Biology Department Honours Student Projects 2008-2009

Some of these outstanding students will be presenting their results at the Atlantic Universities Undergraduate Biology Conference (AUUBC) on March 6-8th at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in Truro and at CBU’s Student Undergraduate Research Forum (SURF) on March 28th.  The breadth of topics being examined by these capable students is evident and should make for some interesting presentations.

Michael Bungay (Supervisor: Dr. D. B. McCorquodale)
The changing bumble bee fauna of Cape Breton

Melissa DiPinto (Supervisor: Dr. Barb Glassey)
Nestling response to environmental variation under natural conditions by Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscalus) nestlings

Sarah Ferguson (Supervisor: Dr. K. Martha M. Jones)
Investigating aggressive interactions in the Japanese skeleton shrimp (Caprella mutica)

Julie Frappier (Supervisor: Dr. Thomas Bouman)
Développement de la surface terrière d’une forêt résineuse au Cap-Breton oriental

Stephen Kelloway (Supervisor: Dr. D. B. McCorquodale)
Beetle assemblages on native and non-native trees

Lisa MacInnis (Supervisor: Dr. D. B. McCorquodale)
Native and non-native lady beetles in disturbed habitats

Martin MacInnis (Supervisor:  Dr. Michael Tanchak)
Amplification and identification of DNA polymorphisms in the grain softness protein gene family in oats

Colin McVarish (Supervisor:  Dr. Timothy Rawlings)
Evaluation of the habitat and population demographics of the waved whelk, Buccinum undatum, in eastern Nova Scotia