CURRENT TEAM

Leads and Faculty

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Graduate Students

Undergraduate Honours Students and Research Assistants

 
 

PAST STUDENTS

Masters

  • Kayla Williams. SMU MSc, 2023. Understanding parameters for site characterization and their influence on restoration trajectory in tidal marshes in Nova Scotia, Canada

    Rebecca Payne. SMU MA, 2023. Understanding the Villa di Tito and the Velino Valley within Central Italy by creating Spatial Connections

    Kendra Sampson. SMU MSc, 2023. Assessing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and sediment organic carbon density in Nova Scotia salt marshes

    Megan Elliott. SMU MSc, 2023. The Connections Between Temporal Variation of Managed Realignment Inlet Conditions and Deposition Variation Across a Restored Marsh Surface.

  • Reyhan Akyol. SMU MSc, 2020. Mapping and Quantifying Early Tidal Wetland Evolution Using Remotely Piloted Aircraft System Imagery and Object-Based Image Analysis.

  • Brittany MacIsaac. SMU MA, 2018. An investigation of factors that influence coastal communities’ ability to adopt or participate in climate change adaptation planning in the Atlantic Provinces.

  • Christa Skinner. SMU MSc, 2016. The biogeochemistry of a restoring macrotidal salt marsh: Cheverie Creek, Nova Scotia.

  • Samantha Page. SMU MSc, 2015. Development and Application of a Relative Geomorphic-Based Vulnerability Index for Assessing Coastal Vulnerability under wave energy scenarios associated with a climate change.

    Emma Poirier. SMU MSc, 2014. Seasonal influences on the ecomorphodynamics of a hypertidal salt marsh and tidal creek system.

    Ben Lemieux. SMU MSc, 2012. Controls on Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Vegetative Recovery on a Macro-tidal Floodplain Restoration Project.

    Jennie Graham. SMU MSc, 2012. Considerations for Restoration Design in a Macro-tidal Marsh.

    Casey O’Laughlin. SMU MSc, 2012. Effects of Energy Extraction on Sediment Dynamics in a Sheltered Hypertidal Salt Marsh Creek.

    Michael Fedak. SMU MSc, 2012. Coastal Vulnerability Modeling for Macrotidal Dykelands.

    Jeremy Tibbetts. SMU MSc, 2012. Coastal Vulnerability Assessment for a Macro-tidal Region.

Undergraduate

  • Makadunyiswe Ngulube. SMU Environmental Science, 2021. The wave dissipation potential of Spartina alterniflora in the Bay of Fundy.

  • Sade Hanley. SMU Honours Environmental Studies, 2019. A Coastal Vulnerability Assessment of the St. Kitts Old Road Bay to the Impacts of Climate Change Hazards and Potential Adaptation Measures.

    Larissa Sweeney. SMU Honours Geography, 2019. Determining Trajectory using Ecological Indicators at the Cogmagun River Salt Marsh, Eight-Years Post Restoration.

    Samantha Cunningham. SMU Honours Environmental Science, 2019. Consideration for the Assessment of Blue Carbon Potential in Managed Realignment Projects.

  • Logan Horrocks. SMU Honours Geography, 2018. An Analysis of Multispectral UAS for Salt Marsh Edge Land Cover Classification and DEM Generation.

  • Jenna Miller. SMU Honours Geography, 2017. Coastal vulnerability assessment and adaption planning Fundy National Park.

  • Dylan Colbourne. SMU Honours Geography, 2015. Measuring Vulnerability & Adaptive Capacity of the South Western Coast of Tobago.

    Brenden Blotnicky. SMU Honours Environmental Science, 2013. A comparison between suspended sediment composition and deposition within a macro-tidal salt marsh creek.

    Christa Skinner. SMU Honours Environmental Science, 2013. Analysis of the relationship between vegetative community structure and geodetic elevation for salt marsh restoration in hypertidal systems.

    Emma Poirier. SMU Honours Environmental Science, 2012. Sedimentary dynamics within a hypertidal salt marsh and tidal creek system.

    Samantha Page. SMU Honours Environmental Science/Geography, 2011. The role of flow resistance of different coral morphologies on small scale sedimentation patterns in Isla de Utila, Honduras.

    Ben Lemieux. SMU Honours Geography/Biology, 2010. The influence of the soil seed bank and hydrochory on the early re-colonization dynamics on two salt marsh restoration projects.

    Lyndsay Greene. SMU Honours Environmental Studies, 2009. The role of ice in an upper Bay of Fundy salt marsh: dispersal agent of sediment and vegetation.

    Casey O’Laughlin. SMU Honours Geography, 2009. Comparison of vertical and temporal variations in hydrodynamics on macro-tidal mudflat and salt marsh surfaces.

    Amber Silver. SMU Honours Geography, 2009. The Influence of Vegetation on the Sedimentary Processes within a Macro-tidal Salt Marsh.

    Alison R. Mackenzie. SMU Honours Geography, 2007. The potential of using managed realignment to mitigate the impacts of sea level rise in the Cornwallis Estuary.

    Sarah Ainsworth. SMU Honours Geography, 2005. GIS Assessment of Impacts of Hurricane Juan on Forest Fire Hazard in Nova Scotia.

    Melissa Landry. SMU Honours Environmental Studies/Geography, 2004. Structure and Function of a Mangrove Forest in the Biosphere Reserve of “Los Petenes”, Campeche, Mexico.

    Amanda Pike. SMU Honours Environmental Studies/Biology, 2004. Comparative Assessment of Growth Characteristics of Spartina alterniflora on three salt marshes, Minas Basin, Bay of Fundy.

    Nancy Chiasson. Dalhousie Honours Biology, 2003. Controls on Vegetation Characteristics in a Tidally Restricted Salt marsh in the Bay of Fundy.

    Sarah Townsend. SMU Honours Geography, 2002. Spatial Analysis of Spartina alterniflora Colonization on the Avon River Mudflats.