Tulula Wetlands - publications/presentations

Undergraduate Publications and Grants

Publications (student researchers in blue):

Wells, C. L., I. M. Rossell, and J. Perry. 1995. A comparison of the seed banks of adjacent disturbed and undisturbed North Carolina wetlands. Proceedings of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research IX:872-876.

Petranka, J. W. and D. A. G. Thomas. 1995. Explosive breeding reduces egg and tadpole cannibalism in the wood frog, Rana sylvatica. Animal Behaviour 50:731-739.

Riddle, W. K. and I. M. Rossell. 1996. A microhabitat analysis of Sarracencia purpurea in western North Carolina bogs. Proceedings of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research X:1731-1735.

Cacka, J. E. and J. W. Petranka. 1997. Effects of wood frog (Rana sylvatica) predation on spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum): Oviposition site selection. Proceedings of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research XI:1392-1396.

Rushlow, A. and J. W. Petranka. 1997. Consequences of opportunistic predation by a primary consumer (Rana) on a predator (Ambystoma). Proceedings of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research XI:1397-1401.

Rash, W. J., D. I. Cahan, K. K. Moorhead, and K. E. Krumpe. 1997. The effect of carbon content on the redox potential and fermentation products of wetland soils. Proceedings of the National Conference of Undergraduate Research XI:1835-1839.

Vitale, A., Moorhead, K. K., and G. Kormanik. 1998. A model of continuity of disturbed and natural habitats at Tulula Bog, NC. Proceedings of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research XII:1316-1320.

Colburn, K. and I. Rossell. 1998. The use of a bottomland riparian ecosystem by Terrapene carolina carolina. Proceedings of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research XII:1795-1799.

Petranka, J.W., A.W. Rushlow and M.E. Hopey. 1998. Predation by tadpoles of Rana sylvatica on embryos of Ambystoma maculatum: Implications of ecological role reversals by Rana (predator) and Ambystoma (prey). Herpetologica 54:1-13.

Petranka, J. W. and L. J. Hayes. 1998. Chemically mediated avoidance of a predatory odonate (Anax junius) by American toad (Bufo americanus) and wood frog (Rana sylvatica) tadpoles. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 42:2262-2271.

Brooks, G., and I. M. Rossell. 1999. Proximity to and use of water bodies by the eastern box turtle. Proceedings of the National Conference of Undergraduate Research XIII.

Petranka, J. W. and C. A. Kennedy. 1999. Pond tadpoles with generalist morphology: is it time to reconsider their functional roles in aquatic communities? Oecologia 120:621-631.

Starnes, S. M., C. A. Kennedy, and J. W. Petranka. 2000. Sensitivity of embryos of southern Appalachian amphibians to ambient solar UV-B radiation. Conservation Biology 14:277-282.

Alvarado, H. and I. M. Rossell. 2002. Effects of saturation on the revegetation of a recently disturbed wetland in Western North Carolina. UNCA Journal of Undergraduate Research.

Rossell, C. R., Jr., Rossell, I. M., Orraca, M. M., and J. W. Petranka. 2002. Evidence of epizootic disease as the cause of high mortality in a population of eastern box turtles. Herpetological Review 33:99-101.

Petranka, J. W., K. A. Kennedy, and S. S. Murray. 2002. Response of amphibians to restoration of a southern appalachain wetland: a long-term analysis of community dynamics. Conservation Biology, in review.

Petranka, J. W., S. S. Murray, and K. A. Kennedy. 2002. Response of amphibians to restoration of a southern appalachain wetland: perturbations confound post-restoration assessment. Wetlands, in review.

Anderson A. R. and J. W. Petranka. 2003. Odonate predator does not affect hatching time or morphology of two amphibians. Journal of Herpetology 37:65-71.

Thorn, R. N. and K. K. Moorhead. 2004. Channel characteristics of the restored Tulula Creek after one year of flow. UNCA Journal of Undergraduate Research

Harp, E. and I. M. Rossell. 2004. Allozyme analysis of the ten-angled pipewort (Eriocaulon decangulare) in western North Carolina. Proceedings of the National Conference of Undergraduate Research XVIII.

Holbrook, C. T. and J. W. Petranka. 2004. Ecological interactions between Rana sylvatica and Ambystoma maculatum: Evidence of interspecific competition and facultative intraguild predation. Copeia 2004:932-939.

Grants funded:

Riddle, W.K. The introduction of carnivorous plants to Tulula Bog. Funded for $2000 by the UNCA Undergraduate Research Program. Summer 1995.

McCann, M. Eastern box turtles at Tulula Bog: a seasonal study of microhabitat. Funded for $1000 by the UNCA Undergraduate Research Program. Summer 1998.

Holbrook, T. Intraguild predation between Spotted salamanders and wood frog tadpoles. $2500. UNCA undergraduate research grant.

Laura Dlugolecki. Heavy minerals of sediment samples from the Tulula and Nantahala Creek floodplains. $3,000 North Carolina Beautiful Fellowship. 2002-2003.

Rachel Thorn. Channel geomorphology and stability of a restored mountain stream. $3,000 North Carolina Beautiful Fellowship. 2003-2004.

Elizabeth Harp. Allozyme analysis of the ten-angled pipewort (Eriocaulon decangulare) in western North Carolina. $3,000 North Carolina Beautiful Fellowship and $2,000 UNCA Biotechnology Grant. 2003-2004.

Mary Shultz. The effects of hydrology on the growth and stem nitrogen in Alnus serrulata. $4,000 North Carolina Beautiful Scholarship.


	Undergraduate Publications and Grants
	Publications (student researchers in blue): Wells, C. L., I. M. Rossell, and J. Perry. 1995. A comparison of the seed banks of adjacent disturbed and undisturbed North Carolina wetlands. Proceedings of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research IX:872-876. Petranka, J. W. and D. A. G. Thomas. 1995. Explosive breeding reduces egg and tadpole cannibalism in the wood frog, Rana sylvatica. Animal Behaviour 50:731-739. Riddle, W. K. and I. M. Rossell. 1996. A microhabitat analysis of Sarracencia purpurea in western North Carolina bogs. Proceedings of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research X:1731-1735. Cacka, J. E. and J. W. Petranka. 1997. Effects of wood frog (Rana sylvatica) predation on spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum): Oviposition site selection. Proceedings of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research XI:1392-1396. Rushlow, A. and J. W. Petranka. 1997. Consequences of opportunistic predation by a primary consumer (Rana) on a predator (Ambystoma). Proceedings of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research XI:1397-1401. Rash, W. J., D. I. Cahan, K. K. Moorhead, and K. E. Krumpe. 1997. The effect of carbon content on the redox potential and fermentation products of wetland soils. Proceedings of the National Conference of Undergraduate Research XI:1835-1839. Vitale, A., Moorhead, K. K., and G. Kormanik. 1998. A model of continuity of disturbed and natural habitats at Tulula Bog, NC. Proceedings of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research XII:1316-1320. Colburn, K. and I. Rossell. 1998. The use of a bottomland riparian ecosystem by Terrapene carolina carolina. Proceedings of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research XII:1795-1799. Petranka, J.W., A.W. Rushlow and M.E. Hopey. 1998. Predation by tadpoles of Rana sylvatica on embryos of Ambystoma maculatum: Implications of ecological role reversals by Rana (predator) and Ambystoma (prey). Herpetologica 54:1-13. Petranka, J. W. and L. J. Hayes. 1998. Chemically mediated avoidance of a predatory odonate (Anax junius) by American toad (Bufo americanus) and wood frog (Rana sylvatica) tadpoles. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 42:2262-2271. Brooks, G., and I. M. Rossell. 1999. Proximity to and use of water bodies by the eastern box turtle. Proceedings of the National Conference of Undergraduate Research XIII. Petranka, J. W. and C. A. Kennedy. 1999. Pond tadpoles with generalist morphology: is it time to reconsider their functional roles in aquatic communities? Oecologia 120:621-631. Starnes, S. M., C. A. Kennedy, and J. W. Petranka. 2000. Sensitivity of embryos of southern Appalachian amphibians to ambient solar UV-B radiation. Conservation Biology 14:277-282. Alvarado, H. and I. M. Rossell. 2002. Effects of saturation on the revegetation of a recently disturbed wetland in Western North Carolina. UNCA Journal of Undergraduate Research. Rossell, C. R., Jr., Rossell, I. M., Orraca, M. M., and J. W. Petranka. 2002. Evidence of epizootic disease as the cause of high mortality in a population of eastern box turtles. Herpetological Review 33:99-101. Petranka, J. W., K. A. Kennedy, and S. S. Murray. 2002. Response of amphibians to restoration of a southern appalachain wetland: a long-term analysis of community dynamics. Conservation Biology, in review. Petranka, J. W., S. S. Murray, and K. A. Kennedy. 2002. Response of amphibians to restoration of a southern appalachain wetland: perturbations confound post-restoration assessment. Wetlands, in review. Anderson A. R. and J. W. Petranka. 2003. Odonate predator does not affect hatching time or morphology of two amphibians. Journal of Herpetology 37:65-71. Thorn, R. N. and K. K. Moorhead. 2004. Channel characteristics of the restored Tulula Creek after one year of flow. UNCA Journal of Undergraduate Research Harp, E. and I. M. Rossell. 2004. Allozyme analysis of the ten-angled pipewort (Eriocaulon decangulare) in western North Carolina. Proceedings of the National Conference of Undergraduate Research XVIII. Holbrook, C. T. and J. W. Petranka. 2004. Ecological interactions between Rana sylvatica and Ambystoma maculatum: Evidence of interspecific competition and facultative intraguild predation. Copeia 2004:932-939. Grants funded: Riddle, W.K. The introduction of carnivorous plants to Tulula Bog. Funded for $2000 by the UNCA Undergraduate Research Program. Summer 1995. McCann, M. Eastern box turtles at Tulula Bog: a seasonal study of microhabitat. Funded for $1000 by the UNCA Undergraduate Research Program. Summer 1998. Holbrook, T. Intraguild predation between Spotted salamanders and wood frog tadpoles. $2500. UNCA undergraduate research grant. Laura Dlugolecki. Heavy minerals of sediment samples from the Tulula and Nantahala Creek floodplains. $3,000 North Carolina Beautiful Fellowship. 2002-2003. Rachel Thorn. Channel geomorphology and stability of a restored mountain stream. $3,000 North Carolina Beautiful Fellowship. 2003-2004. Elizabeth Harp. Allozyme analysis of the ten-angled pipewort (Eriocaulon decangulare) in western North Carolina. $3,000 North Carolina Beautiful Fellowship and $2,000 UNCA Biotechnology Grant. 2003-2004. Mary Shultz. The effects of hydrology on the growth and stem nitrogen in Alnus serrulata. $4,000 North Carolina Beautiful Scholarship.