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STUDENT THESES AND DISSERTATIONS:

Peters, M. S.  1992.  Effects of deep tillage on redistribution of lead shot and chufa tuber biomass at Catahoula Lake, Louisiana.  M.S. thesis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.  25 pp.

Bielefeld, R. R.  1993.  Habitat-related variation in canvasback behavior and food density on the Mississippi River Delta, Louisiana.  M.S. thesis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.  41 pp.

Cox, R. R., Jr.  1996.  Movements, habitat use, and survival of female northern pintails in southwestern Louisiana.  Ph.D. Dissertation, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.  134 pp.

McCracken, K. G.  1999.  Systematics, ecology, and social behavior of the musk duck (Biziura lobata) of Australia.  Ph.D. Dissertation, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.  169 pp.

Olsen, R. E.  1999.  Goose hunter opinions and vulnerability of lesser snow geese to electronic calling devices.  M.S. thesis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.  63 pp.

Gabrey, S. W.  1999.  Effects of winter burning and structural marsh management on bird and plant communities of the Gulf Coast Chenier Plain.  Ph.D. Dissertation, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.  148 pp.

Caswell, J. H.  2001.  Vulnerability of non-target goose species to hunting with electronic snow goose calls.  M.S. thesis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.  29pp.

Durham, R. S.  2001.  Nesting ecology of mottled ducks on agricultural lands in southwest Louisiana.  M.S. thesis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.  41 pp.

Anteau, M. J.  2002.  Nutrient reserves of lesser scaup during spring migration in the Mississippi flyway: a test of the spring condition hypothesis.  M.S. thesis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.  44 pp.   http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-0707102-155816/

Bolduc, F.  2002.  Effects of structural marsh management and salinity on sediments, hydrology, invertebrates, and waterbirds in marsh ponds during winter on the Gulf Coast Chenier Plain.  Ph.D. Dissertation, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.  148 pp.  http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-0708102-140449/

Szymanski, M. L.  2004.  Effects of spinning-wing decoys on flock behavior and hunting vulnerability of local and migrant mallards and other ducks in Minnesota.  M.S. thesis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.  88 pp.  http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-01262004-143729/

Jónsson, J. E.  2005.  Effects of body size on goose behavior: lesser snow goose and Ross’s goose.  Ph.D. Dissertation, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.  223 pp.  http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-09062005-104654/

Anteau, M. J.  2006.  Ecology of lesser scaup and amphipods in the upper-Midwest: scope and mechanisms of the spring condition hypothesis and implications for migration habitat conservation.  Ph.D. Dissertation, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.  213 pp.  http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-01242006-093828/

Davis, B. E.  2007.  Habitat use, movements, and survival of radio-marked female mallards in the lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley.  M.S. thesis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.  70 pp.  http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-10292007-104319/

Link, P. T.  2007.  Survival, habitat use, and movements of female mallards wintering in southwestern Louisiana.  M.S. thesis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.  69 pp.  http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-11132007-195952/