RESEARCH

Selected studies from the 50+ graduate student research projects conducted at or vitally assisted by Winous Point since 1949.

• Andrews, R. 1952*  A study of waterfowl nesting on a Lake Erie marsh.
  M.S., The Ohio State University, Columbus.
• Bednarik, K. 1953*  An ecological and food habits study of the muskrats in the Lake Erie marshes.
  M.S., The Ohio State University, Columbus.
• Meeks, R. L. 1966*  The cycling of chlorine-36 labeled DDT in a marsh ecosystem.
  Ph.D., The Ohio State University, Columbus.
• Lowden, R. M. 1967  A vascular flora of Winous Point, Ottawa and Sandusky Counties.
  M.S., The Ohio State University, Columbus.
• Andrews, D. A. 1973*  Habitat utilization by sora Virginia Rails and King Rails near southwestern Lake Erie.
  M.S., The Ohio State University, Columbus.
• Hoffman, R.D. 1975   Mercury in herons, egrets, and their nesting environment.
  M.S., The Ohio State University, Columbus.
• Brackney, A.W. 1979*  Population ecology of common Gallinules in southwest Lake Erie marshes.
  M.S., The Ohio State University, Columbus.
• Ozesmi, U.  1996  A spatial habitat model for the marsh-breeding red-winged blackbird in coastal Lake Erie wetlands.
  M.S., The Ohio State University, Columbus.
• Stricker, N.J. 1996  The common Tern in Ohio: nesting ecology and management.
  M.S., The Ohio State University, Columbus.
• Liptak, M.A. 1998  Longterm assimilation of agricultural runoff in a Lake Erie marsh.
  M.S., University of Toledo, Ohio.
• Homsher, M. 2000  Time-integrated contaminant monitoring in an aquatic ecosystem using semi-permeable membrane devices.
  Ph.D., University of Toledo, Ohio.
• Zuwerink, D.A.  2001   Changes in the derivation of mallard harvests from the northeastern U.S. and Canada, 1966-1998.
  M.S., The Ohio State University, Columbus.
• Steckel, J.D.  2003  Food availability and waterfowl use on mid-migration habitats in central and northern Ohio.
  M.S., The Ohio State University, Columbus.
• Olson, T.M.  2003  Variation in use of managed wetlands by waterfowl, wading birds, and shorebirds in Ohio.
  M.S., The Ohio State University, Columbus.
• Simpson, J.W.  2005  Mallard duckling survival in the Great Lakes region.
  M.S., University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

* Winous Fellowship student