B.Sc. Theses in Environmental Science
1996 - Present
For thesis locations in the Maritime provinces, see map.
| No. | Year | Name | Title | Supervisor(s) |
| E1 | 1996 | Heath, Jeremy J. | Steps toward developing a pheromone-based monitoring/control program for the Apple Leaf Midge, Dasineura mali Kieffer (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Nova Scotia, Canada | R. Smith, O. Kukal |
| E2 | 1997 | Lister, Scott W. | The Potential of Landsat Thematic Imagery to Recognize Environmental Change on Bon Portage Island, Nova Scotia | I. Spooner |
| E3 | 1997 | Potter, Karen M. | Beetle Communities in Managed Softwood Forests | S. Bondrup-Nielsen |
| E4 | 1998 | Allen, Michael E. W. | A Survey of Biological Oxygen Demand and Dissolved Oxygen in the Cornwallis River, King's County, Nova Scotia | M. Brylinsky |
| E5 | 1998 | Levy, Alex L. | A Short Term Watershed Analysis of Fishwick Brook in Berwick, Nova Scotia, During a Drought | I. Spooner |
| E6 | 1998 | Nelson, Alanna M. | A Survey of Fecal Coliform Levels and Related Water Quality Parameters in the Cornwallis River, Kings County, Nova Scotia | M. Brylinsky |
| E7 | 1998 | Richards, Ngaio L. | Layperson's Environmental Impact Assessment Design Considerations and Proposition for and EIA Addressing Coastal Erosion in Kings County | L. Lusby |
| E8 | 1999 | Dollimont, Justin | Preliminary baseline data and analysis for the creation of a monitoring plan at the Morton Centre, Heckman's Island, Nova Scotia | L. Lusby |
| E9 | 1999 | Levy, Heather | Sustainable communities, Holistic systems: review and recommendations regarding the policies, practices and future goals for Wolfville and Windsor, Nova Scotia | L. Lusby |
| E10 | 1999 | MacLeod, D. Matthew | A study of sediment redistribution and transport processes in a shallow hydroelectric reservoir | I. Spooner |
| E11 | 1999 | Marshall, Andrea | A Quantitative Examination of the Structure and Species Composition of the Pine Barren Plant Assemblage in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia | P. Taylor |
| E12 | 1999 | Morse, Peter | An examination of the hydrological, geophysical, geological and geochemical properties of aquifers at the Morton Centre for environmental study, Lunenburg, NS | I Spooner |
| E13 | 1999 | Wyer, Sarah | A fungal air quality investigation of Huggins Science Hall and the direct effect of P. echinulatum spores on the A549 lung epithelial cell line | P. Johnson Green, J. Green-Johnson |
| E14 | 2000 | Cook, Shannon Brooke | An assessment of in-stream restorative structures on tertiary streams in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia | I. Spooner M. Brylinsky |
| E15 | 2000 | Kindred, Kerry | Environmental education: curriculum development for a first year environmental science course | S. Bondrup-Nielsen D. Piper |
| E16 | 2000 | Miranda, Molly | The development of a solid waste-resource management strategy for the office of accommodations and meal plans at Acadia University | L. Lusby |
| E17 | 2000 | Brown, Jenny | An assessment of the educational needs for office and classroom recycling at Acadia University | P. Arnold D. Stiles |
| E18 | 2001 | Baltzer, Kelly | The Pacific decadal oscillation and its effects on the climate in northwestern British Columbia and southeastern Alaska | I. Spooner R. Raeside |
| E19 | 2001 | Barker (Smith), Melanie | The characterization of debris flow landslides and the development of a geographic information system environmental hazards prediction model for Cheticamp River Valley, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia | I. Spooner |
| E20 | 2001 | Gibbons, Zabrina | The effect of the Neodiprion abietis nuclear polyhedrosis virus (NeabNPV) on non-target invertebrates | C. Lucarotti M. Snyder |
| E21 | 2001 | MacNeill, Dawn K. E. | An assessment of human impacts on the impounded reach of the St. Croix River, Hants County, Nova Scotia | G. Daborn |
| E22 | 2001 | Moody, Robynn Rebecca | Self-organization and environmental management : the potential for Parks Canada | S. Bondrup-Nielsen |
| E23 | 2001 | Seward, Kerri | An investigation of selection cutting as a viable alternative to clear-cutting practices in Nova Scotia's spruce and fir forests | S. Bondrup-Nielsen |
| E24 | 2001 | Smith, Ryan | The effects of globalization on the ecological integrity of protected areas : Canada's national park system as a study focus | T. Herman |
| E25 | 2001 | Spring, Andrew James | Quantifying greenhouse gas emissions from various methods of organic waste disposal | P. Arnold |
| E26 | 2002 | Moore, Adrienne | The use of alien species invasion as an indicator of human disturbance in a terrestrial ecosystem | T. Herman |
| E27 | 2002 | Pesklevits, Anthony | A universe more alive: the challenge and promise of a paradigm shift in science from an experimental, intellectual, and social perspective | S. Bondrup-Nielsen |
| E28 | 2002 | Smith, Leah | A survey of fecal colloform levels and local management ability in the Cornwallis River, Nova Scotia | G. Daborn |
| E29 | 2002 | Snyder, Susan | Winter physical and chemical conditions in the Halfway River, Hants and Kings Counties, Nova Scotia | G. Daborn |
| E30 | 2003 | Bond, Angela | A Comprehensive water audit of Acadia University: a baseline study for 1998/1999 to 2001/2002 | G. Daborn |
| E31 | 2003 | Brown, Christine | Sediment mobility and sand bar dynamics in the Shubenacadie River, Nova Scotia | C. Stanley |
| E32 | 2003 | Greene, Chris | Strategic environmental assessment, a tool of sustainable development: The Morton Centre Model | L. Lusby |
| E33 | 2003 | Martin, Kathleen | Physical evolution of Canoran Lake, Nova Scotia: Focus on lake sediment dynamics | I. Spooner P. Williams |
| E34 | 2004 | Beck-Oliver, Adrian | Renewable energy framework and feasibility study for the Morton Centre | R. Segado |
| E35 | 2004 | Belliveau, Karissa D. | The sensitivity of shallow marine environments to physical and meteorological changes associated with climate change (pdf available | I. Spooner L. Lusby |
| E36 | 2004 | Beveridge, Megan S. | Effects of heavy metal treatment on Salix eriocephala, as determined by brightfield fluorescence and EDS microscopy, with implications for phytoremediation | R. Evans |
| E37 | 2004 | MacPherson, Sandi | Heavy element uptake and translocation by Salix: potential as a phytoremediation agent | C. Stanley |
| E38 | 2004 | Patrick, Molly | Forest monitoring at the Morton Centre: introduction of on-site weather station and recommendations of important indicator variables | S. Bondrup-Nielsen |
| E39 | 2004 | Pindham, Nina | A baseline water quality survey of the Canard, Habitant and Pereau rivers of Kings County, Nova Scotia | M. Brylinsky |
| E40 | 2004 | Vidito, Lyndsay M. | Scientists under pressure: does affiliation influence conclusions? A Chernobyl case study | L. Lusby |
| E41 | 2005 | Beveridge, Julia C.E. | Survey of plankton composition and abundance around the Scotian Shelf as a preliminary step in the establishment of marine protected areas | J. Roff |
| E42 | 2005 | Machold, Clea A. | Food for thought: science communication and the public understanding of science: a case study | L. Lusby |
| E43 | 2005 | Martin, Bryan G. | A record of Holocene environmental change from the Pleasant River Fen Complex, southwest Nova Scotia | I. Spooner |
| E44 | 2005 | Mudge, Joseph F. | The roles of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) populations within a human-dominated landscape | S. Bondrup-Nielsen |
| E45 | 2005 | Schaefer, Rebecca M. | Gold and arsenic uptake in Eucalyptus Salmonophloia | C. Stanley |
| E46 | 2006 | Norton, Gail | Environmental and immunological aspects of the malaria burden: the effects of climate change on Plasmodium species and intracellular fate of Plasmodium falciparum-infected Erythrocytes internalised by macrophages. | R. Evans |
| E47 | 2007 | Batley, Meredith | The use of a university field station to develop collaborative research partnerships with local communities. | L. Lusby |
| E48 | 2007 | Champion, Caitlin | Collaborative research in Nunavut: are we effectively integrating Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and western science | L. Lusby, C. Alexander |
| 2007 | MacDonald, Susanne | Relationships between abundance and diversity of juvenile fish, and environmental quality and food resources in coastal bays of Nova Scotia. | J. Roff | |
| E49 | 2007 | Masters, Megan | A comparative analysis of the principal forest management standards in use in Canada | L. Lusby |
| E50 | 2007 | Rivers, Andrea | Environmental services in the Brazilian Amazon: ecology, development, and the role of science in land use policy. | L. Lusby |
| E51 | 2007 | Samolczyk, Mary | Arsenic, uranium and other key constituents in water from drilled wells: a study of local geochemistry and its effects on the residents of Grand Pre, Nova Scotia | I. Spooner |
| E52 | 2007 | Smith, Tyler B. | A compilation and interpretation of baseline water chemistry and quality, and benthic invertebrate taxa data from the Kesagami River and comparison to a similar northern boreal river system | I. Spooner |
| E53 | 2008 | Almack, Kaitlin | Biodiversity assessment of agricultural riparian areas of the upper Cornwallis River and tributaries | S. Bondrup-Nielsen |
| E54 | 2008 | Dugas, Katherine | The effect of ground litter in hayfields on Carabid beetle captures. | S. Bondrup-Nielsen |
| E55 | 2008 | McDonald, Kieran | A Holocene sedimentary record of variability in the Labrador Current. | D.Piper (AGC-Atlantic), I. Spooner |
| E56 | 2008 | Vost, Emma | Nova Scotia's American marten: a study in the development and application of population survey techniques | S. Bondrup-Nielsen |
| E57 | 2009 | Haverstock, Sarah | Quantifying the photo-oxidation of dissolved organic carbon by ultra-violet radiation in freshwater lakes: development of a whole-lake model (pdf available) | N. O'Driscoll |
| E58 | 2009 | Herrick, Jennifer | Trends in atmospheric mercury deposition in North America (1997-2006): examining atmospheric chemistry and regulatory policy (pdf available) | L. Lusby, N. O'Driscoll |
| E59 | 2009 | McIntyre, Claire | Ecosystem services in the Wolfville Watershed Nature Preserve: linking human well-being to nature in support of conservation (pdf available) | L. Lusby |
| E60 | 2009 | Nadolny, Emily | Fisheries management under the sustainability paradigm: the role of science (pdf available) | L. Lusby |
| E61 | 2010 | Hanmore, Jillian | Development of a controlled analysis method for quantifying the relative mercury photo-volatilization potential for soils (pdf available) | N. O'Driscoll |
| E62 | 2010 | Hebb, Emma | Ternary phase extraction for environmental solid samples (pdf available) | A.Tong |
| E63 | 2010 | Moores, Kelly | Response of the shade-tolerant species, Acer saccharum and Myosotis sylvatica, versus the shade-intolerant species, Chenopodium album, to elevated carbon dioxide (pdf available) | E. Reekie |
| E64 | 2010 | Saroli, Miranda | Avian and mammalian geophagy in the Peruvian Amazon (pdf available) | D. Shutler, C. Stanley |
| E65 | 2011 | Beveridge, Emily | Resource use and freedom of the commons: why a liberal arts education in ecological literacy is fundamental to the human prospect (pdf available) | L.Lusby |
| E66 | 2011 | Buckland-Nicks, Amy | Mercury bioaccumulation in dragonflies (Odonata: Anisoptera) from Two Lakes in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia (pdf available) | N. O'Driscoll, K. Hillier |
| E67 | 2011 | Pick, Jennie | Assessing an ecosystem services approach to agricultural land management in Greenwich, Kings County, NS: connecting human well-being and the land (pdf available) | L. Lusby |
| E68 | 2011 | Terry, David | The effects of water level fluctuations and sediment resuspension on water quality at Tupper Lake, Nova Scotia (pdf available) | I. Spooner |
| E69 | 2011 | Dunnington, Dewey | Using paleolimnological methods to track late Holocene environmental change at Long Lake, New Brunswick - Nova Scotia border region, Canada (pdf available) | I. Spooner |
| E70 | 2011 | Healey, Allison | The effect of short-duration rainfall on the surface water quality of Thomas Brook, Kings County, Nova Scotia (pdf available) |
D. Hebb, |
| E71 | 2012 | Morrison, Kaycee | Bottom substrate and associated epibenthic biota of the FORCE Tidal Energy Test Site in Minas Passage, Bay of Fundy (pdf available) | A. Redden |
| E72 | 2012 | Sweet, Sarah | Shade intolerance in plants and response to elevated carbon dioxide (pdf available) | E. Reekie |
| E73 | 2012 | Walker, Emily | The effect of fungal endophyte inoculation on physiological responses to drought in white spruce (pdf available) | E. Reekie |
| E74 | 2012 | Postlethwaite, Victoria |
The effect of fungal endophytes on white spruce trees subject to various physiological stresses (pdf available) | E. Reekie |
| E75 | 2013 | Godfrey, Adam | The impact of salt marsh restoration on mercury fate and biogeochemistry (pdf available) | N. O'Driscoll, T. Sizmur |
| E76 | 2013 | Tymstra, Drake | A paleolimnological record of anthropogenic impact on water quality in First Lake, Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia (pdf available) | I. Spooner |
| E77 | 2014 | Loder, Amanda |
Examination of metals in gastropods to determine the potential for accumulation in the Border Marsh region (pdf available) | M. Mallory, I. Spooner |
| E78 | 2014 | Mahon, Lewis | Examining biotransport of trace elements by colonial seabirds to the Eastern Shore Islands Wildlife Management Area (pdf available) | M. Mallory, I. Spooner |
| E79 | 2014 | Misiuk,Ben | A multi-proxy comparative paleolimnological study of anthropogenic impact between First and Second Lake, Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia (pdf available) | I. Spooner |
| E80 | 2014 | Reed, Monica | Passive acoustic monitoring of cetaceans at intertidal weirs in Minas Basin, Nova Scotia (pdf available) | A. Redden |
| E81 | 2014 | Bennett, Jillian | The freshwater fish community and brown trout movement patterns in Little River, Saint John, New Brunswick (pdf available) | M. Stokesbury |
| E82 | 2015 | Brophy, Michael | Characterization of natural organic matter and microorganisms within Fletchers Lake: a lake that discharges treated wastewater into a drinking water source (pdf available) | J. Rand |
| E83 | 2015 | McKee, Erin | A paleoenvironmental and paleogeographic reconstruction of the terminal Archaic-Woodland Boswell Site, Kingston, Nova Scotia (pdf available) | I. Spooner |
| E84 | 2016 | Adams, Sarah | Foliar endophytic diversity of Eastern Mountain Avens, Geum peckii Pursh (Rosaceae), from degraded and pristine habitats in Digby County, Nova Scotia Canada (pdf available) | A. Walker |
| E85 | 2016 | Ardley, Sonya | Effluent water quality and treatment options for a food processing facility (pdf available) | J. Rand |
| E86 | 2016 | Christensen, Thora | Summer temporal changes in photoreducible mercury in the lakes of Kejimikujik National Park (pdf available) | N. O'Driscoll |
| E87 | 2017 | Fancy, Sarah | Investigations of ex situ strategies for the conservation of Geum peckii (Eastern Mountain Avens) (pdf available) | J.C. Lopez, R. Browne |
| E88 | 2017 | Gillis, Erica | Comparative genetic analysis of Crocanthemum canadense (L.) Michx. plants of known pedigree (chasmogamous- or cleistogamous- seeds) using amplified fragment length polymorphisms (pdf available) | R. Evans |
| E89 | 2017 | Sherbo, Bryanna | Seals in Western Hudson Bay: assessing proportions in natural and human harvests using genetic methods (pdf available) | D. Stewart, S. Petersen (U Manitoba) |
| E90 | 2018 | Clarke, Rachel | Influences of water and sediment chemistry on mercury bioaccumulation in freshwater invertebrates from two lakes in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia | N. O'Dricoll, K. Hillier |
| E91 | 2018 | Grace Hamilton-Burge | The Species at Risk Act: a closer look at the protection of species in Canada | A. Cohen |
| E92 | 2018 | Macdonald, Maggie | Determination of Delia species as agricultural pests in commercial onion crops in Nova Scotia | K. Hillier, S. Blatt |
| E93 | 2019 | Byers, Philicity | Identifying fungal associations of the endangered plant Crocanthemum canadense (L.) Britt. (Cistaceae) in Nova Scotia | A Walker, R Evans, K Hillier |
| E94 | 2019 | Machat, Hannah | Observing plant reactions from mimicing florivory from Mompha capella (Momphidae) larvae on populations of Crocanthemum canadense (L.) Britt. (Cistaceae) | R Evans, A Walker, K Hillier |
| E95 | 2019 | MacIsaac, Megan | Effects of granite dust treatment on herbivory and volatile emissions of lilies (Lilium spp. L.) | K Hillier, N Faraone |
| E96 | 2019 | Murphy, Anna | Identification and characterization of matrix metalloproteinases in the epidermal mucus of Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) |
M Stokesbury |
| E97 | 2019 | Stewart, Sarah | Running on empty: determining the presence of feeding behaviour in anadromous alewife in Jolicure Lake, New Brunswick | M Stokesbury |
| E98 | 2020 | Bonga, Laura | Mercury and other metals in sediment and invertebrates from the Hyla Park and surrounding wetland, Fredericton, New Brunswick | M Grey, N O'Driscoll |
| E99 | 2020 | Crews, Julia | A paleolimnological assessment of the impacts of damming on an upland lake in Nova Scotia: focus on strontium as an indicator of alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) migration | M Mallory, I Spooner |
| E100 | 2020 | Geizer, Haley | Mercury in gull (Larus argentatus) guano samples and changes over two summer seasons on Brier Island, Nova Scotia | N O'Driscoll |
| E101 | 2020 | Scanlan, Riley | Locating old growth forests in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, with a review of forest management and legislation | A Belliveau, D Duke |
| E102 | 2020 | Stegen, Samantha | Abundance of large raspberry aphid (Amphorophora agantha) and virus load (Rubus yellow net virus and raspberry leaf mottle virus) in raspberry plants in Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia | K Hillier |
| E103 | 2021 | Armstrong, Jessica | An analysis of how print media portrayed drinking water advisories in Indigenous communities in Canada between 2006-2020 | A Biro, A Cohen |
| E104 | 2021 | Bowes, Brianna | Examination of mercury and arsenic concentrations in spruce tree cores and soil samples from historical gold mine tailings sites in Nova Scotia | N O'Driscoll, L Campbell (SMU) |
| 2022 | Schofield, Sebastian | LiDAR-assisted mapping and environmental risk assessment of the Carboniferous rocks in the Cumberland sub-basin of Nova Scotia | M Snyder | |
| 2023 | Rogers, Josie | Mercury bioaccumulation in mussels in the Minas Basin: A comparison of soft tissues and shells as bioindicators | N O'Driscoll | |
| 2024 | de Hoog, Jara | Technology and capitalism in Nova Scotia's new climate change plan | A Cohen A Biro |
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| 2024 | Doncaster, Mia | Bioaccumulation of methylmercury in a wetland impacted by herring gull guano and water table restoration on Brier Island, Nova Scotia (Biology/Environmental Science) | N O'Driscoll K Hillier |
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| 2024 | Turner, Holly | Examining temporal trends in the production and bioaccumulation of methylmercury in a restored wetland habitat on Brier Island, Nova Scotia (Biology/Environmental Science) | N O'Driscoll |