010
Alternative Growing Mediums and Nutrient Sources in Aquaponics.
Authors: Gaby Graham-Glicksman, Sarah Haynor, Tevin Williams, Nick Lanza, Renee Lemoreau, Luke Sasek, Grace Bender.
Advisors: Josh Schultz, Kristen Key, Courtney Chisolm.
Archaeology of Rainey's Point, Eleuthera, The Bahamas.
Authors: William Drury, Madeline Hawk, Owen LaFarge, Evan Lutvak, Steven Normington, Hallie Schaeffer, Meg Urie.
Advisors: Justin Symington and Gabe Wofford.
Breeding Substrates for Sharknose Goby.
Authors: Erin Baker, Eliza Becker, Bridgette Foster, Ben Martin-Katz, Peter Quayle and Lucy Triedman.
Advisors: Thiago Soligo, Tyler Sclodnick, and Heather Tyrrell.
Distribution of Elasmobranches in Mangrove Creeks.
Authors: Maggie Bogardus, Morgan Henderson, Peter Sholley, Hadley Sachs, Welbis Ortiz, Mickey Philipp and Tyler Lewtan.
Advisors: Edd Brooks and John Szpak.
Effects of Lionfish on Biodiversity of Patch Reefs.
Authors: Helen Bourdeaux, Alex Henderson, Max Maloberti, Molly Parizeau, James Sands-Berking, Tristana Shaw.
Advisors: Krista Sherman and Merle Anderson.
Island School Energy Analysis.
Authors: Hannah Cope, Wilson Cusack, Julia Diaz, Emma Payne, Helen Pierson, Kitch Wakeman.
Advisors: Karl Hanson, Graham Siener.
Ocean Acidification Effects on Bonefish.
Authors: Jake Valente, Makayla Barton, Kearney McDonnell, Sean McGurl, Olivia Millspaugh, Mickey Mittermeier, and Rennie Meyers.
Advisors: Aaron Shultz and Kit Hayward.
Fall 2009
Fall 2009
Cape Eleuthera Waters A Pupping Area For Juvenile Tiger Sharks?
Authors: Christina Darville, Erin Gerrity, Parker McCown, Liza Morse, Maggie Nichols, Andy Sandor, and Rachel Pradilla
Advisors: Edward Brooks, Clarissa Kornell, and Jake Searle.
Effectively Utilizing Organic Waste Through Anaerobic Digestion.
Authors: Aubree Andres, Gwen Child, Stephanie Manley, Cole Meyerhoff, Zach Ross, Erica Russell, Amy Waters
Advisors: Karl Hanson, Sam Kenworthy, Graham Siener.
Effects of Climate Change on Coastal Flats.
Authors: Philip Beardsley, Anne Graziano, Lucy Hartwell, Sam Mackenzie, and Ross Sherman
Advisors: Kit Hayward, Annabelle Oronti, and Jeffrey A. Stein.
Lionfish Affecting Biodiversity of Patch Reef Species.
Authors: Maxwell Brown, Jeffrey Cowhey, Stephanie Dawson, Marcus Farrington, Molly Nash, Jan Shi, and Sarah Young
Advisors: Krista Sherman & Merle Anderson
Pre-Columbian Archaeology: Connecting Habitation Sites.
Authors: Adriana Banta, Kristen Garner, Eva McKinsey, Michelle Picotte, Lucy Scott, Chip Wierda, Dorson Williams
Advisors: Justin Symington & Gabe Wofford
Sustainability of Offshore Aquaculture in South Eleuthera
Authors: Will Kister, Reilly Lewis, Keir Macartney, Duncan Saunders, Alexis Sommerfield, and Cat Wilson
Advisors: Thiago Soligo and Chelsea Stephen
The Effects of Alternative Feeds On The Growth Rate of Tilapia.
Authors: Luis Escobar, Adam Hyatt, Paulina Levy, Molly Liebeskind, William Pavlis, Jake Pollak, Maggie Schneider
Advisors: Joshua Shultz, Kristen Key, Andrea Whittle
Spring 2009
Spring 2009
Alternative Feed for Tilapia in Aquaponics.
Authors: William Brewer, Christine Brittain, Anna Carroll, Christopher Dorsa, Anneke Heher, Sarah Kistner, Connor Ventling
Advisors: Thiago Soligo and Chelsea Stephen
Bonefish Movement Patterns During The Reproductive Season.
Authors: Latario Moxey, Sally Plank, Alex Perkins, Lulu Stelle, Paige Tarrant, Jake Verter and Mollie Young.
Advisors: Aaron Shultz & Chris Haak
Bonefish Reproductive Behavior.
Authors: Luke Amber, Devon Gamble, Molly Lobel, Whitney Powel, Mattie Reid, and Nicholas Strain.
Advisors: Karen Murchie
Cobia Feed Alternatives.
Authors: Colin Braun, Hayley Brown, Randi Brown, Cooper FitzGerald, Walcott Miller, Krissy Taft, Christiana Whitcomb
Advisors: Charles Carey, Andrew Field, Amanda Lilleston
Lucayans use of Rollin's Creek South Barrier Island.
Authors: Carter Brown, Spencer Elliott, Lauren Ledingham, Brian Porter, Katie Raber, Joe Sukup, Eric Verdier.
Advisors: Justin Symington, Hannah Berardi , and Bradley Watson
The Critical Thermal Maximum of Lionfish.
Authors: Christer Aikens, Chelsey Frost, May Henderson, Sami Kreisler, Eddie Lopez, Nate Maynard , Dana White.
Advisors: Krista Sherman and Christina Elmore
Fall 2008
Fall 2008
Abundance of Marine Species on Patch Reefs.
Authors: Adrian Baker, Emily Carlin, Chris Kachadoorian, Brian Kiley, Jack Massey, & Kate Pearson.
Advisors: Christina Elmore, Andrew Field, Charlie Carey.
Bonefish Behavior in Livewells.
Authors: Hadley Dawson, Chris Finkernagel, Iris Rayburn, Olivia Rich, Ted Thompson, & Alannah Vellacott.
Advisors: Aaron Shultz.
Cobia Aquaculture on Cape Eleuthera.
Authors: Maddy Cunningham, Dana Del Vecchio, Kevin Delaney, John DiLoreto, Simon Mann-Gow, & Sarah Tarika.
Advisors: Amanda Lilleston and Thiago Soligo.
Diadema antillarum in the Cape Eleuthera Area.
Authors: Margot Goldstein, Marty Morris, Leslie Panella, Cicely Schonberg, Jeramiah Simms, & Jasmine Wilchcombe.
Advisors: Hannah Berardi & Ben Dougherty.
How Did Lucayans Utilize Light House Point?
Authors: Scott Chaston, Conor Curtin, Monica Diercks, Cordelia Kenney, Jake Koetsier, & Bradley Watson.
Advisors: Justin Symington.
Method for Surveying Sharks.
Authors: Todd Carson, Melanie Koch, Patrick Lamontagne, Alexa Lesenskyj, Tasha White, & Valerie Zhao.
Advisors: Edward Brooks & Julia Späet.
Source of Fish Feed in an Aquaponics System.
Authors: Maddie Andres, Charlotte Francisco, Tyler Goddard, Sage Schaftel, Jenny Sherman, & Gus Wellin.
Advisors: Ashley King & Colleen O’Brien.
