The College at Brockport: State University of New York Digital Commons @Brockport Environmental Science and Ecology Theses Environmental Science and Ecology 6-2006 Colonization and Persistence of the Freshwater Amphipod, Crangonyx pseudogracilis, in Temporary Ponds: Aspects of its Ecology, Resistance to Desiccation, and Dispersal Abilities Benjamin C. DiSalvo The College at Brockport,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/env_theses Part of the Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology Commons Repository Citation DiSalvo, Benjamin C., "Colonization and Persistence of the Freshwater Amphipod, Crangonyx pseudogracilis, in Temporary Ponds: Aspects of its Ecology, Resistance to Desiccation, and Dispersal Abilities" (2006). Environmental Science and Ecology Theses. 77. http://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/env_theses/77 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Environmental Science and Ecology at Digital Commons @Brockport. It has been accepted for inclusion in Environmental Science and Ecology Theses by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @Brockport. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Colonization and Persistence of the Freshwater Amp hi pod, Crangonyx pseudogracilis, in Temporary Ponds: Aspects of its Ecology, Resistance to Desiccation, and Dispersal Abilities A Thesis Presented to the Graduate Faculty of the Department ofBiological Sciences of the State University of New York College at Brockport in Partial Fulfillment for the Degree of Master. of Science by Benjamin C. DiSalvo June 2006 THESIS DEFENSE \ o (S e_~ C\_ VV"'- tV\ ~~ o·\ sq r v APPROVED NOT APPROVED MASTER'S DEGREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE v-- / Co(L5(~ b~/JOt\TlSor Date 7 2-oD'( _j__ ( " - ~A~ .. f;~ 0/ajzlftJ6 Chairman, Dept.