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Submissions from 2014
Engaging Students in the Classroom to Improve Critical Thinking Skills, Delena Bell Gatch
Designing Courses for Significant Learning: Student Centered Classrooms, Delena Bell Gatch, Michelle Cawthorn, and Joy Darley
Alterations to Throughfall Water and Solute Flux by Tillandsias usneoides L. (Spanish Moss) Cover in a Maritime Live Oak Forest, Trent E. Gay, John T. Van Stan, James S. Reichard, Leslie Dean Moore, and Elliot S. Lewis
The West Maui Multi-Tracer Injection Project: Modeling and Monitoring Land-Sea Flow, Through the Subterranean Estuary and Out Into the Sea, Craig R. Glenn, Robert B. Whittier, Joseph Fackrell, Christine A. Waters, and Jacque L. Kelly
Leaf Decomposition in a 6th Order Blackwater River in the Southeastern Coastal Plain: A 2-Year Study Over Differing Hydrologic Regimes, T. Goehrig, K. Franks, and Jose Checo Colón-Gaud
Microbial Communities of Decomposing Litter in Forested Headwater Streams: A Tropical and Temperate Comparison, Stephanie Harper, Jose Checo Colón-Gaud, Jose Checo Harrison, and Tiehang Wu
Discrete Fourier Restriction Associated with Schrödinger Equations, Yi Hu and Xiaochun Li
Discrete Fourier Restriction Associated With Some Dispersive Equations on Torus, Yi Hu and Xiaochun Li
Gorenstein Injective Envelopes and Covers - Gorenstein Flat Preenvelopes, Alina Iacob
Tate-Betti and Tate-Bass Numbers, Alina Iacob, Edgar Enochs, Sergio Estrada, and Sinem Odabasi
Potential Use of Shrimp Biofloc Solids as an Alternative Fertilizer in Coastal Salt Marsh Plant Nursery Production, Heather M. Joesting and P. Biber
Temporal Patterns of Benthic Invertebrate Community Structure and Function in a Forested River-Floodplain of the Southeastern US (Altamaha River, GA), Erica L. Johnson and Jose Checo Colón-Gaud
Integration of Aerial Thermal Infrared and Radon Surveys to Investigate Groundwater Discharge to Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, Jacque L. Kelly, Craig R. Glenn, and Henrieta Dulaiova
Quantifying Submarine Groundwater Discharge From St. Catherines Island, Georgia, Jacque L. Kelly, Kirk Mobley, and James S. Reichard
Dual Bases Functions in Subspaces, Scott N. Kersey
Behavioral Epigenetics of Avian Immunity, Holly J. Kilvitis, Martyna Boruta, Andrea Lyn Liebl, Christina L. Richards, Aaron W. Schrey, and Lynn Martin
Epigenetic Response to Invasive Species: Short Term Potential of DNA Methylation, J. Leege, Travis R. Robbins, T. Langkilde, and Aaron W. Schrey
Improved Full Newton-Step Infeasible Interior-Point Methods for LO and LCP, Goran Lesaja
Improved Full Newton-Step Infeasible Interior-Point Methods for Monotone Linear Complementarity Problems, Goran Lesaja
Interior-Point Methods for Linear Complementarity Problems, Goran Lesaja
Using in Situ Bark Microrelief Observations to Explain Intra- and Interspecies Variability of Stemflow in a Temperate Beech-oak Forest, Elliot S. Lewis, John T. Van Stan, Jan Friesen, and Anke Hildebrandt
A Spatiotemporal Interpolation Method Using Radial Basis Functions for Geospatiotemporal Big Data, Travis Losser, Lixin Li, and Reinhard E. Piltner
Multilocus Variation of the Red Claw Crayfish (Cherax Quadricarinatus) Recently Introduced to Puerto Rico, Nicholas A. Macias, Jose Checo Colón-Gaud, and J. S. Harrison
Mapping Groundwater Discharge Using Radon-222 on the Bull River, Savannah, Ga, Cody Mahaffey and Jacque L. Kelly
Survey of the Bull River, Savannah Ga: Mapping Groundwater Discharge Using Radon-222, Cody Mahaffey and Jacque L. Kelly
The Physiology of Range Expansion, Lynn Martin, A. Brace, Courtney A.C. Coon, L. Cooper, V. Fasenello, M. Haussmann, Titua Imboma, Holly J. Kilvitis, S. O'Brien, S. Richards, Aaron W. Schrey, and Andrea Lyn Liebl
Submarine Groundwater Discharge in a Stream-Dominated Embayment: Kahana Bay, Oahu, Hawaii, K. K. Mayfield, Henrieta Dulaiova, Craig R. Glenn, and Jacque L. Kelly
Facultative Use of Large Accelerations for Bipedal Running in Lizards, Lance D. McBrayer, S. Farmer, and Eric J. McElroy
A Radioisotope Tracer Study of Natural Groundwater Discharge From St. Catherines Island, Georgia, Robert K. Mobley and Jacque L. Kelly
Canopy Structural Alterations to Nitrogen Functions of the Soil Microbial Community in a Quercus Virginiana Forest, Leslie Dean Moore, John T. Van Stan, Carl L. Rosier, Trent E. Gay, and Tiehang Wu
The Effects of Beaver Dams on Macroinvertebrate Communities of a Southeastern Coastal Plain Stream During Drought Conditions, Damon L. Mullis and Jose Checo Colón-Gaud
Eigenvalue Estimates of Laplacians Defined by Fractal Measures, Sze-Man Ngai
What Do Students Really Know Before Taking Calculus I?, Ha Nguyen and Joy W. Darley
Coordinate Algebra: From Patterns and Sequences to Functions, Ha Nguyen and S. Taylor
The Effect of Multiple Obstacles on the Locomotor Behavior and Performance of a Terrestrial Lizard, Sceloporus woodi, Seth Parker and Lance D. McBrayer
Beyond Passive Participation: Docent Agency and Slavery in Louisiana Plantation Tours, Amy E. Potter
“She Goes into Character as the Lady of the House”: Performing the Southern Plantation Museum, Amy E. Potter
Teaching Slavery, Amy E. Potter
Leaf Litter Decomposition and Macroinvertebrate Assemblages Along a Longitudinal Gradient of the Ogeechee River in Southeast GA, Tyler G. Reeves and Jose Checo Colón-Gaud
Mastodon, Hemlock and Freshwater Wetlands – New Evidence of Terrestrial Environments Along the Coastal Zone of the Southeastern US, Fredrick J. Rich and Kathlyn M. Smith
A New Framework for Assessing and Averting Risks to Fragmented Populations of Stream Fish, James Henry Roberts
Genetic and Epigenetic Response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in Spartina alterniflora, Marta Robertson, Aaron W. Schrey, Ashley Shayter, C. J. Meals, and Christina L. Richards
Population Genetic and Epigenetic Response to Oil Stress in Spartina alterniflora, Marta Robertson, Aaron W. Schrey, Ashley Shayter, C. Meals, and Christina L. Richards
Effects of Substrate Manipulations on Fish Assemblages in Southeastern Coastal Plain River Systems, K. J. Robillard, Jose Checo Colón-Gaud, and Stephen P. Vives
A Case for Developing Long-Term Macroinvertebrate Assemblage Datasets in Headwater Streams at the LUQ-LTER, Puerto Rico, Keysa G. Rosas, Jose Checo Colón-Gaud, and Alonso Ramirez
Seasonal Dynamics of Soil Microbial Community Structure in the Proximal Area of Tree Boles: Possible Influence of Stemflow, Carl L. Rosier, Delphis F. Levia, John T. Van Stan, and Jinjun Kan
Water Residence Times and Circulation of the Savannah River Using Short-lived Radium Isotopes, Frank Russo-Alesi and Jacque L. Kelly
Water Residence Times and Circulation of the Savannah River Using Short-lived Radium Isotopes, Frank Russo-Alesi and Jacque L. Kelly
Estimating Canopy Water Storage Capacity by Cupressus Arizonica in Dryland Plantation, Seyed Mohammad Moein Sadeghi, Pedram Attarod, Thomas G. Pypker, David Dunkerley, and John T. Van Stan
Measurement of Rainfall Partitioning in an Afforested Landscape: The Chitgar Forest Park, North of Iran, Seyed Mohammad Moein Sadeghi, Pedram Attarod, Thomas G. Pypker, David Dunkerley, and John T. Van Stan
Invited Lecture by Subhrajit Saha, Subhrajit Saha
Oral Presentation at the International Conference on Agriculture, Biology and Environmental Sciences, Subhrajit Saha
Poster in Symposium on Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition’ organized by the FAO, United Nation, Subhrajit Saha
The Effect of Fire-Based Habitat Disturbances on the Genetic Characteristics of Florida Scrub Herpetofauna, Aaron W. Schrey, K. Adams, J. Bongang, E. Brunner, J. Lee, Kyle G. Ashton, Earl D. McCoy, and Henry R. Mushinsky
Ecological Epigenetics of Herpetofauna in the Fire Maintained Florida Scrub Habitat, Aaron W. Schrey, Travis R. Robbins, D. Vo, T. Nguyen, J. Lee, P. Plair, E. Makatura, Bridget Frederick, Alexandria K. Ragsdale, K. Adams, A. Hall, T. Shoop, Kyle G. Ashton, Earl D. McCoy, and Henry R. Mushinsky
Identifying Patterns of Forest Hydrologic and Biogeochemical Fluxes Using Weather Map Classification in a Mid-atlantic Deciduous Forest, Courtney M. Siegert, Delphis F. Levia, Daniel Leathers, John T. Van Stan, and Myron J. Mitchell
A Formula for the Partition Function that "Counts", Andrew V. Sills
A Formula for the Partition Function that "Counts", Andrew V. Sills
A Formula for the Partition Function that "Counts", Andrew V. Sills
Complex Analysis and Non-Linear Dynamics, Alexander M. Stokolos
Complex and Harmonic Analysis in Non-Linear Dynamics, Alexander M. Stokolos
Geometric Maximal Function in Harmonic Analysis, Alexander M. Stokolos
Continuous Electrical Resistivity Survey of Bull River, Lazaretto Creek, and Oyster Creek Near Savannah, Georgia, Jake P. Swanson, Cody Mahaffey, and Jacque L. Kelly
Forest Canopy Structural Controls Over Throughfall Affect Soil Microbial Community Structure in an Epiphyte-laden Maritime Oak Stand, John T. Van Stan, Carl L. Rosier, Joshua O.S. Schrom, Tiehang Wu, James S. Reichard, and Jinjun Kan
Developing Quantitative and Analytic Skills in Undergraduates Using Conservation Examples, Donna Vogler, Eleanor Sterling, Ana Porzecanski, Adriana Bravo, Nora Bynum, J. Michelle Cawthorn, Denny S. Fernandez del Viso, Laurie Freeman, Stuart Ketcham, Timothy Leslie, and John Mull
Connecting Lines and Dots: Applying Graph Theory, Hua Wang
Packing (Colored) Patterns in Permutations, Hua Wang
Questions and Applications in Chemical and Modern Graph Theory, Hua Wang
When Sparse Trees Are Dense and When Trees Are Indistinguishable, Hua Wang
Clustering Time Series in Terms of Volatility, Tharanga Wickramarachchi
Inference for Linear Regression with Autocorrelated Errors: Why Cochrane Orcutt Procedure Should Not Be Recommended, Tharanga Wickramarachchi
Measuring the Risk of Financial Time Series – A New Approach, Tharanga Wickramarachchi
Higher Level Generalizations of Multiple Zeta Values, Jianqiang Zhao
Smoothing Properties and Soliton Waves for Hamiltonian Systems, I: Schrödinger Equations with Magnetic Fields, Shijun Zheng
An Iterative Generalized l₁ Greedy Algorithm for CT Image Reconstruction, Jiehua Zhu
Iterative Algorithms for CT Image Reconstruction, Jiehua Zhu
Quantum Schubert Calculus I: The Classical Case, François Ziegler
Quantum States Localized on Lagrangian Submanifolds, François Ziegler
Submissions from 2013
Trends in Ecological Microarray Studies, Mariano Alvarez, Aaron W. Schrey, and Christina L. Richards
Consequences of Catastrophic Amphibian Declines on the Food Web Attributes of a Neotropical Stream, Thomas R. Barnum, Jose Checo Colón-Gaud, John M. Drake, Amanda T. Rugenski, Therese C. Frauendorf, Susan S. Kilham, Matt R. Whiles, Karen R. Lips, and Catherine M. Pringle
Food Web Properties Persist Following Amphibian Extirpations in a Neotropical Stream, Thomas R. Barnum, John M. Drake, Jose Checo Colón-Gaud, Amanda T. Rugenski, Therese C. Frauendorf, Susan S. Kilham, Matt R. Whiles, Karen R. Lips, and Catherine M. Pringle
Research Participants Discuss STEM Conference Participation and Impact on Thinking and Practice, Colleen Beyer, Thomas Koballa, Delena Bell Gatch, Leslie S. Jones, Sharmista Basu-Dutt, and Farooq Khan
The Late Pleistocene Thermal Enclave: New Evidence From an American Mastodon Site in South Carolina, USA, Christine M. Brussell, Frederick J. Rich, Kathlyn M. Smith, and K. Mace Brown
The Role of Androgen Production on Female Social Status in a Semi Free-Ranging Population of Lemur catta, Tiffany Burgess, J. Michelle Cawthorn, and Brian Koehler
Student Interpretation of Conservation Data: Does their Reach exceed their Grasp, J. Michelle Cawthorn, Eleanor Sterling, Ana Porzecanski, Adriana Bravo, Nora Bynum, Denny S. Fernandez del Viso, Laurie Freeman, Stuart Ketcham, Timothy Leslie, John Mull, Terry Theodose, and Donna Vogler
Fitting a Piecewise Exponential Model for the Reliability of Repairable Systems Using Hierarchical Bayesian Approaches, Arpita Chatterjee
Physical Properties of Vanillin-tetraphenylporhyrin and Its Potential Applications in Photodynamic Therapy, William A. Coggins
Aquatic Invertebrates as Indicators of Ecosystem Recovery, José Checo Colón-Gaud
Invertebrate Community Response to Natural Disturbances in Freshwater Ecosystems, José Checo Colón-Gaud
Succeeding in the US Classroom, José Checo Colón-Gaud
SFS Instars: A Mentoring Program to Increase Diversity in the Next Generation of Freshwater Scientists, Jose Checo Colón-Gaud, Judy Li, Patina K. Mendez, Tamara D. Sluss, Marcelo Ardon-Sayao, and Krista A. Capps
Microbial Diversity on Leaves of Quercus Prinus during Different Stages of Breakdown, Jose Checo Colón-Gaud, G. Pittman, and J. Scott Harrison
Energy Flux Streamlines Versus Acoustic Rays for Modeling Interaction With Rigid Boundaries: Near Field of Sound From a Circular Loudspeaker, Cleon Dean and James Braselton
Gorenstein Injective Envelopes, Edgar Enochs and Alina Iacob
Academic Assessment Workshop, Teresa Flateby, Delena Bell Gatch, Melissa Garno, and LeVon Wilson
Genetic and Epigenetic Population Structure in Spartina alterniflora, Christy M. Foust, Aaron W. Schrey, and Christina L. Richards
Are Roads a Barrier to Gene Flow in a Sand Burrowing Lizard, the Florida Sand Skink, Plestiodon Reynoldsi?, A. Fox, Aaron W. Schrey, E. McCoy, and H. Mushinsky
Leaf Litter Decomposition and Macroinvertebrate Communities of a 6th Order Blackwater River in the Southeastern Coastal Plain, K. Franks, T. Goehrig, and Jose Checo Colón-Gaud
Evaluation of an Instrumental Method to Reduce Error in Canopy Water Storage Estimates via Mechanical Displacement, Jan Friesen, John T. Van Stan, Kael Martin, Matthew T. Jarvis, Jessica D. Lundquist, and Delphis F. Levia
Creative Exercises, Delena Bell Gatch
