ARCHEOLOGY RESEARCH* = Currently Active
*A-101John Winter, Molloy College
Site Survey of San Salvador
A-102John Winter, Molloy College
Site Survey of Rum Cay
A-103John Winter, Molloy College
Site Survey of Abaco Island
A-104Mr. Richard Rose, Rochester Museum
Pigeon Creek Site, San Salvador
A-105Dr. Steven Mitchell, Calif. State at Bakersfield
Bivalves on the Pigeon Creek Site
A-106Dr. Steven Mitchell, Calif. State at Bakersfield
William Keegan, Univ. Calif. at Los Angeles
Site Survey of Long Island
A-107Dr. Steven Mitchell, Calif. State at Bakersfield
Site Survey of Great & Little Exuma
A-108Dr. Charles Hoffman, N. Arizona University
John Winter, Molloy College
Long Bay Site, San Salvador
A-109Kathy Gerace, Bahamian Field Station
Historic Sites, San Salvador
A-110Mary Jane Berman, Wake Forest University
Three Dog Site, San Salvador
A-111Robert Carr, Dade County Archaeologist
Pre-Columbian Contact between Florida and the Bahamas Early Loyalist Period, Abaco, Bahamas
A-112Mary Jane Berman & Dr. Perry Gnivecki, Wake Forest Univ.
Hoosie Harbour Site, Long Island, Bahamas
A-113Dr. Robert Morris, Wittenberg University
Thin section analysis of recent molluscan shell material in order to compare it to the shell
tempering in prehistoric Bahamian pottery.
A-114Steve Loucks, College of Ceramics, Alfred University
The reaction upon heating of pottery by TGA, DTA, and Dilatometer studies to determine
the firing temperature of prehistoric Bahamian pottery.
A-115Robert Brill, Corning Museum of Glass
Analysis of historic artifacts from the Long Bay Site.
A-116Dr. John Winter, Molloy College
Ward/Minnis Site, San Salvador
* A-117Dr. Mary Jane Berman and Dr. Perry Gnivecki, Miami University
Pigeon Creek, San Salvador
A-118Tom Whyte, Appalachian State University
Sampling of Bony Fishes (Osteichthyes) of Pigeon Creek Estuary, San Salvador Island, The
Bahamas.
A-119Dr. John Winter, Dr. Mary Jane Berman and Dr. Perry Gnivecki
Long Bay, San Salvador
A-120Gary Fry, Youngstown State University
North Storr’s Lake Site – San Salvador
*A-121Tom Delvaux, Jeff Blick, John Winter and Perry Gnivecki
North Storr’s Lake Site – San Salvador
*A-122Dr. Jane Baxter and Dr. John Burton, DePaul University
Polly Hill Plantation Site – San Salvador
*A-123Jeffery Blick, Georgia College and State University
Geographic Information Systems Analysis of Archaeological Sites and Settlement Patterns on San Salvador, Bahamas
BIOLOGY RESEARCH* = Currently Active
B-101Dr. Robert Smith, Hartwick College
The Vegetation and vegetation analysis of San Salvador
B-102Dr. Nancy Elliott, Siena College
The Wasps of San Salvador
B-103Dr. H. H. Hobbs, III, George Washington University
The Shrimp, Barbouria
B-104Dr. J. R. Miller, Hartwick College
The Birds of San Salvador: Cormorants and Woodpeckers
B-105Dr. Harold Marshall, Old Dominion University
Algae Identification
B-106Dr. Harold Marshall, Old Dominion University
Phytoplankton of the Inland Lakes
*B-107Dr. Jerry Carpenter, N. Kentucky University
Studies on Tropical Marine Cave Invertebrates
B-108Gary Ostrander, Illinois State University
Iguanas from Guana Cay, San Salvador
B-109David Mook, Harbor Branch Foundation
Intertidal Mollusca
B-110Dr. Steven Mitchell, Calif. State at Bakersfield
Codakia orbicularis
B-111Jane Rose, University of Rochester
Environmental Adaptation of Cerion
B-112Dr. Aubrey Scarbough, Towson State University
The Flies of San Salvador
B-113Dr. James Lynch, Smithsonian Institution
The Ants of San Salvador
B-114Dr. R.W.M. Van Soest and Dr. Daniel B. Sass
The Sponges from Llghthouse Cave, San Salvador
B-115Dr.Fred Short
Thallassia Beds in Grahams Harbour
B-116Dr. Lee Kass, Elmira College
Common Names for the Plants of San Salvador
B-117Douglas Barr, Smithsonian
Copepods
B-118Eugene Scarpulla, Towson State University
Birds in The Catchment Area
B-119Verma Rivers, Lynchburg College
Crinoids
B-120Dr. Samuel Zeakes, Radford University
Investigation of the parasitic cestode in the lizard fish
B-121Beth Mileson and Dr. Randall Packard, George Washington University
The land crab, Gecarcinus ruricola
B-122Dr. Mark & Diane Littler, Smithsonian
Steve Blair & Paul Jensen, Harbor Branch Foundation
Deep Sea Algae
B-123Dr. Donald Dorfman, Monmouth College
Fish species of the inland lakes related to salinity, dissolved oxygen, and temperature
B-124Dr. Kenneth W. Andersen, Gannon University
The bats of San Salvador, with emphasis on species, abundance, reproductive status, activity schedules, physical factors affecting behaviors, etc.
B-125Dr. Thomas E. Bennett, Bellarmine College
Tenacity of two species of nerites (N. peloronta, Linni 1758 and N. versicolor, Gmelin 1791) from the intertidal region of Grahams Harbour, San Salvador Island, Bahamas.
B-126Dr. George C. Eickwort, Cornell University
Systematic Revision of West Indian Bees, Hymenoptera: Holictidae. Analysis of inter-island variations with selected species will determine if their group has followed parallel colonization patterns and diverged at equated rates.
B-127Dr. W. Guy Rivers, Lynchburg College
Halophytes of the hypersaline lakes of San Salvador.
B-128Brenda Cunningham, University of Illinois
Rodents of San Salvador
B-129Mohammad Alavi and Dr. Robert Knowlton, George Washington University
Larval Development of the shrimp Lysmata Anchisteus.
B-130Joel Kostka and Dr. Phil Dustan, College of Charleston
Survey of bacteria occurring on the living surface of Scleractinian corals.
B-131Dr. Thomas W. Illiffe, Bermuda Biological Station
Cave and groundwater fauna of San Salvador Island, Bahamas
B-132Kirk Fitzhugh, George Washington University
The taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships of a complex of genera of polychaetes from the family Sabellidae (fan worms).
*B-133Dr. Michael Barton, Centre College
Population Biology of Inland Fishes in the Bahamas.
B-134Dr. James G. Morin and Anne Cohen, University of California, Los Angeles
Behavior, ecology and systematics of luminescent ostracodes in the genus Vargula. Includes field studies of the luminescent signaling patterns the ostracodes produce for sexual communication and for deterring predators.
B-135Dr. Myra J. Shulman, University of California, Los Angeles
Dispersal and gene flow among populations of B specific Caribbean reef fish (based on their length of larval life and egg type). The study uses restriction analysis of mitochondrial DNA and compares 7 locations within the Caribbean.
B-136Dr. Myra J. Shulman and Dr. James G. Morin, University of California, Los Angeles
Comparisons of sessile invertebrates and fishes on shallow and deep reefs within the Caribbean. This study, based on multiple visual censuses, compares the abundances of the most common organisms, especially corals, gorgonians, sponges and fishes, on similar reefs in several locations around the Caribbean.
B-137Dr. Garriet Smith, University of South Carolina
Changes in N-P-C, Microbial Recruitment and Nitrogen Transformations associated with Syringodium Leaves
*B-138Carolyn A. Clark-Simpson, Retired Scientist, Montgomery Community College
Development of a Checklist of the Poaceae (Gramineae) of the Island of San Salvador
B-139Stephen Jury & Craig Edwards, Univ. of Massachusetts
Effects of Environmental Variation on Bivalve Populations in Moon Rock & Oyster Ponds.
B-140Garriet W. Smith, University of South Carolina at Aiken
Impact of Hurricane Hugo on the Marine Ecology of San Salvador.
B-141James B. Sickel, Murray State University
Ecology and Feeding Behavior of Cerion on San Salvador.
B-142Edward J. Klekowski, and Paul Godfrey, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Mutation Studies in Red Mangroves, Rhizoplora mangle.
B-143Craig Edwards, University of Massachusetts
Ecology of Inland Blue Holes and Saline Ponds, San Salvador.
B-144Nancy and William Elliot, Siena & Hartwick Colleges
Research and Collection of Insects on Long Island.
*B-145Hans Pearl, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Anhydrophilic halotolerant microbial mats of San Salvador.
B-146Carolyn Clark, Paul Godfrey, Garriet Smith,
Remote Sensing using Landsat thematic mapper to create a surface feature map of San Salvador.
B-147Ester C. Peters, Smithsonian Institution
Investigations on Health & Disease in Tropical Marine Organisms.
B-148Wallie H. deWerdt, Smithsonian Institution
Systematics & Biogeography of the Caribbean Sponge Family Chalinidae & the Genus Xestospongia. Biogeography of the Hydrocoral Millepora squarosa
B-149Drew Harvell, Cornell University
Ecology & Evalution of Chemical & Structural Defenses of Caribbean Gorgonias
B-150Paul Godfrey, University of Massachusetts
Ecology of Inland Lakes and Blue Holes, including vegetation around selected bodies of water, and water stress on coastal and inland plants.
B-150-1 Paul Godfrey and Jennifer Barton, University of Massachusetts.
Field Study on Wood Anatomy Identification Techniques of the Mangroves on San Salvador Island, Bahamas.
*B-151Nancy Elliott, Siena College
Wasps of The Bahamas
B-152James Teeter & Ted Mowers, University of Akron
Carbonate Mineralogical Changes Within the Gut of Grazing Snails.
B-153Gerard Wellington, University of Houston
Ultraviolet Light and Temperature Effects on Reef Building Corals.
B-154Goldberg Stephen, Whittier College
Gastrointestinal Helminths of Lizards Anolis sagrei and Anolis distichus (Iguanidae) and the frog Osteopilus septentrionalis (Hylidae) on San Salvador Island, Bahamas.
*B-155John Rollino, Tom McGrath, Garriet Smith, Don Gerace; Earth Tech Inc., Corning Community College, University of South Carolina, Bahamian Field Station.
Long Term Monitoring of the Health of Coral Reefs off San Salvador, Bahamas.
B-155-1 Kim Ritchie, Garriet Smith, and Ester Peters, University of South Carolina at Aiken and Tetra Tech,
Inc.
The Structure of Bacterial Communities Associated with Caribbean Corals
*B-156David Smith, Siena College
Odonate Life History & Habitat on San Salvador
B-157Garriet Smith, University of South Carolina at Aiken
Seagrass Biomass & species Distribution: An Indicator of Oceanic Pollution
B-158James Teeter & Craig Edwards, University of Akron and University of Massachusetts
Population Study of Holocene Pelecypods from Pain Pond, San Salvador, Bahamas
B-159Lynn Margulis, University of Massachusetts.
Phototropic bacteria and spirochetes from San Salvador Lakes.
*B-160Paul J. Godfrey, University of Massachusetts.
Long-Term Survey of Permanent Dune Transects around San Salvador Island (Field Station),Graham's Harbour, East Beach, Sandy Hook, Grotto Beach.
B-161S. Blair Hedges, Pennsylvania State University.
Molecular Systematic of Bahamian herpetofauna.
B-162James E. Carico, Lynchburg College.
Spiders of freshwater habitats on San Salvador.
B-163Mark Deyrup, Archbold Biological Station.
Survey and analysis of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of San Salvador Island.
*B-164William Hayes, Southern College of Seventh Day Adventists.
Population status and DNA variation of the endangered rock iguana of San Salvador Island, Bahamas.
B-165William Elliott, Hartwick College.
Stromatolites of the Bahamas
B-166David Anderson, Wake Forest University.
Phylogenetic Analysis of Nuclear DNA derived from Booby Blood.
B-167Neil Crenshaw, Indiana River Community College.
Collecting, Transporting, and Re-establishing Coral Larvae.
B-168Alex Buerkle, Indiana University.
Behavioral Ecology of Migrant Warblers.
B-169Lawrence J. Stephens and Lee Kass, Elmira College.
Chemical factors as a determinant of Mangrove Succession patterns.
B-170Lawrence J. Stephens, Elmira College.
A profile of nutrient levels in soils of San Salvador Island.
B-171David L. Smith and Sherilyn G.F. Smith, LeMoyne College.
Freshwater community ecology of San Salvadorian marshes.
B-172James McClintock and Ken Marion, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Predation on the six-holed sand dollar by the King Helmet Snail.
*B-173James McClintock and Ken Marion, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Population biology of the black land crab, Geocarcinus lateralis
on San Salvador, Bahamas.
B-174James McClintock and Ken Marion, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Movement and foraging of intertidal milluscs in San Salvador Island, Bahamas.
B-175William G. Lindsay, Jr., Elmira College.
Study of the biology of Cassis (Helmet shells) on San Salvador, Bahamas.
*B-176Lee B. Kass and Beverly Rathcke, Cornell College and University of Michigan.
Reproductive Biology of Mangroves and Associates on San Salvador Island, Bahamas and other Bahamian Islands.
B-177Gary Pace, University of Michigan-Flint.
The Taxonomic Significance of Neritid Terminal Reproductive Systems.
B-178John Hall, Albright College.
Populations of Two Species of Bats on San Salvador Island.
B-179John Hall, Albright College.
Rodent Populations in the Area of Hard Bargain Trail.
B-180Craig Stihler, WV Division of Natural Resources.
A Study of Cellular Slime Molds in Surface and Cave Soils on San Salvador Island.
B-181Gary Ostrander and Daniel R. Suchy, Oklahoma State University and Bahamian Field Station.
Pollutants in the Ocean Waters Surrounding San Salvador Island, Bahamas.
B-182James M. Haynes, SUNY Brockport.
Creation of a reference collection of Bahamian marine organisms: preserved specimens and museum-format and underwater photographs.
B-183Eric E. Cole, St-olaf College.
Taxonomic survey of invertebrate fauna in Oyster Pond, San Salvador Island.
*B-184Nancy B. Elliott, Siena College.
Geographic variation in nesting behavior of Cerceris watlingensis.
B-185Charlene D. Long, The Buffum Group and Robert Zottoli, Fitchburg State College.
Population structure of the Pan-Neotropical polychaete Nereis riisei (Polychaeta: Nereididae).
B-186Orrie O. Stenroos, Lynchburg College.
Characterization of bacteria and the proteins of moderately halophilic bacteria from the hypersaline lakes of San Salvador Island, Bahamas.
B-187Michael T. Murphy, Hartwick College.
The ecology and habitat use by long-distance, neotropical migrant birds in the Bahamas.
B-188Charlene D. Long, The Buffum Group
Survey of Polychaetes (Phylum Annelida: Class Polychaeta) of San Salvador Island, Bahamas.
B-189Robert Zottoli, Fitchburg State College
Reproduction and ecology of the polychaetes (Phylum Annelida: Class Polychaeta) of San Salvador Island, Bahamas.
B-190Nancy B. Elliott, Siena College and David L. Smith, LeMoyne College.
Preliminary biological survey of a newly discovered cave near the airport, San Salvador, Bahamas.
B-191Jan-Olof Seyer, Lund University.
Strombus gigas optics and vision.
B-192Cami L. Holtmeier, Cornell University.
Variation in Diet and Functional Morphology Among Populations of Killifish (Cypriodon variegatus)
B-193Steven Turnhull, University of New Brunswick
Ecology and Biology of Sharks in the Waters Surrounding San Salvador Island, Bahamas
B-194Tom Whyte, Appalachian State University
Sampling of Bony Fishes (Osteichthyes) of Pigeon Creek Estuary, San Salvador Island, The Bahamas.
B-195Kenneth C. Buchan, Bahamian Field Station
The Role and Development of the Red Mangrove (Rhyzophora mangle) as a Fisheries Resource in Pigeon Creek, San Salvador, Bahamas
B-196M. Drew Ferrier, Hood College, MD
Distribution, Food and Feeding Behaviour of Opiocoma echinata in the Waters Surrounding San Salvador Island, Bahamas
B-197Howard Lasker, Buffalo State University
The Ecology of the Gorgonian Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae.
*B-198Ruth Bagnall, University of St. Thomas
Characterization of Mysid Shrimp Fauna of San Salvador, Bahamas
B-199 Eric Cole, St. Olaf College
A survey and comparison of community structure in three mangal environments on San
Salvador Island.
B-200 Scott Wankel, Stanford University
Using δ15 N of Marine Plants to Characterize Nutrient Sources and Transport in an
Oligotrophic Shallow-water Marine System.
B-201 Bruce J. Turner, Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
Collecting specimens of Two Killifish Species, (Cyrinadon and Rivulus), on San Salvador
B-202 Courtney Turich, Pennsylvania State University
Comparing microbial diversity with biomarker diversity in microbial structures growing in
hypersaline ponds, San Salvador.
B-203 Christophe Dupraz, RSMAS-University of Miami
Study of the microbolite genesis in Storr’s Lake and other ponds of San Salvador.
B-204 Dorien McGee, Brooke Traynham and Christine Van Loon, Emory University
Comparative Development of Fossil Reefs on San Salvador, Island
B-205 Dorien McGee, Brooke Traynhem and Christine Van Loon, Emory University
The biogeography of Man Head Cay
B-206 Eric Cole, St. Olaf College
Taxonomic survey of invertebrate fauna in Oyster Pond, San Salvador Island
B-207 Melanie DeVore, Georgia College and State University
Survey of Water Beetles on San Salvador Island.
*B-208 Warren E. Steiner, Smithsonian Institution
Tenebrionid beetles and associated insects of the Bahama Islands
*B-209 John C. Rodgers, Mississippi State University
Distribution of Casuarinas on San Salvador
*B-210Dr. Robert B. Erdman, Florida Gulf Coast University
A Long Term Ecological Study of Mermaid Pond and adjacent Inland Waters.
B-211James Pinckney, Texas A & M University
Anhydrophilic, halotolerant microbial mats of San Salvador: Ecology of macroalgal communities.
*B-212Todd Egan, Elmira College
Systematic botanical collection of San Salvador Island.
*B-213Thomas Snyder, Michigan Technological University
A Paleological Study of the Late Quarternary Vegetative History of San Salvador Island.
*B-214Jeff Blick, Georgia College & State University
Palynology and Paleoecology of San Salvador: Analysis of Pollen Cores from Inland Lakes
*B-215Lee Kump, Penn State University
Documentation of distribution, species composition and Biogeochemistry of high-wave energy stramtolites, eastern shore, San Salvador
*B-216Todd Egan, Elmira College
Buttonwood – (Conocarpus erectus) seed germination
B-217 Timothy Lewis, Wittenberg University
Difference in radula morphology of Nerita versicolor and N. peloronta on San Salvador
*B-218 James M. Haynes & Ian Conboy, SUNY College at Brockport
The Potential of Pigeon Creek, San Salvador, Bahamas as Nursery Habitat for Juvenile Reef
Fishes
B-219Elizabeth A. Schreiber, Smithsonian Institution
An Examination of Barriers to Gene Flow, Philopatry and Taxonomic Relationships among populations of Tropical Seabirds
*B-220Bradley Baldwin, St. Lawrence University
Survey and Enhancement of Fisheries Species in Pigeon Creek and Snow Bay, San Salvador
*B-221Jan M. Locke, University of Puerto Rico
Connectivity and Systematics of Scleractinian Corals within the Wider Caribbean
B-222Donald William Ott, University of Akron
An Algal Survey of San Salvador, Bahamas
B-223 Harilaos Lessios, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Geographic variation in mitochondrial DNA and microsatellites of echinoderm species.
GEOLOGY RESEARCH * = Currently Active
G-101Dr. Robert Adams, NY State College at Brockport.
Limestone Diagenesis of San Salvador.
*G-102Dr. John Mylroie, Mississippi State University.
Karst Geology & Pleistocene History Through Sealevel Events.
G-102-1Dr.John E. Mylroie and Marna K. Lehnert, Mississippi State University.
Impact of Vegetation and Land Use Patterns on Freshwater Lens Development and Maintenance, The Bahamas.
G-102-2Dr. John E. Mylroie & Audra I. Moore, Mississippi State University.
History of Fresh Water Resources in The Bahamas.
G-102-3Dr. John E. Mylroie, Jonathan Harris and William Wilson, Mississippi State University.
Analysis of Banana Hole Development and Risk Assesment.
G-103Dr. Robert Titus, Hartwick College.
Stratigraphy of San Salvador.
G-104Dr. Allen Curran, Smith College.
Ophiomopha and Trace Fossils in the Pleistocene Carbonate Rocks of San Salvador.
*G-105Dr. James Carew, College of Charleston.
Amino Acid Racemization Dating of Cerion, Chione, Lucina and Assorted Corals and other taxa on San Salvador as a Tool for Unravelling the Geochronology of Late Pleistocene/ Holocene Deposition, backed up by some U-series dating and mapping. In 1988 this study was expanded to include Cerion Morphology.
G-106Daniel Sanger and Dr. James Teeter, University of Akron.