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Undergraduate Honours Theses

Environmental Studies is a diversified program with many of our undergraduates satisfying the requirements of a B.Sc. (Honours).

In meeting the program's requirements our undergraduates have researched, defended and published the following works:

Greene, Lyndsay.  2009.  THe Role of Ice in an Upper Bay of Fundy Marsh:  Dispersal Agent of Sediment and Vegetation. 

Supervisor: Danika van Proosdij, Department of Geography.

 
Adams, Chelsea.  2008.  The Development of a Marine Community Monitoring Program in Support of Citizen Science in Nova Scotia.  Supervisor:  Cathy Conrad, Department of Geography.
 
Harris, Adam.  2008.  A Greener View From the Top:  Green Roofs, Temperature Reduction, and the Urban Heat Island in Halifax, Nova Scotia.  Supervisor:  Jeremy Lundholm, Environmental Studies Program and Department of Biology.
 
Hori, Yukari.  2008.  Multiscale Evaluation of the Space-Time Variability of Temperature Patterns in the Maritime Provinces of Canada. Supervisor:  Cristian Suteanu, Environmental Studies Program and Department of Geography.
 
Coombs, Andrea B. 2007. Spatio-Temporal Aspects of the Movement Patterns of Moose from the Endangered Mainland Nova Scotia Population. Supervisor: Hugh Broders, Department of Biology .
 
Wolf, Derek. 2007. Differences in Water Loss and Drought Tolerance Among 14 Plant Species: Implications for Green Roof Performance. Supervisor: Jeremy Lundholm, Environmental Studies Program and Department of Biology
 
Woods, Oliver C. 2007. An Integrative Approach to Prioritizing Aquatic Habitat Restoration Sites in the Wooden's River Watershed, Nova Scotia.  Supervisor: Catherine T. Conrad, Department of Geography.
 
Burley, Scott. 2006. Post-Disturbance Vegetation Recovery at Point Pleasant Park, Halifax Nova Scotia.  Supervisor:  Jeremy Lundholm, Environmental Studies Program and Department of Biology.
 
Cameron, Jennifer C. 2006. Environmental Impacts Associated with Historical Gold Mine Wastes in the Intertidal Area of Seal Harbour, Nova Scotia.  Supervisor: Philip Giles, Department of Geography.
 

Okwese, Ann C. 2006. Chemical Evolution of Oxisols: Insights from the Cretaceous Chaswood Formation, Nova Scotia.

Supervisor: Georgia Pe-Piper, Department of Geology.

 
O'Toole, Erinn.  2006. Regeneration Characteristics of Coastal Barren Plant Species.  Supervisor: Jeremy Lundholm, Environmental Studies Program and the Department of Biology.
 

Robinson, Sarah. 2006. Seed bank survey of Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, following a major hurricane disturbance.  Supervisor:  Jeremy Lundholm, Environmental Studies Program and the Department of Biology.

 
Tutty, Bridge R. 2006. Temporal variation in bat activity at two hibernacula in Nova Scotia: Spring emergence, fall immerge and management concerns.  Supervisor:  Hugh Broders, Department of Biology.
 

Draper, Emily M. 2005. Environmental Education in the classroom: Does it Work? The effectiveness of an Environmental Education Program for grade six students in the Halifax Regional Municipality. Co-Supervisors: Roxanne Richardson, Environmental Studies Program and Steven Smith, Department of Psychology.

 

Marlin, Ashley. 2005. Microhabitat differentiation in urban plant communities. Supervisor; Jeremy Lundholm, Environmental Studies Program and the Department of Biology.

 
Schnare, Derek R. 2005. A cost-benefit analysis of the economic feasibility of green roof implementation in Halifax. Supervisor: Jeremy Lundholm, Environmental Studies Program and the Department of Biology.
 
Landry, Melissa S. 2004. Structure and function of a mangrove forest in the biosphere reserve of "Los Petenes", Campeche, Mexico. Supervisor: Danika van Proosdij, Department of Geography.
 

Pike, Amanda. 2004. Comparative assessment of growth characteristics of Spartina Alterniflora on three salt marshes, Minas Basin, Bay of Fundy. Supervisor: Danika van Proosdij, Department of Geography.

 
Additional Undergraduate Honours Students Theses, prior to 2004, are listed here:
2003 Undergraduate Honours Theses 2002 Undergraduate Honours Theses 2001 Undergraduate Honours Theses
2000 Undergraduate Honours Theses 1999 Undergraduate Honours Theses 1998 Undergraduate Honours Theses
1997 Undergraduate Honours Theses  
 


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