Individualized Opportunities for Undergraduates
 
Opportunities are available for undergraduates to work with BES scientists at universities throughout the country. To explore these options for individualized work, learn about BES scientists on the Participants web page:
http://www.beslter.org/frame3-page_1.asp
and contact scientists directly that you might be interested in working with.
 
Summer field work opportunities also are announced at:
 
http://www.umbc.edu/cuere/employment.html and
http://www.beslter.org/frame2-page_12.html.
 
Internships for Undergraduates
 
http://www.parksandpeople.org/programs_great_parks.html
 
Internships are available through the Urban Resources Initiative (URI) that Parks and People Foundation runs in collaboration with BES and other organizations in the Baltimore metropolitan area. Specific opportunities vary from year to year. Examples of previous URI intern projects include development of ecology curriculum for after school programs, implementation of an inventory of environmental education providers, design of landscape plans for schoolyards and creation of an eco-history resource guide for educators.
 
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
 
Each summer, 1-2 REU opportunities are available to qualified students directly through BES. These positions are funded by supplements from the NSF to the primary BES program grant, and usually involve a 10-12 week independent study in Baltimore with one or more BES scientist. Students receive stipends and a small budget for their research expenses. For more information contact the BES Project Facilitator, Holly Beyar, at beyarh@ecostudies.org.
 
The Institute for Ecosystem Studies’ (REU) program provides an opportunity for students to conduct independent research in ecology with scientists at a renowned research institute. Students receive a stipend of $4,800 for their participation in the program, which runs for 12-weeks from the end of May to late August, as well as free housing and a food allowance. Students of diverse backgrounds come from different parts of the country to participate in the program. Past IES REU students, working with BES scientists, made Baltimore the focus of their REU project. For example, a recent student sampled two urban/degraded, two restored, and two forested/natural riparian zones in the Baltimore area to look at the effectiveness of current restoration efforts to bring a degraded urban stream back to a semi-natural stream and to assess if restoration was working to halt or reverse eutrophication. For more information about the IES REU program, contact the Pat Zolnik, REU Coordinator, at zolnikp@ecostudies.org, or go to the website:
 
http://www.ecostudies.org/reu.html
 
Student Projects
 
2006 Students
 
Danielle Gift (Northern Arizona University): Denitrification in degraded and restored urban riparian zones. Mentor: Dr. Peter M. Groffman.
 
Lina Yamashita (Oberlin College): Investigating people’s understanding of earthworms, soils, and ecosystems. Mentors: Drs. Alan R. Berkowitz and Peter M. Groffman.
 
2005 Students
 
Melanie Harrison. (Johnson C. Smith University). Patchiness in microbial nitrogen cycling process in forested and urban streams. Mentor: Peter M. Groffman
 
Laura Murawski (SUNY New Paltz). Calcium concentration of soil and soil invertebrates in residential neighborhoods on an urban to rural gradient. Mentors: Richard Pouyat, Katalin Szlavecz
 
Christina Wong. (Occidental College). Assessing heavy metal variations in residential soil communities along an urban to rural gradient. Mentors: Richard Pouyat, Katalin Szlavecz
 
2004 Students
 
Annie Christian (Bard College).Effects of earthworm density on water infiltration rates in urban and suburban schoolyards. Mentors: Alan R. Berkowitz, Richard Pouyat, Mary Ford, Janie Gordon
 
Rebecca Hale (Hampshire College).Chloride and nitrogen dynamics in urban streams. Mentor: Peter M. Groffman
 
2003 Students
 
Chad Ladusaw (University of Louisville). Are invasive plant species affecting soil microbial communities and nutrient cycling in urban riparian zones? Mentor: Dr. Peter M. Groffman.
 
Alexis Schulman (Princeton University). The structure and composition of schoolyards along an urban-rural gradient: A case study in the Gwynns Falls watershed, Baltimore, Maryland. Mentors: Drs. Alan R. Berkowitz, Mary L. Cadenasso and Ms. Mary E. Ford.
 
SEEDS (Strategies for Ecology, Education, Development, and Sustainability)
 
The SEEDS (Strategies for Ecology, Education, Development, and Sustainability) program was initiated when Dan Durret from the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and Dr. Alan Berkowitz (representing both the Ecological Society of America (ESA) and IES) joined forces in 1996 to increase the number of minorities in ecology. This was one of the first collaborative efforts between a scientific professional society and a consortium of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The program has been tremendously successful in establishing ecology programs at 10 HBCU's, recruiting a new group of minority students into ecology graduate programs and careers, developing faculty interest, and giving purpose and direction to the work of the ESA in education and diversity issues. After nurturing the program through its first 6 years, Dr. Berkowitz and IES proudly handed it off to the ESA, which already has secured continued funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
 
BES hosted a SEEDS field trip in 2003, the first of what has become an extremely popular series of field trips at LTER and similar sites offered by SEEDS to students nationwide. BES looks forward to other opportunities to work with talented undergraduates through this program. For more information on undergraduate research fellowships and student field trips, which in the past have included Baltimore as a destination, visit the Ecological Society of America SEEDS Program.
http://www.esa.org/seeds/activities/FieldtripsInfo.php
 
BCEB (Baltimore Collaborative for Environmental Biology)
 
The Baltimore Collaborative for Environmental Biology (BCEB), under the direction of BES Co-Principal Investigators Dr. Jane Wolfson and Dr. Alan Berkowitz, provided ecological research experiences to 24 undergraduate students between 2000 and 2005. This program placed selected students into a two year mentoring project with faculty from local research institutions including Towson University, UMBC, Johns Hopkins University, the Center for Marine Biotechnology, and the US Forest Service.
 
Products
 
*Undergraduate Student Names Bolded
 
Papers
 
Casey, R.E., A.N. Shaw, L.R. Massal, J.W. Snodgrass. 2005. Multimedia evaluation of trace metal distribution within stormwater retention ponds in suburban Maryland, USA. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 74:273-280
 
Casey, R.E., J.A. Simon, S. Atueyi, J.W. Snodgrass, N. Karouna-Renier, D.W. Sparling. Temporal trends of trace metals in sediment and invertebrates from stormwater management ponds. Water, Air and Soil Pollution. Accepted pending revisions.
 
Groffman, P. M., and M. K. Crawford. 2003. Denitrification potential in urban riparian zones. J. Environ. Qual. 32:1144-1149.
 
Groffman, P. M., N. J. Boulware, W. C. Zipperer, R. V. Pouyat, L. E. Band, and M. F. Colosimo. 2002. Soil nitrogen cycling processes in urban riparian zones. Environ. Sci. Technol. 36:4547-4552.
 
Hale, R.L. and P. M. Groffman. 2006. Chloride Effects on Nitrogen Dynamics in Forested and Suburban Stream Debris Dams. Journal of Environmental Quality 35:2425–2432.
 
Simon, J.A., J.W. Snodgrass, R.E. Casey, S.A. Atueyi, D.W. Sparling. Relationships among urban land cover and trace metals in abiotic and biotic compartments of stormwater management ponds. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. Submitted.
 
Snodgrass, J.W., W.A. Hopkins, B.P. Jackson, J.A. Baionno and J. Broughton. 2005. Influence of larval period on responses of overwintering green frog (Rana clamitans) larvae exposed to contaminated sediments. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 24(6):1508-l514.
 
Snodgrass, J.W., W.A. Hopkins, J. Broughton, D. Gwinn, J.A. Baionno, J. Burger. 2004. Species-specific responses of developing anurans to coal combustion wastes. Aquatic Toxicology 66:171-182
 
Abstracts
 
Schulman, A. M.L. Cadenasso, A.R. Berkowitz and M.E. Ford. 2004. The structure and composition of schoolyards along an urban-to-rural gradient: A case study in the Gwynns Falls watershed, Baltimore, Maryland. Abstracts page 458. 89th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Portland, OR. August 5, 2004.
 
Presentations (At BES Annual Meetings)
 
Szlavecz, K., J. Harris, and J. Stiltz. 2003. Neighborhood scale assessment of soil invertebrates: the Cub Hill survey. Oral Presentation at Baltimore Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting 2003.
 
Valentino, M., K. Szlavecz, R. Pouyat, C. Csuzdi. 2000. Diversity and abundance of earthworms in urban landscapes. Oral presentation at Baltimore Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting 2000.
 
Posters (At Student Symposia)
 
Atueyi, S., J.W. Snodgrass, and R.E. Casey. 2003. Trace metals in aquatic invertebrates in stormwater retention ponds in suburban Maryland. 6th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciences, Catonsville, MD. Poster Session.
 
Atueyi, S. and R.E. Casey. 2004. Trace Metals in aquatic invertebrates in stormwater retention ponds in suburban Maryland. Poster presented at Towson University Fifth Annual Student Research and Scholarship Expo: Not paginated: 22 April 2004
 
Atueyi, S., J. Simon, J.W. Snodgrass, and R.E. Casey. 2004. Temporal trends in trace element levels in macroinvertebrates from stormwater retention ponds. 7th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciences, Catonsville, MD. Poster Session
 
Atueyi, S., R.E. Casey, J.A. Simon, and J.W. Snodgrass. 2005. Temporal trends of trace element levels in macroinvertebrates from stormwater retention ponds. Poster presented at Towson University College of Science and Mathematics 15th Annual Honors Convocation Research Poster Session. 16 April 2005. p. 11
 
Atueyi, S., J.A. Simon, J.W. Snodgrass, and R.E. Casey. 2005. Temporal trends of trace element levels in macroinvertebrates from stormwater retention ponds. Poster presented at Towson University Sixth Annual Student Research and Scholarship Expo: Not paginated: 28 April 2005
 
Atueyi, S., J.A. Simon, J.W. Snodgrass, and R.E. Casey. 2005. Temporal trends of trace element levels in macroinvertebrates from stormwater retention ponds in the Baltimore-Washington area. Poster presented at Undergraduate Student Research Days sponsored by the Council of University System Faculty and the Office of the Chancellor. 1-3 March 2005
 
Broughton, J., and J.W. Snodgrass. 2004. How are storm water retention ponds affecting the aquatic landscape? Poster presented at Towson University Fifth Annual Student Research and Scholarship Expo: Not paginated: 22 April 2004
 
Broughton, J., and J.W. Snodgrass. 2003. Dose-response of green frog (Rana clamitans) larvae to coal combustion waste. Poster presented at Towson University Fourth Annual Student Research and Scholarship Expo: Not paginated: 22 April 2003
 
Broughton, J., J.W. Snodgrass. 2002. Effects of coal ash exposure on the development of green frog (Rana clamitans) larvae. Poster presented at Towson University Third Annual Student Research Expo: Not paginated: 19 April 2002
 
Broughton, J. and J.W. Snodgrass. 2002. Dose response of green frog (Rana clamitans) larvae to solid coal combustion waste. Fifth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, 19 October 2002. (Poster)
 
Broughton, J. and J.W. Snodgrass. 2001. Effects of coal ash exposure on the development of green frog (Rana clamitans) tadpoles. Fourth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Maryland Baltimore County, October 2001, Baltimore, Maryland. (Poster—Second Place Award in category)
 
Brown, T. and K. Belt. 2002. Spatial and temporal fecal coliform patterns in the Gwynns Falls. Poster presented at Towson University Third Annual Student Research Expo: Not paginated: 18 April 2002.
 
Brown, T. and K. Belt. 2003. Are our sewers polluting our streams? 5th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciences, Catonsville, MD. Poster Session.
 
Green T., and T. Graczyk. 2002. Survey of cattle for Crypotosporidium in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Poster presented at Towson University Third Annual Student Research Expo: Not paginated: 19 April 2002
 
Harris, J. and K. Szlavecz. 2003. The distribution of earthworms in suburban neighborhoods and forests. Poster presented at Towson University Fourth Annual Student Research and Scholarship Expo: Not Paginated: 22 April 2003
 
Harris, J., and K. Szlavecz. 2004. Do soil conditions affect earthworm species composition? Poster presented at Towson University Fifth Annual Student Research and Scholarship expo: Not paginated: 22 April 2004
 
Kritcher, K.J., R.P. Roberts, and J.C. Hull. 2005. Development and characterization of a microsatellite library for Gentianopsis crinata (Froel.) Ma (fringed gentian). Poster presented at Towson University Sixth Annual Student Research and Scholarship Expo: Not paginated: 28 April 2005
 
Kritcher, K.J., R. P. Roberts, and J.C. Hull. 2005. Development and characterization of a microsatellite library for Gentianopsis crinata (Froel.) Ma (fringed gentian). Poster presented at Towson University College of Science and Mathematics 15th Annual Honors Convocation Research Poster Session. 16 April 2005. p.25
 
Locoh-Donou, S. and C. Berkower. 2004. Preventing malaria: combining novel methods to develop a vaccine. Poster presented at Towson University Fifth Annual Student Research and Scholarship Expo: Not paginated: 22 April 2004.
 
McAfee, E., T. Watkins, and J.W. Snodgrass. 2002. Estimating the effects of coal combustion waste on larval amphibians: the role of using clean sand as a control. Fifth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, 19 October 2002. (Poster)
 
McAfee, E. and J.W. Snodgrass. 2003. Comparison of fecundity-size relationships between urban and rural blacknose dace (Rhinichthys atratulus) populations. Sixth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1 November 2003. (Poster)
 
McAfee, E. and J.W. Snodgrass. 2004. Comparison study of fecundity and size between urban and rural black nosed dace (Rhinichthys altratulus) populations. Poster presented at Towson University College of Science and Mathematics 14th Annual Honors Convocation Research Poster Session. 2 May 2004. p. 29
 
McAfee, E. and J.W. Snodgrass. 2004. Comparison study of fecundity and size between urban and rural black nosed dace (Rhinichthys altratulus) populations. Poster presented at Towson University Fifth Annual Student Research and Scholarship Expo: Not paginated: 22 April 2004
 
Ndifon, W. and M. Koban. 2001. Proteomics as a tool for studying biomarkers in an aquatic invertebrate. Poster presented at Towson University Second Annual Student Research Expo: Not paginated: 19 April 2001
 
Ndifon, W. and M. Koban. 2002. Investigating 2,4-dichlorophoenoxyacetic acid – responsive biomarkers in crayfish by means of sodium dodecyl sulfate – polyarylamide gel electrophorsesis. Poster presented at Towson University Third Annual Student Research Expo: Not paginated: 18 April 2002.
 
Nejako, M. and W. Hilgartner. 2005. A paleoecological test of the fire hypothesis in serpentine vegetation. Poster presented at University System of Maryland Undergraduate Student Research Days. 1-3 March 2005.
 
Nejako, M. and W. Hilgartner. 2005. A paleoecological test of the fire hypotheses in serpentine vegetation. Poster presented at Towson University Sixth Annual Student Research and Scholarship Expo: Not paginated: 28 April 2005
 
Nejako, M. and W. Hilgartner. 2005. A paleoecological test of the fire hypotheses in serpentine vegetation. Poster presented at Towson University College of Science and Mathematics 15th Annual Honors Convocation Research Poster Session. 16 April 2005. p. 10
 
Nejako, M. and W. Hilgartner. 2005. A paleoecological test of the fire hypotheses in serpentine vegetation. Poster presented at the Colonial Academic Alliance Undergraduate Research Conference 2005. 8-9 April 2005. Long Island, New York
 
Okoronkwo, C. and G. Gasparich. 2002. Investigation of molecular techniques for soil analysis in urban and rural watersheds. Poster presented at Towson University Third Annual Student Research Expo: Not paginated: 18 April 2002.
 
Sarumi, M.A., N. Kreiter, A. Elhman. 2004. Copulation and cannibalism in fishing spiders Dolomedes triton (Araneae: Pisauridae) Poster presented at Towson University Fifth annual Student Research and Scholarship Expo: Not paginated: 22 April 2004
 
Sarumi, M.A., N.A. Kreiter, A. Elhman. 2004. Copulation and cannibalism in fishing spiders Dolomedes Triton (aranleau: Pisauridae). Poster presented at Towson University Student Research and Scholarship Expo. Not paginated. 22 April 2004.
 
Sarumi, M.A. and N.A. Kreiter. 2004. The influence of intraspecific density on male courtship and copulatory behavior in the fishing spider, Dolomedes triton. Poster presented at 7th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciences, Catonsville, MD
 
Sarumi, M.A. and N.A. Kreiter. 2005. The influence of intraspecific density on male courtship and copulatory behavior in the fishing spider, Dolomedes triton. Poster presented at Towson University Sixth Annual Student Research and Scholarship Expo. Not paginated: 28 April 2005.
 
Sarumi, M.A. and N.A. Kreiter. 2005. The influence of intraspecific density on male courtship and copulatory behavior in the fishing spider, Dolomedes triton. Poster presented at Towson University College of Science and Mathematics l5th Annual Honors Convocation Research Poster Session. 16 April 2005. p. 8
 
Shaw, A.N., L.R. Massal, J.W. Snodgrass, R.E. Casey. 2002. Evaluation of trace metal levels in storm water retention ponds. 5th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciences, Catonsville, MD. Poster Session.
 
Shaw, A. and R.E. Casey. 2002. Evaluation of trace metal levels in storm water retention ponds. Poster presented at Towson University Third Annual student Research Expo: Not paginated: 18 April 2002.
 
Shaw, A. and R.A. Casey. 2003. Evaluation of trace metal levels in storm water retention ponds. Poster presented at Towson University Fourth Annual Student Research and Scholarship Expo: Not paginated 22 April 2003
 
Stiltz, J. and K. Szlavecz. 2004. The effects of lawn care on arthropod diversity. Poster presented at Towson University College of Science and Mathematic 14th Annual Honors Convocation Research Poster Session. 2 May 2004. p. 30
 
Stiltz, J. and K. Szlavecz. 2004. The effects of lawn care on arthropod diversity. Poster presented at Towson University Fifth Annual Student Research and Scholarship Expo: Not paginated: 22 April 2004
 
Stiltz, J. and K. Szlavecz. 2003. Neighborhood scale assessment of arthropod diversity. Poster presented at Towson University Fourth Annual Student Research and Scholarship Expo: Not paginated: 22 April 2003
 
Ukpolo, V. and R. Pouyat. 2001. The comparison of bulk densities among urban landscapes. Poster presented at Towson University Second Annual Student Research Expo: Not paginated: 19 April 2001
 
Valentino, M. and K. Szlavecz. 2002. Does leaf litter quality affect abundance of soil invertebrates in urban forests? Poster presented at Towson University Third Annual Student Research Expo: Not paginated: 18 April 2002
 
Valentino, M. and K. Szlavecz. 2002. Does leaf litter quality affect abundance of soil invertebrates in urban forests? The National Conference on Undergraduate Research UW-Whitewater, April 25-27, 2002. Poster Session
 
Watkins, C. and J. Snodgrass. 2001. Effects of urbanization on life history characteristics of blacknose dace. Poster presented at Towson University Second Annual Student Research Expo: Not paginated: 18 April 2001
 
Wilson, J. and J.L. Wolfson. 2005. Periodical cicadas in the suburbs: Magicicada in Cub Hill, MD 2004. Poster presented at Sixth Annual Student Research and Scholarship Expo: Not paginated: 28 April 2005.
 
Wilson, J. and J.L. Wolfson. 2005. Periodical cicadas in the suburbs: Magicicada in Cub Hill, MD 2004. Poster presented at Towson University College of Science and Mathmatics l5th Annual Honors Convocation Research Poster Session. 16 April 2005. p. 7
 
(At BES Annual Meetings)
 
Atueyi, S., J.W. Snodgrass, and R.E. Casey. 2003. Trace metals in aquatic invertebrates in stormwater retention ponds in suburban Maryland. 6th Annual Meeting of the Baltimore Ecosystem Study, Baltimore, MD. Poster Session.
 
Atueyi, S., J.A. Simon, J.W. Snodgrass, and R.E. Casey. 2004. Temporal trends of trace element Levels in macroinvertebrates from stormwater retention Ponds. Poster presented at Baltimore Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting. 2004.
 
Broughton, J. and J. W. Snodgrass. 2002. Dose response of green frog (Rana Clamitans) larvae to solid coal combustion waste. Poster presented at 5th Annual Meeting of the Baltimore Ecosystem Study, Baltimore, MD. 2002
 
Dias, G., R. Hill, and J. Enticknap. 2002. Molecular microbial analysis of the sponge Ircinia strobilina. Poster presented at Baltimore Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting 2002.
 
Dias, G., R. Hill, and J. Enticknap. 2003. Isolation of actinomycetes from marine sponges and Hawaiian sediments. Poster presented at Baltimore Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting 2003.
 
Evans, K, and T. Walther. 2003. Effect of a drawdown on the movement of Chrysemys picta. Poster presented at Baltimore Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting 2003.
 
Green, T. and T. Graczyk. 2002. Uptake of Cryptosporidium parvum by Asian freshwater clams (Corbicula fluminea). Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Baltimore Ecosystem Study 2002.
 
Harris, J. and K. Szlavecz. 2002. The Distribution of earthworms in suburban neighborhoods and forests. Poster presented at the Baltimore Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting 2002
 
Harris, J., and K. Szlavecz. 2004. Do soil conditions affect earthworm species composition? Poster presented at the Baltimore Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting 2004.
 
Kritcher, K.J., R.P. Roberts, and J.C. Hull. 2004. An evaluation of genetic variation among assemblages of Gentianopsis crinata (fringed gentian) at Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area. Poster presented at Baltimore Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting 2004.
 
Lang, L. and K. Szlavecz. 2001. Habitat assessment in rural and urban forests in Baltimore. Baltimore Ecosystem Study 4th Annual Meeting 2001
 
Locoh-Donou, S. and C. Berkower. 2003. Preventing malaria: combining novel methods to develop a vaccine. Poster presented at Baltimore Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting 2003.
 
Locoh-Donou, S. and C. Berkower. 2004. Efforts to enhance immunogenicity of a recombinant malaria vaccine: Fusion to a mouse complement protein. Poster presented at Baltimore Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting 2004.
 
McAfee, E., T. Watkins, J.W. Snodgrass. 2002. Estimating the effects of coal combustion waste on larval amphibians: The role of using clean sand as a control. Poster presented at the Baltimore Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting. 2002
 
McAfee, E. and J.W. Snodgrass. 2003. Comparison study of fecundity and size between urban and rural black nosed dace (Rhinichthys atratulus) populations. Poster presented at Baltimore Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting 2003.
 
Ndifon, Wilfred, Michael Koban. 2000. Proteomics as a tool for studying biomarkers in an aquatic invertebrate. Poster presented at Baltimore Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting 2000.
 
Ndifon, Wilfred, and Michael Koban. 2001. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis as a means of studying 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid – responsive biomarkers in crayfish. Poster presented at Baltimore Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting 2001.
 
Nejako, M. and W. Hilgartner. 2004. A paleoecological test of the fire hypothesis in serpentine vegetation. Poster presented at Baltimore Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting 2004.
 
Okoronkwo, Chuck, Gail Gasparich. 2000. Investigation of biomarkers for PCB presence in urban,rural streams. Poster presented at Baltimore Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting 2000.
 
Okoronkwo, Chuck, Gail Gasparich. 2001. Investigation of molecular techniques for soil analysis in urban and rural watersheds. Poster presented at Baltimore Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting 2001.
 
Raglin, Andrea, Wayne Zipperer. 2000. Vegetation in the Baltimore region. Poster presented at Baltimore Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting 2000.
 
Sarumi, M.A., N.A. Kreiter, A. Ehman. 2003. Copulation and cannibalism in fishing spiders Dolomedes Triton (Araneae:Pisauridae). Poster presented at Baltimore Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting 2003.
 
Sarumi, M.A. and N.A. Kreiter. 2004. The influence of intraspecific density on male courtship and copulatory behavior in the fishing spider, Dolomedes triton. Poster presented at Baltimore Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting 2004.
 
Shaw, A. and R.E. Casey. 2001. Evaluation of trace metal levels in storm water retention ponds. 4th Annual Meeting of the Baltimore Ecosystem Study, Baltimore, MD. Poster Session
 
Shaw, A.N., L.R. Massal, J.W. Snodgrass, R.E. Casey. 2002. Evaluation of trace metal levels in storm water retention ponds. 5th Annual Meeting of the Baltimore Ecosystem Study, Baltimore, MD. Poster Session.
 
Szlavecz, K., J. Harris, J. Stiltz. 2003. Neighborhood scale assessment of soil invertebrates: the Cub Hill survey. Poster presented at Baltimore Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting 2003.
 
Stiltz, J. and K. Szlavecz. 2003. The effects of lawn care on arthropod diversity. Poster presented at Baltimore Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting 2003.
 
Stiltz, J. and K. Szlavecz. 2002. Neighborhood scale assessment of soil arthropod diversity. Poster presented at Baltimore Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting. 2002
 
Ukpolo, Victor, and Richard Pouyat. 2000. The comparison of bulk densities among urban land uses. Poster presented at Baltimore Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting 2000.
 
Ukpolo, Victor, and Richard Pouyat. 2001. Spacial distrbution of lead in an urban garden. Poster presented at Baltimore Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting 2001
 
Valentino, M. and K. Szlavecz. 2000. Earthworms and human activities. 2000. Poster presented at Baltimore Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting 2000.
 
Valentino, M. and K. Szlavecz. 2001. The relationship between urban and rural leaf litter quality and the abundance of Isopoda and Diplopoda. Poster presented at Baltimore Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting 2001.
 
Watkins, Charity, Joel Snodgrass. 2000. Effects of urbanization on life history characteristics of Blacknose Dace. Poster presented at Baltimore Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting 2000.
 
Wilson, D., K. Sowers, J. Watts. 2002. The effect of heavy metals on the reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls. 5th Annual Meeting of the Baltimore Ecosystem Study. 2002. Poster session.
 
(Other)
 
Shaw, A.N., L.R. Massal, J.W. Snodgrass, R.E. Casey. 2002. Evaluation of trace metal levels in storm water retention ponds. 12th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Journalists, Baltimore, MD. Poster Session.
 
Stiltz, J. and K. Szlavecz. 2004. The effects of lawn care on arthropod diversity. Poster presented at ESA Mid-Atlantic Ecology Conference, Lancaster, PA 2004.