The Island School Poster Series 2017
The Island School Poster Series
The Island School is a High School abroad program located in the Bahamas on the island of Eleuthera. Each semester, all of its students participate in a field based research project run in conjunction with its sister institution, the Cape Eleuthera Institute. The CEI is a university level biological institute that hosts research projects covering a wide array of topics. The Island School students work on these projects conducting hands-on independent group projects. Each year at the end of the semester, the students present a summary of their findings to the public and government officials of The Bahamas. This special module within the Fisheries Presentation Library presents the posters produced by these students each semester summarizing the results of these studies.
Click on a poster thumbnail to download the full-size pdf version.
Spring 2017 Posters
An assessment of trophic resource partitioning between two sympatric batoid species in Eleuthera
Authors: Lucia Bolles, Grace Crenshaw, Grace Fogarty, Katie Grogan, Patrick Howard, David Keene, Luke Weinstein
Advisors: Tanja Schwanck & Casey Sullivan
Black Soldier Fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) as an alternative protein source for Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) feed in an aquaponics system
Authors: Asha Delcogliano, Troy Dillon, Donovan Hepburn, Maggie Kearney, Brenna Kerin, and Shaw Miller
Advisors: Michael Bowleg, Mark Young, and Celine Terfloth
An investigation into the potential anthropogenic impact on growth rate and biomass of Turtle Grass, Thalassia testudinum, in South Eleuthera.
Authors: Addy Brown, Olive Cowan, Claire de Cordova, Will Enterline, Sawyer Gouldman, Annie McGill, Alex Weber
Advisors: Izzy Lake and Logan Zeinert
At the heart of the invasion: Exploring the use of heart rate loggers as a proxy for feeding rates of lionfish in their (un)natural habitat
Authors: Martina Cappellano, Natalie Edman, Katherine Kosoff, Laela Lunt, X Prince, Hayden Stein, and Abby Wright
Advisors: Dr. Travis Van Leeuwen and Jodie Ball
The Lion, The Fish, and The Mangrove: Quantifying the Interactions Between Schoolmaster Snapper and Invasive Lionfish in a Mangrove Ecosystem
Authors: Aukai Elkaslasy, Ainsley Green, Nevin Ketchum, David Mohamed, Nina Sanchez, and Andrew Treat
Advisors: Rebekah Trehern and Cameron Raguse
Permaculture at The Island School: Conducting a Comprehensive Food Audit to Establish an Environmentally and Socioeconomically Sustainable Food System
Authors: Meg Barnes, Sophie Colantuono, Oliver Parizeau, Sam Peck, Margot Solvay and Caroline Woodard
Advisors: Joseph Plant and Leigh Schmitt
Pyrolysis: a Solution to the Plastic Problem
Authors: Dani Abouhamad, Sibley Dickinson, Elizabeth Felderman, Henry Howe, Jack Johnston, Thomas Markusen, and Jarrett Young
Advisors: Alex Cook, Sarah Emrich, and Alex Perkins
Homing Behavior of Displaced Juvenile Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas)
Authors: Emmett de Kanter, Keenan McMorrow, Brad Stanton, Julia Forman, Megan Long, Michael Freeman and Ellie Adams
Advisors: Jessica Rudd and Christian Daniell
Fall 2017 Posters
Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) production using Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia Illucens) larvae-based aquafeed in a recirculating aquaculture system
Authors: Sofi Morales, Oliver Moss, Tyler Murphy, Jack Nixon, Bella Philip, and Michael Tetreault
Advisors: Celine Terfloth and Molly Denning
ARE DRONES A VIABLE TOOL FOR MONITORING MARINE MEGAFAUNA IN MANGROVE CREEKS: A COMPARISON BETWEEN DRONE AND SNORKELLING SURVEYS
Authors: Mitch Bereznay, Lili Boulogne, Nalani Dziama, Claire Gorden, Ben Lisle, Jason Petty, and Grace Zachau
Advisors: Nathan J. Robinson and Giulia Cardoso
Evaluating germination and growth of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) amended with biochar innoculated with fermented organic seaweed liquid extract
Authors: Gabi Cantero, Jada Rudolph, Jordi Bertran, Max Nonnenmacher, Clare Cornelius, Mattie Ruby, and Max Gryska
Advisors: Mark Young and Sarah D. Richardson
SMALL ISLAND RESILIENCY STUDY: Energy Matters at the Local Level
Authors: Ruby Bagwyn, Matthew Brown, Cecilia Compton, Martine Lavelle, Everett Moore, and Cecelia Pilgrim
Advisors: Bryan Carroll and Sarah Emrich
FADs AS A CONSERVATION TOOL IN PELAGIC OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS
Authors: Bella Lundeen, Kenaro Malcolm, Bryce Gell, Hayden Martin, Zander Gomez, and Quinn Keefe
Advisors: Eric Schneider and Reid Webb
Permaculture: The Island School’s Journey to Food Security
Authors: Clea Guerrand-Hermès, Mac Grosscup, Lila Saligman, Zahely Felix, Nick Bower, and Hailey Bernstein
Advisors: Joseph Plant and Leigh Schmitt
Waste Plastic to Fuel Using Pyrolysis
Authors: Leah Arias, Tea DiPrima, Kellie Navarro, Henry Neuman, Alex Park, Eileen Porterfield, and Annie Small
Advisors: Alex Cook and Alex Perkins
Assessing diurnal foraging patterns in green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas)
Authors: Ethan Bankowski, Liam Carroll, James Cummings, Annabel Dewing, Bryson Lipson, and Isabel Markey
Advisors: Meagan Gary and Chelsea Begnaud