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Water Quality, Hydrology and Stormwater
- Immediate effects of high intensity rainfall on water quality in the campus stormwater management system ponds. Skye Auger '28.
- Water Quality in a Retention Pond During a Storm Event. Sarah Gruber (Biology) Mount Holyoke.
- Effectiveness of Stormwater Retention Ponds in Controlling Urban Runoff. Lauren Hallett (Biology) Yale University.
- The Effects of Retention Basins on Stormwater Quality. Emily Hathaway (Geology) University of Dayton.
Lake Matoaka
- Water quality of Lake Matoaka and its tributary streams. [pdf] Bonnie Ludlow and Tim Wygant (Biology).
- An analysis of eutrophication in wetlands adjacent to Lake Matoaka. [pdf] Kevin Quinlan (Geology).
- Patterns of Eutrophication in Lake Matoaka. Lindsay Schwarting (Biology) Clarkson University.
- History of Nutrient Loading in Lake Matoaka. Daniel Thomas (Biology).
- Catchment hydrology in tributary streams of Lake Matoaka. [pdf] Sharon Cardinal, Mike Pistorio, John Turcotte and Sara Bottenfield (Geology).
- Historical patterns of land use and trophic status of Lake Matoaka. Mellisa Pensa (Biology) and Scott Vanbenschoten (History).
- A Historical Reconstruction of Watershed Environment Surrounding Lake Matoaka, Virginia. Lee Corbett (Biology) Middlebury College.
BMP's
- Storm Water Management, Evaluating Pointe at Jamestown BMP. Michael Passarello (Geology) College of Charlestown.
- Testing the Waters: Relationships Among Land Use, BMPs, and Water Quality. [pdf] Ryan Corcoran (Government).
- Best Management Practices: An Assessment of the Design and Function of James City County Retention Ponds. Amelia Whitson (Geology) University of California Berkeley.
- Impact of BMP's on Stream Hydrographs. Jerod Randall (Geology) Beloit College.
- Amanda Vandermark (Biology) St John Fisher's College.
- Tracking Nutrient Pollution Downstream from BMPs. Ashley Heaton (Geography) University of Tennessee.
- Perennial Stream, Intermittent Habitats: Impacts of a BMP on Fish. Saerom Park (Biology) Williams College.
- Water quality in stormwater ponds of James City County. [pdf] Melissa Montagna (’10) and Michelle Mackenzie (’10).
- Zooplankton in Retention Ponds. Mindy Forsyth (Biology) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
- The Effects of Suburbanization and Stormwater Management in the Kensington Woods Subdivision. Ryan Bonnette (Geology) College of William and Mary.
- Stormwater Utility Fees: Finding Funding for Stormwater Management. Taylor Valdés (Economics) Lewis and Clark College.
- The Effectiveness of Dry and Wet Stormwater Detention Basins as Sediment and Nutrient Processors. Caroline Fortunato (Biology) American University and Owen McDonough (Biology) College of William and Mary.
- Greenhouse gas flux from stormwater ponds in southeastern Virginia. Giancarlo Racanelli ’19 and Abigail Belvin ’20.
- Something most fowl: geese and water quality in a recreational pond. [pdf] Landon Rordam (Biology).
- The Performance of Retention Ponds and Associated Fluvial Geometry. Cristina Lopez (Geology) Boston College.
- A Hydrological and Sedimentological Study of the Pointe at Jamestown Retention Pond. Brent Aigler (Geology) Colby College.
- Benthic Communities in Stormwater Retention Basins in Williamsburg, VA. Emma Wear (Biology) Illinois Wesleyan University.
- The Effect of Stormwater Retention Ponds on Leaf Decomposition. Shelby Burks (Biology) Howard University.
Stream Incision
- Water Table Response to an Incising Stream. Rebecca Lawrence (Geology)Williams College.
- Geomorphology Along Upper Chisel Run, an Incised Channel. Catherine Noll (Geology) Oberlin College.
- The Effects of Stream Incision on Groundwater Quality in a Riparian Zone. Logan Reid (Biology) Geneseo College.
- Water Table and Overbank Flow Frequency Changes due to Suburbanization-induced Channel Incision, Virginia Coastal Plain, USA. Evan Christianson (Geology) Gustavus Adolphus College and Nora Matell(Geology) Williams College.
- Methods and Data Analysis in Determining the Effects of Development on First-Order Streams. [pdf] Diana Gibson and J. Twohy Murray (Geology).
Other
- Effect of water management on interannual variation in bulk soil properties from the eastern coastal Everglades. [pdf] Rosemary Hatch (Geology).
- Water quality in the College Creek watershed. [pdf] Saji Perera (Biology).
- [pdf] Holly Packard (Geology).