Senior Theses - 2000-1982.

Senior Theses: 2000-1982
Department of Earth and Environmental Science,
Barnard/Columbia College

Year Author Title

2000 Bahn, Leslie Plant/soil interactions in the alpine tundra: a study of nitrogen and phosphorus cycling across ecological scales on Niwot Ridge.

2000 Ballantyne, Jamie Bambi is Destroying our Forests: A Case Study in Vegetation Regeneration Following a Clear-cut.

2000 Chan, Melisa Waterborne Diseases in Texas and New Mexico Border Counties: Incidence and Causes.

2000 Forrestel, Alison Long Term Trends in Tree Population Ecology in Kakamega, Kenya.

2000 Konda, Kalyka Using Satellite Imagery to compare the vegetation density versus the population density of cities in developing and developed countries.

2000
MacFarlane, Alex
Mori, Scott A.
Pollination Syndromes of Six Tropical Nocturnally Flowering Trees.

2000 Naftali, Noa Detection of Climate Change through Reliable Studies .

2000 Ohara, Risa The effect of Landslides on the global carbon budget.

2000 Sanford, Evelyn Agave gentryi and Rhynchopsitta terrisi Ecology in the Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico.

2000 Simmons, Rachel The Diving Pattern Behavior of the Franciscana Dolphin, Pontoporia blainvillei, during Winter (July 1999) in Bahia Anegada, Argentina.

2000 Smith, Elta Watershed Management: Contemporary Problems A Case Study in the Flat Rock Brook Nature Preserve.

2000 Vail, Ann The Behavior and diving Pattern of the Franciscana (Pontoporia blainvillei) Dolphin in San Blas Bay, Argentina.

2000 Ventresca, Greg Site Fidelity of Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Baie d' Antongil, Madagascar.

2000 White, Jennifer Breeding Stimulus for Bulweris Wattled Pheasants.

2000 Yahiro, Mahina Soil Acidity as it Correlates with Vegetation in South Latourette Park and Van Cortlandt Park.

1999 Anderson, Angela A Comparison of the Economic and Biological responses of Cottonwood and Loblolly Pine to increased atmospheric levels of CO2.

1999 Babbitt, Courtney Phylogeny of the Opiliones (Arachnida): Maximum Likelihood, Miximum.

1999 Biase, Blaire Assessment of Recruitment to Casitas by Juvenile and Adult Panulirus argus on the Caicos Bank, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies.

1999 Bickford, Slaten Volcanoes as Hazards.

1999 Britt, Lisette Can recycled materials such as glass be used in construction materials like concrete?

1999 Chae, Young Biodiversity of vagile arthropods and forest succession

1999 Chau, Nguyet Categorization of ENSO and its Relation to Precipitation in the Murray/Darling River Basin.

1999 Cherry, Jessica Impacts of Climate Variability on the Energy Sector: climate and energy around the North Atlantic basin with a Norwegian case study.

1999 Chin, Mona How does Energy Cycle Through the Food Web in Black Rock Forest?

1999 Cohn, Alicia Climate Variability and Peruvian Small Pelagic Fish Catch: Possibilities for Prediction.

1999 Cox, Susannah Salamanders of New York City: Evidence of Local Extinctions due to Urbanization.

1999 Gillette, Felix A Time Series Analysis of Land Cover Change in Gifford Pinchot National Forest from 1972 to 1992 Using Landsat MSS Digital Satellite Imagery.

1999 Goldberg, Irit Emerging Evidence Questions the Toxicity of Mercury Amalgams.

1999 Grossman, Xena Monitoring Water Quality in Costa Rica and New York - Water Quality analysis of the Protected Santa Elena Biological Reserve Watershed: Costa Rica, the Unprotected Rio Chiquito: Costa Rica, the Croton Reservoir: New York, and the Harlem Meer Watershed in Central Park: New York.

1999 Harry, Nandy Forest Migration and Climate of Coastal Alaska - Macrofossil Stratigraphy of Ragged South, Alaska.

1999 Hasan, Fatima Reconstructing Past Environmental Conditions From Diatom Abundance in Lake Sediments at Black Rock Forest, Orange County, New York.

1999 Karimi, Shaheena Urban Toxic Exposures of High School Students in New York City: An Analysis of Questionnaire Data.

1999 Kim, Grace Poisoned Homes.

1999 Kotowicz, Dawn Factors Determining Salt Front Location in the Hudson River Estuary Under Current and Future Climates.

1999 Lapidus, Sivia The Prospective Neuroepidemiology of Adult Lead Exposure.

1999 Liu Darice Use and Effect of the 1997/98 El NiÒo Forecast: Assessing Zimbabwe and Mozambique's Food and Agriculture Security.

1999 McClelland, Mandalyn Geophysics and Hydrological Modeling: Studying Subsurface Flow.

1999 McCreary, Leone Carbon dioxide dynamics in a coral reef ecosystem: Hog reef flat, Bermuda.

1999 Poulshock, Helene Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture in Arizona: Validation and Application of a Crop-Yield Model.

1999 Salzer, Sarah The use of carbon and nitrogen isotopic ratios to trace food web interactions.

1999 Schrein, Caitlin Maureen Paradolichopithecus arvernensis: A European fossil monkey and its morphological affinities with macaques and baboons.

1999 Scdoris, Amanda An Educational CO2 Measurement Kit: Teaching the Carbon Cycle.

1999 Sem, Shruti The Relative Contributions of Population, Technological Innovation, and Affluence on Groundwater Contamination: A Global Model.

1999 Stamler, Dina Los Frailes mine spill & effects of As.

1999 Tawil, Sophia Persistent Organic Pollutants: International Prioritization.

1999 Thomas, Jessy Projecting Impacts of Climate Change on Jamaica Bay Wetland Habitats Using Aerial Photography and Global Climate Models.

1999 Ujiki, Amy Ethnobotany in the Urban Environment: Traditional Chinese Medicine & Women's Health - A Comparative Study of Herbal Formula Compositions.

1999 Vaughan, Trinke Forest Fires of northeastern Mexico and their Effects on the Breeding Biology of the Maroon-Fronted Parrot.

1999 Vidor, Carla A winter severity index for deer at Black Rock Forest.

1999 Wilson, Erica The Saturation State of Calcium Carbonate and its Effect on the Coral Calcification Rate.

1999 Williamson, Alexandra Analyses of Dissolved Organic Nitrogen in Forested and Estuarine Ecosystems: Black Rock Forest and Hudson River.

1999 Wong, Jennifer Environmental History of Piermont Marsh, Hudson River, NY.

1999 Yaraghi, Katayoun A Study on DDE and Leptin and their effects on the risk of breast cancer.

1999 Yeung, Laura Valuation of Non-Timber Forest Resources: Examples from A Belizean Medicinal Reserve.

1999 Young, Devorah PCBs in the Hudson: Evaluating the Scientific Arguments of Policy Opponents.

1997 DeWitt, Katherine Inter-annual Rainfall Variability and Hardwood Growth in Black Rock Forest

1997 Farrell, Dan The Diversity and Species Composition of Woody Plant Species in a Managed Forest

1997 Fernandez, Sandie Arlene A CFC Study on Surface Waters in Rockland County, NY

1997 Finman, Hodayah Save Our Reefs: Evaluating the Role of the Global Environment Facility in Coral Reef Conservation

1997 Kim, Gina Index of Sustainable Welfare, A Case Study: Canada

1997 Kim, Sungmee Human Chorionic Gonadotropin as a Biomarker in Epidemiologic Study of Early Preganancy Loss

1997 Landau, Dana Loren The Effects of Climate Change on the Hydrological Cycle: Temperature, Precipitation, and Streamflow Trends in Nebraska

1997 Liu, Maria Chemistry and Residence Time of Groundwater in Black Rock Forest Springs and Wells

1997 Misra, Ruchi CFC Smuggling

1997 Kohen, Janna S. Education and the Biosphere 2 Center Web Site

1997 Rumbaitis-del Rio,Cristina El Niño/Southern Oscillation and Related Rainfall Anomalies in Argentina

1997 Sumal, Sharondeep K. Superfund: Can it ever be remediated?

1996 Alcalá, Monica L. Organophosphorus Insectides and Humans: The Case of Malathon and Its Effects on the Spanish-speaking Farm Labor Force in the California Central Valley

1996 Dettman, Nicole L. Mexican Law, Protection Strategies and Coral Reefs, A Case Study of Paraíso Reef, Cozumel Island, Q.R. Mexico

1996 Downs, Erica An Analysis of the Presence of Hydrocarbons in Staten Island Costal Soils

1996 Einstein, Alia Peregrine Tales

1996 Goedecke, Ellen L. The Efficacy of State and Federal Marine Sanctuaries in Protecting Coral Reefs

1996 Haendal, Erika S. Using Debt-for-Nature Swaps as a Means to Protect Endangered Coral Reefs

1996 Hong, Joo Young Replenishing a Body of Water Depleted of Oxygen, Dissolved Oxygen Experiments

1996 Hurley, Paddie Phytoestrogens and Ethnicity

1996 Jeselsohn, Adina M. An Analysis of Weather Patterns Along the Lower Hudson Valley - February 15-24,1996

1996 Liang, Eileen Malaria and Climate Variations in Sri Lanka

1996 Lieber, Anne Vinyl Asbestos Tile Abatement in New York City: Is there a scientific basis for current removal procedures?

1996 Maggard, Anne Metallothionien: Inducting of metallothionien in the human placenta and active and passive cigarette smoke exposure

1996 Pruss, Nicole F. Monitoring Our Air: A Case Study of the North River Sewage Treatment Plant

1996 Reddy, Sushma Asthma in the ‘Hood: The Role of Toxic Air Pollutants on Asthma Cases in Small Areas of NYC

1995 Afeiche, Nada Drinking Water in Beirut and Suburbs: A Study of the Effectiveness and Implementation of a Quality Control Program

1995 Boonice, Rana Assesssing Baikul

1995 Coutinho, Lara The Effectiveness of Public Service Advertising on the Demand for Recycled Products

1995 Dalimot, Lorelie Pathway of Cesium 137 Contamination in the Arctic

1995 David, Sheila The Colorado River: Current and Future Stresses

1995 Duker, Sara Characterization of a Sludge-Derived Hyphomicrobium: A Study of Prosthecate Bacteria Population in Activated Sludge

1995 Fein, Shira The Kobe and Northridge Earthquakes and Their Impact on New York City

1995 Feinerman, Roseara The Media’s Role in Forming the Discrepancy between Public and Scientific Perception of Risk in Global Warming

1995 Harris, Melissa Banana Production in Central America: The Interactions of Biophysical and Socioeconomic Factors on the Local People and Surrounding Environment

1995 Johnson, Andrea Noise: A Growing Public Health Hazard

1995 Kantzos, Barbara Black Rock Forest: An Examination of Chloride and Sulfate

1995 Kipping, Kristina Black Rock Forest and the Global Carbon Cycle: Rates of Carbon Sequestration from 1931-1994

1995 Obra, Joan Factors Influencing Change in Understory Composition of Bryce Canton National Park, Utah from 1957-1991

1995 Ploszay, Aimee Correlation of Grain Size with Side-Scan Sonar Images from Block Island Sound

1995 Porter, Gabriella Energy Conservation for Low-Income Urban Housing: A History of Urban Poverty Using Harlem as a Case Study

1995 Salimi, Parisa Deer Management in the Northwest

1995 Sanchez-Garzoli, Ana IPM Alternatives to the Use of Pesticides in Hospitals: (Chloroyrifos, Pyrethrins, Boric Acid)

1995 Schilling, Jennifer From the Greenhouse to the White House: Development of the U.S. Position at the Framework Convention on Climate Change

1995 Schuessler, Fawn On-Site Apartment Incineration and Air Quality in New York City

1995 Umaranikar, Amita The Health Effects of Carbon Monoxide in New York

1994 Agostino, Nicole Emissions Trading: Market Incentives and Sulfur Dioxide Emissions

1994 Blackmer, Alexis Infanticide: A Reproductive Strategy of the Hanuman Langur

1994 Catubig, Nina Last Glacial Maximum to Present: Changes in Calcium Carbonate Preservation

1994 Centeno, Raquel The Importance of the Greenbelt in the San Francisco Bay Area

1994 Curis, Natalia Development of Environmental Curriculum for Urban 1st grade

1994 Fitzgerald, Dawn Nuclear Power, Problems and Prospects

1994 Girotti, Jennifer Green Markets in New York City vs. Organic Farming

1994 Haberland, M. Sour Milk : The Effects of Chemical Contamination in Breast Milk on the Nursing Infant

1994 Kedari, Reddy Effect of Lead on Reproductive System of Males

1994 Lassar, Beth The Efficacy and Clinical Usefulness of the 193 Nanometer Argon Fluoride Excimer Laser

1994 Liang, Linda Amount of Lead Present in Different Parts of the Soil of a Shooting Range

1994 Liebeskind, Elise Water Resources of the West Bank: Policy and Politics

1994 Lynch, Angela Tropospheric Ozone

1994 Mosberg, Janine Satiation and Vegetarianism

1994 Nichols, Juliet Volatile Organic and Sewage Treatment Plants

1994 Rosario, Rosanna Time Correlating Mediterranean Sapropels

1994 Samuels, Rana Solar Energy and Carbon Dioxide Emissions

1994 Williams, D. The Everglades: Pollution Problems and Regulatory Mayhem

1994 Yablonski, Judith Environmental Radicalism

1993 Butorovich, S. Groundwater Contamination on Long Island, New York

1993 Chiang, Susan Environmental Impact of Three Gorges Dam, China

1993 Clough, Jaina Restoration of Wetlands at Pomonder Walk, Teaneck, NJ

1993 Downs, Michelle Heptachlor, Velsicol and the Circle of Poison (Pesticides)

1993 Economou, Katy American Women in World War II

1993 Gong, Kimberly L. Radionuclides and Rhetoric: The Politics of Dosimetry, Epidemiology and Health Management in the Former USSR

1993 Gutierrez, Graciela Use of Biological Markers to Study the Cancer Causing Effects of Passive Smoking

1993 Javaheri-Saatchi, P. American 241 and Smoke Detectors

1993 Kang, Eunice Himalayan Landscape: An Introduction to Tibet

1993 Link, Kimiko Radionuclide Profiles in the Sediments of Barnegat Bay, NJ

1993 Nelson, Kellyx Philosophical Approaches to Environmentalism

1993 Pataki, Diane Role of the Terrestrial Biosphere in the Global Carbon Cycle

1993 Zimmerman, H. Groundwater Contamination on Long Island, NY

1993 Zizic, Lara AIDS in Africa

1992 Cooper, Tracy Florida's Sea of Grass - The Everglades Ecosystem

1992 Corcoran, Claire Composting: Nature's Way of Recycling

1992 Fagan, Michal International Law as It Applies to Wars and the Environment: The Persian Gulf War as a Case study

1992 Farkouh, Christiana Health Effects of Tropospheric Ozone

1992 Hsieh, Irene Economic Impacts of Transnational Chemical Corporations on the Environment in Asian Developing Companies

1992 Kozower, Claire Whited-tailed Deer Ecology and Management at Black Rock Forest

1992 Malantic, Grace Mercury in Dental Amalgams

1992 Rutberg, Roudye The Plato II: An Analysis of a Classified Department of Defense Experiment

1992 Scuilli, Joanne In whose backyard? Hazardous Waste Disposal in the U. S.

1992 Segal, Brigitte Biological Effects of Plutonium

1992 Suh, Rhea Environmental Education in Urban Settings

1992 Theotocatos, D. Gattastrophy: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and Its Effects on World Biodiversity

1992 Yi, Anna Biogeochemistry of Chromium

1991 Bennett, Jessica Bleaching of Coral Reefs: An Increasing Threat

1991 Behrman, Laurie Population Control in Kenya

1991 Boekman, Laura Lead in Crystal: A Public Health Hazard?

1991 Coutinho, Kathy Vegetation Composition and Structure in Two Riparian Rainforest Corridors

1991 Pai, Lori Anaerobic Bacterial Dechlorination of 2,4 Dechlorophenol

1991 Pincus, Aviva The Environmental Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation

1991 Varley, Alex Plastics and Packaging in New York City's Waste Management Policy

1991 Yarme, Allison Water Masses of the Caribbean

1990 Gottleib, Michelle Women and the Environment

1990 Leung, Lucy The Comparison of the Different Aspects of Copper and Cadmium

1990 Yuhas, Katya Anaerobic Bacterial Dechlorination of 2,4 Dechlorophenol

1989 Biberman, Jennifer Government Regulation of Effluents Under the Clean Water Act

1989 Clapp, Michelle The Asbestos Situation, Its Effects and Possible Abatement Remedies

1989 Hicks, Lila Implementation of Recycling in New York City

1988 Clapes, Lisa Preservation of Tropical Rainforest Ecosystems

1988 Freyer, Maura Energy Alternatives for Israel

1988 Glaser, Carla Versatilities of Methane

1988 Greene, Kim Man's Continuing Role in the Desertification of Arid and Semi-arid Regions

1988 Lehrer, Alicia Municipal Solid Waste Crisis in New York City

1988 Minkowitz, G. A One-dimensional Numerical Model of Cloud and Precipitation Processes

1988 Whittemore, A. The Cycle of Disaster: Drought and Famine

1987 Armstrong, A. Residential Solar Energy

1987 Gilbert, Jane Hazardous Waste Clean-up: Innovative and Alternative Technology

1987 Morgan, K. Reclamation and Development in the Hackensack Meadowlands

1987 Santoro, G. Perceptions on and Responses to Technological Risk of Three American Anti-nuclear Protest Groups

1986 Donn, Tara Determination of PCB's and Pesticides in the Hudson River Blue Crab

1986 Fong, Viola Acute Radiation Exposure: A Study of Hiroshima Victims

1986 Freud, Salome The Striped Bass: Political Pawn of the Westway Battle

1986 Gross, Susie Resource Recovery: Converting Waste to Energy

1986 Hansen, Julia Digital Interpretation of Landsat Data for Crop ID

1986 Leonard, Ann Municipal Solid Waste Disposal

1986 Peller, Pearl Trace Metals: Pollutants in Natural Water Systems

1984 Connolly, Monica A Study of the Persistence in Nature and the Health Effects of Chlordane

1984 Hubbard, Linda Acid Rain in the Northeastern U.S.: Science, Technology, Politics

1984 Kummer, Judith City Policy and Neighborhood Change: A Case Study of Central Harlem and Hamilton Heights, NY

1984 LeFer, Danielle Photovoltaic Solar Cells: Their Production, Applications and Economic and Environmental Implications

1984 Materassi, Maria Cattle Ranching in Amazonia: Economic & Environmental Considerations

1984 Suszek, Anita The Indirect Health Effects of Acid Deposition: A Study on Acid Deposition, Trace Metals and Human Health

1984 Stein, Beejay Casualties Along the Way: The Galleria Shopping Mall and Its Effect on the Existing Retail Structure of White Plains

1984 Suszek, Anita G. The Indirect Health Effects of Acid Rain Deposition

1983 Figueroa, Marta Low-level Waste Generation and Management

1983 Papayanis, Anna Politics in the Park: The Restoration of Central Park

1982 Drucker, Ellen Environmental Auditing: "An Ounce of Prevention"

1982 Lomanto, Marisa The Disposal of Household Waste Water in Rural and Suburban Communities

1982 Pereli, Sylvia Landfills, Gas and Recovery Systems

1982 Renner, Amy The Forest: Savanna Boundary in South America and Africa

1982 Tsarnus, Ileanna The New York City Streets: A Problem in Surface Transportation Planning

Year	Author	Title
2000	Bahn, Leslie	Plant/soil interactions in the alpine tundra: a study of nitrogen and phosphorus cycling across ecological scales on Niwot Ridge.
2000	Ballantyne, Jamie	Bambi is Destroying our Forests: A Case Study in Vegetation Regeneration Following a Clear-cut.
2000	Chan, Melisa	Waterborne Diseases in Texas and New Mexico Border Counties: Incidence and Causes.
2000	Forrestel, Alison	Long Term Trends in Tree Population Ecology in Kakamega, Kenya.
2000	Konda, Kalyka	Using Satellite Imagery to compare the vegetation density versus the population density of cities in developing and developed countries.
2000	MacFarlane, Alex Mori, Scott A.	Pollination Syndromes of Six Tropical Nocturnally Flowering Trees.
2000	Naftali, Noa	Detection of Climate Change through Reliable Studies .
2000	Ohara, Risa	The effect of Landslides on the global carbon budget.
2000	Sanford, Evelyn	Agave gentryi and Rhynchopsitta terrisi Ecology in the Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico.
2000	Simmons, Rachel	The Diving Pattern Behavior of the Franciscana Dolphin, Pontoporia blainvillei, during Winter (July 1999) in Bahia Anegada, Argentina.
2000	Smith, Elta	Watershed Management: Contemporary Problems A Case Study in the Flat Rock Brook Nature Preserve.
2000	Vail, Ann	The Behavior and diving Pattern of the Franciscana (Pontoporia blainvillei) Dolphin in San Blas Bay, Argentina.
2000	Ventresca, Greg	Site Fidelity of Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Baie d' Antongil, Madagascar.
2000	White, Jennifer	Breeding Stimulus for Bulweris Wattled Pheasants.
2000	Yahiro, Mahina	Soil Acidity as it Correlates with Vegetation in South Latourette Park and Van Cortlandt Park.
1999	Anderson, Angela	A Comparison of the Economic and Biological responses of Cottonwood and Loblolly Pine to increased atmospheric levels of CO2.
1999	Babbitt, Courtney	Phylogeny of the Opiliones (Arachnida): Maximum Likelihood, Miximum.
1999	Biase, Blaire	Assessment of Recruitment to Casitas by Juvenile and Adult Panulirus argus on the Caicos Bank, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies.
1999	Bickford, Slaten	Volcanoes as Hazards.
1999	Britt, Lisette	Can recycled materials such as glass be used in construction materials like concrete?
1999	Chae, Young	Biodiversity of vagile arthropods and forest succession
1999	Chau, Nguyet	Categorization of ENSO and its Relation to Precipitation in the Murray/Darling River Basin.
1999	Cherry, Jessica	Impacts of Climate Variability on the Energy Sector: climate and energy around the North Atlantic basin with a Norwegian case study.
1999	Chin, Mona	How does Energy Cycle Through the Food Web in Black Rock Forest?
1999	Cohn, Alicia	Climate Variability and Peruvian Small Pelagic Fish Catch: Possibilities for Prediction.
1999	Cox, Susannah	Salamanders of New York City: Evidence of Local Extinctions due to Urbanization.
1999	Gillette, Felix	A Time Series Analysis of Land Cover Change in Gifford Pinchot National Forest from 1972 to 1992 Using Landsat MSS Digital Satellite Imagery.
1999	Goldberg, Irit	Emerging Evidence Questions the Toxicity of Mercury Amalgams.
1999	Grossman, Xena	Monitoring Water Quality in Costa Rica and New York - Water Quality analysis of the Protected Santa Elena Biological Reserve Watershed: Costa Rica, the Unprotected Rio Chiquito: Costa Rica, the Croton Reservoir: New York, and the Harlem Meer Watershed in Central Park: New York.
1999	Harry, Nandy	Forest Migration and Climate of Coastal Alaska - Macrofossil Stratigraphy of Ragged South, Alaska.
1999	Hasan, Fatima	Reconstructing Past Environmental Conditions From Diatom Abundance in Lake Sediments at Black Rock Forest, Orange County, New York.
1999	Karimi, Shaheena	Urban Toxic Exposures of High School Students in New York City: An Analysis of Questionnaire Data.
1999	Kim, Grace	Poisoned Homes.
1999	Kotowicz, Dawn	Factors Determining Salt Front Location in the Hudson River Estuary Under Current and Future Climates.
1999	Lapidus, Sivia	The Prospective Neuroepidemiology of Adult Lead Exposure.
1999	Liu Darice	Use and Effect of the 1997/98 El NiÒo Forecast: Assessing Zimbabwe and Mozambique's Food and Agriculture Security.
1999	McClelland, Mandalyn	Geophysics and Hydrological Modeling: Studying Subsurface Flow.
1999	McCreary, Leone	Carbon dioxide dynamics in a coral reef ecosystem: Hog reef flat, Bermuda.
1999	Poulshock, Helene	Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture in Arizona: Validation and Application of a Crop-Yield Model.
1999	Salzer, Sarah	The use of carbon and nitrogen isotopic ratios to trace food web interactions.
1999	Schrein, Caitlin Maureen	Paradolichopithecus arvernensis: A European fossil monkey and its morphological affinities with macaques and baboons.
1999	Scdoris, Amanda	An Educational CO2 Measurement Kit: Teaching the Carbon Cycle.
1999	Sem, Shruti	The Relative Contributions of Population, Technological Innovation, and Affluence on Groundwater Contamination: A Global Model.
1999	Stamler, Dina	Los Frailes mine spill & effects of As.
1999	Tawil, Sophia	Persistent Organic Pollutants: International Prioritization.
1999	Thomas, Jessy	Projecting Impacts of Climate Change on Jamaica Bay Wetland Habitats Using Aerial Photography and Global Climate Models.
1999	Ujiki, Amy	Ethnobotany in the Urban Environment: Traditional Chinese Medicine & Women's Health - A Comparative Study of Herbal Formula Compositions.
1999	Vaughan, Trinke	Forest Fires of northeastern Mexico and their Effects on the Breeding Biology of the Maroon-Fronted Parrot.
1999	Vidor, Carla	A winter severity index for deer at Black Rock Forest.
1999	Wilson, Erica	The Saturation State of Calcium Carbonate and its Effect on the Coral Calcification Rate.
1999	Williamson, Alexandra	Analyses of Dissolved Organic Nitrogen in Forested and Estuarine Ecosystems: Black Rock Forest and Hudson River.
1999	Wong, Jennifer	Environmental History of Piermont Marsh, Hudson River, NY.
1999	Yaraghi, Katayoun	A Study on DDE and Leptin and their effects on the risk of breast cancer.
1999	Yeung, Laura	Valuation of Non-Timber Forest Resources: Examples from A Belizean Medicinal Reserve.
1999	Young, Devorah	PCBs in the Hudson: Evaluating the Scientific Arguments of Policy Opponents.
1997	DeWitt, Katherine	Inter-annual Rainfall Variability and Hardwood Growth in Black Rock Forest
1997	Farrell, Dan	The Diversity and Species Composition of Woody Plant Species in a Managed Forest
1997	Fernandez, Sandie Arlene	A CFC Study on Surface Waters in Rockland County, NY
1997	Finman, Hodayah	Save Our Reefs: Evaluating the Role of the Global Environment Facility in Coral Reef Conservation
1997	Kim, Gina	Index of Sustainable Welfare, A Case Study: Canada
1997	Kim, Sungmee	Human Chorionic Gonadotropin as a Biomarker in Epidemiologic Study of Early Preganancy Loss
1997	Landau, Dana Loren	The Effects of Climate Change on the Hydrological Cycle: Temperature, Precipitation, and Streamflow Trends in Nebraska
1997	Liu, Maria	Chemistry and Residence Time of Groundwater in Black Rock Forest Springs and Wells
1997	Misra, Ruchi	CFC Smuggling
1997	Kohen, Janna S.	Education and the Biosphere 2 Center Web Site
1997	Rumbaitis-del Rio,Cristina	El Niño/Southern Oscillation and Related Rainfall Anomalies in Argentina
1997	Sumal, Sharondeep K.	Superfund: Can it ever be remediated?
1996	Alcalá, Monica L.	Organophosphorus Insectides and Humans: The Case of Malathon and Its Effects on the Spanish-speaking Farm Labor Force in the California Central Valley
1996	Dettman, Nicole L.	Mexican Law, Protection Strategies and Coral Reefs, A Case Study of Paraíso Reef, Cozumel Island, Q.R. Mexico
1996	Downs, Erica	An Analysis of the Presence of Hydrocarbons in Staten Island Costal Soils
1996	Einstein, Alia	Peregrine Tales
1996	Goedecke, Ellen L.	The Efficacy of State and Federal Marine Sanctuaries in Protecting Coral Reefs
1996	Haendal, Erika S.	Using Debt-for-Nature Swaps as a Means to Protect Endangered Coral Reefs
1996	Hong, Joo Young	Replenishing a Body of Water Depleted of Oxygen, Dissolved Oxygen Experiments
1996	Hurley, Paddie	Phytoestrogens and Ethnicity
1996	Jeselsohn, Adina M.	An Analysis of Weather Patterns Along the Lower Hudson Valley - February 15-24,1996
1996	Liang, Eileen	Malaria and Climate Variations in Sri Lanka
1996	Lieber, Anne	Vinyl Asbestos Tile Abatement in New York City: Is there a scientific basis for current removal procedures?
1996	Maggard, Anne	Metallothionien: Inducting of metallothionien in the human placenta and active and passive cigarette smoke exposure
1996	Pruss, Nicole F.	Monitoring Our Air: A Case Study of the North River Sewage Treatment Plant
1996	Reddy, Sushma	Asthma in the ‘Hood: The Role of Toxic Air Pollutants on Asthma Cases in Small Areas of NYC
1995	Afeiche, Nada	Drinking Water in Beirut and Suburbs: A Study of the Effectiveness and Implementation of a Quality Control Program
1995	Boonice, Rana	Assesssing Baikul
1995	Coutinho, Lara	The Effectiveness of Public Service Advertising on the Demand for Recycled Products
1995	Dalimot, Lorelie	Pathway of Cesium 137 Contamination in the Arctic
1995	David, Sheila	The Colorado River: Current and Future Stresses
1995	Duker, Sara	Characterization of a Sludge-Derived Hyphomicrobium: A Study of Prosthecate Bacteria Population in Activated Sludge
1995	Fein, Shira	The Kobe and Northridge Earthquakes and Their Impact on New York City
1995	Feinerman, Roseara	The Media’s Role in Forming the Discrepancy between Public and Scientific Perception of Risk in Global Warming
1995	Harris, Melissa	Banana Production in Central America: The Interactions of Biophysical and Socioeconomic Factors on the Local People and Surrounding Environment
1995	Johnson, Andrea	Noise: A Growing Public Health Hazard
1995	Kantzos, Barbara	Black Rock Forest: An Examination of Chloride and Sulfate
1995	Kipping, Kristina	Black Rock Forest and the Global Carbon Cycle: Rates of Carbon Sequestration from 1931-1994
1995	Obra, Joan	Factors Influencing Change in Understory Composition of Bryce Canton National Park, Utah from 1957-1991
1995	Ploszay, Aimee	Correlation of Grain Size with Side-Scan Sonar Images from Block Island Sound
1995	Porter, Gabriella	Energy Conservation for Low-Income Urban Housing: A History of Urban Poverty Using Harlem as a Case Study
1995	Salimi, Parisa	Deer Management in the Northwest
1995	Sanchez-Garzoli, Ana	IPM Alternatives to the Use of Pesticides in Hospitals: (Chloroyrifos, Pyrethrins, Boric Acid)
1995	Schilling, Jennifer	From the Greenhouse to the White House: Development of the U.S. Position at the Framework Convention on Climate Change
1995	Schuessler, Fawn	On-Site Apartment Incineration and Air Quality in New York City
1995	Umaranikar, Amita	The Health Effects of Carbon Monoxide in New York
1994	Agostino, Nicole	Emissions Trading: Market Incentives and Sulfur Dioxide Emissions
1994	Blackmer, Alexis	Infanticide: A Reproductive Strategy of the Hanuman Langur
1994	Catubig, Nina	Last Glacial Maximum to Present: Changes in Calcium Carbonate Preservation
1994	Centeno, Raquel	The Importance of the Greenbelt in the San Francisco Bay Area
1994	Curis, Natalia	Development of Environmental Curriculum for Urban 1st grade
1994	Fitzgerald, Dawn	Nuclear Power, Problems and Prospects
1994	Girotti, Jennifer	Green Markets in New York City vs. Organic Farming
1994	Haberland, M.	Sour Milk : The Effects of Chemical Contamination in Breast Milk on the Nursing Infant
1994	Kedari, Reddy	Effect of Lead on Reproductive System of Males
1994	Lassar, Beth	The Efficacy and Clinical Usefulness of the 193 Nanometer Argon Fluoride Excimer Laser
1994	Liang, Linda	Amount of Lead Present in Different Parts of the Soil of a Shooting Range
1994	Liebeskind, Elise	Water Resources of the West Bank: Policy and Politics
1994	Lynch, Angela	Tropospheric Ozone
1994	Mosberg, Janine	Satiation and Vegetarianism
1994	Nichols, Juliet	Volatile Organic and Sewage Treatment Plants
1994	Rosario, Rosanna	Time Correlating Mediterranean Sapropels
1994	Samuels, Rana	Solar Energy and Carbon Dioxide Emissions
1994	Williams, D.	The Everglades: Pollution Problems and Regulatory Mayhem
1994	Yablonski, Judith	Environmental Radicalism
1993	Butorovich, S.	Groundwater Contamination on Long Island, New York
1993	Chiang, Susan	Environmental Impact of Three Gorges Dam, China
1993	Clough, Jaina	Restoration of Wetlands at Pomonder Walk, Teaneck, NJ
1993	Downs, Michelle	Heptachlor, Velsicol and the Circle of Poison (Pesticides)
1993	Economou, Katy	American Women in World War II
1993	Gong, Kimberly L.	Radionuclides and Rhetoric: The Politics of Dosimetry, Epidemiology and Health Management in the Former USSR
1993	Gutierrez, Graciela	Use of Biological Markers to Study the Cancer Causing Effects of Passive Smoking
1993	Javaheri-Saatchi, P.	American 241 and Smoke Detectors
1993	Kang, Eunice	Himalayan Landscape: An Introduction to Tibet
1993	Link, Kimiko	Radionuclide Profiles in the Sediments of Barnegat Bay, NJ
1993	Nelson, Kellyx	Philosophical Approaches to Environmentalism
1993	Pataki, Diane	Role of the Terrestrial Biosphere in the Global Carbon Cycle
1993	Zimmerman, H.	Groundwater Contamination on Long Island, NY
1993	Zizic, Lara	AIDS in Africa
1992	Cooper, Tracy	Florida's Sea of Grass - The Everglades Ecosystem
1992	Corcoran, Claire	Composting: Nature's Way of Recycling
1992	Fagan, Michal	International Law as It Applies to Wars and the Environment: The Persian Gulf War as a Case study
1992	Farkouh, Christiana	Health Effects of Tropospheric Ozone
1992	Hsieh, Irene	Economic Impacts of Transnational Chemical Corporations on the Environment in Asian Developing Companies
1992	Kozower, Claire	Whited-tailed Deer Ecology and Management at Black Rock Forest
1992	Malantic, Grace	Mercury in Dental Amalgams
1992	Rutberg, Roudye	The Plato II: An Analysis of a Classified Department of Defense Experiment
1992	Scuilli, Joanne	In whose backyard? Hazardous Waste Disposal in the U. S.
1992	Segal, Brigitte	Biological Effects of Plutonium
1992	Suh, Rhea	Environmental Education in Urban Settings
1992	Theotocatos, D.	Gattastrophy: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and Its Effects on World Biodiversity
1992	Yi, Anna	Biogeochemistry of Chromium
1991	Bennett, Jessica	Bleaching of Coral Reefs: An Increasing Threat
1991	Behrman, Laurie	Population Control in Kenya
1991	Boekman, Laura	Lead in Crystal: A Public Health Hazard?
1991	Coutinho, Kathy	Vegetation Composition and Structure in Two Riparian Rainforest Corridors
1991	Pai, Lori	Anaerobic Bacterial Dechlorination of 2,4 Dechlorophenol
1991	Pincus, Aviva	The Environmental Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation
1991	Varley, Alex	Plastics and Packaging in New York City's Waste Management Policy
1991	Yarme, Allison	Water Masses of the Caribbean
1990	Gottleib, Michelle	Women and the Environment
1990	Leung, Lucy	The Comparison of the Different Aspects of Copper and Cadmium
1990	Yuhas, Katya	Anaerobic Bacterial Dechlorination of 2,4 Dechlorophenol
1989	Biberman, Jennifer	Government Regulation of Effluents Under the Clean Water Act
1989	Clapp, Michelle	The Asbestos Situation, Its Effects and Possible Abatement Remedies
1989	Hicks, Lila	Implementation of Recycling in New York City
1988	Clapes, Lisa	Preservation of Tropical Rainforest Ecosystems
1988	Freyer, Maura	Energy Alternatives for Israel
1988	Glaser, Carla	Versatilities of Methane
1988	Greene, Kim	Man's Continuing Role in the Desertification of Arid and Semi-arid Regions
1988	Lehrer, Alicia	Municipal Solid Waste Crisis in New York City
1988	Minkowitz, G.	A One-dimensional Numerical Model of Cloud and Precipitation Processes
1988	Whittemore, A.	The Cycle of Disaster: Drought and Famine
1987	Armstrong, A.	Residential Solar Energy
1987	Gilbert, Jane	Hazardous Waste Clean-up: Innovative and Alternative Technology
1987	Morgan, K.	Reclamation and Development in the Hackensack Meadowlands
1987	Santoro, G.	Perceptions on and Responses to Technological Risk of Three American Anti-nuclear Protest Groups
1986	Donn, Tara	Determination of PCB's and Pesticides in the Hudson River Blue Crab
1986	Fong, Viola	Acute Radiation Exposure: A Study of Hiroshima Victims
1986	Freud, Salome	The Striped Bass: Political Pawn of the Westway Battle
1986	Gross, Susie	Resource Recovery: Converting Waste to Energy
1986	Hansen, Julia	Digital Interpretation of Landsat Data for Crop ID
1986	Leonard, Ann	Municipal Solid Waste Disposal
1986	Peller, Pearl	Trace Metals: Pollutants in Natural Water Systems
1984	Connolly, Monica	A Study of the Persistence in Nature and the Health Effects of Chlordane
1984	Hubbard, Linda	Acid Rain in the Northeastern U.S.: Science, Technology, Politics
1984	Kummer, Judith	City Policy and Neighborhood Change: A Case Study of Central Harlem and Hamilton Heights, NY
1984	LeFer, Danielle	Photovoltaic Solar Cells: Their Production, Applications and Economic and Environmental Implications
1984	Materassi, Maria	Cattle Ranching in Amazonia: Economic & Environmental Considerations
1984	Suszek, Anita	The Indirect Health Effects of Acid Deposition: A Study on Acid Deposition, Trace Metals and Human Health
1984	Stein, Beejay	Casualties Along the Way: The Galleria Shopping Mall and Its Effect on the Existing Retail Structure of White Plains
1984	Suszek, Anita G.	The Indirect Health Effects of Acid Rain Deposition
1983	Figueroa, Marta	Low-level Waste Generation and Management
1983	Papayanis, Anna	Politics in the Park: The Restoration of Central Park
1982	Drucker, Ellen	Environmental Auditing: "An Ounce of Prevention"
1982	Lomanto, Marisa	The Disposal of Household Waste Water in Rural and Suburban Communities
1982	Pereli, Sylvia	Landfills, Gas and Recovery Systems
1982	Renner, Amy	The Forest: Savanna Boundary in South America and Africa
1982	Tsarnus, Ileanna	The New York City Streets: A Problem in Surface Transportation Planning

Senior Theses: 2000-1982 Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Barnard/Columbia College

Senior Theses: 2000-1982
Department of Earth and Environmental Science,
Barnard/Columbia College