Graduate Thesis - How Graduates Used the SDAL Lab Equipment/Software
The following links take you to the thesis paper. To access the paper, you will need your UHH number.
2006 Graduates
- Shenandoah R. Marr - The Role of Parasites in the Invasion Success of the Puerto Rican Tree Frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui) in Hawai'i
- Used a GPS to mark off her research site
- Created a map that illustrated research sites, using the ArcGIS
- Melora K. Purell - Predicting the Potential Distribution of an Invasive Planet Using Stratified Sampling and Habitat Modeling
- Mapped four gradients using ArcMap 9.2, which was used to determine sampling zones' elevation, rainfall, vegetation cover, and slope
- Used Garmin GPS III+ to record geographic coordinates at 140 sample plots
- Created a map that illustrated sample sites, using ArcGIS
- Used Desktop Garp to predict potential distribution of study subject
2007 Graduates
- Roland D. Frayne - Examining the Comparative Foraging Proficiency of Captive-Bred and Wild Palila (Loxioides bailleui); an Endangered Hawaiian HoneyCreeper
- Used a GPS to get coordinates
- Created a map that illustrated sample sites, using ArcGIS
- His map is going to be in a manuscript
- Cybil Eddie-Ann K. Glendon-Baclig - Distribution and Inorganic Speciation of Arsenmic in Waiakea Mill Pond and Wailoa River Estuary, Hawai'i Island
- Used the Garmin GPSMap 60c to get coordinates
- Created a map that illustrated sample sites, using the ArcGIS
- Sierra McDaniel - Effects of Light Availability on the Germination, Growth, and Survival of Alien Grasses and Native Trees and Shrubs
- Used a GPS to get coordinates of study site
- Created a map that illustrated sample sites, using ArcGIS
- Atlantis Dawn Russ - Population Genetics of an Anchialine Shrimp, Metabetaeus lohena, in the Hawaiian Islands
- Use the Garmin Rino to gather waypoints
- Data gathered with the GPS helped to create a matrix defining genetic and geographical distances
- Created a map that illustrated sample sites, using ArcGIS
- Evann Souza - Field Control of the Invasive Little Fire Ant, Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Tropical Fruit Orchards
- Used a GPS to get the coordinates of the study sites
- Created a map that illustrated study sites, using the ArcGIS
- Randee L. Tubal - Comparison of Dissolved Organic Carbon Bioavailability from Natice and Invasive Vegetation along the Wailuku River, Hawai'i
- Used a GPS to establish study sites
- Created a map that illustrated study sites, using the ArcGIS
- Anne Veillet - Investigation of Inbreeding and Inbreeding Depression in Nene (Branta sandvicensis) Using Microsatellite DNA Fingerprinting and Pedigree Information
- Used a GPS to establish study sites
- Created a map that illustrated study sites, using the ArcGIS
2008 Graduates
- Blake McNaughton - A Biological and Social Examination of Opelu (Decapterus spp.) Fisheries in West Hawaii, Hawaii Island
- Used a GPS to mark off study site
- Created a map that illustrated sample sites, using ArcGIS
- Michelle Noelani Norman - An Invasive Producer (albizia) and Predator (coqui frogs) Alter Decomposition Processes in a Hawaiian Tropical Forest
- Used a GPS to get coordinates of study site
- Created a map that illustrated study sites, using the ArcGIS
- Junichi Sugishita - Habitat Use by Hawai'i 'Amakihi (Hemignathus virens) in Low-Elevation Suburban Habitat on the Island of Hawai'i: Neighborhood and Local-Scale Perspectives
- Used the Trimble GeoXT to establish stations, in order to obtain accurate locations of census station
- Created a map using ArcGIS 9.0 and data gathered from the Trimble GeoXT
- Used GPS Pathfinder Office to post-process raw GPS data for differential correction
- Used Leica Laser Locator to precalibrate distance estimates
- Used IKONOS imagery to determine land covers and to create a map
- Used ERDAS Imagine 9.0 to process the IKONOS imagery
- Calculated the total percentage land cover for each class using ERDAS Imagine 9.0
- Identified housing density, which was used as a development variable, using ArcGIS 9.0
- Measured tree heights using Leica Lasor Locator
- James Tait - Variation of Sediment Trace Elements and Stream Nirate Isotope Ratios with Land Use in the Waiulaula and Hilo Bay Watershed, Hawai'i Island, Hawai'i
- Used a GPS to mark off sample sites
- Created a map that illustrated sample sites, using ArcGIS
- Used ArcGIS to determine teh overall watershed for each site
- Used ArcGIS to determine land cover distribution within each zone
- Simona Vaduvescu - Development of a Passive Diffusive Sampling Device for Time-Integrated Assessment of Atrazine in Hawaiian Streams
- Used a GPS to figure out where and how to get to her study sites
- Mapped study sites using a GPS
- Created a map that illustrated sample sites, using ArcGIS
- Miyako Warrington - Monitoring Coqui Frogs (Eleutherodactylus coqui) Populations Using Sound Pressure Levels
- Used a GPS to get recording/study sites
- Created a map that illustrated study sites, using the ArcGIS
