Biology and Marine Biology

Marina Piscitelli

Cotten, P., Piscitelli, M., McLellan, W., Rommel, S., Dearolf, J., and Pabst, D.A. Accepted. The gross

morphology and histochemistry of respiratory muscles in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops

truncatus). Journal of Morphology.

Mike Polito

Strickland M.E., Polito M.J., and Emslie, S.D. (Submitted) Spatial and seasonal variation in Adélie

penguin diets as inferred from stable isotope analysis of eggshell. Journal of the North Carolina

Academy of Science

Carneiro A.P.B., Polito M.J., Sander M., and Trivelpiece W.Z. (Submitted) Interference

competition reveals spatial trade-offs in sympatrically breeding skuas (Catharacta spp.) at

Admiralty Bay King George Island, Antarctica. Journal of Avian Biology

Polito M.J., and W.Z. Trivelpiece. 2008.Transition to independence and evidence of extended parental

care in the gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua). Marine Biology. 154(2): 231-240.

Christy Visaggi

Visaggi, C.C., Johnson, J.G., Johnson, A.S., Kenworthy, J.P., and Santucci, V.L. (In Review). Amistad

National Recreation Area Paleontological Survey. Technical Reports, Geological Resources

Division, National Park Service. 80 pages.

Alroy, J., Aberhan, M., Bottjer, D.J., Foote, M., Fürsich, F.T., Harries, P.J., Hendy, A.J.W., Holland, S.M.,
Ivany, L.C., Kiessling, W., Kosnik, M.A., Marshall, C.R., McGowan, A.J., Miller, A.I., Olszewski,
T.D., Patzkowsky, M.E., Peters, S.E., Villier, L., Wagner, P.J., Bonuso, N., Borkow, P.S.,
Brenneis, B., Clapham, M.E., Fall,L.M., Ferguson, C.A., Hanson, V.L., Krug, A.Z., Layou, K.M.,
Leckey, E.H., Nürnberg, S., Powers, C.M., Sessa, J.A., Simpson, C., Tomašových, A., and
Visaggi, C.C. (In Revision). Phanerozoic trends in the global diversity of marine invertebrates.
Science.

Santucci, V.L., Kenworthy, J.P., and Visaggi, C.C. 2007. Paleontological Resource Inventory and
Monitoring: Chihuahuan Desert Network. National Park Service Technical Information Center.
105 pages.

Visaggi, C.C. 2007. Letter to the Editor: The Eagle Has Landed. American Scientist

95(1): 5.

Awards and Recognitions:

Kristin Hardy

 Robert C. Terwilliger Best Student Oral Presentation Award in the Division of Comparative

Physiology and Biochemistry- SICB meeting, 20 08

 Owen Graham Kenan Scholarship

 Lewis/Wiley Alumni Endowed Fellowship

Tim Henkel

 UNCW Graduate Teaching Award

 Biology and Marine Biology Graduate Student Teaching Award

Hillary Lane

 Best Master’s Student Oral Presentation at SEAMAMMS