Student Water Research Awards 2006-2007
Jesus Q. Cantu, Department of Physics (advisor: Jacob Urquidi), New Mexico State University, Characterization of Heavy Metal Binding by Functional Groups Found in Biomaterials
Ryan McShane, Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences (advisor: David Cowley), New Mexico State University, Community and Ecosystem Effects of a Nonnative Fish in Refugia in an Intermittent Stream: Implications for Native Fish Restoration
Kristin Swaim, Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences (advisor: Wiebke J. Boeing), New Mexico State University, Relating Fish Abundance and Condition to Environmental Factors in Desert Sinkholes
David J. VanHorn, Department of Biology (advisor: Clifford Dahm), University of New Mexico, The Effects of Eutrophication on the Structure and Function of Stream Biofilms
Matthew F. Kirk, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (advisor: Laura Crossey), University of New Mexico, Experimental and Numerical Modeling Analysis of Arsenic-sulfide Precipitation in Groundwater Environments
Irene M. Roselli, Department of Biology (advisor: Marvin M.F. Lutnesky), Eastern New Mexico University, The Influence of Predator Detection on Life History Strategies in DAPHNIA
Nicole M. Harings, Department of Biology, (advisor: Marvin M.F. Lutnesky), Eastern New Mexico University, The Influence of Larval Culiseta sp. (Diptera: Culicidae) on Behavior and Growth Rate of Tadpole Shrimp Triops longicaudatus (LeConte) (Notostraca: Triopsidae)
Chemanji Shu-Nyamboli and Joel Lowry, Department of Natural Sciences (advisor: Edward A. Martinez), New Mexico Highlands University, Determination of Heavy Metal Distribution in the Gallinas River Using Aquatic Macrophytes
Carlos R. Herrera, Department of Natural Sciences (advisor: Michael L. Meyer), New Mexico Highlands University, Uranium and Heavy Metals in Macroinvertebrates in the Santa Fe River on the Cochiti Reservation
Marty D. Frisbee, Department of Earth and Environmental Science (advisor: Fred Phillips), New Mexico Tech, Runoff Processes and the Evolution of Water Chemistry in the Saguache Creek Watershed of the Upper Rio Grande
Taufique Mahmood, Department of Earth and Environmental Science (advisor: Enrique Vivoni), New Mexico Tech, Use of Remotely Sensed Observations for Improved Distributed Hydrological Modeling in the Jemez River Basin
Katrina Koski, Department of Earth and Environmental Science (advisor: Penelope J. Boston), New Mexico Tech, Multi-disciplinary Analysis of a New Mexico Cold Water Tufa Spring Mound
