2017 Nickerson Fellowship Recipients
2017 - Alia Al-Haf, Ph. D. - Boston University -
Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Seagrass Meadows over a Nutrient Gradient in the Cape Cod National Seashore.
2017 - Faming Wang, Ph.D. - Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole -
Field greenhouse gas data collection to support the Herring River Carbon Project and its Feasibility Study.
2017 - Owen C. Nichols (Director, Marine Fisheries Research Program, Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, Massachusetts/PhD Candidate, School for Marine Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth, New Bedford, Massachusetts) -
A novel low-volume portable pump system for zooplankton sampling in shallow, turbulent, 'dirty' environments.
Past Recipients & Final Reports
2016 - Owen C. Nichols - Center for Coastal Studies - Shellfish and horseshoe crab larval flux at the East Harbor tidal restoration site.
2016 - Derrick Alcott - University of Massachusetts Amherst - Predator-prey interactions of a river herring spawning migration at anthropogenic obstacles prior to restoration.
2015 - Kate Morkeski - The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory - Greenhouse gas emissions from Herring River marshes.
2015 - Derrick Alcott - University of Massachusetts Amherst - Migratory delay, response to predators, and passage success of river herring in the Herring River Estuary of Cape Cod National Seashore. (Secondary award for monitoring equipment purchase).
2014 - Alexis Fisher - Ph.D. candidate, MIT/WHOI Joint Program -
Alexandrium fundyense cysts in the Nauset Marsh System: factors controlling germination and bloom initiation in a changing climate
2013 - Hollie Emery - Ph.D. candidate, Boston University -
The Effect of Precipitation Intensification on Salt Marsh Ecosystems and Their Services
2012 - Erin Hilley - Master's candidate, Antioch University New England -
Myrmecochory and Coremaconradii at the Cape Cod National Seashore: Exploring the benefits of ant seed dispersal in a coastal environment
2011 - Jennifer Burkhardt - Undergrad/Americorps, University of Rhode Island -
DETERMINING THE ROLE OF SALT MARSH MACROALGAE (ECADS) IN CAPE COD SALT MARSHES
2010 - Scott Buchanan - Grad student, Montclair State University -
Spatial Ecology and Habitat Utilization of the Eastern Hognose Snake
2009 - Taylor Harvey - Undergrad, Wellesley College -
Sediment Characterization of the Herring River Restoration Area
2008 - Jessie Wheeler - Grad student, Antioch UniversityNew England -
Evaluating Suitable Habitat for Native Halophyte Establishment Using Prescribed Burning in a Restored Salt Marsh on Cape Cod, Massachusetts
2007 - Ethan Estey - Grad student, University of Rhode Island -
Recreational Angler Creel Survey of Outer Cape Beach Access
2006 - Todd Tupper - extension, no additional stipend
2005 - Todd Tupper - Ph.D. candidate, George Mason University -
Habitat Variables Influencing Breeding Effort in Northern Clade Bufo fowleri
2004 - Cate O'Keefe - extension, no additional stipend
2003 - Cate O'Keefe - Graduate student, Boston University Marine Program -
Habitat Suitability for the Alewife in East Harbor
2001 - Whitney Kurz - Undergrad, Duke University -
Impacts of Biomedical Bleeding on Horseshoe Crabs
1999 - Brett Still - Intern, Wellfleet Audubon Sanctuary -
Systematic Inventory of Park Amphibians (joint project of Audubon and CACO Inventory Monitoring Program)
1997 - 1998 - Jean Poitras, Grad student, UMASS at Boston -
Cases of Intergovernmental Cooperation Between the National Park Service and Local Governments
1995 - Aria Brissette - Grad student, University of Rhode Island (SCA) -
Pond Restoration and Impact Assessment Plan
1994 - Todd Rinaldi - Undergrad, Unity College, ME (SCA) -
Kettle Pond Hydrology - Gull Pond, Duck Pond, Wellfleet
1993 - Scott Shumway - 2nd-year award, same topic with match from NPS "Challenge Cost-share Program"
1992 - Scott Shumway - Professor, Wheaton College -
Species Interactions in Dune Plants, CACO