Christy Tucker Carter Research Experience |
Research
Experience
- Zonation
and community structure in an inland salt marsh as influenced by seed
banks and salinity. Doctoral research advised by Dr. Irwin A.
Ungar. Investigation of the effects of seed banks, salinity, and
environmental variables on plant zonation within an inland salt
marsh. Research includes field, greenhouse and laboratory
studies. A two-year seed burial experiment will identify annual
seed dormancy and germination cycles. Seed bank studies and
developmental studies of halophytes exposed to various salt
concentrations at different developmental stages (seed, seedling and
mature) will provide insight into salt tolerance and how this may
influence plant zonation. Molecular studies (ISSR) will assess the
genetic diversity for three dominant halophytes over time and within the
seed bank.
- Assessment
of a forest restoration on coal mine spoil. Master's research
advised by Dr. Irwin A. Ungar. Evaluation of aboveground
vegetation (trees, shrubs and herbs), soil seed bank, and soil
composition of a forest that was replanted on coal spoil by the USDA
Forest Service in Southeastern Ohio in 1966.
Graduate Coursework
- Plant ecology
- Plant physiology
- Cell biology
- Tropical plant ecology
- Physiological plant ecology
- Plant speciation
- Vascular plant systematics
- Environmental law
- Resource management
- Aquatic ecology seminar
- Molecular ecology seminar
- Teaching botany for college students seminar
- Plant stress seminar
- Elementary statistics
- Quantitative methods
- Multivariate
statistics
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