Alumni

GRADUATE STUDENTS

 

 

Jill O'Hara

(M.Sc., 2008)

Competitive ability of wetland species along a successional gradient and associated plant traits

 

 

Corina Vernescu

(M.Sc., 2005)

Leaf turnover in wetland plants and the underlying traits and tradeoffs

 

Jess Coulas

(M.Sc., 2005)

Variation of leaf life span and underlying traits in wetland plants along a gradient of growing season length

 

VISITING M.SC. STUDENTS

 

 

Yvonne Hoogzaad

University of Amsterdam, NL

(2008)

Nutrient effect on winter root mortality

 

 

Aron Timo Kamminga

University of Amsterdam, NL

(2007)

Autumn senescence in wetland plant roots

 

 

Tim Nieman

University of Amsterdam, NL

(2007)

Root senescence in wetlnad plants 

 

 

HONOUR'S B.Sc. STUDENTS

 

 

Fallon Kirkey

(B.Sc.(Hons.), 2010)

Heavy metal tolerance in populations of red maple (Acer rubrum) in environments with contrasting heavy metal contamination levels

 

 

 

Angela Dukes

(B.Sc.(Hons.), 2009)

Herbivory and leaf structure in wetland plants

 

 

 

Jenny Mathews

(B.Sc.(Hons.), 2009)

Heavy metal tolerance in trees

 

 

Maryellen Shain

(B.Sc.(Hons.), 2009)

Effects of N and P on leaf senescence

 

Nicole Monette

(B.Sc.(Hons.), 2008)

Waterlogging effects on root mortality

 

 

Rachel Anderson

(B.Sc.(Hons.), 2007)

Leaf functional traits and fall colour in red maple

 

 

Phil Emerson

(B.Sc.(Hons.), 2007)

Heavy metal effects on growth and structure of oxeye daisy

 

 

Bruce Lindsey

(B.Sc.(Hons.), 2007)

Nutrient supply on leaf turnover among herbaceous wetland plants

 

 

 

Taylor Murphy

(B.Sc.(Hons.), 2006)

Intraspecific variation in leaf colour and decomposition

 

 

Michael Campbell

(B.Sc.(Hons.), 2005)

Leaf mass loss at senescence in species of contrasting ecological strategies.

 

 

Angie Hunda

(B.Sc.(Hons.), 2004)

Leaf turnover in wetland plants and the underlying traits and tradeoffs.

 

 

Allison Merla

(B.Sc., 2005) 

Influence of nutrient supply on biomass turnover in annual plants

 

 

RESEARCH ASSISTANTS

 

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Collins Byrne

(Summer 2010)

Anatomical changes associated with waterlogging in Alisma triviale roots

Ryser P.,  Gill H.K. and Byrne C.J. (in press). Constraints of root response to waterlogging in Alisma triviale. Plant and Soil. (link for pdf)

 

 

Harneet Gill

(Summer 2009)

Aerenchyma formation and its costs in the wetland plant Alisma triviale

Ryser P.,  Gill H.K. and Byrne C.J. (in press). Constraints of root response to waterlogging in Alisma triviale. Plant and Soil. (link for pdf)

 

 

Kierann Santala

(Summer 2007-08)

The costs of heavy-metal contamination

Santala, K.R. and Ryser, P. 2009. Influence of heavy-metal contamination on plant response to water availability in white birch, Betula papyrifera. Environmental and Experimental Botany 66: 334-340. (link for pdf)

 

 

Deidre Ongaro

(Summer 2007) 

Heavy metal effects on annual plants

 

 

Sarah Rintala

(Summer 2007)

Net assimilation rate and leaf turnover

 

 

Lisa Clark

(Winter 2006)

 

 

Forest Lindsey

(Summer 2005)

Relative growth rate of contrasting wetland plants

 

 

Jaclyn Bernardi

(Summer 2004) 

Influence of nutrient availability on biomass turnover in perennial wetland plants

 

 

Wendy Sauder

(Summer 2002)

Influence of heavy-metal-contaminated soil on growth, biomass turnover and flowering phenology of Hieracium piloselloides

 

 

 
 
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