• Pupfishes as a System to Test the Predator Naiveté Hypothesis 

  Anderson, Cody Marie (North Dakota State University, 2022)

  Pupfishes are an ideal system to test this the predator naiveté hypothesis because they often occur in isolated springs across a gradient of predation pressure. A convenient tool for assaying antipredator competence are ...

• Environmental and Conservation Sciences Program, College of Graduate and Interdisciplinary Studies 

  Jenkins, Samuel George (North Dakota State University, 2011)

  This study offers an insight on pertinent parameters that may be considered to address potential emerald ash borer {EAB), Agrilus p/anipennis, infestation. The study utilizes a geospatial model, calibrated using empirical ...

• Impact of Groundwater Table on Water Use, Yield, Root Distribution, and Seed Quality of Hard Red Spring Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) 

  Odili, Franklin Ekene (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  The impact of groundwater table depth on hard red spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) yield, water use, root distribution, and grain quality were investigated in a greenhouse utilizing the lysimeter technique. Three different ...

• Mycorrhizas and the Context Dependency of Mutualism: Effects of Soil Phosphorus Availability and Community Composition of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Plant Performance and Symbiosis With the Grassland Forb Gaillardia aristata Across Its Northern Range 

  Long, Alison (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) colonize roots and provide phosphorus as well as other benefits to hosts in exchange for photosynthate. I explored how the symbiosis between AMF and the native prairie forb Gaillardia ...

• Effects of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles and Carbon Nanotubes in Important Crop Species: Plant Growth and Element Uptake 

  Passolt, Hannah (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  Engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) have been developed for various uses in the agriculture industry. The effects of ENMs in plant systems are not yet fully understood. Some studies have reported the different effects of ENMs ...

• Paleoclimatic Interpretation of the Moorhead Low Water Phase of Glacial Lake Agassiz in the Southern Basin based on Fossil Coleoptera Assemblages 

  Rock, Jessie Lee (North Dakota State University, 2009)

  See submission document for full abstract.

• Evolutionary and Ecological Processes in Conservation and Preservation of Plant Adaptive Potential 

  Di Santo, Lionel Nicolas (North Dakota State University, 2022)

  Anthropogenetic disturbances, such as habitat loss and fragmentation, overexploitation, and climate change have diminished population sizes of many species, increasing risks of population extirpation or species extinction. ...

• Graphene Oxide Supported Metal Oxide Nanohybrids for Aqueous Arsenic Removal 

  Das, Tonoy Kumar (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  Arsenic contamination of drinking water is a major public health concern affecting more than 200 million people globally. Iron(Fe)-based adsorbents though promoted for aqueous arsenic removal because of their low cost and ...

• Late Quaternary Glacier and Climate Change in the Northeastern Great Basin 

  Dahle, Jordan Rose (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  This thesis presents a cosmogenic 10Be exposure chronology for glacial moraines within the Baker Creek valley alongside water balance and climate modeling of Pluvial Lakes Franklin and Clover. These records further limit ...

• The Effects of Salinity on Canadian Toad (Anaxyrus hemiophrys) Larvae and Post-Metamorphic Juveniles 

  Schlarb, Alicia Michelle (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  Sodium Chloride (NaCl) production in the United States is at an all-time high. As weather patterns become harsher through climate change and demands on energy and agriculture increase, evidence of long-term NaCl exposure ...

• Taphonomic, Taxonomic, and Behavioral Diversity of Wormworld Fossil Assemblages from Ediacaran Units of the Western United States 

  O'Neil, Gretchen Rose (North Dakota State University, 2020)

  The western United States Deep Spring and Wood Canyon formations contain a variety of late Ediacaran fossils, representing the enigmatic Ediacara biota and a metazoan worm-like fauna. The latter, dubbed “Wormworld”, is ...

• Impacts of Controlled Drainage and Subirrigation in The Red River Valley 

  Almen, Kristen Karen (North Dakota State University, 2020)

  Drainage water management via controlled drainage (CD) and subirrigation (SI) has shown positive effects on water quality. To determine the impact of CD and SI in the Red River Valley (RRV), data from two fields, each with ...

• Holocene Postglacial Fluvial Processes and Landforms in Low Relief Landscapes 

  Phillips, Zachary Rockford (North Dakota State University, 2020)

  Postglacial rivers are part of the relatively young low-relief landscape system left behind by glaciers. Over time, postglacial rivers are susceptible to both minor and major channel planform changes as the Earth and its ...

• Nitrogen Mineralization Dynamics of Post Harvest Crop Residue in No-Till Systems 

  Alghamdi, Rashad Saeed (North Dakota State University, 2020)

  In North Dakota, adoption of conservation tillage practices has resulted in an accumulation of crop residue remaining on the soil surface. North Dakota producers receive a nitrogen credit for long-term no-till but due to ...

• Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Response to Shifts in Hydroclimatic Variability and Ecohydrological Conditions in Prairie-Pothole Wetlands: Implications for Biodiversity Conservation 

  McLean, Kyle Ian (North Dakota State University, 2020)

  Ecosystem degradation and subsequent biodiversity loss has plagued freshwater environments globally. Wetland ecosystems, such as the depressional wetlands found in the Prairie Pothole Region of North America, have been ...

• Performance of a Retrofit Detention Basin in Fargo, ND 

  Huggins, Cole Patrick (North Dakota State University, 2019)

  “The Fargo Project” located in Fargo, North Dakota, is an 18-acre stormwater detention basin that was retrofitted in 2015 to include an earthen-channel, sediment forebay, and various native vegetation within the floodplain ...

• Bat Population Monitoring in National Parks of The Great Lakes Region and Evaluation of Bat Acoustic Analysis Software 

  Goodwin, Katy Rebecca (North Dakota State University, 2019)

  North American bats face multiple threats, prompting an increase in bat research and conservation efforts in recent decades. Researchers often use acoustic monitoring, which entails recording bats’ echolocation calls and ...

• Cosmogenic 10Be Surface Exposure Dating and Numerical Modeling of Late Pleistocene Glaciers and Lakes in Northwestern Nevada 

  Fleming, Kaitlyn Chelsea (North Dakota State University, 2019)

  This thesis focuses on the glacial record in the Pine Forest and Santa Rosa Ranges located in the northwestern Great Basin. Seventeen cosmogenic exposure ages in the two ranges are consistent with observations elsewhere ...

• Ex Situ Analyses of Non-Native Species Impacts on Imperiled Desert Fishes 

  Paulson, Brandon (North Dakota State University, 2019)

  This thesis focuses on interactions between two invasive species, the western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) and the red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii), and two desert fishes, the Amargosa pupfish (Cyprinodon ...

• Antipredator Behavior and Morphology in Isolated Cyprinodont Fishes 

  Snider, Madison R. (North Dakota State University, 2018)

  For desert fishes in the American Southwest, predation by invasive species has triggered massive population declines for decades, leaving researchers speculating on the underlying cause. It has been shown that Post-Pleistocene ...

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