David Thistle
Past Graduate Students
- Ravenel, W.S. 1980. The effect of sediment characteristics on the distribution of subtidal harpacticoid copepods. Master of Science.
- Dennis, R.E. 1981. The role of the seagrass Syringodium filiforme and sediment stability on benthic harpacticoid copepods. Master of Science.
- Reidenauer, J.A. 1981. The role of ray disturbance in a subtidal soft-bottom harpacticoid copepod community. Master of Science.
- Butterworth, M. 1982. Shell utilization by Octopus joubini. Master of Science.
- Griffin, D.R. 1983. The role of natural disturbance in a soft-bottom polychaete community. Master of Science.
- Baird, B.H. 1984. Utilization of extracellular polymer by a deposit feeding holothurian. Master of Science.
- Carman, K.R. 1984. In situ experimental evidence for dietary differences in four species of co-occurring benthic copepods (Crustacea). Master of Science.
- Sherman, K.M. 1985. Ecological investigations of the epifauna and flora of bay scallops, with special reference to free-living nematodes. Doctor of Philosophy.
- Reidenauer, J.A. 1986. A field investigation of a sand-dollar (Mellita quinquiesperforata) population and its effects on the benthic community. Doctor of Philosophy.
- Varon, R. 1987. Harpacticoid response to a natural disturbance. Master of Science.
- Carman, K.R. 1989. Radioactive tracers as a tool for the study of in situ meiofaunal-microbial trophic interactions in marine sediments. Doctor of Philosophy.
- Foy, M.S. 1990. On the vertical distribution of a harpacticoid copepod. Master of Science.
- Wonnacott, A. 1993. The effects of suspension on the neutral lipid energy reserves of a harpacticoid copepod. Master of Science.
- Boa, S. 1993. Do the life stages of harpacticoid copepod species differ in their vertical position in the sediments? Master of Science.
- Suderman, K. 1997. Do female harpacticoid copepods utilize their lipids when suspended by storms? Master of Science.
- Bouck, L. 1998. Zausodes (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Harpacticidae): an update and three new species from the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Master of Science.
- Ertman, S.C. 1998. A numerical model of larval transport in the coastal ocean. Doctor of Philosophy.
- Suderman, K. 2001. A comparison of simulated spills of fuel oil #6 and Orimulsion: a microcosm test of their effects on benthic microalgae, nematodes, and copepods. Doctor of Philosophy.
- Sedlacek, L.M. 2002. Microhabitat-scale spatial variation in harpacticoid emergence on the continental shelf. Master of Science.
- Bouck, L. 2003 Two new diosaccids (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from the Northern Gulf of Mexico and their responses to winter storms. Doctor of Philosophy.
- Teasdale, M. 2003. The timing of benthic copepod emergence - a laboratory flume study. Master of Science.

