Below is a list of theses and dissertations from Graduate and Undergraduate students that used the Olentangy River Wetland Research Park for their research. For those with access to Ohio State’s Library many of the theses and dissertations can be accessed at Ohio State’s Knowledge Bank (https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/).
- Graduate Students at top of page
- Undergraduate Students at bottom of page
GRADUATE STUDENTS (72)
2012
Taniya Roy Chowdhury “Tracking carbon flow during methane oxidation in methanotrophs using 13C-PLFA labeling in pulsing freshwater wetlands” Graduate Program in Soil Science, The Ohio State University. Advisor: Richard P. Dick
Yiding Zhang “Predicting river aquatic productivity and dissolved oxygen before and after dam removal in central Ohio, USA” Master’s Thesis, Environmental Science Graduate Program, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
Kay Stefanik “Structure and function of vascular plant communities in created and restored wetlands in Ohio” Ph.D. dissertation, Environmental Science Graduate Program, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
Blanca Bernal “Carbon sequestration in natural and created wetlands” Ph.D. dissertation, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, Advisor: William J. Mitsch
2011
Sara M. McCarthy “Sedimentation and erosion patterns in created freshwater riverine wetlands” Master’s Thesis, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
2010
Jacqulyn A. Batson “Denitrification and a nitrogen budget of created riparian wetlands” Master’s Thesis, Environmental Science Graduate Program, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
Chenyan “Sandy” Sha “Methane emissions from different types of riverine wetlands” Ph.D. dissertation, Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai. Advisor: Jianjian Lu
Alexis C. Semach “Geotextiles for use in drainage systems in coal combustion product landfills” Master’s Thesis, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William Wolfe
Heather L. Fair “Headwater landscape variations and biodiversity: Applicability of Ohio habitat evaluation indices in a glacier catchment of the Mekong River” Master’s Thesis, Environmental Science Graduate Program, The Ohio State University. Advisor: Richard Moore
Jung-Chen Huang “Stream restoration in the Midwest, USA” Ph.D. dissertation, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
2009
Amanda M. Nahlik “Water quality improvement and methane emissions from tropical and temperate wetlands” Ph.D. dissertation, Environmental Science Graduate Program, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
Kurt S. Keljo “Effects of hydrologic pulsing and vegetation on invertebrate communities in wetlands” Master’s Thesis, Environmental Science Graduate Program, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
Charissa L. Young “Pathogen reduction by created urban riparian wetlands during variable hydrologic conditions in Central Ohio” Master’s Thesis, Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University. Advisor: Jay Martin
Keunyea Song “Denitrification process and denitrifying bacterial community structure in created wetlands at different scales” Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea. Advisor: Hojeong Kang
Priyanka Yadav “A preliminary assessment of factors affecting mosquito populations in created wetlands” Master’s Thesis, Environmental Science Graduate Program, The Ohio State University. Advisor: Parwinder Grewal
2008
Joni M. Lung “Mink and raccoon use of wetlands as influenced by wetland and landscape characteristics in central Ohio” Master’s Thesis, EEOB Department, The Ohio State University. Advisor: John D. Harder
Blanca Bernal “Carbon pools and profiles in wetland soils: The effect of climate and wetland type” Master’s Thesis, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
2007
Chelsea A. Korfel “Hydrology, physiochemistry, and amphibians in natural and created vernal pool wetlands” Master’s Thesis, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University. Advisors: William J. Mitsch and Thomas E. Heatherington
Anne E. Altor “Methane and carbon dioxide fluxes in created riparian wetlands in Midwestern USA: Effects of hydrologic pulses, emergent vegetation, and hydric soils” Ph.D. dissertation, Environmental Science Graduate Program, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
Daniel F. Fink “Effects of a pulsing hydroperiod on a created riparian river diversion wetland” Ph.D. dissertation, Environmental Science Graduate Program, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
2006
Maria E. Hernandez “The effect of hydrologic pulses on nitrogen biogeochemistry in created riparian wetlands in Midwestern USA” Ph.D. dissertation, Environmental Science Graduate Program, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
Debra L. Gamble “Tree growth and hydrologic patterns in forested mitigation wetlands” Master’s Thesis, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
2005
Cassandra L. Tuttle “The effects of hydrologic pulsing on aquatic metabolism in created riparian wetlands” Master’s Thesis, Environmental Science Graduate Program, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
Amanda M. Nahlik “The effects of river pulsing on sedimentation in two created riparian wetlands” Master’s Thesis, Environmental Science Graduate Program, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
Christopher J. Anderson “The influence of hydrology and time on productivity and soil development of created and restored wetlands” Ph.D. dissertation, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
Rebecca Swab “Effectiveness of Lonicera maackii removal from a bottomland hardwood forest in central Ohio” Master’s Thesis, School of Natural Resources, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
Tracy J. Tenwalde “Averting and treatment costs regarding nitrogen risk in public water supplies in Columbus, Ohio: Implications for wetland nitrogen sequestration” Master’s Thesis, Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, The Ohio State University. Advisor: Fredrick J. Hitzhusen
2004
Deni Porej “Faunal aspects of wetland creation and restoration” Ph.D. dissertation, Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology Department, The Ohio State University. Advisor: Thomas E. Heatherington
Eric J. Lohan “A methodology to ecologically engineer watersheds for nitrogen nonpoint source pollution control” Master’s thesis, Environmental Science Graduate Program, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
2003
Mark A. Dilley “Atrazine fate in a created wetland” Master’s thesis, Environmental Science Graduate Program, The Ohio State University. Advisor: Samual Traina
2002
Cheri Higgins “Ecosystem engineering by muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus) in created freshwater marshes” Master’s thesis, Environmental Science Graduate Program, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
Amie M. Gifford “The effect of macrophyte planting on amphibian and fish community use of two created wetland ecosystems in central Ohio” Master’s thesis, Environmental Science Graduate Program, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
2001
Daniel F. Fink “Efficacy of a newly created wetland at reducing nutrient loads from agricultural runoff” Master’s thesis, Environmental Science Graduate Program, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
Rikki Bronnum “The effects of alachlor on denitrifying bacteria in mesocosms and created wetlands in central Ohio, USA” Master’s Thesis, Environmental Chemistry, University of Copenhagen. Advisor; S.E. Jørgensen
Matthew Cochran “Effect of hydrology on bottomland hardwood forest productivity in central Ohio (USA). Master’s thesis, Natural Resources, The Ohio State University. Advisor: Virginie Bouchard
Changwoo Ahn “Ecological engineering of wetlands with a recycled coal combustion byprooduct” Ph.D. dissertation, Environmental Science Graduate Program, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
2000
Michael A. Liptak “Water column productivity, calcite precipitation, and phosphorus dynamics in freshwater marshes” Ph.D. dissertation, Environmental Science Graduate Program, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
John J. Gutrich “Ecological and economic analysis of natural capital: Assessing and modeling the substitutability of mitigation wetlands for natural sites” Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Developmental Economics. The Ohio State University Advisor: F. Hitzhusen
1999
Sarah K. Harter “Patterns of short-term sedimentation in created freshwater marshes” Master’s Thesis, School of Natural Resources, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
Hojeong Kang “The significant of enzyme activities in wetland biogeochemistry” Thesis, University of Wales, Bangor, WALES (UK) Advisor: Chris Freeman
1998
Douglas Spieles “Nutrient retention and macroinvertebrate community structure in constructed wetlands receiving wastewater and river water” Ph.D.
dissertation, Environmental Science Graduate Program, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
Sharon A. Johnson “Effects of hydrology and plant introduction on first-year macrophyte growth in a newly created wetland” Master’s Thesis, School of Natural Resources, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
Lisa J. Svengsouk “First-year response of Typha latifolia L. and Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (K.C. Gmel.) Palla to nitrogen and phosphorus additions in experimental mesocosms” Master’s Thesis, Environmental Science Graduate Program, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
1997
Randall J.F. Bruins “Modeling of flooding response and ecological engineering in an agricultural wetland region of Central China” Ph.D. dissertation, Environmental Science Graduate Program, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
Neal E. Flanagan “Comparing ecosystem structure and function of constructed and naturally occurring wetlands: Empirical field indicators and theoretical indices” Ph.D. dissertation, Environmental Science Graduate Program, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
Kathleen D. Metzker “Self-design of a fish community in a created riparian freshwater marsh: A simulation model” Master’s Thesis, Environmental Science Graduate Program, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
1996
Naiming Wang, “Modelling phosphorus retention in freshwater wetlands,” Ph.D. dissertation, Environmental Science Program, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
Paul Weihe, “Colonizing and introduced vegetation in created riparian wetlands: establishment during the first two growing seasons,” Ph.D. dissertation, Environmental Science Graduate Program, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
Robert Nairn, “Biogeochemistry of newly created riparian wetlands: evaluation of water quality changes and soil development ” Ph.D. dissertation, Environmental Science Graduate Program, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
Uygar Özesmi, “A spatial habitat model for the marsh-breeding red-wing blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) in coastal Lake Erie wetlands” Master’s Thesis, Environmental Science Graduate Program, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
Pernille Mortensen and Pernille Lanzky, “Water quality improvement in a constructed wetland,” Thesis, Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Copenhagen, DENMARK Advisor: S.E. Jørgensen
John S. Koreny, “Hydrology of a constructed riparian wetland system: Characterization and predictive modeling,” Master’s Thesis, Environmental Science Graduate Program, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
Rebecca Smith, “Nitrogen transfer in groundwater in the riparian zone of the Olentangy River, Columbus, Ohio” Thesis, Cambridge University, Cambridge, ENGLAND Advisor: S. Fennessy
1995
Doreen M. Dudek, “Tree growth responses to streamflow in a bottomland forest in central Ohio,” Master’s Thesis, School of Natural Resources, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
Renée Francine Wilson, “Progress and success of five mitigation wetlands in Ohio,” Master’s Thesis, School of Natural Resources, The Ohio State University
1994
Karen M. Wise, “Evaluation of acid mine drainage control by a constructed wetland in southeastern Ohio,” Master’s Thesis, School of Natural Resources, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
Steven F. Niswander, “Functional analysis of a created in-stream mitigation wetland: hydrology, phosphorus retention, and tree growth” Master’s Thesis,
School of Natural Resources, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
1993
Frank D. Voss, “Groundwater investigation of Ohio State University wetland site. Master’s Thesis, Department of Geodetic Science, The Ohio State University Advisor: Carolyn Merry
1992
Julie Kay Cronk, “Spatial water quality and aquatic metabolism in four newly constructed freshwater riparian wetlands,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Environmental Science Graduate Program, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
Neal E. Flanagan, “A dynamic model of metal retention in a constructed mine drainage wetland,” Master’s Thesis, School of Natural Resources, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
Hiroyuki Hagiwara, “Ecosystem modelling of an integrated aquaculture in south China,” Master’s Thesis, School of Natural Resources, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
1991
M. Siobhan Fennessy, “Ecosystem development in restored riparian wetlands,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Environmental Biology Program, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
Craig D. Brechbuhler, “Diel summer dissolved oxygen patterns in two pools of the Ohio River – importance of phytoplankton primary productivity and river flow conditions,” Master’s Thesis, School of Natural Resources, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
Courtenay N. Willis, “Effects of hydrologic and nutrient variability on emergence and growth of aquatic macrophytes,” Master’s Thesis, Environmental Biology Program, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
Nis Peter Christensen, “Ecosystem models of the Des Plaines River experimental wetlands” M.S., Chemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Copenhangen DENMARK Advisor: S.E. Jørgensen
1990
Brian C. Reeder, “Primary productivity, sedimentation, and phosphorus cycling in a Lake Erie coastal wetland,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Environmental Biology Program, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
1989
Doreen Madelene Robb, “Diked and undiked freshwater coastal marshes of Western Lake Erie,” Master’s Thesis, School of Natural Resources, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
Kimberly B. Baker, “Modelling the fate of iron in a wetland receiving mine drainage,” Master’s Thesis, School of Natural Resources, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
Julie Kay Cronk,”A model of the Ohio River oil spill of 1988″ Master’s Thesis, School of Natural Resources, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
1988
Teresa Cavanaugh (Donkin), “Water quality trends of the upper Ohio River, 1977-1987,” Master’s Thesis, School of Natural Resources, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
M. Siobhan Fennessy, “Reclamation of acid mine drainage using a created wetland: exploring ecological treatment systems,” Master’s Thesis, School of Natural Resources, The Ohio State University. Advisor: William J. Mitsch
UNDERGRADUATE HONORS STUDENTS (13)
2012
Jessica Fears “Aquatic metabolism and water quality in the Fifth Avenue Dam pool of the Lower Olentangy River in Columbus, Ohio” Environment and Natural Resources, advisor: W. Mitsch
2010
Alexandra C. Naegele “Prediction of stage, bathymetry, and succession of riparian vegetation of the Lower Olentangy River after removal of the Fifth Avenue Dam” Environment and Natural Resources, advisor: W. Mitsch
2008
Kyle Chambers “A two-year study of nutrients and carbon in a river impacted by a low-head dam.” Environment and Natural Resources, advisor: W. Mitsch
2001
Katherine E. Kleber “Fish population and movement within planted and naturally colonizing experimental wetlands, autumn 2000.” Natural Resources, advisor: D. Johnson
1998
Erika A. Filippi “The role of soil organic matter on denitrification potential in newly created wetlands.” Natural Resources, advisor: W. Mitsch
Bonnie F. Elfritz “A comparison of natural wetlands with a constructed wetland using the Floristic Quality Assessment Index” Natural Resources, advisor: S. Fennessy
1997
Kimberly K. Schamp (Taylor) “Groundwater patterns before and after wetland construction at the Olentangy River Wetland Research Park.” Natural Resources, advisor: W. Mitsch
Nicole L. Vorwerk “Comparison of three years of pH values between planted and unplanted wetlands at the Olentangy River Wetland Research Park” Natural Resources, advisor: W. Mitsch
Rainie D. Gardner “Fish recruitment in the Olentangy River constructed wetlands.” Natural Resources, advisor: D. Johnson
1996
Tonya Cheek “Effect of fish on wetland water quality” Natural Resources, advisor: D. Johnson
1995
Andrew W. Wehr “Early water quality of created wetlands at the Olentangy River Wetland Research Park.” Natural Resources, advisor: W. Mitsch
1992
Michael E. Berkal “Hydrology and water chemistry of the Olentangy River in Worthington (Franklin County), Ohio, and their potential effects on a future constructed wetlands facility downstream in Columbus, Ohio.” Natural Resources, advisor: W. Mitsch
Douglas G. Stuart “Intensive water quality sampling in two constructed riparian wetlands.” Natural Resources, advisor: W. Mitsch