Widener University: College of Arts and Sciences

L'Armand, Catherine C., Robert T. Dendall, Itzick Vatnick, and Bruce W. Grant. "The Cost of Digestion for the Eastern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus)." Paper presented at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, April 2000.

McGlinchey, Shannon and David Coughlin, "Red Muscle Activity in Steadily ?Swimming Brook Trout." Presented at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Missoula, MT, April 2000.

Stauffer, K. A., D. J. Coughlin and F. E. Weaver. "Evaluation of the Functional Variation in Myosin Heavy Chain Isoforms of Rainbow Trout." Paper presented at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Missoula, MT, April 2000.

Saporetti, Katherine and David Coughlin, "Power Production by Red Muscle During Steady Swimming in Brook Trout." Presented at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Missoula, MT, April 2000.

Leonard, Michelle, M. Brodkin, and M. Simon. "An Acidic Environment Results In Bacterial Colonization Of The Spleen Of Adult Northern Leopard Frogs (Rana pipiens)". Poster presented at Experimental Biology 2000, San Diego CA , April 15-18, 2000.

Leonard, Michelle, M. Brodkin, and M. Simon. "The Effect Of Cold Exposure On Bacterial Content Of The Gut And Spleen Of Adult Northern Leopard Frogs (Rana pipiens)." Poster Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Atlanta GA, January 4-8, 2000.

Vatnick, Itzick, Marc Brodkin, and Martin Simon. "The Effect of an Acidic Environment on Mortality, Natural Defense Mechanisms and Standard Metabolism of Adult Northern Leopard Frogs (Rana pipiens)." Poster presented at Experimental Biology 99, Washington D.C, April 22-17, 1999.

Bottoms, Jason J., John Ginis, Jason Mitchell, Karen Stauffer, and Bruce W. Grant. "Fish-What's Wrong with Them?: Indirect Effects of Water Quality on Rates of Infection of Stream Minnows by Nematode Parasites (Ascaridoidea, Anisakidae) in Ridley Creek, Southeastern, PA." Poster presentation at the Thirteenth National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Rochester, NY, April 8-10, 1999.

Dendall, Robert T., Catherine C. L'Armand, Stephanie Skelly, Itzick Vatnick, and Bruce W. Grant. "Effects of Chamber Activity on the Digestive Performance of the Eastern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus)." Poster presentation at the 4th annual meeting of the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Society for conservation Biology at Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, March 27, 1999.

Piesvaux, Jennifer A., Catherine C. L'Armand, Margaret Sadoff, Courtney Siegel, and Bruce W. Grant. "Effects of Old Clay vs. New Plastic Municipal Sewage Pipes on Water Quality and Microbial Ecology in Little Crum Creek, Swarthmore, PA." Poster presentation at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, University of Rochester, Rochester NY, April 8-10, 1999 and at the 4th annual meeting of the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology at Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, March 27, 1999.

Fallon, Jeffrey, Penny Lucky, Bradley String, and Bruce W. Grant. "Urban Impacts on Water Quality and Biodiversity in Darby Creek, Southeastern, PA." Poster presentation at the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology at Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, March 27, 1999.

Skelly, Stephanie, Robert T. Dendall, Bruce W. Grant and Itzick Vatnick. "Annual Variation in Life History of the Eastern Fence Lizard, Sceloporus undulatus, from the New Jersey Pine Barrens: Effects of the El Niño of 1997-98." Poster presentation at the annual "Posters on Capital Hill" symposium sponsored by the Council on Undergraduate Research, Washington, D.C., April 14, 1999 and poster presentation at the 4th annual meeting of the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology at Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, March 27, 1999.

Vatnick, Itzick, Bruce W. Grant, Robert T. Dendall, and Catherine C. L'Armand. "A Novel Method for Simultaneous Measurement of Temperature-dependent Activity and Metabolic Rate: Applications to Bioenergetic Modeling of Eastern Fence Lizards (Sceloporus undulatus)". Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Denver, CO, January 6-10, 1999.

Dendall, Robert T., Catherine C. L'Armand, Stephanie Skelly, Itzick Vatnick, and Bruce W. Grant. "Effects of Chamber Activity on the Digestive Performance of the Eastern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus)." Oral presentation at the Thirteenth National Conference on Undergraduate Research, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, April 8-10, 1999.

Skelly, Stephanie, Robert T. Dendall, Bruce W. Grant, and Itzick Vatnick. "Annual Variation in Life History of the Eastern Fence Lizard, Sceloporus undulatus, from the New Jersey Pine Barrens: Effects of the El Niño of 1997-98." Oral presentation at the Thirteenth National Conference on Undergraduate Research, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, April 8-10, 1999.

Vatnick, Itzick, Bruce W. Grant, Robert t. Dendall, Catherine C. L'Armand and Stephanie Skelly. "A Novel Method for Simultaneous Measurement of Temperature-dependent Activity and Metabolic Rate: Applications to Bioenergetic Modeling of Eastern fence Lizards (Sceloporus undulatus)." Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Denver, CO, January 6-10, 1999.

Stauffer, Karen A., Frances E. Weaver, and David J. Coughlin. "Developmental Changes in Red Muscle of Rainbow Trout are Associated with Variations in Myosin Heavy Chain Expression." Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Denver, CO, January 19, 1999.

Grant, Bruce W., Itzick Vatnick, Stephanie Skelly, and Robert Hopkins. "Ecology of the Eastern Fence Lizard, Sceloporus undulatus, from the New Jersey Pine Barrens." Poster presentation presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Denver, CO, January 6-10, 1999.

Madigosky, Stephen, Itzick Vatnick, and Stephanie Skelly. "Micrometerologic Characteristics of Primary Tropical Amazon Rainforest - ACEER, Iquitos, Peru". Poster presentation at: Forest Canopies 1998: Global Perspectives, Sarasota FL, November 1998.

Alexander Kobb, Robert Hopkins, Stephanie Skelly, Dr. Itzick Vatnick, and Dr. Bruce Grant, "A Novel Method for Simultaneous Measurement of Temperature-Dependent Activity and Metabolic Rate: Applications to bioenergetic modeling of Eastern Fence Lizards (Sceloporus undulatus)," poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America in Baltimore, Maryland, August 1998.

Robert Hopkins, Stephanie Skelly, Dr. Itzick Vatnick, and Dr. Bruce Grant, "Ecology of the Eastern Fence Lizard, Sceloporus undulatus, from the New Jersey Pine Barrens: Results from field studies of life history variation," poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America in Baltimore, Maryland, August 1998.

Erik Ney, Alvin Chung, Edward Kaercher, Jeffrey Vakil, Dr. Marc Brodkin and Dr. Martin Simon, "The Effect of Salmonella typhimurium, Vaccine Strain SL 3235, on the Murine Cytokine Response," poster presented at the Northeastern Region Beta, Beta, Beta Biological Society Annual Meeting, Georgian Court College, Lakewood, NJ, April 1998.

Ruth Myers, Dr. Itzick Vatnick, and Dr. Marc Brodkin, "Metabolic Responses of Rana pipiens to an Acidic Environment," poster presented at the Northeastern Region Beta, Beta, Beta Biological Society Annual Meeting, Georgian Court College, Lakewood, NJ, April 1998.

Courtney Siegel, Kruti Patel, Dr. Itzick Vatnick, and Dr. Frances Weaver, "Using DNA Fingerprinting to Determine Monogamy in Pigeons," paper presented at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research, Salisbury State University, Salisbury, MD, April 1998.

Coughlin, David J., J. W. Mitchell and K. A. Stauffer. "Thyroxine-induced changes in the red muscle of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss." Presented at the Experimental Biology 1998, San Francisco, CA, April 1998.

Karen Stauffer, Dr. David Coughlin and Dr. Frances Weaver, "Cloning of a Novel Myosin Heavy Chain cDNA from Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Red Muscle," paper presented at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research, Salisbury State University, Salisbury, MD, April 1998.

Julie Fekete, Hazel Lafleur-Vetter, and Dr. Bruce Grant, "Effect of Riparian Buffers on the Ecology of Ridley Creek," poster presented at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research, Salisbury State University, Salisbury, MD, April 1998.

Melanie Gleave, Kruti Patel, and Dr. Bruce Grant, "Biodiversity on Maple Leaves from Urban and Suburban Environments," poster presented at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research, Salisbury State University, Salisbury, MD, April 1998.

Margaret Sadoff, Melanie Gleave, Dr. Itzick Vatnick, Dr. Marc Brodkin, and Dr. Martin Simon, "The Effect of Mild Acid Conditions on Mortality of Rana pipiens," poster presented at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research, Salisbury State University, Salisbury, MD, April 1998.

Alex Kobb, Dr. Itzick Vatnick, and Dr. Bruce Grant, "Measurements of Metabolism in Fence Lizards (Sceloporus undulatus) from the New Jersey Pine Barrens," poster presented at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research, Salisbury State University, Salisbury, MD, April 1998.

Joseph Gillespie, Dr. Bruce Grant, and Dr. Itzick Vatnick, "Effect of a Recent Fire on Arthropod Diversity and Abundance in the New Jersey Pine Barrens," poster presented at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research, Salisbury State University, Salisbury, MD, April 1998.

Victoria Heverly, Marion Wright, Dr. Mark Timken, Dr. Linda Betz, and Dr. Richard St. John, "Partial Purification and Biochemical Characterization of a Heat-Stable Antibacterial Antibiotic Produced by a Soil Streptomyces isolate," poster presented at the AWIS-PHL Student Poster Competition, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, April 1998.

Margaret Sadoff, Melanie Gleave, Dr. Itzick Vatnick, Dr. Marc Brodkin, and Dr. Martin Simon, "The Effect of Mild Acid Conditions on Mortality of Rana pipiens," poster presented at the CUR Capitol Hill Poster Conference, Wahington, DC, April 1998.

Ruth Myers, Dr. Itzick Vatnick, and Dr. Marc. Brodkin, "Metabolic responses of Rana pipiens to an acidic environment." poster presented at the Annual Meeting of Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Boston MA. January 1998.

Katherine D. Dugan, Jennifer Tevanian and Dr. Frances E. Weaver "In vitro study of proteins that interact during mammalian development." poster presented at the Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society District Convention, Northeast Region II in Salisbury MD, April 19, 1997. The poster received the second place John C. Johnson Award for Excellence in Student Research.

Myers, Ruth, Carol Conte, Dr. Itzick Vatnick and Dr. Bruce Grant, "Behavioral pH Preference of Frogs (Rana pipiens and Rana clamitans) Under Laboratory Conditions," talk presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, Malvern, PA, April 1997.

Skelly, Stephanie, Robert Hopkins, Dr. Itzick Vatnick and Dr. Bruce Grant, "Ecology of the Eastern Fence Lizard, Sceloporus undulatus, From the New Jersey Pine Barrens" poster presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, Malvern, PA, April 1997.

Kozak, Aaron, Joe Duong, and Dr. Bruce W. Grant. "Does Knowledge of Ecological Content Correlate with Ecological Attitudes?" Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology at Villanova University. April, 1997.

Victoria Heverly, Dr. Robert W. Morris, and Dr. Richard St. John, "Purification and Biochemical Characterization of Antibacterial Antibiotics Produced by Soil Streptomyces," presented at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, April 1997.

Kevin Morelock and Dr. Kathleen Hornberger, "Vegetational Analysis of a Forest in Southeastern Pennsylvania, Part II: Shrubs, Woody Saplings and Seedlings," presented at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, April 1997.

Eric Ney and Dr. Marc Brodkin, "The Effect of Salmonella Typhimurium, Vaccine Strain SL3235, on the Murine Cytokine Response," presented at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, April 1997.

Jeffrey Burdick and Dr. David Coughlin, "Physiology of Red Muscle in Swimming Fish," presented at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, April 1997.

Stephanie Skelly, Robert Hoplins, Dr. Itzick Vatnick and Dr. Bruce Grant, "Ecology of the Eastern Fence Lizard, Sceloporus undulatus, From the New Jersey Pine Barrens: Are Growth Rate Differences Between Juvenile Males and Females Due to Their Behaviors?" presented at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, April 1997.

Robert Hopkins, Stephanie Skelly, Dr. Itzick Vatnick and Dr. Bruce Grant, "Ecology of the Eastern Fence Lizard, Sceloporus undalatus, from the New Jersey Pine Barrens: Bioenergetic Modeling of Metabolic and Digestive Performance," presented at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, April 1997.

Coughlin, David J., and J. Burdick. "Muscle mechanics and power production in swimming rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss." Presented at Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (formerly ASZ), Albuquerque, NM, December 1996.

Conte, Carol, Ruth Myers, and Dr. Itzick Vatnick, and Dr. Bruce Grant, "Behavioral pH Preference of Frogs (Rana Pipiens and Rana Clamitans) Under Laboratory Conditions," abstract in The American Zoologist vol. 36 #5, 1996. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Comparative and Integrative Biology, Albuquerque, NW, December, 1996.

Barclift, David, Daniel S. Stuart, Stephen M. Maiale, and Dr. Bruce Grant. "Life History Ecology of the Eastern Fence Lizard, Sceloporus undulatus, from the New Jersey Pine Barrens." Paper presented at the Tenth Conference on Undergraduate Research, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC, April 1996.

Parisi, Thomas, Cathryn Gould, and Dr. Richard St. John. "Isolation of Soil Bacteria Producing Novel Antibacterial Antibiotics." Paper presented at the Tenth Conference on Undergraduate Research, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC, April 1996.

Milliken, Colleen,Carolina Nolano, Dr. Marc Brodkin, and Dr. Martin Simon. "Splenic White Blood Cells from Rana pipiens Exposed to an Acidic pH of 6.0 Retain Normal Phagocytic Capacity." Paper presented at the Tenth Conference on Undergraduate Research, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC, April 1996.

Morrone, Amy, Chris Davis, and Dr. Itzick Vatnick. "Parental Contributions to the Incubation Effort of Pigeon (Columba livia) Eggs." Paper presented at the Tenth Conference on Undergraduate Research, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC, April 1996.

Brodkin, Mark Martin P. Simon, Holly Hoppie, and Christine Butler "The Effect of Long Term, Low level Acidification Stress on Splenic White Blood Cell Number, Viability, and Bacterial Colonization of the Spleen in the Leopard Frog Rana pipiens," poster presented at the 94th annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC, May 1995.

Chomow, Mark, Susan Foertsch, Jennifer Hurlburt, Cheryl Korver, and Dr. Bruce Grant. "Daily Variation In Water Quality And Plankton Communities In A South-eastern Pennsylvania Stream: Implications For Water Quality Assessment." Poster presented at the Ninth Conference on Undergraduate Research, Union College, Schenectady, NY, April 1995.

Foertsch, Susan and Dr. Itzick Vatnick. "The effects of Incubation Temperature Patterns On the Growth And Development Of The Pigeon (Columba livia) Embryo." Paper presented at the Ninth Conference on Undergraduate Research, Union College, Schenectady, NY, April 1995.

Hilton, Cheryl, Cheryl Korver, Dr. Marc A. Brodkin and Dr. Martin P. Simon. "An In Vitro Acidic Ph Causes Decreased Phagocytic Capacity Of Splenic White Blood Cells (WBC) Of The Bull Frog Rana catesbeiana." Paper presented at the Ninth Conference on Undergraduate Research, Union College, Schenectady, NY, April 1995.

Ludwig, Jon, Michael Zambon, Carrie Bassett, Kristin Anderson, Stevens Heckscher, and Dr. Bruce Grant. "Effects of Management on Vascular Plant Diversity at Three Sites in Southeastern Pennsylvania." Poster presented at the Ninth Conference on Undergraduate Research, Union College, Schenectady, NY, April 1995.

McClintock, Heather, Dr. Kathleen Hornberger and Dr. Stevens Heckscher. "Woody Vegetational Analysis of a Forest in Southeastern Pennsylvania". Paper presented at the Ninth Conference on Undergraduate Research, Union College, Schenectady, NY, April 1995.

Simione, Christopher, Frank Dowman, Peter Weber, and Dr. Bruce Grant. "Long-term Variation in Water Quality in the Crum-Ridley Watershed, in Suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania". Poster presented at the Ninth Conference on Undergraduate Research, Union College, Schenectady, NY, April 1995.

Chomow, Mark, Susan Foertsch, Jennifer Hurlburt, Cheryl Korver, and Dr. Bruce W. Grant. "Daily Variation in Water Quality and Plankton Communities in a Southeastern Pennsylvania Stream: Implications for Water Quality Assessment." Poster presented at the 71st annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences, White Haven, PA, April, 1995.

David Lindsay, John Lee, Stephen Eigenrauch, and Dr. Bruce W. Grant. "Biodiversity of Insect Decomposers in an Urban Versus a Suburban Park." Poster presented at the 71st annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences, White Haven, PA, April, 1995.

David J. Barclift, Daniel S. Stuart, Marco Ucciferri, and Dr. Bruce W. Grant. "Does Invertebrate Biodiversity Depend on Sampling Technique? - a Test in Three Habitats at the Taylor Arboretum in Southeastern Pennsylvania." Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology at Villanova University. April, 1995.

Garrison, Mike, Dave Stoebenau, Heather McClintock, Dr. Kathleen Hornberger, Dr. Stevens Heckscher, and Dr. Bruce W. Grant. "Covariation in Soil Quality and Tree Biodiversity in a Southeastern Pennsylvania Woodland (Crow’s Nest Farm)". Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology at Villanova University. April, 1995.

Jon C. Ludwig, Michael A. Zambon, Carrie Bassett, Kristin Anderson, Stevens Heckscher, and Bruce W. Grant. "Effects of Management on Vascular Plant Diversity on Three Natural Lands Trust Properties in Southeastern Pennsylvania." Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology at Villanova University. April, 1995.

Joan Nowak, Kris Butler, and Carole Sperone. "Invertebrate Biodiversity and Human Disturbance: a Comparison of Urban, Suburban, and Rural Landscapes." Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology at Villanova University. April, 1995.

Christopher J. Simione, Frank Dowman, Peter Weber, and Bruce W. Grant . "Long-term Variation in Water Quality in the Crum-Ridley Watershed, in Suburban Philadelphia, Pa: the Role of the Natural Lands Trust in Watershed Management." Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology at Villanova University. April, 1995.