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Aitken, J. M. 1964. The soil arthropods of a wooded lot in southwestern Michigan. (M.S.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Allen, D. L. 1937. Ecological studies on the vertebrate fauna of a 500-acre farm in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science.

Allen, H. L. 1967. Chemo-organotrophic utilization of dissolved organic compounds by planktic algae and bacteria in a pond. (M.S.). Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology. Michigan State University.

Allen, H. L. 1969. Primary productivity , chemo-organotrophy, and nutritional interactions of epiphytic algae and bacteria on macrophytes in the littoral of a lake. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology. Michigan State University.

Arboleya, J. E. 1991. Influence of potassium nutrition on assimilation rate, fruit growth and productivity of pickling cucumbers (cucumis sativus) under variable soil moisture. (M.S.). Dept. of Horticulture. Michigan State University.

Armstrong, W. H. 1957. Nesting and food habits of the long-eared owl (Asio otus wilsonianus) in Michigan. (M.S.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science.

Arnsman, J. C. 1970. Fleas of fox squirrels in southern Michigan. (M.S.). Dept. of Entomology. Michigan State University.

Asuming-Brempong, S. 1999. The effect of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetate selection on microbial communities in microcosm and field studies and the impact on ecosystem function. (Ph.D.). Department of Plant and Soil Science. Michigan State University.

Bergsma, T. T. 2000. The Relationship Between Denitrification and Nitrous Oxide Flux from Soil. (Ph.D.). Department of Crop and Soil Sciences. Michigan State University.

Birdsley, J. S. 1998. Phylogeny and evolution of foraging specialization in the tyrant flycatchers. (Ph.D.). W. K. Kellogg Biological Station and Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Black, B. B. 2000. The evolution of phenotypic plasticity in a natural wildflower population (Ph.D.). W.K. Kellogg Biological Station and the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology. Michigan State University.

Blackwood, C. 2001. Spatial organization in soil bacterial communities. PhD. Dissertation. Michigan State University.

Blake, D. F. 1959. The parasites of the crayfish in the central Michigan area. (M.S.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Boggs, G. L. 1968. Biology of Solierella plenoculoides plenoculoides. (M.S.). Dept. of Entomology. Michigan State University.

Bongarten, B. G. 1978. Genetic and environmental variation in shoot growth and other traits of blue spruce, (Picea pugens). (Ph.D.). Dept. of Forestry. Michigan State University.

Brocke, R. H. 1957. An evaluation of strip census methods for cottontail rabbit populations in southern Michigan. (M.S.). Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife. Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science.

Bronson, J. A. 1989. The effect of tillage system on corn production and soil properties on a Kalamazoo loam. (M.S.). Dept of Crop and Soil Sciences. Michigan State University.

Broughton, L. C. 2001. Linking Plant Communities to Soil Microbial Communities and Processes in Old-Fields. Department of Zoology. Ph.D. Dissertation, Michigan State University.

Brower, A. 1952. Observations on the growth rate of the largemouth black bass (Micropterus salmoides) in Wintergreen Lake, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. (M.S.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science.

Brown, J. M. 1989. Specialization in Poecilochirus carabi, a phoretic mite. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Buchert, G. P. 1981. Genetic variation of morphological and physiological traits in blue and Engelmann spruce. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Forestry. Michigan State University.

Burbank, D. H. 1991. Resource quality and recruitment of tree species in plantation forests of southwestern Michigan. (M.S.). Dept. of Forestry. Michigan State University.

Burbidge, R. G. 1967. Life history, trophic relationships, and bathymetric distribution and movement of American smelt, Osmerus mordax (Mitchell), in Gull Lake, Kalamazoo and Barry Counties, Michigan. (M.S.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Burkholder, J. M. 1986. Seasonal dynamics, alkaline phosphatase activity and phosphate uptake of adnate and loosely attached epiphytes in an oligotrophic lake. 2v. (Ph.D.). Dept . of Botany and Plant Pathology. Michigan State University.

Bushnell, J. H. 1961. The bryozoa of Michigan. Taxonomy, ecology, and distribution (Part I): Growth, mortality, and longevity of Plumatella repens (Part II). (Ph.D.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Caldwell, L. D. 1955. A nesting study of the mourning dove in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. (M.S.). Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife. Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science.

Caldwell, D. E. 1974. Some relationships between physiology, morphology and distribution in sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Microbiology and Public Health. Michigan State University.

Canavera, D. S. 1967. Austrian X Japanese red pine hybrids: Morphological features, natural distribution, and yield from open-pollinated Austrian pine. (M.S.). Dept. of Forestry. Michigan State University.

Canavera, D. S. 1969. Geographic and stand variation in jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.). (Ph.D.). Dept. of Forestry. Michigan State University.

Carlton, R. G. 1986. Oxygen dynamics in periphyton communities and associated effects on phosphorus release from lake sediments. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Caruso, J. L. 1963. Interspecific pattern in an old-field community in southwestern Michigan. (M.S.). Dept. of Botany. Michigan State University.

Casagrande, R. A. 1975. Behavior and survival of the adult cereal leaf beetle, Oulema melanopus (L.). (Ph.D.). Dept. of Entomology. Michigan State University.

Cavigelli, M. 1998. Ecosystem consequences and spatial distribution of soil microbial community structure. (Ph.D.). Department of Crop and Soil Sciences. Michigan State University.

Cid-Benevento, C. R. 1984. Factors affecting the distribution of old field and woodland annual plants: physiological tolerance vs. life history. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology. Michigan State University.

Corbett, A. L. 1998. Root responses to nutrient heterogeneity: a comparison of dominant and subordinate species from old fields. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology and W. K. Kellogg Biological Station. Michigan State University.

Creed, R. P., Jr. 1990. The direct and indirect effects of omnivorous crayfish on stream benthic communities. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Zoology and W. K. Kellogg Biological Station. MIchigan State University.

Crowley, P. A. S. 1990. Estimating sprinkled infiltration from time to ponding measurements. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Agricultural Engineering. Michigan State University.

Crumpton, W. G. 1980. Differential effects of growth and loss processes in controlling natural phytoplankton populations. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology. Michigan State University.

Cunningham, H. W. 1977. Adenosine triphosphate concentration in relation to microbial biomass in aquatic systems. (M.S.). Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology. Michigan State University.

Dacey, J. W. H. 1979. Gas circulation through the yellow waterlily. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Davis, R. M. 1968. Effect of size area open to colonization on species composition in early old-field succession. (M.S.). Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology. Michigan State University.

Darcy-Hall, T. 2004. Linking gradients of predators and productivity to the composition and limitation of benthic algal communities. Dept. of Zoology, W.K. Kellogg Biological Station. Ph.D. Dissertation, Michigan State Universtiy.

Dawson, A. D. 1955. A comparison of the insect communities of coniferous and deciduous woodlots. (M.S.). Dept. of Entomology. Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science.

Decker, E. H. 1965. A study of the fluctuation of some blood chemical constituents in relation to the reproductive cycle of the mallard duck. (M.S.). Dept of Biology. Western Michigan University.

DeJong, R. J. 1997. Hemosporid parasite communities of waterfowl (Anatidae) from the Kellogg Biological Station and Douglas Lake, Michigan. (M.S.). Dept. of Zoology and Interdepartmental Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Michigan State University.

Desmarais, K. H. 1996. Performance trade-offs across a natural resource gradient. (M.S.).. Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Dickerman, J. A. 1982. The pattern and process of clonal growth in a common cattail (Typha latifolia L.) population. (Ph.D.). Dept of Botany and Plant Pathology. Michigan State University.

Dorn, N. J. 2003. Effects of Omnivorous Crayfish on Fish Populations and the Structure of Littoral Communities. Department of Zoology. Ph.D. Dissertation, Michigan State University.

Downing, A.L. 2001. The role of biological diversity for the functioning and stability of pond ecosystems. PhD Dissertation. University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

Dubios, N. S. 2004. Sexual Selection and Reproductive Investment in House Wrens (Troglodytes Aedon). Department of Zoology, W.K. Kellogg Biological Station. Ph.D. Dissertation, Michigan State University.

Duffy, M. 2005. Evolutionary and community ecology of parasitism in Daphnia. PhD Dissertation. Michigan State University.

Duong, T. P. 1972. Nitrogen fixation and productivity in a eutrophic hard-water lake: in situ and laboratory studies. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Soil Science. Michigan State University.

Ehlinger, T. J. 1986. Learning , sampling and the role of individual variability in the foraging behavior of bluegill sunfish. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Elwadie, M. 2002. Spatial and temporal dynamics of nitorgen-water interactions in corn in Michigan. PhD Dissertation. Michigan State University.

Emery, S. M. 2005. Population and Community Approaches to Understanding Invasion in Grasslands. Department of Plant Biology, W.K. Kellogg Biological Station. Ph.D. Dissertation, Michigan State University.

Engemann, J. G. 1963. A comparison of the anatomy and natural history of Colubotelson thomsoni, a south temperate, fresh-water isopod and Asellus communis Say, a north temperate, fresh-water isopod. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Entomology. Michigan State University.

Eyman, L. D. 1972. Cesium-137 and stable cesium in a hypereutrophic lake. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife. Michigan State University.

Fabry, D. M. 1972. Relationship between color change and social behavior in the green sunfish, Lepomis cyanellus (RAF). (Ph.D.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Fast, A. W. 1971. The effects of artificial aeration on lake ecology. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife. Michigan State University.

Fetterolf, C. d. l. M. 1952. A population study of the fishes of Wintergreen Lake, Kalamazoo County, Michigan: with notes on movement and effect of netting on condition. (M.S.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science.

Fisk, J. W. 1997. Medics and clovers in wheat-no-tillage corn rotations with insights into their use by frarmers. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences. Michigan State University.

Fitzstephens, D. M. 1994. Color as a reliable signal of fighting ability in male damselflies, Calopteryx maculata. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Flegler, E. J., Jr. 1989. Movements of giant Canada geese and effects of their grazing on winter wheat yield. (M.S.). Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife. Michigan State University.

Fortuna, A.M. 2001. Management of cropping system and compost additions for enhanced nitrogen availability and carbon sequestration. PhD Dissertation. Michigan State University.

Foster, B. L. 1992. Role of land use history in structuring an old-field plant community. (M.S.). Dept. of Zoology. Interdisciplinary program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Michigan State University.

Foster, B. L. 1996. Plant competition and diversity in relation to productivity in old-filed plant communities. (Ph.D.). Department of Botany and Plant Pathology. Michigan State University.

Fox, T.B. 2002. Biological control of soybean (Aphis glycines Matsumura) aphid in Michigan. MS Thesis. Michigan State University.

Fradkin, S. C. 1992. Effects of large-bodied cladoceran induced interference and exploitative competition upon rotifer community structure. (M.S.). Dept. of Zoology. Interdisciplinary program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Michigan State University.

Francko, D. A. 1980. An investigation on the occurrence and significance of cyclic adenosin 3' :5' -monophosphate in phytoplankton and natural aquatic communities. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology. Michigan State University.

Fuller, R. C. 1998. Sexual Selection in the Rainbow Darter Etheostoma Caeruleum (M.S.). Department of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Fulton, W. C. 1975. Monitoring cereal leaf beetle larval populations. (M.S.). Dept. of Entomology. Michigan State University.

Fulton, W. C. 1978. Development of a model for on-line control of the cereal leaf beetle (Oulema melanopus (L.)). (Ph.D.). Dept. of Entomology. Michigan State University.

Gage, S. H. 1972. The cereal leaf beetle, Oulema melanopus (L.), and its interaction with two primary hosts: winter wheat and spring oats. (M.S.). Dept. of Entomology. Michigan State University.

Gage, S. H. 1974. Ecological investigations on the cereal leaf beetle, Oulema melanopus (L.) and the principal larval parasite, Tetrastichus julis (Walker). (Ph.D.). Dept. of Entomology. Michigan State University.

Geddes, P. 2004. DOC subsidy effects on the dynamics and structure of zooplankton communities. PhD Dissertation. University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Geedey, C. K. 1990. Seasonal dynamics of Daphnia pulex in fish and fishless ponds. (M.S.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Geedey, C. K. 1997. Seasonal clonal succession in Daphnia pulicaria populations. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Geis, A. D. 1952. Use of tagged-untagged ratios in estimating rabbit populations. (M.S.). Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife. Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science.

Geis, A. D. 1956. A population study of the cottontail rabbit in southern Michigan. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife. Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science.

Gibbons, J. W. 1967. Population dynamics and ecology of the painted turtle, Chrysems picta. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Gilliam, J. F. 1982. Habitat use and competitive bottlenecks in size-structured fish populations. (Ph.D.). . Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Gleason, G. R. 1951. A winter survey of insects infecting polyporaceous fungi in four southern Michigan woodlots. (M.S.). Dept. of Entomology. Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science.

Gleeson, S. K. 1986. Biomass allocation in Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Godshalk, G. L. 1977. Decomposition of aquatic plants in lakes. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology. Michigan State University.

Gower, W. C. 1937. Studies on the trematode parasites of ducks in Michigan with special reference to the mallard. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science.

Grace, J. B. 1980. Phenotypic and genotypic components of growth and reproduction in Typha latifolia: experimental studies in three contrasting marshes. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology. Michigan State University.

Grandy, A. S. 2005. Ecosystem consequences of soil aggregation following soil disturbance. Dept. of Crop & Soil Sciences. Ph.D. Dissertation, Michigan State University.

Graffius, J. H. 1964. A comparison of algal floras in two lake types, Barry County, Michigan. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology. Michigan State University.

Graper, E. H. 1948. The study of late nesting conditions of some Michigan birds. (M.S.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science.

Gross, K. L. 1980. Ecological consequences of differences in life history characteristics among four "biennial" plant species. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Gross, R. S. 1981. The relationships among flowering time, pollinators, and seed set of individuals of four species of goldenrod (Solidago: compositae). (Ph.D.). Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology. Michigan State University.

Guyer, G. E. 1954. A comparison of adult and immature sampling techniques utilized in an ecological study of pond insects. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Entomology. Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science.

Hall, S.R. 2003. Species sorting and biomass partitioning along light:nutrient:predation risk gradients in planktonic pond ecosystems. PhD Dissertation. University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

Heiman, D. R. 1968. Upper lethal temperature relations of Paragnetina media Walker (Plecoptera: Perlidae). (M.S.). Dept. of Entomology. Michigan State University.

Helgesen, R. G. 1969. The within-generation population dynamics of the cereal leaf beetle, Oulema melanopus (L.). (Ph.D.). Dept. of Entomology. Michigan State University.

Hofman, W. F. 1966. The effects of estrogenic and gonadotrophic hormones on normal levels of some blood chemical constituents in the non-breeding female mallard duck. (M.S.). Dept. of Biology. Western Michigan University.

Holdaway-Dopp, H.A. 2003. Changes in microbial community responses to gradients of carbon, nitrogen, and wetting cycles in ceoncentric layers of soil macro-aggregates. MS Thesis. Michigan State University.

Holland, C. W. 1983. Evaluation of problems in the improvement of grass pastures by sod seeding. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences. Michigan State University.

Holt, B. R. 1969. Effect of immigration time on the establishment of wild carrot populations in early old-field succession. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology. Michigan State University.

Hough, R. A. 1973. Photorespiration and release of organic carbon in submersed aquatic vascular plants. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology. Michigan State University.

Howard, F. O. 1975. Natural history and ecology of Pycnopsyche lepida, P. guttifer and P. scabripennis (Trichoptera: limnephilidae) in a woodland stream. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Entomology. Michigan State University.

Huang, S. N. 1989. Production and emission of methane from experimental paddy soils. (Ph.D). Dept. of Crop and Soil Science. Michigan State University.

Huberty, L. E. 1994. Dominance, diversity and resource competition in old-field plant communities. (Ph.D.). W. K. Kellogg Biological Station and Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology. Michigan State University.

Huckins, C. J. F. 1996. Functional relationships between morphology, feeding performance, diet, and competitive ability in molluscivorous sunfish. (Ph.D.). W.K. Kellogg Biological Station and Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Hudson, R. K. 1957. The influence of microclimate on the establishment and early survival of planted red pine, Pinus resinosa Ait., in southwestern Michigan. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Forestry. Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science.

Huggett, F. C. 1941. The summer flocking and nesting of common birds in the vicinity of the W. K . Kellogg Bird Sanctuary. (M.S.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science.

Husband, R. W. 1966. Acarina associated with Michigan bombinae. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Huset, D. E. 1979. Effect of method of inoculation and lime placement on the establishment and yields of alfalfa on acid soils in Michigan. (M.S.). Dept. of Crop and Soil Science. Michigan State University.

Ilnitzky, S. 1962. Red pine borer biology as inferred from trap log data. (M.S.). Dept. of Entomology. Michigan State University.

Jackman, J. A. 1976. A quantitative description of oat growth and cereal leaf beetle populations. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Entomology. Michigan State University.

Jamaah, A. O. 1999. Drought adaptation in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) (Ph.D.). Department of Crop and Soil Sciences. Michigan State Univeristy.

Jantawat, S. 1977. Erodibility of some Michigan soils. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences. Michigan State University.

Johnson, W. C. 1967. Peripheral blood analysis as an index to reproductive condition in the Canada goose. (M.S.). Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife. Michigan State University.

Johnson, B. K. 1990. Nitrate leaching potential as affected by the spatial variability of Bt horizon morphology. (M.S.). Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences. Michigan State University.

Jones, M. 1996. Enhancing yield, profitability and nitrogen mineralization in corn-based integrated cropping systems. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences. Michigan State University.

Katsvairo, T., Witman. 1999. Yield, yield components and nitrogen partitioning in bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea), common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) grown under stress and non-stress soil moisture conditions. (Ph.D.). Department of Crop and Soil Sciences. Michigan State University.

Kaufman, M. G. 1988. The role of anaerobic bacterial metabolism in the nutrition of crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). (Ph.D.). Dept. of Entomology. Michigan State University.

Keen, R. E. 1967. Laboratory population studies of two species of Chydoridae (Cladocera, Crustacea). (M.S.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Keen, R. E. 1970. A probabilistic approach to the dynamics of natural populations of the chydoridae (Cladocera, Crustacea). (Ph.D.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Kielbaso, J. J. 1968. Use and users of the Kellogg Forest: an urban oriented area. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Forestry. Michigan State University.

King, J. P. 1964. Seed source X environment interaction in scotch pine. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Forestry. Michigan State University.

King, R. H. 1978. Natural history and ecology of Stictochironomus annulicrus (Townes) (Diptera: Chironomidae), Augusta Creek, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Entomology. Michigan State University.

King, D. K. 1982. Community metabolism and autotrophic-heterotrophic relationships of woodland stream riffle sections. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife. Michigan State University.

Kirk, B. M. 1937. Factors affecting the establishment of forest plantations on the Kellogg reforestation tract. (M.S.). Dept. of Forestry. Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science.

Klus, D. J. 1995. Genotypic variation in response to elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide in two populations of Plantago lanceolata L.. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology. Michigan State University.

Kocan, R. M. 1965. Gametocyte periodicity in Leucocytozoon simondi Mathes and Leger infections and alterations noted after passive immunization. (M.S.). Dept.of Microbiology and Public Health. Michigan State University.

Kocan, R. M. 1967. Anemia and mechanism of red cell destruction in ducks with acute Leucocytozoon disease. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Microbiology and Public Health. Michigan State University.

Kopenski, M. L. 1969. Selected studies of Michigan leeches. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Kung, F. H. 1968. Geographic variation and evolutionary trends of ponderosa pine, timber-border pine and Douglas-fir, based on nursery performance in southern Michigan. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Forestry. Michigan State University.

Laatsch, T. P. 1998. Influences of sessile primary productivity and methanol on microbial community structure and secondary metabolism in an industrial groundwater recharge pond. (M.S.). Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences. Michigan State University.

Lampert, E. P. 1980. Endemic ecology of the cereal leaf beetle (Oulema melanopus (L.)). (Ph.D.). Dept. of Entomology. Michigan State University.

Laughlin, D. R. 1979. Resource and habitat use patterns in two coexisting sunfish species Lepomis gibbosus and Lepomis megalotis peltastes. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Lee, C. H. 1966. Anatomical characters and chemical composition of European black pine needles as influenced by geographic origins and nitrogen fertilization. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Forestry. Michigan State University.

Leibold, M. A. 1988. Habitat structure and species interactions in plankton communities of stratified lakes. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Zoolgy. Michigan State University.

Lippson, R. L. 1975. The distribution of the crayfishes of Michigan with aspects of their life cycle and physiology. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Losee, R. F. 1983. Characterization of selective light attenuation by periphyton. (M.S.). Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology. Michigan State University.

Losee, R. F. 1991. Submersed macrophyte-epiphytic periphyton community hydrodynamics. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology. Michigan State University.

Lovley, D. R. 1982. Metabolism of fermentation intermediates in lake sediments. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Microbiology and Public Health. Michigan State University.

Lynch, M.D. 2004. Species richness and composition of soil Basidomycota. Ms. Thesis. University of Western Ontario, Ontario, Canada.

Maas, K. G. 1992. Effects of planting density and weed control on the partitioning of nitrogen and carbon in a hybrid poplar plantation. (M.S.). Dept. of Forestry. Michigan State University.

Mackay, J. 1972. Serum lipoprotein electrophoretic distribution in response to general systemic stress in mallard ducks. (M.S.). Dept. of Biology. Western Michigan University.

Mahan, D. C. 1980. Land cover and coarse particulate organic influxes to a small stream. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife. Michigan State University.

Manny, B. A. 1971. Interactions of dissolved and particulate nitrogen in lake metabolism. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology. Michigan State University.

Matthews, R. W. 1965. The biology of Heriades carinata cresson (Hymenoptera: Megachillidae). (M.S.). Dept. of Entomology. Michigan State University.

McGregor, D. L. 1972. The ostracoda of Gull Lake, Michigan: selected aspects of their ecology. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

McKeown, C.H. 2003. Quantifying the roles od competition and niche separation in native and exotic cocconellids, and the changes in the community in response to an exotic prey species. Ms. Thesis. Michigan State University.

McKinley, K. R. 1975. Investigations on the role of dissolved organic matter in determining ecosystem structure and function: the plankton and photoheterotrophy. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology. Michigan State University.

McNeil, R. J. 1957. Ecological distribution of the herpetofauna of Kalamazoo County, Michigan. (M.S.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science.

McPeek, M. A. 1989. The determination of species composition in the Enallgma damselfly assemblages (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) of permanent lakes. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Meitz, A. K. 1975. Alimentary tract microbiota of aquatic invertebrates. (M.S.). Dept. of Microbiology and Public Health. Michigan State University.

Mellinger, D. L. 1974. A study of the coexistence of two species of Diaptomus (Copepoda: Calanoida) in Gull Lake, Michigan. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Milanez, A. I. 1966. A study of the aquatic "Phycomycetes" from the Gull Lake area in Michigan. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology. Michigan State University.

Miller, M. C. 1972. The carbon cycle in the epilimnion of two Michigan lakes. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology. Michigan State University.

Miller, T. E. 1985. Competition and complex interactions among species: community structure in an early old-field plant community. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Mitchell, T. F. 1961. A qualitative survey of the invertebrate benthos of Wintergreen Lake, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. (M.S.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Mittelbach, G. G. 1980. Foraging efficiency and size-class interactions in the bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus). (Ph.D.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Molongoski, J. J. 1974. Evaluation of the anaerobic microorganisms and their metabolism in an anoxic lake basin. (M.S.). Dept of Microbiology and Public Health. Michigan State University.

Molongoski, J. J. 1978. Sedimentation and anaerobic metabolism of particulate organic matter in the sediments of a hypereutropic lake. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Microbiology and Public Health. Michigan State University.

Morofsky, W. F. 1952. The correlation of bark beetles and wood borers to slash disposal in Michigan. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Forestry. Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science.

Nash, R. G. 1964. Immunodiffusion studies with Ascaris suum Goeze, 1782 and Toxocara canis (Werner), 1782. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Nelson, S., Jr. 1966. Ectosymbionts of selected larval anurans and aquatic urodeles from Kalamazoo and Barry Counties, Michigan. (M.S.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Nelson, S., Jr. 1971. A systematic study of Michigan Chelonethida (Arachnida), and the population structure of Microbisium confusum Hoff in a beech-maple woodlot. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Newmyer, P. 1984. Kellogg Forest visitors: a descriptive study. (M.S.). Dept. of Parks and Recreation Resources. Michigan State University.

O'Brien, W. J. 1970. The effects of nutrient enrichment of the plankton community in eight experimental ponds. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Oemke, M. P. 1983. Diatom utilization by the stream grazer, Glossosoma nigrior (Banks) (Trichoptera: Glossosomatidae) in two southern Michigan streams. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Entomology. Michigan State University.

Olendorf, R. 2001. The evolution and maintenance of cooperation in natural and artificial  populations. PhD Dissertation. Michigan State University.

Olson, M. H. 1993. Mixed competition/predation interactions in size-structured fish communities. (Ph.D.). W. K. Kellogg Biological Station and Dept. of Zoology. Michigan State University.

Osborne, D. R. 1963. DDT residues in a mosquito control program at the Kellogg Biological Station. (M.S.). Dept of Zoology. Michigan State University.

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Rickless, M. S. 1967. Influence of some stresses on peripheral blood response to estrogen stimulation in the female mallard duck. (M.S.). Dept. of Biology. Western Michigan University.

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Rudersdorf, W. J. 1962. Canada goose investigations in the vicinity of the W. K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. (Ph.D.). Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife. Michigan State University.

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