1973

1. SILVERTHORN, Dee U. Hormonal involvement in thermal acclimation in the fiddler crabs Uca pugnax and U. pugilator (Crustacea, Decapoda). 84 pp. (Director of Dissertation: F. John Vernberg).
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1974

2. HOLLAND, Alexander F. A study of the intertidal macrofaunal communities inhabiting sand and mud bars of the North Inlet area near Georgetown, SC. 74 pp. (Director of Dissertation: John Mark Dean).

3. ANDERSON, Gary. Quantitative analysis of the major components of energy flow for the grass shrimp Palaemonetes pugio with special reference to the effects of the parasite Probopyrus pandalicola. 124 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Winona B. Vernberg.
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1975

4. HUTCHESON, Michael S. The respiratory adaptations of the stout razor clam, Tagelus plebeius Solander, to environmental factors prevalent in the intertidal zone of a South Carolina estuary. 84 pp. (Director of Dissertation: F. John Vernberg).

5. IVESTER, Mary S. Ecological diversification within benthic harpacticoid copepods. 100 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Bruce C. Coull).
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1976

6. ERKENBRECHER, Carl W., Jr. The influence of environmental factors on the distribution, composition, and transport of microbial biomass and suspended material in a salt marsh ecosystem. 215 pp. (Director of Dissertation: L. Harold Stevenson).

7. SIKORA, Walter B. The ecology of Palaemonetes pugio in a southeastern salt marsh ecosystem with particular emphasis on production and trophic relationships. 122 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Bruce C. Coull).
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1977

8. BURNETT, Louis E., Jr. The function of respiratory mechanisms in the spider crab, Libinia emarginata (Leach) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Majidae), and the ghost crab, Ocypode quadrata (Fabricius) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae). 56 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Winona B.Vernberg).

9. LANG, William H., Jr. The barnacle larvae of North Inlet, SC (Cirripedia: Thoracica). 179 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Winona B. Vernberg).
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1978

10. MIDDAUGH, Douglas P. Reproductive ecology and spawning periodicity of the Atlantic silverside, Menidia menidia (Linneaus) (Atherinidae, Teleostei). 89 pp. (Director of Dissertation: John Mark Dean).

11. RADTKE, Richard L. The formation and growth of otoliths in the estuarine fish Fundulus heteroclitus. 50 pp. (Director of Dissertation: John Mark Dean).

12. YOUNG, Alan M. Physiological ecology of hermit crab species. 94 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Winona B. Vernberg).
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1979

13. BELL, Susan S. Meiofauna-macrofauna interactions in a high salt marsh habitat. 87 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Bruce C. Coull).

14. DAVIS, Wayne R. The burrowing, feeding and respiratory activities of Nephtys incisa malmgren, 1865 (Polychaeta: Annelida). 103 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Winona B. Vernberg).

15. SCOTT, Geoffrey I. The effects of seasonal chronic chlorination on the growth, survival and physiology of the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica Gmelin. 169 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Winona B. Vernberg).
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1980

16. JOHNS, David M. Larval development and bioenergetics of Cancer irroratus (Say) under optimal and sub-optimal conditions of temperature and salinity. 129 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Winona B. Vernberg).
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1981 – NONE

1982

17. ZEEMAN, Stephan I. Phytoplankton photosynthesis and its relation to light intensity in a turbid estuary and the nearshore coastal ocean. 210 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Henry N. McKellar).
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1983

18. JACKSON, Lynette F. Responses of the sandprawn Callianassa kraussi to petroleum hydrocarbons. 176 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Winona B. Vernberg).

19. PALMER, Margaret A. The role of behavior and flow in the dispersal of marine meiofauna. 131 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Bruce C. Coull).
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1984 – NONE
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1985

20. KINGSLEY, Roni J. Mechanisms of calcification in the gorgonian Leptogorgia virgulata. 138 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Norimitsu Watabe).
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1986

21. SAUER, Glenn R. Heavy metals in fish scales: Accumulation and effects on calcium metabolism in the mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus. 144 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Norimitsu Watabe).
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1987

22. ALON, Noel. The life history dynamics of the grass shrimp, Palemonetes pugio Holthuis, in the laboratory. 195 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Stephen E. Stancyk).

23. BALDEVARONA, Rodolfo B. Effects of feeding and stocking density on growth and survival of spot, Leiostomus xanthurus Lacépède. 117 pp. (Director of Dissertation: John Mark Dean).

24. HULL, E. W. Seabrook. States in a free state of nature: Aboriginal criteria for 21st Century marine minerals resources management. 205 pp. (Director of Dissertation: F. John Vernberg).
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1988

25. CLEMENTS, Lee Ann Jerome. Uptake and utilization of dissolved free amino acids by the brittlestar Microphiopholis gracillima (Say, 1852) (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) during disc regeneration. 116 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Stephen E. Stancyk).

26. HOWELL, Michael W. Formation of laminated and opal-rich sediments in the Mediterranean region during the late neogene and quaternary. 161 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Robert C. Thunell).

27. KRANTZ, David E. Stable isotopes of oxygen and carbon in mollusk shell carbonate: interpretive models and applications. 296 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Douglas F. Williams).
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1989

28. HINCKLEY, Daniel A. Vapor pressures, Henry's Law constants and air-sea gas exchange of selected organochlorine pollutants. 141 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Terry F. Bidleman).
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1990

29. ASMUS, Milton L. Ecological modelling of the North Inlet marsh-estuarine system, South Carolina. 179 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Henry N. McKellar, Jr.).

30. CARROLL, JoLynn. Processes which control the distribution of radium and uranium in the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta and their fluxes to the Bay of Bengal. 118 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Willard S. Moore).

31. MICHENER, William K. Spatial and temporal variability in Crassostrea virginica recruitment. 263 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Thomas J. Hilbish).

32. SOJISUPORN, Pramot. Oceanographic and dynamic characteristics of Phangnga Bay, Thailand. 201 pp. (Major Professor: Björn Kjerfve).
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1991

33. BRADLEY, Paul M. Effects of edaphic factors on the physiological ecology of the salt marsh cord grass, Spartina alterniflora Loisel. 196 pp. (Director of Dissertation: James T. Morris).

34. CYR, Edward C. Aspects of the life history of the Tarpon, Megalops atlanticus, from South Florida. 138 pp. (Director of Dissertation: John M. Dean).

35. KAWAGUCHI, Tomohiro. The organic matrix of the shell of the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica in shell formation. Biochemical and immunocytochemical investigations. 210 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Norimitsu Watabe).

36. MARINELLI, Roberta L. Interactions between some infaunal polychaetes and pore water solutes in marine sedimentary environments. 188 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Sarah A. Woodin).

37. MEDEIROS, Carmen d. Q. Circulation and mixing processes in the Itamaraca Estuarine System, Brazil. 131 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Björn Kjerfve).
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1992

38. KUCKLICK, John R. Hydrophobic organic compounds in water: physical constants and levels in Winyah Bay, South Carolina and Lake Baikal, Siberia. 210 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Terry F. Bidleman).
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1993

39. OLIVEIRA, Arno M. Advection and dispersion processes in a coastal lagoon system: Mundau-Manguaba, Brazil. 131 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Björn Kjerfve).
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1994

40. EMBER, Leon M. 1994. Decomposition of the salt marsh cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora - comparative stable carbon isotopic studies of field and laboratory experiments. 118 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Debra S. Stakes).
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1995 – NONE
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1996

41. DIPINTO, Lisa M. Trophic Transfer of Sediment Associated Contaminants in a Bethic Based Food Chain. 101 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Bruce C. Coull).
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42. HEYMAN, William David. Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Sustainable Development for Tropical Estuarine Ecosystems: A Case Study of Port Honduras, Belize. 272 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Björn Kjerfve).
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1997

43. FINELLI, Christopher. The Influence of Behavior and Physics on Ecological Processes. 217 pp. (Director of Dissertation: David S. Wethey).

44. PRIDE, Carol. An Evaluation and Application of Paleoceanographic Proxies in the Gulf of California. P197 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Robert C. Thunell).
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1998

45. ATKINS, James Blake. Optimal Offstream Reservoir Sizing Utilizing Simulated Annealing. 131 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Björn Kjerfve ).

46. DAVID, Laura T. Circulation and Dispersion in a Large Coastal Tropical Lagoon: Laguna de Terminos, Cameche, Mexico. 135 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Björn Kjerfve).

47. MCCRAITH, Barbara J. The Distribution and Dynamics of Fiddler Crab Burrowing and Its Effect on Salt Marsh Sediment Composition and Chemistry in a Southeastern Salt Marsh. 181 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Robert L. Gardner).

48. PEÑA, Enrique J. Physiological Ecology of Mangrove-Associated Macroalgae in a Tropical Estuary. 59 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Richard G. Zingmark).

49. RICHMOND, Courtney E. Environmental Variability and Benthic Invertebrates: The Individual and Population-Level Effects of Estuarine Salinity Fluctuations. 198 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Sarah A. Woodin).

50. SANGER, Denise M. Physical Chemical, and Biological Environmental Quality of Tidal Creeks and Salt Marshes in South Carolina Estuaries. 478 pp. (Directors of Dissertation: Fred Holland and Bruce Coull).
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1999

51. DAY, Elizabeth A. A Comparison of the Conceptual Change Model and A Traditional Model of Instruction for Teaching Undergraduate Marine Science Laboratory Courses. 345 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Robert J. Feller).

52. EDDINS, Stefka G. N. Scientific and Educational Aspects of the Carbon Cycle in Winyah Bay, South Carolina. 130 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Douglas F. Williams).

53. HOSKINS, Dionne L. Utilization of Microbial Exopolymers by a Deposit-Feeding Brittlesstar: Trophic and Toxicological Implications. 103 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Stephen E. Stancyk).
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2000 – NONE
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2001

54. DANG, Hongyue. Determination of Bacterial Primary Colonists of Surfaces in Coastal Marine Waters by 16SrDNA Sequence Analyses and Florescence in situ Hybridization. 157 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Charles R. Lovell).

55. DRIGGERS, William B., III. Age Growth, Reproduction and Population genetics of the Blacknose Shark, Carcharhinus aronotus, in the Western North Atlantic. 104 pp. (Director of Dissertation: John Mark Dean).

56. RESTREPO Angel, Juan D. Physical processes in the San Juan River Delta and Comparisons to the Magdalena River, Colombia. 179 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Björn Kjerfve).
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2002

57. GIELAZYN, Michel L. DNA damage and reproductive effects in estuarine bivalves exposed in vivo and in vitro to genotoxic chemicals. 152pp. (Directors of Dissertation: Amy H. Ringwood and Stephen E. Stancyk.)
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2003

58. WHITE, David L. Spatial and temporal analyses of Water quality and phytoplankton community structure in two lagoonal estuarine systems on the South Carolina coast: A comparative analysis of an urban and pristine system. 194pp. (Major Professor: Dwayne E. Porter).

59. HARTMAN Mary Jo. Population dynamics and trophic interactions of Petrolisthes armatus, an invasive decapod crustacean. 128pp. (Major Professor: Stephen E. Stancyk).
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2004

60. GIL-AGUDELO, Diego Luis. Microbial communities associated with Corals and changes during Coral diseases. 151pp. (Director of Dissertation: Garriet W. Smith).

61. GORDON, Elizabeth S. Sources and fate of terrigenous organic matter in modern and ancient sediments from the Northern Gulf of Mexico. 211 pp. (Director of Dissertation: Miguel A Goni).

62. HINTZ, Christopher J. Foraminiferal Biomineralization: Culture experiments on trace/minor element uptake, ontogenetic, and calcification rate effects. 162pp. (Directors of Dissertation: Timothy Shaw and Thomas Chandler).

63. JACKSON, Maria Gabriella de Oliveira. Ecology of the epiphytic Microalgalcommunity on Spartina alterniflora in North Inlet Estuary, SC. 275pp. (Director of Dissertation: Richard Zingmark).
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2005

64. SHUFORD, Rebecca L. Age and Growth, and Distribution as Inferred from Microchemical Analysis of Juvenile Otoliths, for Yellowfin Tuna, Thunnus albacares, from the Atlantic Ocean. 283pp. (Director of Dissertation: John Mark Dean).

65. BRETSCH, Kurt P. Nekton Behavior in Salt Marsh Intertidal Creeks: Patterns and Mechanisms of Tidal Movement. 139pp. (Director of Dissertation: Dennis M. Allen).

66. JOHNSON, Wesley R. Ecologic Factors Influencing Salt Marsh Bacterial Community Structure. 174pp. (Director of Dissertation: Madilyn Fletcher).
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2006

67. CALLE Delgado, Katiuski Paola. Tolerance of Tidal Creek Macrobenthic Organisms to Multiple Stressors:  Implications on Distributional Patterns. 185pp.  (Directors of Dissertation: Mark Dean, and Frederick A. Holland).

68. BESERES, Jennifer J. Ecological Impacts on Predation by White Shrimp (Litopenaeus setiferus) on Subtidal Macrobenthos in North Inlet, SC, deduced from field, laboratory and modeling studies. 151pp. (Director of Dissertation: Robert J. Feller).

69. JEAN-BAPTISTE, Neudy. Structure, Modeling, and Ecological Characterization of Bocozelle Mangrove Habitat in the Coastal Zone of Saint Marc Bay, Haiti. 103pp. (Director of Dissertation: John R. Jensen).

70. CERVINO, James M. The Links Between Thermal Coral Reef Bleaching and Vibrio Pathogens as Causative Factors of Yellow Band Disease. 110pp. (Director of Dissertation: Garriet Smith).
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2007

71. DAVIS, Jenny. Linkages Between Molecular Composition, Bioavailability and Microbial Utilization of Dissolved Organic Matter in the Western Arctic Ocean. 134pp. (Director of Dissertation: Ronald Benner).
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